Keeping Connected February 9, 2024 | |
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Connect Virtually
We will continue using our new live streaming equipment. You may access our Sunday morning worship service via our YouTube Channel and our Facebook page.
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Adventures In Learning: Call for New Church School Teachers and Classroom Helpers | |
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CHURCH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
9:00: CC Singers (open to all students ages 5+)
9:30-10:30 - Church School
10:30-11:15 - PREPARED COMMUNION CLASS
Our classrooms needs your support and we humbly ask for dedicated individuals to assist in our Church School, guiding young hearts to understand their immense worth and the delight God takes in them.
It is truly a reflection of our church unity and shared blessings and we would be ever so grateful for those who step forward to share this profound message.
If you can lend a hand, share your time, and be part of this special time in our young children’s lives, we would be deeply appreciative and profoundly thankful.
If you have any questions, please contact Donna Eby at education.christchurchplymouth@gmail.com or Su D'Ambrosio at assunta999@gmail.com.
Interim Church School Coordinators.
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Dear Ones of Christ Church,
As we approach the last weekend of the Epiphany season, we prepare to follow Jesus up a mountain, where he will be transfigured and transformed before his disciples. Just as Jesus is transformed on the mountain, he calls us to be transformed, too. For our final Epiphany meditation, I invite us to look around for signs of transformation in creation. Look at shrubs and low hanging tree branches—which ones have already set buds for the spring? Have the willows in your neighborhood started sprouting their soft catkins? Examine the ground—where are small green fingers beginning to push up, from bulbs that have been drawing nourishment from their dark fertile winter beds? Listen, on sunny mornings—when do you hear the first robin and cardinal songs of the year?
As we follow Jesus up the mountain this weekend, and then back down again and into the holy forty days of Lent, may the signs of transformation around us be reminders and companions for us in our own sanctified and sanctifying journeys. This season and always, may we seek to be transformed by and with Jesus, and to be agents of his transformation in the world.
With blessings,
Melissa +
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Finances: Last week we received in over $4026. When giving online, be sure to change the 'Fund' to 'Pledges' so your contribution goes toward your pledge.
Thank you for your loving support of Christ Church.
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The Resource of Prayer: Six Week Lenten Series
Sign Up By Monday, February 12th
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Join us at Christ Church in Plymouth this Lent as we explore the meaning and gift of prayer in the Christian tradition and share resources and practices to enrich our prayer lives. We will meet for six weeks, with two options for meeting times and "spaces:" either Thursday evenings by Zoom from 6-7:30 PM, or Saturday afternoons in-person from 3-4:30 PM at church.
There are two ways to sign up for the series and choose your preferred time and space:
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Click here to sign up using an online form.
- Sign up using the paper forms located at each entrance to the church.
Please note that you only need to sign up once…if you sign up using the online form, you do not need to also sign up on paper, and vice versa.
Here are our meeting schedules and topics for each week:
Week 1: Introduction - What is Prayer? - Thurs 2/15 and Sat 2/17
Week 2: Praying with Scripture - Thurs 2/22 and Sat 2/24
Week 3: Time and Space: Making a Habit of Prayer - Thurs 2/29 and Sat 3/2
Week 4: Praying Through Action, Movement, and Service - Thurs 3/7 and Sat 3/9
Week 5: Praying Without Words (or With Very Few Words!) - Thurs 3/14 and Sat 3/16
Week 6: Praying With the Senses and the Arts - Thurs 3/21 and Sat 3/23
Melissa will start each meeting by sharing about a particular way to pray, and then we will break into small groups to share our thoughts and experiences using reflection questions to guide us. If you have questions about the series, please contact Melissa: revmelissa@christchurchplymouth.org
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Topic: Paul’s Letter to the Colossians
Day & Time: Sunday 4:00 – 5:30pm
Dates: February 18 & 25 and March 3, 17 & 24
Hosted by: Dee & Bill Ferguson at 35 Chipping Hill (Pinehills)
Number of participants: 7 – 10
This is not a “drop in” study. Participants are expected to strive to attend all sessions.
Sign-up: Please call Dee or Bill Ferguson at 508-224-1680 or email us at fergusondandb@gmail.com.
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024 the Men's Group will host their annual pancake supper. The supper will begin at 5:00 PM with the burning of the palms. Please join us in the Parish Hall on February 13th as we end the season of Epiphany and enter the season of Lent together. | |
On Ash Wednesday, February 14th, we will begin a holy Lent together. Join us for Holy Eucharist with imposition of ashes, at noon and 7pm. | |
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Prayer Chain
Our prayer chain consists of devoted parishioners who, in confidence, pray daily for the needs of our parish family. Our mission is to lift up to God the prayers of people in need, in joy, or in thanksgiving.
All prayer requests are said for a period of 2 weeks, and all requests are kept in strict confidence. If you would like a prayer said for yourself, a member of your family or friends, please reach out to Robyn Lench Whittles 781-291-9459 or email to betty02364@gmail.com
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Overnights of Hospitality Winter Emergency Shelter
We want your help!
The Plymouth Taskforce to End Homelessness, in collaboration with the Fr. Bill’s and Mainspring (FBMS) organization, offers winter emergency shelter to 20-25 single individuals which began here at Christ Church on Nov, 26th and will continue through Saturday, March 30. We can’t continue this important ministry without your help. We want volunteer chaperones to commit to giving one evening of their time from 5pm-11pm to provide support to the Fr. Bill’s staff person and to show our unhoused neighbors that they are not forgotten. We who have volunteered in the past have been touched by the appreciation shown by many of the guests. It has been a very rewarding experience!
Two people are needed at the shelter at all times. There are two Fr. Bill’s staff from 11pm to 7am, so the volunteer chaperone is only needed for the evening until the second staff person arrives.
The shelter rotates weekly among three congregations which began Sunday, November 26 and will continue through Saturday, March 30 - Christ Church, First Baptist Church and St Mary’s and St Joseph Collaborative at St Mary’s Parish Center, using the fellowship halls. Orientation is provided.
To sign up as a chaperone, go to https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/k4w5gd
To review the chaperone guidelines, go to https://plymouth-taskforce-homeless.org/volunteer/
Questions? Call Connie Melahoures, President of the Plymouth Taskforce to End Homelessness at 508.367.0516 or email conmel@aol.com.
The next week that Christ Church will be hosting begins Sunday, February 18th.
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Christ Church Thrift Shoppe | |
February winter clearance sales are now underway. All outerwear including boots, and specialty boutique items 50% off. If you know of anyone in need of outerwear, please stop by and let us know how we can help.
Please consider donating your gently worn in-style clothing, housewares and small furnishings from smoke-free households. Items may be dropped during shop hours or at the garage on Saturdays from 10-1.
Save the Date: Friday, February 16th Senior Sale Day
Shoppe Hours
Thursday and Friday 10-4
Saturday 10-2
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Christ Church Food Pantry | |
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All are welcome to the Christ Church Food Pantry!
We are open by appointment:
Tuesday 4:00-5:15
Thursday 12:00-1:15 and 4:00-5:15
Saturday 10:00-11:15.
Call the pantry message line: 508-746-4959, ext 6, BY 1 PM THE DAY BEFORE YOU WISH TO PICK UP YOUR ORDER. Our volunteers check messages and return your call from their homes to ask you what you need.
Leave a message if you wish to donate non-perishable food and household items, or you may leave your donations under the mailboxes outside the office or in the front entrance to the sanctuary. Squirrels like to get into any bags left on the porch of the food pantry!
We are grateful to all who have offered donations and prayers for our neighbors experiencing food insecurity.
If you wish to volunteer, contact Eileen Paris at eileenpca@aol.com
For more information, please contact Barbara Wojtklewicz at 617-291-4634, or by email at barbara.wojtklewicz@gmail.com
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Pastoral Care
For any pastoral care needs of Christ Church, please call Robin Nielsen (774-454-2776) or email robinmarianielsen@gmail.com ~ A home visit, a home visit with holy communion or a phone call can be arranged. Although a small group, our Pastoral Care Ministry team meets monthly in confidence.
For any pastoral emergencies, please call Rev. Melissa Howell 508-746-4959 ext 4.
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We want to keep you in the loop regarding the happenings at Christ Church. Please send your announcements for the weekly bulletin and Keeping Connected, to the office by 12 Noon on Wednesday. They should include date, time, place, description of event, contact information and should be written exactly the way you want them to appear. | | | | |
