ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome to Christ Church! If you are a newcomer or visitor, we want you to know that we are honored by your presence. This is the Lord’s Supper, God’s feast for God’s people. There is always abundance here and there is a place for you. All Christians including young children are welcome to receive Communion at this altar. If for reasons of conscience or practice you do not wish to receive Communion, please nevertheless come forward and simply cross your arms over your chest to receive a blessing.
Please join us for summer refreshments after the 9 am service. The Andersons are hosting this morning, thanks Marilyn and Barry.
The Chancel Choir will be rehearsing next Saturday, September 11 at 11 am.
MESSY CHURCH STARTS UP NEXT SUNDAY! September 12 is our Church Family Sunday in September. After the ten o’clock worship please join us in the Parish Hall for an Ice Cream Social and have your child(ren) sign up for Messy Church and Messy Church Youth Group. Please, with ice cream in one hand, use your other hand to add your name to the list of “Adult Helpers”. Even people who don’t have small children are eligible to help!
Would you like to sponsor flowers for a Sunday in September or October? Sign up for Sept. 19 or Oct 31 on the flower chart on the bulletin board next to the side entrance of the church. Envelopes for information and checks are provided.
Barbara Brown Taylor's book An Altar in the World is our next book study on Wednesdays at 7:50 on Sept. 15, 22, 29 and Oct. 6. For Sept. 15 please read chapters 1 through 3.
Food for Thought for September: Get your family thinking about foods and staples that begin with A and B like Applesauce, apple juice, all detergents, breadcrumbs, Bumblebee Tuna and any others you can come up with for our food/non-food pantry donation baskets. And Messy Church will also be using our donations for their Sept. 19 lesson on helping others. Please check expiration dates on food as the pantry has to throw out all expired food items. Thanks and have fun with it!
Coming Soon to a Great Little Parish Near You:
Saturday, Sept 11: 3:45 pm, Acolyte Meeting and Training
Next week, Sept 12: We return to our schedule of services at 8 and 10.
Next week, Sept 12: Adult Ed returns at 9:00 with God in the News.
Next week, Sept 12: Ice cream social and church school registration at 11:15.
Monday, Sept 13: Vestry meeting at 7 pm
Wednesday, Sept 15: Book Group begins at 7:50 pm after Eucharist
September 18 OR 19: Meeting for Altar Guild: we'll have the date by next weekend.
Sunday, Sept 19: Meeting for Confirmation Class and parents at 11:30 in Upper Room
Sunday, Oct 3: Blessing of the Animals at the 10:00
Sunday, Oct 3: Schmooze Hour for Grownups at 6, Jazz Vespers at 7, followed by (decaf) coffee and cake
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome to Christ Church! If you are a newcomer or visitor, we want you to know that we are honored by your presence. This is the Lord’s Supper, God’s feast for God’s people. There is always abundance here and there is a place for you. All Christians including young children are welcome to receive Communion at this altar. If for reasons of conscience or practice you do not wish to receive Communion, please nevertheless come forward and simply cross your arms over your chest to receive a blessing.
We welcome Lynn Ewald to Christ Church as our organist this Sunday while Martha Meyer is on vacation.
Today we rejoice that Kurt Robert Nelson becomes an inheritor of the promise of eternal life through Holy Baptism.
Please join us for summer refreshments after the 9 am service. Ellen Perrott is hosting this morning, thanks Ellen.
Our next Dorothy Day meal delivery is this Thursday, September 2. If you can bring in a bag or two of frozen meatballs please sign up in the kitchen and drop off by Tuesday afternoon, August 31. We will also be providing salad fixings, including fresh produce from our own gardens. Envelopes for donations are located at church entrances. Thank you for keeping this ministry alive and strong throughout the summer months.
The Chancel Choir will be rehearsing on Saturday, September 11 at 11 am.
MESSY CHURCH STARTS UP AGAIN: September 12 is our Church Family Sunday in September. After the ten o’clock worship please join us in the Parish Hall for an Ice Cream Social and have your child(ren) sign up for Messy Church and Messy Church Youth Group. Please, with ice cream in one hand, use your other hand to add your name to the list of “Adult Helpers”.
Would you like to sponsor flowers for a Sunday in September or October? Sign up for Sept. 19, Oct. 10 or Oct 31 on the flower chart on the bulletin board next to the side entrance of the church. Envelopes for information and checks are provided.
Barbara Brown Taylor's book An Altar in the World is our next book study. Only 3 copies left on the oak table! They are $11 each. This is a fine look at how we can find God in the ordinary--in a stone, a leaf, a door, our bodies, our hearts, in hiking and cooking and prayer. It's a great, easy read. Join us soon for that group that will meet Wednesdays at 7:50 pm on Sept 15, 22, 29, and Oct 6.
Food for Thought: Get your family thinking about foods and staples that begin with A and B. For September shop for Applesauce, apple juice, all detergents, breadcrumbs, Bumblebee Tuna and any others you can come up with for our food/non-food pantry donation baskets. Please check expiration dates on food as the pantry has to throw out all expired food items. Thanks and have fun with it!
SUMMER WEEKEND SERVICES THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND
Saturday at 5 AND Sunday at 9
Our School-Year Schedule starts Sunday, September 12 with Eucharist at 8 and 10 am.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Today’s gospel is one of the most demanding passages in the entire Bible. That’s because these words of Jesus ask so much of us, and the message is painfully personal. Jesus calls us to sacrifice like we’ve never done before. He tells us that we have no choice if we want to follow him with integrity, and not just follow him in name only.
So let’s take a look to understand what Jesus is saying in this passage from Luke’s gospel.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome to Christ Church! If you are a newcomer or visitor, we want you to know that we are honored by your presence. This is the Lord’s Supper, God’s feast for God’s people. There is always abundance here and there is a place for you. All Christians including young children are welcome to receive Communion at this altar. If for reasons of conscience or practice you do not wish to receive Communion, please nevertheless come forward and simply cross your arms over your chest to receive a blessing.
We welcome Lynn Ewald to Christ Church as or organist this Sunday and next Sunday while Martha Meyer is on vacation.
Please join us for summer refreshments after the 9 am service.
A Blessing of Backpacks this morning.
We turn in the donations of backpacks and supplies to both DCF and RSS this week. Thanks for your generous gifts toward this program.
Do you have an article or announcement for the next Glad Tidings? Please send submissions to Connie Borofsky, our editor, at dreamcatchercb@aol.com by Wednesday, August 25. This newsletter will cover events through All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1.
Our next Dorothy Day meal delivery is Thursday, September 2. If you can bring in a bag or two of frozen meatballs please sign up in the kitchen and drop off by Tuesday afternoon, August 31. We will also be providing salad fixings. Envelopes for donations are located at church entrances. Thank you for keeping this ministry alive and strong throughout the summer months.
Bud's Daffodils Print ~ Watch for the prints you've ordered to be ready early in September. We'll announce the availability in eTidings and bulletins. Thanks for ordering!
Would you like to sponsor flowers for a Sunday in September or October? Sign up for Sept. 19, Oct. 10 or Oct 31 on the flower chart on the bulletin board next to the side entrance of the church. Envelopes for information and checks are provided.
SUMMER WEEKEND SERVICES
Through September 5
Saturdays at 5
Sundays at 9
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome to Christ Church! If you are a newcomer or visitor, we want you to know that we are honored by your presence. This is the Lord’s Supper, God’s feast for God’s people. There is always abundance here and there is a place for you. All Christians including young children are welcome to receive Communion at this altar. If for reasons of conscience or practice you do not wish to receive Communion, please nevertheless come forward and simply cross your arms over your chest to receive a blessing.
We welcome the Rev. Raymond Cox as celebrant and guest preacher this weekend.
We will resume our practice of serving consecrated grape juice as well as wine next week at the Sunday Eucharist, on August 22.
Marilyn will be on vacation through August 17. If you have a personal emergency while the rector is away please call the Rev David Pople from St. Thomas Church in Bethel at 203-743-1494.
Please join us for summer refreshments after the 9 am service. The Franks are our host this morning, thanks Janice and Joe.
After-service refreshments still needed for NEXT SUNDAY. Can you help by providing our "coffee hour" outside after the 9:00 Eucharist on Aug 22? Please sign up on the sheet on the parish hall bulletin board. Thanks.
Next Sunday, August 22 – A Blessing of Backpacks.
It's time to go shopping for school! Let's reach out to the community this summer. Covenant to Care (DCF) in Danbury needs children's backpacks to be filled for elementary school kids. Redding Social Services needs lots of miscellaneous school supplies. Why not pick up some extra supplies and/or a backpack for a child when you're out shopping? We turn in the backpacks and supplies by August 22 to both DCF and RSS, and we bless our own kids' backpacks that Sunday. Kids and parents, bring in your packs or stuff for school and we'll pray over them and you, asking God's blessing for the year ahead.
If you can bring in a bag or two of frozen meatballs please sign up in the kitchen and drop off by Tuesday afternoon, August 31. Our next Dorothy Day meatball delivery is Thursday, September 2. We will also be providing salad fixings. Envelopes for donations are located at church entrances. Thank you for keeping this ministry alive and strong throughout the summer months.
Bud's Daffodils Print ~ Watch for the prints you've ordered to be ready early in September. We'll announce the availability in eTidings and bulletins. Thanks for ordering!
SUMMER WEEKEND SERVICES
Through September 5
Saturdays at 5
Sundays at 9
Posted: Wednesday, November 23 2005 @ 09:20 AM EST
The Vestry and Search Committee of Christ Church selected the Rev. Marilyn Anderson as our new rector in late summer of 2005. Marilyn began her work here at Christ Church at the end of October that year.
Prior to that, Marilyn was Associate Rector at St. Andrew's Church in Madison, Connecticut, for just over three years. She is married to Barry Anderson, a senior vice president at GenRe Group in Stamford. Theirs was a William and Mary romance: Barry and Marilyn met as students in Williamsburg, Virginia. They were married in Williamsburg's Wren Chapel some 30 years ago. Their children are Emily, 26, who lives in Toronto; and Chloe, 22, a student at Lauralton Hall in Milford.
They are enjoying their new life in Redding, particularly the wonderful hiking opportunities all over town. Marilyn rejoices that her commute has been cut from 40 minutes to 40 seconds. Each member of the family is thrilled to begin this new chapter in their lives. Marilyn is deeply grateful to have been called by such a wonderful Christian community.
