Christ Church Valdosta Weekly Bulletin
March 4, 2016
In This Issue:

Worship Services
 
March 6: 
         Lent 4

Vestry Member of Day:
    Dottie Pitts
    
Coffee Hour Host:
    Susan Chamberlain / Mimi Allen

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 - David
   Sandbach, Molly Stevenson, Jeani
   Synyard
Lay Readers - Steve Roberts, David
   Sandbach, Molly Stevenson
Ushers - Eric Nielsen, Len Carter
Acolytes - Mike Tanner, Brooklyn Prine,
   Caroline Prine, Kate Hanson
   
  
6:00 p.m. Vespers - Sanctuary 


Scriptures
First Lesson - Joshua 5:9-12
Psalm - 32
Second Lesson - 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Gospel - Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

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

March 9 - March 16: Teaching Series
March 11-12: Women's Retreat
March 24: Maundy Thursday Service 6pm
March 25: Good Friday Services (12 & 6)
April 8: DR supper and auction
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

[email protected]

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Kim Dudley, Parish Administrator

[email protected] 

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Amy Creasy, Bookkeeper
[email protected] 

bookkeeper's office (229) 242-0616 

 

Millie Johnson

[email protected] 

Director of Children's Ministry

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Angela Duncan, Music Director

[email protected]  

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.

Birthday Prayers
First Sunday of Month
Sunday, March 6, 2016 we invite anyone who has a birthday in the month of March to come forward during worship at the appropriate time of the service to receive a Birthday Prayer. 
Wednesday Evening Lenten Dinner Series
March 9 - March 16, 2016
Wednesday Evening Lenten Dinner Series "Grace and the Ten Commandments" continues through March 16, from 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. Nursery and childcare available.
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
  • 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.
What to help lend a hand, contact one of these ladies who have volunteered to organize.
  1. Decorations: Judy DeMott and Pat Bezona
  2. Breakfast: Robin Coleman and Cassie Worn
  3. Lunch: Sallie Honeycutt, Tamara Thomas and Helen Tucker
Contact Steph Johnson if you have questions or need further information.

Please RSVP to the church office by March 6th to let us know you are coming so we can better plan our meals.
Lunch Bunch
March 5th and 19th at 11:00 a.m.
Lunch Bunch will be on Saturday, March 5th and19th.

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. 

VBS Planning Meeting 
Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. 
Another VBS (Vacation Bible School) planning meeting will be held on March 13th 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
Friday Morning Bible Study
Friday, March 11, 2016 from 10:30 - 11:30
Friday Morning Bible Study  -- We conclude a three-week Friday morning Bible study (10:30-11:30) on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians Friday, March 11.  All are welcome!
Holy Week Schedule
Please join us for Holy Week Services.  All are welcome!
 
March 20: Palm Sunday Services - 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
March 23: Wednesday Night Eucharist - 6:00 PM
March 24: Maundy Thursday Service - 6:00 PM
March 25: Good Friday Services - 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM
March 27: Easter Sunday Services - 8 AM and 10:00 AM

Can you help The Haven?
Month of March
Donation opportunity to help The Haven. The Haven is always in need of items to help women and children get back on their feet after they have left the shelter.  They have to start over from scratch. For the month of March, Kate Hanson will be collecting items for The Haven.  

Items that are needed: Personal Care Items, Paper Products, Clothing.  

Most needed items are: Toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, paper towels, toilet paper, sheets, towels, women's undergarments, children's undergarments. 

A detailed item list can be found in the parish hall. Items can be dropped off at the church office, or contact Kate Hanson.
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. 
Please contact the church office if you would like to make a reservation. Checks need to be sent to the church office not Honey Creek (please denote for Parish Retreat).
DR Dinner and Auction
April 8 at the Cotton Corner
Tickets for the April 8, Dominican Republic Dinner and Auction are available from Jeani Synyard, Marilyn Miller, Julia Ariail and Kim Dudley in the church office at $25 each.The event will be catered by Covingtons and held at the Cotton Corner at 101 N. Ashley Street from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Because of space limitations, only 104 tickets will be sold. Buy your tickets early as no tickets are sold at the door.

The live auction will feature several weekend beach retreats, a barbecue dinner for 75, an antique caned rocking chair, a hand carved seven-piece nativity set, an antique doll house with furniture and many more interesting items. The silent auction has a juggling performance by our own Joel Williams at your party or event,  3 hand knit shawls and scarves, two silver and larimar crosses custom made in the DR, a hand made wooden bowl by Dr. Dave Richards, a Panamanian mola fabric, and two loaves of homemade bread every month for a year, plus much more.

It is going to be a fun party and benefit the mission work by members of our church and scholarships to the DR school. Fr. Dave Johnson and senior warden Dr. Bill Querin, both veterans of DR mission trips, will speak at the event. For photos from last year's event, click here.
The Vineyard
The new articles in the Vineyard this week are: Sermon, February 28, 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
March 5 - March 11
  5 Marilyn Kemper, Harrison Tillman, Jr.
  6 Mitchell Beeland
  9 Phoebe Singleton
11 Gwen Daughtrey, Kelly Lambert
Baptismal Anniversaries this week
March 5 - March 11
  5 Marilyn Kemper
10 Stephanie Johnson
Wedding Anniversaries this week
March 5 - March 11
None this week
 
Please contact the church office to update our records if we missed your Birthday, Baptismal Anniversary, or Wedding Anniversary. 
Remember in your prayers
Kathy Armstrong, Robert Church, Dave Clark, Beverly Cowart, Frances Crawford, Scott Cregger, Jerry DeMott, Blake Ellis, Gage Greneker, Cheryl Hatcher, Laney Hays, Kayla LaMere, Larry, Jerriann Levy, Danny Mayer, Bobbie Ann Mitchell, Bill Nunn, Sarah Parrish, Sally Querin, David Sandbach, Sr., Billy Selph, Edi Shepherd, Jack Spencer, Kathie Stevenson, Suzanne Sullivan, Sylvia Warrick, Emory Warrick, Sr., Orson Woodall

Kim Dudley, Parish Administrator
229.242.5115

Christ Episcopal Church is part of the 
Diocese of Georgia.

email us at  office@christchurchvaldosta