Christ Church Valdosta Weekly Bulletin
January 29, 2016
In This Issue:

Worship Services
 
January 31: 
         Epiphany IV

Vestry Member of Day:
    Bill Querin
    
Coffee Hour Host:
    Sheri Gravett and Jane Kinney

Altar Guild: 
   Team 5

8:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite I
Lay Eucharistic Ministers - Allan Dear
Usher - Max Bontrager


10:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Lay Eucharistic Ministers - Mike Tanner,
   Rita Hightower, Tammy Borders
Lay Readers - Tammy Borders, Kathy
   Armstrong, Cathy Oglesby
Ushers - Charlie Cosey, Carl Copeland
Acolytes - J.D. Greneker, Molly
   Stevenson, Paul Stevenson
   
  
6:00 p.m. Vespers - Sanctuary 


Scriptures
First Lesson - 
          Jeremiah 1:4-10
Psalm 71:1-6
Second Lesson - 
          1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Gospel - Luke 4:21-30

Wednesday Evening
6 p.m.
     
Each Thursday 
7:00 a.m.
 
Upcoming Events

February 4: Ladies Night Out
February 6: Lunch Bunch
February 10: Ash Wednesday Services
                     Noon and 6:00 p.m.
March 11-12: Women's Retreat
April 22-24: Parish Retreat - Honey Creek
May 9-16: DR Mission Trip
Clergy and Staff of 
Christ Episcopal Church

 

The Rev. Dr. Dave Johnson

Rector

dave@christchurchvaldosta.org

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Kim Dudley, Parish Administrator

office@christchurchvaldosta.org 

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Amy Creasy, Bookkeeper
books@christchurchvaldosta.org 

bookkeeper's office (229) 242-0616 

 

Stefani Carroll

s.carroll@sunsetfarmfoods.com 

Director of Children's Ministry

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Angela Duncan, Music Director

music@christchurchvaldosta.org  

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Kathy Armstrong, Choirmaster

church office (229) 242-5115

 

 

Office hours: Monday - Thursday

   9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m

   1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

   Friday

   9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lunch Bunch
February 6, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
Lunch Bunch is will be on Saturday, February 6th.

The Christ Church Valdosta Lunch Bunch feeds 120 or more hungry children every first and third Saturday of the month. Workers from the church as well as other members of the community who volunteer gather at 11 a.m. at Christ Church to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They pack them in plastic bags, then brown paper bags with logo stickers together with chips, fruit, juice and other healthy goodies purchased from the Second Harvest Food Bank.
 
Please join us, on any 1st or 3rd Saturday. 
DR Mission Trip
Time to Sign Up!
Our annual mission trip to the Diocese of the Dominican Republic is scheduled from May 9-16, 2016, and the target date to join the team is January 31. If you have been thinking about joining this year's team, please contact Julia or Julius Ariail (229 559-7329) before that date. If you haven't yet considered joining this adventure, please click here for the trip's planning webpage for lots of information. 

That planning information now includes a new travel alert by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) about the presence of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Dominican Republic as well as many other areas in the Caribbean and South and Central America. Everyone taking part in this trip should be aware of the health implications of the Zika virus and the precautions needed to minimize exposure to mosquitos while in the Dominican Republic. For this new CDC travel alert, click here.  

Julia and Julius will be in the Dominican Republic from February 9-22, 2016, and during part of that time they will be at our mission work site in El Pedregal planning our 2016 work projects with the clergy and lay leaders of the Episcopal congregation there. It would be most helpful to know the number of our team members and their project interests before those planning meetings take place in February. 

April 8: Save The Date for our annual DR Night Auction and Dinner to raise funds for our 2016 projects and scholarships at the K-8 Episcopal school in El Pedregal, our mission field.

¡Vamonos! Let's go!
Ladies Night Out
Thursday, February 4th at 6:00 p.m.
Ladies Night Out will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the home of Nikki Yarbrough.  Nikki's address is: 4710 Blackwater Drive.  All ladies are invited to attend.  Beverages will be provided. Bring a snack to share.
V.B.S. Planning Meeting
Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 12:00 p.m.
Our first VBS (Vacation Bible School) planning meeting will be held on February 7th at 12:00 (noon) following Sunday School, in the Multipurpose Room in the Gabard Building.  

Lunch will be provided.

If you plan to attend please, RSVP to Stefani Carroll. 
Ash Wednesday Services
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Noon and 6 p.m.
Ash Wednesday services will be held on February 10, 2016 at noon and 6:00. Ash Wednesday liturgy with imposition of ashes and Holy Eucharist.
Cursillo Weekend
February 25 - 28, 2016
A Cursillo weekend will be held at Honey Creek February 25-28. Several of our own church members will be participating. Cursillo's mission is equipping Christians for leadership and service to change the world for Christ. Won't you prayerfully consider joining us?  For details contact Elise Sandbach.
Wednesday Evening Lenten Dinner Series
February 17 - March 16, 2016
Wednesday Evening Lenten Dinner Series "Grace and the Ten Commandments" will run February 17 through March 16, 6:30-7:45.  Covering two commandments per week we'll explore how the Gospel intersects with the Ten Commandments and how that applies to our daily lives.
Friday Morning Bible Study
Friday, February 12, 2016 from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Friday Morning Bible Study -- Will conclude their study of Paul's Letter to the Romans on Friday, February 12, 2016. There will be no Bible Study on February 5th.  Bible study meets in the Office Chapel (10:30-11:30).
Children's Choir for Easter
Kindergarten through 5th graders
Karen May will take all interested K-5th graders for the first 15 minutes of Sunday School during lent (beginning February 14) and teach them two classic children's Easter songs.  Then, during the 10:00 Easter service, the children will perform these songs for the congregation! We would love to see your child there!! For more information, contact Stefani Carroll.
Second Annual Women's Retreat
March 11 - March 12, 2016
Mark your calendars for March 11-12, 2016 there will be a Women's Retreat Weekend held at Christ Church.   
  • Friday, March 11, 2016 from 6-9 p.m. Snacks and Fun at Rectory
  • Saturday, March 12, 2016 beginning at 9 a.m. with light breakfast and coffee. We will have lunch and end with Eucharist at 3 p.m.
Want to help in a given area? Below are the list of ladies who have volunteered to assist and their areas. Please contact them if you would like to help.
  • Decorations: Judy DeMott, Pat Bezona
  • Breakfast: Robin Coleman, Cassie Worn
  • Lunch: Sallie Honeycutt, Tamara Thomas, Helen Tucker
Questions or comments: Call or text - Steph Johnson
Second Annual Parish Retreat
Friday, April 22 - Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Parish Retreat has been planned for Friday, April 22 - Sunday, April 24, 2016.  The Retreat will be held at Honey Creek. 
  • Lodge rooms are $178 for weekend,  
  • Meal plan is $63 per person (8 and over) for 3 meals on Saturday and 2 meals on Sunday. 
More details will be forthcoming.  Please mark your calendars.
The Vineyard
The new articles in the Vineyard this week are: Sermon, January 24, 2016. Older articles are available at the Online Vineyard.
Spotlight from Diocese
The Diocese of Georgia is sharing a new communication spotlight.  Each week we will publish this announcement in the Friday Bulletin.  Check out this weeks spotlight ministry.
Birthdays this week
January 30 - February 5
30 Clinton Beeland
2 Ash Croft, Ashley Drazdowski   
3 Dori Carter   
4 Pepper Croft, Jane Peeples  
Baptismal Anniversaries this week
January 30 - February 5
29 Lauren Sandbach
1 Julia Ariail 
2 Jeani Synyard          
Wedding Anniversaries this week
January 30 - February 5
30 Walter & Gail Hobgood
 
Please contact the church office to update our records if we missed your Birthday, Baptismal Anniversary, or Wedding Anniversary. 
Remember in your prayers
Gay Alvarez, Kathy Armstrong, Robert Church, Dave Clark, Beverly Cowart, Frances Crawford, Scott Cregger, Andy Drazdowski, Jerry DeMott, Andy Drazdowski, Blake Ellis, Gage Greneker, Cheryl Hatcher, Laney Hays, Kayla LaMere, Larry, Jerriann Levy, Danny Mayer, Katherine Mayer, Bobbie Ann Mitchell, Sarah Parrish, David Sandbach, Sr., Edi Shepherd, Jack Spencer, Kathie Stevenson, Suzanne Sullivan, Bobbie Warren, Sylvia Warrick, Emory Warrick, Sr., Mike Willis

Family of Delina Clements (Rena Nelson's mother)
Family of Gil Gjertsen
Family of Gladys Murphy (Helen Tucker's mother)

Kim Dudley, Parish Administrator
229.242.5115

Christ Episcopal Church is part of the 
Diocese of Georgia.
email us at  office@christchurchvaldosta