The Weekly News  April 4, 2018

Greetings! Holy Baptism Children's and Youth Formation Notes From the Search Committee The Daughters of the King Service to Others Meeting St. Christopher's Crops Crew St. Christopher's 4C Meeting Important Dates for Your Calendar

The First Sunday of Easter Holy Baptism Join us this Sunday for the baptism of Lydia Anderson and Charlotte Kindle. We pray for these children and their parents, Robert and Beth Anderson and Chris and Theresa Kindle, as they prepare for their daughters' baptisms.

Children's and Youth Formation There will be no Children's Formation or Youth Formation this Sunday as many of our families and formation teachers are away for spring break.

Notes from the Search Committee The Search Committee accomplishes its work through a process of prayer and discernment rather than following a defined schedule of weeks and months. For those unfamiliar with the search process, we do understand this may be frustrating, so we will continue to provide updates about our work. Our vital work of gathering and processing information is almost complete. We anticipate finalizing the materials that will be used to call our new rector by the end of May. This will be followed by several months when we will receive candidate resumes and profiles. By the end of the summer we expect to enter the phase of background checks and candidate reviews. Our prayerful hope is to be presenting a candidate to the Vestry around the end of 2018 or the beginning of 2019. With God’s grace, spring 2019 should be a joyous time! Please watch for future updates in The Weekly News.  If you have questions, please direct them to our Search Committee Chair, Drew Bender: dbenderest1869@gmail.com

St. Christopher's 4C Meeting Monday, April 9, 6:30 p.m. This month's 4C (Christopher's Casual Communion Crew) meeting will be held in the private dining room of the Prodigy Burger Bar at Clay Terrace, 14490 Clay Terrace Boulevard. (Prodigy is in the location formerly occupied by Ted’s Montana Grill.) We will be discussing upcoming projects, including the Strawberry Festival.

The Daughters of the King Saturday, April 14, 10:00 a.m. The Daughters of the King welcome all women of the church to join them for their April program and meeting, which will be held in the Parlor on the second floor.

Service to Others (S2O) Meeting Sunday, April 15, 11:30 a.m. Have you thought of serving others in our community? Now is a wonderful time to become involved in our efforts to help others. Service to Others will meet in the Andres Library after the 10:00 a.m. service on Sunday, April 15. Bring your ideas about how we might serve unmet needs in our area. Father Stephen will facilitate this brainstorming meeting to identify our outreach focus for the coming months.

St. Christopher's Crops Preparation and Planning Meeting Sunday, April 15, 11:30 a.m. St. Christopher's Crops Crew will meet during coffee hour in the Parish Hall to prepare for planting the beds on Saturday, May 5, and blessing and planting the garden on Sunday, May 20. If you're curious about the garden experience, join us to learn more and prepare for this growing season. Gardeners of all ages and abilities are needed to make this ministry a success. Come, be part of this wonderful ministry !

Important Dates for Your Calendar The  Save the Date page  of St. Christopher's website is updated weekly. Check this resource for new information. You also may want to review the insert in the Sunday bulletin, as it provides the schedule for the coming week.  April 22, 11:15 a.m. | Playground Dedication and Grand Opening April 25, 11:30 a.m. | Young at Heart June 9, Noon - 8:00 p.m. | Strawberry Fest July 16 - 19, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. | Vacation Bible School Church office hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.

The deadline for announcements, news, and articles for  The Weekly News  is Monday Noon each week. Email announcements to the church office at  awalker@stchriscarmel.org with a copy to carolyncparrott@gmail.com

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