Prayer for Christ Church
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Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for Christ Church Parish. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Robert Grossteste, Bishop of Lincoln
October 9, 2014
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Blessing of the Animals Report
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Cranberry Festival Report
| Despite the rain, our booth at the Cranberry Festival was a raving success - we almost sold out of our items! Many thanks to all who donated items to be sold and volunteered at the booth.
   
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Spaghetti Dinner Meeting
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Sunday, October 12, 9am 
Those willing to help out with the Fall Spaghetti Dinner will meet briefly this Sunday at 9am in the Parish Hall to hash out the details.
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Spaghetti Dinner & 50/50
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Join us for a night of great food and fellowship! Dinner begins at 6:00 and the 50/50 draws at 7:00. We're once again serving a parish favorite - spaghetti with sauce made by our own Matthew McElmoyl! Tickets for the dinner are $8 per person or $20 for a family. Come hungry, enjoy some great food and fellowship, and perhaps go home with full pockets. We hope to see everyone there!
Desserts are needed for the dinner, as are volunteers are needed to help cook and serve dinner. Please contact Fr. Matt if you're able to help by bringing a dessert or helping with dinner.
Friday, October 24, 2014
6:00 p.m., Dinner; 7:00 p.m. 50/50
$8/Dinner ($20/family 
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Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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Every Thursday, 5pm-10pm 
Christ Church has partnered with the Farnsworth House to raise money for our city's fire companies. Come out to the Farnsworth House on Thursday's from 5pm to 10pm, and $1 from any beverage purchase (even coffee and other soft drinks) will go to Consolidated Fire Association and Hope Hose Humane.
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Vox Fidelis
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Schedule for This Season
Nov 2, 7pm: Compline w. Prayers for the Dead
Nov 16, 7pm: Compline & Benediction
Nov 23, 4pm: Evensong & Benediction (in conjunction w. our Choir)
Dec 7, 7pm: Advent Lessons & Carols
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
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October Birthdays 1 Jack Norcross 2 Eliza Peterson 7 Gloria Jukes 7 Kathleen Lisehora 7 Trevor Jones 8 Eva Lundeen 8 Nancy Galvin 11 Elizabeth Dalton 11 Benjamin Paixao 12 Ethan Militch 15 Bryan Cicalese 16 Amanda Szeker 17 Erika Luthke 18 Jeffrey Townsend 18 Sondra Marion 22 Chryrsa Shaw 22 Frank Blades 25 Stella Eichinger 25 Julia Peterson 26 Esther Collom 26 Forrest Hensley 27 Carol Bayzath 28 Barclay C. Townsend 29 Wayne Pullen, Jr. 31 Meghan Lettiere Anniversaries 10 David & Erika Luthke 11 Melissa & Shawn Phillips 15 Lawrence & Robin Nosari 15 George & Bonnie Grouser 18 Forrest & Kelly Hensley 18 Wynn & Debbie Mallard 23 Dennis & Deborah Brown 29 Thomas & Jennifer Dalton 29 Arthur & Gloria Jukes |
Electronic Giving
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The Parish has partnered with ADP to provide an alternative way to contribute to the parish through Electronic Giving. This benefits you by making your pledge and occasional giving fast and easy, and the parish will benefit from a reliable, more efficient and more convenient means to process contributions. To sign up for electronic giving, go to our website at www.ccbtown.com - click on the donation link, and you will be able to select from various opportunities to contribute to our parish and activities. If you have any questions regarding the new electronic giving service, please call the parish office at 298-2348.
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Upcoming Events
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October 18: 9/11 Memorial Trip October 24: Spaghetti Dinner October 28: Dinner w. the Rector October 31: Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Ordination of the Rev. Dr. Alan K. Salmon (St. Mary's) November 2, 7pm: Compline w. Vox Fidelis Every Thursday, 5pm-10pm: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest at the Farnsworth House. |
The Propers
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For Sunday, October 12
This Sunday is the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
OT: Isaiah 25:1-9
Psalm 23 NT: Philippians 4:4-13
Collect: Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always precede and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
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The Music
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For Sunday, October 12Ordinary - Communion Service in E flat - LJ White
Organ - Tocatta & Fugue in F Major - Dietrich Buxtehude
Anthem - Rejoice in the Lord Always - Anon.
Organ - Improvisation on Watermouth - S.C. Bearse
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Serving This Week
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For Sunday, October 12
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Barbara Fusco
10am: Ed Ackerman & Andy Law
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
10am: Open
Acolytes:8am: Wayne Voorhees & Richard Trout
10am: Mary Ellen Carty, Chris Neal, Brittani Kintner
Altar Guild:
Preparation: Carol Hensley
Linens: Kate Williamson
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Quote of the Week
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"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world."
~ Karl Barth
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Church Schedule
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The Week of October 12, 2014
Saturday, 11 October :: The Vigil of the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Motherhood of the BVM)
· 11:00 a.m. - Baptism (Baptistry)
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 12 October :: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 8:00 a.m. - Church School (Church & Classrooms)
· 9:00 a.m. - Spaghetti Dinner Meeting (Parish Hall)
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Monday, 13 October :: Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 14 October :: Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 12:00 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
· 7:30 p.m. - Vestry Meeting (Sacristy)
Wednesday, 15 October :: Teresa of Avila, Nun, 1582 · 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 6:00 p.m. - Tai Chi (Parish Hall)
· 6:30 p.m. - Rosary (Lady Chapel)
· 6:50 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
· 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall) Thursday, 16 October :: Latimer, Ridley, and Cramner, 1555-6
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel) self-led · 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass w. Anointing for Healing (Lady Chapel)
Friday, 17 October :: Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch & Martyr, 115
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Saturday, 18 October :: The Vigil of the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (St. Luke the Evangelist)
· 11:00 a.m. - Baptism (Baptistry)
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 19 October :: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 8:00 a.m. - Church School (Church & Classrooms)
· 8:45 a.m. - HomeFront Meal Prep (Kitchen & Parish Hall)
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
The Parish Office hours are Tuesday-Friday from 8:30am to 2:00pm.
Fr. Matt is available during normal business hours and most evenings. Please don't hesitate to call or stop by the church.
Confession is available by appointment. Please call the Church Office or Fr. Matt to schedule a time.
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This Week in Church History
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September 26, 1460: Pope Pius II assembles European leaders, then delivers a three-hour sermon to inspire them to launch a new crusade against the Turks. The speech works, but then another speaker, Cardinal Bessarion, adds a three-hour sermon of his own. After six hours of preaching, the European princes lose all interest in the cause; they never mount the called-for crusade.
September 26, 1897: Charles C. Overton, a Sunday school superintendent at Brighton Chapel, Staten Island, spontaneously promotes the idea of a Christian flag. The Rally Day speaker hadn't shown up, so Overton gave an extemporaneous address on Christian meanings for the elements of the American flag. The red, white, and blue cross flag Overton later helped devise was first sewn around 1907 and continues to be used in some churches.
September 27, 1540: Pope Paul III officially approves the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola.
September 27, 1660: Vincent de Paul (b. 1581) dies. After giving his life to serving the poor, he founded the first Confraternity of Charity in 1617, the Congregation of the Mission in 1625, and the Daughters of Charity in 1633 (the first non-monastic womens' order completely given to care of the sick and poor). Canonized in 1737, he was named patron saint of all charitable works in 1885.
September 27, 1805: George Mueller, English philanthropist, is born near Magdeburg, Germany. Converted under the Moravians, he devoted his life to caring for orphans.
September 27, 1944: Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Church of the Foursquare Gospel and the most famous female evangelist of her day, dies.
September 28, 929: King Wenceslas, ruler and patron saint of Czechoslovakia dies. During his brief reign as king before his brother murdered him, Wenceslas sought peace with surrounding nations, reformed the judicial system, and showed particular concern for his country's poor.
September 28, 1839: Frances E. Willard, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union from 1879 to her death in 1898, is born in New York. She was influential in the passage of both the 18th and 19th Amendments.
September 29, 1413: Archbishop Arundel condemned Sir John Oldcastle, a follower of John Wycliffe, of heresy. He was given 40 days to recant, during which he escaped and hid in Wales. He remained hidden for a year, until the offer of a large reward prompted someone to betray him. He was then captured and roasted to death.
September 29, 1978: Three weeks after being elected, Pope John Paul I dies while reading a devotional in bed.
--taken from Christianity Today
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St. Barbara
Virgin & Witness, 4th Century
Barbara lived in the 4th century and brought up as a heathen. A tyrannical father, Dioscorus, had kept her jealously secluded in a lonely tower which he had built for that purpose. Here, in her forced solitude, she gave herself to prayer and study, and contrived to receive instruction and Baptism in secret by a Christian priest.
Barbara resisted her father's wish that she marry. Then on one occasion, during her father's absence, Barbara had three windows inserted into a bathhouse her father was constructing. Her purpose was thereby to honor the Trinity.
Dioscorus was enraged by her action and by her conversion. So he himself denounced her before the civil tribunal. She was horribly tortured, and at last was beheaded. Her own father, merciless to the last, acted as her executioner. God, however, speedily punished her persecutors. While her soul was being borne by angels to Paradise, a flash of lightning struck Dioscorus, and he was hurried before the judgment seat of God.
--Catholic Saints & Angels
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Steve Vigh, Paula Flesch, Bob Bernard, Alice Ward Carriger, Pat Temple, Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Kelly Jones, Ardelle Zervous, Kelley Gilger, Lynn Ford, Michael Slaper, Jim Tranter, Nancy Dix, Sister Gussie, Jennifer Vigh, Patty Beddia, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Gwen Boner, Nancy Biocco, Lorraine Kunkel, Joseph Varga, Geobel Marin, Jane Humble, Michael Chahanovich, Cheryl Leavers-Morrow, Greg Cole, Gary Rutherford, Jackie Papp, Morgan Ackerman, Lorriane Sickels, and Nicole Pelligra.
and those who have long term illnesses: Jean Weitzel, John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, Kevin Kintner, Arthur Jukes, Dixon Leavers, Robin Kintner, John McCoy, The Rt. Rev. George Councell, Karen Campbell Hillman, Carla Douglas, Richard Cook, Ryan Murray, Lester Sickels, Justin McCafferty, Zachary McCafferty, Jeanine Walker, Kevin Kochie, Brianne Nicosia, Mario Batist, Treavor Curtis, Dean Curtis, Robert Ackerman, Paul Wesley Morrison, Bob Liberman, Kelly Bergen, Bill Yale, Hannah McNinch, Gabe Fresco, Fr. Ted Anderson, Norma Stirpe, Linda Sue Slone, R. Loraine Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Patricia Dixon, Mackenzie Sutter, John Lobos, Daniel Applegate, Alma Poksay,Roberta Cash, Patti Baddia.
for those in military service: Ben Skarzynski, USMC; Maxwell W. Warrack, USMC; Col Kelly Scott, USAF; Neil Gerrish, USNG; Abbygale Albert, USN, CSM John Seelhorst, USA, James F. Preto, USNG.
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