In memory of Barry Ross May 11, 1945—October 29, 2017

We dedicate this issue to the memory of Barry Brooks Ross. Barry served this congregation faithfully for many
years and in a variety of capacities. He was a long standing member of the eight o’clock congregation, served on
many committees, was a Vestryman, Warden, and for a number of years, led a Bible Study based on the Sunday
Lectionary. This study was very popular with its participants and is well remembered as a time of learning, and
spiritual awakening. When our previous Parish Administrator had to leave because of ill health, Barry stepped
into the breach, first as a volunteer, then as a staff member. He was of great support to Mother Susan, then to
Mother Lesley, and to our many parish ministries. He is greatly missed.
Into paradise may the angels lead you. At your coming
may the martyrs receive you, and bring you into
the holy city Jerusalem. Book of Common Prayer, Page 500

A painting by Barry Ross

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 As I write this the season of Advent is almost upon us. A season which always seems
fleeting, at most four short weeks before we celebrate the birth of the of the Christ child,
this year a mere three weeks, the fourth Sunday of Advent also being Christmas Eve.
Advent is such a wonderful season, a time of expectation, a time of hope and a time of
promise. I do find myself wondering, is some of this sense of expectation a left over
from our childhood, when we anticipated the coming of Santa Claus, or Father
Christmas as British children know him? December used to seem such a long month,
not so much anymore.
It is often difficult to truly enter into the spirit of Advent when we are constantly
bombarded with the trappings of secular Christmas, but I would recommend that you
try to find time to be quiet, to read the scriptures, especially those pertaining to the coming of the Messiah, perhaps
to read one of the many of the devotional writings that are available. Forward Day by Day is always a good
beginning; copies of this are available in the tract rack in the Heritage Room. If you find that poetry helps you
access the holy, there is a delightful book written by The Rev. Dr. L. William Countryman, the Sherman E. Johnson
professor of Biblical Studies at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley. Titled ‘Run, Shepherds Run” this
slim volume contains poetry for each of the days of Advent and Christmas, some of the poems are very familiar,
others are less known.
Another resource is ‘Living Well through Advent 2017, Practicing Wonder with All Your Heart, Soul, Strength and
Mind’, a recently published booklet, copies are available in the Heritage Room. This is a timely resource to help
remind each of us, to take time to discover how the gifts of wonder might be born in us, yet again, this year. This
guide includes reflections from: Wendy Claire Barrie, The Rev. Viktoria Gotting, The Rev. Canon Scott Gunn, The
Rt. Rev. Gregory H. Rickel, The Rev. Dr. Scott Stoner.
Each year, The Rev. Thomas Mousin, a friend and priest from Massachusetts, with The Rev. Merry Watters, a
Methodist minister, create a devotional Advent calendar to share with their congregations and others. There are
copies of this at the back of the church, and it is reproduced later in this Chronicle. The calendar suggests scripture
readings for each day of Advent and ends with a poem. If you like to color, you might color each day as we count
down the days to Christmas.
One of my favorite things about this season is the service of Advent Lessons and Carols. Unfortunately, because
of the restraints of the calendar, we were not able to host this delightful liturgy this year, but as we enter into the
days of Advent, the theme of the service may help you with your devotions.
In the old English liturgies, the Advent service provided a vivid preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ to earth.
The readings from scripture and the music of the season told how God would visit and redeem his waiting people,
mightily fulfilling his good purposes for all people in the gift of a Savior.
The service would begin in darkness, symbolizing the expectancy of a darkened world awaiting its savior. As the
liturgy unfolds the words and music tell the story of how God’s mighty works bring light into our darkness. We
hear of creation, the cries of the prophets, and of God's promise to redeem his people. This comes with warning
that the coming of Christ will bring, not only the light of salvation to the people, but also judgment to the earth.

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Finally the coming of God as Messiah and Savior is announced, and we are hear how the angel Gabriel appeared
to the Blessed Virgin Mary. John the Baptist prophesies, and as we draw near to the end of our journey through
Advent, we sing of the promise of Christ and conclude with the Blessing.
And so my brothers and sisters in Christ:
Go forth into the world in peace: be of good courage; hold fast to that which is good; render to no one evil for
evil strengthen the fainthearted; support the weak; help the afflicted; honor all people; love and serve the Lord,
rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit be upon you, and remain with you always. Amen.

Suggested Scriptures from Advent Lessons and Carols: Genesis 1:1-5; Genesis 3:1-15; Isaiah 35:1-6; Isaiah 11:1-
10; Micah 5:2-5a; Luke 1:26-38; Mark 1:1-15.

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 At Christ Episcopal Church, we strive to serve Christ in all persons, loving our
neighbors as ourselves. One way we do this is through our ministries to children in
foster care and their families. This year we supported CASA of Humboldt with our
Christ Episcopal Church Kid Walk Team, which raised $2821!
Thank you Heidi Erickson, Peg Gardner, Pam Gossard, Paul Gossard, Merry Phillips,
and Anne Van Zandt for joining me on the CASA Kid Walk through Old Town Eureka
on October 7!
Thank you for your financial donations: Lee & Duke Albright, Lynne Bean, Steve &
Margaret Cole, Nancy & Doug Frey, Peg & Howard Gardner, Pam & Paul Gossard,
Elizabeth Harper-Lawson, Dave & Beccy Hash, Sara & Bob Hines, Byrd Lochtie, Dale Maples, Lesley & Keith
McCloghrie, Anne Pierson, Merry & Dan Phillips, Nancy & Dick Streufert, Anne Van Zandt, Marty & Dan Vega,
Susan & Richard Whaley, the congregation at Saints Martha and Mary and those who donated cash anonymously.
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such
as these.”
Faithfully, Mother Nancy
Christ Church CASA Kid Walk Team Captain

Support Christ Episcopal Church’s

CASA Kid Walk Team!!!

Make checks payable to ‘CASA’

memo line: ‘Christ Episcopal Church Kid Walk
Team’

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Merry Christmas...

How many of you are excited for the annual "year end countdown" on your favorite
news channel or website? I thought about writing one of those articles. THE 2017
CHRIST CHURCH BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS YEAR IN REVIEW. That is so
cliche. So, I will tell you a story instead.

I had I come back to Christ Church in Sept 2001. By December of that year (probably
even sooner), I was back acolyting. I had begun my career as an acolyte at age 10 and
continued until I turned 18. That year, Father Doug had retired and we had an interim priest. Sound familiar? So
my first Christmas Eve being back at church, I am an acolyte. How exciting!!! It was wonderful!! The music, the
liturgy, the happy celebration of welcoming the newly born Christ child was beyond any description that I can
come up with. It really helped me heal from a rough year. I couldn't wait for next year.

Well, the next year came and I couldn't acolyte because I had broken my wrist on Dec 13, 2002 ( Friday the 13th,
seriously). I was happy, it meant that I could sit with my children in the pews and enjoy the service. I didn't real-
ize it until half way through the service, but I really missed not being a part of the Christmas Eve Midnight
mass. The feeling is so hard to describe. I love singing the entrance hymn as I carry the cross, leading the choir in
the annual "Figure 8" around the church. Thank you John Patton for talking me into acolyting again those many
years ago. Or my new favorite experience, "Flying the Dove". Thank you Mother Lesley for giving me the oppor-
tunity to show people that the Holy Spirit is alive and well here at Christ Church. You know, since 2002, there has
only been 2-3 Christmas Eve Midnight services that I have not been the head acolyte. I am so thankful for that.

What does my love of Acolyting on Christmas Eve have to do with my duties as Junior Warden of Christ
Church? Well not much. Except it gives me another outlet to show my love and appreciation of the whole of
Christ Church.

This past year I have seen a whole new side of our church. Before being voted Jr.Warden in January, I had never
thought about what it takes to literally, keep the lights on and keeping the church warm and dry. I have learned so
much, and this journey has deepened my appreciation for so many of our silent but ever present congregants that
give so much to keep this church looking and feeling good. The new bathrooms and drinking fountain in the ed-
ucation building, the newly painted choir room door and courtyard bench, the gardeners and so many other gifts
that were donated by our fellow church members. Not just with their hard earned money, but also with their
time, talents and love of this church.

I know that you are probably inundated with ways and places to spend your hard earned money this Christmas
season. I know I am. Everyday I receive in the mail requests for donations from many worthy organizations, but
I cannot think of a better place to put my money to work than here at Christ Church. When I make my monthly
pledge I can see my donations helping to build and maintain this beautiful place that we call our spiritual home.
So this Christmas, when you are enjoying the sights, sounds and feelings this holiday season, please take a second
and think about how warm and dry you feel sitting in your pew and consider donating either your time, talent or
treasure to keep that feeling alive for years to come.

Thank you all so much for all that you give and do year round.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you.

Heidi Erickson
Jr Warden

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As I began to think about and plan music for Advent and Christmas, I found myself
inspired by this year’s Diocesan Convention. Or, perhaps, it was the other way
around … as I review my materials from Convention, I see that I have scribbled
notes regarding possibilities for music for the upcoming seasons. I’d like to share
with you a couple of those sources of inspiration.
A pre-Convention music workshop was offered this year, led by Ana Hernández, self-
described “composer, arranger, workshop facilitator, author, and mischief maker.”
With a 5-page handout in hand, Ana taught and led us as we sang the entire morning.
Ana reminded us of the importance of listening (as part of learning and singing
together) and to not forget to pray while we sing. During the worship services held
throughout the Convention, Ana led some of the chants that we had learned that
morning. It was inspiring to listen, to sing, and to feel part of a large community through sharing music.
One of the guest speakers at Convention was Ms. Lacy Broemel, who is a Refugee and Immigration Policy
Analyst in the Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations (OGR) in Washington, D.C. She talked
about the Federal-level advocacy work done by OGR on Environmental Stewardship, Refugees and
Immigration, and International Development. The mission of Episcopal Migration Ministries (https://
episcopalmigrationministries.org) specifically addresses Refugees and Immigration, and as Ms. Broemel stated,
the work is based on a belief that this is “an issue of faith.”
Hearing her speak reminded me of an Advent calendar that Mtr. Lesley shared with us in 2015; an annual
calendar created by her East Coast colleagues Thomas Mousin and Merry Watters. Each year, Father Mousin
writes a poem for the calendar and I remembered the poem from 2015, “So Far From Home.” What struck me
about the poem was its timelessness … as he himself writes, “For the first time since starting this tradition, I
used a poem from a previous year – 2005. The year 2005 began with the aftermath of the devastating tsunami in
the South Pacific, followed later in the year by the trauma of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast. … In 2015,
the plight of thousands of refugees seeking safety and security made me look back to this poem, which again
seemed quite timely.”
At Convention we learned that refugees (those unable or unwilling to return to their home because of fear of
persecution) have three options: 1) to return home, 2) to be integrated into the country into which they fled, or
3) be resettled in a 3rd country (the U.S. is one of the available countries). Screening for the third option takes 18-
24 months. For up to two years, people are “in limbo.” That thought brought me back to Father Mousin’s
poem of 2015,
“So far from home,” wondering if some of those refugees from 2015 are now, finally, being resettled, two years
later.
As I prepare for Advent and Christmas, I think of Mary and Joseph, who fled their own persecution, and sought
safety for their unborn child. And I think about what it means to open my heart, and “greet the stranger, friend
or foe; that welcomes Christ once more.”

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 Advent in Narnia

Join us for “Advent in Narnia” an Advent program based on the book by Heidi Haverkamp. We’ll explore the
themes of Advent journeying through aspects of C.S. Lewis’ tales of Narnia on Tuesday evenings, December 5,
12, and 19. Sign up sheets are on the piano in the Heritage Room.

Christmas Services

Sunday, December 24 Christmas Eve

9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Advent 4)
4:00 p.m. Christingle Service & Holy Eucharist
10:00 p.m. Choral Prelude
10:30 p.m. Midnight Mass
Monday, December 25 Christmas Day
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Carols

Lay Ministries
You’ve all had a chance to view the lay ministries’ description and sign-up sheets; and found one or more new
opportunities. If you have yet to decide what to do and/or have questions about a ministry, call one of the
following:

Anne Pierson Acolytes and Eucharistic Ministers 442-2025

Sanford Pyron Announcers 444-0968
Lynne Bean Coffee Hour 822-6086
Bob Hines Contribution Counters 445-8974
Elizabeth Harper-Lawson Eucharistic Visitors 445-1726
Marty Vega Lectors and Intercessors 443-9782
Vickie Patton Nursery and Sunday School 443-1825
Susan Whaley Ushers and Greeters 445-2924

ECW and Quilters Plus Both Gather December 6

Come for all or part of Wednesday, December 6 when Quilters Plus and ECW will both meet. Quilters will meet
at their usual time of 9:30 a.m. and ECW will follow at noon with a Holy Eucharist and potluck. We will also
prepare a treat for shut-ins and begin to assemble items to make Christingles for the 4 p.m. Christmas Eve
service. We may even lift our voices in song!

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 Thanks for Bringing Joy to Foster Families

A huge thank you to Parishioners and Quilters Plus! At the Thanksgiving Eve service Mtr. Nancy blessed
stocking stuffers and fleece blankets before they were delivered to the TFI Foster Family Resource Center. You
do make a difference. Below is a FaceBook post from TFI:
"Overwhelmed with thanksgiving for the continual support from Christ Episcopal Church. They collected stocking stuffers
that will be available to all foster youth at the Resource Center. And their Quilters Plus group made 22 fleece blankets that will help
provide comfort to a child as they enter care. The most special part included the prayer of blessing over the items ---that the child
receiving the items would sense God's peace and support."

Dan & Marty Vega December 2 Marita Musante December 5

Richard Streufert December 6 Lesley McCloghrie December 8
Curtis & Betsy December 8 Anne Pierson December 13
Schlueter
Ken Musante December 15 Denise Braafladt December 16
Carol Moorehead December 16 Anne Van Zandt December 19
Paul Gossard December 20 Howard & Peg Gardner December 22
Angus & Joan Stewart December 24 Jim Fassio December 25
Chris Hamer December 25

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We Are Marching in the Light of God....

Thank you to everyone for the great time at our

Stewardship Dinner. I had a "Blast" sharing the
evening with all of you who were able to attend
- approximately 73. Everyone who participated
was able to bring something to share in our
fellowship with each other. The food was
fantastic and all the salads, wine, breads and
desserts were scrumptious.

We had so much fun with our other events,

too. At the "Our Town" dinner we read parts
from the play, not knowing whose part we
would get, and shared a meal with each other.
At the "Treasure Tea" we brought gently-used
treasures to be donated for a raffle at the
Stewardship Dinner. With our raffle and silent
auction at the Stewardship Dinner, we raised approximately $700.00 for our scholarship fund. We could not have
done all of this without all of you bringing your energy and excitement to make this happen. I cannot thank you
enough.

Our pledge total so far is $175,000.00, and we are needing approximately another $25,000.00 to meet our
projected budget for 2018 with our new rector and expenses. If you can send in your pledge cards soon, we would
appreciate it. The budget must be approved by the Vestry at its December meeting.

I thank you all for your vigorous enthusiasm, encouragement and participation in all that we do to glorify God in
our mission at Christ Church as we love, honor and serve our Lord.

Sincerely,

Sanford Pyron

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Stewardship Dinner 2017

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The Foster Parent Respite Event held Oct 27 featured an art project led by Marita Musante on Dia de los
Muertos (Day of the Dead). Pictured with the children are Jim Hendry at block-building; Emily Hines at
keyboards; Jose Posada creations (skull drawings decorated with flowers) with (l-r) Jim Hendry, Emily Hines,
Mother Nancy, and Heidi Erickson; and Marita Musante's storytime about Day of the Dead.

Nancy+

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 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Do you know -
1. where a fire extinguisher is located in the church?
2. how to operate a fire extinguisher?
3. where you can locate a first aid kit?
4. where an emergency radio is located?
5. that we have emergency lighting if there is a power out at night?
6. where to turn off the water, gas and electricity to our campus buildings?
7. how to respond if there is a fire, earthquake or tsunami?
8. if you live in a tsunami zone?
9, how to put out an oil fire in the kitchen
10. how to help someone who is injured until medical help is available?

These questions and more are being addressed by your Disaster Preparedness Team: Sara Hines, Royal McCarthy,
Renee Ross, Anne Pierson and former team members, Veva Stone and Marty Van Zandt.

Next Sunday, when you attend church services, see if you can find the fire extinguishers located in our various
church buildings. There are 8 of them plus 3 more in the basement (these 3 require a master key to access).

Then, take time to locate where the gas valves (and tools required) and water cut off sites are located. Hint – there
are 3 gas valves and 2 water cut off sites.

Turning off the electricity isn’t a simple process at church. You will need a master key or someone who possesses
one to access the subpanel in the basement beneath the kitchen. But – the subpanel for both the Education Bldg.
and the Zander Building is easily accessible. Do you know where that subpanel is? The master electrical box
located outside (do you know where?) has issues that will be addressed to create easier access.

As of October 8th you will find the following available at church:

• A RED Emergency & Disaster binder showing the location and information re fire extinguishers, first aid
kits, and how to shut off the utilities

• An emergency radio utilizing multiple power sources

• Emergency lighting in every building

• First aid kits by the fire extinguishers: in the kitchen, chapel and education building are already in place. 2
smaller first aid kits are awaiting shipment which will be located in the church office and Zander Bldg.

To be completed:

• Floor plans posted in every building along with information on the proper emergency response to earthquakes
and tsunamis.

• Telephone Trees organized by residential zones and lead people for each zone (are you willing to be one? See
Sara Hines).

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 Disaster Preparedness
Supplies for your Home

Supplies –
For those of you interested in having an emergency radio and emergency lighting
like what has been purchased for the church online via Amazon, here is the purchasing information:

Emergency Radio:
KAITO KA500RED 5-Way Powered
Cost: Approximately $50
This radio can be powered via hand crank, built in solar panel, regular batteries,
Rechargeable batteries and electrical outlet using the AC acapter.

AC Adapter for the radio:

KAITO AD500 AC Adapter for KAITO Voyager Series Radios
Cost: Approximately $10

Emergency lighting:
American Red Cross Blackout Buddy
Cost: Approximately $20 for two or $10 each.
These units plug into an outlet to charge their rechargeable batteries. If there is
a power failure, they will light up to provide emergency lighting. When the lights come back on, their
rechargeable batteries will become recharged for the next power out. The Blackout Buddy can also be unplugged
and used as a flashlight.

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Christ Church has once again provided a
venue for David Powell, operatic tenor and
member of Christ Church since the age of
five, to perform a classical concert. Members
of our church have extended their helping
hands over the years to support David on his
path toward a life of giving musical joy, and
again on Saturday, December 10, at 8:00 p.m.
they will be working with his very proud
mother, Laura Rose, to set up, take tickets,
arrange refreshments, and sit back to enjoy
the uniquely beautiful tenor voice that is
David's gift from God.
This month's concert is a special one in a
number of ways. Die Schöne Müllerin (the
Miller's Daughter) is Schubert's most famous
and popular song cycle. A song cycle is like a
mini-opera, with all the songs sung by one
voice. Usually that voice must carry the entire www.davidbeltonpowell
Suggested donation: $25 General; $17 Student
story, but this concert has an added feature
that will add meaning to those of the audience
to whom German is a foreign tongue.
James Hildebrant, a master puppeteer from Dell'Arte, has created a shadow puppet show for a big screen to
accompany each song. His puppetry is an art of its own, and he and David are very excited about this unusual
collaboration. Speaking of accompaniment, John Chernoff, piano virtuoso, is accompanying David's voice on our
grand piano.
David wants to thank all of the members of Christ Church for giving him his beginning in music. His first vocal
solo was "The Blue-Green Earth" at age six, taught to him by Pat Person. He was not likely to have studied opera if
God's serendipity had not put him beside Ken Hannaford one day in our church choir. Ken talked to him
afterward, saying he had the voice to be an opera singer, and that when David got to HSU he would love to work
with him. Sadly, Ken was not with us long enough for that to happen, but David got a great start at HSU, working
with Jim Stanard, and Ken had inspired him to follow his voice where it would lead. In the following years David
has put on six concerts here at Christ Church. He has also acted in and helped to produce a number of local plays
with Ferndale Repertory and North Coast Repertory Theaters.
David attended the Boston Conservatory of Music where he was immediately cast in their tenor operatic roles. He
had to come back to Eureka when he became ill, but when he recovered he went back East to study with a member
of the Julliard faculty. After two years of hard work and several roles (playing the role of Tamino in The Magic Flute
at Lincoln Center and the Symphony Space with the New York Lyric Opera, and the role of Newland Archer in the
world premiere of Age of Innocence with Classical Singing ) his teacher recommended that he come home to finish his
Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Music at HSU and his Master's Degree in Physical Theater at Dell'Arte. This spring,
with God's help, both of those goals will be accomplished.
Asked where his passion for music will lead him, David shakes his head. The concert he is performing on
December 9 may be a vehicle to take on tour around the U.S. and even to Europe. He may audition for operas in
France, Germany and England. Right now he is focused on finishing his schooling and watching for the next steps.
Wherever they go, music will lead his way.
David will be singing "Every Valley" from Handel's Messiah and several Christmas Carols with the Eureka
Symphony on December 1 and 2, his first experience with that organization. He will also sing the Handel piece
here on December 3 when the bishop visits us and his mother steps up for confirmation. If anyone wishes to
attend David's December 9th concert of Die Schöne Müllerin, tickets are available at his website:
www.davidbeltonpowell.com.

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 The Cycles of Prayers for our Diocese and the Anglican Communion

Please pray for the dioceses, congregations, and clergy listed below on the Diocesan and Anglican cycles of prayer.

Every Sunday, our Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Barry L. Beisner, requests we pray for:
The Diocese of Jerusalem, The Most Rev. Suheil Dawani, Archbishop and newly elected Primate for the Province
of Jerusalem and the Middle East, the Diocese of Jerusalem, and for the Christians in the Holy Land

Every Sunday, The Very Rev. Sara Potter, Dean of our Semper Virens Deanery, has asked us to pray for:
The congregations of our Deanery and especially for the people of St. Francis, Fortuna. Bless them with unity and
grace as they move with courage and hope through a time of transition. Lord in your mercy,

Specific Sunday Prayers for our diocese and the Anglican Communion:

December 3, Pray for:

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer:
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Nevada City, The Rev. Bradley Helmuth, Associate, The Very Rev.
Mary Hauck, Associate, The Rev. Philip Reinheimer, Associate, The Rev. Davis Ferrell, Deacon
Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
West Buganda – (Uganda) The Revd Henry Katumba-Tamale

December 10, Pray for:

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer:
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oroville, The Rev. Bill Rontani, Supply Priest
Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
Western North Carolina – (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Jose Antonio McLoughlin

December 17, Pray for:

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer:
St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church, Paradisa, The Rev. Ann Sullivan, Rector

Anglican Cycle of Prayer:

Wyoming – (VI, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd John Smylie
December 24, Pray for:
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer:
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Petaluma, The Very Rev. Daniel Currie Green, Rector, The Rev.
Jeanette Myers, Associate, The Rev Normal Cram, Associate, The Rev. Mara Arack, Deacon
Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
Yola – (Jos, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Markus Ibrahm

December 31, Pray for:

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer:
Our Saviour Episcopal Church, Placerville, The Rev. Debra Warwick-Sabino, Priest-in-Charge, The
Rev. Dr. Christine Leigh-Taylor, Associate, The Rev. Stephen Shortes, Deacon
Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
Zululand – (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Monument Makhanya

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January 7, Pray for:
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer:
Christ the King Episcopal Church, Quincy, The Rev. Matthew Warren, Vicar
Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia, The Most Revd Winston Halapua
Bishop of Polynesia and Primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New
Zealand and Polynesia, Bishop of Taranaki – (Aotearoa New Zealand & Polynesia) The Most
Revd Philip Richardson

If you wish to offer prayers daily for the church in the world, our Anglican Cycle of Prayer has a daily list of
diocese and clergy who would benefit from your prayer ministry. This list can be obtained via this website:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/resources/cycle-of-prayer/download-the-acp.aspx

If this does not bring up the full prayer list for the year, tap on “View” on the line ACP 2017 Full version View
under Anglican Cycle of Prayer (January 2017-December 2017 and you will access the daily Anglican Cycle of
Prayer. If you do not have a computer, I would be glad to make a copy of the 2017 Anglican Cycle of Prayer for
you.
Anne Pierson

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 December 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 1 Advent 4 5 6 7 8 9
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Quilters...PLUS Noon Centering
10:40 a.m. Sunday School 5:30 p.m. Advent Noon Holy Eucharist & Prayer 8 p.m. David Powell
Program ECW Potluck Recital
5:30 p.m. Choir Practice
10 2 Advent 11 12 13 14 15 16
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Noon Centering 10 a.m. Worship
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist 5:30 p.m. Advent 5:30 p.m. Choir Practice Prayer Committee

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10:40 a.m. Sunday School Program
3 p.m. Ferndale Community
Choir
17 3 Advent 18 19 20 21 22 23
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Noon Centering
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist 5:30 p.m. Advent 5:30 p.m. Choir Practice Prayer
10:40 a.m. Sunday School Program
12:30 p.m. Vestry meeting
24 4 Advent/Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day 26 St. Stephen 27 St. John 28 Holy Innocents 29 30
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m. Holy Noon Centering
4:00 p.m. Christingle Eucharist with 5:30 p.m. Choir Practice Prayer
10:00 p.m. Choral Prelude Carols
10:30 p.m. Midnight Mass
31 1 Christmas
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist
10:40 a.m. Sunday School
 The Rt. Rev. Barry L. Beisner
Bishop, Diocese of Northern California

Staff
The Rev. Lesley McCloghrie
Interim Rector

The Rev. Nancy Streufert

Associate Priest

The Venerable Pam Gossard

Deacon

The Rev. Anne Pierson

Deacon

Merry Phillips
Organist and Music Director

Dr. Douglas Moorehead, Organist Emeritus

John Hammond, Sexton

Shirley Curtis, Administrative Assistant

Vestry
Lyn Klay, Senior Warden
Heidi Erickson, Junior Warden
Jackie Moore, Julie Cairns, Irene Hannaford, Lin Chase,
Helen Taylor, Elizabeth Harper-Lawson, Belinda Zander,
Bob Hines, Rex White, Gail Freeman Asst. treasurer
Bob Hines, Treasurer, Peg Gardner, Clerk
Church office: 625 15th Street
P.O. Box 861
Eureka, California 95502
Phone (707) 442-1797
Fax (707) 442-5647

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