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Weekly news & announcements
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Annual Giving Campaign In Joy and Hope |
Where have you found joy and hope at Christ Church? Hear co-chairs Jean McCarthy and Kim Rocco answer that question by clicking play on the video to the left and then reading their introductory letter here.
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Thank you to the 40 households (as of Thursday 11/18) who have turned in estimates of giving (EOG) totaling $120,457 for 2022. Last year, we gratefully received the generosity of 110 households who turned in EOGs totaling $339,910 for 2021. |
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After a pandemic break, Joanne Neale is again potting up Christmas blooming amaryllis for sale to benefit Community Concerns. Sales will take place at Coffee Hour on next Sunday, December 5th and 12th (and possibly the 19th, depending on supply). Buy a beautiful plant to brighten up the holidays, while also helping the organizations supported by this ministry! |
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Christ Church will once again be collecting gifts for the women and children at Transition House and Shepherd House. Gifts are due by December 19 and can be dropped at Donna’s (141 Hawthorne Ave., Needham) or Alyssa’s (59 Coolidge Ave., Needham) house. We will collect $25 Target gift cards for the women at Transition House in Cambridge. For women at the Shepherd House in Dorchester, we provide “Women’s Winter Care Packages” for the women, and gifts for the children.
For the women’s care package, you may fill a bag with the following: Gloves/Mittens, Scarf, Hat, Hand/Body Lotion, Toothbrush, Toothpaste. (Reusable bags are always welcome.) For the children of the women living at Shepherd House we give each child a fuzzy, cozy blanket, along with a $25 gift card to Target (the moms then purchase something the child wants or needs). For more information, see the latest Visitor.
Please email Alyssa Kence to arrange drop off or pick-up of gift cards, bags and blankets. We will not be collecting items at the church this year.
Thank you,
Donna, Harding & Alyssa
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Hand Warmer Drive for MANNA Ends This Sunday |
Christ Church is raising funds for hand warmers for the homeless community we serve at the MANNA Program at the Cathedral in Boston. A little money goes a long way. Make checks out to Christ Church note MANNA Hand Warmer Drive on the memo line, then send to 1132 Highland Ave. If you prefer to donate cash, please bring to the office in envelope marked MANNA Hand Warmer Drive. This will run through this Sunday. Thank you! |
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Haitian Coffee Still Available |
The Haiti Committee still has a few bags of Singing Rooster coffee available (regular and decaf), in case you missed the sale at coffee hour last week. The price is $10 per bag; proceeds benefit the school/community music program in Lazile. If you'd like to buy some, please contact Heidi Fieldston. Thanks to all for your support!
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MANNA MONDAY LUNCH PROGRAM SIGN-UP FOR 2022
Sign up to make, bake or buy food for the MANNA Monday Lunch Program from January-June 2022 by clicking here. Call or email Joanna if Sign Up Genius, gives you a headache (617-633-4466 o jojostarr4@aol.com).
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Christmas Memorial Flowers |
We are refreshing the Christmas Memorial Flower list this year to keep it vital and intentional. Please complete this form by December 15 to include your remembrances. Christmas Memorial Flowers offerings can be mailed to the Church with the memo "Christmas Memorial Flowers" or submit your offering online and select "Christmas Memorial Flowers" from the drop down menu. |
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Grant Furgiuele, our tenor soloist and section leader, will be leaving us on December 12. He has been a valuable member of Choir for the past 5 years. Recently armed with a Master’s Degree in Digital Audio Visual Engineering, he guided us through the Pandemic by sharing his technical skills with us. Choir and congregation participated in many musical events during Covid under his tutelage. Grant and his wife, Rachael, will be moving back to the Midwest to live closer to their families. We will miss Grant and send him off with love and best wishes in our hearts. Join in at coffee hour for some celebratory cake on December 5 to thank Grant for sharing his ministry of music with us. |
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Calling All Knitters and Upcoming Meetings for Knitting Ministry |
The Knitting Ministry is in need of knitted winter hats for the homeless community of MANNA. The hats will be delivered in early January. Help keep someone warm this winter by knitting a hat! The next meetings are at 10am on Mondays December 13 and January 10.
Please email Bea with any questions. |
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Community Art Gallery New Exhibition |
Stop by our Community Art Gallery to view the new exhibition, Nature’s Bounty, by Nancy Present-VanBroekhoven, an accomplished watercolorist who is donating 20% of all sales to Silent Spring Institute, a nonprofit organization whose mission is dedicated to scientific research to look at potential environmental causes of breast cancer. |
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After 23 years at Christ Church and 13 of them as Director of Music, Pam is graciously stepping into retirement. Her last day with us is Sunday, January 9. As is traditional, we will be collecting a purse to present Pam on that occasion as a token of our love and appreciation for her ministry among us. Please mail checks to the office with "Pam Purse" in the memo line or give online and select fund "Pam Purse". Read the announcement here. |
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Thanksgiving Week Office Hours |
Thursday Closed
Friday Office Closed and Woody onsite 7:30am- 11:30am
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Thanksgiving Altars
Thank you to Barbara Brailey and Nancy Stern for designing our beautiful and bountiful Thanksgiving Altars!
Click on the image to enlarge it.
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We Need You: Ministry Opportunities at CCN |
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Coffee Hour Hosts Needed! Email Debby to host a coffee hour. |
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Needham Interfaith Clergy's Thanksgiving Offering
This year the Needham Interfaith Clergy Association's annual Thanksgiving offering is for the Needham Community Council. Click here to donate. The Needham Community Council is a non-profit that supports people in Needham who have under-met health, educational, or social needs and promotes volunteerism, community and a sense of shared responsibility. |
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SIGN UP FOR MANNA MONDAY LUNCH PROGRAM HERE.
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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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