Father Perkins writes a "Looking Out My Window"

Father Perkins writes a "Thinking Outside the Box"

Audio recording from October 2, 2022

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

Father Perkins' schedule can be found here

Dave Clark - Build for a Cure 

The vestry of Christ Church has committed Christ Church to sponsor a Habitat for Humanity House build this fall. The Dave Clark "Build for the Cure" will be in memory of Dave Clark and his son Michael, who died of cystic fibrosis.

Fr. David and the vestry encourage you to support the build with your labor and with your financial gifts. Those gifts should be in addition to your regular giving to God in support of Christ Church's ministries. You can designate your check for Habitat on the memo line, or visit our website page Dave Clark Build for the Cure to donate.

The date for the building of the walls has been set for Saturday, October 15th at 9:00 a.m. Will be held at 2010 Cypress Street (Parking lot of Habitat for Humanity).

The Church office will be closed Monday, October 10th in observance of Columbus and Indigenous People Day. We will be back in the office on Tuesday, October 11th.

Garden Guild will begin work again on Monday, October 17 at 9am (earlier time). Meet at the Dave Clark cooking shed with your tools and gloves. Each Monday and Wednesday beginning at 9:00. We have much to do. All are welcome.

Please give today to our Hurricane Relief Fund and help our partners and dioceses reach vulnerable communities devastated by Hurricane Ian and other catastrophic storms. As we continue to assess ongoing needs in impacted areas, your urgent gift will enable us to respond now — and in the long run to aid in recovery.

Attention EYC youth and parents!

Mark your calendars for the Episcopal Youth Community (EYC) 22/23 kickoff meeting (and pizza party) on Sunday, October 16^th at 6 pm in the youth room in the Gabard Building. Besides pizza and fellowship, we’ll also have the chance to talk about our ideas for EYC and get input from youth and parents in a casual gathering. Let us know you’re coming by Wednesday October 12^th by emailing the church office. See y’all there!

My name is Joel Williams, I have been a member of Christ Episcopal Church for 20 years.  I'm a native of Valdosta and a graduate of GSU (Sociology; business) and VSU (MPA). I am employed with South GA Medical Center as a social worker in the case management dept.

   Three of the most important things to me are family, faith and fitness. I live a healthy lifestyle and benefit from the time invested in all these aspects. I love to travel. I have been to many fun and exciting places coast to coast and in Canada. I look forward to working with the Youth of Christ Church.

Children’s Church will not be held on October 9^th due to fall break. We hope to see everyone on October 16th.

Live-Streaming this week of the 10:00 service on October 9, 2022 will begin at 9:55 a.m. If for any reason we experience Technical difficulties with the Live-streaming, a recording of the service will be uploaded and a link sent to the congregation at a later time.

In the event you missed it, here is a video of the October 2, 2022 - Holy Eucharist Service.

Link to the 10:00 bulletin for the October 9, 2022 service.

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As a part of the upgrade of our audio and video equipment, the rear pew on the College Street side has been moved to a temporary location in the annex. Construction will soon begin on the new media booth where our livestreaming ministry will eventually be located. The loose cables in this area have been placed in a cardboard box for safety reasons -- please do not step on this box or attempt to move it. Thank you for your patience.

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The Stitchers of Love are now meeting twice a month on the first and third Sundays in the Parish Hall from 4 to 6 p.m. All are welcome. We will teach anyone who is interested in learning to knit or crochet. The next meeting is October 16th.

Tuesday Night Bible Study

The Tuesday night Bible study led by Willa Valencia will be held on October 11, from 7:30 to 8:30 pm at the home of Ron and Tammy Borders on Williams Street. All adults are welcome. Please bring your Bible—any translation.

Lunch Bunch will meet in the Parish Hall beginning at 10:30 a.m. on October 8, 2022. The Christ Church Valdosta Lunch Bunch feeds 120 or more hungry children every second and fourth Saturday of the month. Workers from the church as well as other members of the community who volunteer gather at 10:30 a.m. at Christ Church to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They pack them in plastic bags, then brown paper bags with logo stickers together with chips, fruit, juice and other healthy goodies purchased from the Second Harvest Food Bank. Volunteers are welcome.

We had a great, diverse  and enthusiastic crowd at the first HEP Lunch time last month over 20+ HEP nooners! Friday seemed to be the best day and noon as a starting time with no ending time :) We will host the next one at our home on October 21 [every other month was suggested on the third Friday of the month.] We will provide soup, drinks and dessert- please bring mini sandwiches or whatever will go with soup. Looking for someone to host December gathering on Dec 16th [third Friday of the month.] Next one would be February 17- volunteers?

John McRae HEP nooners coordinator 229-220-5619

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. If you have questions, please contact Patricia Marks at spmarks@bellsouth.net, or Julia Ariail at juliacariail@gmail.com. Thanks for your help.

Sunday Evening Vespers - a group of Christ Church members meet on Zoom (2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays) at 6:00 p.m. to read the Compline Service, pages 127-135 in the Book of Common Prayer and for friendly conversation afterwards. The first and third Sundays of the month we will meet in-person, but will make an audio recording available after Vespers for those unable to attend in-person. To join the group and receive the link to the weekly gathering, contact Phyllis Hiers or call 229-563-2464.

Ever wondered what Vespers was all about? Here is an Audio Recording from September 18, 2022 available here.

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