SUNDAY SERVICE INFORMATION
Our current worship schedule is as follows:
8:00 AM Rite I Holy Eucharist Service
10:30 AM Rite II Holy Eucharist Service. This service will also be live streamed.
Service bulletins can be found on our website here.
Live Stream links can be found on our CEC Facebook Page and our CEC YouTube Page.
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SENIOR SUNDAY CELEBRATION | |
If anyone has a graduating senior (high school or college) contact Brielle Giard at bgiard412@gmail.com. | |
BISHOP DOYLE INVITES YOU!
TO THE VERY FIRST GRANDE TEXAS FAMILY REUNION
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Visit the Camp Allen website HERE for more information and to sign up. | |
MISSION IN ACTION/OUTREACH | |
OUTREACH
For the month of May, we are collecting toiletries for the clients of the Travis County Community Center in Jonestown. Anything that you might use, they also need. Soap, shampoo, sunscreen, etc. Any sizes are welcome. There is a collection basket in the narthex.
MEALS ON WHEELS
Meals on Wheels here in Leander is badly in need of more volunteers. They need folks to help with meal prep and to do dropoffs. If this interests you, please see Carol Monroe for more information or an application.
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We will be having an Ascension Day service, Thursday May 9, at 12:00 PM to celebrate the feast of the ascension. This will be a eucharist service. Announcement will go in the newsletter this week.
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The Health and Justice Advocacy Network(HJAN) invites you to attend EDOT Reads: Citizen, Faithful Discipleship in a Partisan world, authored by our own Bishop C. Andrew Doyle. This is the first offering in our 2024 Vote Faithfully initiatives.
EDOT READS will be offered as a Zoom series beginning on Wednesday May 22, 7:00 pm and continue through June. The first session will feature a special "Meet the Author" with Bishop Doyle sharing his insights and highlights of the book. There will be two discussion tracks offered to choose from: Wednesdays, 7:00 pm, led by the Rev. Katie Wright; and Thursdays at noon, led by the Rev. Daryl Hay (See dates below). The discussion sessions, which include a study guide, are intended to be theologically informed, nonpartisan, and not policy-specific to help us understand how our faith takes us into the public square. Everyone is invited.
Register here
Rev. Catherine Wright, St. Matthew's Austin facilitator for EDOT Reads: Citizen on Wednesdays: May 29, June 5, June 12, and June 26.
Rev. Daryl Hay, St. Andrews, Bryan facilitator for EDOT Reads: Citizen on Thursdays: May 30, June 6, June 13, June 20.
HJAN Leadership Team
Joyce Statz
Rev. Mary Keenan
Jamie Watson
Rev. Mary Lenn Dixon
Mother Minerva Skeith
Amy Brunt Thompson
Rev. Kristin Braun
Tissie Elliot
Rev. Tamara Clothier
Corlie Jackson
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FIND - School for Spiritual Direction and Formation | |
FIND - School for Spiritual Direction and Formation is accepting applications for the Class of 2027. The school, hosted by Middleway Urban Monastery in Bryan, TX, holds classes one Saturday per month, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM, for clergy and lay people. We are diverse and ecumenical without educational or age limits.
Visit www.schoolforspiritualdirection.org for more information.
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INTERCESSORY PRAYER PARTNER MINISTRY | |
Intercessors will be at the back of the church in the narthex to pray with anyone who would like special prayers during communion on Sundays. Often people will ask for prayers for healing for themselves or others, but any prayer request is welcomed. If you would like to pray with one of our prayer partners, you are encouraged to come forward for communion and then make your way to the narthex for additional prayers. If you have any questions about this ministry or are interested in becoming a prayer partner to pray with others, please contact Cindy Gravis or Fr. Richard.
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You can give online at www.cectx.org OR you can mail your check to 3520 W. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park, TX 78613.
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If you would like to learn about other ways to financially contribute to the life and work of our parish, please contact our Treasurer, Wright Meyer. | |
They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.
Jeremiah 17:8
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CEC VESTRY MEETINGS
The Vestry usually meets on the third Monday of each month, at 7:00 p.m. Any congregant can attend a Vestry meeting and observe. Only Vestry members have voice and vote. Vestry meetings do become "closed" when discussing personnel issues or staff salaries. Vestry meets via Zoom. If you wish to attend, please notify Fr. Richard, and he will send you the Zoom link.
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CEC Finances – Available in the Library
Quarterly financial statements are available on the bulletin board in the library following the vestry meeting.
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Discipleship Group - This group meets the first and third Sunday of the month at 6:00 pm in the library. It includes study of the Sunday service gospel readings and is open to anyone wishing to participate. Please contact Bill Sterling at sterling.william@sbcglobal.net for more information. | |
The Senior Shepherds is a Service/Social organization at CEC. Anyone over the age of 50 in the church is welcome. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 11:45 am in the Library for a delicious Potluck meal and lively conversation. A short program normally follows the meal. We do various interesting and creative service projects for the church children and the local community; host exciting outside speakers; visit unusual local places and have occasional seminars for better living. Contact: Betty Prince at bettyprince25@gmail.com for more information. | |
The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month from 4-6pm in the Library. We knit, crochet and do various other needlework and sewing crafts to meet a known need in the community such as providing pretty and comfortable caps for cancer patients; providing crocheted and knitted prayer shawls for those in need of comfort in our church community. These items are made with prayer and much interesting conversation. They are blessed by Father Richard before being distributed. Learn to knit or crochet at our meetings. Teens are welcome. Contact: CarolMonroe71@gmail.com or bettyprince25@gmail.com. | |
The Tuesday Book Club is reading The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses by C. S. Lewis. This book may be available at Mardel or Half Price Books. It’s also available on Amazon. We meet every Tuesday from 10:30-12:00 in the Outreach Room. Please join us for lively discussions, diverse insights and a lot of fun. All are welcome!
Questions, please contact Mary Wybenga at EJayW@msn.com or at 303-850-7347.
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Choir Practice is held every Wednesday at 2:30 PM in the sanctuary. Anyone who is interested in joining, or getting more information on our choir, is invited to attend a practice. Questions? Contact Dave Gravis. | |
Please join us for Sunday Worship:
8:00 AM Rite I Holy Eucharist Service
9:00 AM Adult Forum Class (Library)
10:30 AM Rite II Holy Eucharist Service
Please visit our website (cectx.org) for more information.
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Ministry to and with Infants/Toddlers and their Families.
We have three spaces available to minister to our youngest members and their families on Sunday mornings.
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Our church nursery is open from 9:00 am to noon. The nursery is located in the Family Life Center. The nursery serves children through the age of 4 and is open every Sunday morning.
- A “soft” play space is located in the back of the sanctuary where children will find a small selection of toys and parents will find rocking chairs.
- A “cry room” is located above the sanctuary and accessed by the stairs in the narthex/lobby of the church. The cry room contains comfortable seats, toys, and a changing table.
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Children's Chapel meets Sundays during the 10:30 service in the Family Life Center.
Volunteers are needed! Come help our youngest parishioners grow in Christ! Children's Chapel meets Sundays during the 10:30 service in the Family Life Center. If you can help, please contact Fr. Richard. Lesson plans and supplies will be provided.
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Check out the Calendar of Events here for youth group meetings, social activities and more!
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All third party events held at the church are listed here. For parents, if at the church campus while the event(s) is taking place, children should be supervised by a trusted individual, as Safeguarded personnel / volunteers will not be present.
Upcoming Third Party Events:
AA Meeting - Wednesdays at 6:30 PM in the Library, Stone Building
Elections through May 4
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Christ Episcopal Church | 3520 W. Whitestone Blvd, Cedar Park, TX 78613 | 512.267.2428 | www.cectx.org
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