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Image: 2023 Thanksgiving Food Bag Packing

November 17, 2024



Twenty-Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

A Traditional Spoken Service (Rite I), In Person Only


8:00 AM Service Bulletin

9:30 a.m. Children's Faith Formation!

pre-K through 6th grade, meet in the Parish Hall

Nursery care available for ages 0-3 throughout the morning

 

10:00 a.m. Children's Chapel

Children's Liturgy of the Word, Parents Welcome.

Children join parents upstairs after the Peace.



10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

In Person and Live Streaming on YouTube

10:00 AM Service Bulletin
Announcements for November 17
Join Us at 10:00 AM online

11:30 a.m. Food Bag Packing

Parish Hall (see announcement below)


4:00 p.m. Bible Study

In person (church library) and Live on Zoom


5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist

In person and Live on Zoom

(password = 20895)

5:00 PM. Service Bulletin
Join Us at 5:00 PM online

Bring your food & Grocery Gift Cards tomorrow and stay for the Packing Party after 10 am church

Sponsored by the Children of Christ Church


Christ Church is helping the Arcola Elementary and Rock View Elementary school communities to provide food for families in need this Thanksgiving. We are on our way to our goal of filling 100 bags this year, but would love you to pitch in! Three ways to help:


  • Make a monetary donation in any amount. $60 covers the costs for one bag which will include food and a grocery gift card. Donate below through Realm (choose "Outreach-Arcola" as the fund).
  • Donate a $25 Giant or Safeway Gift CardDrop them in the donation box on the Outreach table!
  • Donate food, using the shopping list link below, and bring to church tomorrow. Bring in one item or the whole bag.


Questions? Contact Liz Quinn, webethemom@aol.com. Thank you for your generous support!

Shopping List
Donate Here

Stewardship 2025

The time has come... be an angel...

click the link below and pledge!

Our formal Stewardship campaign ends tomorrow.


As of November 15, we’ve received 72 pledges. Thank you to all who have already pledged!!  

We need 58 more pledges to meet our goal. If everyone who pledged last year makes a pledge, and 4 new people pledge, we’ll absolutely make our goal of 130. No pledge is too small or too large. As the song goes - we are the church together.


Your pledges are an estimate of your giving to the church in the coming year, which allows the vestry (church leadership) to create a budget to fund Christ Church’s mission to put Love in action as we reach, grow and seek justice for neighbors near and far.


Bring your pledge card tomorrow & put it in the drop box at the back of the sanctuary, or mail it to the office. Extra pledge cards are also available in the back. OR simply pledge online in Realm by using the link below.


Next Sunday, Nov 24, we will celebrate the generosity of the congregation with a special blessing of all your pledges.  

PLEDGE HERE
2025 Stewardship Brochure

Calendar Note: We will not have a worship service at Christ Church on Thanksgiving Day. We encourage everyone to consider attending the interfaith service on Tuesday evening before Thanksgiving. See details below!

Help Christ Church Go Green – Save Paper! Save a Tree! 


We use a lot of paper to produce the Sunday bulletins. If you’d like to help us reduce our paper use, please consider one of these two options, both of which will allow us to print fewer copies:

  • View your bulletin electronically. Use the link at the top of this weekly Christ Church Connection email to access a PDF version of the bulletin which you can view on your phone, ipad, or tablet.  
  • Consider sharing a bulletin. Adults in the same family might consider sharing one bulletin for two people. Kids attending “big church” with you? Instead of taking a bulletin for young ones, consider taking one of the kids activity sheets available at the back of the church – ask an usher if you don’t know where these are. Crayons provided!

Virginia Theological Seminary is a place for lay people too!

Join an online informational webinar on Thursday, November 21st at 4:00 p.m. and discover how taking a course at VTS can help inform your faith. With solid theological scholarship, an amazing community dedicated to learning, and a formation experience that is second to none, Virginia Seminary welcomes you to their beautiful campus in Alexandria, Virginia.

For more information, contact Kurt Ellison (kellison@vts.edu) or call 703-461-1705. Click Here to register for the webinar.

Thursday Noon Prayers for Peace 

Now more than ever, we are called to work and pray for peace around the world and in our own country.  Please join us on Zoom (password 20895) every Thursday at noon as we pray for a peaceful end to the war in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo; an end to gun violence in this country, and an end to violent conflict everywhere. The service is approximately 15 minutes in length.

We Need YOU to Host Coffee Hour this Fall!


Each Sunday following the 10am service, we have refreshments and conversation in the Parish Hall. We would love for YOU to help by serving as a host. If you can help, please use the link below to sign up. Training and instructions will be provided as needed! 


Questions? Contact Rena Godfrey rgodfrey.15@gmail.com or Terri Clausen terriclausen@aol.com  

Sign Up to Host Coffee Hour!

Worship Services & Events at Christ Church Next Week:


Monday, November 18, 2024 - Office Closed

8:30 p.m. Compline - a beautiful short service to end the day

Live on Zoom (password = 20895)


Tuesday, November 19, 2024

7:30 p.m. Holy Handcrafters in the Library


Wednesday, November 20, 2024

6:30 p.m. Evening Prayer

Live on Zoom (password = 20895)


Thursday, November 21, 2024

Noon Prayers for Peace

Live on Zoom (password = 20895)

6:30 p.m. Lectio Divina

Live on Zoom (password = 20895)

8:30 p.m. Compline

Live on Zoom (password = 20895)


Looking ahead...

  • November 26 - Kensington Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, Temple Emanuel
  • November 28 & 29 - Thanksgiving, Office Closed
  • December 1 - First Sunday of Advent
  • December 15 - Christmas Pageant @ 10:00, NO 8:00 service
  • December 24 - Christmas Eve (services at 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., music & hymns at 8:30 p.m.)
  • December 25 - Christmas Day, 10:00 Holy Eucharist
  • December 29 - Lessons & Carols, one service at 10:00 a.m.
  • December 24-January 1 - Office Closed
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Missed a past Sunday Morning Service? Want to enjoy music from past services?

Watch or listen 0n YouTube!

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Piano & Organ Music
Ways To Give
Even if you come to church in-person, giving remotely is convenient and easy! Here are several different options for you make contributions to Christ Church.
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Christ Episcopal Church Kensington

4001 Franklin Street

Kensington MD 20895

301-942-4673

administrator@ccpk.org


what does the Lord require of you?

but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God...

~Micah 6:8


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