GLAD TIDINGS
No.8. Vol 10 October 2009
Christ Episcopal
Church Community
Thanksgiving
Dinner
A
Community Thanksgiving Dinner will
be served at Christ Episcopal Church
on Thanksgiving Day from 11:30 am to
1:00 pm in the Parish Hall. To revitalize our
Parish’s commitment to Christian Outreach
ministry, the dinner will be offered WITH
OUR COMPLIMENTS to all who come and
celebrate God’s abundance in our lives and to give
thanks on Thanksgiving Day.
“How Can I Help?” A great way to help is to sign
up to be with us to set-up and serve Thanksgiving
Dinner to “our guests”. Of course, that isn’t
possible for some. Many of us travel to be with
relatives for Thanksgiving, or will be hosting the
holiday dinner at home. There are many other
ways to help make this a great success.
Because we’ll be depending on having ALL FOOD
DONATED for the meal, parishioners can sign
up in advance and commit to providing food
items listed on the THANKSGIVING MENU
NEEDS charts posted in the parish hall. Pies and
frozen and canned food donations (i.e. vegetables,
cranberry sauce, etc) can be dropped off early in
the week or brought by early on Thanksgiving
morning, in time to have the necessary
preparations made.
Cooked turkeys,
for instance, need
to be dropped
off no earlier
than Wednesday
afternoon and before
10 a.m. on Thursday.
Won’t you open
your heart and
help make this
Thanksgiving
a special time
of sharing and
celebration?
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Stewardship Sunday
Brunch Nov. 8
S
tewardship Sunday, 2009 is set for
Sunday, November 8th. There will be
just ONE celebration of Holy Eucharist
at 10:00 a.m. (no 8:00 service) Canon
Jack Spaeth, Canon for Administration for
the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut will
address us during the Eucharist and greet us
at the Stewardship Brunch that will follow
the service in the Parish Hall. Childcare will
be provided. Stewardship Chairman Bob
Donahue and his committee are preparing
for a festive day to celebrate the blessing
of being Christ’s stewards. Our 2009
Stewardship Letter with a pledge card for the
upcoming budget year will be sent in time for
Commitment Sunday the following week on
Sunday November 15 when each of us will be
asked to make our pledge of support for the
ministries and mission of Christ Episcopal
Church. STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY ON
NOV. 8TH
Stewardship Sunday, 2009 is set for Sunday,
November 8th. There will be just ONE
celebration of Holy Eucharist at 10:00 a.m.
(no 8:00 service) Canon Jack Spaeth, Canon
for Administration for the Episcopal Diocese
of Connecticut will address us during the
Eucharist and greet us at the Stewardship
Brunch that will follow the service in the
Parish Hall. Childcare will be provided.
Stewardship Chairman Bob Donahue and his
committee are preparing for a festive day
to celebrate the blessing of being Christ’s
stewards. Our 2009 Stewardship Letter
with a pledge card
for the upcoming
budget year will
be sent in time for
Commitment Sunday
the following week
on Sunday November
15 when each of us
will be asked to make
our pledge of support
for the ministries
and mission of Christ
Episcopal Church.
Music Ministry begins
New Year

T
he new academic year
brings anticipation in a
variety of ways in our lives
Students anticipate new
challenges in school, parents
anticipate the beginning of new
programs, and spiritually, we
begin the season of Advent.  The
Music Ministry is in full swing
this fall, with plans for special
anthems and organ music for
All Saints Sunday, the end of our
liturgical year. The introspective
season of Advent, and the
celebration of the Nativity of Our
Lord is on the horizon.

The Music Ministry wants you

to be involved in the exciting
happenings in the faith life of our
community.  We seek interested
participants in either the
Choristers or the Adult Choir,
with or without previous musical
training.  Our work together
creates community, friendship,
plenty of laughs, and a deep sense
of satisfaction knowing we are
all serving our Lord while still
having fun!

Concertato has two exciting

events planned for the next
month, and I strongly encourage
you to experience the wonderful
gift of music Christ Church
provides to our community.  A
Halloween "Howler" will be
presented on Saturday, October
24th with scary music for youth
and the young at heart.  The
performance is free and open to
the public. A freewill offering
will be received for the support
of our parish.  Please note the
special 6:30 starting time, and
come in your best costume!  Adam Pajan, Director
The next Concertato event
is an organ recital, Delegates Gather for the 225th
featuring our fantastic Annual Convention
Clergy and Lay delegates gather on Oct. 23 and
Southfield Organ, 24 at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.
played by international Bishop Andrew D. Smith will deliver his last
performing artist Bishop’s Address prior to his retirement in the
(and recent Yale Spring of 2010. Balloting for the 15th Diocesan
Bishop of Connecticut will begin in the
Alum) Ahreum Han Cathedral on Saturday following the celebration
with Director of of Holy Eucharist. Candidates for Diocesan
Music Adam Pajan.  Bishop presented by the Diocesan Nominating
Committee are: The Rt. Rev’d James Curry,
The performance
61, Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut; the Rev’d
features a fruitful new Mark Delcuze, 51, Rector of St. Stephen’s
academic year, with Church, Ridgefield, CT; the Rev’d Dr. Ian
all its challenges and Douglas, Professor at Episcopal Divinity
School, Cambridge, MA and the Rev’d Beth
rewards.
Fain, 57, Rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal
Church, Cypress, TX. There were no petition
of Music and Organist candidates. The new Bishop-elect will be
consecrated and/or installed in the Spring.
 GLAD TIDINGS
Festival Days Fair
Saturday, November 7, 2009
 
Please remember to come on Friday, November 6, 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. to pick up your pre-
ordered, pre-paid Dinners To Go.
 
The following is a lists tables. offerings, and events planned for the fair.
 
In the Rectory:
Granny’s Attic:  Everything from a gilded bird cage to lovely crystal is
available.
Children’s Cupcake Decorating:  Young folks will have an opportunity to
decorate and eat their very own decorated cupcakes.  Cost per cupcake $ 1.00.
 
In the Parish Hall:
Children’s gently used books available for re-sale.
Re-Gift: Those gift items, although well meant and appreciated by the recipient, were just never used and
are ready to find a new home.
Garden to Garage:  Newly planted house plants, a wreath or two, extra tools and even garden rakes will
be offered.
Raffels/Silent Auction:  A hand-painted pastoral scene will be an auction item along with a complete
service for 12 of old dishes, matching glasses, and linens will be an auction item along with smaller raffles.
Cheese Shoppe:  Slices of a wheel of Vermont Cabot aged cheddar cheese will be offered along with
wonderful Hungarian cheese spread.  There will be some delightful Vermont-made cheese cutting
boards donated to complete the table.
Boutique:  All types of wonderful hand-made items donated:  knitted mittens, hats and scarves, a
beautiful boiled wool handbag, fleece blankets, a nautical cross-stiched tray, placemats, doll clothes and
bed, beautifully photographed note paper and more.
Bake Shoppe:  Delicious home-made breads, pies, cakes and....
Stop-for-A-Bite:  You can sit and enjoy a meat-ball grinder made by Fr. Tony, along with an additional
pasta offering as well. 
 
Come - bring your friends, and enjoy!  See you on November 7.

Search candidates preaching, visits here by

Committee
Update
October included learning sessions
for the committee to prepare for
interviewing candidates. Names
of candidates screened and relayed
to the committee are expected in
November. There are several levels
of interviewing to be conducted with
the list of potentials diminishing at
each phase. These include initial
phone conversations, videos of the
candidates and “road trips” by small
groups of committee members to
the candidates parishes. A small set
of finalists will be presented to the
Vestry for the final selection of who
to call.
At a meeting of the Senior Warden,
the Search Committee chair,
The Rev. Erik Larsen Cannon
of Transition Ministry and Jack
Spaeth Cannon for Finance and
Stewardship, the wide range of
potential directions forward for
our church were discussed in light
of the tight budget and the lack of
any unrestricted endowment. It
was agreed that calling a part time
Rector was not in the best long
term interests of the Parish. The
Diocese reaffirmed that Fr. Tony
would not be transitioned to a Priest
in Charge, nor would the search be
delayed. There was agreement that
the Search Committee should move
forward towards calling the next full
time Rector, as quickly and diligently
as possible.
The committee will be doing
exactly that through the Advent and
Christmas Seasons.
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