Poinsettias for St. George's 

St. George's will be adorned with Christmas flowers and other decorations for our Christmas celebrations of the Nativity of our Lord and throughout the Christmas season. If you wish to make an offering for poinsettias, we invite you to do so. 

Complete one of the forms available on Sunday mornings of Advent and place it with your cash or check in the alms basin or mail it to the church office. Names of donors, along with any memorials or thanksgivings (optional), will be published in the Christmas service bulletins. Be sure to turn in your card by noon on Monday, December 15th

The Angel Wreath Project

 

 

 

Please return stocking/s with the gift card enclosed in the baggie and your book/s to the designated box in the Narthex or to church office no later than Sunday, December 14th.

  

 

 Hallelujah Hour - Dec. 11th

This year the celebration of Epiphany will be held at Casa Marianella (821 Gunter Street).  The Epiphany service is a church festival celebrating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the entire world as represented by the coming of the Magi to worship the Christ child.  The celebration will be held Tuesday, January 6th at 7 pm and will also mark the 29th anniversary of Casa Marianella's opening.  Casa Marianella is a community that provides much-needed services to adult immigrants.  

St. George's annual parish meeting will take place Sunday, January 11th. On this Sunday we will have brunch together and take care of some church business. The annual parish meeting is the time we elect members of the Vestry, select Diocesan Council delegates, hear reports on various parish activities, and discuss other church business. All ministry leaders are encouraged to submit reports to the church office by Tuesday, January 6th for printing purposes. 

St. George's Episcopal School's Annual Fund Drive

is running through the month of December.   

Thank you to all the families who have donated to our annual fund. Your show of support offers us the means to improve quality within your child's school and our community. It is an exciting time in the life of St. George's Episcopal School and your donation advances our vision of quality care and education in Austin.  
 

The excitement remains in the air as we begin the Advent journey. Join us on December 18th @ 9:00 a.m.in the church to watch and listen as our children retell the story of Jesus' birth through song and dramatization. 

 

All family members are invited and encouraged to attend. The front pews are reserved for Haley Ford's family who won the honors during A Knight For St. George's fundraising event.  

 

 

Jan Phillips and her family, on the death of her father, Miles Wallace, on Friday, November 21^st.

 

Vanamala Manohar and her family, on the death of her mother, Subhakti Jamkhandi, on Sunday, November 23^rd.

 

Give rest, O Christ, to your servant with your saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting

 

St. Hildegard's Advent Silent Retreat  

"Luminous Darkness"

December 12

^th - December 14^th , 2014

Moye Retreat Center, Castroville, Texas

 (west of San Antonio)

 

The Light shines in the darkness

and the darkness has not overcome it.

The Gospel of John 1:5

 

In a time when hope and compassion seem to grow dim, we enter the silence to see in the dark.  The wisdom of scripture, science and poetry illuminates our journey. Solitude, chants and candlelight will nourish our souls in a circle of friends and we will join in praying for the peace of the world.  

Meditations by Judith Liro.

 

Cost: Sliding scale $90-$125 plus one shared meal for group.

Non-refundable deposit of $35, balance paid at the retreat.

Please make the checks out to St. Hildegard's.  Register with Pat Black by mailing a check to her home at 3907 Petes Path, Austin, TX 78731.  Also, please email her ggpat77@gmail.com with questions/concerns and to let her know that you are registering.  Space is limited; she'll let you know if there is room.  There is a limited amount of scholarship assistance and/or work-study. 

 

Moye Center provides comfortable single rooms and shared bathrooms close-by.  Most rooms are upstairs; a few downstairs are for those with mobility issues.  Arrive after 1:00pm and before 7:00pm Friday.  Our dinner gathering the first night provides time for conversation before entering Silence.  We keep Silence from later Friday evening until late morning on Sunday.  Those who register will be contacted about participation in a shared meal.  Meals during the Silence are prepared and eaten in silence.  

   

Book Reading and Signing at Book Woman 5501 N. Lamar

Saturday, December 6th, 6pm

Jann Aldredge-Clanton, She Lives! Sophia Wisdom Works in the World

She Lives! Sophia Wisdom Works in the World presents fascinating narratives of clergy and laypeople who are changing the institutional church and society by restoring female divine names and images to theology and ritual. Their stories reveal the connection between multicultural female divine images in worship and justice in human relationships, illustrating Wisdom's works such as gender equality, racial equality, marriage equality, economic justice, care of creation, nonviolence, interfaith collaboration, expanding spiritual experience, and changing hierarchies to circles. In a world filled with violence and injustice, these pioneers exemplify the transforming power of the Divine Feminine.

Meera Manahan, Judith Liro (Dec. 2), Brian Wolfe (Dec. 3), Louann O'Bannion (Dec. 4), Henry Thompson (Dec. 5), Alexandra McGhee (Dec. 6), Katherine McGhee (Dec. 6), Raul Carrera (Dec. 15), Belinda McGhee (Dec. 18), Alec Nelson (Dec. 20), Shirley Haulotte (Dec. 22), Lesa Sayer (Dec. 23), Josefina Castillo (Dec. 24), Patsy Chandler (Dec. 26), Trevor Thompson (Dec. 27), Miriam Long (Dec. 31), Sharyn Shappah (Dec. 31)