Upcoming Volunteer Oppportunities:   Four times a year the Advent partners with Common Cathedral, an outdoor worship service on the Common that provides lunch, communion, and fellowship with homeless people and their friends. Members of the Parish will be on the Common Sunday,  January 20,  helping with this vital ministry .  Volunteers are welcome for the next time Advent partners on March 10 th . Please visit  http://commoncathedral.org/  for more information. To be a volunteer please contact Pastoral Assistant, Eric Fialho, at  [email protected] .   

 

The Annual Parish Meeting is Sunday, January 27, 2019. Contributions to the 2018 Annual Report were due in the Parish Office by January 4. If you owe a report (as head of a committee or group) please send it in ASAP.

REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The nominating committee proposes the following persons for election to the indicated offices at the Annual Meeting to be held Sunday, January 27, 2019.

For Member of Vestry (4 to be elected):  Lynda Blair, Dustin Henderson, David Lapin, Fran Piscitelli, Philip Sawyer.

For Treasurer: Adam Rutledge.

For Clerk: Frederick Ou.

For Delegate to the Diocesan Convention (2 to be elected): Betsy Ridge Madsen, Julianne Ture.

For Alternate Delegate: Robb Scholten.

Informational statements from the candidates will be posted in advance of the Annual Meeting.

-By the Nominating Committee, consisting of C. Thomas Brown, Paul Roberts, John Boyd, Kara Rodgers, and John Higgins.

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE CLERK:  

The Vestry has set the next Annual Meeting of the Parish for Sunday, January 27, 2019.  At that meeting there will be elections for Vestry and for Diocesan Convention.   To qualify to vote in a Parish election, you must be a baptized Christian, at least 16 years of age, who makes a regular, recorded contribution to support the Parish for the preceding year.  You must also subscribe to the authority of the Parish By-Laws and the Canons of the Diocese.

Under the By-Laws of the Parish, the Clerk is responsible for maintaining the Electoral Roll.  The Electoral Roll for the upcoming Annual Meeting is now posted outside the Parish Office.  It consists of those who have pledged or made a similarly recorded qualifying contribution to the General Fund of the Parish during the past year.  Your name must be on the Roll in order to vote.  Any changes to the Roll must be made before the Parish Meeting commences.  Please inspect the list and let the Clerk know if you think there is an error.

The Advent needs and values the participation of new parishioners, both in Parish life and Parish governance.  If you are new, please be sure to make a pledge for 2019 so that you can vote in the Annual Meeting.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. 

In accordance with Article IV, Section 2, of the By-Laws of the Parish of the Advent, the Clerk has posted the Warrant for the Annual Meeting in the lobby of the Parish Hall, The Vestry has called the Annual Meeting for Sunday, January 27, 2016, at 10:00 am.

                                                                      Faithfully yours,  

                                                                      Frederick Ou, Clerk

  

Are you someone who will RISE AGAINST HUNGER? If you are, then we can use you at the event we're hosting on Saturday, February 16th from 10:00 am to noon in Moseley Hall. Again this year The Advent is hosting a Rise Against Hunger event for the members of our Diocese who are in the Boston Harbor Deanery. We are looking for five or six volunteers from our parish to join volunteers from other parishes around the Deanery to prepare 10,000 meals. That's right. We will prepare dry food packages, one complete meal in each package with the necessary vitamins and nutrients, that will be sent somewhere around the world where people are hungry. The goal of Rise Against Hunger is to see an end to hunger in our lifetime. A very lofty goal, and we can do our part by stepping up and helping on February 16th. If you have helped with events like this you will know that this is really a lot of fun. There's music, some dancing, bells ringing to announce how many meals have been created, and just a good sense of satisfaction knowing that we are reaching out to others in need. We ask those who volunteer to arrive at 9:45 on that day. We are also looking for donations to offset the $3,500.00 it takes to put on the event and meet the cost of the food and materials. Within hours of announcing the event, we received a $500 donation from Emmanuel Church and a pledge of having some volunteers attending from that parish. What will the people of The Advent do? If you're interested in helping or making a donation, please contact Father James. www.riseagainsthunger.org (go to the website and then click "get involved" and then click "host a meal packaging event").