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Advent*Christmas*Epiphany Newsletter
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Advent begins on Sunday, November 27 and continues until Christmas Eve, then we celebrate Christmastide until it ends on the Feast of The Epiphany, January 6.
This season in the church year is the beginning of our year, and encompasses anticipation and joy, and hopeful longing for the goodness of God.
Please read below about how we celebrate these seasons, and how you can connect and re-connect to your church family this Advent and Christmastide.
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In the Waiting Room takes on different characteristics as we journey through different parts of our life cycle. This Advent at St. Aidan's, we will have four preachers in our pulpit sharing their perspectives about how we are called to wait in our lives.
We wait in the car line for our children at school and endless after-school activities. We work and study at the University, waiting for University students to say goodbye so quickly. We wait in times of discernment, trying to live in the moment, trying to remember that living is not for some future time. We wait in retirement, wondering what it even means to wait at this point in life.
Where do these Advent lectionary texts connect to our lifecycle? What does God tell us to think about waiting? Advent is our season of holy expectation. We begin Year A in our liturgical calendar and will spend the next year primarily with St. Matthew’s Gospel. Join us for a journey in Advent as we wait, mark time, and hope for our Savior Jesus Christ to arrive.
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Advent Resources:
Activities for Families and Households
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Advent Prayers and Reflections Booklet
Set aside time to light the candle each day, pray and learn about the ONE THOUSAND DAYS OF LOVE campaign from Episcopal Relief and Development and Christina Clark, Director of Christian Formation at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver. How can you, as an individual or family, make a significant change in the lives of children this Advent?
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Advent in 2 Minutes
Not quite sure about the relationship between Advent and Christmas? Check out Busted Halo's two-minute video that explains the significance of this special season in the Church and why the experience of waiting, hope, and preparation is still so important in our lives today. Visit Advent.Bustedhalo.com for Busted Halo's Advent Calendar, filled with daily jolts of wisdom and micro challenges that will give your Advent more meaning.
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Advent Devotional 2022: ”Fling Wide the Door”
Luther Seminary invites you to use the 2022 Advent devotional, “Fling Wide the Door,” for personal or congregational use this Advent. Click the button below to find the downloads on our website.
by Amanda Barker
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Advent Ingathering for Buff Pantry | |
Last Advent season our donation drive focused on Gifts for the Holy Family in support for Mother House, contributing everything from diapers and baby food to playpens and toys for disadvantaged single mothers and their infants. We greatly appreciate your generosity and want to say THANK YOU.
This year we have chosen a new program to support. The Buff Pantry is the on-campus food pantry at CU Boulder. CU students, faculty and staff can visit the Buff Pantry up to once a week and receive 20 pounds of fresh produce, dairy, snacks, drinks, bread, nonperishables and personal care items.
While the Buff Pantry receives a weekly resupply of assorted food items, it is difficult to regularly stock personal care items. That is where we’re focusing our efforts this season.
We will be collecting donations during Advent through Christmas. You can help supply the Buff Pantry with donations of personal care items dropped off at the church on Sundays or during office hours. Bins will be available at most of the entrances. The desired items are:
- Soap/body wash
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Shaving cream
- Disposable razors for men/women
- Body lotion
- Face lotion
- Mouthwash
- Combs/brushes
- Menstrual care products
- Sunscreen
- Hand sanitizer
For more information you can contact Jackie Sturm here.
by Jackie Sturm
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Poinsettia Dedications Due Wednesday, Dec. 21
Remember, honor, or thank someone special in your life by dedicating a poinsettia that will adorn our Christmas altar. The suggested donation of $25 can be made online or by bringing your check to the office. Please put Altar Flowers in the memo line.
If you’d like to pay online, make a donation on Realm to the “Altar Flowers” fund here.
You can email your dedication to the office at [email protected].
Any money received above the cost of purchasing poinsettias will be used by the Altar Guild to replace linens, vessels, and other items that enhance our worship of God.
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Thanksgiving Day Worship
10am Holy Eucharist in the Chapel with Hymns
Online Options for Thanksgiving & Christmas Day
Online Worship for at 10am
If you prefer to worship online for Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day, tune into the Cathedral of St. John in the Wilderness for their live-streamed services from the Cathedral
SJC Online Worship Link
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Christmas Eve & Day Services | | | |
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Saturday, December 24
3pm - Pageant, Carols & Communion
7:30pm - Candlelit Communion with Carols
Sunday, December 25
10am - Communion with Carols
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B+B Update
This has been one of the most remarkable semesters in the history of Bread+Belonging. Most noticeably, the number of students attending our weekly Tuesday night dinner exploded in September. We began the semester averaging 35 students per week coming to dinner. That necessitated a big pivot for us.
We’ve got a decade long history of working with individuals and small groups at St. Aidan’s and in the Lutheran community to provide our weekly meals. The reality is that cooking for 35 is a much bigger ask than cooking for 15.
The need to ramp up our meals was also hampered by other realities. It’s been over two years since we had consistently engaged our regular dinner hosts. We were scrambling. Especially on the Lutheran side, we don’t get to see those people every week in worship and it wasn’t so easy to reengage. In response, you all stepped up in a big way. Week after week the people of St. Aidan’s have been there for Bread+Belonging and our students providing ingredients, meals, and your prayerful support . . .
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Prayer is Healing
One of the simplest and best definitions of healing prayer is “You and I in the presence of God.” At St. Aidan’s the “I” is a healing minister. Following in the Episcopal tradition of healing prayer, we have a team, a group of trained parishioners, who pray with you when you seek healing in mind, body or spirit.
We will soon be resuming in-person healing prayer in the chapel after 10am worship. What’s the procedure? When you come for prayer, a healing minister will ask you, “How may I pray for you?” You can explain your request and the healing minister will pray with you for your request. Prayer requests are always confidential.
We also offer Monday Night Prayer via Zoom 7:00-7:30pm, a quiet time to voice prayer requests, to hold in prayer the people listed in our e-bulletin, and to extend our prayer beyond St. Aidan’s. There is also the opportunity to request individual, confidential prayer. http://www.tinyurl.com/aidanmeet1
Alternatively, you may email the healing team with a request for prayer at [email protected]. A healing minister will contact you and arrange a way for the two of you to pray together, confidentially. Please keep in mind the opportunities to be with a healing minister in the presence of God, our God, who, as Bishop Curry often reminds us, is loving, life-giving, and liberating. Prayer is healing.
by Carol Daw
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New Year's Day Service & Celebration
Sunday, January 1, is a fantastic day to bring in the New Year with your church family. You're invited to come to one of our 2 services at 8am and 10am, and to bring something to share for New Year's Day, whether that is clam chowder, or black-eyed peas with ham, or spaghetti with sauce, or some other delectable delight.
Ring in 2023 with joy and faithfulness and our congregation
- 8am Holy Eucharist In Person
- Potluck and coffee
- 10am Holy Eucharist In Person
- More potluck, and more coffee!
Epiphany is January 6
On Friday, January 6 at 4:30pm we'll gather for the Feast of the Epiphany for prayer and a service of light. Epiphany is when the magi arrived in Bethelehem to see the baby Jesus, having been guided by a star. Bring a candle from home to carry the light of Christ into your homes, and you'll receive some blessed chalk to bless your home too.
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