The election of a bishop is an interesting process. It is not linear, and it is much more nuanced than a typical executive search, or even a search for a parish rector. The spiritual aspect of discernment involved is difficult to describe, yet it is palpable.  Somehow, in the end, despite the imperfections of the process and the people involved, the Holy Spirit does her work. The Spirit blows through a diocese, through its convention, through its people, and we elect a person. In this case, we elected The Rev. Canon Frank Logue, currently serving as Canon to the Ordinary in this diocese, to become the 11th  Bishop of Georgia.  

Join us for weekly worship at Christ Church. Regular weekend worship services take place on Saturdays at 5:30 pm at St. Ignatius Chapel, on Demere Road, and on Sundays at 8:00 am, 9:15 am (church), 9:15 am (parish hall) and 11:15 am at Christ Church, Frederica.  Kidurgy, our Liturgy of the Word for younger children, takes place during the 9:15 am worship service at Christ Church. On Wednesdays, at 12:00 pm, a Healing service is held at Christ Church and at 6:30 pm, X Church takes place.  

The  women's study group meets on Thursdays at 1:00 pm in the parish hall. The group is reading, The Scarlet Cord: Conversations With God's Chosen Women . The book tells the story of biblical women in a new way, drawing the reader further down her spiritual path and closer to Christ. For more information, please contact  Mtr. Ashton at [email protected] .

Beginning December 5, at 11:00 am, Randy Siegel will lead a weekly contemplative workshop in the Vestry Room of the Christ Church Parish House. Contemplative practices help us know God. Through prayer, worship, scripture, meditation, and silence, we experience God's presence and are healed, renewed and transformed by God's love. The group will meet for five Thursdays from 11:00 am to Noon on December 5, 12, 19 and January 2 and 9. (We will skip the week of Christmas.) Come when you can! For more information, contact Randy Siegel at 828-301-0819.

Families! Please join the Christ Church Families Facebook group to keep up with all the latest events and activities. Find us on Facebook here !

Our friends in the Media Center at Burroughs Molette Elementary are having a Book Fair from December 9-13 and could use some extra help.  If you have  an extra hour or two and could help out any time in the morning hours on Monday, Wednesday or Friday of that week, or during the afternoon on Tuesday or Thursday, please contact  Sarah Kreimborg at  [email protected]  or 912-222-6960 or Tisa O'Cain at  [email protected]  or 912-230-6563 .

In addition to their many other projects, the Christ Church Comforters have been creating beautiful knit caps in various sizes. If you are planning to make a box for the International Seafarers Center - Christmas at Sea program, knit caps in adults sizes, made by the Comforters, will be available for you to add to your box. If you'd like a cap, please contact Mtr. Ashton at [email protected] or Gay Barron at [email protected].

You can help Burroughs Molette Elementary School every time you shop at Harris Teeter. Simply tell your cashier (during check-out) that you want Burroughs Molette's account number (6700) linked to your Harris Teeter VIC card. Once the account number is linked, every time you shop during the program, 2% of your Harris Teeter brand purchases will be contributed by Harris Teeter to the school. It's that easy! 

Christ Church friends --Martha's Guild needs you! We are a small service group, dedicated to preparing and serving food at receptions for the bereaved families and friends of those whose funerals are held at Christ Church. Over time, our small band has become a little too small, so we are eagerly recruiting new members now. It is so easy and so rewarding. Teams are called on for two months at a time and asked to bring finger foods like tea sandwiches, deviled eggs, fruit or cheese trays, cookies, or you may tell us what you like to make. If you would like to serve your church family in this way, please contact Angie Burns at 912-638-2717 or Mtr. Ashton at  [email protected]. 

Last spring, 29 agencies primarily serving women and children in need, benefited from ECW's Annual Tour of Homes, and from the sale of our Christ Church Cookbook. This fall, we again are asking for generous donations that will help in so many lives. We look to our church family, and beyond, to make it happen. If you'd like to be a patron or volunteer on Tour Day, March 21, please contact Susie Henning at  [email protected]), or Tami Black at  [email protected], or visit christchurchtourofhomes.org.

The Mom's Night Out Group  will have dinner together at Fancy Q, in Redfern Village on Friday, November, 22, at 6:00 pm. Please call Mtr. Ashton at 912-638-8683 to reserve your spot by Thursday, November 21. Contact: Mtr. Ashton at [email protected]

On Sunday, December 8, at 4:00 pm, the Coastal Symphony of Georgia will present the musical magic of Terry Readdick in a Family Christmas Concert in the Christ Church Parish Hall. Terry is an accomplished and delightful piano recitalist who will bring us familiar pieces ranging from Joy to the World to Jingle Bells with updated, creative arrangements and seldom heard piano selections from the Nutcracker! This promises to be a very popular concert, so be sure and order your tickets now. Contact  [email protected] or order online at coastalsymphonyofgeorgia.org.  Bring the family to enjoy the music of the Christmas season!

J oin us on Sunday, December 1, at 10:30 am, for a wonderful Advent kick-off featuring making Advent wreaths with your family and a Living Advent Wreath ceremony. Join us in the Parish House, where we will provide you with the materials to construct a wreath to take home and use for family devotion during this watchful season. Volunteers from the Flower Guild will be on hand to help, too. A continental breakfast will be served. Contact: Mother Katie at [email protected].

Rev. Canon Frank Logue has been elected the 11th bishop to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. Currently the Canon to the Ordinary for the diocese, he was elected on the first ballot during an election that took place in the Lane-Nessmith Center at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, receiving 78 votes from lay delegates and 64 votes from clergy. 44 votes were the minimum needed for clergy and 70 for lay. The 11th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia will be consecrated in a service to be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, May 30, 2020 at the Johnny Mercer Theater in Savannah. The Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, will officiate; he will also preach at a Eucharist to be held at 11:00 am, Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Forsyth Park, Savannah.

Christ Church Gift Shop

The Christ Church Gift Shop has a wide assortment of unique items, (which would make perfect Christmas gifts), including handmade jewelry to benefit House of Hope and Faithful Love, the Christ Church history book, local honey and all natural bath and body care products from Thistle Farms.  

  This week, colorful ladies' ball caps, embroidered with the Christ Church logo, are in! Protect your face and eyes from the sun, while showing some pride in your parish!

The store is in the parish hall across from the church office and is open on Sundays 10:30 am until 1:00 pm and Tuesday-Friday 2:00  to 5:00 pm. Contact: Ellen Kuehm at 912-996-3392 or at   [email protected] .

We are in the process of adding emergency contact information for parishioners into the Christ Church Realm database. When you log into your Realm profile, you may enter the information yourself. If you need help with Realm, please contact Glenn at [email protected]. If you prefer not to use computers, call Mother Ashton at the church office, at 912-638-8683, and she will happily take your information and enter it into the database.