Let’s share Holy Comforter’s peace and love by sharing cookies with those who work so hard around the holidays. Bring 2 dozen + Christmas cookies (store bought or homemade) to the exchange. The church will provide containers with the Holy Comforter logo and information on top. Swap cookies with your fellow parishioners and create a delicious box to take home or share with a random person you’ve never met. You may want to give the treats to a postal delivery person, first responder, nurse, grocery store clerk, etc…Tell them we are grateful, we are praying for them, and they are invited to church! Cookies = Love. The more, the merrier!

Questions? Call or text Jenny Quebedeaux at 724-984-1092.

Stewardship Update

Thank you to all who have contributed to our 2023 Stewardship campaign. We give thanks to our stewardship team: Bill Liebel, Heather Doughtie, and David Quebedeaux. But wait…. it’s not too late to make your pledge! If you would like to submit your pledge online, you may do so by following the link below.

Youth Events

12/3 Join Daughters of the King on Saturday, December 3 at 9:30am and help decorate our church for Advent and Christmas.

🎄 12/4 Youth Christmas Party @ Holy Comforter [UPDATED TIME 6-7:30pm] - Join us for a pizza dinner, create a piece of art for the Youth Room, play games, and exchange gifts. Bring a fun gag-gift to exchange (under $15 please). RSVP to Jen at jrcardinal2@gmail.com by 12/3.

12/24 Christmas Pageant @ Holy Comforter [during the 5:30pm service] - Youth are welcome to help with the Christmas pageant by serving as readers or helping the younger children behind the scenes. Contact: Mallory Halterman: mallory.halterman@gmail.com. 

Our Christmas Pageant

We want you! All children are invited to participate in the Christmas Pageant at the Family Service at 5:30pm on Christmas Eve. We are also looking for youth to serve as readers or to help with the younger children behind the scenes. 

Contact Mallory Halterman at mallory.halterman@gmail.com for more details.

The Book Group meets on Wednesday, December 7 at the home of Mary Kelly at 11am for discussion and a salad pot luck luncheon. Newcomers are very welcome to attend! We will discuss the book Consider the Women by Debbie Blue.

Please RSVP to Mary Kelly

206-859-8418

marykelly919@comcast.net

Thanks to all that stepped up to sponsor Gifts for the Christ Child. If you need bags, tags, and zip ties, contact Robert Bargeron at bargeronr@gmail.com or 706-373-1967. Deadline for having gifts at the church is Sunday, December 11.

The Holy Comforter Men’s Group meets Tuesday, December 13th at 7:00pm at Pizza Central, 526 N Belair Road in Evans. Hope to see you there!

This special service, through song and biblical readings, takes us through the story of Jesus’ Family Tree. The choir and congregation alternate between hymns. Invite someone to join us for this special service.

The next meeting of the Threads of Comfort ministry is Wednesday, December 21 at 10:00am and 5:00pm in the Parish Hall.

Questions? 

Linda Bargeron

lhbargeron@gmail.com

Gail Jarrell

gjarrell4@comcast.net 

The Laundry Love Outreach Ministry is looking for volunteers on Wednesday, December 21st from 2:45-5:00pm at the Peanuts Laundromat located at 1931 Walton Way in Augusta. Holy Comforter provides the detergent and laundry love card - we do not do the laundry. 

Also needed are donations of snacks, bottled water, children reading and coloring books, crayons, and gift cards to Subway, Kroger, and Starbuck’s, as well as financial gifts to cover Laundry costs. For more information, contact Pam Vanscoy at pvanscoy@comcast.net.

5:30 pm - Family Service with Holy Eucharist - Our children will be presenting the Christmas story in their annual Christmas Pageant during this service. A nursery is provided. 

10:00 pm - Candlelight Service with Holy Eucharist - Come for a very meaningful service with music presented by our Adult Choir. Children are most welcome to attend but there will be no nursery for this service.  

As Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year, we will not have worship that morning.

What is confirmation? If you were baptized as a child, you may wish to make an adult profession of your faith. In the Episcopal Church, this is done through the sacrament of Confirmation. Confirmation is the sacramental rite in which a person "expresses a mature commitment to Christ, and receives strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop" (BCP, p. 860). 

What is reception? Reception is for those who have already made an adult profession of their faith in another Christian church. During reception, the candidate is “received” into the Episcopal church.

Our Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Frank Logue, will be with us March 19, 2023. If you wish to be baptized, confirmed, or received, contact the church office at 706-210-1133 or speak with Father Glenn. 

Starting Sunday, January 8 at 9:15am, Father Glenn will lead a combined Confirmation, Newcomers, and Rector's Forum Class. We will read and discuss the book Walk in Love written by two Episcopal Priests, Rev. Melody Wilson Shrobe and Rev. Scott Gunn. The class is open to all. Books are provided. We will take a journey through The Book of Common Prayer, the Christian life, and basic beliefs of our faith. We will walk through the liturgical year, the sacraments of the church, habits of daily prayer, and the teachings of Anglican Christianity. See how our prayer shapes our belief and our lives and how our beliefs lead us into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. The class will be user friendly and conversational in nature.