SUNDAY SERVICE INFORMATION 



Our current worship schedule is as follows:

8:00 AM Rite I Holy Eucharist Service

10:30 AM Rite II Holy Eucharist Service. This service will also be live streamed. 

Live Stream links can be found on our CEC Facebook Page and our CEC YouTube Page.

If you receive an email and/or text message from Fr. Richard or the Christ Episcopal Staff requesting money or gift cards please DO NOT RESPOND, instead, contact Fr. Richard or the staff directly. Thank you.

Join us for a delicious tradition! Our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will be held on Tuesday, March 4, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the parish hall. This family-friendly event is a wonderful way to gather in fellowship before the season of Lent. Enjoy pancakes, sausages, and good company as we celebrate together. All are welcome—come hungry and bring a friend!  

We are seeking volunteers to bring some "fix'ns" or help set up and clean up. Please use THIS SIGN-UP to sign up digitally or use the paper copy available in the Narthex. 

We will have TWO Ash Wednesday Services on March 5 at 12:00 and 6:30 PM. Join us.

On March 8, 2025, the Wellness Commission will host its annual Lenten Retreat.

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This year's topic is Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind. Registration is available online HERE. You can also register by signing up on a sheet in the narthex on Sunday. The hours will be 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. There is a $5.00 Registration fee to help cover the cost of materials, breakfast and lunch.

Questions? contact Linda Dozier: lddoz931@gmail.com or 512-925-2103.

Congregational Meeting - March 30



Mark your calendars. We will have a congregational meeting on Sunday, March 30, at 9:30 a.m., in the sanctuary for the sole purpose of electing new Vestry members. Join us as we give thanks to our outgoing Vestry members and welcome in our new members.

In the year 2025, we are going to continue our support of Hill Country Community Ministries as they provide help to our neighbors who are food insecure. In the narthex, you will see a large blue barrel. Every month we will collect shelf stable foods for HCCM to distribute to clients in need. In March/April, we will collect DRIED PASTA AND JARRED PASTA SAUCE. As you do your grocery shopping, please add one or both and bring it to church on Sunday morning. Place it in the blue barrel and we will make sure it gets delivered to HCCM.

Thanks for your continuing support in feeding our neighbors.

Intercessors will be at the back of the church in the narthex to pray with anyone who would like special prayers during communion on Sundays. Often people will ask for prayers for healing for themselves or others, but any prayer request is welcomed. If you would like to pray with one of our prayer partners, you are encouraged to come forward for communion and then make your way to the narthex for additional prayers. If you have any questions about this ministry or are interested in becoming a prayer partner to pray with others, please contact Cindy Gravis or Fr. Richard.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:1-2

Stewardship Update:

To date we have received pledges totaling ………….......... $216,134.

Our target for 2025 Pledges is ……………………………….$240,000.

Thank you for being such a generous congregation! Thank you for your prayers, your time and your talent. And thank you to those of you who faithfully give of their treasure. We are so close to reaching it! We are only a little over $23,800 away from our goal. 

So, if you have not yet pledged, or you have never pledged before and God is calling you to Walk in Love with us, please prayerfully consider answering His call. We would greatly appreciate being able to count your pledge toward our 2025 budgetary planning. We use

all funds received to fund the operations and maintenance of our parish. You may not think a small amount will help, but everything helps.

Filling out a pledge card online is quick and easy. For your convenience, you can pledge online by clicking here.

If you would like to learn about other ways to financially contribute to the life and work of our parish, please contact Lena Carson or Fr. Richard.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:1-2, NRSV

CEC VESTRY MEETINGS

The Vestry usually meets on the third Monday of each month, at 7:00 p.m. Any congregant can attend a Vestry meeting and observe. Only Vestry members have voice and vote. Vestry meetings do become "closed" when discussing personnel issues or staff salaries. Vestry meets via Zoom. If you wish to attend, please notify Fr. Richard, and he will send you the Zoom link.

CEC Finances – Available in the Library

Quarterly financial statements are available on the bulletin board in the library following the vestry meeting.

Discipleship Group - This group meets the first and third Sunday of the month at 6:00 pm in the library. It includes study of the Sunday service gospel readings and is open to anyone wishing to participate. Please contact Bill Sterling at silverbillwes@gmail.com for more information.

The Senior Shepherds is a Service/Social organization at CEC. Anyone over the age of 50 in the church is welcome. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 11:45 am in the Library for a delicious Potluck meal and lively conversation. A short program normally follows the meal. We do various interesting and creative service projects for the church children and the local community; host exciting outside speakers; visit unusual local places and have occasional seminars for better living. Contact: Betty Prince at bettyprince25@gmail.com for more information. 

The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month from 4-6pm in the Library. We knit, crochet and do various other needlework and sewing crafts to meet a known need in the community such as providing pretty and comfortable caps for cancer patients; providing crocheted and knitted prayer shawls for those in need of comfort in our church community. These items are made with prayer and much interesting conversation. They are blessed by Father Richard before being distributed. Learn to knit or crochet at our meetings. Teens are welcome. Contact: CarolMonroe71@gmail.com or bettyprince25@gmail.com.

The Tuesday Book Club is reading Citizen: Faithful Discipleship in a Partisan World by Bishop C. Andrew Doyle. We meet from 10:30-12:00 in the Outreach Room. Please join us. It’s a welcoming group for men and women of all ages. 

Questions, please contact Mary Wybenga at EJayW@msn.com or at 303-587-2373.

Choir Practice is held every Wednesday at 2:30 PM in the sanctuary. Anyone who is interested in joining, or getting more information on our choir, is invited to attend a practice. Questions? Contact Dave Gravis.

Ministry to and with Infants/Toddlers and their Families.

We have three spaces available to minister to our youngest members and their families on Sunday mornings.



1. Our church nursery is open from 9:00 am to noon. The nursery is located in the Family Life Center. The nursery serves children through the age of 4 and is open every Sunday morning.
2. A “soft” play space is located in the back of the sanctuary where children will find a small selection of toys and parents will find rocking chairs.
3. A “cry room” is located above the sanctuary and accessed by the stairs in the narthex/lobby of the church. The cry room contains comfortable seats, toys, and a changing table.

Children's Chapel meets Sundays during the 10:30 service in the Family Life Center.

Volunteers are needed! Come help our youngest parishioners grow in Christ! Children's Chapel meets Sundays during the 10:30 service in the Family Life Center. If you can help, please contact Fr. Richard. Lesson plans and supplies will be provided.

All third party events held at the church are listed here. For parents, if at the church campus while the event(s) is taking place, children should be supervised by a trusted individual, as Safeguarded personnel / volunteers will not be present.

Upcoming Third Party Events:

AA Meeting - Wednesdays at 6:30 PM in the Library, Stone Building

ROCK Enrichment Academy - Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, FLC and Grounds; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:00-12:30 PM, Stone Building

PEACE Homeschool Village - Fridays from 8:00 AM - 4:30, PM, FLC and Grounds