December 17 - Speaking Part Try-Outs During Sunday School (10:10-11:00 am)
December 23 - Rehearsal (for those with speaking parts) 3:00-5:00 pm
We will be once again celebrating our Children's Christmas Pageant at the 5pm Mass on Christmas Eve. All children are invited to participate
(even children who may be visiting from out of town).
You can wear your own angel, shepherd, or animal costume; OR, arrive by 4:15 pm on Christmas Eve to get outfitted in one of the parish pageant costumes.
For those who are interested in speaking parts, we will hold try-outs Sunday, December 17 at 10:10 am. If you have questions or cannot be here on the 17
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Christine Burrell
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christine.burrell@hdsupply.com
or
Lonna Stachelczyk
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l.stakz@gmail.com
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Rehearsal
Saturday, 12/23, 3:00-5:00 pm in the Narthex
** For those with speaking roles only**
Christmas
Eve
All participants should arrive between 4:15-4:30 and proceed to the atrium (first cottage) to get into costume
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ST COLUMBA'S
Pledge Update
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We have passed the 1/2 mark on our pledge drive for 2018. To date, we have reeived
- 81 pledging households
- $299,217
We need 44 more pledges to reach our goal of 125 households and our goal of $600,000.
Thank you to everyone who has pledged for 2018. It's not to late to pledge - every pledge is important If you wish, you can submit your pledge for next year securely online (
click here
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Rose Sunday Cookie Exchange
December 17 | 12:45-1:45 pm
Come for an hour of fellowship, fun, and light refreshment. Leave with an assortment of delicious Christmas cookies.
Simplify your holiday baking by joining our first annual Cookie Exchange. Bring one kind of your favorite holiday cookie to share. At our gathering, everyone trades and ends up with a whole assortment of different, delicious holiday cookies … along with new recipes and new friends!
Bake 3 dozen cookies of your favorite recipe. Share your recipe (or ingredient list) with us. Bring your cookies on a tray or in a tin and get ready to share.
Come for an hour of fellowship, fun, and light refreshment. Leave with an assortment of your fellow parishioners favorite, homemade Christmas cookies. Check our display in the narthex to RSVP or email
scecstewardship@gmail.com
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Rose Sunday Bake Sale
December 17 | 8:30 - 12:30
On Sunday, December 17th from 8:30 am-12:30 pm, we will have our 1st annual Rose Sunday Bake Sale. Let the talented bakers of St. Columba’s take care of all your holiday baking needs. We will have cakes, pies, breads, etc.
If you would like to help provide baked goods or help at the tables, please contact Laura Dillon at
ldillon0881@yahoo.com
or call 770-880-2603. All proceeds will go to support St. Columba’s Episcopal Church.
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Christmas at St. Columba's
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Join us as we gather in the splendor of the Bethlehem miracle, that holy night when God made his home among us. During this holy season, let us gather as a parish family and celebrate the miracle of the birth of our Saviour:
O Come, Let Us Adore Him!
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Greening of the Church
Friday, December 22
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
All are invited to join us to decorate the church for Christmas! We'll hang the garland and wreaths, arrange the poinsettias, and get the church ready to celebrate the Natvity of Our Lord. There will be loads of fun and fellowship and everyone is welcome for the entire morning, or for just a portion of it ... whatever fits with your schedule.
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