(VIEW FATHER TOM'S VIDEO RAMBLING HERE)

I have discovered a liability to video rector's ramblings. It triggers my pride and my vanity. As they say, "the camera adds ten pounds." As I crossed the 40 year old barrier this year, I don't need help with added pounds. Don't get me wrong, I don't stand in front of the mirror admiring myself, but watching myself on video, I had one of those moments: "Is that really what I look like?" And of course, the answer is yes and no. If I think I look that way, I do. But someone else might see me differently.

 

I have had a few occasions in my life to suddenly catch a glimpse of myself through other people's eyes. The first was way back when I was still loading trailers at UPS. I was a recent high school graduate and I was working in a trailer with another loader. Rick, the sort manager, the big dog, was making the rounds with his entourage. Rick was an intimidating man, despite his small stature. He was a Vietnam vet who had served in the Marines and he carried that vibe.  He would have looked natural dressed like Arnold Schwarzenegger in an 80s action movie with the camouflage, cigar in the corner of his mouth, and a pair of bandoliers across his chest. And Rick didn't talk, he yelled. 

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The Men's Discussion Group, which meets on Wednesdays at 10:30 am in the Youth Room will be reading  Our Towns: a 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America , by James and Deborah Fallows.  " A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A realistically positive and provocative view of the country between its coasts. 

For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, they have met hundreds of civic leaders, workers, immigrants, educators, environmentalists, artists, public servants, librarians, business people, city planners, students, and entrepreneurs to take the pulse and understand the prospects of places that usually draw notice only after a disaster or during a political campaign. Our Towns is the story of their journey-and an account of a country busy remaking itself."

 

Books will be available in the church office for $21. Please contact Father Tom at [email protected], for more information.

 

The weekly Icon Writing Group will take a break for the final two weeks of August. There will be no meetings on August 24, 25, 31 and September 1. The group will resume regular meetings of September 7.

 

On Sunday, September 9, immediately after the 9:15 am service, there will be a training session for Acolytes. All those who are interested, from grade 1 though high school, are invited to meet in the church that morning, at 10:20 am. Please contact Mother Ashton at [email protected] for more information.

 

On Thursday, September 13, 2018, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, the College of Coastal Georgia will host the Hands of Hope Pack-a-thon, at the Student Activity Center, at 1 College Drive, in Brunswick. All who would like to help pack backpack kits for children are welcome to join the assembly line! For more information, please contact Kalista Morton at [email protected] or at 912-816-8689.

 

Christ Church thanks our parishioners and friends for the many and varied school supplies you selected for our area school children who are in need. We will be delivering backpacks plus lots of supplies to both Island elementary schools, Burroughs Molette, Glyndale Elementary, Glynn Middle School, and Safe Harbor's Street Beat teens. We appreciate the care and support you continue to show our young community neighbors. You are putting smiles on the faces of children throughout the county!

Christ Church members, visitors and friends have really stepped up to help children at risk for hunger in Glynn County and we are so thankful for the sponsorships that have come in so far. Presently, we have over 150 children sponsored! Each year, we feed around 200 disadvantaged children, so we are hoping for even more folks to participate. You can sponsor weekend food for a child for the entire school year for $100, or for one semester for $50. Of course, any donation will be gladly accepted - just make out a check to Christ Church Frederica, write Backpack Buddies in the memo line and drop it in the offering plate or by the church office! 

 

The Daughters of the King will next meet on Tuesday, August 14, at 5:45 pm, in the Parish House. For more information, please contact Mtr. Ashton at [email protected].

 

On Tuesday, August 21, at 12:00 pm, the members of the Susanna Wesley Guild will be meeting for lunch and fellowship at the newly opened Demere Grill (formerly Loco's) in the Shops at Demere. This is always a fun gathering, so the group will most likely be meeting for lunch again in September, at a location to be determined. For more information, please contact Ethel Horton at [email protected] .

 

School has started and life is more hectic, so it's about time for another night out! Moms, please join us for fellowship and a delicious dinner on Friday, August 24, at 6:00 pm, at Bonefish. Just let Mother Ashton know you'll be coming with an RSVP by Wednesday, August 22, so she can make reservations. You can reach her by email at [email protected] or by phone at 912-638-8683.

 

Join Rev. Tom Purdy, Rabbi Rachel Bregman, and Rev. Alan Dyer as they lead an interfaith journey to the Holy Land with Medji Tours in June 2019. This once in a lifetime trip aims to build relationships across cultural and religious lines in our community by exploring together the shared roots of our traditions in Israel and Jordan. Additionally, this interfaith journey hopes to begin a longer-term process of continuing to form relationships, deepen understanding, and build community across other faith organizations in Glynn County, Georgia upon our return. This trip is open to any and all who would like to participate in this holy work. For more information, click here.