As I get older, my body puts up with me less and less. When I was younger, I could push the limits in terms of workload, sleep, eating whatever I wanted. But now, I experience moments where my body makes decisions for me. Last week, staying up late, stress, lack of exercise, and long hours caught up with me. In the same day that I woke up with my back out, I also got the crud that's going around. I don't get sick much anymore, thanks to having older children and a healthier lifestyle, but I still get one good one a year. This year, my body simply told me to knock it off, slow down, and take it easy. Actually, my body probably told me that in a warning that I missed, and so it forced the issue. The only good thing is that it happened last week and not this week!

 

This was also the week I had an annual checkup and learned that I probably need to add a medication to my routine, to make up for genetic shortcomings that I can't control. Nonetheless, the alternative isn't great for the long term, so off the pharmacy it is. That's not all bad either. I'm grateful for pharmacological science and all it offers the world. There really are some miracle drugs these days with new improvements on a regular basis. We can't eliminate the need to eat healthy foods, get enough sleep, and exercise, but there are ways to help the overall outcome in our favor.  

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Beginning on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, Godfrey Draviam will lead a four week Bible study. The group will meet in the Vestry Room, from 5:30 to 6:25 pm. For more information, please contact Godfrey at [email protected]

 

In this season of Thanksgiving and remembrance, don't forget that the ECW scholarship fund is a great way to give thanks or memorialize someone special and still pass the gift on into the future. The scholarship fund is growing and you can be a part of it by making a donation as a expression of thanks or as a memorial. Some young person in the future will benefit from your generosity and will thank you for it. Call Jane Watson, 912-638-7285 , for more information.

 

Many thanks to all who participated in the Angel Tree outreach project this year. Nearly 150 gifts were collected for the children and youth at Morningstar, to help make Christmas a little brighter for them! Christ Church supports the mission of Morningstar Children and Families Services, Inc. which provides quality programming in a caring, supportive and safe environment to promote positive behavioral changes in the young people and families served.

 

Pick up your pruning shears, a pair of gardening gloves and join us tomorrow morning, December 21st, in the Christ Church Parish Hall at 9:00 am, to help make the wreaths and live green decorations to adorn the church for Christmas. It's a lot of fun and a beautiful way to get into the spirit of the Season!

 

Coffee Hour hosts are urgently needed to help provide refreshments between our 9:15 am and 11:15 am worship services on Sundays, in the Christ Church Parish Hall. Please contact Christine Plank at [email protected] to sign up to help.

 

 

 

 

Advance registration is required and registration forms can be found in the church office or downloaded here. The cost for the workshop is $40. Make checks to Christ Church, Frederica with Enneagram Workshop in the memo line. Contact: Billie Sargent at [email protected].

Join Rabbi Rachel Bregman, Rev. Alan Dyer, and Rev. Tom Purdy as they lead an interfaith journey to the Holy Land with Medji Tours in June 2019. This once in a lifetime trip aims to build relationships across cultural and religious lines in our community by exploring together the shared roots of our traditions in Israel and Jordan. Additionally, this interfaith journey hopes to begin a longer-term process of continuing to form relationships, deepen understanding, and build community across other faith organizations in Glynn County, Georgia upon our return. This trip is open to any and all who would like to participate in this holy work. For more information, click here.