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Pledge for 2024 / Donate / Financials
Stewardship Campaign
posted on Nov 30, 2021 Our Stewardship Campaign has drawn to a close, but there are still many folks that we have not yet heard from and want to be certain that we give you all an opportunity to submit a pledge of support for 2022. Your financial gifts help us with our...
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Woodstock Hot Meals / Woodstock Clothing Closet / Woodstock Pantry
From the Church Office: A Home for the Houseless
posted on Nov 29, 2021 I received a phone call from a distraught mother first thing Monday morning. Her adult son has been living on the streets for the past seven years and has a progressive neurological disease that is slowly claiming his physical as well as his ment...
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Worship
Advent Reflections
posted on Nov 29, 2021 Anchor your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season with Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar . Pause each day for these brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting offered ...
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Woodstock Pantry / Woodstock Hot Meals
From the Church Office: Receiving & Giving
posted on Nov 23, 2021 A visitor came to the Church on Tuesday morning asking if we were still feeding people a hot meal on Saturdays. I told her that we still do, every Saturday come rain or shine. I also told her about the Woodstock Pantry that is open every Friday a...
Read MoreRector's Note: Happy Thanksgiving!
posted on Nov 23, 2021 Dear Saints,
Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I wanted to pass along a few resources that might be helpful:
This thought provoking article from author and religious commentator Diana Butler Bass, titled " The Turkey Hostage Situation : R...
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Worship
Thanksgiving Prayers
posted on Nov 23, 2021 A Prayer for Thanksgiving Day Almighty and gracious Father, we give you thanks for the fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those who harvest them. Make us, we pray, faithful stewards of your great bounty, for the provis...
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Calendar
Advent Resiliency Calendar
posted on Nov 23, 2021 Advent is coming. It is a time of waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. I have heard from so many that they are tired, frustrated and feeling low energy. The Pandemic has been exhausting. I wonder if we can help each...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Rector's Note: Christ the King & Thanksgiving
posted on Nov 19, 2021 Dear Saints, The holidays are upon us! Christmas lights are starting to go up in our neighborhoods. Grocery store displays are looking extra cheerful and abundant. And you can now buy chocolate Advent calendars and poinsettias. I love the hol...
Read MoreAsk the Verger: What is Advent?
posted on Nov 17, 2021 Advent, (from Latin adventus, "coming"), in the Christian church calendar, the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and also of preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. In Western churches, Adve...
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Woodstock Clothing Closet / Social Justice & Advocacy
The St. Francis Clothing Closet Sock Drive
posted on Nov 17, 2021 The St. Francis Closet is requesting donations of warm winter socks for men and women. Saturday sock distribution has increased and our supplies are low. Thank you so much for helping our most vulnerable neighbors stay warm this winter.
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