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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Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary
November 19, 2015
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Fill Fr. Matt's Truck for Thanksgiving
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Thursday, November 19, 6-10pm
Christ Church is partnering with Hope Hose Humane Fire Company #1 to help stock the Good Neighbor Food Pantry this Thanksgiving. During Thirsty Thursday's for Bordentown's Bravest on the 19th, bring any of the following items to put in the back of the truck and you'll receive a change to win a fabulous Thanksgiving gift basket!
Bring items such as canned fruit, cranberry sauce, instant potatoes, stuffing mix, gravy, vegetables, soups, macaroni and cheese, pie crust mix, powdered juices and tea, peanut butter and jelly jars, bread, and anything you feel would be needed for the holiday that is food related.
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Christ the King Evensong - Celebrating 180 Years!
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Sunday, November 22, 4pm
Come celebrate on Sunday, November 22, at 4pm for Evensong & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament followed by a Parish Reception.
Celebrating 180 years of mission and ministry in Bordentown!
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Thanksgiving Outreach
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Our parish is partnering with the Kiwanis and Consolidated Fire Association to bring meals and joy to those most in need this Thanksgiving. We will be providing Thanksgiving meals for 50 people on the day before, delivering when needed. To take part, look for the sign-up sheet and recipes on the table near the office or speak to Fr. Matt.
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Concert Report
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Many thanks to those who joined us last Friday night for our concert of Hymns & Anthems, Ancient & Modern. The choirs sounded wonderful and the church was packed. For our patrons and sponsors, thank you for your support in our music ministry!  |
Adult Education
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On Scheduled Sundays, 9am
 This fall we will be exploring the Nicene Creed as a means of learning about the basics of our Faith.
Upcoming Sundays:
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
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Thanksgiving Day Mass
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Thursday, November 26, 10am
Come give thanks to the Lord for all the blessings of this life on Thanksgiving Day. 10am Said Mass w. Hymns.
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Advent Prep Day
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Saturday, November 28, 9am
An Advent preparation day will be held on Saturday morning, November 28, starting at 9:00. We will prepare for the season of Advent as well as polish items to be used during the Christmas season.
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Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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Every Thursday!  Join us at the Farnsworth House to have some fun and raise money for our city's fire companies.
From 5pm to 10pm any beverage purchased (even coffee and other soft drinks) will result in a $1 donation to Consolidated Fire Association or Hope Hose Humane. See you there!
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Van Duzer Scholarship
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Applications are being accepted now for 2016 Van Duzer Scholarships. High school seniors going onto college or other recent high school graduates who will be entering their first year of study at an accredited post-secondary school are eligible to apply. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2016.
You'll need to complete an application form and a number of other items, so it'll be helpful to start early if you plan to apply. Application forms are available in the parish office.
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Upcoming Events
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November 19: Fill Fr. Matt's Truck for Thanksgiving November 22, 4pm: Evensong & Benediction November 25: Thanksgiving Meal Prep w. Kiwanis & Consolidated November 26, 10am: Thanksgiving Day Mass November 28, 9am: Advent Prep Day November 28, 4:40pm: Bordentown City Tree Lighting December 5, 1pm: ECW Tea December 11, 7:30pm: Blue Christmas Service (St. Mary's) December 13, 7pm: Advent Lessons & Carols w. Vox Fidelis December 19, 5:30pm: Advent Pageant, Vigil Mass, Pizza Party December 24, 6pm & 11pm: Christmas Eve Masses December 25, 10am: Christmas Day Mass w. Carols
January 3, 10am: Christmas Lessons & Carols January 6, 7pm: Sung Mass w. the Blessing of Chalk, Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh |
The Propers
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For Sunday, November 22
This Sunday is the feast of Christ the King
OT: Daniel 7:9-14
Psalm 93 NT: Revelation 1:1-8
Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in thy well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Serving This Week
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For Sunday, November 22
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
10am: Bill Collom & Anne Lyon
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
10am: Anne Lyon
Acolytes:
5:30pm: Julia Peterson 8am: Richard Trout, Wayne Voorhees, and Alex Vigh
10am: Mary Ellen Carty and Chris Neal
Altar Guild:
Preparation: Joan Corbo
Linens: Christie Peterson
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Quote of the Week
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It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards a one's progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken.
-Saint Francis Xavier
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Church Schedule
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The Week of November 22, 2015
Saturday, 21 November :: Presentation of the BVM
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 22 November :: The Feast of Christ the King
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 8:00 a.m. - Church School (Church & Classrooms)
· 9:00 a.m. - Adult Ed: Teaching Through the Creed
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 11:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
· 4:00 p.m. - Evensong & Benediction
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)Monday, 23 November :: Pope St. Clement, 100
· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 24 November :: Feria
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Wednesday, 25 November :: James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest & Monk, 1935 · 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, 26 November :: Thanksgiving Day
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 10:00 a.m. - Said Mass w. Hymns (Church)
Friday, 27 November :: Feria
· Normal Friday Abstinence
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)· 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Saturday, 28 November :: Kamehameha & Emma of Hawaii, 1864, 1885
· 9:00 a.m. - Advent Prep Day (Sacristy)
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 29 November :: The First Sunday of Advent
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 8:00 a.m. - Church School (Church & Classrooms)
· 9:00 a.m. - Adult Ed: Teaching Through the Creed
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 11:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
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This (Past) Week in Church History
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November 11, 397 (traditional date): Martin of Tours, a bishop responsible for the evangelization of Gaul, dies. He is France's patron saint.
November 11, 1215: The Fourth Lateran Council opens. It officially confirmed the doctrine of transubstantiation-that the substance of Eucharistic bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ, with only the accidents (appearances of bread and wine) remaining. The council also prescribed annual confession for all Christians.
November 11, 1793: English missionary William Carey arrives in Calcutta, India.
November 11, 1855: Danish Christian philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, regarded as the founder of existentialism, dies at age 42. Trying to "reintroduce Christianity to Christendom," he believed that Christianity was far more radical and difficult than did his Danish contemporaries.
November 12, 1035: Canute the Great, Danish king since 1016, dies at age 41. The often ruthless king had restored churches and monasteries throughout his kingdom and built several new ones.
November 12, 1836: Charles Simeon, the Church of England's most famous evangelical clergyman, dies.
November 13, 354: Augustine of Hippo, the greatest of the Latin church fathers and author of Confessions and City of God, is born in Thagaste- modern Souq Ahras, Algeria.
November 13, 1618: The Dutch Reformed Church convenes the Synod of Dort to "discuss" the Arminian controversy. Of course, the synod's condemnation of Arminianism was a forgone conclusion- Arminians weren't even invited for another month. By April, 200 Arminian ministers (known as Remonstrants) were deposed by the Calvinist Synod, 15 were arrested, and one was beheaded for high treason.
November 16, 1621: The Papal Chancery adopts January as the beginning of the calendar year, instead of March.
November 17, 3 B.C.: According to early church father Clement of Alexandria (c.155-c.220), Jesus was born on this date.
November 17, 270 (traditional date): Gregory Thaumaturgus ("The Wonder Worker"), a well-loved bishop in Pontus and the author of the first Christian biography, dies. A legend, from a generation later, about the Virgin Mary visiting him is the first account of a Marian apparition.
November 17, 1558: Elizabeth I's accession to the English throne leads to the re-establishment of the Church of England.
November 17, 1961: Charles H. Mason, founder of the Church of God in Christ, dies. His was the first major denomination to emerge from the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, where Mason received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
--taken from Christianity Today
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Nun, 1341
Juliana Falconieri was born of wealthy Florentine family in 1270. When she was very young her father died, and thus she was raised by mother and an uncle named Alexis who was one of the founders of the Servites. At the age of fifteen Juliana refused her family's plan for marriage. She became a Servite Tertiary a year later, although she continued to live at home until 1304 when her mother died. Immediately thereafter Juliana gathered together a group of women dedicated to prayer and good works. Later she drew up a rule of life and was appointed superioress of the group. Since her rule was approved by Pope Martin V one hundred and twenty years later, she is considered to be the foundress of the Servite nuns. She died in 1341 at the age of seventy-one and was canonized by Pope Clement XII in 1737.
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Charlotte Norcross, Bob Bernard, Pat Temple, Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Gloria Jones, Kelley Gilger, Sister Gussie, Nancy Biocco, Michael Chahanovich, Lori Forenson, Michael Vaughan, Zachary Forsberg, Jack Young, Carol Pfieffer, Maria Stout, Mary Dallman, Emma Carver, Gloria Garfinkle, Clare Biagini, Rita Haney, Carol Boggs, Irene Fithian, Michelle Miloscia, Michael Cook, Peter Sala, Charles St. George, Holly Jones, Wade Ronin Sipler, Bill Webb, Patricia Dixon, and Jim Tucker.
and those who have long term illnesses: Barbara Fusco, Stella Eichinger Paula Flesch, John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, Kevin Kintner, Arthur Jukes, Dixon Leavers, Robin Kintner, John McCoy, Gary Rutherford, Jane Humble, Charles Martin, Lyza Lyon,The Rt. Rev. George Councell, Michael Slaper, Alice Ward Carriger, Karen Campbell Hillman, Carla Douglas, Ryan Murray, Lester Sickels, Raymond Witte, William Sweeney, Justin McCafferty, Zachary McCafferty, Jeanine Walker, Mario Batist, Robert Ackerman, Paul Wesley Morrison, Kelly Bergen, Bill Yale, Hannah McNinch, Gabe Fresco, Fr. Ted Anderson, R. Loraine Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Mackenzie Sutter, Daniel Applegate, Alma Poksay, Roberta Cash, Patti Beddia, Jennifer Vigh Daniels, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Jim Tranter, John Lobos, Jonathan Okeson, John O'Malia, Eileen Cantwell, Jean Greenwood, Shaun Neiderman, Cheryl Leavers-Morrow, Morgan Ackerman, and Carol Boggs.
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, Frank L Blades Jr, USA.
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