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Weekly Calendar
Saturday, August 24
Acolyte Festival Begins
Sunday, August 25
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9:15am
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Christian Ed.
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9:30am
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Choir Rehearsal
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Worship Service |
| 5:00pm |
Youth Group |
Monday, August 26
Tuesday, August 27
| 10:00am |
Prayer Shawl Meeting at Earth Fare |
| 7:00pm |
Jae Mars Puppy Class |
| 8:00pm |
Jae Mars Handling Class |
Wednesday, August 28
| 10:30am |
Dig Deeper Bible Study |
| 6:30pm |
Choir Rehearsal |
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Online giving is an EASY, CONVENIENT way to keep up with your pledges and to donate!
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Final Vote: This Sunday
Harry the Hippo and the Triple Toss were voted off the island! Voting is open again to choose your favorite playground equipment.
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Will it be the Merry Go Round, currently in 1st place?
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Or will Calvin the Caterpillar, the 2nd place challenger, take the lead?
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Or maybe the Rockwell Teeter will surge ahead?
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Acolyte Festival to be Held in Augusta
Saturday, August 24-Sunday, August 25:
The Diocesan Acolyte Festival will be held at Church of the Good Shepherd,
2230 Walton Way, Augusta, GA
. This is for acolytes of all ages.
Contact Acolyte Master Morgan Hooper at [email protected].
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Adult Christian EducationThis
All classes meet on the Lower Level at 9:15am
Rector's Forum: This is the final Sunday in our Celtic Spirituality series. Bring a pen and pad to class this Sunday.
Sunday September 8:
Adam Hamilton's The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why. Using the Apostle's Creed this study examines not only what Christians Believe but why it matters. Presenter: Robert Spessert.
Parents and Young Adults Forum:
We don't have to be perfect in order to be present to God and true to ourselves.
Next session: The Roles We Play. Coordinators: Mallory Halterman and Cheryl Spessert.
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Youth Group
August 25th:
Middle school youth (grades 6-8) will meet from 5-5:45PM. We will begin our re:form curriculum starting with "Who Wrote the Bible: God or Humans?". High school youth (grades 9-12) will meet from 6-7:00PM. We will begin our t.b.d. (
Think.Believe.Do
.) curriculum starting with "Prayer is Important."
Sunday, September 8:
Middle school meets from 5-5:45PM. Topic: Is the Bible True? High school meets from 6-7PM. Topic: There's a Right Way to Pray.
Darlene Bourque, youth minister
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BLAST
(Bible Learning Action Stations)
Sunday, August 25: Our Creation Story lessons continue. The 3-5 classes are in the Science station experimenting with wind and air and our K-2 are in the Cooking station making Creation pizzas!
Sunday, September 8:
Our Creation Story lessons continue. The K-2 classes are in the Science station experimenting with wind and air and our Grades 3-5 are in the Cooking station making Creation pizzas!
We are looking for volunteers
to help us lead the BLAST lessons. Prayerfully consider helping us in this ministry. Lesson plans and supplies are provided. You don't have to commit to every Sunday and there is no experience necessary! Contact Ayn Colsh at
[email protected]
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Christian Education Classes
There will be no Christian Education classes next Sunday, September 1.
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Pastor on Vacation
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Taylor will be on holiday
starting August 26 through September 5. The Rev. Canon Frank Logue will be the preacher and celebrant Sunday, September 1. And the Rev. Erwin Veale will be on call for pastoral emergencies. His number is
706-267-6394.
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Daughters of the King
(DOK)
The Daughters of the King will meet
Sunday, September 8 following the worship service. If you are interested in learning more about this organization or becoming a member, please join us. Contact Carole Nelson at [email protected] for more information.
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Fall Carnival Planning Meeting
There will be a meeting on Sunday, Sept 8th
following the service for all ministry leaders and anyone interested in helping with the fall carnival.
Plan to spend about an hour, as we will be making some final plans to proceed forward as the date approaches. Any help is appreciated!
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We're Starting Up a Children's Choir!
Calling all 1st through 5th graders!
Holy Comforter is starting a Children's Choir! Beginning September 8, we will rehearse on Sunday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30 in the sanctuary. The children's choir will be directed by Drs. Brad and Lucy Green. Both Brad and Lucy are certified music teachers who have extensive experience working with church, school, and community children's choirs. They are excited to kick off a program here at Holy Comforter. To gauge interest in this new program, we will only meet regularly this fall. Our goal is to perform during the Advent/Christmas season. See you there!
Like to sing? Join Our Adult Choir!
We are always looking to expand our choir. If you would like to be part of our choir, join us Wednesdays at 6:30pm. Questions? Contact Music Director Dr. Brad Green at [email protected].
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Holy Comforter Book Club
Our next book is
American Duchess: A novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt
by Karen Harper. We meet Monday, September 9 at 10am upstairs at the church.
206-859-8418.
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Volunteer Opportunity
Join us at Golden Harvest
, 702 Fenwick Street, for kitchen and meal prep on Monday, September 16 and/or Monday, October 21 from 8:30 to 10:30am.
Contact Mary Kelly
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Sharing God's Word: Our Guest Preachers
This Christmas Eve marks the 20th Birthday
of the launching of Holy Comforter. We are starting the celebrations early with a host of guest preachers, from within and without of our congregation, that begins in 2019 and continues through 2020.
Sunday September 1 The Rev. Canon Frank Logue.
Frank is the Canon to the Ordinary, which basically means he is our bishop's right hand man. He is also one of the most gifted preachers in the Episcopal Church. You are in for a treat. You can follow his blog at
loosecanon.georgiaepiscopal.org/
Sunday September 22 The Rev. Dr. Reggie McNeal.
Reggie is a Baptist preacher, teacher, writer and iconoclast, who pushes us not to settle for what passes as everyday Christianity. He is also funny as all get out. Reggie has preached before at Holy Comforter and was instrumental in starting some of our outreach ministries. For more info on Reggie go to
www.reggiemcneal.org
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Sunday October 6
The Rev. Dr. Nadim Nassar.
Syrian born Nadim is a priest in the Church of England. More importantly he is the founder of The Awareness Project. His book, The Culture of God, gives voice to our questioning: "Where is...God in a world that seems bent on self-destruction?' As a peace-builder in Syria, the UK, the US and beyond, Fr. Nadim leads us into a transformative, reconciling, life-changing power that leads to abundant life and 'to protect the sanctity of life, which is defiled by war.'" The Rev. Nassar is traveling in our country this fall promoting peace and reconciliation, particularly in Iraq and Syria. Go to
www.awareness-foundation.com
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Celebration of Creation and Blessing of the Animals
Sunday September 29 :
Bring your well behaved pets to church that day. Dogs on leashes and cats in carriers. Yes, your pets can come to church that day! More details soon.
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Fall Festival
Mark you calendars now for our first Fall Festival, Saturday October 26. Talk about fun for everyone! Wow.
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You can make a gift to Holy Comforter in a variety of ways:
- Use the Square Reader in the foyer for debit/credit cards
- Go to our website, click giving and use Pay Pal
- Make checks out to Holy Comforter and/or give cash and put it in the offertory plate on Sunday.
- Remember Holy Comforter in your will.
- For those with an IRA account, consider using your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) as a way to give.
- All gifts are tax deductible
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July Financials
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Actual Revenue as of July 31, 2019
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$222,869.58
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Actual Expenses as of July 31, 2019
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$221,046.88
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Surplus/Deficit as of July 31, 2019
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$1822.70
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Thank You for Your Gifts
Summer is always a hard time for churches.
Giving drops when people are on vacation. But many of you either pre-paid your pledges or made sure to continue your giving through the summer enabling us to get out of the summer doldrums. Thank you so much. We would be here without you.
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Persons remain on the list for two weeks; those with chronic needs continue to be prayed for by our Prayer Chain. You may add prayer requests at the lectern by the toy box.
For those in need of healing:
Andy Hall, Sidney Morgan, and Leigh
For those celebrating birthdays:
Jonah Rigdon, Cindie White, John Haynie, Meghan Bourque, Finn Halterman, John Lue, and Mary Byrd
For those celebrating anniversaries:
John and Mary Beth Arnold
Thanksgiving for our partnership
with Lakeside Middle School.
For the safety of all
those who serve abroad, including Mariel Morgan and Alexander Abate.
For those who are homebound:
Corky Angleman, Marjorie Sinclair, Donna Garvey, Bobby and Lorraine Banks, and Joan Jackson
For all who have died for the Christian Faith
and for those who have persecuted them. And for all the faithful departed.
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| Preacher/Celebrant |
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Taylor |
Lay Eucharistic Ministers
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Carole Nelson, Jenny Frey,
Linda Bargeron
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| Reader |
Linda Bargeron |
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Acolytes
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Abby Brooks, Grayson Randolph,
Emerson Saunders
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Altar Guild
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Karen Sheppard and Linda Hoogland
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| Altar Bread |
Cindie White |
| Ushers |
Fred and Linda Hoogland |
| Pre-Service Greeters |
Julie Blake |
| Prayer Team |
Kathy McLendon and Harriet Myers |
| Welcome Team |
Mary Kelly |
| Vestry Person of the Day |
David Blake |
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