Please join us tonight at 7:00 pm for our Quieter Christmas prayer service. This is a candlelit service of prayer and traditional Advent hymns wherein we pray for those we love (and perhaps have lost) and where we experience the power of Advent but in a softer way. No demands for happy-clappy at this service; this service lets us feel all our feelings and invites us to lay them in the loving arms of God. It’s perfect for those who find the hyper-commercialization of the secular Christmas season just too much to bear.
A simple supper will be offered at 6:30 pm. You don’t need to bring anything, just show up and be nourished in body and soul.
All in the community are warmly invited to attend. Bring a friend, and come experience this lovely and peaceful time.
Also this weekend:
Our awesome Christmas Bazaar is tomorrow!
Saturday, December 9 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Donations for the bake table are needed and will be gratefully accepted!
Sunday, December 10 – Advent II
8:00 am Rite I Eucharist
9:45 am Christmas Pageant Dress Rehearsal
10:00 am Rite II with hymns
11:15 am Pageant Run-Through in the Church
4:30 pm Confirmands & Mentors meet at Fay’s house
5:00 pm Vestry Christmas Party at the rectory
If you didn’t receive your digital copy of the Parish Directory, please send an email to admin@goodshepherdny.org.
Women’s Resource Center Adopt-a-Family
Thank you for your kind response to this initiative. There are still several items on the list of needs and wishes for our adopted family (see below). If you are able to provide any of the below items, please e-mail Yolanda ASAP. Gifts should be wrapped and labeled with the person’s name, and returned to church by this Sunday, December 10. The collection box is in the Breezeway. Please take a look at the list and help if you can. Thank you!
Parent: Stacey, Age: 43
NEEDS:
1. Puffer jacket (black-medium)
2. Black flat boots (size 8)
WISHES:
1. Amazon Fire Stick
Child 1: Coral, Age: 18
NEEDS:
1. Walmart gift card
WISHES:
1. Fujifilm Instax Mini Polaroid Film
Child 2: Justin, Age: 17
NEEDS:
1. Full size comforter – black
2. “Sherpa style” Lined Black Sweat Jacket (XXL)
3. Black Vans or Converse (size 12)
WISHES:
1. Amazon Fire Stick
2. Xbox One controller
Episcopal Church in Jerusalem
Check out the giving tree in the Breezeway. There are lots of tags from which to choose. Donations can be placed directly in the envelopes under the giving tree, and mailed. Thank you!