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Weekly news & announcements
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Spring Forward this Weekend! |
Don't forgot to Spring your clocks forward Saturday night! |
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Help Ukrainian Families
Click here to donate to the Episcopal Relief & Development to provide assistance to people fleeing the violence in the Ukraine. Your gift will help provide cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needed assistance to families from Ukraine.
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Trivia Night is BACK on Sunday, March 20 at 5:30pm |
Back by popular demand! Calling parishioners of all ages! Live out your Jeopardy fantasies and compete against friends at trivia next Sunday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m. The event will be hosted again by Mike Wade of Trivia Throwdown (featured in the NYT). Join us for an evening of fun! Sign up here. Questions tailored to our interests.
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Coffee Hour is BACK Starting this Sunday |
Coffee hour is back starting this Sunday! Join us for Coffee Hour this Sunday to celebrate the Community Art Gallery's latest exhibition. Please wear a mask when not eating.
Coffee hour hosts are needed! Please get in touch with Debby Rempis. |
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New "Circles of Caring" Initiative Has Begun! |
Please answer your phones and check those emails! A team of parishioners will reach out to every household in the parish during Lent to check in and say hello. We are excited to connect more deeply with our fellow parishioners, strengthen friendships, and help every household at Christ Church know they are being thought of and prayed for during this time. It is one of the ways we can love our neighbor, as Jesus teaches. We can’t wait to connect with you. |
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Kids' Costumes: Repairs Needed! |
This year we may be using some of our annual Christmas Pageant costumes for some Holy Week activities. This reminded me that a few costumes could use some relatively minor mending. What is a tiger without a tail? If you have the time and talent please email Nancy Sterling.
Also, most of the costumes have been in use for decades. If anyone has any animal or angel costumes that your kids have grown out of, or anything that would be useful for kings or shepherds, all donations would be gratefully accepted. Please reach out via the above email. Thanks- Nancy Sterling and the Pageant Committee.
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Community Art Gallery Art Reception on This Sunday |
Save the date for the Community Art Gallery's current exhibit Art Reception on Sunday, March 13 immediately following service. Visit our website to read her artist statement and for a sneak peek.
Susan is donating 20% of the purchase price of any art work sold form this exhibit to Christ Episcopal Church in honor of Pam Goody, the long-time Director of Music, now retired.
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Vestry Minutes for February 2022 |
Read the most recent Vestry minutes here or the in yellow binder on the table outside the Church office. View archived Vestry minutes here. |
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3/7 – 3/18: Charles Raines, Director of Music
3/10 – 3/17: Woody Hughes, Facilities Manager and Liz Marson, Assisting Sexton
3/14 – 3/27: Nick Morris-Kliment, Rector
Guest Preacher/Presiders while Nick is on Vacation
Sunday, March 20: The Rev. Dr. Matthew Kruger
Sunday, March 27: The Rev. Canon Edie Dolnikowski
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Laura Hargrove: Guest Organist This Sunday
Ms. Laura Hargrove earned her BMus in music history at the Hartt School of Music, Theater, and Dance where she studied organ performance with Larry Allen. Over the years, she’s held music positions at churches in Swampscott, Hamilton, Gloucester, and Hartford, CT. In pursuit of a new adventure, Laura later graduated with a double Masters in English and Education from Salem State University. She has taught in the public school system for almost 18 years and is currently an English Language Arts teacher at North Reading High School. Laura lives in Wakefield, enjoys being a substitute organist and choir director, and she often returns to her hometown of Gloucester for the ocean and salt air.
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Practicing Truth: Lenten Preaching Series at our Cathedral on Thursdays at 12:15 through Lent
This year’s Lenten Preaching Series at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston—“Practicing Truth”—will run alongside the Lenten study series offered by the Racial Justice Commission. This year’s preachers will draw on Scripture and their lived experience to stir us to a deeper practice of truth and prepare us for Easter joy. Join one another at the cathedral at 12:15 p.m. on Thursdays in Lent, starting March 3, to hear the sermon in person and stay for a light lunch and conversation with the preacher, or join by livestream through the cathedral’s website.
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Pajama Drive run by the Needham Library, Boston Bruins and Cradles to Crayons
The Needham Free Public Library is once again participating in the Boston Bruins Pajama Drive in partnership with Cradles to Crayons. New children’s pajamas can be donated in the green Tupperware box near the Rosemary Street entrance of the library located at the corner of Highland Ave and Rosemary Street, or online from the Amazon wish list. Donated pajamas will go to local children living in low-income and homeless situations. These pajamas will go to children who need them most to stay warm while sleeping. The goal is to collect 5,000 pairs of pajamas state-wide from all collection sites combined. Needed are brand new pajamas, appropriate for all seasons, from sizes 2T through adult medium. Please do not give pajamas that include any family or holiday references.
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CCN'S Own Cecile Leroy's Band is Coming to Christ Church! |
On March 26 from 2-3:30pm at Christ Church, all are invited to this free concert by CCN parishioner and member of CCN Vestry class ’24 Cecile Leroy's band Chimney Swift. The band requests that you be fully vaccinated and wear a mask. |
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Cecile has contributed to the music at Christ Church in several ways over the years and now she is excited to share another side of her musical life. Chimney Swift has been playing together since 2016. They are a groovy, eclectic folk band with inspiration ranging from traditional fiddle tunes to pop and various international styles.
This concert is their first performance since covid started, and it is the long-awaited debut concert for their first full-length album, which came out in January of 2020. They are looking forward to sharing their music with you!
If you want to learn more about Chimney Swift and hear some of their music, please visit them at www.chimneyswiftband.com. |
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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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