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Sunday 10:30 AM service streamed on Facebook Live or YouTube 

Click here to listen to last week's sermon.

In-Person services on Sunday at 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM (masks welcome)

In-Person service on Wednesday at 12:00 PM (masks welcome)

Throughout the fall, we will use the Bible Project to lead us as we dig deeper into God’s Word. Each week, we will read a book of the New Testament. Click here for the readings and links.

Rabbi Joel Fleekop and Father Michael will be looking at passages from the Torah/Old Testament highlighting how those scriptures have traditionally been understood in Judaism and Christianity respectively. This class will be a hybrid class held at Temple Beth-El as well as Zoom (link here). **Please note that the location has changed to Temple Beth-El, 800 N. Palafox** Please click here for a link to last week's class.

Our neighbors without homes are in great need of new or used fall & winter clothes (especially men’s), toiletries including bars of soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, disposable razors, hand sanitizer, wash cloths, socks, and hand cream. Donations can be left in the boxes labeled 'Bridging the Gap' in the back hallway of the church offices. Please click here for more information on how to help.

The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast will meet at the Emerald Coast Convention Center in Fort Walton Beach from February 17-19, 2022. At its regular November meeting, the vestry of Christ Church will elect delegates and alternatives to represent our parish at this annual convention. To be eligible for election, you must be at least sixteen years of age, a confirmed member in good standing at Christ Church, and make a regular financial contribution to this parish. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please email Kelly Heindl. Sign-up deadline is Friday, November 5, 2021.

Bob and Susie Stumpf will be joining us for the 10:30 service this Sunday, November 7. Bob has agreed to sign and personalize copies of his new book, “Letters to Imogene,” after the service. All proceeds from book sales at the signing will be donated to Christ Church — hardback copies ($30), paperback ($20). The book chronicles the actual World War II experiences of Bob’s grandfather, father, and uncle, all fighting in the European theater, often on and over the same battlefields. The story is heavily informed by the correspondence between them and the title character, Bob’s mother, who, incidentally, worshipped here at Christ Church many times over the years. For more information, please click here.

On Sundays, November 7 & 14, grocery bags decorated by Episcopal Day School students will be distributed as you leave church. Please take and fill them with nourishing non-perishable food for Manna Food Pantries. The filled bags are to be returned by Thursday, November 18. Thank you for your contributions!

The Epic Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 3:00 PM in the Parlor. The November book discussion will be The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Please click here to be added to the email list for updates, and/or join our Facebook group (EPIC Bookclub of Christ Episcopal Church).

St. Simon: Monday, November 8, 10:00 AM, in the Parlor.

St. Luke: Tuesday, November 9, 10:00 AM, in the Parlor.

St. Andrew: Tuesday, November 16, 10:30 AM, in the Parlor.

All young adults (20's and 30's) are invited to join us Tuesday, November 9 at Odd Colony Brewing Company (260 N. Palafox) at 5:30 PM. We will hang out and have a casual conversation about faith/God. Spread the word!

This is an opportunity for the women of Christ Church to participate in the ECW's charitable giving to various organizations such as United Ministries, Wilmer Hall and EDS, among others. All proceeds of the bake sale go to the support of many worthy organizations. We welcome any of your favorite baked goods such as cakes, cookies, breads, muffins, candies and confections, or you favorite specialty. We welcome all participants! Please contact Allison Mitchell to sign up.

The Outline of Faith in our Book of Common Prayer asks the question “Through whom does the Church carry out its mission?” Our answer is “The church carries out its mission through the ministry of all its members.” EfM will enrich your spiritual life and support you as you discover and live out your ministry. How can you best use your gifts and talents? It is designed for lay people with big questions and a hunger to better understand our faith. We join together weekly to study Old Testament, New Testament, church history and theological thinking in a four year program but you only commit to one academic year at a time. The seminar builds fellowship, understanding and a sense of how God is working in your life. Registration for our new year begins in December. Tuition includes all course materials including books. For additional information contact Pam Tanner with questions.

Parents: Please walk your children to the Christian Education Building. Enter by the church courtyard and go through the green door marked for your entry. You will follow the footsteps along the hallways to the Christian Education Building. The nursery is on the first floor and Sunday School rooms are upstairs on the second floor. You can pick your children up from their classrooms or nursery following the 10:30 service.

8:00 AM – The Nursery is available for children ages infant through 3-years-old.

9:30 AM – At this time, the Sunday School program is paused. Please join us during the 10:30 AM service for Godly Play for younger children and Journey Through the Bible for our older children.

10:30 AM – During the 10:30 AM service, the Nursery is available for children ages infant through 3 years old, located on the first floor of the Christian Education building.

Godly Play is offered for children in Pre-K 4 through 3rd grade. Children learn the stories of our faith while playing, crafting, and exploring. A snack is offered. As we travel closer to the season of Advent, we will review the Circle of the Church Year this Sunday. The children will have an opportunity to learn how the church tells its story through the seasons of the church year. It is also an opportunity for the children to learn that the church calendar is very different from the ones their parents keep on their phones!

Journey Through the Bible is a new curriculum for our 4th and 5th graders. They will journey through the entire Bible the two years of this class, starting with the New Testament this year.

Children and Family Ministry (CFM) has two new ways to keep our families connected with Christ Church during the week. CFM is on Instagram, @cckidspensacola, and shares what is happening on Sunday mornings and ideas for how to keep faithful conversations happening during the week. CFM also has a bite-sized weekly email with the "5 Things" our families need to know for the week – Sunday reminders, save the dates, and more. Would you like to be added? Email Victoria to be added to the list!

"The Way of Love –

Jesus said that the greatest commandments are to love God and others with all that we have and are. Given the turbulence and divisions in the world this can be difficult to implement. Father Scott Gunn has written a book, The Way of Love: A Practical Guide to Following Jesus, which offers steps to grow and practice love. This class sets as a goal to inspire, encourage and practice love as Jesus did. The first session to begin practicing is this Sunday at 9:15 AM in Room 31 on the second floor of the Education Building. 

We are having an EYC scavenger hunt on November 7 after the 10:30 service. We will meet in the undercroft and lunch will be included. Please let Sarah know if you or your youth will be attending.

We are restarting bible studies for youth grades 6th-12th. Bible study will be once a month for middle school girls, middle school boys and high school. Middle school girls will be November 9 at Fosko at 6:45 AM, middle school boys November 16 at Fosko at 6:45 AM, and high schoolers will be November 17 at Bagelheads at 6:45 AM.  If you have any questions, please let Sarah know.

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 here and on the information table in the Parish Office.

The Pastoral Care Ministry is in need of small and medium-sized vases for bouquets (no bud vases at this time, please). Vases may be brought to the Sacristy and left on the countertop.

Christ Church is here for you. There are many ministries to love and support the people who are the church. If you are interested in assisting with staying connected to our church family, please email Rev. Katie or call her at the Parish Office, 850-432-5115. It is easy to feel alone or disconnected, so reach out to one of the priests or someone at the church to say hello. Contact Rev. Katie if you or anyone you know has any needs. If you have a pastoral emergency, please call our pastoral care emergency line to speak directly with one of the priests: (850) 462-5137.

We would like to give thanks for these special days and to add your name to the published prayer list in the Chronicle. 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.

I. For Those in Need. Including the poor, the unemployed, the lonely, the hungry, the homeless, the abused, the sick and dying, and those who grieve. For those suffering in body, mind, or spirit—including Members: Joel Maddox, Dick Pace, Nancy Stafford, Bruce & Meg Melvin, Laura Wolfersperger, Dee Whisenhunt Family & Friends: Candy Bennett, Wayne Finch, Amy Harris, Leslie & Gordon Miller, Sacha Morn, Rob Wilmer, Kelly, Trisha Bothwell, Nicole Keating. 

II. For Those in the Armed Forces, especially—Erik Barton, Stewart Bova, Danica Roark Domokos, Sam Gaston, Robert Geiger, William Harper, Harry B. Harris, Benjamin Jensen, Joshua Justin, Art Lantigua, Hillary Leonard, Ben Mathis, Kathryn Martin, Sean McAbee, Julie McGill, Kyle Roberson, Peter Shelton, Evan Valdyke, Wesley Valdyke; and all those who serve this nation in harm’s way.

III. For All who have Died. May their souls and the souls of all the departed rest in peace—Charles Carroll Sherrill, Sr..

IV. In Thanksgiving. For those in our parish celebrating birthdays—Cannon Boyles, Chris Carlton, John Matthews, Abigail Stitt, Alice Turner—and anniversaries.

To submit a prayer request, email prayer-request@christ-church.net and let us know if this is for the public prayer list or for our confidential intercessory prayer list. You may also fill out the prayer request form online at our website (found on the Pastoral Care page under “Ministries”). All published prayer requests on this list also go on the confidential intercessory prayer list. Please note that names remain on the prayer list for 4 weeks and on our confidential intercessory prayer list until you ask to be removed. Please resubmit your request if you or a loved one needs to remain on the list. This helps keep our prayers current. Names in bold print indicate new additions to the prayer list.

We welcome to Christ Church