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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Thanksgiving Day
November 26, 2015
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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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Fill Fr. Matt's Truck for Thanksgiving Report
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Parish Nominations
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In preparation for our 2016 Parish Annual Meeting, a nominating committee meeting will be held on Friday, December 4, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the sacristy. All are welcome to attend.
Suggestions of names to be considered for the proposed slate may be directed to Father Matt or Mary Ellen Carty, 609-298-4337. Terms will be ending for the junior warden, three vestry posts, Diocesan Convention delegates and alternates as well as convocation representatives.
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Advent Lessons & Carols
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December 13, 7pm 
Join us as we recite the history of
salvation in lessons and carols.
Advent Lessons and Carols
w. Vox Fidelis
December 7, 7pm
Reception in the Rectory
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Stewardship Materials
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Materials are now available in the back of the Church. Please pick up your envelope and return the pledge card to the office via plate, mail, drop off to the office or scanning to the Church's email address office@ccbtown.com by December 14th . Thank you in advance for your continued support!
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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 29
December 6
December 13
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United Thank Offering
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Did you get your UTO Box?
The Christ Church ECW challenges us to show our thankfulness this Advent and Christmas! By placing your loose change in your United Thank Offering box each time you are thankful for something, your gratitude goes on to help the mission and ministry of the Episcopal Church where funds are needed most. Boxes are available on the tables in the front of the Nave and by the Office. More about the United Thank Offering can be found at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/united-thank-offering
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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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Birthdays & Anniversaries
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Birthdays 3 Patricia Ciaccio 4 Anna McElmoyl 5 Abigail Bayzath 6 Kevin Kintner 6 Emilee D'Angelo 8 Betty Slaper 8 Jerrold Stout 9 Dixon Leavers 13 Brittani Kintner 15 Gia Lynn Fox 21 Zachary Neal 22 Lawrence Nosari 24 Robert Bauer 25 Thomas Feuerstein 27 Dennis Brown 28 Robin Nosari 28 Evan Cartwright 28 Darrell Vigh 29 Rylee Collins 29 Derek Fiabane 30 Mark Casais 31 Devon Vlahovic 31 Piper Hensley Anniversaries 13 Jeffrey & Melissa Kotora 21 John & Helen Hartz 27 Joseph & Gayle Carson 28 Derek & Ryan Fiabane |
Upcoming Events
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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 29
This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent
OT: Zechariah 14:4-9
Psalm 50:1-6 NT: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Collect: Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Serving This Week
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For Sunday, November 29
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
10am: Ed Ackerman & Andy Law
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
10am: Lisa Jones
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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Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.
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Church Schedule
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The Week of November 29, 2015
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)Monday, 30 November :: St. Andrew the Apostle
· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 1 December :: Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Wednesday, 2 December :: Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop in China & Japan, 1910 · 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, 3 December :: Francis Xavier, Priest, 1552
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass w. Anointing (Lady Chapel)
Friday, 4 December :: John of Damascus, Priest, 760
· Normal Friday Abstinence
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)· 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Saturday, 5 December :: Clement of Alexandria, Priest, 210
· 1:00 a.m. - ECW Tea Social (Parish Hall)
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 6 December :: The Second 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 18, 1095: Pope Urban II opens the Council of Clermont to reform the Church and to plan the First Crusade. The 200 bishops attending the council decreed that those traveling to Jerusalem would be granted a plenary indulgence.
November 18, 1302: Pope Boniface VIII publishes "Unam Sanctam," declaring there is "One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church" outside of which there is "neither salvation nor remission of sins." Emphasizing the pope's position as Supreme Head of the Church, it also demanded that temporal powers subjugate themselves to spiritual ones.
November 18, 1874: The Women's Christian Temperance Union is founded in Cleveland. Claiming the power of the Holy Spirit, Protestant members would march into saloons and demand they be closed. It was the largest temperance organization and the largest women's organization in the U.S. Before 1900.
November 20, 1541: In Switzerland, French reformer John Calvin, 32, established a theocratic government at Geneva, thereby creating a home base for emergent Protestantism throughout Europe.
November 20, 1572: The first Presbyterian meeting house in England is established at Wandsworth, Surrey.
November 20, 1620: Peregrine White, son of William and Susanna White, is the first child born on the Mayflower.
November 20, 1806: Baptist preacher Isaac Backus, an influential voice in arguing for religious liberty in Massachusetts and later the United States, dies.
November 23, 101 (traditional date): Clement of Rome dies. According to spurious legend, he was tied to an anchor and thrown into the sea. Considered "the first apostolic father," his letter to the church of Corinth was regarded as Scripture by many Christians in the third and fourth centuries. He was also credited with the Apostolic Constitutions, the largest collection of Christian ecclesiastical law (though scholars now consider them to have been written in Syria around 380).
November 23, 615: Irish scholar and missionary Columbanus dies in Bobbio, Italy. One of the greatest missionaries of the Middle Ages, he established monasteries in Anegray, Luxeuil, and Fontaines .
November 23, 1621: Poet and cleric John Donne is elected Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
November 23, 1654: French scientist and mathematician Blaise Pascal experiences a mystical vision and converts to Christianity. The creator of the first wristwatch, the first bus route, the first workable calculating machine, and other inventions then turned his life to theology.
November 24, 1572: Scottish reformer John Knox dies in Edinburgh.
--taken from Christianity Today
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Jesuit Scholastic, 1621
Eldest son of a shoemaker, John was born at Diest, Brabant. He early wanted to be a priest, and when thirteen became a servant in the household of one of the Cathedral canons at Malines, John Froymont. In 1615, he entered the newly founded Jesuit College at Malines, and the following year became a Jesuit novice. He was sent to Rome in 1618 to continue his studies, and was known for his diligence and piety, impressing all with his holiness and stress on perfection in little things. He died there on August 13. Many miracles were attributed to him after his death, and he was canonized in 1888. He is the patron of altar boys. His feast day is November 26.
-Catholic Saints & Angels
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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, Irene Fithian, Michelle Miloscia, Michael Cook, Peter Sala, Charles St. George, HollyJones, Wade Ronin Sipler, Bill Webb, Carlton Jones, Jim Tucker, Roxie Clark, Sister Angela, and Dee Watkins.
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, 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, Carol Boggs and Patricia Dixon.
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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