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Save the Date: Lent Quiet Day is Saturday, March 24. A Quiet Day is a mini-retreat. We'll hold it right here in our parish hall. We hope it will be like a "spiritual spa" to encourage us to look inside and ultimately get in touch with ourselves and with God who resides within each of us. Colossians 1:27, modern paraphrase, states: "Christ in you, yes, Christ in you, bringing with him the hope of all the good things to come." Let's celebrate all those good things together: Saturday, March 24. More info coming soon.

Almost time for spring cleaning? We're seeking old magazines, wall calendars and posters. What works well? National Geographic, Oceanography, Smithsonian, Gardening, Astronomy, etc... ANY magazines you want to part with, we will gladly accept, and put to good use. Preferably highly visual magazines, books and periodicals, with striking visual imagery. Please leave them on the bench in the Cross Highway entrance lobby or in the "Upper Room." Thanks very much for your help.

Thank you everyone, for your pledge for 2012! There are extra pledge cards at our entrances for any folks who have not yet pledged. Thanks for your support.

KEEP OUR CHILDREN WRAPPED IN WARMTH! This season, workers at Covenant to Care for Children are seeing another dramatic increase in the number of children and teens who do not have warm winter coats, hats, mittens, etc. Donations of new or clean, used winter apparel are urgently needed for children of all ages. If you can help, please put donations in the bin (near the coat rack) by the Cross Highway entrance.

Calling all knitters and crocheters~ We could surely use more prayer shawls. Please consider whipping one up for us this year. Please use Lion Brand Homespun Yarn (about 3 skeins) or something similar. The knitting pattern calls for casting on 69 stitches and using size 15 needles. The pattern is K3, P3 on each row. Please make a big rectangle, which is at least 4 1/2 feet long--the better for wrapping oneself in!! Because these are for both men and women, earth-tones work great. Thanks very much.

Anyone have a burning passion for the kitchen? (hmm) Or for helping with fundraising? If so please email or chat with Beth Cox in our office. We would love to staff a few new small groups to oversee these things. And Renee Ruder is looking for a few more people to help plan and harvest our mission garden for next year.

SAVE THE DATE!!!!! Saturday, May 5th will be our annual Silent Auction Dinner for Mission. Come hungry and bring a friend!!!

Quote attributed to Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe given in last Sunday's sermon follows.

Nothing is more practical than

finding God, than

falling in Love

in a quite absolute, final way.

What you are in love with,

what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.

It will decide

what will get you out of bed in the morning,

what you do with your evenings,

how you spend your weekends,

what you read, whom you know,

what breaks your heart,

and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.

Fall in Love, stay in love,

and it will decide everything.

[Attributed to Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ (1907–1991) , Finding God in All Things: A Marquette Prayer Book, quoted in The Edge of the Enclosure for Jan. 22, 2012,
www.edgeofenclosure.org ]

Sermons are posted on our website,www.christchurchredding.org. Kaia Fahrenholz is our webmaster and she keeps us current. Thank you, Kaia.

Save the Date! Our annual Mission Dinner and Silent Auction is Saturday, May 5, 2012, beginning at 6:30 pm. Our theme is a taste of Tuscany in a Trattoria-style atmosphere. I can't wait to see how our lovely parish hall will morph into a Tuscan bistro...stay tuned!

Video to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James Version contained a mistake in the link. So sorry! Corrected link appears below, with thanks to the Rev. Dick Wyland and parishioner Mary Lancaster for the catch. Check it out! Really terrific and kind of rappish--it celebrates all the catch phrases from that ground-breaking vernacular translation into the King's English (which, of course, is what God speaks)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQVbBjgBS6A

List of apps available that deal with Jesus, faith and the Bible follows. This was sent to me by Sharon Pearson, who works now for Church Publishing Group. Sharon used to be the specialist in children's education in the Diocese of Connecticut. Take a look at some that appeal to you. Perhaps they would be good for kids...

iFound Jesus

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ifound-jesus/id492093464?mt=8

Bible: Who Am I?

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-who-am-i/id493875246?mt=8

Bible IQ Builder

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-iq-builder/id397704988?mt=8

Bible Puzzles

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-puzzles/id374272588?mt=8

Bible Quest (bundle)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-quest-nt-bundle-1/id389923557?mt=8

Bible Quiz Game

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-quiz-game/id491685366?mt=8

Bible Trivia Adventure

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-trivia-adventure/id458504281?mt=8

Bible Word Search

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-word-search/id490505891?mt=8

Bible Hero: Moses

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/biblehero-moses2/id407714315?mt=8

Bible Candies – OT & NT Memory Game

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/biblecandiesotnt-otandntbooks/id407815567?mt=8

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The Rev. Marilyn Anderson
Christ Church Parish
Redding Ridge, Connecticut
www.christchurchredding.org
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