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A Blessed and Happy 2017 to you!
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Friday, January 6, 2017
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Epiphany
Three Kings
12th Night Celebration
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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The Feast of the Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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Sunday, January 1, 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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Joan Lamere
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Ginny Bertrand
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10:30 a.m.
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Carol Ware
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Mary Forrest
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Readings
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Numbers 6:22-27
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Psalm 8
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Philippians 2:15-21
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The Gospel Reading Luke 2:15-21
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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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Sunday, January 1, 2017
Holy Eucharist 8:00 a.m.
Fellowship following the Service
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Adult Forum 9:15 a.m.
Choir Rehearsal 9:30 a.m.
Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m.
Fellowship following the Service
Daughters of the King 12:15 p.m.
Rhema Gospel Church 12:30 p.m
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Monday, January 2, 2017
Church Office will be closed.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017
RMS Begins Second Semester
Tuesday Morning Bible Study 10:00 a.m.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
6:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist with Healing Service
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
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Thursday, January 5, 2017
7:30 p.m. Irving Chorale Rehearsal
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Friday, January 6, 2017
7:00 p.m. Epiphany Three Kings 12th Night Celebration
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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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The stewardship envelopes are available at the back of the church.
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2016 Contributions and Gifts
In order for contributions to be considered tax-deductible in 2016, they must be received
- Hand delivered to the church office prior to noon on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.
- Checks mailed and post marked by 12/31/16 will also be considered as 2016 tax-deductible Contributions.
If you are considering giving a special year-end contribution to our operating fund or ministry of your choice or as a memorial for a loved one, please indicate that on your check or on the envelope. Your generous offerings to God and to support the ministry of Church of the Redeemer are welcome and appreciated.
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Altar Flowers & Dedication of Bread and Wine
To sign up for Altar Flowers and/or Dedication of Bread Wine there is a book on the credenza at the back of the church.
While we do not have flowers on the Altar during Advent, Christmas and Lent, you can make a Dedication of Bread and Wine any Sunday during the year.
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