Saturday E-news December 12, 2020 |
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Advent Evening Prayer, Wednesday, December 9, 2020
First livestream service using our new video equipment!
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The front page of the website will always have a link to join worship via Zoom or via YouTube, or you can continue to click the links here in the newsletter.
Both Zoom and YouTube offer the opportunity to type in comments and prayers during the worship service.
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The passcode is faithec
To join by phone:
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Webinar ID: 864 1772 2967
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To make a monetary donation using your bank account or credit card Click here or mail your donation to:
Faith Episcopal Church
PO Box 966
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
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To Bring Good News
In our readings tomorrow we’ll hear the Prophet’s voice declare the spirit of God is upon them, they’ve been anointed by God. Anointed isn’t a word we use in our daily life, but think of what it feels like to put on a heavy coat in winter or to have water poured over your head at the salon. Anointing is something you feel: a heavy, soaking, penetrating, pervasive, tangible, impossible either to ignore or to hide. The ritual action of baptism is connected with anointing. One who is anointed has been both washed anew and marked for a purpose. The Prophet cries out that this purpose is to bring good news.
Certainly, as we read through the litany of proclamations we see much to celebrate. Liberty, comfort, providence, restoration, and repair. God’s favor is at hand! Yet lurking among this list of joys the prophet includes one line that makes my palms sweaty--vengeance. The day of vengeance of our God, the Prophet says, is on its way. What does it mean? Is this simply the anomaly of an ancient people’s limited ability to understand God without superimposing their own comfort with suffering and violence? Is this meant to balance rejoicing with warning, and if so, to what end? Or is this proclamation of impending vengeance a sign of something divinely inexplicable?
What I’m beginning to wonder is this: What if the day of vengeance God is preparing looks nothing like the vengeance wrought by human potentates… And what if God’s idea of vengeance is the chaining down to hell of pain, grief, sorrow, hunger, starvation, sickness, shame, and degradation… What if the multitude of joys are in fact the agenda for God’s version of vengeance. How such a prospect up-ends everything that seems true about the world we live in, how it thrusts us toward hope, how it makes a merry commotion of joy to consider the delighting love our God is preparing.
Comfort and joy be with you,
Rev. Tom+
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The Hospitality Ministry will host the Coffee Hour this month. Please join us following the 10 a.m. worship service.
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Virtual Christmas Eve Service
& Children's Pageant
Thursday, December 24
5 p.m.
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The annual Christmas Eve service with the children's Christmas Pageant will be virtual this year and include optional at-home communion. Please join us via Zoom or YouTube, the links are available on our website. |
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This year we are pre-consecrating communion and making it available for pickup before our service on Christmas Eve.
To help us prepare, please complete the form below to let us know if you need delivery or if you'll be picking it up from the church. Thank you!
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Senior Lunch Bunch
Christmas Caroling
Wednesday, December 16 at Noon
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Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 20
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The 10 a.m. service on Sunday, December 20, will be the traditional Lessons and Carols. If you are not familiar with the Lessons and Carols, you can learn more about its origins and traditions here.
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Homeless Shelter Seeking Donations |
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There is a new name for the homeless shelter program in our area, The Pathways Project. The program is being run through the Upper Room and Green Valley Church and they have requested donations of the following items: individual hand sanitizer, bottled water, individually packaged, fruit snacks, peanut butter crackers, cheese crackers, granola bars. Please contact Sara Eldridge with any questions. sara.eldridge@gmail.com
Donations can be delivered to the Upper Room in Placerville, weekdays 9:30 am- 4 pm and should be marked for Pathways Project.
We will also be collecting donations at Faith Church on Thursday, December 24th, during the communion pick-up time.
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Special Help and Relief in Emergency
The SHARE Ministry was formed to reach out and help the less fortunate, remembering what Christ would do in the same situation. Several churches in El Dorado County have joined together to donate their time to work at SHARE. Supermarkets, the Food Bank of El Dorado County, and private individuals donate food and financial assistance, as do all the churches.
Volunteers are needed to help bring bags and boxes of food to car trunks. For more information please call Jean Hart (530)906-0101.
Volunteers are also needed to pickup food from Cameron Park Food Bank and deliver to SHARE Food Closet@ Federated Church in Placerville. For more information call Jim Lemire (530)391-9072.
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Regular Fellowship & Other Resources |
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Regularly Scheduled Fellowship Opportunities
Young Adults Group: First and Third Fridays of the month at 7 p.m. Contact Amy Daust at (530) 313-9094.
Women's Lectionary: Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Contact Ruth Pihlaja at (916)214-3994.
Landscape Ministry: Second Saturday of the month. Contact Tim Daust at (707)333-6570
Senior Lunch Bunch: Third Wednesday of the month at Noon. Contact Fred Campbell-Craven at (530)409-7734.
Yoga: On temporary break until after the holidays. Contact Sharon Greene at (916)715-4766.
Spiritual Companions: Thursdays at 7 p.m.. Contact Susan Wahlstrom at (209)304-8321.
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You can view a Liturgical Calendar for upcoming weeks with links to the lessons for Sundays and major Holy Days from the Revised Common Lectionary (as adapted for use in Episcopal worship) at the following link:
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Need help learning how to use Zoom? Even if you have used it for a while, these tutorials can improve your experience. Click the link to see all the options.
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Here is a current list of who to contact at the Church for various needs.
Staff
Treasurer
Please contact Lynne with any questions regarding your stewardship pledge, donations, etc.
Sr. Warden for the Vestry
Jr. Warden for the Vestry
The Administrative Office - available in-person by appointment
- Request to add something to the calendar
- General questions about worship, events, activities, supplies, and facility use
- Announcements for Sunday services
- E-news articles
- How to use Zoom for a church related virtual activity
- Address or contact information changes
You can always find this link on the website at Faithec.org. Scroll to the bottom of the home page to find the link for the church calendar.
You can always find this link on the website at Faithec.org. Scroll to the bottom of the home page to find the link to the Church Directory. The directory is password protected, if you do not have the password, please email the Administrative Office.
Prayer Requests
Realm (click to go to the login page)
Realm is the new system that gives you access to everything you need in just one place! You can register for programs, volunteer in a ministry, change your contact information, find contact information for other church members, sign-up for text or email notices for topics you are interested in, make a donation, send messages to people in your ministry, check your year-to-date donations and so much more. Even if you do not want to make donations online, you will want to have a Realm account for all of these other features. Contact the Administrative Office if you need to setup a new account.
Ministry Scheduler
We are not currently using the Ministry Scheduler program, due to the pandemic.
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