The Messenger
A Weekly Digest of Useful Information about Events and Opportunities in and around Christ Church, New Bern, North Carolina Put a magnet here and place on your refrigerator. March 26 – April 2, 2017
Lenten Preaching Series - Wednesday, March 29, at Noon Since August 2011, the Rev. Tom Warren has the Associate Rector at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Kinston. He grew up in Cheverly, Maryland, and moved to Snow Hill, North Carolina, as a teenager. After finishing high school at Arendell Parrott Academy in Kinston, he attended the US Coast Guard Academy and graduated with a B.S. in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering. His active duty Coast Guard career included duty as an engineer on a polar ice breaker in Seattle, Washington, and an environmental response officer in Elizabeth City. He currently serves as a reservist drilling in Norfolk, Virginia. In 2008, he and his wife, Holly, moved to Durham where he attended Duke Divinity School (M.Div. 2011 with certificate in Anglican Studies) and she completed medical residency in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Tom was ordained a priest in February of 2012. He and Holly have two sons, Jude and Mason, and together they enjoy cooking (and eating!), being in the outdoors, and fellow-shipping with friends and family. In the diocese of East Carolina, Tom serves as chaplain for Happening and as chair of the Commission on Ministry. Can’t be with us? Watch live on Facebook.
Youth Ministry News VBS Volunteer Interest Meeting
Combined children’s Sunday School classes learn to use American Sign Language for the Lord’s Prayer.
Coaches Needed There will be a volunteer interest meeting held TODAY at 12:30pm in the Library. If you are interested in helping with VBS (June 19 – June 23) or are interested in more information, please join us.
T-Ball Coaches Needed. We had such a positive response from children wanting to play T-Ball that we are creating two T-Ball Teams! This means that we are in need of a few more coaches that would be willing to help. If you are interested, please contact Ashley Simpson: ashleysimpson@christchurchnewbern.com 252-633-2109 ext. 150
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In celebration of the great feast of Easter, we fill the church with Easter flowers given as memorials and thanksgivings. To give Easter flowers, please complete the form below, include your check for $25 made out to Christ Church, and return it to the church office. Please put “Easter flowers” in the memo line. To the glory of God and in Loving Memory of: (please print clearly) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
To the glory of God and in Thanksgiving for: (please print clearly) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
Given by___________________________________
Address ____________________________________
Telephone __________________________________ Please return to church office no later than April 10, 2017.
Cookie Walk Grants Forms Available Grant forms for available Cookie Walk grants (funds earned at the December 2016 event) are available at the reception desk or electronically by calling the church office. Deadline to turn in completed forms is Friday, April 14, 2017.
Volunteer Opportunity - MERCI Clinic MERCI clinic is committed to providing confidential medical and pharmaceutical services to individuals who have no health insurance and are of limited income in Craven, Jones and Pamlico counties. The clinic is in great need of the truly committed who want to make a difference in our community. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday the office is in need of volunteers for administrative duties and Clinic day preparation. Office hours are from 8:30am to 5:00pm.Typically we look for four hour shifts, but can accommodate shorter shifts. Tuesday and Thursday are Clinic days, with patients and medical staff. Available shifts are from 7:45am-12:15 pm and/or 12:45pm-5:30pm. On these days administrative and medical staff are needed. If you are truly committed to making a difference, please submit a volunteer application located on the MERCI clinic website at www.merciclinic.org. For more information or to schedule a tour of the clinic, please email or call Beth Cooper, Executive Director, at 252633-1599, ext 101 – director@merciclinic.org.
Young Adults and Young Families (YAYF) The Young Adult/Young Families Committee has been resurrected and we want to get together! The YAYF group is made of adults between the ages of 25-50 and of adults with school-age children. We have four events on the calendar for this spring and hope you will join us. We will send a group email about each event as it approaches. Trivia Night at the Brown Pelican April 12 at 7:00pm Guys Night with the Down East Wood Ducks May 2 at 7:00pm Family Brunch May 14 at 10:00am on the church grounds For more information or questions about the above events, please contact Betsy Jutras betsyemory@aol.com or 910-520-7877.
Farmworkers Outreach We will continue our farmworkers collection through Sunday, April 2. Two ways to help the incoming farmworkers: First, by buying listed hygiene items for a cloth shower bag we will be passing out on these Sundays, and secondly, by buying listed food items for a food pack. When the farm workers first arrive, it may be a few weeks before they can earn the money to buy these needed items. Information is located in the reception area. Thank you. Anne and Jerry Ocorr - 623- 3595
Compassionate Listening Ministry at RCS The number of God's children who need a smile and someone to listen and/or pray with them has increased over time. This is a powerful ministry the Holy Spirit directed our postulant, Linda Murdock, to begin. Now we need more volunteers to experience the joy one receives by giving at least one hour a month or more from10:30-11:30, their lunch hour, listening, praying, smiling, being a welcoming presence in their lives. If you have this time available and an interest in this ministry, please contact Sheridan Holstein: 252-636-5660 or schtee47@gmail.com
Religious Community Services Needs Items Needed for March: Food: Rice (Bags under One Pound) Stuff: Plastic Grocery Bags
RCS Sunday Breakfast Crew Update RCS breakfast crew has seen the start up for the new 2nd Sunday crew. There are seven folks who have shown they want to take this ministry on and we are so happy for them!! Our 4th Sunday crew assisted them on the March 12. If you are interested in joining the 2nd Sunday crew, you are welcome to come join them on April 8. Just contact David Cook or Kathleen Rice. As Christ Church members take on this new Sunday, donations to help offset the costs, as you know, are welcome. Make checks out to Christ Church with RCS breakfast team in the memo line.
4th Sunday RCS breakfast crew
Receptionist/Communications Coordinator Information can be found on our website www.christchurchnewbern.com for the above position. Please feel free to share with friends or neighbors who may be looking for an opportunity like this. If interested, please follow the instructions within the job description to submit resumes no later than April 5, 2017. Please note that job qualifications and skills are quite specific. Resumes that do not contain the needed qualifications and skills will not be considered.
In peace we pray to you, Lord God For our ill and recovering parishioners: Art and Diane Vance, Fred and Muriel Latham, Barbara Willis, Edna Bearnes, Dottie Parker, Elliott Hudgins, Gary Derck, Pat Chandler, Janet Stevens, Jackie Barney, Linda Lore, Mike Pridgen, Sonja Doran, Sue Hartley, Barbara Schmalhofer, Jim, Mary Hasell, Catherine Bender, Betty Jane Bonapartian, Bob and Joan Burnett, Audrey St. John, Fair Leonard, Glenna Davis, Champ Mitchell, Janet Anderson, Margi, Bradley, Joe Freemon, Ray Stark, Bob Kohn, Gretchen Gibson, Nan Baughman, Linda Howell, David Hancock, Janice Millns, Nicholas Pridgen, Jane Czernik, Betty Paramore, Bruce Meyers, Susan Rivenbark, Mary Kay Farnham, Warren Meadows, Jerry Ocorr, Janet Corcoran, Janet MacLaren, Rex Willis III, Hilda Weaver, John Reichenbach, Hal Cameron, Rae Cowan, Jim Stroud, Jane Montesi, Linda Foster
For our families and friends: Bella, Natalie, Natalie, Richard, Nancy, Connor, Miles, Andrew, Sue, Everett, Derek, Michael, Edward, Jay, Roy, Gracie, Colt, Ken, Monty, Charles, Brett, Deanna, Susan, Cindy, Don, LaBinda, Barry, Rusty, Owen, Bobby, Anne, Brenda & Family, Liesel, Tate, Audra, Sally, Ruth, Kathy, Nancy, Denise, Tony, Barbara, Charlie
For parishioners in boarding school and college: Amanda Buffa, Ashley Buffa, Davis Cook, Anna Louise Flanagan, Campbell Huddle, Jack Huddle, Jay King, William Little, Dana McLaughlin, Alex Norwood, Carlee Peele, Htoo Soe, John Thomas, Zack Thuringer, Eli Turner, Erik Turner, Ian Turner, Dequan Williams
For our deployed military: Capt. Jason White, Cpl. Jason Church, Sgt. Bill Jarvis, Capt. Paul Truog, LCPL Ross Drury, Andrew Konzen, Capt. Delbert R. Patton, SSG Andrea D. Eubanks, CW02 Justin Harshner, LTC. Bryan Babich, Army Spec. Devin Clarke, Capt. John Jones
For those who mourn: the family and friends of Leroy Kramer, brother of George Kramer and brother-in-law of Jane Kramer the family and friends of Elizabeth Tolson
For all refugee families, especially: Viviana and Mariann
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: The Bishop and Staff of the Diocese of East Carolina and St. Joseph’s, Fayetteville
Sunday, 3/26 7:30am 8:45am 10:00am 11:00am 12:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm
Holy Eucharist: Rite I Holy Eucharist: Rite II Sunday School for All Ages Holy Eucharist: Rite II VBS Volunteer Interest Meeting EYC All Ages Lenten Series Monday, 3/27
8:00am 10:00am 11:00am 6:00pm 6:00pm
Morning Prayer Prayer Shawl Ministry “Small Wonders” NA Commission Leaders & Vestry Men's Bible Study Tuesday, 3/28
8:00am 10:00am 2:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm
Holy Eucharist Women's Bible Study Order of Saint Luke Following the Jesus Movement Church Yard Burial Committee “Small Wonders” NA Wednesday, 3/29
10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 7:00pm
Holy Eucharist Healing Service Rector's Bible Study Lenten Preaching Series Lenten Luncheon (Harrison Center) Daughters of the King Training EfM “Came to Believe” AA Parish Choir Thursday, 3/30
8:00am Morning Prayer 6:00pm “Small Wonders” NA Friday, 3/31 5:00pm Stations of the Cross Sunday, 4/2
The greenery behind the altar is given to the glory of God in loving memory of my husband, Robert Gellasch, by Lois Gellasch, in thanksgiving for Nan Baughman by the Parish Choir, in loving memory of Leroy Kramer by his brother and wife, George and Jane Kramer, and in loving memory of Elizabeth Tolson by her family.
Birthday & Anniversary Sunday 7:30am Holy Eucharist: Rite I 8:45am Holy Eucharist: Rite II 10:00am Sunday School for All Ages 11:00am Holy Eucharist: Rite II 3:00pm RCS Fundraiser at Centenary United Methodist Church 5:00pm All Ages Lenten Series