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Mission Statement of Christ Church
To the glory of God, the mission of Christ Church Parish is to serve Jesus Christ and all the people of God; toencourage and facilitate spiritual development for people of all ages; to grow as Christians in a loving and
forgiving fellowship, thereby confirming, witnessing, and leading others to the faith by the power of the Holy
Spirit.
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To start this month we rejoice in the Stewardship Dinner on
Nov. 1. It is a wonderful evening of enjoying each others company
and of inspiring each other to give so that our parish may be fruitful
and beautiful. Many faithful people contributed their creative energies
and time to bring this dinner to all of us.
All Saints Day, which we observed on Nov. 2, is tied in with the
affirmation of the Communion of Saints, that all of Gods people, in
this earthly life and in the larger life, are connected in one
communion. Christians have been praying for their departed brothers
and sisters since the earliest days of Christianity. The Altar of
Remembrance at the front of the church on All Saints Day is a way for us to commemorate the dead
as members of the church.On Thanksgiving Eve we will join together for a Eucharist in the chapel at 4:00 p.m.,
energized by the singing of those children who participated in the Christ Church Thanksgiving art
activity in the afternoon.
In the spirit of thanksgiving, make a list of the blessings you receive as a disciple of Jesus
Christ. I think you will be surprised!
November 23rd, the last Sunday of the Season after Pentecost, is often called the Sunday of
Christ the King (or the Reign of Christ). This Sunday is the culmination of the church year and
presents images of the Last Judgment. On the first Sunday of Advent, Nov. 30th, we begin again in
the non-linear movement of the liturgical year of the church. We will change vestment colors to
blue, and our Eucharistic Prayer will also be changed. Blue is a beautiful color which resonates
with garments of the Virgin Mary and with water, the water over which Gods Spirit moved in
Creation. At 4:00 p.m. on Nov. 30th we will observe the beloved service of Lessons and Carols in
the nave. In addition, on each Sunday the Advent Wreath will be lit with a prayer by members of
the parish.
May the Holy Spirit comfort, energize and uphold each of us.
In Christ,
Mother Susan
The rainbow proclamation on the cover was forwarded to us by Cindy Woods, Senior Warden at St. Albans.
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"Each faculty you have, your power of thinking or of
moving your limbs from movement to movement, is given you
by God. If you devoted every moment of your whole life exclu-
sively to His service, you could not give Him anything that was
not in a sense His own already." C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
An article titled "Reflection on Time Talent and Treasure"
from Congregational Development & Evangelism Network
(Province IV of the Episcopal Church) offers the following
questions and reflections,
"What is Stewardship of Time and Talent? ... the wise and
responsible use of the special gifts God has entrusted to each of us. Believing that God has cre
ated each one of us with unique abilities and attributes... which make us who we are. We are o
of a kind creations of God with unique contributions to make in this world."
"Why Is This Important? Our lives have real meaning only when we use our gifts in ac-
cordance with God's will. As we grow in stewardship, we grow in our relationship with God.
We grow in our ability to hear and accept God's call and to let our life be guided by God's will
not our own desires and impulses."
"How Can I be a Good Steward of My Time and Talents? ... put God at the center of
your life. We are provided with many opportunities each day to be good stewards. We just
need to be aware of the choices we make and the significance of our decisions." "Time ...
don't let it slip away!"
Reflections by Leo Rock, S.J.
Killing Time.
How do I kill time? Let me count the ways.
By worrying about things over which I have
no control. Like the past. Like the future.
By harboring resentment and anger over hurts real
or imagined. By disdaining the ordinary, or rather,
what I so mindlessly call
ordinary. By concern over
what's in it for me, rather
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than what's in me for it.
By failing to appreciate what is because of might-
have-beens, could-have-beens.
These are some of the ways I
kill time. Jesus didn't kill time.
He gave life to it. His own.
"How can I be a good steward of my talents? Begin by recognizing and acknowledging
the talents you have been given. A first step in this process is gift discernment. As defined in
Grounded in God1, "Discernment involves opening our entire selves to the working of the Holy
Spirit. Itbids us to let go of preconceived ideas so that we can be open to new possibilities wit
a readiness to view things from newperspectives ... it beckons us to be still and listen with the
ear of the heart. It draws us into alignment with God."
"When we regularly pray about our gifts and how God is calling us to use them, we are
more likely to be fulfilled in our lives."
.
1 Suzanne G. Farnham, Stephanie A. Hull, and R. Taylor McLean, Grounded in God: Discernment forGroup Deliberations.Morehouse Publishing, 2002.
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. . . You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy . . .
The Old Testament book of Leviticus, one of the five books of the
Law of Moses or Torah, is one that many people love to hate. With its
strange commandments on priestly ritual practice and laws of everyday liv-ing things like what foods may and may not be eaten, how to purify one-
self after touching a dead carcass, or how to rid a home of disease if lepro-
sy is discovered in its walls Leviticus can evoke both smirking and anger
in its readers.
Yet, Leviticus, with its Holiness Code, has a very important place
in the context of our biblical history and theology and, in fact, our civil society as well. Though we
no longer perform animal blood sacrifices or follow what were surely cultural practices peculiar to
another age, the spiritual truths and abiding principles of how we are to live as Gods holy people rmain valid: things like impartiality in the administration of justice, provision for unemployed per-
sons, and scrupulous honesty in business dealings.
As Gods original covenant people, the ancient Israelites were commanded to live in holines
because God is holy. As a holy people, they were set apart for Gods service to mediate the
knowledge, presence, and forgiveness of God to all peoples everywhere. And to be successful in th
vocation, they needed to embody the very character of God, the holiness of God.
Leviticus is relevant to us today because Gods commandments for holiness now extend to u
as the Church, as the body of Christ, because we are now included in Gods covenant people. What
would it look like if we, Christ Church, were to embody Gods holiness as an inspiration to the secu
lar society that is Humboldt County? What can it mean for us to mediate Gods holiness to the peop
in our community as we witness to our ritual worship and through our daily living as Gods holy
people?
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Helen Person
Nov. 2
George Bermudez
Nov. 5
Mary Ellen Barthman
Nov. 8
Fred Moore
Nov. 17
Lynne Bean
Nov. 21
Curs Schlueter
Nov. 21
Carol and Doug Moorehead Nov. 26
November Birthdays & Anniversaries
Pictures from Sister Dianas Ordination Service on October 2, 2014
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Thank you all for a very fun Stewardship Campaign. It has been our pleasure to help see thestewardship campaign of Christ Church come to a healthy conclusion with many of your pledges
turned in this early in the year.
What your pledge does for Christ Church is help the Vestry guide the Church into a fruitful a
prosperous new year in 2015. We are very concerned about being good stewards of all of Gods giftthat we have received, so that we can continue with the Mission of Christ Church.
Goals:
Living within our means.
Planning ahead by setting money aside now for the calling of a new rector in 2018.
Taking good care of our building and Grounds.
Keeping good productive staff going forward in helping the day-to
-day operations of Christ
Church ministries in our church and in our community.
Outreach programs in our community such as: Music and Arts Summer Camp, Camp LivingWaters, The Forgotten Initiative and many more ministries.
Thank you for your Time, Talent, and Treasure. Because of you and your pledge, we are ablto do all that we do as good stewards for all the gifts that God has given us. If you have yet to turn
your pledge, please feel free to mail it in, put it in the offering plate, or take it into the office.
If this newsletter reaches you before the stewardship dinner, we will be very excited to see yon Saturday Night, Nov 1, at 5:30 p.m. We have a few special things planned.
God Bless.
Sincerely,
Your Stewardship Committee,
Sanford Pyron, Katherine Clague and Beth Powell
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Ministry Outreach
Silent Servers
Anne Pierson of Ministry Outreach asked m
to share my ministry as a Silent Server. What got m
started? My old Sunday School teacher in 1924.
While teaching us the Lords Prayer, someone aske
the meaning of, Thy will be done. I learned som
thing important.
After my second retirement from teaching, I
learned about St. Vincent de Paul and volunteered.Im told Ive worked on Fridays for thirty-five yea
It has been enjoyable.
For Betty Chinns sandwich job Ive worked
about six years, starting with making sandwiches, u
til someone decided that I shouldnt stand that long
so now I sit and wrap sandwichesthree big boxes
meat and cheese, and another three of peanut butte
and jam. It is a lot of fun work, but a long sit.
What are the rewards? Personally, it makes me feel good.
Helen Person
In November, we will be hearing the stories from more of the Silent Servers inour midst::
Mondays, November 10th & November 24thNoon or 5:30 in the chapel
Silent Servers are those who are serving God in their own way, very quietly. In fact,
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so quietly that it is taking some effort to ferret out who the Silent Servers are in ourcongregation. If you know of others not yet asked to speak, please do tell me (AnnePierson).
Future plans, as time allows, are to:
1. Spend part of a Saturday looking at all the questions and comments we providedMother Susan and Sister Diana that Sunday when asked to write down our thoughtsabout God and our calling.2. Meet our neighbors and find out what their passions are and their desires for ourneighborhood.3. Consider the possibility of Christ Church being a Disaster Center for our neighbor-hood.4. Do a parish wide Spiritual Gifts assessment to affirm our God given gifts (plannedfor a Sunday in January or February.)
5. Discern what ministries Christ Church may be called to in our neighborhood and/orgreater community.
ECW -WECOME BACK, SANDY SHULTZ!
Sandy Shultz will provide an update on Sandy's Kids on Wednesday, November12. All men andwomen of the church are invited to hear the latest about Sandy's work with Healing the Children inrural Honduras. As many remember, Sandy was serving in the Peace Corps in Honduras in 1998when she found many children in remote villages in need of medical attention. Since then she has
helped hundreds of children receive critically-needed medical attention for club feet, cleft lips and
palettes, facial deformities, open heart surgeries and more. We look forward to her annual updates.
If you are able, please come for the Healing Service and Holy Eucharist at 11 a.m. in the HeritageRoom. We will gather at 11:45 a.m. in Lewis Hall for a potluck and Sandy's presentation. All pariioners are invited to join us and welcome Sandy back!
9:15 FORUM SCHEDULE NovemberDecember 2014
November 2 The SagesDavid Toy
Nov 30 Gospel of Mark study groupMtr. Susan
December 7 Gospel of Mark study group
Dec 14 Gospel of Mark study group
Dec 21 Gospel of Mark study group
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QuiltersPlus
Come one and all as this Wednesday, November 5th will be our first of the year. We plan to
laying out of fabric on mats, cutting it into appropriate squares, selecting squares for quilts and a fe
tips on sewing and completing each quilt. BEGINNERS ESPECIALLY WELCOME. All supplie
and tools are provided. If you want conversation, coffee, and relaxation this is your Wednesday
HOME away from HOME. As always all handiwork ladies are welcome. See you there. Question
Call Peg, 443-9627 or Joan 443
-9637 (The phone company thinks we are twins!)
Lay Ministries
As we approach the year-end holiday season, we look forward to special services celebrating Than
giving, Christmas and New Years. For those additional celebrations, we welcome new lay ministerto our schedules. Please consider taking part behind the scenes in one of the following ministries:
Lectors and Intercessors Acolytes and Eucharistic Ministers Announcers Ushers and Greeters Eucharistic Visitors Nursery and Sunday School Coffee Hour Hosts Contribution Counters
If you have any questions about one or more of these, please contact Marty at 443-9782 (email [email protected]).
Food Bank Volunteer
Volunteer Needed to Deliver Food Bank Donations
Needed - a volunteer to deliver donations for the Food Bank to Food for People. The food in the b
ket on the Lewis Hall counter needs to be delivered on weekdays to Food for People, 307 W. 14th S
between Christ Church and Broadway. When you take food inside, the receptionist will weigh it an
give you a receipt which you can fasten to the Lewis Hall bulletin board. At the end of the calenda
year, the receipts will be added together for the Annual Report. Please contact the church office or
Peg Gardner if you are able to take on this ministry.
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Peggy MolloySALVATION ARMY Advisory Board MemberPO Box 53, Bayside, CA 95524(707) 298-8813, contact email: [email protected]
Dear Service Club Leaders,
Your local Humboldt area Salvation Army has been under-going a facelift.
In addition, we are seeking various area club and organization members to help us with our bell rining. We currently have 22 kettle sites to be worked 10-6 pm Mon-Sat prior to Christmas. Pleaseleave message at the above telephone number if you and/or your group can help us this year. Emailwork too!
The purpose of our Kettle collections is to support our two significant Holiday Dinners, be itThanksgivingand Christmas, as well as our Toy Give-Away. Our number 1 priority is to offset th
$22K labor fees paid last year. To facilitate club members and become user friendly we are offer2, 4, and 8-hour shifts.
Our initial Kettle Kick-OffEvent is scheduled for Thursday, Nov 13, 7-8:30 pm.Our Guest Speaker will be Scott Hammondpresenting at 8 pm. It is being held at the Sewell Gallerywith Meredith Aldrich, portrait artist on hand to accept commissions with part of proceeds tobe donated to the Salvation Army. We will be auctioning off the artwork by Juanita Larsen that hasbeen donated, then published on our poster.
Some community members have preferred to send check payments to the PO Box listed above in liof attending the event due to scheduling conflicts. I want to thank you ahead of time. Every $30 is meal for a needy family in our community for Thanksgiving or Christmas.. Virginia Basstook in acheck for $2000 already for feeding the hungry fund. She is also on our Advisory Board.
We want to thank those of you who have previously donated handmade dolly quilts, food gifts, toyand artwork to make the Salvation Army a continued success.Today with digital systems, mobile phones, combined with established methods of accepting dona-tion payments, we will be able to accept financial donations throughout the evening of our KettleKick-Off Drive.
Thank you.Peggy MolloyVolunteer Coordinator, Salvation Army Humboldt County
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HELEN PERSONA TREASURE OF CHRIST CHURCH
Helen Person has been a member of
Christ Church Parish longer than anyone
else. And, for this, we treasure you!
A lile history: on Sunday, November
2, All Souls Day, Helen will be 97 years old.
In interviews with Peg Gardner and Sanford
Pyron, Helen indicated that her Mother died
when she was born, and left her with her
Father and older brother. Helens step-
mother, Ida Connick, was the best step-
mother a person could have. She raised
four children including Helen and her
brother. All of the children were raised in
Christ Church. Helen has always been a
member of Christ Church Parish since she
was born, and was baptized when the
original church was located at the corner of 4th and E Streets in downtown Eureka.
She married the late Clarence Person and has a daughter, Pat, who now works at Grant School.
She'd already been a classroom teacher, followed by serving as a general supervisor at the
Humboldt County Office of Education, becoming a devoted mother, and then returning to the class
room as a first grade teacher at Ridgewood School. At that time, Helen was asked by the principal
Cutten Elementary School to come and teach which she did for fourteen more years.
After she retired 'officially' she embarked upon her current career as a volunteer. She contin-
ues her very active involvement with Christ Episcopal Church. Currently she belongs to the ECW
She is active in the lectionary study group and is a lay reader at the 8:00 a.m. service which she
attends weekly. Over the years, she has dedicated herself to many different ministries at ChristChurch and helped to organize teas and dinners to raise money for St Vincent De Paul and other
organizations that needed help and support. And in addition, she has participated in the Humboldt
County Children's Author Festival. She has spent over 35 years volunteering by serving lunch at
Vincent de Paul each week.
We are all thankful to Helen for all the God's work you have done, and we honor you as a
member at Christ Church Parish. God Bless You!
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Dear People of Christ Church,
Over the course of the summer I have been reading two interesting andenlightening books from which I have learned a great deal:
Music in Churches: Nourishing Your Congregations MusicalLife (Linda J. Clark) and
Music and Vital Congregations: a Practical Guide for Clergy
(William Bradley Roberts).
I had the opportunity to participate in the Mutual Ministry Review (MMR) held in SeptembeAt the MMR, the Christ Church Vestry, Clergy members, and others present identified four top pri
orities: Vision and Identity, Commitment to Coordinated Outreach, Building and Grounds Plan, aMusic Program. Id like to talk a bit about the intertwining of two of these priorities: Vision andIdentity and the Music Program.
One of the goals outlined at the MMR was to develop and administer a parish-wide questionaire to gather information about the musical life of the congregation and its relationship to the faitof the people. This questionnaire was to be based on a project described inMusic in Churcheswhich was designed to study the relationship between the faith of the people who gather in a particlar congregation for worship and the music that they make there. Or put another way, the culture afaith of the community that gathered were the context out of which the music program was examinand evaluated. Based on the results of surveys administered to several congregations, the author offers ideas and thoughts that I think would challenge some of our opinions and preconceived notionabout music in the church. Her major hypothesis is that at the center of a successful music prograis a vital connection between music and the life of faith of a particular congregation The purposeof a church music program is to manifest and make articulate the faith of the people. And there artwo facets to this process: expression (music expresses faith) and formation (music forms faith).For example, peoples favorite hymns and anthems function to express their faith. If a hymn oranthem is new and unfamiliar, it offers an opportunity for formation, that is, it confronts people witsomething they must come to terms with in order to be faithful. Even familiar music can form faith
how often have we heard something new in something weve heard many times before?
Originally, I intended to form a small group to develop and administer a survey, using ques-tions from the above study that would provide us with results which could enable us to open up a dalogue among members at Christ Church. However, given the other priorities which emerged at thMMR, it was agreed that it would more practical to scale back and incorporate this process into theVision and Identity goal and proceed from there.
The final chapter of the book,Music and Vital Congregations, is titled Where there is a
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vision, the people flourish. This is author William Roberts attempt to understand the passage fromProverbs (29:18) that says, Where there is no vision, the people perish, by reading it as the oppo-site. He goes on to say that a great music ministry begins with vision. With intentional planning,location of outstanding leadership, provision of the necessary resources, and above all, with prayeand the guidance of Gods Spirit, that vision will materialize.
I look forward to the opportunity to work with you over the next year to define a vision forthe music ministry at Christ Church.
Merry Phillips
The Fathers of the Eastern ChurchFrom David Toys Forum presentation on The Sages
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A few scenes from the reception following Sister Dianas ordination to the Holy Order of Deaconson October 2,2014
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The next Cinema Chat film will beLocke, starring Tom Hardy and directed by Steven Knight. Ausual, Cinema Chat will be held on the second Saturday of the month (November 8th) at 6:00 p.min The Chapel of Our Merciful Savior on the corner of 15th and G Streets in Eureka.
Description from Wikipedia:
Directed by Steven Knight
Produced by Guy Heele, Paul Webster
Written by Steven Knight
Starring Tom Hardy
Music by Dickon Hinchliffe
Cinematography Haris Zambarloukos
Edited by Justine Wright
Production
company
Shoebox Films
IM Global
Distributed by A24
Release dates
2 September 2013 (Venice)
18 April 2014 (United Kingdom)
Running time 84 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget Less than $2 million
Box office $4,945,689
Lockeis a 2013 British drama film written and directed by Steven Knight. The film stars
Tom Hardy, with Tom Holland, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson, Ben Daniels, and Al
ice Lowe providing voices.
Plot:
The day before he must supervise a large concrete pour in Birmingham, construction fore-
man Ivan Locke learns that Bethan, a co-worker with whom he had a one-night stand seven
months previously, has gone into premature labour. Despite his job responsibilities and although
his wife and sons are eagerly awaiting his arrival at home to watch an important football match, h
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decides to drive to London to be with Bethan during childbirth.
The film consists entirely of scenes of Locke in his car, phoning his boss and a colleague to e
sure that the pour is successful, phoning his wife Katrina to confess his infidelity, and phoning
Bethan to reassure her during her labour. Lockes decision is revealed to be a reaction to his own fa
ther, who abandoned him as a child.
Over the course of the two-hour drive to London, he is fired from his job, kicked out of his
house by his wife, and asked by his older son to return home. He also coaches his assistant Donal
through preparing the pour despite several major setbacks, and has imaginary conversations with h
father, whom he envisions as a passenger in the back seat of his car. As he finally reaches the hospi
tal, Locke learns of the successful birth of his daughter.
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Fourth Century, C.E.
From David Toys Forum On the Sages
Sunday, November 2, 2014
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The Rt. Rev. Barry L. Beisner
Bishop, Diocese of Northern California
Staff
The Rev. Dr. Susan J. Armstrong
Priest in Charge
The Rev. Lesley McCloghrie
Associate Priest
The Rev. Nancy Streufert, The Rev. Diana Doncaster
Deacons
Merry Phillips
Organist and Music Director
John Hammond, Sexton
Barry Ross,Administrative Assistant
Vestry
Lyn Klay, Senior Warden
Barry Ross,Junior Warden
Bob Rex, Sr. Alice Reid,
Beth Powell, Lynne Bean,
Margo Fassio, Julia Lawson, Helen Hui,
Paul Gossard, Katherine Clague, Gail FreemanBob Hines, Treasurer, Lynne Bean, Clerk
625 15thStreetP.O. Box 861
Eureka, California 95502Phone (707) 442-1797Fax (707) 442-5647