THE SUNDAY SPIRIT - The Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter

Jesus said, "I will send you
another comforter from the
Father, even the spirit of
truth." John 14:16
THE SUNDAY SPIRIT
December 28th – January 3rd
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMFORTER
2701 PARK ROAD, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28209 • 704.332.4171
WWW .HOLYCOMFORTERCHARLOTTE. ORG
This Sunday at Holy Comforter
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Please Note: There will be NO Breakfast, Lemonade in
the Lobby, and Children’s or Adult formation this Sunday
to give all of our many devoted and truly appreciated
volunteers a Christmas break!
Nursery Care for children 3 and under, 7:45 a.m. – noon
Holy Eucharist, with Children’s Sermon, 8 – 8:50 a.m.
Choral Eucharist, with Children’s Sermon, 10:30 – 11:45
a.m.
La Misa en Español, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
The Epiphany Pageant will be NEXT SUNDAY, January 4th, at
the 10:30 a.m. service. A Three Kings Party will follow the service
in Henry Hall. Email Liz at [email protected] with any
questions or to sign up your little ones.
Happy New Year from the Vestry, Clergy and Staff of Holy
Comforter! Please note that the office is closed for Christmas
break. Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 6th,
however, Holly will be in the office to assist you with end of the
year receipts on December 29th, 30th & 31st from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Just a reminder, if you have a pastoral emergency after normal
business hours, on weekends and during holiday breaks, dial our
emergency pastoral care line at 980.819.1225 for on-call clergy support.
Consider a year-end gift to the Alden Music Fund: As you plan
your year-end giving, consider a contribution in honor or memory of a
loved one to the Alden Music Fund. The fund enables special musical
programming throughout the year, including guest musicians (such as a
string quartet this Christmas Eve). Your gifts would be most
appreciated and welcomed! If you have questions, please contact
Patrick Pope in the church office.
2015 Pledges Help us shrink this slice by
as of 12/22/2014 turning in your 2015 Pledge! As
of this week, we have heard from
220 parishioners who have
pledged a combined $749,470.
We’d like to thank those who have pledged for your continued
generosity. Yet, at 88%, we still have quite a way to go to meet
our 2015 goal.
How can you help? Just fill out a pledge card that is available at all
entrances to the church and drop it in the basket. You may also mail in
your pledge or pledge online at http://www.holycomforterclt.org/pledge.php
Congratulations to our new 2015 Wardens and
Officers! Effective January 1, 2015, Mark Becker
will be our Senior Warden, Anna Smith will be
Junior Warden, Chris Ravenberg continues as
Treasurer and Neil Coghill continues in his role as
Chancellor. A Clerk will be elected at the Vestry’s
January meeting. We’d like to express our sincere
thanks to those who will be rotating off the Vestry
at the end of 2014: Senior Warden Tammy
Langley, Junior Warden Allen Amos, Clerk
Arnoldo Marquez and Vestry member Susan
Brooks.
Didn’t get what you really
wanted for Christmas?
Then
purchase
these
beautiful notecards for a
great cause! Each package
has one of 8 Holy Comforter
windows. All cards are blank
inside
and
have
a
corresponding Bible verse on
the back. The package of 8 cards is $20 and
benefits the 2015 Youth Pilgrimage Trip. Special
orders are available for sets of a single image
(such as the Nativity for Christmas cards).
Purchase them the library or email
[email protected].
Give yourself a
gift that gives
back! Not only
does our gift shop,
Comforting
Treasures, support
Holy Comforter’s
own inreach and
outreach ministries,
but the shop also supports vendors who give back
to their own communities. New oil-infused
products from Thistle Farms support a
community of women in Tennessee who have
survived prostitution, trafficking and addiction.
Bridgewater Candles contributes a portion of sales
to international orphanages, so that every candle it
sells feeds a child for one day. So shop for a good
cause!
2015 Altar Flowers Dates Are Available! Open 2015 dates include:
Feb. 15th – which is the last date before Lent begins. The next available
dates are April 9th (Easter), May 10th (Mother’s Day), 17th, 24th; and all
the Sundays in June. Contact Elaine Wood at 704.529.1711 or
[email protected].
CONTACT US
704.332.4171
THE REV. KEVIN S. BROWN
THE REV. AMANDA KUCIK
Room In The Inn: Cold Weather Shelter
hosted by Holy Comforter
Volunteers Next Weekend,
Sat., Jan. 3rd – Sun., Jan. 4th:
Set-up: The Neel Family
Transportion: Susan Brooks, Butch Bickings one more car needed
Sat. afternoon and Sunday morning
Cook and serve: Jane & Charles Crutchfield, Nailah Gilmore &
Denise Spriggs, Pat English more
help needed for breakfast
Sunday morning
Overnight hosts: Paula Kay & Butch Bickings
Clean up: Palmer May
Weekend Coordinator: Paula Kay & Butch Bickings
Can you help? Contact Paula Kay Bickings
at 301-325-4735
Share Your Blessings, Change a Life
205
Rector
203
Associate Rector
THE REV. DR. DEB BLACKWOOD
206
Deacon
THE REV. C ANON GAY SILVER
206
Priest Associate
LAUREN CAVINS
209
Director of Hispanic Ministries
LIZ DAWKINS
219
Director of Youth and Children’s Ministries
TERRY ERTEL
201
Parish Secretary
PATRICK POPE, D.M US.
212
Director of Music
BONNIE ROTH
213
Director of The Weekday School
TRISH STUKBAUER
210
Director of Communications
HOLLY WILLIAMS
202
Parish Administrator
Volunteer in the Comforting Treasures Gift Shop! Want a fun easy
way to be involved and get to know other parishioners? Volunteer in
the Comforting Treasures Gift Shop! You can be involved, meet and
socialize with customers and enjoy retail therapy (whether it is theirs or
yours). Requirements: Welcoming attitude and a warm smile. No
previous experience necessary.
Contact Karen Crane at
[email protected] or 704-614-0169 to schedule a brief training
session. Come join us!
Do Some Good while you shop on Amazon.com! La Escuelita
Bilingual Preschool is now an AmazonSmile charitable
organization! For every purchase you make, Amazon contributes
0.5% at no cost to you. Simply select the preschool and help prepare
children for success and do your shopping! Thank you!
Epiphany video series from Episcopal Migration Ministries
Next week, on January 6th, the Episcopal Church will celebrate the
Feast of the Epiphany, which begins the six-week season of Epiphany.
Epiphany recognizes the manifestation of the divine in Jesus, the Christ
and recalls the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt to escape the
tyranny of King Herod, who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents in
Bethlehem.
Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus were refugees.
The Holy Family’s experience is mirrored today in the plight of more
than 50 million displaced persons worldwide, including nearly 17
million refugees. Many are in camps in places such as Rwanda, Kenya
and Jordan, hoping that someday it will be safe enough to return to
their communities. Some, however, find that they must journey to a
new country to begin again. For 70,000 refugees in 2014, that journey
brought them to the United States.
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY PASTORAL CARE
Call
980.819.1225
Staff email addresses are first name, last initial
@holycomfortercharlotte.org
VESTRY
TAMMY LANGLEY, ALLEN AMOS,
MARK BECKER, SUSAN BROOKS, CINDY GASH, DONNA
HARMON, ARNOLDO MARQUEZ, WRIGHT MEYER,
FORREST NORMAN, SUSANNE SHAW, ANNA SMITH AND
KEVIN TYDINGS
For the first four weeks of Epiphany (Jan. 11 –
Feb. 1), Episcopal Migration Ministries is offering
free, video-based lesson plans, available at
http://tinyurl.com/pjnm79t. The journey of a
refugee is never easy. Someday these journeys may
no longer be necessary. Until that day, please join
the #ShareTheJourney campaign to work toward
safer, brighter futures for refugees.
#ShareTheJourney is an effort to educate, form
and equip Episcopalians to engage in loving
service with resettled refugees and to become
prophetic witnesses and advocates on behalf of
refugees, asylees, migrants and displaced persons
throughout the world.
To learn more about supporting refugee
resettlement on a local level, contact Allison
Duvall at [email protected] or visit
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/emm.

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