Our November 27th worship will be online only

Seeds November 23, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving

Online Christmas Bake Sale orders are due by December 5

Less than two weeks left to order online. We are offering

our now famous Christmas Gourmet Cookie Boxes,

Heidi's Dresden Stollen,

of course Pia's Fruitcake

and Catherine's Decadent Chocolate Cake.

A limited number of each item is available,

so get your order in as soon as possible but no later than December 5th.

Click on the red button below to place your order.

Do you have something special that you would like to bake for our Christmas Bake Sale? We know that there are some great bakers out there. If you would like to bake an item such as a pie or peanut brittle or Christmas cookies, we would so appreciate this. We will be accepting your home-baked goods (with labels that list the ingredients, please) on Friday, December 9th in the parish hall at church.

The Christmas Bake Sale itself is on

Saturday, December 10th from 10:00 - 2:00.

Nancy King helps to create a festive atmosphere with Christmas music. Come enjoy hot cocoa and hot cider along with sweet samples of our baked goods.

Christmas Bake Sale orders

Padre Pollo's Holy Smoke Barbeque Sauce has now been added to the pre-order line-up. Just click the red button above. If you have ever sampled the padre's pulled pork with this incredible sauce on top, you know how good it is.. It's so delicious that we now have orders coming in from as far away as Boston. What a great gift!

Forward this issue of SEEDS to a friend, so that they can be included in the pre-ordering. Ensure that you will not be disappointed and place your order today. Many items are pre-order only, but we will also be selling items such as Rene's toffees, marmalade, and granola; pecan pies; gluten-free cookies; along with other home-baked goods right at the sale.

Worship on November 27^th will be online only.

Please join us from the comfort of your living room.

Digital Missioner, Kelly Karas will be at the console to interact with you.

Come to Dewey Hall this Saturday, November 26th, to see the remastered 1928 silent film "Steamboat Bill, Jr." starring Buster Keaton, with live, original music by Joanna Seaton, vocals & percussion, and the incomparable Donald Sosin on keyboards. Now recognized as one of his greatest films, "Steamboat Bill, Jr." is a coming-of-age story about the son of a riverboat captain, who has the unfortunate circumstance of being in love with the daughter of his father's rival. The film is known for what may be Keaton's most famous film stunt: During a storm, the façade of a house falls down around him while he stands in the precise location of an open window to avoid being flattened. Funds raised at this event will help support our ongoing outreach programs.

Tickets

Please join us.

Advent Bible Study, Tuesdays 7-8 p.m. on Zoom

November 29, December 6, 13, 20

Thanks to The Rev. Libby Wade, St. Paul's Interim Priest, who will lead folks from the three South County Episcopal/Lutheran churches in a study of the wonderfully evocative Isaiah passages from our Advent Sunday Lectionary.

The four scripture passages are:

Isaiah 2:1-5

Isaiah 11:1-10

Isaiah 35:1-10

Isaiah 7:10-16

For Zoom link

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December 3^rd & 4^th

Christ Trinity Church, Sheffield, brings two performances of our Broadway Cabaret Fundraiser to help support our work in the Sheffield community! Enjoy an evening of fabulous show tunes, featuring our own South County artists, with credits from local theatre to Broadway itself, bringing you hits from Lerner & Loewe to Sondheim!

Saturday, December 3^rd at 7:00 pm

& Sunday, December 4^th at 2:00 pm

Saturday tickets

Sunday tickets

The next OWLES activity is set for Thursday evening, December 15 at 5:15 at the Mount. We will meet at Nancy King's house, to carpool to The Mount on December 15 at 4;30 PM for the 5:15 Nightwood tour. Liz Wells and Nancy will provide soup and bread, others may bring salads, drinks, or dessert to have at the meal afterwards.

The walk through the illuminated gardens and grounds of Edith Wharton's home in Lenox will take about 45 minutes, then we will return to the Wells' home for a pot luck supper. The price of admission for all adults is $22, and, if you plan to go, you must purchase your own ticket in advance from the website. Just google The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, and the reservation application will appear. Let Liz or Nancy know you are coming, and they will contact you about the pot luck part.

Our reflection jumped off from the work of two nineteenth century philosophers.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1170-1831) said: "Without the world, God is not God." Later, Karl Barth (1886-1968) would respond, "God could be God without the world, but chooses not to be such a God."

After a robust discussion, we wrote the following collect:

God, you are our loving creator

We are poor wayfaring strangers

We come together in awe and wonder at your desire to be in relationship with us

We pray that we love ourselves as you love us.

AMEN