Contribute Names of Beloved Departed for All Saints’ Sunday Worship
During our All Saints’ Sunday worship on November 1, we will offer a spoken litany (traditionally known as the necrology) naming our beloved departed who have died in the past year. On this particular Sunday we celebrate the communion of saints, living and dead, and their witness of faithful living. We invite you to submit the name of friends or family members you would like to add to this list that will be prayed during communion. To do so, please email names to Carrie Bush (cbush@stchristopherschatham.org) by Wednesday, October 28.
Facilities Committee Seeks A Volunteer to Update the Operations & Maintenance Manual
Periodically the Operations & Maintenance Manual for St. Christopher’s needs to be revised and updated. We are searching for a volunteer familiar with Microsoft Word to take control of this document. Duties include editing and developing text, creating simple block diagrams, inserting scanned materials into the text, and responsibility for consistency in fonts, format, etc. throughout the document. Volunteer can work at home or in the church at your convenience. If you are interested in supporting this important mission please contract our Facilities Manager, Ali Crockett, at acrockett@stchristopherschatham.org. Your assistance will be much appreciated!
Reminder to Send in Altar Flower Donations
We appreciate the generosity and thoughtfulness expressed by members of the community who have remembered loved ones or celebrated milestones by signing up to sponsor our altar flowers on a given Sunday morning. We remind you to please send your donations for these flowers to the office as close to the date of your memorial Sunday as possible. Memorials and celebrations are included by name each week in the Prayers of the People and the leaflet. There are still “open” Sundays for sponsorship before the end of the year. Just check the poster in the atrium and add your names. Thank you!
Wednesday Contemplative Prayer to Resume in November
Our regular Wednesday Contemplative Prayer offering on Zoom came to an end in that format this June. Our hope was to restart a contemplative prayer ministry in a new format, largely in-person, this September. Given calendar conflicts with many Wednesday mornings in September and October, Rev’d Jennifer has decided to postpone the start of a new offering to the first week of November coinciding with the celebration of All Saints’. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information later this fall.
New Streaming Assistant Needed
Do you know someone? Please contact Rev. Jennifer if you know someone with the skills and availability to operate our livestream and audio systems. The position would be paid and have a few extra duties such as opening and locking up the church on Sunday mornings. Weekly Sunday availability is required.