Advent V: Clavis David Sunday
Gracious God, your Son Jesus Christ opened wide gate of heaven, making plain the way that leads to eternal joy: Grant that we who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to new life may strive courageously for the freedom and peace of the world; through the same your Son, Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Celebrating the 5th Sunday in Advent
This is "Got Change" Sunday - please be generous!
Sunday morning at 8:00 and at 10:00 Services of Holy Communion at CHS.
Prelude :  Cornet Voluntary Henry Heron
Offertory: 10 am Junior Choir  Grow Me, Lord Ruth Elaine Schram
Communion music:  8 am Sarabande (from French Suite No. 1) J.S. Bach 
Postlude: Two Pieces ( 1. Air; 2. Gavotte)  Samuel Wesley
Youth will be developing the Papa Panov presentations Find out more >
Preparing for Sunday
Lessons as Appointed for Sunday Services. (View in Chrome or Safari)  Sunday's readings call us to repentance. Isaiah announces that God is coming to deliver and comfort—prepare the way!
Who is serving on Sunday?  Check the server schedule.
More readers of the lessons at Advent Lessons and Carols on December 17 are needed at the 8:00 service - sign up in the Narthex. Find out more >
Last chance:
Veteran's Haven North
The last pick up and delivery for 2017 to Veterans’ Haven North will be on Friday morning, December 15. Thanks so much for all the wonderful support from our family here at Church of the Holy Spirit for homeless veterans of New Jersey. For tax purposes, if anyone needs a receipt for their 2017 donations to VHN please contact Judy at judy.linger@gmail.com and provide the estimated value and approximate dates of your donations. Again, THANK YOU!
December 17 - next Sunday
  • Advent Lessons and Carols
  • Guest piano soloist
  • The Greening of the Church
Christmas worship at CHS
Sunday, December 24
  • 9:00 a.m. - The last Sunday in Advent - one service only
  • 4:00 p.m.. - Christmas Eve Worship with youth pageant and Holy Communion
  • 7:00 p.m. - Carol Singing
  • 7:30 p.m. - Choral Festival Christmas Eve Worship with Holy Communion
  • 10:00 p.m. - Carol Singing
  • 10:30 p.m. - Choral Festival Christmas Eve Worship with Holy Communion
Monday, December 25
  • 10:00 a.m. Christmas Day Worship with carols and Holy Communion
Read the story about the doves
Hard Carved Doves – Fr. Phil met master woodworker Biguel Fall on a visit to Dakar, Senegal, in 1995. Biguel owned a woodworking studio there and made incredible works of art with the most rudimentary of tools.   Read the whole story >
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