Oktoberfest this year is Wednesday, October 28, with the biergarten opening at 6:30 p.m. and dinner served around 7:00. On the menu: Usinger's bratwurst from Milwaukee, potato salad and tossed salad, sauerkraut and other pickled things, rye bread, and beer and wine. Cost will be $10 per person. Please note that this is an adult gathering, so no nursery will be provided. Since Jane needs to know how many bratwurst to order, please sign up before October 14th. There is a sign-up sheet in the parish hall, or you can email the church office. If you'd like to contribute by bringing potato salad (German or "regular") or sauerkraut, there's a sign-up sheet for that as well in the parish hall. Danke schön!

Christ Church will be joining other churches in the Diocese of Georgia this Advent in reading former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' book Being Christian during Advent.  Christ Church will offer a Sunday school class the four Sundays of Advent to discuss the following topics from this book:

     November 29 Baptism

     December 6 Bible

     December 13 Eucharist

     December 20 Prayer

Williams writes "the book looks at what these activities tell us about the essence of Christian life and what kind of people we might hope to become in the community where these things are done."

You do not have to read the book to attend the sessions.  The book can be purchased from Amazon for $8.70.  For additional information, contact Maggie Roberts.

It's time to start planning our 2016 mission trip to the Dominican Republic. We are going to return to the village of El Pedregal, where the teams sponsored by Christ Church have been working since 2001.  

Given that the month of June has become very popular for DR mission teams, we would like to look at four potential dates in the less-crowded months of April and May 2016 for our trip. These dates, all Monday to Monday, are below:

All four dates have been reserved for us at the Campamento in El Pedregal, but we need to decide on one date by October 19 so that the other three dates can be released for other teams.

If you are interested in going on the 2016 mission trip (no commitment yet, just an interest), please email Julia Ariail <juliacariail@bellsouth.net> before October 19 and let her know which of these four dates you prefer AND which dates you could not make because of other schedule commitments. 

15 Bill Nunn, Bryant White