WEEKLY NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
December 06, 2020
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Sunday Worship
December 06, 2020
The Second Sunday of Advent
Scripture Readings for this Sunday:
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Service of Holy Eucharist
with Music,
in the Sanctuary
8:00 am
Please make a reservation as we are allowed a limited number due to social distancing.
Email the church office at:
Please wear a mask.
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Service of Morning Prayer
with Music, on Zoom
9:30 am
Here is the link to join us on Zoom:
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PRAYER REQUESTS THIS WEEK |
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Healing of body, mind and spirit for
Chelsea; Gregg (struggling to hold on to life, COVID); Peggy (healing from daughter’s suicide); Nancy (healing of colon cancer); Scott (coping with dementia); Greg (healing of leukemia); Webb (healing of lymphoma); Sarah (peace of mind & to feel God's love); Julie (patience and peace of mind); Peter (continued healing from heart surgery); Susan (strength and courage during cancer treatment); John; Ola; Michael; Terri (healing of multiple myeloma); Stevan (Tinnitus); Scott (coping with dementia); Elaine, Sue Ellen, Peter, Xavier, Web & Kelly (healing of cancer); Nancy (during her radiation treatment); Doug (recovering from stroke); Matt’s dad (polio) and Matt's mom (strength); Bill (healing of infected shoulder); those infected by the virus; healing for our world.
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Greetings from our Priest-in-Residence |
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Dear new Friends in Christ,
Donna and I are so grateful for your invitation to share Advent and Christmas with you. Your generous welcome and hospitality have touched us deeply. We look forward to worshipping with you and getting to know each of you despite the challenges of Covid19 protocols necessary for your health and ours!
Ordained 33 years ago, I retired in 2011 as Dean of the American Cathedral in Paris, hence my fancy honorific “The Very Reverend.” Since 2011, I’ve had the honor of serving several parishes in transition, from Edinburgh, Scotland to Savannah, Georgia and more recently in my native Virginia where we have a home in the countryside near Charlottesville.
For fun, I enjoy bicycling, swimming, reading, cooking, playing the piano, and travel. For my spiritual health and well-being, I try to set aside quiet time each morning for reading, reflection and prayer. I’ve been sustained by the support of a clergy colleague group that has somehow managed to stay together for over 33 years! The six of us usually meet on retreat together several times a year and during the pandemic we meet every few weeks via Zoom.
Donna and I’ve been married for 47 years. She’s a retired music educator, grounded in the Orff-Schulwerk approach. Her professional passions include ethnomusicology, improvisation, movement and dance. Our 38-year-old son, Reed, and 10-year-old granddaughter, Chiara, live in Paris. He runs the European office of a market research firm. Needless to say, Donna and I return to Paris as often as possible to visit our family and many dear friends there.
I wish for each of you every blessing of this holy Advent season. May the Peace of God which surpasses all understanding be with you this day and always.
Aloha,
Zack+
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Advent Joy in Hopeful Expectation |
Time can feel like our enemy. We fight time, manage time, and resist time. On the other hand, our instincts tell us that anything worth having is worth waiting for.
Advent reminds us that the gift of time is the pathway by which we embrace a future that is fully and finally meant to be good, a future that is good because it is God’s future. Time helps us to make our way into that future and to embrace all that it holds for us. Advent is that precious time in which we consider how we get from here to there by looking forward and not backward, by anticipating rather than regretting. Advent is the season of hopeful expectation.
Advent reminds us insistently, relentlessly, that God is ahead of us, out there, watching as we watch, waiting even as we wait. In Advent, God summons us to a future time that will set all things right in justice, mercy, and peace.
So Advent is the feast of the future, calling us to the courage of great expectations. We wait not for the time that once was, but rather for the time that is yet to come. Faith beckons us toward the future. And as hopeful followers of Jesus, we are called to greet the future with faithful joy and high anticipation!
- Zachary Fleetwood+
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The Way of Love: An Advent Journey
Thursday Mornings in Advent
With The Very Reverend Zachary Fleetwood
Visiting Priest-in-Residence
December 10th & 17th at 10 a.m.
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge— that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. – Ephesians 3:17-19
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry regularly welcomes us to live not just as the church but as the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement: the ongoing community that follows Jesus into loving, liberating, life-giving relationship with God, with one another, and with all creation.
The season of Advent invites us into an attitude of hopeful expectation as we anticipate the celebration of Christ’s birth. Each year in these four short weeks, we have this precious opportunity to wonder and reflect on the meaning of Jesus’ birth for our lives, the life of our community and the life of the world.
Please join Zack+ for this time of reflection, conversation and prayer. Focusing on readings from the Gospel of Mark and the Book of Isaiah, Zack+ will offer a meditation, followed by discussion and a time for quietness and intercessory prayer.
To Join us on Zoom follow this link.
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CONNECT - A Note to Our Zoom Family |
One big blessing for our church that has come out of the struggle with the COVID-19 virus is the connection we have made via Zoom. Many folks who are either seasonal residents, timeshare residents, or even tourists consider us their church community. They can now be a more active part of our church. We have a Sunday worship service, two Bible studies, an Adult Confirmation class and Centering Prayer, made possible through Zoom. Who knew? This has been a learning experience for us. The good news is that even after the virus crisis is over, we will continue many of these offerings on Zoom.
Here are some things everyone can do to help us all have the best experience possible:
- Please try to connect at least 10 minutes before the service or the meeting to make sure everything is working correctly.
- If possible, keep your video on so it feels more like being together in church.
- Have your audio always on mute unless advised by the facilitator.
- Be present. Try not to multi-task. Having your water or coffee nearby is fine but since your video is on, probably best not to be moving around.
- Try your best not to leave early. If your computer drops you out, come back on but make sure your video is on and your audio is muted.
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Saturday 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
For a safe shopping experience, we can only allow 8 shoppers in the store at any time. All must wear masks and use hand sanitizer.
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Monday 10:00 am-11:15 am:
Spiritual Lessons from the Book of Genesis
Wednesday 2:00 – 3:15 HST
Letters of Paul
If you wish to join us, let us know know and we will send you the link and the questions we will discuss.
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Online Centering Prayer & Scripture Reflection |
Tuesdays, 9:00 - 9:45 am (HST)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7532197968
Centering Prayer is every Tuesday morning on Zoom, 9:00 - 9:45 am. We begin with a Scripture reading for the day followed by 12 minutes of meditation. Then a reflection is read and anyone who would like to share an insight is invited to do so. We finish with prayer time for those in need of healing.
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Meets in the Parish Hall:
Monday 6:15 - 7:15 pm & 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Tuesday 10:00-11:00 am & 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
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Our giving is important, especially now.
Although we aren’t gathering in the sanctuary for worship, our church bills are still the same. We’ve had questions from our Sunday worshippers and now our Zoom worshippers about how to give. Your continued gifts really matter, especially in this time of uncertainty.
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If you like to give by check, please send to:
Christ Memorial Episcopal Church,
P.O. Box 293, Kilauea, HI 96754
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Thank you for your love and care for our Christ Memorial community!
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Christ Memorial Episcopal Church
2509 Kolo Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
Mailing: PO Box 293, Kilauea, HI 96754
Phone: (808) 482-4824
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