On Friday, April 18th, we will observe Good Friday through our annual “Day of Service,” a beautiful manifestation of our shared purpose, community service, and congregational engagement. We have service opportunities for any energy level and any amount of time available. The day concludes back at the church with a soup supper and time for fellowship while chatting about the day’s activities, followed by an evening worship service that ends in silent reverence. Together, let’s serve others, demonstrate Christ’s love, and grow in the Spirit. 

Schedule for Good Friday Day of Service:
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8:00 – 9:00 AM – Gather for Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 AM – Commissioning & Sending Forth
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM – Service Projects in & for the Community
with a Pizza lunch served at CHS from approx. 12:30 – 1:30 PM
4:30 – 5:00 PM – Clean-up & Re-Gathering of all Service Teams
5:00 – 5:45 PM – Lite Soup Supper
5:45 – 6:30 PM –Good Friday Evening Service

Members of our Congregation and Friends of the Parish are encouraged to join us for as much or as little of the day as you are able, and to invite your friends, extended family members, and neighbors. To help us plan, kindly indicate which parts of the day you will attend in the Sign-Up Form and rank your service project choices. 
This Year’s Service Opportunities: [ * Child / Youth / Family – friendly; # Youth - friendly (13-17 y.o.) ]

Please Sign-Up for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices from these service projects, designating whether you’ll be joining us all day, just for the morning, just for the afternoon, for the soup supper, and/or for the evening service. Some service projects will fill-up before others do, so please sign-up early, and we will endeavor to match you to one of your top choices.

Everyone should bring a water bottle labelled with your name on it so that you can stay hydrated…
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If you have questions, please email the church office and we’ll get back to you.  [email protected] 

For this year’s Good Friday Day of Service, the Narthex Knitters and Crocheters will be making cowls. 
 
What is a cowl?  A 7 inch long circular covering for a man or woman’s neck which adds warmth to outdoor clothing.
 
All are welcome but it would be helpful to have a simple basic knowledge of how to knit or crochet. All cowls that we craft will be donated to the Seamen’s Institute.
 
What is the Seamen’s Church Institute-The Seamen’s Church Institute is an almost 200 year old organization with a long legacy of serving and protecting the personal and professional lives of mariners and seafarers.   They are committed to partnering with the maritime industry to ensure dignity within the workplace.  Through their efforts, mariner’s enjoy a safer more respectful and sustainable maritime community.
 
https://seamenschurch.org
 
What should I bring?
 
You can just show up!!!!! Yarn will be available as well as knitting needles.  If anyone wants to bring their own knitting or crocheting tools here’s what you need to know.
 
The knit cowl requires size 8 knitting needles-16” circular needle preferred but 8” straight needles will work as well. 
 
For the crocheted cowl a US hook I is needed. 
All yarn must be worsted or #4 yarn.
 
Questions?-  Jan Paxton <[email protected]>for crocheting and Mary Scott <[email protected]> for knitting.