Join us for Advent IV worship this weekend. Holy Eucharist takes place on Saturday at 5:30 pm, at St. Ignatius Chapel, on Demere Road, and on Sunday at 8:00 am, 9:15 am*, 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. 

(*During Advent, there is only one 9:15 am service in the church.)

Advent lessons come to life with beautiful music during Lessons and Carols, presented this weekend on December 21 at St. Ignatius Chapel, at 5:30 pm, and on December 22, at the 9:15 and 11:15 am liturgies in historic Christ Church. Our Choirs will be on hand and guest musicians will join us. We offer this traditional service on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, as the excitement builds for the birth of Christ Jesus. From our youngest Choristers to our youngest at heart, the music will offer a wide variety of styles. Please join us!

Randy Siegel is leading a weekly morning contemplative group 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 on Thursdays from 11:00 am to Noon on December 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.

The Daughters of the King will meet on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at 5:30 pm, in the Vestry Room of the Parish House. All Daughters are asked to please bring in foods collected throughout Advent to replenish the non-perishable food stocks for the Food Baskets program. Contact Mtr. Ashton at [email protected] for more information.

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

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.

Mark your calendars! The ECW Tour of Homes Kick-Off Party will take place on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm,  at the St. Simons Island home of Debbie & Tony Doliveira.  This annual event celebrates the more than 300 volunteers and supporters who help make the Tour possible.  We will send mailed invitations and evites in January.   We look forward to a great evening. For more information, please contact Susie Henning at [email protected] or Tami Black at [email protected].

The Mom's Time Out group will meet for dinner on Friday, January 10, at 6:00 pm at Half Shell, in St. Simons Village. Please RSVP to Mtr. Ashton at [email protected] by Wednesday, January 8, if you'd like to join us.

The O(utrageously) M(ature) G(roup) will start off the new year meeting on the second Friday, January 10, at 11:30 am, in the Parish Hall. Join them for lunch and games, or just come to socialize. Bring a friend! If you'd like to purchase lunch, please call the church office at 912-638-8683 with your order for a sandwich or salad from Honeybaked Hams for $10. For more information about the OMG, pleased contact Mtr. Ashton at [email protected].

Don't miss the Capital Campaign Launch on January 12 at 4:00 pm in the ballroom at the Island Club Retreat. This gathering will kick off Rooted. Growing. Building: A Campaign for Christ Church . Light fare will be served. All are invited and childcare for children 4 and under will be provided. RSVP to Amy Certain at [email protected] by Tuesday, January 7, 2020.

Christ Church Gift Shop

The Christ Church Gift Shop has a wide assortment of unique items, 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.  

Add a little Christ Church cheer to your Christmas tree this year with beautiful ornaments available in the gift shop. And check out our collection of Christ Church logo clothing. All clothing items are currently 20 - 50% off! 

The store can be found 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] .

Nominations are open for the 2020 vestry election. This year's nominating committee members are Alice Barlow, Kelly Galland, Wallace Harrell, John Killgallon, Tony Kreimborg and Susan Shipman. With Fr. Tom, these six individuals will put together the slate of nominees for election at the annual meeting on January 27, 2019. Nominations may be made to any  member of the committee between now and December 26.

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.

End of Year Gifts

As we approach the final days of 2019, we'd like to extend an invitation for year-end gifts that would benefit Christ Church and may benefit you if you find yourself looking for additional annual deductions. If you would like to make a gift via stock transfer, or if you have any other questions about year-end giving, please contact our Financial Administrator, Stan Kyker or our Parish Administrator, Glenn Queener. They can both be reached at 912-638-8683. If a year-end gift fits into your plans, thank you!

In this season of giving, and as we wrap up 2019, we've got some information to share about making charitable donations from the required distribution of your IRA, should it apply to you.

Did you know that you can make a donation of all or a portion of the Required Minimum Distribution from your retirement account to Christ Church, and your donation will be tax-exempt? Here's how it works.I f a person is at least age 70½, they must take at least a minimum distribution from their IRA or incur a penalty equal to one-half of the otherwise required minimum distribution amount. They may take more than the minimum at their discretion. These individuals may instruct their IRA account manager to distribute any amount of their choosing to one or more tax-exempt charities such as Christ Church.

When that is done, it is considered to be a tax-exempt contribution. Christ Church would acknowledge to the giver the receipt of that contribution from their IRA. Also, this contribution is tax-exempt even if the individual does not itemize deductions for income tax purposes because the IRA account manager would not identify this to the IRS as reportable income in accordance with the tax code. For more information about Qualified Charitable Distributions, check out the Internal Revenue Service Publication 590-B, "Distributions from Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs)" or speak with your tax advisor.