| There are many opportunities help our children, both near and far, get ready to go back to school this fall. Scroll down to Mission and Outreach and find out how! |
Rector's Ramblings
 Lately I have been reminded of the importance of rest days. Not rest days in the sense of a day off or a Sabbath day, although I've been diligent in taking one day off a week lately. I mean rest days of the sort you work into an exercise routine. More of a recovery day. Some days are considered heavy workout days, and it is a good idea to take it easy the day after to allow your body to recover. The science of recovery is always improving, too. Not only is it about resting, but there are technologies to help you recover faster, from compression clothing to rollers, and even certain foods.
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| Worship This Week |
Please join us on Sunday, at 9:15 am, for online Morning Prayer, which will be available
on the Christ Church Facebook page
here
, on our YouTube page
here
, or the Christ Church website
here
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| Evening Prayer |
 If you enjoy hearing Evening Prayer read, please look for it at 5:00 pm on the Christ Church Facebook page
here
. The Rite I bulletin for evening prayer can be found
here
. The Rite II bulletin for evening prayer can be found
here
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| Forward Day by Day |
 If you are a regular reader of the Forward Day by Day devotionals that are typically available in the Christ Church office and would like to continue to have access to them, please contact Glenn Queener at
[email protected]. Glenn would like to have your name and street address, so he can send you copies of the booklets. You can also find the devotionals online
here.
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| Adult Sunday Class On Summer Break in June |
The Adult Sunday Class, led by the Rev. Bob Brown will be on hiatus for a few weeks. Plans for the remainder of the summer are evolving.
For questions about the class and future studies, please contact Bob at
[email protected]
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| Wednesday Men's Study Group Meeting Remotely |
The Men's Study Group that meets on Wednesdays, at 10:30 am, is continuing its exploration of contemporary
spirituality
, using
Reading the Bible again for the First Time, by the provacative twenty-first century theologian, Dr. Marcus Borg.
If you'd like to join the group for this book study or upcoming studies
, please contact Te Turner at
[email protected]
or Fr. David Somerville at
[email protected] for the Zoom access information.
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| Women's Book Study |
 On Thursday, July 23, the Women's Book Study will resume via ZOOM at 1:00 pm. We will be reading
White Fragility
. Because of the nature of the topic and for discussion purposes, the group will be capped at 15 people. Please contact Mother Ashton at [email protected] if you wish to sign up or have any questions.
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| Join Our Online Contemplative Group |
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A group from Christ Church Frederica are joining parishioners from Trinity Episcopal Church, in Asheville, North Carolina for an hour of prayer, reflection, and contemplation on Wednesday mornings at 11:15 to 12:15. Email Randy Siegel at
[email protected] if you'd like to join us!
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Youth and Children's Activities
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This past Sunday, Mtr. Katie shared with us about how Paul stayed close to his friends in Rome through letters, even when he couldn't actually see them. Through the Holy Spirit, we can stay connected to God and to each other, despite the physical distances that separate us. See the entire lesson by clicking on the link below.
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If you haven't had the opportunity to experience Kidurgy, click
HERE
, to see the message from the past Sunday. Whether you're a child or a child at heart, you'll enjoy this rewarding presentation of God's Holy Word.
If you need to get in touch with Mtr. Katie, please contact her at [email protected].
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| Georgia Diocesan Digital Youth Event |
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Grades 6-12
July 23-25, 2020
Online from 8:00 to 10:00 pm each evening
Youth in Grades 6 through 12 are invited to come together each evening from Thursday July 23 through Saturday July 25. Each night we will gather together for games, for worship, and for large group and small group activities. We will also hear talks from high school youth about Relationships with friends and family, about our sense of Home in a time of COVID, and more.
We encourage youth to register in advance for this event. Early registration allows the staff to prepare in advance based on an estimate of numbers, and to communicate directly with people who have signed up.
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| Christ Church Families on Facebook |
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Families! Please join the Christ Church Families Facebook group to keep up with all the latest events and activities. Find us on Facebook
here
!
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| Christ Church ECW Awards Scholarships |
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Left photo - Front Row: Ann Martin, Recipient Hannah Martin, Wayne Martin, Mary Hulett and Recipient Ma'Kayla Hulett Back Row: Paul White, Carol Davis, Nancy Zell and Kathryn Saunders
Right Photo - Carol Davis and Recipient Waverly Brown |
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This year, we're delighted to announce that the Christ Church Frederica ECW Scholarship Fund for Women has awarded not one, but THREE scholarships to three deserving young women, Waverly Brown, Ma'Kayla Hulett, and Hannah Martin, to support their academic studies in the fall. This initiative of the Christ Church Frederica Episcopal Church Women and the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation provides a $2,500 scholarship to female high school graduates pursuing degrees through an academic or technical college or university. The students must be of the Episcopal faith and hale from Glynn or McIntosh County.
The Christ Church Frederica ECW Scholarship Fund for Women was established and funded by many Christ Church women who, over the last seventeen years, have donated to this effort to establish a scholarship program for their young ladies. The fruit of these gifts will now benefit many young women with their future educational goals. In establishing this scholarship the Episcopal Church Women honor those who came before and saw this as just a dream... but now it is a reality.
Our heartfelt congratulations to all three of our 2020 Christ Church ECW scholarship recipients!
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Mission and Outreach
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| School Supplies Needed for Local Students |
 The new school year, in whatever form it will take in Glynn County this year, is nearly upon us! There are many families in the area that struggle to provide the needed school supplies for their children. In the past few years, Christ Church has worked with GEM (Glynn Episcopal Ministries) to make sure area students have the materials they need for a successful school year. Your generous donations in previous years have gone to help six area schools! Please see the following list and consider helping our area students by donating these school supplies and leaving them on the Parish House front porch in the coming weeks. If you cannot shop for supplies, donations are most welcome, too. Please write, "School Supplies for GEM' in the memo line of your check.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES NEEDED
BACKPACKS!!!! (elementary and middle school)
3 ring binders
#2 Pencils
Crayons - 1 Box of 24
Pink Eraser
Broad Tip Markers
Glue Sticks
Bottle of School Glue
Box of Tissues
Bottle of Hand Sanitizer
Pair of Fiskar Blunt Tip Scissors
Pencil Box
Plastic Pocket Folders with Brads
Wide Ruled Spiral Bound Notebooks
Marble Composition Notebooks
Washable Felt Markers
Pkg Wide Ruled Loose Leaf Paper
Blue Pens
Red Pens
Ruler
Colored Pencils
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| Can You Iron? We Need Your Help! |
 Christ Church is providing cloth masks for students at Burroughs Molette to wear when students return to school. Masks will be offered each morning, collected each afternoon, and laundered after use. Fourteen hundred masks were purchased using our Pandemic Outreach fund. We have also obtained iron-on transfers with the Burroughs Molette logo on them. We're hoping a number of parishioners will volunteer to take a share of the masks and work on them, then return them to the church. If you're willing to help iron the transfers onto some of the masks, we will provide instructions and put together a bundle of masks and transfers.
Please contact the church office and let us know if you can help:
[email protected]
. If you'd like to support our Pandemic Outreach fund, you can do so online at
ccfssi.org/give
or by mailing a check to the office with "Pandemic Fund" in the memo line.
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| Diocesan Face Mask Initiative |
It's not just our local children and their families who are in need of face masks. The 8,000 children attending the 22 Episcopal schools in The Dominican Republic could use our help, too. School resumes in August, and the government is insisting that all children wear a mask. We can help Bishop Moises Quezada, the Diocese of the Dominican Republic and these children by making and collecting new masks for them. The most efficient way to ship them is to send them to the Dominican Development Group, C/O St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 13312 Cain Rd., Tampa FL, 33625, phone: (814-400-2722.)
Haydee and Jim Toedtman of St. Peter's in Savannah, help coordinate our diocese mission initiative in the Dominican Republic. Haydee is shown greeting students at Colegio San Pedro y San Pablo just outside of Santo Domingo during an exploration visit last fall. Any questions can be directed to Jim Toedtman by email ( [email protected]) or cell phone - 703-967-0652.
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| The Backpack Buddies - Getting the Job Done! |
The Backpack Buddies continue to team up with concerned friends and organizations throughout Glynn County to make sure that nutritious shelf-stable foods, (and fresh fruits and vegetables, when we can get them), are delivered weekly to young children, homeless teens,
 needy families and the vulnerable elderly in our community. We cannot thank you enough for supporting this mission through your food donations, monetary gifts, physical hard work and prayers!
Right now, our friends at the St. Athanasius Feed My Sheep Food Pantry, in Brunswick, are still in need of a few items for the folks who are served there. This week's wish list for St. Athanasius includes:
* Full-Sized Cereal Boxes
* Canned Green Beans
* Canned Corn
* Diced Tomatoes
* And, as always, Paper and Plastic Grocery Bags
We are alway grateful for your help with the Backpack Buddies mission! If you have any items you'd like to donate this week, they may be dropped off on the front porch at the Christ Church Parish House.
 If you would like to help the Backpack Buddies ministry with a monetary donation, it would be greatly appreciated. You can donate by check (just mail it to Christ Church, at 6329 Frederica Road St. Simons Island, GA 31522 - check memo, Backpack Buddies) or give online HERE (choose Backpack Program)
. For more information about the Backpack Buddies program, please contact Susan Shipman at [email protected].
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| Giving Made Easy |
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You may use the CCF website to make pledges, donations and payments for some activities. Just select "Giving" at the top of the CCF
homepage. This brings you to the pay portal. The process is fast and easy and allows you to pay by credit or debit card or by electronic bank transfer. You may change or add new payment methods at any time. Contact: Stan Kyker, CCF financial administrator at 912-638-8683.
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Pastoral Care and Prayer List
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| Pastoral Care Team Needs Bud Vases |
 Our Pastoral Care Flower Ministry is asking for bud vase donations. If you have bud vases at home that
you're willing to donate
or would like to purchase a few inexpensive vases for us to use, we would greatly appreciate it! (Please make sure that used vases are clean.) If you have any questions, please contact Mother Ashton at
[email protected]
. Donations may be dropped off at the Parish House.
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Pastoral Care
Your pastoral care team is here for you! If you have a pastoral concern, a blessing you'd like to share, want to arrange a hospital or home visit, and/or receive Holy Communion, please contact Mother Ashton Williston at 912-638-8683 or
[email protected].
Prayer List
To amend our prayer list or to update the church on the condition of your loved one, please email Mtr. Ashton Williston at [email protected]
or call the church office at 912-638-8683.
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Nancy
Acree
Tory Braden
Judy Bradford
Rowland Bradford
Bob Dart Brown
Beverly Burns
Jackie Byrne
Colleen Cassidy
Zoann Covington
Jody Custer
Sarah Dance
Jackie Davis
Linda Davidson
Mary Lou Detwiler
Lou Dugas
Dave Geiszler
Sheika Gramshammer
Julie Hancock
Mary Hanley
Johnny Harrison
Kim Harrison
Burgess Hartsell
Larry Hartsell
Andrew Hobbs
Carol Hoffine
Lise Hofmann
Angela Holland
Jessica Hope
Bob Huggins
Gordon Jackson
Mark Jicha
Holly Lamb
Mary Landen
Bob Lazier
Bill Littleton
Dorothy Lowery
Dott Marler
Tom Martin
Kathy Marvel
Claire McCarty
Frank Owenby
Andy Padgett
George Patelidas
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Johnny Riddle
Julia Riddle
Terry Hall Robbins
Clyde Smith
Willou Smith
David Somerville
Sam Spak
Mike Swindling
Edith Tayloe
Meghan Thrift
Sarah Whitman
Jennifer Willingham
Mell Wray
Hollis Youngner
Ava
Betty
Bob
Brenda
Carol
Dale
Dave
Dick
Fran
Gail
Jake
Joanne
John
Jordan
Larry
Marianne
Marjorie
Megan
Muriel
Pidge
Richard
Susan
Traci
Virginia
Walter
Departed:
Tom Gash
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