Christ Church Valdosta Weekly Bulletin
May 13, 2016
In This Issue:

Worship Services
 
May 15: 
         Pentecost

Vestry Member of Day:
    Dottie Pitts
    
Coffee Hour Host:
    Phyllis Holland

Altar Guild: 
   Team 5

Altar Flowers: Given to the Glory of God in memory of Mary Elizabeth Houston Dickey given by Mary D. Gray, Lyn and Marvin Dickey.

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


10:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Lay Eucharistic Ministers - Phyllis
   Holland, Nancy Lutsko, Stefaani Carroll
Lay Readers - Phyllis Holland, Nancy
   Lutsko, Merrill Guice
Ushers - John Hiers, Will Hanson,
   Tom Carroll
Acolytes - John David Greneker, Molly 
   Steven
     
  
6:00 p.m. Vespers - Sanctuary 


Scriptures
First Lesson - Genesis 11:1-9
Psalm - 104:25-35, 37
Second Lesson - Acts 2:1-21
Gospel - John 14:8-17, 25-27

Wednesday Evening
6 p.m.
     
Each Thursday 
7:00 a.m.
 
Upcoming Events
May 15: DOK Meeting - Church Office - 11:15 
May 20: HEP Party at Yarbrough's Barn - 6:00 
May 22: Youth Sunday
May 22: Men in Blue preparing Lunch after
             10:00 service
May 25: Youth Fundraiser Dinner
June 13 - 16: Vacation Bible School
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 

 

Millie Johnson

johnsonmillie@icloud.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.
Prayers for Search Committee
We have formed a search committee to assist Fr. Dave in the search for an Assistant to the Rector.  Molly Stevenson is the chair of this committee and other members include Bill Querin, Sheri Gravett, Jeff Worn, Grace Tanner, and Steph Johnson.  The job description is posted on the Christ Church website.  Please keep this search in your prayers--thanks!
DOK (Daughters of King) Meeting
Sunday, May 15, 2016 beginning at 11:15 a.m.
DOK (Daughters of the King) will have a meeting at 11:15 a.m. in the church office on Sunday, May 15th!
Youth Sunday
Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 10:00 Service
Youth Sunday will be held Sunday, May 22, 2016 during the 10:00 a.m. worship service.  Please come and see what our Youth have been working on.  The Children's Choir will sing.

End of Year Party to follow the May 22nd Youth Sunday service.  All are welcome to help us honor this year's graduates and celebrate the end of another successful year. The Men in Blue will be cooking lunch. We will have a bouncy house, water slide and snow cone machine! 

There is a signup sheet in the Parish Hall. 
Volunteers Needed
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Volunteers are needed for the end of year party on 5/22. We need helpers at the snow cone station, bouncy house and water slide, face painters and bubble station. Please contact Millie Johnson or phone 404-245-8476 to volunteer.
Youth Fundraiser Dinner
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday May 25th at 6:30 p.m. we're having a Youth Mission Trip fundraising dinner to help cover the costs involved in the June 19-25 youth mission trip to Florida.  

The evening will include a delicious dinner along with testimonies and some entertainment.  It'll be lots of fun and we hope you will join us!  

If you are unable to come to the dinner but would like to contribute toward the trip you can send a check to Christ Church with "youth mission trip" on the memo line-thanks!
H.E.P. Party
Friday, May 20, 2016 beginning at 6:00 p.m.
H.E.P. Party: Adult Friends and Family Welcome - Friday, May 20, 2016 at 6:00 PM at the Yarbrough's Barn - 4700 Skipper Bridge Road. Please mark your calendar and plan to come and enjoy the evening.  Please note this is an Adults Only Party (no children). Bring a hors d'oeuvre.
Ladies Wednesday Night Bible Study
Wednesday Evenings at 7:00 pm
The Wednesday night ladies bible study will continue a study of the book of Hebrews on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.  For more information, email Tammy Borders or call 229-560-5889. 
Vacation Bible School
Monday, June 13 - Thursday, June 16 from 9-12pm
Vacation Bible School has been scheduled for Monday, June 13 through Thursday, June 16th from 9:00 a.m. till noon.  

Those who are interested in helping with VBS, please contact Millie Johnson or fill out a Volunteer Form.  

Registration for Vacation Bible School is available online here. 
DR GO Team Reports...
Mission Trip is May 9-16, 2016
Our 2016 team leaves for El Pedregal on Monday, May 9, and is scheduled to return on Monday, May 16. Eight missioners are on the team: 

Julia Ariail (Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta GA)
Julius Ariail (Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta GA)
The Rev. Deacon Leeann Culbreath (Diocese of Georgia)
Meg Hiers (Marietta, GA)
Phyllis Hiers (Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta GA)
Bill Querin (Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta GA)
Fred Richter (Trinity Episcopal Church, Statesboro GA)
Paul Stevenson (Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta GA)

During the 10 a.m. service on Sunday, May 8, Fr. Dave commissioned our team and blessed several items that we took as gifts for the congregation of the Episcopal church in El Pedregal. 

We are very pleased to be bringing a certificate for 50 scholarships for the K-8 Episcopal school in El Pedregal to present to Padre Daniel Samuel, the priest in charge of the Episcopal camp, conference center, school, and church. In addition to our local congregation, contributions have been received from the congregations of Trinity Episcopal Church (Statesboro, GA), Episcopal Church of the Nativity (Dothan, AL), as well as individuals in other cities who support this worthy cause. We hope to add a few more scholarships to that total by July 15, when we traditionally send the funds to the Diocese of the Dominican Republic for use in El Pedregal in the 2016-17 academic year. Donations for scholarships (US$350 per child for one academic year) are always welcome, and they may be sent to Christ Church with the note "DR Fund - Scholarship."

Daily updates will be posted on Christ Church's Facebook page, and photographs will be in an album on that page. Check out the links below to follow along:


We will be holding daily devotionals around 7:30 each morning and again around 7:30 each evening. We bid your prayers for the health and welfare of our friends in the Dominican Republic and of our team members, and for the successful completion of our projects. If you would like to pray along with us, our bilingual prayer booklet and daily readings are linked below:

Daily readings | English Spanish

Those of us on the GO Team could not do any of this without the faithful, prayerful, and generous support of everyone on the HOME Team. To all of you, we offer our profound thanks as we head once again into the mission field.

¡Vamonos! Let's Go!
UTO Ingathering
Sunday, May 22, 2016
As in previous years our Spring Ingathering for UTO (United Thank Offering) is scheduled for Youth Sunday on May 22nd. Monies collected in your Blue Box over the last several months, for the many blessings you have received can now be turned in. 

Envelopes will be provided in that Sundays bulletin, so that people can empty their box prior to the ingathering or just place a check in the envelop for the amount that was in your box, to Christ Episcopal Church noting it to UTO.   Collections for Fall Ingathering 2015 were $465.00.  

Please note going forward we will only have a Spring Ingathering so additional Blue Boxes are always available in the tower and parish hall.
Stitchers of Love
Sunday, May 15, 2016 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Stitchers of Love will meet on May 15th beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall.  You do not have to know how to knit or crochet, we have plenty of teachers. Please come join us.
The Vineyard
The new articles in the Vineyard this week are: Sermon, May 8, 2016. Older articles are available at the Online Vineyard.
Birthdays this week
May 14 - May 20
14 Eric Nielsen
15 Julia Claire Copeland
17 Elizabeth Hanson    
18 Paul Johnson
19 Max Bontrager, Gowen Johnson, Amy Wisenbaker
Baptismal Anniversaries this week
May 14 - May 20
19 Jimmy Carroll
20 Owen Coggins
Wedding Anniversaries this week
May 14 - May 20
15 Michael & Krystle Black, Bill and Anne Shenton
19 Harrison Tillman, Jr. & Jan Loeffler


Please contact the church office to update our records if we missed your Birthday, Baptismal Anniversary, or Wedding Anniversary. 
Remember in your prayers
Ashley, Robert Church, Dave Clark, Diane Corker, Beverly Cowart, Scott Cregger, Jerry DeMott, Blake Ellis, Gage Greneker, Frances Guice, Iris Hall, George Halls, Cheryl Hatcher, Laney Hays, Emily Joiner, Kayla LaMere, Jerriann Levy, Danny Mayer, Bobbie Ann Mitchell, Sarah Parrish, David Sandbach, Sr., Jack Spencer, Kathie Stevenson, Suzanne Sullivan, Emory Warrick, Sr., Sylvia Warrick, Orson Woodall

Kim Dudley, Parish Administrator
229.242.5115

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