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eNews for the week of December 27, 2024

This Sunday

WORSHIP

Christmas Lessons & Carols Service

Sunday, December 29

12/29—On this festive day, we continue to celebrate the 12 days of Christmas with Christmas Lessons & Carols. Come and continue our gratitude for the birth of Christ in word, music, and Eucharist.

Lessons & Carols bulletin

Livestream Options:

YouTube Link | Zoom Link

Note: No formation or any other programs will take place on Sunday.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Art Ministry

now on view through January 30

Epiphany’s Art Ministry welcomes a Quilt Exhibit from award-winning quilter Michelle Hiskey. The quilts are NOT for sale.

Click here to learn more about the artist and the art ministry >>

PARISH LIFE

The Nativities Display

now on view through January 5

The last day of the Nativities Exhibit is Sunday, January 5.

If you’d like to help with taking them down on Monday, January 6, please sign up at epiphany.org/rsvp.

Altar Arrangements & Sanctuary Light Sign Up

For Sunday, December 29:

The Arrangements at the Altar are given to the Glory of God and in thanksgiving for her sister Gretchen Maclachlan and brother-in-law Bruce Maclachlan for their support and love, by Sally McClintock.
The Sanctuary Light is given to the Glory of God in memory her grandmother, Bernice Pedersen, on her birthday, by Katie Pedersen.

NOTICE: Dates through December 2025 are now LIVE.

Altar Arrangements & the Sanctuary Light can be given in honor of an anniversary, birthday, or in memory of a loved one. Click the button link to reserve dates that have meaning for you.

This Week at Epiphany

LITURGY

Weekday Services

visit epiphany.org/worship-services for details

Weekday Morning Prayer—9:00 a.m. online, request the login link from the parish office.
The Tuesday Morning service and the Wednesday noonday services WILL NOT take place.

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NOTICE

Office & Building Closure

The parish office and the building is closed until Thursday, January 2. With the exception of the service on Sunday Morning 12/29, no other services, programs or meetings will take place during that time.

Upcoming Events

LITURGY

The Epiphany Pageant

for all ages

1/5/25—The Annual Epiphany Pageant will take place on Sunday, January 5 during the 10:00 a.m. service.

Children, youth, and adults are invited to participate in the retelling of our Feast Day! Rehearsal will be January 5 at 8:30 a.m. Contact Taylor Irwin with any questions.

PARISH LIFE

Epiphany Feast Day Feast

please RSVP for the lunch

The Feast of the Epiphany will be celebrated on Sunday, January 5 at 10:00 a.m. Following the service will be our Feast Day Feast: A Tex-Mex potluck lunch in the parish hall.

Sign up to bring an entree—drinks, desserts and chips & salsa will be provided. Please sign up if you plan to stay for lunch and let us know what you are bringing.

RSVP here and list the item you plan to bring

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

January DEAM Pantry Drive

Epiphany stocks the pantry at the Decatur-area Emergency Assistance Ministry (DEAM) twice a year in January and June.

For the month of January, we are collecting: grape and strawberry jelly, canned fruit, protein bars, and peanut butter cracker packs. Wooden bins for your donations are in the gallery inside the front door.

NOTICE

Annual Parish Meeting

No formation programs will take place at this time

1/26—All members of the parish are encouraged to join us in the parish hall at 11:30 a.m. for this important meeting in the life of our church. The Rev. Amy Dills-Wright and members of the Vestry will report on the state of the parish in 2024 and look ahead to what’s planned for 2025. We will also elect new vestry members and thank those who are retiring.

Year End Gifts, Reimbursements & Pledging

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Check your Auto Pay Schedule

For those of you who schedule your pledge payments through online giving via Realm, be sure to check your account to be sure that your online giving is set up to continue in the new year, or will restart with the amount of your annual pledge for the coming year.

FINANCE

Year End Gifts & Pledges for 2024

Must be postmarked by December 31, 2024

Deadline 12/31—Pledges and contributions need to be received at the church or postmarked by December 31, 2024 and stock contributions must be delivered to the church brokerage account by December 31, 2024 to be recorded for 2024.

Staff Christmas

GIVING

Staff Christmas

Parishioners are invited to express their gratitude to clergy and staff for their work this year by making an offering online or by check. To give online click the button to give through Realm. To give by check, please list “Staff Christmas” in the memo line.

Make your pledge for our 2025 Operating Budget

STEWARDSHIP

Make a Pledge

Love in Action has been our theme for the 2025 Stewardship Campaign. We want to thank everyone who has made a pledge so far. Your generosity enables us to do all that we do and hope to do at Epiphany.

If you have not yet made your pledge, please consider doing so today as the Vestry will soon complete budget planning based on committed expected income. Pledge cards are available in the narthex and gallery, or you can make your pledge online by clicking the button.

Prayers of the People

Send prayer requests to the parish office.
Names of friends and family remain listed for four weeks.
Anniversaries & Birthdays for the month are listed here >>

For members who are bidding our prayers: Linda Ryder-Wolf • Mary Katharine Williamson • Matilda McNeely (daughter of Katie Pedersen) • Judy Jarady • John Wyman • Caitlyn Trautwein • Marion Curry • Pam Hall • Jerry Wall (husband of Lucy Davidson) • Barbara Belcore • Esther Harbert • Veta Smith (mother of Cecilia Democko) • Chris Miller & Ron Hutcheson • Chris Belcore • Brandon Laird • Anne Warner • Eric Olson • Francis Lee • Brett Boatright • Laura, John & Sarah Keys • Robin Hairston • Beth Towers • Mary McCall Cash • Wende Crowe • Sally Brockington

For friends and family: Lindsey Mitchell, sister of Caitlyn Trautwein • Caroly Sanders & family, friend of Jewel Allen • David & Colleen, friends of April Maa • Jeff Smith, family of Liefy & George Smith • Charlton Allen & Family, brother and relatives of Jewel Allen • Eileen Gleman, mother of Lisa Carlson • Libby & Dave Belcher, friends of Larry Wilcox • Clark Weigle • Emanuael Martinez, cousin of Evan & Kaylie Gibbs • Louise Peters, grandmother of Tristen Webb • Sherri Sharpe, cousin of Terri Lawrence & Julie Ryder • Gary Davis, father of Jeremy Davis • Dave Tipton, brother of Pam Tipton • Isabel, granddaughter of Mike & Beth Towers

For members who desire our continuing prayers: Jewel Allen • Rod MacLeod • Sally McClintock • Chris Miller & Ron Hutcheson • Tom Mundy • Ann Rowles • Pat Spivey • Michael Towers, Jr. • Wayne & Judy Urban • Larry Wilcox • Colleen

For all those serving in the armed forces, especially: Stewart Mundy

For those celebrating birthdays the week of 1/5-11: Allene Kelley • Harriet Spencer • Jeremy Davis • Mabel Morrissey • Patricia Price • Stephanie DiBello • Rod MacLeod • Weston Tillman • Ed Van Ness • Forrest Boulée • Joy Boyden • Lydia Freeman • Roberta Long • Maise Neel

For our Haitian sisters & brothers and the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.

For racial justice: That the light of God’s hope will grow in us all and inform our work for justice in the new year.

For our fragile and beautiful Earth: The Ocmulgee River—suffering threats from coal ash ponds, flowing through Macon.

Did we miss your anniversary or birthday? Send the full date of your anniversary and/or your date of birth to the parish office so that we can update our records.

The weekly deadline for submission of announcements for the Friday Morning eNews

and the Sunday bulletin is Wednesdays at Noon. Please send your submissions

ready to go to the parish office.