What It's About

by Father Casey

A funny thing can happen when you rewatch a movie you loved as a child. Characters and side-stories that were not terribly interesting way back when, or else flew right over your head, suddenly become the thing you notice most.

Take, for example, Home Alone. I was 12 the year Home Alone debuted in theaters, which meant I was the perfect age to absolutely love it. I was the target audience, an adolescent boy more than ready to project myself right onto Kevin McCallister (Macauley Culkin). Grown-ups are obviously such dopes, and if kids were just trusted with cool toys and tools, we would not only get by perfectly fine, we could also gleefully make any and all bad guys pay. I can’t begin to estimate how many booby-traps and Rube Goldberg machines my friends and I were inspired to make after watching that movie.

Thirty-four years later, and it sits totally differently now. Maybe I’ve become the very dope of a grown-up I rolled my eyes at in 1990, but it’s no longer a story about a kid who fends for himself. Now it is quite obviously a story about a desperate ...

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In this E-news:

• Christmas Draws Neigh
• Saints of Advent - Thomas
• Offices Close for Holidays
• End of the Year Financial Gifts
• One Service December 29

• Dana Jean Ordination
• Be a Part of the Children's Pageant
• Sunday Funday NYE Countdown
• St. Hilda's Holiday Hours

Saints of Advent Final Class 

Our sixth and final formation class of Advent will be this Sunday in Roper Hall at 10:15am. Make a point to join us as we explore Saints and Scripture with a focus on St. Thomas who tradition tells us carried the Gospel to India.

Each of the previous class on the Saints of Advent are available to you on our YouTube Channel and can, also, be located on our website. We look forward to seeing you there.

Church Offices Close for Holidays 

The Church Offices will be closed for Christmas and the New Years holidays:

Christmas Closure

Offices closed all day on December 24, 25, & 26. Offices reopen on Friday, December 27 as usual. The building will be open for the Noon Eucharist on December 26 to honor the Feast of St. Stephen.

New Years Closure

Offices close at Noon on Tuesday, December 31 and reopen with normal hours on Thursday, January 2.

6:00pm Eucharist Wednesday, January 1

We will celebrate the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus at our Wednesday Eucharist.

During this time if you have an urgent Pastoral need you can contact our clergy by clicking here or calling 972-233-1898 and pressing option 9.

End-of-Year Financial Gifts 

Consider making an end-of-the-year financial gift to the church. Your generosity helps to support the mission and ministry of Transfiguration. Please coordinate giving with our Parish Administrator, Cathleen Dolt. This may be especially helpful for gifts of stock since the method of making those gifts has changed from years past. Please note that the Church offices will be closed for the Christmas Holidays, Tuesday, December 24 - Thursday, December 26 and will reopen on Friday, December 27. For New Year's the office will close at noon on December 31.

Sunday December 29 - One Service 

There are some important changes to our worship schedule for the weekend following Christmas. This weekend we will rejoice with Christmas Lessons & Carols and the Holy Eucharist.

The Table on Saturday, December 28 will be at it regular time of 5:30pm.

But, please note that on the First Sunday of Christmas, December 29, we will combine our regular two services into one at 10:00am. This service will be livestreamed.

Dana Jean Ordination 

Save the date! Dana Jean will be ordained to the sacred priesthood in Christ's one, holy, and apostolic Church on Friday, January 24 at 7:00pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Marshall, Texas. More details will come in January!

Be a Part of the Children's Pageant

A highlight of each Christmas Eve is our annual Christmas Pageant, which takes place at the 3:00pm Christmas Eve service. Over 30 children and youth will be taking part. The Pageant will be livestreamed so that it can be shared with family members and friends who may not be able to attend. A link to the livestream may be found our the Church's website.

Christmas Pageant Schedule 

Sunday, December 22| Nave | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Full cast Rehearsal. 

Tuesday, December 24 | 3:00pm service 

Call time - 2:00 p.m. for all participants | Parlor 

Parents will dress their child in costume upon arrival.

Contact Allison Blalock if you have any questions or problems registering for this year’s pageant.

Sunday Funday NYE Countdown

The Youth of the Church will hold their annual New Years Eve Countdown, Sunday, December 29 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm in the Youth Center. Youth, grades 6-12, are invited to get dressed up and celebrate an early New Year’s Eve. 

For More Information contact

Delynda Moravec

The Clothes Horse will be closed for the holidays December 23 - January 6 and will reopen on January 7. Credit Cards are now accepted.

Small Christmas Gifts are now available!

Bookstore Holiday Hours

The Kay Andrews Bookstore and Gift Shop, located in the hallway near the Memorial Garden and the Children's wing offer a selection of Advent Candles and Books for purchase.

Our holiday hours are:

Tuesday - Thursday: 10am - 2pm

Saturday: 5pm - 6:30pm

Sundays: 8am - 1pm

The Clothes

Horse

Working at the Clothes Horse gives the opportunity to meet new friends, work to sustain grants to support ministries outside the church and inside the church. All donated clothes are either sold or given to the Transfiguration Food Bank, Austin Street Shelter, New Friends New Life, and many other groups in need of clothing.

Let’s talk! Contact Cassie Bledsoe or call at 214-536-2416.

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