Christ Episcopal Church

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Sunday “Fun” Annual Schedule.
Beginning of each year – The Sunday after Labor Day
                         End of year – Sunday before Memorial Day
We determine, each summer, when we will gather for Sunday “Fun”.
                        No Sunday “Fun” on the following Sundays:
                        The Sunday After Thanksgiving
                         Two Sundays around Christmas/New Years
                         (coordinate with public school schedule)
                          Easter Sunday, and the Sunday after Easter

The following summary is a quick glance at the Acolyte and Sunday “Fun”
activities/community outreach:

Souper Bowl Sunday – special monetary collection for local food pantry
Polar Bear Plunge – Episcopal Eskimos got wet to raise money for the Delaware Special Olympics
                        at Rehoboth Beach, with the air temperature at 23º and the
                        water temperature at 39º.
Lenten Project – studied symbolism, made Lenten panels using drawings,
                       transferred to cloth and rendered with cloth paint.
Easter Egg hunt.
Senior Recognition/Volunteer Recognition Sunday –
                          Rachel Cohee, Candice Pyne, and Brenna Whalen graduated high school.
We exceeded the volunteer hours from 2006.
First time having four “Fun” Sundays during the Summer
Scavenger hunt – Sunday “Fun” kick-off
Church Craft Fair – youth volunteered
Samaritan’s Purse – Shoebox project, which sent Christmas gifts to children in
                         under-developed   countries
Bishop’s visit – Youth Bell Choir rang Silent Night
Youth Christmas Party – made and decorated cookies, painted ornaments, and stamped cards

We are very proud of the dedication of our acolytes. For the first time, in a long time, we have a full compliment of acolytes, which are working as “teams”.

Carrie is thankful for the commitment of
                  Karen Esposito and Loretta Edmonson, as well as, the Nursery volunteers.
                 All are welcome to participate with us any Sunday.

We greatly appreciate the loyalty of our parish families to have their precious young ones join us whenever possible. They are an awesome group of people.

Sincerely,
Roland & Carrie Cohee

Outreach—

The ongoing growth of our Church has led the Vestry to fund Outreach in our budget. This will allow a greater effort on our part to help where help is needed. The Outreach Committee of Sharon Bailey, Peggy Gallego, Hilde Parkhurst Dottie Vuono and Don Blair welcomes anyone interested in participating on this committee. They will meet at least quarterly or as needed to determine the needs we should respond to. We welcome being informed of any special needs in the community for consideration. The “Matthew Project” will now be a basic part of this fund and as such will not require a special appeal during Lent. We hope this approach will still result in your consideration of the unexpected when the need arises.

Thank you.
Don Blair, Chair

Prayer Shawl Committee

The Prayer Shawl Committee meets the first Wednesday of the
Month at 11:00 a.m. at Phyllis Robinson’s home. Please call
422-8470 for directions or any change in meeting times.
Thank you for your dedication.

Lay Eucharistic Visitor

If you are hospitalized, and do not let anyone know, do not expect a visit. In order for either the priest, or a Lay Eucharistic Visitor to visit you in the hospital, we have to know you are in the hospital!” We are good, but our notification of people in the hospital by the Holy Spirit is very limited at this time. It may get better in the future, but as of now, neither I, nor any Lay Eucharistic Visitor has been notified by the Holy Spirit of any one being in the hospital.”
Fr. Jim

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