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Happening at St. Mary's
Children's Lessons and Carols rehearsal this Saturday
Saturday, December 23, 9:30 a.m., New St. Mary's

Children's Christmas Lessons and Carols is this Sunday on Christmas Eve at 4 p.m. Please join us for a full rehearsal in New St. Mary's at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday, December 23. On Sunday, December 24, please arrive by 3:30 p.m. to get into costume and stay after the service for birthday cake! For more information, please contact Anne McCoy or Nancy Ritter.
Greening of the church this Friday
Friday, December 22, 9 a.m., New St. Mary's

Altar Guild needs you, your clippers, and greens. Please bring greens and/or help decorate for Christmas beginning at 9 a.m. this Friday, December 22 in New St. Mary's. For more information, call Elizabeth Baker at (804) 784-5678.
High School Tacky Lights Tour & Christmas Party!
Sunday, December 17, 6:30 p.m., Education Building

Tonight, the High School Youth Group will gather for a Tacky Lights Tour and Christmas party! We'll meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. by starting with the Tacky Lights Tour and then returning to the church for pizza and a white elephant gift exchange.

Please bring $15 for food and transportation, and a $10 gift for the White Elephant exchange.

For more information and to sign-up, email Matt Rawls.
All you need to remember is 10 a.m....
For the next three weeks

On Christmas Day, Monday, December 25 and for the next three weeks, we will have a 10 a.m. service. The schedule is as follows:
  • Sunday, December 24, Advent 4, Holy Eucharist Rite Two, 10 a.m., New St. Mary's
  • Monday, December 25, Christmas Day, Holy Eucharist Rite One, 10 a.m., Little St. Mary's
  • Sunday, December 31, New Year's Eve, Holy Eucharist Rite Two, 10 a.m., New St. Mary's
  • Sunday, January 7, Rector Weezie Blanchard's Last Sunday, Holy Baptism and Holy Eucharist Rite Two, 10 a.m., New St. Mary's
Remember your Loved Ones this Christmas
It's not too late! Order Poinsettias Today

Order Poinsettias to remember your loved ones this Christmas. Please send your donation of $50 for each Memorial to:  St. Mary's Church, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238 Checks may be made payable to St. Mary's Altar Guild. For further information or any questions, please contact Elizabeth Baker via email or call (804) 784-5678.
Remember St. Mary's
Walk in love as Christ loved us. Journey together and share our gifts.

Thank you. Thank you to everyone's graciousness and generosity in giving this past year. Many of you have gone above and beyond this year and it is a privilege to have each and every one of you as a part of the St. Mary's family. St. Mary's and its programs rely on year-end gifts and members paying pledges in full. As the year comes to a close, we ask you to prayerfully remember how St. Mary's has impacted your faith journey and strengthened us as a community in Christ.

To make a gift, please visit our website, learn how to give a gift of stock, or send a check to 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238, designating it as a 2017 gift. Thank you!
Save the Date for Epiphany at the VMFA
Thursday, January 4, 2018, 10 a.m., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Rector (and long ago VMFA docent)  Weezie Blanchard completes her seasonal series of looking for the holy in the outstanding  collections of the VMFA On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10 a.m. we'll focus on Epiphany and how it is represented.  An optional lunch at the VMFA restaurant Amuse will follow our tour. To sign up,  please contact Elizabeth Baker via email  or call (804) 784-5678.
Come celebrate Weezie's ministry!
Sunday, January 7, 2018, 10 a.m., New St. Mary's

Save the date for Rector Weezie Blanchard's last Sunday on January 7, 2018. Join us for a  service of Holy Baptism and Holy Eucharist Rite Two at 10 a.m. in New St. Mary's. Following the service, come celebrate Weezie's ministry and help send her off with a reception in the New Parish Hall.
Vestry Nominations
Annual Meeting on Sunday, January 28

Each year at our  Annual Meeting on the last Sunday in January, four members of the Vestry complete their three-year terms of service on the 12-member Vestry, and  four new Vestry members are elected. At St. Mary's,  the Vestry Nominating Committee , which is appointed by the Vestry and includes the four outgoing Vestry members (Betsy Rawles, Bruin Richardson, David Rose, and Charmaine Trice) and four at-large members (Michael Blanks, Jesse McCoy, Peggy Talman, and Molly Snow),  meets to consider and propose qualified nominees. This year's annual meeting will take place on January 28, 2018.   If you would like to nominate someone , please contact Betsy Rawles.
Rector Search Committee updates
Members of the Rector Search Committee are open to and welcome any feedback

The Rector Search Committee (Chair Tracey Ragsdale, Brantley Holmes, Andy Howlett, Michelle Lewis, Kim O'Shea, Nancy Reed, Al Rider, Susie Salsitz, Carrie Schaeffer, Armistead Talman, Joan Wilkins, and Russell Wyatt) emphasized they want to make this process as transparent as possible. In an effort to give each and every one of you an opportunity to share comments, concerns, recommendations and questions, they've created a Gmail account. In addition, feel free to share with any one of them individually. Please keep this group in your prayers as they continue this important work.
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