Blue Christmas, Dec. 21 

7:30 p.m. | Bethell Hall, Livestreamed

A time of quiet reflection, prayer, and worship while we seek healing and hope.

Friday, Dec. 24 | Christmas Eve

4 p.m. | Children’s Christmas Pageant/Holy Eucharist Enriching Our Worship, Historic Church

5 p.m. | Family Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist Enriching Our Worship, Bethell Hall

6 p.m. | Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist Rite II, Historic Church, Livestreamed

8 p.m. | Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist Rite II, Historic Church

10:30 p.m. | Christmas Lessons and Carols/Holy Eucharist Rite II with Incense, Historic Church, Livestreamed

10 a.m. | Christmas Day Holy Eucharist Rite II, Historic Church, Livestreamed

8 a.m. | Holy Eucharist Rite II, Historic Church

10:30 a.m. | Holy Eucharist Rite II, Historic Church, Livestreamed

8 p.m. Office of Compline, Bethell Hall, Livestreamed

After Christmas, the poinsettias adorning the sanctuary will be delivered to parishioners who have lost a loved one over the past year. Delivery is completely contactless. If you would like to assist with this very important ministry, please contact Jennifer Lee at flowerdelivery@stdave.org.

The church building will be closed on Dec. 27 and 28. Flowers will be available for pick-up starting Wednesday, Dec. 29, during open church hours as well as the first two Sundays after Christmas.

Please consider nominees for these important positions and encourage others to submit their names. Self-nominations are also encouraged.

Chef Ray will be out of town. Donuts and free drip coffee will be provided outside Crail Hall and in Sumners Hall. Holy Grounds will be open for specialty coffee drinks. If you missed it read the Hospitality Update from Fr. Chuck.

Youth and adults are welcome to join the team! Volunteers will cook bacon, scrambled eggs, and work the serving line. Great conversation and free breakfast included. Email Chef Ray at chefray@stdave.org to sign up.

5:30-9 p.m., First Floor Childcare available upon request. Contact Laura Faulk

5:30-6:30 p.m., Sumners Hall Sign up for the Hospitality Newsletter.

5:30-9 p.m., Zoom REGISTER TO ATTEND ON ZOOM Download Evening Prayer booklet.

Wednesday, Dec. 22, 5:30-7 p.m.: Wear an ugly Christmas sweater and bring a wrapped White Elephant gift ($20 limit suggested). Extra gifts will be available. This will be the last EYC meeting of 2021! Learn more in the Youth Newsletter. Gather in Sumners Hall for dinner and then head to the Playground. Contact: youth@stdave.org

Sundays, 10 a.m.: 6th-12th grade youth gather weekly on the surface lot then head down to the playground or youth room for fellowship, games, and program.

Holy Grounds needs volunteer baristas on Sundays to serve morning coffee drinks and treats to the parish. We will happily train youth interested in gaining new job skills in customer service, food service, and as a barista. All are welcome to join the Holy Grounds team. Contact Holy Grounds Manager Taylor Cloyd (taylor.c@stdave.org) for more information.

We will read the *Alexiad, by Anna Komnene (1083-1153).

Anna, the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexias I, tells the story of the war with the Normans and the First Crusade. According to the book blurb, it’s “a vivid and dramatic narrative, which reveals as much about the personality of its intelligent and dynamic author as it does about the fascinating period through which she lived.” Registration will open soon. Contact medievalbooks@stdave.org to learn more.

*Penguin Classics edition, translated by E. R. A. Sewter with notes by Peter Frankopan. It’s available from online book sites in paperback for about $18 -20.

4 p.m. | Children’s Christmas Pageant/Holy Eucharist Enriching Our Worship, Historic Church. Children are invited to come in costume to help share the story of the Nativity; extra costumes will be available to borrow in Sumners Hall.

5 p.m. | Family Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist Enriching Our Worship, Bethell Hall

Is your child interested in singing in a choir? Meetings in 2022 will be in Bethell Hall on Wednesdays starting Jan. 5.

Registration is open until Feb. 17. Please get in touch with Kelsey Kimble at childrenschoirs@stdave.org.

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Montessori-based, experiential educational program focused on liturgy and scripture.

Junior Journeys offers age-appropriate, short-term courses that focus on specific topics in children’s walk with and path to God.

Thank you for your generosity to God and St. David's Episcopal Church. Your gifts support our mission-critical ministries.

MAIL TO 301 E. 8th Street, Austin, Texas 78701.

GIVE ONLINE: If you have trouble giving online on Sunday, please give at a later time or consider a recurring donation through your bank. We apologize for this inconvenience. Text STDAVE to 73256

If you are not already giving, please consider making St. David's your giving priority this year. Contact Director of Stewardship April Kerwin.

After the powerful storms in the Central United States on Dec. 10, Episcopal church leaders have partnered with local communities to provide support and disaster relief.

Chef Ray and I, in consultation with others, have discerned that this service ministry has served its original purpose. This ministry was established in a partnership with the City of Austin at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to alleviate food insecurity for our neighbors experiencing homelessness. Since then, other organizations and agencies have helped to meet those needs.

Personally, I am extremely grateful to Chef Ray and Father Cameron for establishing this ministry. Chef Ray and I are so grateful for all the CDO team members who have come together in fellowship and service during the last 19 months. God has used these weekly opportunities for our neighbors to find connection and nourishment.

One of those opportunities is Trinity Streets, an outreach program through Trinity Center. Members of St. David's serve our neighbors in fellowship and with a hot meal. Approximately 6-7 Austin Area Churches participate in our program roughly 6 times a year. The next Trinity Streets date is March 6, 2022. If you would like to serve in this or one of our other ministries please contact Fr. Santi Rodriguez.

Father Santi Rodriguez