December 3, 2020
Dear People of St. Christopher's
This Sunday...
two thin, bearded men make appearances at St. C's: John the Baptizer and St. Nicholas of Myra. John cries out in the wilderness that salvation is coming, and we stream out to the Jordan (or at least to Zoom) to hear the message of hope. The retired bishop of Myra will conference in at the end of Wiggle Worship and 10:30 to greet the children. Grown-ups who picked up an Advent Craft package should open the bag marked "Parents Only" to find St. Nick's gifts for Sunday.
You can attend Rite 2 Morning Prayer at 10:30 via Zoom, or on our Facebook page. Click here for Sunday's 10:30 Morning Prayer liturgy.
Click here for a PDF of the Book of Common Prayer.
If you need help, or didn't receive the church's email on Thursday, please contact Eric or Jen.
A Note on Advent Worship
We expect to be fully online for the season of Advent. This year we'll make a bigger deal than usual of lighting advent wreaths in our own homes each Sunday morning. If you don't have an advent wreath with candles for your home, let Jen Enriquez know and we can get you one from our Advent Craft Night kits (some assembly may be required). Or, any four candles will do.
Vestry Note: Pledge Update
Hi all, we have received 49 pledges to date, coming to $174,000. Thus far it has been encouraging and worrying. We are encouraged, as the vestry has tried this year to set some grand plans for 2021, which would require about a 10% increase in pledging compared to prior years (a goal amount of $276,000 in pledges). We knew this was a long shot, given the state of the world. And so we have been so encouraged to see that on average the pledges have increased by about 10%.
At the same time last year we received close to 80 pledges. If something like that number of pledges doesn't come in, we will not be able to sustain our current staffing levels long term, and would have to look at our reserves in the short term. If you haven't yet, you can make your pledge here. — Doug Swanson and Eric.
Dear People of St. Christopher's
This Sunday...
two thin, bearded men make appearances at St. C's: John the Baptizer and St. Nicholas of Myra. John cries out in the wilderness that salvation is coming, and we stream out to the Jordan (or at least to Zoom) to hear the message of hope. The retired bishop of Myra will conference in at the end of Wiggle Worship and 10:30 to greet the children. Grown-ups who picked up an Advent Craft package should open the bag marked "Parents Only" to find St. Nick's gifts for Sunday.
You can attend Rite 2 Morning Prayer at 10:30 via Zoom, or on our Facebook page. Click here for Sunday's 10:30 Morning Prayer liturgy.
Click here for a PDF of the Book of Common Prayer.
If you need help, or didn't receive the church's email on Thursday, please contact Eric or Jen.
A Note on Advent Worship
We expect to be fully online for the season of Advent. This year we'll make a bigger deal than usual of lighting advent wreaths in our own homes each Sunday morning. If you don't have an advent wreath with candles for your home, let Jen Enriquez know and we can get you one from our Advent Craft Night kits (some assembly may be required). Or, any four candles will do.
Vestry Note: Pledge Update
Hi all, we have received 49 pledges to date, coming to $174,000. Thus far it has been encouraging and worrying. We are encouraged, as the vestry has tried this year to set some grand plans for 2021, which would require about a 10% increase in pledging compared to prior years (a goal amount of $276,000 in pledges). We knew this was a long shot, given the state of the world. And so we have been so encouraged to see that on average the pledges have increased by about 10%.
At the same time last year we received close to 80 pledges. If something like that number of pledges doesn't come in, we will not be able to sustain our current staffing levels long term, and would have to look at our reserves in the short term. If you haven't yet, you can make your pledge here. — Doug Swanson and Eric.
