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The Weekly News
November 22, 2016
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Greetings!
In this issue of the Weekly News:
- Advent: The Season of Preparation
- Choral Meditations for Advent
- Service to Others: Holiday Food Totes and the Angel Tree
- Seasonal Flowers for the Sanctuary
- St. Christopher's Note Cards
- Time & Talent Auction Wrap
- Stephanie Mannon Grabow on St. Christopher's
- Now Is the Time
- Office Closed for Thanksgiving
- Dates for Your Calendar
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Advent:
The Season Of Preparation
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The first Sunday of Advent is a few days away on November 27. This year we offer multiple ways to think about and prepare for Christmas. Whether filling holiday totes for the Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center, listening to the beautiful music of Choral Meditations for Advent, coloring an Advent calendar, or receiving daily devotions via test, there is something for everyone.
Advent Calendars
Please pick up a large format Advent calendar for your household. You will find the calendars in the Narthex. They are suitable for people of all ages, including adults who have taken up coloring.
Devotions for Advent
For the last few years, we've offered devotional thoughts for Advent via SMS (Short Messaging Service, aka text) for our students. This year, in conjunction with the Spiritual Development sub-team of the Strategic Planning Team, we're opening these daily messages up to everyone in the parish.
The material is the same as the large format Advent calendars that we have from Forward Movement. It offers a reprieve from the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping and preparations with ideas for prayer, helping others, and being thoughtful about the true meaning of Christmas.
To subscribe, text @advent16 to 81010.
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Choral Meditations for Advent
Sunday, December 4, 4:00 p.m.
Music on Main presents a vocal quintet performing choral music and poetry for the Advent season. The meditative sound of voices and spoken poetry will enrich your spiritual journey through the Advent Season. Featured vocalists include Victor Chen, Jane Dunnivant, Christopher Gribble, Candis Lang, and Mary Robinson. This event is free and open to the public.
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YOU can Make a Difference
Fill a Holiday Food Tote
for the
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center
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We have the opportunity to make a real difference in our community where needs are great and hunger is very real.
St. Christopher's Service to Others has committed to fill 120 totes for families supported by the Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center holiday food drive.
Pick up your tote in the Narthex now. We have just 30 remaining to fill. Inside the tote you will find a list of requested items. On a table near the totes you also will find instructions for purchase of a Kroger gift certificate for a ham or turkey
through St. Christopher's. (Do not go purchase these on your own.) Filling the tote can be a great family or group project. Ask your family, neighbors, committee members, or friends to fill a tote in thanksgiving for their own good fortune during the holidays.
Return the filled totes no later than Sunday, December 4. Please note this earlier-than-usual date for the return of the totes.
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The Angel Tree
Begins December 4 -
Ends December 18
Purchase gift cards from Meijer, Target, Kohls, WalMart, or Kroger for distribution to Hamilton County Prevail, Third Phase, and Good Samaritan. Gas cards also are welcomed. Gifts cards for this project must be brought to St. Christopher's by Sunday, December 18. Cards can be placed in the Angel Tree mailbox, which will be located near the tree.
If you have questions about this Service to Others project, speak with Carol Bolles (317-255-2794), Gloria St. John (317-845-9998), or Marlyn Young (317-253-2920).
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Seasonal Flowers for the Sanctuary
If you wish to give flowers for the Christmas season, you will find envelopes on the round table in the Narthex. Make checks payable to the Altar Guild of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church.
The deadline for ordering is December 11.
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St. Christopher's Note Cards
Note cards that contain color photos of our church are perfect for thank-you notes and other messages. These note cards will be available after the 7:45 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. services. A packet of 10 notes cards costs $15. Please mark "Note Cards" in the memo section of your check. Proceeds from sales of the note cards will go to St. Christopher's Columbarium Garden Fund. The photographs were provided by Dick Carter and Carolyn Parrott.
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Time & Talent Auction
It bears repeating: the Time & Talent Auction was a great success! Thank you for the gifts of your time, talent, treasure, and especially your presence. You made it possible for us to realize important financial goals. Proceeds from the Auction were $26,037.
Special thanks to committee volunteers whose names we missed in our previous thank-you: Caroline Dumas for external sales: Margaret Baranowski and Laura Shanley for writing blurbs for donated items, Kelly Vrtis and Steve Lawson for the bid book, Ellen and Mike Blackburn for working in the kitchen, Cindy Anderson-Clark and Rob Weissert for helping plan the food and drinks.
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Shares What St. Christopher's
Means to Her Family
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I am honored . . . to share our family's devotion to the entire St. Christopher's Episcopal Church and to talk a little bit about what sustains this community. That's what this place and its people are for us-our community. And it's not just any place. We see St. Christopher's as a church striving to be a Beloved Community . . . .
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Now Is the Time
We're nearing the close of the 2016 Funding Campaign. Your donations help support the things that mean the most to you at St. Christopher's. If you have returned your Commitment Card, thank you. If you haven't, now is the time. The Vestry will establish our budget for 2017 in December. Please complete your Commitment Card and return it by November 27. You may return it in person by placing it in the offering plate during Sunday worship, dropping it by the office at your convenience, or mailing it to the church at 1402 West Main Street, Carmel, 46032. You also may make your commitment online.
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Church Office Closure
The church office will close for Thanksgiving at noon on Wednesday, November 23. It will re-open at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 28.
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Dates for Your Calendar
The Save the Date page of St. Christopher's website is updated weekly. Check this resource for new information. You also may want to review the insert in the
Sunday bulletin, as it provides the schedule for the coming week.
December 4 | St. Nicholas Sunday
December 14 | Young at Heart Luncheon (note second Wednesday in December)
December 18 | Christmas Lessons & Carols
Church office hours:
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(except Thanksgiving holiday as noted above)
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Continue the conversation with us on Facebook for inspiration, interesting articles and questions, news of upcoming events, pictures and videos from recent events, breaking news, and more. Or, follow us on Pinterest and Instagram. For information about St. Christopher's Service to Others Ministries, Music Ministry, and Formation, visit us at
stchriscarmel.org.
The deadline for announcements, news, and articles for The Weekly News is Monday Noon each week. Email to ddelong@stchriscarmel.com.
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