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Under the Oaks Newsletter

December 2016

Christ Episcopal Church, Bay St. Louis

ENews will be published monthly and released the last week of themonth.

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Sunday Worship 10:00 AM

Parish Office HoursMonday - Friday

8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ********************************************************

November 30, 2016

Dear Friends,

This past Sunday, November 27, we began the season of Advent.Advent is the season that last four Sundays until Christmas Day. The wordadvent means "coming" and this season is one in which we prepare

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ourselves for the coming of the Christ into our lives. It is important toremember that we are preparing ourselves to celebrate the Second Comingof Christ -that time when God competes His Kingdom through the risenChrist; as well as celebrating the birth of Jesus the Christ on ChristmasDay. Both are important! During the season of Advent, we read scripturereadings that point to the Second Coming of Christ as well as readings thatpoint toward the birth of the Christ child.

Advent is also a time of expectation - the expectation of realizing thepresence of the risen Christ in our lives today. As we spend time preparingto celebrate Christmas let us take a moment each day to stop and reflect onhow we expect to experience the risen Christ in our daily lives.

We will have one service on Christmas Eve at 7:00 p.m. On Sunday,Christmas Day, there will be a service at 9:30 a.m. There will be no musicat this service. This service is provided for those who might not be able tomake the Christmas Eve service.

As we approach the end of 2016 think about the possibility ofbecoming a lector, chalice bearer, acolyte, usher, or altar guild memberduring 2017. The more people that participate in these ministries the moreChrist Church is enriched. I will be announcing some dates for trainingsoon.

I hope each of you have a blessed Advent season and a merryChristmas. Faithfully, Cecil

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Christmas Poinsettias

Christmas greens and poinsettias will be needed for ourChristmas service. Please give a poinsettia in honor of, or inmemory of, or as a birthday wish.

This donation is $25. If you have greens that we can cut, contactElizabeth Register - 205-266-7334.

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ECW Third ThursdayDecember 15th - 6:00 p.m.

Pot-luck Christmas Party in Johnson Hall

Guests should bring their favorite food item to share; and a wrapped $10 - $15 gift

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Dear Christ Church Family;

The Harvest Dinner Committee wishes to extend amillion thank-yous to all of you who helped in thesuccess of our 68th Annual Harvest Dinner - we servedover 650 dinners to our families, friends, andneighbors; and our profit exceeded $5700. This wasbeyond our hope to serve 600 dinners.

The sale of donated groceries generated $741 for our

three missions: Alliance for Health ($476), Food Pantry($65), and Friends of the Animal Shelter ($200). ECWwill meet to allocate additional sums to those missionsbased on our ticket sales profits.

While it is wonderful to have exceeded our financialgoals; none of this is as important as the fellowship thatwas shared in every stage of our event. As we sit inChurch on Sunday we cannot lay eyes on a singleparishioner who was not in some way involved in oursuccess - whether they cooked, cleaned, sold tickets,donated money, or invited guests; everyone helped in away that was possible for them. And what a success thatis! Not to mention non-parishioners who donated timeand talent in support of the event because of themissions that will benefit; and because while they maynot be Episcopalians they profess that they love us andall that we do in the community.

I recently read an article about getting stuck in a rut ofdoing something because you have always done so;and I confess I pondered about Harvest Dinner andwhether it is just a "habit", or whether it truly glorifiesGod by inviting folks to our Parish and demonstratingour love for one another and the community. Shortlyafter, a group of us met to be interviewed for a newsstory and as we recounted the history and stories of 68years' of Harvest Dinners it became abundantly clearthat this is more than just preparing dinner and sellingtickets. Generations of families have been drawn to thisadventure - both on the Church side and from thecommunity; committing to maintaining a tradition, notbecause it is a habit, but because each generationenjoys it as much as the prior generation. Pleasure,family, community, and faith... I think God is pleasedthat so many people came to His kitchen and "passed agood time" as they say in Cajun country.

We cannot begin to name all the folks who made thispossible, and truly, there is no one person moreimportant than another. As you sit in Church look within,look to your left, look to your right, look front and back,and know that you are looking at someone who helped,one way or another. We thank every one of you. And we

thank the community who joined us and hope they won'tbe strangers for long!

On behalf of the Harvest Dinner Committee,

Susan Stevens

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Adult Forum

Every Sunday at 9:00am

in the Parish hall December Topic: Prayer

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ECW Bible Study ~ Tuesdays at 2:00pm

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Christ Episcopal Church

is featured in the Winter Issuethat mailed out the end of November. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

December 4th Fall UTO In-gathering

Blue Boxes will be collected at the

Sunday service. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~Food Pantry~

Items for December 2016

Canned Vegetables~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

All children are welcome!

Sunday School

For Ages: 3 - 10

December 4th - Advent - Week 1 & 2December 11th - Advent - Week 3December 18th - Advent - Week 4December 25th - No Sunday School "Merry Christmas"

Sunday's at 9:00 am Johnson Hall ~ Sunday School Room

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Merry Christmas for children of inmates

If you wish to adopt an inmates child and supply a gift,

please call Lindsey Richard 228-216-8512

Please note that there is a

maximum gift amount of $30 per child.

Christ Church will host a Christmas party with Santa Claus, cookies and punch

during this one hour visit with incarcerated parent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please keep an eye out for neighborhood dinner group invitations coming in the mail!

We'll be gathering in neighborhood

groups for fellowship. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Christmas Eve ServiceSaturday, December 24th - 7:00p.m.

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HOLY COMMUNION FOR THE SICK AND SHUT-IN

Please notify the church office and/or the Priest if you, orsomeone that you know of is in the hospital, nursing home orhome bound that would like to receive communion.

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See you in January 2017!

"Fourth Sunday at Four" is a visual and performing art seriesheld nine months of the year, deleting April, August andDecember. This series is sponsored by, and held at, ChristEpiscopal Church, 912 S. Beach Blvd. Bay St. Louis, MS, toshowcase the tremendous talent in our area and to share itwith the community. The performance begins in the church at4pm, followed by a reception that features the exhibitingartist. The event is free and open to the public.For further information, contact: Church 467-7757 orChairman: 467-0106

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Spring 2017

The Ritzy Rummage SaleApril 8,2017

Let all friends, book clubs, yoga classes, aerobics, spinning groups know that we will pick up

any time they have things ready to put in the sale.Thank you, Elizabeth Register - 205-266-7334

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Serving this Month:Liturgist's Schedule - December 2016

December 4thSERVER: George Riviere

LECTOR: Madeleine AmmentorpREADER: Anita Warner

USHERS: Corky & Molly HaddenCOUNTERS: Lindsey Richard & George Riviere

VPOD: Megan MartinezACOLYTE: Sarah Belcher

FLOWERS: Nonnie Debardeleben

December 11thSERVER: Alice Baird

LECTOR: Susan StevensREADER: Mary Kay Hubbard

USHERS: Anne Dawes & Brian BoschCOUNTERS: Mary Kay Hubbard & Susan Stevens

VPOD: Marcie BariaACOLYTE: Max baria

FLOWERS: Fran Mitchell

December 18thSERVER: Susan Stevens

LECTOR: Elizabeth RegisterREADER: Denise Frickey

USHERS: Lindsey Richard & Scott BagleyCOUNTERS: George Riviere & Elizabeth Register

VPOD: Toni CalandriaACOLYTES: Anders & Conner Fanberg

FLOWERS: Elizabeth Register

December 24th (Saturday Night Service: 7:00pm)Servers to be announced.

December 25th (Christmas Day)The Reverend Cecil Jones

Friends, thank you for

your willingness to serve.

Readings for December are available at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary-calendar

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December 2016

Happy Birthday!

David BariaSophia Taconi

Anna Rieves BoschRachelle HendersonGeorge Riviere IIIEdward Madden

Kate MontjoyShirley Lansden

Alexander GrannonKay Compretta

Claudia DinwiddieTaylor Cheek

Susan Stevens Ted DawsonJesus Christ

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December 2016

Happy Anniversary!

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The Mission of The Miss ion of

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To be an Inviting and Transforming Community of Faith that CelebratesChrist's Presence and Grace.

Christ Episcopal Church912 S Beach BlvdBay Saint Louis, Mississippi 39520