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Weekly Calendar
Friday, December 6
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Dig Deeper Bible Study |
Sunday, December 8
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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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| 10:30am |
Worship Service |
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5:00pm
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Youth Group
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Monday, December 9
Tuesday, December 10
| 10:00am |
Prayer Shawl Meeting at Earth Fare |
| 7:00pm |
Jae-Mar-S
Puppy Class |
| 8:00pm |
Jae-Mar-S Handling Class |
Wednesday, December 11
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Online giving is an EASY, CONVENIENT way to keep up with your pledges and to donate!
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Thank you to our Choir and
Dr. Brad Green
Thank you
for a beautiful Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols on First Advent. It was a great start to the Advent season. And thank you to our readers and to Daughters of the King for the reception which followed.
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Reading Buddies update
Thank you for all that have signed up for our Reading Buddies program at Martinez Elementary. We will have mentor training for all mentors on Friday, January 10th at 1:00pm downstairs at Holy Comforter. Please plan to be there. This training must be completed before we start the program. You can do it online, just e-mail Jeanette. We are shooting for January 15th for the beginning of our program! Please e-mail Jeanette James at
[email protected] if you have any questions and also she needs your most current e-mail.
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For All that We have Received-Thank You!
Thank you to all who have contributed to
our 2020 Stewardship campaign. As we went to press we had received $288,540
in pledges from 63
households. If you haven't done so already, please return your pledge cards as soon as possible. We anticipate a budget in excess of $400,000.
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Christmas Events
Christmas Eve:
Our Family Service with Children's Christmas Pageant is at 5:30 pm. The Candlelight Service with the Adult Choir is at 10:00 pm.
Please take one of our invitations along with a candy cane and invite someone to attend one of these services with you. Studies show that even people who do not normally attend worship are interested in coming to a Christmas Eve service. Share the love and grace of Jesus this season.
Christmas Open House
Christmas Open House at the Pastor's Home
on Sunday December 29 from 4-6 pm at 973 Hunting Horn Way in the Bridlewood subdivision off of Fury's Ferry Road. Help celebrate the 5th Day of Christmas and the beginning of our year long celebration of our 20th birthday. All ages are welcome!
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It's Christmas Pageant time again!
We need your child to be a part of our Christmas pageant during our 5:30pm Christmas Eve service. Adults are also needed to aid in a variety of tasks, including costumes, staging and shepherding children. All are welcome! Sign up HERE or email Ayn Colsh at [email protected].
Pageant Rehearsal Schedule:
Sun. Dec 15 - following the worship service
Tues. Dec. 17 - at 6:30pm
Sun. Dec.22 - following the worship service
Guest Stars:
Do you have a child that won't be in town
until
Christmas Eve but they would still like to be part of our Nativity? No problem!! Children that come the night of the show will be cast as a star! Bring them downstairs Christmas Eve and we'll do the rest!
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Name Our Goat(s)!
We want to shower a family
with goats through the Episcopal Relief and Development fund (ERD). Goats help 3rd world families become self-sustaining. According to ERD goats are hardy, reproduce quickly and can be raised in many climates to produce staple items such as milk, cheese and manure for farming. One goat cost $80.
Earmark gifts ERD. And we also want to name our goat (s). Put your suggestions in the box in the foyer.
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Adult Christian Education
All classes meet on the Lower Level at 9:15am
Rector's Forum
Sunday, December 8:
Prophetic Voices/Provocative Writers:
An Introduction to Writers Old and New Who Push Us Out of Comfortable Christianity
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This Sunday we will explore the works of Rachel Held Evans and Anne Lamott.
Moderator: Pastor Cynthia Taylor+.
Sunday, December 15:
Prophetic Voices/Provocative Writers:
We will look at the works of Bryan Stevenson and Maya Angelou.
Moderator: Pastor Cynthia Taylor+ and others.
Parents and Young Adults Forum
Sunday, December 8:
We begin our series, The Purpose of Christmas, by Rick Warren. Coordinators: Mallory Halterman and Cheryl Spessert.
Sunday December 15:
A study on three
Purposes of Christmas
. 1. A time for celebration 2. A time for salvation 3. A time for reconciliation
Coordinators: Mallory Halterman and Cheryl Spessert.
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Youth Group
Sunday, December 8:
Christmas Trivia night and Compline, 5-6PM (middle and high school)
Sunday, December 15: Middle and High school youth Christmas party with Secret Santa, 5-6:15PM.
Darlene Bourque, youth minister
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BLAST
(Bible Learning Action Stations)
Sunday, December 8:
We begin our lesson on Advent and learn about the meaning of Advent and the season of waiting for Christ's birth. We will make an Advent chain calendar to take home.
Sunday, December 15:
We will make an Advent wreath, learn why we celebrate Advent and what each part of the wreath symbolizes. We will also look at some of the symbols of the season.
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Holy Comforter Book Club
The Holy Comforter Book Club meets
Monday, January 13th from 10am to noon to discuss the book,
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
by Richard Rohr. See you then!
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Live Streaming Ministry Opportunity
We are looking for volunteers
to be part of our newly formed Live Streaming ministry! We need some tech-savvy parishioners to get into a rotation to operate the live streaming equipment and manage the broadcast of the service over the internet! Interested? Contact Thomas Saunders at [email protected].
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Caring for Others-Volunteer Opportunities
We have a volunteer opportunity
at ReStart on Saturday, January 11 from 9-12. ReStart is a hands-on opportunity to make and deliver beds to those in need, including Veterans and children. For more information, contact Mary Kelly at [email protected].
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Annual Meeting and Luncheon
Our Annual Parish Meeting is Sunday, January 5
after the service. We will have elections for two openings on the Vestry, elect delegates to Diocesan Convention and approve the 2020 budget. Current Vestry member Mallory Halterman will be running for a second term. Other nominees are welcomed. Thomas Saunders will be stepping down as our Senior Warden after serving two terms and is not eligible to serve a third consecutive term. A nursery will be available and a light lunch served.
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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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A Closer Look at our 2019 Pledges
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Annual Pledge Amount ($)
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Weekly Pledge Amount ($)
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Number of Pledges
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0 - 1,000
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.01 - 19.00
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8
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1,001 - 3,000
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19.01 - 58.00
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31
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3,001 - 5,000
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58.01 - 96.00
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16
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5,001 - 7,000
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96.01 - 135.00
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7
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7,001 - 9,000
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135.01 - 173.00
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5
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9,001 +
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173.01+
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7
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Total 2019 Pledges = $311,640.00
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Total 2019 Pledges = $311,640.00
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74
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October Financials
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Actual Revenue as of October 31, 2019
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$296,203.59
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Actual Expenses as of October 31, 2019
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$312,345.71
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Surplus/Deficit as of October 31, 2019
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- $16,142.12
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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:
Charlie Bellman, Charlotte, and Pete
For those celebrating birthdays:
Maddie Grigg, Fred Hoogland, Addison Martin, Kitty Angleman, Andrew Byrd, Alexis Gray, and Nathan Suggs
For those celebrating anniversaries:
Cam and Marsha Varner
Thanksgiving for our partnership
with Martinez Elementary School and The Claiborne at West Lake.
For the safety of Mariel Morgan
and all those who serve abroad.
For those who are homebound: John Howell, 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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Abby Brooks, Jenny Frey, Morgan Hooper
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| Reader |
Linda Bargeron |
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Acolytes
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Brittney Kezer, Max and Mallory Morgan
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| Altar Bread |
Joyce Shaw |
Altar Guild
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Linda Bargeron and Karen Sheppard
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| Ushers |
Kirk Redding and Robert Bargeron |
| Pre-Service Greeters |
Michele Lundy |
| Prayer Team |
Pam Coffey |
| Welcome Team |
Mary Kelly |
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