Please join us at Christ Church beginning at noon for a 4th of July Holy Eucharist; along with other local Episcopal Churches. This service will also be live-streamed.

Christ Church will begin a Morning Prayer service at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday mornings during the summer months. Morning Prayer will be held on Wednesdays through September 27^th. Please add Morning Prayer to your summer schedules.

Dear Christ Church Family,

Attached are the May 2023 Totals and giving report. As always, please feel free to contact Amy or me if you have any questions.

Stefani Carroll

July 2023 Church Calendar

Live-Streaming this week of the 10 a.m. worship service on July 2, 2023 will begin at 9:55 a.m. If for any reason we experience Technical difficulties with the Live-streaming, a recording of the service will be uploaded and a link sent to the congregation at a later time.

If you missed it, here is a video of the June 25, 2023 - Holy Eucharist

Link to the 10:00 bulletin for the July 2, 2023 service.

A Link to YouTube video that will begin Sunday, July 2nd at 9:55 a.m. is available here.

Feature for in-person worship - Our hearing assistance feature is available as part of our sound system. This feature uses your smartphone, earbuds, or hearing aids to bring the sound directly into your ears. An information sheet is linked here, and copies are also available from the ushers or the media booth staff.

Eucharistic Ministers: Tammy Borders, Molly Stevenson, Nancy Lutsko

Lectors: Nancy Lutsko, Krystle Black, Tammy Borders

Acolytes: J.D. Greneker, Molly Stevenson, Erica Thieme

Altar Guild: Team 1 – Sandra Fletcher, Rita Hightower, Sallie Honeycutt, Amber Tanner, Robin Coleman

Ushers: Alex Alvarez, Eric Nielsen, Delrick Bradley

Greeter: Michael Black

Coffee Hour: Robin Coleman, Debbie McLeod, Jeani Synyard, Margaret Mittiga

Media Crew: Julius Ariail, Ken Rumstay, Larry Wisenbaker

Eucharistic Ministers: Stefani Carroll, Patricia Tyson, Sheri Gravett

Lectors: Sheri Gravett, Chris Rutland, John McRae

Acolytes: Maddie Yarbrough, Blake Yarbrough

Altar Guild: Team 2 – Phyllis Holland, Anne Reid, Mimi Allen, Pat Bezona

Ushers: Stephen Sandbach, Tanner Darby, Martin Holland

Greeter: Dottie Pitts

Coffee Hour: Julie Reynolds, Gwen Daughtrey, Marcie Dennard, Leigh Long

Media Crew: Ken Rumstay, Larry Wisenbaker

Come Celebrate with us! Bishop Logue will be at Christ Church on August 19, 2023 beginning at 4:00pm for A Renewal of Ministry and Welcoming of our New Rector. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. Please invite your friends and neighbors to this celebration. If you have information on a local ministry or organization that we can reach out to please send the address and contact persons information to the church office so we can formally invite them to attend.

 Pictorial Directory

We would like to update our Christ Church Members and Friends directory. If you are new to Christ Church, if you did not have an opportunity to have your family's picture in the last directory, or just want to update your old picture, we are making a form available Directory Form. We would like to make this an all-in pictorial directory, so if you have a favorite family photo, or a selfie (landscape format) and can also send that to the church office we would appreciate it.

PMO & Preschool registration for the 2023-2024 school year. Preschool is open Monday - Friday from 9 - 12, and our PMO is open Tuesday & Thursday from 9 - 12. If you would like more information, please contact Elise Sandbach.

Photos and videos from the 2023 End of Year Preschool Program are available here. Thank you to Larry Wisenbaker for supplying the pictures.

Sunday Evening Vespers - a group of Christ Church members meet on Zoom (2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays) at 6:00 p.m. to read the Compline Service, pages 127-135 in the Book of Common Prayer and for friendly conversation afterwards. The first and third Sundays of the month we will meet in-person, but will make an audio recording available after Vespers for those unable to attend in-person. To join the group and receive the link to the weekly gathering, contact Phyllis Hiers or call 229-563-2464.

Ever wondered what Vespers was all about? Here is Audio Recording from June 18, 2023.

We are utilizing VANCO Payment Solutions to safely and securely make your offering.

Download the free “Vanco Mobile” app and search for Christ Episcopal Church and then Valdosta, GA.

Or you can donate on our Vanco Online site, or by scanning the QR code above or our website donate page located here.

We now also have a mobile text to give number simply text your gift amount to 844-928-4938 and then follow the instructions on your phone to complete your donation.