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Weekly news & announcements
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Thank you to those serving this weekend!
Lector & Intercessor: Debby Rempis
Ushers: Duncan Allen and Tedi Eaton
Chalice Bearer & Crucifer: Rich Gatto
Digital Verger: Parker Fiset
Coffee Hour: Dottie and Bill Hagar
Altar Guild: Annie Russell, Joanna Starr, and Rosemarie Rappold-Davis
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Sign up to help with worship here. |
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Office Hours on Friday, 1/13 and Monday, 1/16 |
The on-site Church office is closed this Friday, January 13, but Ali will be working from home 9am to 2pm and can be reached via email at office@ccneedham.org.
The Church is closed on Monday, January 16 in honor of MLK Day.
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MANNA Needs Volunteers for February and March |
MANNA/Monday Lunch moves forward to February and March. We need casserole-makers, Baked Goods, Bananas and Drivers. Please use SignUpGenius or contact Barbara Hurley or Joanna Starr. Thank you!
Click on the picture to enlarge it.
L to R: Ron Dennenberg, Nancy Stern and Amy Sweeney help driver Rich Gatto load food for MANNA to be delivered to cathedral on January 8.
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HELP SUPPORT OUR COLLEGE VALENTINE'S DAY CARE PACKAGES!!! |
We have about 30 college-age students and military men and women to whom we will send care packages for Valentine's Day.
It's a wonderful tradition at Christ Church, and we are happy to continue showing our grads and military that our church community is thinking about them.
We are looking for monetary donations and food donations. Donations are accepted THROUGH FEBRUARY 5.
- MONETARY DONATION!!!
- This will help pay for postage.
- Venmo: Kim-Rutherford-9
- Mail a check to: Kim Rutherford, 28 Lincoln St., Dedham, MA 02026
- FOOD!!
- Gum, mints, chips, popcorn, cookies, Valentine's candy or regular candy, small containers of pringles, fruit snacks, microwave popcorn, pretzels, etc.
- Homemade baked goods: Please pack them individually (and label the ingredients for allergies).
- We will need about 30 of each item to fill the boxes.
Donations can be dropped off at Church or we can make arrangements to meet
Let us know if you have any questions and THANKS!
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Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 5 |
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Parish Elections: YOU ARE NEEDED!!
The Election Committee is seeking candidates for the 2023 Vestry elections. See position descriptions and submit your nominees on our ballot. If you are interested in serving or would like to know more please ask! Catch Ginny Yerardi at coffee hour or email her.
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Warrant
The Christ Church Annual Meeting is on Sunday, February 5 at 11:30am in Upper Parish Hall. There will only be one service at 10am that Sunday. Below is the warrant. Please click on the image to enlarge.
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Our Own Film Series on Race - February 12 1pm-3:30pm |
If you are curious about race and why it’s getting so much attention these days, please attend the first event sponsored by our own Racial Justice Initiative.
We will watch the film American Creed, a PBS documentary hosted by Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy. Through interviews and discussion with a range of Americans, they try to answer the basic questions: what does it mean to be American, and what holds us together in turbulent times?
Following the film, we will have a discussion to explore reactions and meaning for us individually and collectively as a church community. Popcorn and beverages will be served.
Please mark your calendars! Sunday, February 12, 1:00 to 3:30 PM, Upper Parish Hall. Email us for more information: bobknr@gmail.com.
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Welcome our New Music Minister and JOIN CHOIR!!! |
Greetings, Christ Church!
I am very much looking forward to being your new Music Minister and Organist.
I am in the process of planning some beautiful music and events for us to participate in together. As I am very much about growing musical communities, I invite anyone who would like to explore the choir to come to a rehearsal. This means rising 7th graders, people who sing in the shower, people who used to sing, and people who want to learn to sing. Everyone is welcome.
The Choir is not an exclusive club. Singing is for everyone, and I can teach almost anyone to match pitch and read music. We will have four section leaders that you can rely upon, and we can also start at different levels. Start by singing hymns with us, and once you are comfortable, we will add you in on the Anthems. We are only great as the sum of all our members.
You can also start by making a small commitment by liturgical season.
Sing for Epiphany, or Lent or Easter, or join us for an Evensong.
Rehearsals are on Thursdays 7:30 and usually run to 9pm. Let me know if you would like to sing with us and I can have music ready for you!
Warmly,
Mary
Learn more Mary here. Interested in joining Choir? Email Mary.
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New Children's Programming Coordinator! |
I am delighted to announce that Bird Treacy has begun as our Children's Programming Coordinator. She will be working with us 10 hours a week, mostly Sundays and Mondays, as well as supporting children's formation around the country through her writing and consulting practice. Her office will be here at the church, across the hall from mine. Bird brings a wealth of experience in churches up and down the East Coast, from small to large, including St. Bartholomew's in Atlanta, and Trinity Church, Wall St. in NYC. We were impressed with her energy, creativity, and passion for children's ministry in general, and for Godly Play in particular. Learn more about Bird here. Check out her blog, Wiggles and Wonder. Welcome, Bird!
I am deeply grateful to the team that worked toward this moment for the last past year: Diane Gaitley, Patty Smith, Kevin Ruddy, Christiana O'Connell, Alyssa Kence, and Virginia Carnahan, as well as to our consultant, the Rev. Emily Garcia.
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View our updated staff directory with contact information online here. |
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Music Events at CCN this Winter |
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CHORAL CONDUCTING WORKSHOP AT CCN WITH NICHOLAS WHITE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 |
Singers, choral conductors, keyboard players and observers welcome! All are welcome! This should be a fun way to gather, chase away the winter blues and learn some new things or refresh your skills.
Please feel free to share this information. We have a large Sanctuary for lots of participants, and plenty of parking.
Friday, February 3 at 3pm
Coffee and Greeting; followed Workshop featuring Marian Antiphons, useful Canticles and Responses, Tudor Anthems; then we will have supper. At 7:30pm, we will Sing Compline using what we learned in the workshop for a congregation in the Main Sanctuary.
A $20 offering will be taken for supper.
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A BRAVE BARREL OF OYSTERS: MUSIC OF SAMUAL PEPYS' LONDON ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 |
Perhaps the English language’s most famous diarist, Samuel Pepys was a prosperous civil servant and bon vivant in Restoration London. The diaries he kept from 1660-1668 provide a fascinating glimpse of life during the reign of the “merry monarch” Charles II. An enthusiastic amateur musician who sang and the lute, viola da gamba, and flageolet, Pepys chronicled his experiences making music with the best (and the worst) musicians in town. STS brings this bustling, bewigged, and bawdy London to life with readings from Pepys’ diaries along with music by his many friends including Blagrave, Young, Locke, and others.
Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, recorder
Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice
Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, bagpipes, voice
David H. Miller, bass viol, voice
Matthew Wright, archlute, voice
with Alastair Thompson as Samuel Pepys
Sunday, February 26 at 4pm
The Chapel at Christ Episcopal Church
1132 Highland Ave. Needham, MA
$20 general seating. Masks required.
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HELP UKRAINIAN FAMILIES
Your immediate support will help Episcopal Relief & Development and other Anglican partners provide humanitarian assistance to people fleeing the violence in Ukraine. Donate here today.
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If you or someone in your family is in the hospital or in need of pastoral care, please call the church office so that our clergy or the Pastoral Response Ministry team may be notified and tend to the need.
The office number is (781) 444-1469, and you can reach Nick at ext. 113.
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