It is time for the Christ Church January RaiseRight Order!

Paul Ambos, will be placing a new card order on the morning of 

Monday, January 8. Please place your orders accordingly. If you place your own order directly on the RaiseRight website or app, he will be able to see it there when he orders the monthly batch.

Use the RaiseRight payment options through your checking account or credit card (checking costs a 29 cent charge per order; credit cards charge a percentage that is usually more).  If you want physical cards delivered directly to your home, you can arrange delivery through the app. There is a charge for delivery.  If you order for delivery through Paul, the church covers the delivery charge. RaiseRight website is https://www.raiseright.com/shop.

Thank you for your support of this parish program.

Every winter, houses of worship in New Brunswick unite to open their doors to our unhoused neighbors. We rotate from church to church each week and typically house about 15 men. The shelter runs from 22 December to 10 March, when the temperatures are below freezing. Christ Church will be hosting 31 December to 14 January.

The ministry has been running for over 20 years, and is recognized by our homeless neighbors and by community leaders as compassionate, life-saving, and much needed.

This year, our needs are:

· Volunteers to stay overnight with the guests

A full shift is 7 PM – 7AM and partial shifts are possible.

At Christ Church, volunteers will typically sleep in the choir room from 11 PM –5:30 AM and then start the coffee pots.

· Volunteers to help with move-out and cleaning on Sunday, January 14th

· Volunteers to cook or bring meals for 15 guests + 3 volunteers

· If you can’t volunteer your time, you can also donate supplies or money

To sign up for a shift or meal, please reach out to Jason Kaelber at interfaithrotatingshelter@gmail.com or 848 228 3620. We also have a few volunteer openings Christmas week at the synagogue, and later in the season, so you need not restrict yourself to the days Christ Church is hosting.

Thank you for supporting this ministry and the homeless men of New Brunswick!

Computer Needed

The computer that we use to record deposits and work on out information system has seen much better days. It can’t even support Windows or computer security programs. And forget about video calls.



If any of you were lucky enough to get a new computer for Christmas and have a used computer with less than five years of service please think of making a tax deductible contribution to the church. Please contact Brittney or Mark to discuss this

Join St. Alban’s online each Thursday evening from 7pm- 8pm for Prayer Meeting and Bible Study. St. Alban’s has encouraged the wider community to join us and many of the attendees come from different congregations locally as well as internationally.

This week, they will continue the study of the Book of Acts, Chapter 8, verses 26-40.

We invite people to testify if they are prayerfully led and also encourage them to send their prayer requests in advance if they wish. Some attendees come prepared from time to time to not only testify, but to give a word of encouragement.

Please see the Zoom invitation below.

Join Zoom Meeting

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following parishioners have been

appointed to the Annual Meeting Committee of Christ Church for the

February 4, 2024 Annual Meeting of the parish:

Meegan Adames, Chair

Paul Ambos, Parliamentarian

Arnold Bruce Anderson

Margaret Brown-Stansbury

H. Arthur Phills

Shannon Pullaro

The offices to be filled at the meeting are:

People's Warden (one-year term) (one to be elected)

Vestrymember (three-year term) (two to be elected)

Diocesan Convention Deputies (one-year term) (three to be elected) (1 meeting + associated costs)

Diocesan Convention Alternate Deputies (one-year term) (three to be elected) (1 meeting + associated costs)

Delegate to Northern Convocation (one-year term) (six to be

elected)

Nominations for the offices to be voted on should be made through the Committee by completing and signing a nomination form and submitting it to the parish office or giving it in person to any member of the

Committee. 

Would you like to join the Vestry or become a Diocesan Convention Deputy or Alternate? Know someone who may be great for the

position?

If yes, please fill out the nomination form HERE or

in-person

on the table in the back of the church.

Prayers requested for:

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Arnold, Barb, Christine, Dale, Danielle, Doreen, Dorothy, Eleanor, Isobel, Jacqueline, Jim, Joy, Karl, Lenora, Larry, Mary, Matthew, Penelope, Sarah, Shawn, Tabby, Timothy, Vivian, and Winston.

Christ Church Ministry: Prayer Ministry

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: for the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: The Revs: Matthew D. Bollinger, Emmanuel Kojo Kwegyir-Aggrey, Donald Weisner

Birthdays this week: Brian Graf

Memorial Flowers: Carole Forsythe in memory of Alice Alleman, the late Gwen Catherman in memory of Forrest N. Catherman, Sr., and Forrest N. Catherman, Jr., Jr., and Martha Golfphin in memory of James Golfphin.