FROM THE ORGAN LOFT

Have you completed your online Pledge Certificate for 2025? The link is located in the weekly email. A paper copy can be found on the table in the back of the church.

Thank you to those who have pledged $215,774 to date.

Mervis Johnson

Mark McMahon and Roberto Silva Moreira

Sheila Cooper

H. Arthur Phills

Sarah Braun

The Pullaro Family

Jo Duhr

Wendy Benjamin

Vincent Ryan

Elizabeth and Jonathan Clark

Gordon Arsenoff

Jean Houvener

Hansford Kilkenny

Sandy Smithson

Kenreic and Marva VanLoo

David and Beverly Briggs

Meegan Adames

Patricia Buckendahl

Mel & Alice Garber

Ronald Stansbury & Margaret Brown-Stansbury

Nancy Walworth and Bob Chant

Paul & Catherine Ambos

Peggy Smith

Rozanne Jhamb

Joanna Hollis

Jean H. Zimmerman

Monica Williams & Jeremiah Weston

Jonathan Gloster

Eleanor Forbes

Karen Bemis

Gloria Peroune

Joan Borden

Fernanda Perrone

Debra Lowe

B Pat Lowe

James Nichols and Lori Covey

Towanda Stovall

Barry and Dawn Johnson

Beth Binde

Nancy Lown

Barry V Qualls

John and Anne Ager

Thelma Fergusson

Yvette Bailey

Doreen Sirjue

Our work TOGETHER depends on your support.

Complete your Pledge Certificate for 2025 online using the link below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebVlfofz_nf3NDEkpaF7OrJ3ukDtcP7EEoLc9dCQrWQ8YsUA/viewform

A paper copy can be found on the table in the back of the church.

We are looking for Advent Readers and Advent candles lighters starting next Sunday, December 1! We encourage individuals, families, friends, folks from various ministries to sign up! Please sign up HERE

It's time for the December Christ Church RaiseRight! Order -- Christmas is a-coming!

Paul will place a new card order on the morning of Monday, December 9. Please place your orders accordingly. If you plan to mail Paul an order with a check, please (a) mail it by Wednesday , December 4, or, better, (b) advise him by email when you mail it of what your order is so that he can place it on time despite possible Post Office delays. Or, if you place your own order directly on the RaiseRight website or app, Paul will be able to see it there when he orders the monthly batch.

You can avoid writing Paul a check by using their payment options through your checking account of credit card (checking costs a 29 cent charge per order; credit cards charge a percentage that is usually more).  And if you want physical cards delivered directly to your home, you can do that through the app, although you will be charged for delivery.  If you order for delivery through me, the church covers the delivery charge.

Christmas 2024 Flower Memorials and Gifts

Each Christmas our Church is beautified with flowers memorializing departed loved ones, commemorating anniversaries or representing thank offerings. Flower memorials and gifts may also be provided throughout the year. The cost for each Christmas donation or a single date in 2024 is $50. A perpetual memorial may be established with a one-time contribution of $500.

To be included in the printed Christmas leaflets, we must receive your request no later than Friday, December 13.

Make a Donation: Support Our Musical Celebrations of Advent and Christmas

Our Festive Musical Celebration

Three Special Events:

1. Lessons and Carols Service 

Dec 15th 10:30AM 

· Historic tradition dating back to 1918

· Adult and children's choirs enhanced by professional musicians

· Professional instrumentalists and vocalists bringing depth and richness

· Celebrating musical heritage and storytelling

2. Rutgers A Cappella Concert with Coffee Dec 15

· Intimate performance by Rutgers College singers

· Warm community gathering

· Enjoy music and fellowship

3. Christmas Eve Service 8:30PM

· Sanctuary filled with singers and string musicians

· Professional vocalists ,adult and children choir

· Culminating musical experience of the holiday season



Your Donation Makes a Difference

Your contribution helps create a magical holiday experience for our entire community. Every gift brings music, joy, and tradition to life.

To be included in the printed Christmas leaflets, we must receive your request no later than Friday, December 13.

The Christ Church Grief Support Group Corner

Our next session is this

Tuesday, December 17 at 6pm.

This six-session series is for adults grieving the death of a loved one. The group includes education about grief and loss and provides participants an opportunity to share their experience.

Connecting with others hand-in-hand who are also grieving a loss can help you through this difficult journey. You will be provided with a safe, supportive environment for healing.

Using discussion and storytelling, can help you understand the grieving process and your emotions, as well as give you strategies for coping with guilt, anger and loneliness on special days and holidays. 

It is recommended that participants wait at least two months after a death before attending a group.

There is no cost for attending this group and it is open to the public for registration.

Allow us to connect hand-in-hand with you!

6pm-7pm: December 17; January 7 & 21.

Grief Support Group Zoom link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88251220962?pwd=JZe07lfHvdr441lMlLKSxrgR3CzFQL.1

Meeting ID: 882 5122 0962

Passcode: 782916

Sessions will not be recorded

To keep you in harmony, Suzanne McDonald our Music Minister has provided several selections of music for your listening pleasure. There is something for every mood.

I want Jesus to walk with me - Moses Hogan 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwCBdLy8ork&list=RDVwCBdLy8ork&start_radio=1

How can I keep from singing - John Scott 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OddjpdoqdwQ

Instrumental Brandenburg Concerto number 3 - J. S. Bach  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBdW7sYc50

Claire de Lune - Claude Debussy.  

youtube.com/watch?v=c977QdbTImU

Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru0K8uYEZWw

Happy - Pharrell Williams 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZSe6N_BXs

Prayers requested for:

Barb, Brianna, Dennis, Doreen Edith, Florence, Georgia, Hansford, Jeannine, Julia, Kristen, Pat, Robert, Steve, Theayer, Timothy, Tisha, Vivian, Yvonne

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Anglican Church of South America

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: Ministry of the Pastoral Response Coordinators

Christ Church Ministry: Ushers

Birthdays this week: Beatrice Costello, Wayne Zdanowicz

Memorial Flowers—are given by the Mrs. Lucille M. Stevens in memory of Edwin L. Stevens, Marion E. Boyce in memory of Marion and James Walker, the late Mrs. William Johnson Kenyon, Sr., in memory of William Johnson Kenyon, Sr.,

To help support those in the Middle East. Visit the link to donate HERE.