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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 so far 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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Brock and his wife Elizabeth
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Guest Preacher, The Rev. Brock Baker, This Sunday |
The Rev. Brock Baker joins us as our guest preacher this Sunday, Christ the King Sunday. Brock served as a priest in the Diocese of Albany as well as in our Diocese, after careers in literary journalism and trade book publishing. Currently serving as a supply priest, a passion of Brock’s ministry has been healing prayer. Brock is writer of non-fiction and fiction, a bird watcher, a Premier League football follower, and (currently) a Red Sox fan. The father of two adult daughters, he lives with his wife Elizabeth, a vice president at Morgan Stanley, in Arlington. Welcome, Brock! |
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Community Art Gallery New Exhibition and Art Reception This Sunday |
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. Meet Nancy and a representative from the Silent Spring Institution at her art reception during coffee hour on November 21 from 11:15-12:30. |
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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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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 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. 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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Report from the Diocesan Convention This Sunday at Noon in the Memorial Room |
Join Nick, Amy Sweeney, and MaryAnn Ryan at noon in the Memorial Room this Sunday, November 21 for a report from the Diocesan Convention last weekend. Fill actions of the Convention can be found here. |
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Hand Warmer Drive for MANNA |
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 11/28. Thank you! |
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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! Please email Bea with any questions. |
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Last Wednesday, the Christ Church youth group met for service planning and pizza. Youth Group from L to R: Gage Tereau, Katie Lysaght, Kathryn and Brendan Mukherjee, Charlie Ledbury, Clare Auffermann, Hannah and Carolyn Lyons
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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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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 |
Monday 9am-2pm
Tuesday 9am-2pm
Wednesday 9am-2pm
Thursday Closed
Friday Office Closed and Woody onsite 7:30am- 11:30am
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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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Take the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham Community Health Needs Assessment Survey for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card!
BID Needham and its member hospitals are conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment to better understand the most pressing health-related issues impacting the people living and working in the communities we serve. This anonymous survey will allow us to develop a deeper understanding of issues that relate to our community member’s thoughts on quality of life, availability of services, and physical and mental health to improve patient and community services. Complete the survey online for a chance at winning a $100 Visa gift card.
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Your faithful giving supports our mission and serves Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves. Give online.
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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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