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CONTENTS Sunday Lections Assisting Priest Committees &
Happenings November Birthdays
and Anniversaries Prayers of the
People Thanks and
Recognition Operation Christmas
Child Youth News Tools for Schools Workshop Cycles Stepping Stones Blessing of the
animals Calendar Edited by: E. Lane Gresham Converted and
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Greetings
From the Rector
The Reverend Dena S. Bearl † Beloved of Grace-Calvary, November is here! Hard to believe! Leaves changing and falling… first fires in fireplaces… the last of the summer flowers gone with the first frost…the month of Thanksgiving…and the time we begin to brace ourselves for that season of crowded stores and full parking lots…the shopping season. Many of our members have expressed their determination to simplify this season and to participate less in its commercial frenzy. A wise and practical resolve! We can add to our list in November…more time for family and friends…less stuff to return to the stores after Christmas…less stuff, period…less debt on our credit cards…more room to prepare for one of the holiest days celebrated in the Church. November is getting more attractive by the minute! |
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There is a sense, though, that something would be missing without gifts at Christmas - not so much that the receiving of piles of gifts would be mourned; but, that we have a real desire to give at this time of year. I think deep down, at least I hope so, that especially at this time of year, it’s natural for people to express their thanks in tangible ways. Be it thanks for full crops and enough food for the winter or joy and wonder of God’s gift of Jesus to the world – it is a season brimming with thankful feelings. And when our thankfulness overflows, we want to give and to celebrate. One of many alternatives for
giving gifts is to help the needy in honor of a person you would usually go
shopping for. Heifer International and
Gifts for Life by Episcopal Relief
and Development are great options. Through these ministries you can purchase
anything from a flock of chickens to seeds for planting to vitamins to
mosquito nets to bees to buffalos! A man from Look for catalogs on the information table in St. Julian Hall – and have a fun shopping spree that will changes people’s lives. In Christ’s love,
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LECTIONS FOR September, 2007
 TELL US WHAT YOU THINK – If
you have questions or suggestions regarding the Mustard Seed please contact
us at! 706-754-2451 or email chancegc@alltel.net
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Kitchen Guild Help
Needed! Welcome to St. Julian
Hall Come one, come all If you have a yen For a clean kitchen Get in touch with Bob He’ll give you a job! Bob Parker –
706-968-3398 COMMITTEES AND HAPPENINGS Our initial planning session for a Festival Weekend Event saw a turnout of nearly twenty people who enjoyed wine and hors d'oeuvres, enthusiastic conversation, numerous suggestions, and a willingness to volunteer their help. We agreed that it would take at least a year for us to plan and get organized. We tentatively looked to the fall of 2008, but some made a good argument for a springtime event. We agreed to focus on our heritage as a church and as a community, insist on the quality of art and music, food and entertainment. Since that
meeting I have had serious conversations with several people in the music and
entertainment world who have agreed to help us. It is time to get organized
and find out who really wants to see this event come about. There is a table
in St. Julian's Hall that has some sign-up sheets with the names of those who
committed their services the night of the meeting. I invite you to sign one
or more of those sheets so that we can begin forming our committees. If you
have questions or need more information call me at the church office or
e-mail him at donrev35@bellsouth.net. Fr. Harrison You have probably noticed framed
photographs of past rectors of Grace-Calvary in St. Julian Hall. Be looking
for three more which are being framed: The Rev. Milton Murray 1958-1964 The Rev. Nat Massey 1967-1968 The Rev. Dann Brown 1998-2000 Rev. Dena Bearl On November
4, we will have a children's liturgy in the church. This liturgy will
be a celebration of All Saints Day and each child will represent a particular
saint. We hope all the children can be there. As before, we will
meet in the Sunday school room and process to the church. It is
important for them to be in class on October 28, as this is when we will
decide who will be what saint, etc. November 4 is also First Sunday
Breakfast. If you plan on having breakfast, can you come a little
earlier to eat, so we can start on time, or as close to "on time"
as possible?
Sandy Robson MEN
OF GRACE The
next gathering will be held on Wednesday, November 7 in St. Julian Hall at
6:30 p.m. Spaghetti by Frank McCann and Photography by Jim Owens Ray
Rowell 2008
Pledge Ingathering Ingathering
of pledges for 2008 will be Sunday, November 11. Please return your pledge card in the mail
or in the offering plate by that day. The
total goal for the campaign is $317,000, the amount of the budget requests
made by the various committees of the parish.
The total requested amount is an increase of about $25,000 (8.6%) over
2007. Of that increase $14,400 is made
up of increases requested for the Outreach Committee ($7400/43%); Christian
Formation, including the Youth Program ($4300/50%); and Worship, including
Music ($2700/58%). Please
make your pledge remembering all that God has given to and for you; what this
parish means to you; and what together we can do by joyfully and generously
responding to this call. -The
Stewardship Committee UTO Ingathering- Sunday, November 18 The Annual United Thank Offering Ingathering will be Sunday November 18th at both services. Throughout the year Grace-Calvary members continue to save their spare change in the little "blue boxes" to show expressions of gratitude and thankfulness. Those tokens are gathered together and sent on to help UTO carry out its mission which is to expand the circle of thankful people. To achieve this mission we encourage daily prayers, offerings, and awareness of the abundance of God's blessings. Every penny of your thank offering goes to support grants for ministries at home and overseas. More about UTO or extra "blue boxes" or envelopes can be found
on the information table in St. Julian Hall. -Becky Jackson |
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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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