LATE BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS
(More announcements are in the monthly newsletter, available in the narthex)

Advent Candle Litanies are ©2006 Process & Faith (a program of the Center for Process Studies, an affiliated program of the Claremont School of Theology.)

Here is today’s Sunday school schedule:

2-3 year olds  –  Room B-202

Pre-K thru 5th  –  Assembly - Room B-206

6th thru12th graders  –  Stay in Worship

Sign-Up NOW for ADVENT WORKSHOP on DECEMBER 7th: Our annual Advent Workshop is Sunday December 7th. This year we will make advent crafts starting after the service at 10:30 and finishing by 11:30 to share a lunch of Chili and Pasta e Fagiole, then join together for a carol-sing and be done by noon. Adults and children of all ages will find fellowship, fun and great food. Join in a whirlwind of Christmas activities, making ornaments, gingerbread large or small houses, and for the truly “crafty”, assembling miniature boxwood trees or holiday wreaths.

It's the best way to kick off the Advent season, as well a make new ornaments and Christmas décor for our homes! Not into crafts? Then just socialize and join in for lunch and caroling. ($5 per person) Questions? Want to lead a craft? Contact Nora Holley: Please Sign-up Now so we can purchase supplies accordingly.

$10 per person
$40 a family (max)
Gingerbread House:

large +$15
small + $5.00

Boxwood Trees + $20
Wreaths +$15

SAVE-the-DATE: PROGRESSIVE DINNER, Saturday, February 7th, 2009.

All adults are welcome, members, new members or prospective …. We hope you can join us for our annual progressive dinner. (Invitations will be mailed in early January.) The Evening will begin at 6:00 with appetizers at the home of Steve Jones and Mary Nohara (81 Oak Ridge Ave, Summit) then continue at many different homes (hosts: Ann and Dennis Bush, Pat and Jay, Mary and Tom Cummins, Jeanne and Steve Fellows, Karen Holland and Mark Jenkins, Brooke and Tom Loughlin, Nora and Mike MacMillan, Ellen and Mike Paytas, Katherine and Michael Radutsky, Helena and Steve Ring, Sandi Schroeder and Richard Poole, Deanna Smeltz and Jamil Nazarali, Penny and John Vigilante). Coffee, Dessert and Dancing will conclude the evening at Kate and Chuck Rush's.

Please mark your calendars! This is a fun event! Dinner and wine will be provided. We will ask you to bring an appetizer or dessert. Price per person is $35. Please contact Nora Holley with questions

Deacons: for the month of November. Deacons not only assist our pastors with Sunday services, but are also available to congregants for prayer concerns and pastoral visits. We encourage you to contact either deacon for further information.

The annual Church Financial Review meeting will be held on Sunday December 14th in Barnwell Hall following the first service. The meeting is open to all. The Executive Board will present the current and prospective operating budgets and provide plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions. The formal congregational meeting to approve the annual operating budget will be held in early January 2009. Please plan to attend both meetings.

The Board of World Fellowship (BWF) is “the outreach arm of Christ Church with a mission to serve and facilitate the endeavors of local, national, and international communities through financial and/or volunteer support organizations, projects, and emergency relief efforts” (BWF Guidelines, August 2003).

The BWF members urge Christ Church congregants, who have been closely involved with organizations and projects which would prosper further with BWF help, to contact the BWF at . The Board truly welcomes supporting the volunteer efforts and interests of our congregation.

Christmas Pageant: It is tradition at Christ Church that the children and youth provide the service music for the Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve. If you have a child/youth who would like to play an instrument or sing during the Pageant, please give the title of the piece, composer, instrument/voice, and child/youth's name to Holly Chatham ( or 908-273-5549) no later than December 15th.

Wanted: Cardboard items for Gingerbread Houses: If you have empty, cardboard six-pack containers or empty, one-pint square juice boxes/heavy cream containers (rinsed out), please leave them in the box under the stairs in the Atrium. These are needed for Gingerbread House frames on December 7. Alternatively, just bring them to the Advent Workshop that morning. Thank you!