 On January 15, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Bradley Cao, a piano student of our music director, Alexei Tartakovsky, will be giving a concert.
The program will be: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV852 Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Sonata Pathetique No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 Ⅰ. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio Ⅱ. Adagio cantabile Ⅲ. Rondo: Allegro Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Etude Op. 10 No. 3 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Tarantella: Venezia e Napoli A reception will follow. All are invited to attend. The Greening of the Sanctuary will happen Sunday, December 18, after the 10 am service. Many hands make light work. There are tasks to fit anyone’s skill and fitness level, from the burly body builder to the delicate decorating diva. No registration needed! Have some coffee and some conversation, then make your way back into the sanctuary to help set up the greens (and reds and whites and……)   Our Blue Christmas prayer service will be on Wednesday, December 21, at 7 PM. Prayers, readings, hymns, and chants will provide a thoughtful, meditative atmosphere for us to share time together.
 The Guernsey Literary & potato Peel Pie Society, is in!! The copies are in the office next to Father's Phil's, and you can sign them out on the sheet provided.
We plan to meet on December 11, following the 10am service. Now, I understand this interferes with choir practice. At our last meeting, I went immediately to the St. Martin room around 11:20 and stayed there until about 1:15 or so. This is what I think we'll have to do while choir practice is on. That way, a few people showed up at 11:20 to discuss the book; thereafter, people from the choir and other meetings also drifted in to stay and discuss the book. I am happy to stay and chat with whomever is able to arrive. And, I will make sure to bring extra cookies!!!! You also are free to bring a lunch and have it during the meeting. It's not the most ideal situation, but right now, it's the best I can do. Hope to see as many of you as possible on December 11. AND< I Love the book so far!!!! Warm regards to you all, Suzanne  All are welcome to join Fr. Philip on Tuesday evenings at 7 pm during Advent and Epiphany for a 9 week book study. This season, we will be reading The Road of Life, Reflections on Searching and Longing by David Adam. The book is available both in paperback and as an ebook and can be purchased through the links below. The study begins on Tuesday, December 6th and runs through February 7th. There is no meeting on December 27th. Please read the Introduction and Chapter 1 for the first meeting.
This is a Zoom only book study. The link for registration is Road of Life Zoom Registration Purchase the book: Road of life Church Publishing -or- Road of Life Amazon About the Book: In his thirteen years as Vicar, popular author David Adam welcomed over 1 million pilgrims to the Holy Island of Lindesfarne in Northumberland. Each pilgrim had a story to tell and each came for a different reason. Some radiated a sense of God's presence, and others were simply too hurried to do anything but look around quickly and move on to the next site. Using the stories of pilgrims Adam encountered on Holy Island, he explores how we can approach our own lives as pilgrimage, without ever leaving the comfort of our homes. How can we move beyond what is safe in our world and encounter the Mystery? How can we learn to disconnect from all the technology that keeps us multi-tasking all day and all night? How can we rediscover awe in the world around us? In the wonderful prose and poetry for which he is so well-loved, David Adam helps us get on the road of life, even when we don't have time to travel to distant lands.  Annual Meeting and Vestry Elections
Mark your calendar for Sunday, January 22, for the Annual Meeting. In addition to reports by the various committees and missions, we will be electing new members to the Vestry. The Vestry is a group of church members committed to the well-being of the church and its mission. As a vestry member, you have the opportunity to discuss and plan the next program; to help support those programs already in place; approve the budget, oversee the way the finances are allocated, and help make decisions as to how we spend the funds we have received. Each Vestry member is expected to take responsibility for one or more of the programs which are planned. If you are interested in serving, talk with any Vestry member (see the contact tab).  How to get to Bethlehem Town! We will see different characters than are usually found on “The Street,” but we plan to have just as much fun! Join in person or from home for this special the 4 PM Children's Christmas Eve Service where we will follow the Christmas story as we move around the sanctuary to get to the stable. We’ll sing carols, wear costumes, and talk about the story of Jesus’ birth. Geared to the young and young-at-heart! Godly play like you’ve never seen it before. Come see or tune in…. O come, little children, O come, one and all. To Bethlehem haste, to the manger so small.  Christmas Children's Service Pageant Help
And speaking of the 4 PM Children's Christmas Eve Service (see above)…. Roberta Maas-Wester has volunteered to organize the costumes and help the little ones put them on as they join the pageant. She will be delighted to have any other adult helpers! Please contact Wendy Hallstrom (whhallstrom@gmail.com, 908-391-2018) if you are interested in helping out with this service.  Shoe Drive for Stewartsville Middle School Performing Arts Club! UPDATE On behalf of everyone from SPAC (Stewartsville Performing Arts Club), thank you for helping us to raise money for new sound and lighting equipment for our stage at SMS by making our first ever shoe drive so successful! We've worked so hard engaging our local community, asking for gently worn, used and new shoes. Thanks to your generosity, we have filled 103 Bag of shoes to date! We are now striving for the next level which will bring us even more funding for our school! We are 400 pairs of shoes away from our new goal! So, we still need your help to collect more pairs of shoes! We will keep collecting until our final pick up in December! If you will be with family or friends any time soon, please consider asking them to donate to a great cause! These last bags have double the value of everything we have collected so far because they will ensure we will avoid any of the shipping costs associated with the shoe drive. Do you know anyone who loves to see kids shine on stage as much as we do? Perhaps you could ask them to help us reach or exceed our goal by collecting gently worn used and new shoes (all types and sizes) and help bring us closer to our new goal! Shoes are donated to third world countries to benefit people in need, and it helps to keep shoes out of landfills and on peoples feet that could really use them! So it’s a win-win for everyone! Shoes can be dropped off in the grey bin in the CHS Narthex! Thank you for making a difference!! Dale Dabour, Director of the SMS Drama Club! (daledabour@gmail.com)   K&C will resume September 12.
Time will be: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Mondays. Please remember our previously homeless and honorable discharged New Jersey veterans taking refuge in Veteran’s Haven North in Glen Gardner. Here is the latest wish list > Veteran’s Haven North has a new Wish List, copies of which are located in the narthex of the church along with a large red bin for donations. This summer our church is emphasizing their need for all sizes of men’s FLIP FLOPS, LAUNDRY PODS, DRYER SHEETS, and all occasion or blank CARDS. Any suggestions or questions can be addressed to Judy Linger or Nanette Chardoussin at judy.linger@gmail.com, nmtchard@gmail.com A bin marked VHN is located in the narthex. Thanks for your consistent support of this worthy charity. For questions contact Judy Linger at (772) 321-4885 and judy.linger@gmail.com; or Nanette Chardousin at nmtchard@gmail.com  |
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