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 $233,274 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

Joanna and Stephen Greenwood

Tanya Penman-Sterling

Liard, Deborah, Jaylen & Aaliyah Weston

Louise & Frank Deis

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.

It's almost time for the January Christ Church RaiseRight! Order Epiphany is also coming!

Paul Ambos, will be placing a new card order on the morning of 

Monday, January 6. Please place your orders accordingly. If you plan to mail him an order with a check, mail it by Wednesday, January 1. Please advise him by email when you mail it of what your order is so he can place it on time despite possible Post Office delays. If you place your own order directly on the RaiseRight website or app, he will be able to see it there when he orders the monthly batch.

Don’t want to write a check? No problem! Use the RaiseRight payment options through your checking account or credit card (checking costs a 29 cent charge per order; credit cards charge a percentage that is usually more).  If you want physical cards delivered directly to your home, you can arrange delivery through the app. There is a charge for delivery.  If you order for delivery through Paul, the church covers the delivery charge. RaiseRight website is https://www.raiseright.com/shop.

Thank you for your support of this parish program.

Interfaith Rotating Shelter

Every winter, houses of worship in New Brunswick unite to open their doors to our unhoused neighbors. We rotate from church to church each week and typically house about 15 men. The shelter runs from 22 December to 10 March, when the temperatures are below freezing. Christ Church will be hosting 4 January to 12 January and 16 February to 23 February.

The ministry has been running for over 20 years, and is recognized by our homeless neighbors and by community leaders as compassionate, life-saving, and much needed. This year, our needs are:

· Volunteers to stay overnight with the guests

A full shift is 7 PM – 7AM and partial shifts are possible.

At Christ Church, volunteers will typically sleep in the choir room from 11 PM – 5:30 AM and then start the coffee pots.

· Volunteers to help with move-out and cleaning on Sunday, January 12th

· Volunteers to cook or bring meals for 15 guests + 3 volunteers

· If you can’t volunteer your time, you can also donate supplies or money

To sign up for a shift or meal, please reach out to Jason Kaelber at

interfaithrotatingshelter@gmail.com or 848 228 3620. We also have volunteer

openings for February at First Reformed Church and elsewhere, so you need not restrict yourself to the days Christ Church is hosting.

Thank you for supporting this ministry and the homeless men of

New Brunswick!

The Christ Church Grief Support Group Corner

Our next session is this

Tuesday, January 7 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: 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, Jean, Jeannine, Jefferson, Jim, Margaret, Pam, Pat, Robert, Steve, Stanford, Timothy, Tisha, Vivian, Yvonne

 Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Episcopal Church

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: Ministry of the Episcopal Migration Ministries 

Christ Church Ministry: Personnel Committee

Birthdays this week: Nicolas Adames, Shantell Eichorst, Charlotte Fergusson, Eric Sanders, Emily Watt Matthew Bharrat, John Buzbee, Maxine Dennis, Penny Gordon, Vinnah Robbin-Mason.

Flowers at the lectern are given by Mrs. Benjamin F. Stanton in memory of Virginia Rose L. Watson.

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