Annual Parish Meeting
& Vestry Elections
Sunday, January 27
Families, Fellowship & Formation
Thursday, February 7
Scout Sunday
Thursday, February 10
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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW...
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ANNUAL PARISH MEETING & VESTRY ELECTIONS
Sunday, January 27 ~ 9:30 AM ~ Parish Hall
Join us for our annual parish meeting between the two services at 9:30 AM (breakfast will be served as usual at 9 AM). There will be reports on 2018 and Father Michael will be casting a vision for 2019. Vestry elections will take place as well with polls opening before the early service and closing after the principal service. Nominations from the floor for vestry will be taken at the beginning of the annual parish meeting (9:30 AM).
**Please note there will be no Adult Christian Education classes that day.
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Christ Church has added a weekly service at Old Christ Church, Sundays at 5 PM.
Sundays at Old Christ Church are:
Reverent
A quiet time of prayer and communion.
Casual
Come as you are.
Historic
Ancient prayers in the oldest church on its original foundation in the State of Florida.
Convenient
Short service, walk to nearby restaurants.
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NEW HEARING HOOP INSTALLED
Christ Church has recently installed a hearing loop system f
or hearing-impaired individuals who wear hearing aids with activated telecoils (or T-coils)
. Users should turn their hearing aid to the setting marked "T". This will allow your hearing aid to act like a speaker directly connected to the church’s sound system. After the service has ended, you should turn off the "T" setting. Background: A telecoil (or T-coil) is a small coil of wire inside a hearing aid that is designed to pick up a magnetic signal. When using the telecoil setting on your hearing aid it turns off the microphone so that it will only pick up the electromagnetic signal and convert it to sound. This allows you to hear only the magnetic signal from the hearing loop system. Ask your audiologist or hearing health care provider about telecoils and if it is right for you.
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FAMILIES, FELLOWSHIP,
AND FORMATION
Thursday, February 7
5:30-7:00 PM ~ Parish Hall
Topic: Showing Our Love: Valentines for Montclair
Menu: Papa John's pizza, salad,
Valentine's Day cupcake decorating
($2/person, $10 max per family)
Valentine’s Day = LOVE, so join us as we show our love to the children of Montclair Elementary School! As an outreach project, we will be hand-making a special Valentine for each kindergartener and first grader at MES. That’s 140 valentines, so load up your family and friends; it’s all hands on deck as we shower our love upon these wonderful children this Valentine’s Day!
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BRIDGING THE GAP NEEDS COATS & GLOVES
With the colder weather, people in dire need in our community need coats & gloves (especially men's coats of sizes larger or bigger). Please drop off coats and gloves to the foyer of the Parish Hall to be handed out by Bridging the Gap, coordinated by Dawn and Carol Cooper.
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GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
BEGINNING FEBRUARY 12th
Christ Church will offer a Grief Support Group for our adult parishioners beginning on Tuesday, February 12. We will meet at 3:00 PM upstairs in the Christian Education building. All of us, at sometime in our lives, will live in the shadow of loss, and experience the pain, exhaustion and loneliness that accompany loss. Loss is universal and does not discriminate. Everyone grieves differently, but it is very important to know you are not alone! For more information, please contact the Rev. Walt Kindergan at
walt@christ-church.net.
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Please note that The Holy (Ghost) Writers group (Tuesdays, 2 PM)
is no longer meeting.
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EPIC CHALLENGE BOOK CLUB
Wednesday, February 6 ~ 3:00 PM ~ Parlo
r
The EPIC Challenge Book Club read for Wednesday, February 6 is
A Place For Us
, the New York Times best-seller by author Fatima Farheen Mirza. Under “we all have families,” this book captures the joys and sorrows of an immigrant Indian family, now in the United States, with weddings, family feuds, cross cultural misunderstandings, assimilation, reconciliations — and, we hope, redemption. Join us reading this engaging novel by an author who dares not to tie everything up neatly.
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SECOND SATURDAY
Saturday, February 9 ~ 5:00 AM Waterfront Rescue Mission
Join us on the 2nd Saturday of every month when we’ll be cooking breakfast for the men of Waterfront Rescue Mission. Arrive promptly at 5:00 AM (380 Herman Street) and we’ll begin serving at 5:45 AM. If you’d like to help Lisa Williams with food prep the day prior, please e-mail her at
lisaw257@mchsi.com
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DAUGHTERS OF THE KING
Saturday, February 9 ~ 9:30 AM
Parlor
We meet at 9:30 AM on the second Saturday of each month in the Parlor. Anyone interested in learning more about DOK can attend a meeting or contact Monica Barnard, 587-6026, or Susan Martin, 542-7730.
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JOIN US FOR SCOUT SUNDAY!
Sunday, February 10 ~ 10:30 AM service
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ECW CHAPTER MEETINGS
St. Simon: Monday, February 11, 10:00 AM, in the Parlor.
St. Luke: Tuesday, February 12, 10:00 AM, in the Parlor.
Program:
“What Happens Beyond the Rail?” — Mary Beth Marcille will explain the workings of the Altar Guild.
St. Andrew: Tuesday, February 19, 10:30 AM, in the Parlor.
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THE BRIDGE GROUP
will meet on Monday, February 11, at 12:30 PM in the Parlor. For questions, please contact Elspeth Lloyd at 432-0195.
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EPISCOPAL YOUTH COMMUNITY NEWS
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~ Sunday, January 27 ~
Join us for Jr. & Sr. High Sunday School at 9:30 after breakfast in the Undercroft!
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EYC EPIPHANY BONFIRE
hosted by the Boyles
~ 5:00 PM
Address: 435 Creary St.
(If it rains, location moves to the church Undercroft)
Join us at 5:00 PM this Sunday evening, and bring a friend for a relaxed evening with a fire in the pit, a hotdog dinner, SMORES, special guest musicians & more as we celebrate the season of Epiphany. What can you bring? Your friends and yourself! Dress for the weather and wear closed-toed shoes. For more information and to signup to bring a side, email Rachel Iversen @
rachel@christ-church.net; (850)293-0478.
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ANNUAL REGISTRATION
Each year we ask every family to complete an annual EYC Registration form, which covers all of our day trips and on campus EYC events for the year. Please
click here
to get started.
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CHRISTIAN FORMATION
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL ~ 9:30 AM
"Dying Well" —
**Class will not meet on Sunday, January 27 due to the Parish Annual Meeting.**
Our faith tells us that in death we are reborn, but we leave our loved ones to grieve and handle all the loose ends. One of the greatest gifts that we can give is to plan for a good death. Christ Church is presenting a special 6-week class (January 6-February 10) where we will learn about "dying well." This class is for people of all ages.
This class is held in the Parish Hall.
Lectionary Class —
**Class will not meet on Sunday, January 27 due to the Parish Annual Meeting.**
With Advent the church begins times of special reflection. Advent is the time of expectation and return, followed by Epiphany, a time of discovery, Lent, as a time of examination, and Easter, the capstone of the year, a time of joy and celebration. Come and experience these times in the Lectionary Class. Just as Jesus invited his disciples to “come and see,” come and discover what Jesus’ life, death and resurrection mean in our own times.
This class is held in the Parlor. Led by Dick Hooper.
Sunday Adult Education Round Table —
**Class will not meet on Sunday, January 27 due to the Parish Annual Meeting.**
This class meets upstairs in Rm. 32 of the Christian Education Building. Led by David Starling.
Sunday Centering Prayer Group —
Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, in which we experience God's presence within us. We begin by taking a few minutes to go over the basic guidelines of the practice for anyone who is new. We then sit together in the 20-minute prayer period, followed by a brief time for sharing and intercessory prayer. All are welcome — newcomers and experienced practitioners.
This class meets in the Centering Prayer room on the administrative hallway.
The facilitator is Joan White.
SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR YOUTH ~ 9:30 ~ 2nd floor Christian Ed Bldg.
Godly Play — PreK & K, Rm. 36; 1st & 2nd Grades, Rm. 37
For our youngest worshippers, we utilize the Godly Play curriculum to help the children explore their faith through wonder and play. Each week, a Bible story is told to the children using the Godly Play method, after which children utilize their "work time" to create something in response to the story.
Feasting on the Word — 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grades, Rm. 39
In our "transition class," children begin the bridge to middle school Sunday School through the use of the Feasting on the Word curriculum. Feasting on the Word provides a solid scriptural and theological base, inviting leaders and learners with the opportunity for a deeper understanding of common Bible passages. This program utilizes a mixture of scripture readings, discussion, visual art, and multimedia resources to create an engaging educational setting for our learners.
JR. & SR. HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL ~ 9:30 ~ in the Undercroft
NURSERY ~ 7:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Infants - 2 yrs. old — Nursery, first floor of the Christian Ed Bldg.
Infants — Rm. 24, first floor of the Christian Ed. Bldg.
Preschool Toddlers — Ages 2 & 3 — Rm. 21, first floor of the Christian Ed. Bldg.
Bible lessons are provided each week during the 10:30 service.
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SUNDAY
WORSHIP LEADERS
III Epiphany
January 27, 2019
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ACOLYTES: 8:00 - Sandy Phillips, John Phillips III, John Hendrix
10:30 - Brennan Brewer, Reese Brewer, Turner Collins,
Wiley Collins, Aidan Efird, Samuel Efird, Anna Lowrey Robinson, Anna Kathryn Speck, Ellie Speck, Shelby Speck
CHALICE BEARERS: 8:00 - Tres Phillips, Ben Townes
10:30 - Pam Carr, Craig Dosher, Bob Yearty, Dick Grayson
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IMPORTANT PASTORAL CARE INFORMATION
Have an emergency and need a priest?
Call the Parish Office, 850-432-5115.
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ALTAR FLOWER MEMORIALS
Each week our worship service is enhanced with beautiful fresh flowers. After the Sunday services, the altar flower arrangements are reworked into smaller arrangements. These arrangements are delivered to members of our parish family that are unable to attend a Sunday service. The altar flowers are a memorial, a thanksgiving for an anniversary, a birthday, a new birth, or a thanksgiving for God's blessings. The donation is listed in the weekly bulletin. Forms to participate in this ministry are available on the information table in the Parish Office.
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TRANSITIONS
We welcome
Renee & Steve Larson and Kristen & Justin Lopez
who visited with us on 20 January, 2019.
The sympathy of the parish is extended to the family of
Phyllis Hennessey Fleming who died on 14 January, 2019;
and to the family of
Richard Hall "Dick" Sherrill who died on 17 January, 2019.
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