Father Perkins has submitted "Looking Out My Window"

Mr. Bob Thompson audio sermon from April 3, 2022 can be found here.

Here is a link to the 20 Times to Consider Calling Your Priest.

Father Perkins' schedule can be found here

The church office will now be open Monday – Thursday from 9-3. Thank you for your patience as we navigated COVID, and Kim’s recuperation time after knee surgery.

Thank you to everyone who helped make Holy Conversations a huge success: Father Perkins, Table Leaders, Cooking Teams, Transition Team, and Participants. This was the first step to building our Parish Profile. All information gathered during the Holy Conversations will help our search committee to build a more inclusive Parish Profile. Again thank you to everyone who came out and participated.

Here is the schedule for Holy Week

Garden of Repose – 8:00 p.m. – Friday - 6:00 a.m. – Gabard Bldg.

Egg Hunt on church grounds immediately after 10:00 service.

My husband Jerry and I have been coming to Christ Church for five years. Although he was born here and grew up on East College Street, we had not lived in Valdosta for many years. We have been active Episcopalians for many years and were able to walk into Christ Church and feel very much at home from Day One. I don’t have to tell you what a wonderful welcome you (and now we!) offer to visitors.

I love the Vespers service on Sunday evenings, the Tuesday night Bible study, the recently formed book club where we are studying why Episcopalians do what they do!, the rich opportunity to be a part of a Cursillo renewal group, the depth of the prayer ministry through a very large Daughters of the King, coffee hour following the 10:00 service on Sundays and on and on.

The pandemic has certainly curtailed a lot of activities but determined Christians will find a way

to worship in community and will find a new rector in God’s time. I am no stranger to vestries

and will be happy to serve if elected. Thy will be done.

Noon Folk Mass - Please consider joining us on Sunday, April 10th for our 12:00 p.m. Folk Mass. The Folk Mass will be held Sundays at 12:00 p.m. (Noon) and use the music from the Caritas. All are welcome to attend this service. Please note we will not have a noon service on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Please plan to join us at one of our other Easter services: Easter Vigil - Saturday, April 16th at 7:30 p.m., or on Sunday, April 17th, at 8:00 or 10:00.

Live-Streaming the 10:00 service on April 10, 2022.

Please join us during our live-stream 10:00 Holy Eucharist Service via Facebook live, or YouTube. We can now live-stream to these two platforms simultaneously complete with Liturgy, and Music. We will send out a link via email once the livestream begins recording. If we have technical difficulties with one of the platforms, once the service has ended we will upload a recording of that service as soon as we can.

For those who do not have Facebook, you can click this link at 10:00 a.m. and watch live via Facebook (no account needed).  You can click here to watch on YouTube.

If you missed the service from April 3rd it can be found here.

We will be having an Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 17, 2022, immediately following the 10:00 worship service. We are in need of pre-filled Easter eggs. Eggs can be dropped off at the church office Monday, Wednesday & Thursday from 9-12, or given to Keri Wilkin. Thank you for any assistance you can lend.

Easter Flowers have been ordered to help beautify the church at Easter. Monetary Donations can be given at our online giving site with Vanco, or a check can be placed in the offering plate. Easter Lily form can be found here. Flowers can be given in Memory, or Thanksgiving of loved ones. Deadline for ordering is April 11th.

Young Adult Gathering Friday, April 8^th - Young adults will gather at the rectory this Friday at 6pm. That roughly means adults below 40. Obviously, if one of a couple is over 40, that’s no big deal. And, if you can’t attend the middle adult gathering on Saturday night, come to this one. Age is not a huge deal. We want to keep regathering from COVID and find ways to worship, serve and play together. Nursery will be provided in the Gabard Building. Father David is preparing a Cajun gumbo. You can help by bringing munchies, drinks, salad, and bread. Consider this way of doing that – salad (last names A-F), bread (last names G-L), drinks (last names M-S), and dessert last names T-Z).

Middle Adult Gathering Saturday, April 9^th – Middle adults will gather at the Rosenlund’s home (5077 Falling Springs Road, Valdosta 31602) at 6:00 pm. That roughly means between age 40 and 60. Obviously, if one of a couple is under 40 or over 60, that’s no big deal. And, if you can’t attend the young adult gathering on Friday night, come to this one. Age is not a huge deal. We want to keep regathering from COVID and find ways to worship, serve and play together. Kirk and Stephanie will provide the main course. You can help by bringing munchies, drinks, salad, and bread. Consider this way of doing that – salad (last names A-F), bread (last names G-L), drinks (last names M-S), and dessert last names T-Z).

Maundy Thursday Watching With Jesus – We will be setting up a Garden of Repose with reserved sacrament Maundy Thursday night (April 14^th) in the lobby of Gabard Building. You are invited to sign up for one hour during that night to pray and watch with Jesus. We want to keep company with Jesus rather than sleep through the night as his followers did that last night in the Garden. Jesus lamented, “Can you not watch with me one hour!” when he found them sleeping. Our answer: “Yes, we can watch with you one hour.” We will have security throughout the night, so you won’t be there without another adult presence. Sign-up sheet is in the Parish Hall, or you can sign up by emailing the church office at: office@christchurchvaldosta.org

Grace Café held its first Thursday dinner on March 24^th – Grace Cafe's first Thursday Dinner since closing from covid19. During our first dinner, we served 68 students and had a build your own taco bar with all the fixings. A fun time was had by all.

Tuesday Night Bible study, led by Dr. Willa Valencia, will meet on Tuesday, April 12th at the home of Ron & Tammy Borders, 1718 Williams Street. All adults vaccinated against the Covid virus are welcome (Some of our participants have compromised immune systems). The meeting last an hour: 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Bring your bible, any version.

Book can be ordered through Amazon or Books A Million. Here is an Amazon Link

CAC Project Update: Keep those stuffed animals coming. The Children's Advocacy Center appreciates our donations of stuffed animals to comfort the children who come to the center for appointments. They schedule over 125 appointments each month, so we can always use more. Thanks for your help.

We are utilizing VANCO Payment Solutions to safely and securely make your offering.

Download the free “Vanco Mobile” app and search for Christ Episcopal Church and then Valdosta, GA.

Or you can donate on our Vanco Online site, or by scanning the QR code above or our website donate page located here.

We now also have a mobile text to give number simply text your gift amount to 844-928-4938 and then follow the instructions on your phone to complete your donation.

Sunday Evening Vespers - a group of Christ Church members meet on Zoom at 6:30 p.m. to read the Compline Service, pages 127-135 in the Book of Common Prayer and for friendly conversation afterwards. To join the group and receive the link to the weekly gathering, contact Phyllis Hiers or call 229-563-2464.