Christmas is a wonderful time of year when we express and share our generosity with those we love. In the midst of the season's busyness, please also be reminded of our call to be generous to God's church. After all, the Christ Child in the manger rests at the center of all we are and do this time of year. If you have not already done so, please prayerfully consider your pledge commitment to the church. Pledge cards may be placed in the offering plate during worship services, or mailed to the church office. If you have misplaced your pledge card, additional ones may be found on the round table in the church narthex. Thank you to all for your continuing participation in the life of Christ's community at Saint Patrick's.
Last Call! - "A Day of Sacred Silence" Please note that the time of this event has changed to 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Click here to read the details and sign up. Deadline for signing up is tomorrow at Noon.
Please join us for worship this Sunday at 8:30 or 10:30 a.m. Due to the ongoing Advent Series taking place on Sundays, Christian Education for adults has been suspended through 2013. Sunday School for children preschool through grade 5, takes place during the first half of the 10:30 am service.
December 14 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragedy in Newtown, CT. Stephen Bennett, one of our Solas Leighis musicians, is a neighbor to the Newtown community. In response to his feelings, Stephen composed a piece for piano that he named Elegy for Sandy Hook. During the prelude at the 10:30 a.m. service this Sunday, this haunting tribute will be offered for those who wish to reflect and remember this tragic day.
Christmas Eve Services will be held at 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on December 24. Please note there will be no services held on Christmas Day. Click here to see our Christmas week schedule.
Our first evening to serve at Room in the Inn will be next Thursday, December 19th. We have many slots open that we need to have filled. You can learn more about this vital outreach ministry and also find links to sign up to serve by clicking here
Our next scheduled day to serve as Prep Chefs at the Mooresville Soup Kitchen is on Tuesday, January 14 from 1 to 4 pm. Currently we have many slots we need to fill. We are in need of 6 to 10 volunteers, 16 years of age and older who can commit to helping to prepare the frozen meals for those in need. You can sign up to help by clicking here.
Our Youth Groups J2A Class will be selling Auto Bell coupons for $15.00 which is the same price you would pay at the car wash. We are raising funds for the 2015 Pilgrimage. These make great Christmas Gifts for family members, colleagues and service providers. See the Youth in the Narthex by the J2A sign and pick up several!
Saint Patrick's has been the recipient of a generous gift designated for landscaping of our property. Click here to read all the details.
An important housekeeping note: The thermostats that control the heating and air conditioning in the Sanctuary have been set to 70 degrees. The temperature must remain steady year round so as to protect our piano from costly damage caused by fluctuating temperatures in the worship space. Please do not adjust the thermostats at all. Thank you for your cooperation.
Thanks to some very generous parishioner donations, Saint Patrick's is graced to have new liturgical hangings for our sanctuary this Advent and Christmas. During the season of Advent, our altar, lectern, chasubles and clergy stoles will be a highly refined Anglican blue adorned with our traditional Jerusalem cross. This ancient Anglican color for Advent presents a hue of deep blue akin to that which is experienced just before a morning sunrise, which makes it most appropriate for us in Advent as we await with expectant hope the imminent rising of Christ at Christmas. For our Christmas celebration, we have been gifted celebratory hangings which are beautifully adorned in rich hues and patterns of gold. These new celebratory hangings, which will also be used for Easter, evoke a sense of Christ' s rising in all his splendid glory!
