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12th Night Rescheduled for next week.
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Rescheduled Due to the Bad Weather And Icy Roads Tonight
Epiphany
Three Kings
12th Night Celebration
Friday, January 13, 2017
7:00 p.m.
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You are invited to share your church with your neighbors. Short service followed by a celebration with great food, Champagne, sparking cider, King's Cakes and wonderful fellowship. Come and kick off 2017 and celebrate! Bring a friend/friends.
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First Sunday after the Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord
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Sunday, January 8, 2017
8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Celebrant, The Reverend Canon Victoria R. T. Heard
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Time
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Lay Eucharistic Minister
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Lector/Prayers of the People
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8:00 a.m.
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Bob Ware
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Dick Comstock
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10:30 a.m.
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Charlie Brockett
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James Musick
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Readings
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Isaiah 42:1-9
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Psalm 29
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Acts 10:34-43
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The Gospel Reading Matthew 3:13-17
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Gospel of Matthew Study, Starts Sunday
Starting Sunday both at 9:00 a.m. and at 12:00, I invite you to join in exploring the Gospel of Matthew for the season of Epiphany.
Matthew's Gospel is the first book of the New Testament. Why does it begin with a genealogy? Why does Matthew, a Jewish writer, make such a point about Gentiles seeking the child Jesus? Why are Matthew's beatitudes and Matthew's version of the Lord's Prayer the ones we remember? Why does Matthew organize his book into five sections? What have scholars figured out about the community of Christians to whom Matthew was writing? I hope to address all these questions and share my delight in bringing our hearts and heads to study this gospel.
I will teach this class twice Sunday, to allow people who attend the later service or work between the services to prepare hospitality or worship to participate. The class will be last for 30-35 minutes. Please come, read, learn and get to know Matthew more deeply. Bring a Bible!
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Do you find yourself acting as a pastor to your friends and family?
Do you find deep meaning in visiting people in care facilities?
Do you want to develop skills to be an effective servant of Christ to others?
You are invited to consider a course with the Community of Hope.
There is Community of Hope training in Dallas starting February 1, 2017
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History of Community of Hope
It's about the skills and the practices of spiritual life that prepares each one of us to be open to the other.. to believe and trust that the hospitality of the Christian faith is to look for the Christ in the other person, and as we approach them to serve them and in humility provide ministry to them. Our prayer is that the stranger will receive us and look for the Christ in us." - Rev. Dr. Helen Appelberg, founder of Community of Hope.
In 1994, Helen Appelberg, Assistant Director of Pastoral Care at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston was appointed to create a training course for people to become lay chaplains. With support from staff chaplains and advice from Esther de Waal, an authority on Benedictine spirituality, a fourteen week curriculum, taught by invited faculty, was established. Rooted in the ageless principals of The Rule of Benedict and sustained by clinical pastoral practices, the Community of Hope was born. As Community of Hope classes were being taught regularly in St. Luke's, training centers started emerging in churches, hospitals, hospices and care centers across Texas and other states.
Benedictine Spirituality gives Community of Hope its unique emphases - first, staying true to Jesus' commandment to care for the sick: "When you do this to the least of these you do it also unto me." and second, growing each participant spiritually, within a nurturing community-because those who are the healthiest spiritually will have the most to give to others in need.
Classes from 12:00 pm to 3 p.m will start on February 1, 2017 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Dallas. Please speak to Canon Heard or to Phoenicia Eilert about your interest. heard@redeemer-irving.org
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Gratitude Tree
Thanks to the parishioners who participated in the Gratitude Tree! We raised $475 for the Building Fund thanks to your generosity.
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Here are the notes from the tree ornaments-
Thankful for Canon Victoria & my family
Betty Coolidge & Jane Porter for the monthly audit
In gratitude for Canon Victoria
With love and Thanksgiving for Dick & Mary Beth
With Thanksgiving for Bob Ware's work as ECR treasurer
I am grateful for my parents-Olivia & Dallas, my family and my friends. Thanks to all who have supported me in good & bad times.
God's love
In gratitude for assistants to Treasurer Peggy, Ginny, Dan
I am grateful for my daughter Becky, who puts up with me daily. I am also grateful for all God's blessings.
With gratitude for God, His goodness, His joy, and all His people
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After Christmas Clearance
Come shop the Gift Shop sale this Sunday while you are enjoying fellowship after the service. Christmas items will be on sale at 1/2 price. Hope to see you!
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We Need Sandwiches
We need sandwiches for Austin Street Center on Sunday, January 8.
Participation in the Saturday sandwich making crew has diminished for a number of reasons but the need of Austin Street Center for sandwiches has not diminished.
Won't you please take a loaf of bread and turn it into a loaf of sandwiches and bring it Sunday morning.
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Sunday, January 8, 2017
Holy Eucharist 8:00 a.m.
Fellowship following the Service
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Matthew Study 9:15 a.m.
Choir Rehearsal 9:15 a.m.
Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m.
Fellowship following the Service
Matthew Study, 12:00 noon
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew 12:15 p.m.
Rhema Gospel Church 12:30 p.m.
Austin Street Center 3:45 p.m.
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Monday, January 9, 2017
Augustine Chapter, SLAA 6:30 p.m.
Toastmasters, 7:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Tuesday Morning Bible Study 10:00 a.m.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
6:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist with Healing Service
7:00 p.m. Finance Committee
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
7:30 p.m. Irving Chorale Rehearsal
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Friday, January 13, 2017
7:30 p.m. Berea Interdenominational Bible Study Class
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Irving Cares Food Pantry
The most needed items are:
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Canned Meals
(Chili, Stew, and Soups)
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Soap, Shampoo, Deodorant and Toilet Paper).
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Please leave your contributions in the brown basket at the end of the credenza.
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When, Saturday, January 28, 2017
Time, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Place, St. Matthew's Cathedral
Theme: Candyland
Taste the Lord and see that He is Good
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