Advent V: Clavis David Sunday
December 5, 2021
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Gracious God, your Son Jesus Christ opened wide gate of heaven, making plain the way that leads to eternal joy: Grant that we who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to
new life may strive courageously for the freedom and peace of the world; through the same your Son, Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be praise and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
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Our mission is to become Christ as we serve others, proclaim God’s love, and grow in the Spirit. |
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CHS Worship is also on FaceBook Live (available without Facebook)
8:00 a.m. - Holy Communion
Church of the Holy Spirit is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 962 3855 7143
Passcode: 087656
FaceBook Live site link
or http://online.churchholyspirit.net
10:00 a.m. - Holy Communion
Church of the Holy Spirit is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 913 7681 7129
Passcode: 254800
FaceBook Live site link
or http://online.churchholyspirit.net
Preparing for Sunday
Find the lessons appointed for Sunday - here >
Sunday’s readings affirm the coming of a deliverer, the Messiah—Jesus! Baruch calls for the exiles to celebrate their return home. Malachi (alt) announces the approach of God’s messenger, who will refine like fire. Paul reminds us to wait for Jesus’ return in glory. In today’s gospel, John the Baptist prepares the way for Jesus’ public ministry, calling his listeners to repentance.
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2:00pm-8:00pm
3 Haytown Road Lebanon
Register for an appointment at CHS:
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Where did Alexei Tartakovsky go? |
Our music director, Alexei Tartakovsky, will be in Bonn, Germany for the next weeks. He will be participating in the International Telekom Beethoven Competition 2021. Watch our website to find any links to the performances, if they become available. Find out more >
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Saturday Dec 4th there overnight for the Youth Group and confirmands. |
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They will sleep over, have breakfast, attend the 8am service and be available for pickup by around 9:00 am. |
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Like last year, in lieu of wrapped gifts, $25 gift cards will be provided for our friends. In order to provide these gift cards, we are asking for monetary donations only. With these funds, we will purchase the 125 gift cards and distribute them to the recipients. Monetary donations can be made via check, cash, or PayPal. Please note "Giving Branch" on the check or on the envelope if donating cash. There is a secure black box outside the Church office for anyone wanting to drop off, or it can be mailed to the Church. If donating through PayPal, please use the button below. Please note: if using the PayPal link, $1.01 is added to each $25 donation to cover PayPal’s service fee (e.g., to make a donatation for 2 gift cards, the charge will be $52.02.)
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Come and join the (first ever!) CHS HHT Team
The Church of the Holy Spirit Hunterdon Holy Trail Team will make our station of the Hunterdon Holy Trail 2021 happen!
Saturday December 18, 2021 is the event - Run through 12/17/21, rain date 12/19/21
Positions to be filled on the team:
• Create gift bags with CHS information
• Create Donation Box, Cash Jar
• Help set up the display and town
• 2 Greeters
• 2+ Singers (Ana will be there with her guitar)
• 2+ Readers who alternate with singers
• 4 Traffic control people
• 3 Donation/Gifts/Beverage Table monitors
• Cleanup crew
Meeting after 10am service December 5
Roberta Maas-Wester is the coordinator. Contact her if you have questions or want to be a part of the team! RobertaMMaas@gmail.com
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Our Home Chats visitations began on Wednesday, October 20th at 7 PM. The chats will be online via Zoom every Wednesday through December 8th. We'd love to see you and have time to visit with you and other members of Holy Spirit. See you there! |
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Zoom class with Wendy Hallstrom
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December 12 - Breakfast with Santa - 9A.M. |
You are invited to come to Breakfast with Santa and have your photo taken with our very own Santa (not too many churches can make that boast!). Bring the entire family—the kids, the grandchildren, your parents—the more, the merrier. Dale and Dave Dabour will be here with their photo booth setup. Why stand in line at the mall for such an opportunity?
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All Parish Confirmation/Reaffirmation Course- December 7 |
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7 pm Tuesday- Join Zoom Meeting (or come to church)
Meeting ID: 878 6218 2807 Passcode: 865620
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December 11, 12 - Bach Choir of Bethlehem |
Saturday, December 11 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sunday, December 12 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Christmas Poinsettia Donations |
Donations are now being accepted for Poinsettias to decorate the church for Christmas. Complete the form on the website with the information needed for the bulletin. You can make your donation by check or online using the button on the web page. |
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December 21 - On the Winter Solstice |
On December 21st at 7PM, join us live and in-ternet for On the Winter Solstice—We will offer an Evensong with readings and reflections drawn from both Scripture and each community’s own Honest to God publication. Oblation is a form of prayer whereby we offer ourselves before God and seek nothing but to experience God’s presence in the moment. More information is available on the CHS website - check it out. A social gathering follows. |
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Help needed for the Bishop's visit December 19 |
The Bishop is coming and we've got to get busy! After the service, which will include Confirmation, there will be a luncheon. We need some donations of food for the luncheon and we need to know how many will be planning to attend! Please fill out this form so we can make plans. Questions? Contact Linda Schroeder at <schroederlinda464@gmail.com>. Thank you for your generosity! After you hit submit, you will be emailed a copy of your form. If you don't get one, you didn't get your form submitted or your copy went to your spam folder. First check the spam. Try again if it wasn't in spam. All questions require answers, so skipping one will keep your form from working.
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An Advent (and ongoing) Opportunity
Click here to explore this special activity to reflect, name and identify the personal experiences of what happened across this time of upheaval and worldwide pandemic.
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Join us!- check the calendar for all activities |
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Request Communion
Include (copy, paste and complete):
Name
Address
Contact phone number
Instructions on where you would like the Sacrament delivered.
You must be home to receive. We cannot simply drop it off. The Lay Eucharistic Distributor will call when they arrive.Communion will be delivered directly after services end (before Noon).
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Give thanks with a grateful heart! |
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Church of the Holy Spirit | 3 Haytown Rd, Lebanon, NJ 08833|
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