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Friday Mass
ECW Tea
Nominations
Lessons & Carols
Adult Ed
UTO
Blue Christmas
Thirsty Thursdays
Scholarships
Upcoming Events
The Propers
Serving This Week
Quote of the Week
Church Schedule
This Week in Church History
Saint of the Week
Parish Prayer List
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Francis Xavier
December 3, 2015

Friday's Mass

Due to the Requiem Mass for Charlie Zaborniak, the regular 12:10pm Low Mass is cancelled for tomorrow. Please pray for the soul of Mr. Zaborniak and for his family and friends who mourn his passing.
ECW Tea Social

Parish Nominations

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.
 
Advent Lessons & Carols
December 13, 7pm 
 
Join us as we recite the history of
salvation in lessons and carols. 

Advent Lessons and Carols
w. Vox Fidelis
December 13, 7pm
Reception in the Rectory    
 
Adult Education
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:

December 6
December 13

United Thank Offering
 
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
Blue Christmas Service
 
Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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!
Van Duzer Scholarship

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.
Upcoming Events

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
For Sunday, December 6

This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Advent

OT:  Baruch 5:1-9             
Psalm 126
NT:  Philippians 1:1-11           
Gospel:  Luke 3:1-6
  
Collect:
 Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.  
Serving This Week
For Sunday, December 6                                          
 
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
10am: Anne Lyon & Mary Ellen Carty

Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
10am: Lisa Jones

Acolytes:
5:30pm: Julia Peterson
8am: Richard Trout, Wayne Voorhees, and Alex Vigh
10am: Mary Ellen Carty

Altar Guild:
Preparation: Joan Corbo
Linens: Anne Lyon   
Quote of the Week
 
"I will often consider myself as an instrument which is of no use except in the hands of the Workman. Hence I must await the orders of Providence before acting and be careful to accomplish them when unknown."
                  - St. John Baptist de la Salle 
Church Schedule
The Week of December 6, 2015 
        
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)

Monday, 7 December :: Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397
� Church Office Closed
 
Tuesday, 8 December :: The Immaculate Conception of the BVM
� 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
� 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)   
     
Wednesday, 9 December :: Advent Feria
� 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, 10 December :: Advent Feria
� 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
� 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass w. Anointing  (Lady Chapel) 
 
Friday, 11 December :: Advent Feria  
Normal Friday Abstinence   
� 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
� 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)   

Saturday, 12 December :: Jane Frances de Chantal, 1641  
� 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel) 

Sunday, 13 December :: The Third 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. - Advent Lessons & Carols w. Vox Fidelis (Church) 
� 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)

This (Past) Week in Church History
 
November 25, 2348 BC:: According to Anglican Archbishop James Ussher's Old Testament chronology, Noah's flood began on this date.

November 25, 1742: The Scottish Society for the Propagating of Christian Knowledge approves David Brainerd as a missionary to the New England Indians.

November 26, 1883: Evangelist and abolitionist Sojourner Truth (whose real name was Isabella Van Wagener), dies in Battle Creek, Michigan. Born a slave, Truth experienced visions and voices, which she attributed to God, and was one of the most charismatic abolitionists and suffragists of her day.

November 28, 1757: English Christian mystic William Blake is born in London. A poet, sculptor, and engraver, he was unschooled but fascinated with Milton, Shakespeare, Dante, and the Bible. He experienced visions all his life, beginning at age 4 when he saw God looking in his window.

November 28, 1863: The the first annual national Thanksgiving Day is celebrated. Back in October, President Lincoln had proclaimed the fourth Thursday of each November from that time forward as a national day of thanks.

November 29, 1530: Thomas Wolsey, cardinal and Lord Chancellor to England's King Henry VIII, dies. Known as "a statesman rather than a churchman," Wolsey dismantled monasteries to fund Oxford University and devoted his life to king and country.

November 29, 1780: The Congregational Church of Connecticut licenses Lemuel Hayes to preach, making him the first black minister certified by a predominantly white denomination. Hayes later became the first black minister to pastor a white church.

November 30, 1554: Recently crowned Queen of England, Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII, restores Roman Catholicism to the country. Nearly 300 Protestants would be burned at the stake by "Bloody Mary," including Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, and Nicholas Ridley. Nearly 400 more died by imprisonment and starvation.

November 30, 1725: Martin Boehm is born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A Mennonite bishop, he was excluded from the Mennonite communion because of his liberal views and association with persons of other sects. He later joined with Philip W. Otterbein and others to form the United Brethren in Christ Church.

December 1, 1170: Banished earlier by king Henry II because he sided with the church against the crown, archbishop of Canterbury Thomas a Becket returns, electrifying all of England. Henry orders his former friend's execution, and Becket is slain by four knights while at vespers December 29.

December 1, 1917: Father Ed Flanagan founds Boys Town, a home for orphaned or delinquent children, in Omaha, Nebraska.

December 1, 1989: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Pope John Paul II meet at the Vatican, announcing an agreement to reestablish diplomatic ties. Gorbachev also denounced 70 years of religious oppression in his country.

--taken from Christianity Today
Saint of the Week
St. Nikon the Metanoeite
Missionary, 998                
 
Missionary, called Metanoeite. An Armenian, he was born at Pontus, on the Black Sea, in Asia Minor and entered a monastery at Khrysopetro. He was then sent as a preacher to Crete, and after enjoying considerable success, he went to his native country and Greece. He was given the title Metanoite because of his common use of penance as a theme for his sermons. He was noted for his miracles. He died in Peloponnesus.

-Catholic Saints & Angels
Parish Prayer List

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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Grace and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ Church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, His Excellency William H. Stokes, Bishop. Our parish reflects the joy found in Anglo-Catholic worship and tradition, taking the joy and strength found at the Altar and bringing it out into the world in service to our neighbours.    

In Christ,

Fr. Matt+
Rector