| Advent Sunday |
This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent, our Feast of Title & Dedication and the
173rd birthday of the Church of the Advent. At the 9:00 am and 11:15 am Masses the new Advent frontal and vestments will be blessed. It is also "Ingathering Sunday," when we will gather in the pledges for the 2018 canvass.
On Sunday afternoon,
Simon Thomas Jacobs will play an
Organ Recital at 4:30 pm, followed by a
Service of Advent Lessons & Carols at 5:00 pm including music of Lehman, Esenwalds, Poston, Palmer, Byrd, Palestrina, Willcocks and Filsell. The evening concludes with a gala reception in Moseley Hall.
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| Guest Preacher this Sunday |
Our guest preacher this Sunday is the
Rev'd Margery Kennelly, Episcopal Chaplain at Harvard University
and an old friend of the Advent. A graduate of Harvard University, she served at the Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill from 2012 until her appointment to the Harvard chaplaincy earlier this year.
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| Gift Cards for Community Dinner Guests |
It's that time again! As we have done the past few years, guests at the Tuesday Evening Community Dinner will be given Gift Cards to Dunkin' Donuts as their Christmas gift from the Advent. This will allow them to go to a warm place and get hot coffee and something to eat during the cold months of winter. If you wish to make a donation-and we hope you do-send it in marked "Donuts."
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| Entr'acte Returns on December 10 |
Entr'acte on December 10 - Elizabeth Grady-Harper from the Boston Faith and Justice Network will be giving an introduction to the Lazarus at the Gate adult bible study curriculum. Our Pastoral Assistant, Eric Fialho, will lead the eight week Bible study starting in January. Ms Grady-Harper will go through the four principles of the Bible study-how to live simply, how to live justly, how to live generously, and how to live gratefully. This is sure to be a thought provoking presentation with great meaningful reflection.
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| Stewardship 2018 Update |
Returns for the 2018 Canvass continue to arrive.
As of this past Wednesday we have received 118 pledges, pledging a total of $343,164. 33 have increased their pledges by 20%, and there are six new pledges. We have still to hear from 103 parishioners who pledged a total of $175,196 last year.
The Stewardship Committee thanks all who have made a pledge so far
. If you have not yet pledged, please do so soon.
If you did not receive a
2018 stewardship packet in the mail, there are Stewardship brochures and pledge cards on the tables at the rear of the Church.
And you can pledge on line by going to the parish website, www.theadventboston.org, and clicking the "Pledge Online" button.
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Parish Office
Church of the Advent
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| Sunday's Collect |
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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