Fall "Bag It for Manna" Collection/
Fill the Mayflower
Friday, November 22
Thanksgiving Outreach Meal
Wednesday, November 27
Advent Wreath Making
Sunday, December 1
St. Nicholas Celebration
Sunday, December 8
Family Movie Night
Friday, December 13
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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW...
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FALL “BAG IT FOR MANNA" COLLECTION
Help us fill the Mayflower on November 22!!
Filled bags are to be returned by Thursday, November 21.
Thank you for your contributions!
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COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE
Sunday, November 24 ~ 5:00 PM ~ First Baptist Church, Pensacola
Speaker: Rev. Brandon Bures, First United Methodist Church
Participants in the service include Allen Chapel AME, Basilica of St. Michael, Christ Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist, and Temple Beth-El.
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16th ANNUAL THANKSGIVING OUTREACH MEAL
Wednesday, November 27 ~ 4:00-6:00 PM ~ Parish Hall
THANKSGIVING MEAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Join us on Wednesday, November 27 as Christ Church prepares a traditional Thanksgiving meal for our neighbors in need. This year, in addition to the meal, we will have bike repair, and gift bags with socks, gloves, hats, scarves, and toiletry products. Volunteers are needed for serving on Wednesday as well as for set up and preparations on Tuesday. Sign up available
here. Nursery care will be available for volunteers from 4:30-6:30 PM on both Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information, please contact Ken and Sandy Pyle at
kpyle1968@gmail.com or
sandypyle12@gmail.com.
TURKEY TREE AND THANKSGIVING DONATIONS
Monetary donations would also be appreciated and can be made at the Turkey Tree Station in the Parish Hall: $30 helps provide a turkey and $15 a side dish and dessert. Please also consider donating new socks, gloves, toiletries (including feminine hygiene products), and bike parts such as chains, tires, reflectors, lights, pedals, inner tubes, locks, patch kits, and wheels of at least 26” diameter. Donations may be placed in the foyer of the Parish Hall. Your donations will be part of the gift bags and bike repair provided at the Thanksgiving Meal. For more information, please contact Ken and Sandy Pyle at
kpyle1968@gmail.com or
sandypyle12@gmail.com.
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The Parish Office will be closed
on Thursday, November 28 & Friday, November 29 for Thanksgiving.
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ADVENT WREATH MAKING WORKSHOP
Sunday, December 1
9:15–10:15 AM ~ Parish Hall
Please join us for a multigenerational Advent wreath making workshop…all are welcome! Foam rings, candle holders, candles, greenery, and ribbons will be available, but please feel free to bring items from home to personalize your Advent wreath. There will be no regular Sunday School that day for children or adults so that families can participate in this special event together. One wreath per family, please. For more information, please contact Jen Leahey at
jen@christ-church.net
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ST. NICHOLAS CELEBRATION
Sunday, December 8
9:30–10:15 AM ~ Parish Hall
St. Nicholas’ Day falls during Advent, when families begin thinking about Christmas. But during this busy time of year, we are also focused on how to keep ourselves and our children connected to the central message of God’s love – the birth of Jesus – a message that often gets lost in the wider cultural observance of the Christmas season. Celebrating St. Nicholas’ Day helps children connect their faith with everyday life, and learn how to be more giving and generous to others. Please join us as we trim the parish Christmas tree, sing your favorite carols, and enjoy a visit from the Old Saint himself. Bring a friend…and wear your pajamas!
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***FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT***
Friday, December 13 ~ 6:00 PM ~ Parish Hall
ALL ARE WELCOME!!
Bring your pillows and blankets for a movie night with your parish family!
***Popcorn and Christmas cookies will be provided!***
***NEXT SHOWING***
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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JUSTICE MINISTRY UPDATE: JUST Pensacola
Over the past year, we have been discerning how to live into the call of Micah 6:8 “to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly” with God. Churches and religious communities throughout Pensacola have joined together to form a justice ministry, under the national Direct Action Research and Education Training (DART) ministry. DART brings together people for three phases: to listen to the problems of the community, research effective solutions, and hold a great assembly to present the solution – holding ourselves, our community, and our leaders accountable. On November 4, we became an official DART affiliate and adopted the name JUST Pensacola (Justice, United, Seeking Transformation). Over the next several months, we will be researching effective solutions for the issues of
education and criminal justice
. If you are interested in being part of the research phase, please contact Rev. Katie (
kathryn@christ-church.net
). Look for more information to come about this ministry and how it continues to grow here at Christ Church and in Pensacola.
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CIRCLE OF CARE MEETING
Wednesday, November 20 ~ 2:00 PM ~ Parlor
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PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
Thursday, November 21 ~ 9:30 AM ~ Parlor
Newcomers always welcome; instructions provided for those who wish to learn!
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NEEDLEPOINT GROUP ~ Tuesday, November 26 ~ 10:30 AM
We will meet upstairs in the Christian Education Building.
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NEW ADULT EDUCATION ROUND TABLE CLASS
BEGINNING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1
If you have never felt alone, ignored, insulted or treated rudely in a social setting, you are among a rare group of human beings. If you have never rejected, insulted, ignored or acted rudely to someone in a social setting, you are among a more rare group of humans. The Bible is filled with stories of people who have been forced to leave their homes (refugees) or have fled their homes (immigrants) and how God was with them but they were treated poorly by humans. Kent Annan’s book,
You Welcomed Me,
seeks to address how Christians can confront their desire to be loving/compassionate people as Jesus showed us and our very real concerns and fears of the unknown and people different from us. This will be an eight week study beginning the first Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2019. If you would like to reserve a book or want more information, contact David Starling by text or phone at (850) 712-0977 or email
dastarling@cox.net
.
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***Please note:
Lunch reservations are required
***
Please sign up on the information table in the Parish Office.
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EPIC CHALLENGE BOOK CLUB
Wednesday, December 4 ~ 3:00 PM ~ Parlor
Not only will we be discussing our December book, Michael Ondaatje’s
Warlight
, (this is the newest by the author of
The English Patient
), but we will also be unveiling our picks to read in 2020! Join us on Wednesday, December 4 at 3:00 in the Parlor and you will be one of the first to know what we will be reading this coming year. Meanwhile, nominations are pouring in. Each book is receiving fair and balanced consideration, and the election is HONEST! (We have a lot of fun!) We welcome you!
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POETRY READING & BOOK SIGNING
"From Green's View"
by Dr. Henry Langhorne
Thursday, December 5 ~ 7:00 PM
Parish Hall
Light hors d'oeuvres & wine at 6:30 PM;
reading at 7:00 PM.
RSVP: 850-206-4608
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BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW
Saturday, December 7 ~ 8:00 AM
at Azalea Trace
David Leahey & The Parish Choir present
Christmas Music
with a Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Meeting at 8 AM ~ Breakfast at 8:30 AM
Music beginning at 9:30 AM
All Azalea Trace residents invited along with all parishioners!
PLEASE sign up for 8:30 breakfast reservations
via the Brotherhood link
on the Christ Church website,
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AN ADVENT MORNING OF SILENCE:
Entering a Contemplative Christmas
Saturday, December 7 ~ 10:00-11:30 AM
The Chapel ~ Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church
Contemplative Outreach of Pensacola invites you to begin Advent with a time of quiet. Our greatest challenge is to be present to these days, to savor the season in its daily, hourly unfolding, opening our souls to the God who is ever waiting to be born there. To register, go to
centeringprayerpensacola.com
or contact Carol Lewis at
copensacola17@gmail.com
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EPISCOPAL YOUTH COMMUNITY NEWS
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~ Wednesday, November 20 ~
Youth Vestry Meeting at Newk's
Meet from 7-8 PM to plan the Tacky Christmas party and upcoming events.
~ Sunday, November 24 ~
No EYC
~ Sunday, December 1 ~
No EYC – Thanksgiving Weekend
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***Bible Study Opportunities***
Tuesdays
-
Middle School Girls' Bible Study
6:45-7:45 AM ~ Undercroft
Honey butter chicken biscuits, cinnamon rolls, & chocolate milk will be provided.
November 19 –
Middle School Girls & Boys SERVE at Wesley Haven Villas.
Meet at 6:45 AM at the Undercroft gate and we will walk over together to eat breakfast and hang out!
Wednesdays
- Middle School Boys' Bible Study
6:45-7:45 AM ~ Undercroft
Honey butter chicken biscuits, cinnamon rolls, & chocolate milk will be provided.
November 20 – Middle School Boys
will not meet
due to Wesley Haven event on Tuesday with the Middle School Girls.
Thursdays
- High School Bible Study
6:45-7:45 AM ~ Bagelheads
Bring yourself and a friend!
November 21 –
High School SERVE at Children's Hospital.
Meet in the hospital lobby at 6:45 AM.
***Tuesday, November 26 – Thursday, November 28 — No Bible Studies Thanksgiving Week***
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CHRISTIAN FORMATION
ADULT EDUCATION ~ 9:30 AM
The Psalms –
Father Michael and Rev. Katie lead a Sunday School class that focuses on the Psalms, in particular the Psalms selected for our Advent Readings. This class will run through Christmas.
This class meets in the Parish Hall.
The Beauty of Brokenness: A Study for Moms — This new Sunday School class addresses the pressures and imperfections of motherhood. A combined fellowship group and book study, The Beauty of Brokenness allows mothers not only intention time to recharge and refocus, but also the opportunity to experience love and support from fellow moms. This semester’s discussions will be loosely based on Shauna Niequist’s book,
Present Over Perfect.
Led by Jen Leahey. This class meets in the Library, upstairs in the Christian Ed Bldg.
Lectionary Class —
The Lectionary Class will discover in the Gospels how Jesus leads us. The fall is green or ordinary time, but we will discover this time in the lectionary is anything but ordinary. Come and be a part of the discussion.
Led by Dick Hooper.
This class meets in the Parlor.
Adult Education Round Table
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If you have never felt alone, ignored, insulted or treated rudely in a social setting, you are among a rare group of human beings. If you have never rejected, insulted, ignored or acted rudely to someone in a social setting, you are among a more rare group of humans. The Bible is filled with stories of people who have been forced to leave their homes (refugees) or have fled their homes (immigrants) and how God was with them but they were treated poorly by humans. Kent Annan’s book,
You Welcomed Me,
seeks to address how Christians can confront their desire to be loving/compassionate people as Jesus showed us and our very real concerns and fears of the unknown and people different from us. This will be an eight week study beginning the first Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2019. If you would like to reserve a book or want more information, contact David Starling by text or phone at (850) 712-0977 or email
dastarling@cox.net
.
Led by David Starling.
This class meets in Rm. 32, upstairs in the Christian Ed Bldg.
Sunday Centering Prayer Group
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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.
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ~ 9:30 AM ~ 2nd Floor of the Christian Ed Bldg
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Godly Play ~ PreK3 – 2nd grade, Room 37
Children and Family Ministries is proud to utilize the Godly Play curriculum in our Sunday School classes. Godly Play is unique in that it encourages children to 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. Class is concluded with a “feast” (graham crackers and water), during which the children appreciate the fellowship of their peers.
3rd – 5th Grades, Room 39
In our Extended Godly Play program, tweens will get the experience of Godly Play stories with the additional of Bible Literacy and critical thinking-based discussions with their peers.
YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL (Middle & High School) ~ 9:30 AM ~ 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
XXIV Pentecost
November 24, 2019
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ACOLYTES: 8:00 - J.O. Zachow, Derek Nelson, John Phillips III
10:30 - Jack Allebach, Mallory Dickerson, Merrill Dickerson,
Aidan Efird, Samuel Efird, Allison Jefferis, Darren Jefferis,
Emma Klahorst, Reid Klahorst, Ella Major
CHALICE BEARERS: 8:00 - Margherita Soule, Brooks Hodnette
10:30 - Al Marretta, John Martin, Derek Nelson, John Matthews
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BIRTHDAYS & WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
FOR THE PARISH FAMILY
We would like to give thanks for these special days and to add your name to the published prayer list in the Sunday bulletin. Please print your name on the calendar on the information table in the Parish Office foyer. The calendar is checked weekly before the prayer list goes to print.
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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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IMPORTANT PASTORAL CARE INFORMATION
Have an emergency and need a priest?
Call the Parish Office, 850-432-5115.
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HEARING LOOP
Christ Church has 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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