Happy New Year!
Dear Ones,
Happy New Year! I hope your holiday celebrations were a source of joy and connection for you and yours. January is already turning into a busy month in our parish life, so there are a few things I want to draw your attention toward:
- Tomorrow evening is our Parish Social Hour from 5pm-7pm in Parish Hall – come out for some relaxed fun.
- Parish Clean-Up Day is Saturday, Jan 14 – all hands on deck! We want to make the place sparkle for Bishop Reddall’s visit!
- Bishop Reddall’s Visitation will be the following weekend: Sunday, Jan 22. We will confirm and/or receive over a dozen faithful people from age 14 on up! What a joyful morning it will be!
- Our Pastoral Care Training Weekend is January 27-28 (Friday evening & Saturday day) – if you want to learn the skills and protocols to care for your fellow parishioners, this is for you! RSVP to info@ccaaz.org.
- The Annual Meeting is Sunday, January 29 at 11:30am– when we elect our nominees (they were detailed in an email yesterday!), deal with the business of the church, and celebrate all that’s to come in 2023. It will be a potluck, and signups are in the Narthex – please bring something to share!
Blessings to all of you. I know we are still in this ‘in-between’ time which can be hard, but I urge you: keep showing up, keep supporting your church, keep loving one another…all we have is this moment, right now. We cannot live in the past, we cannot live in the future – we can only follow Jesus Christ right now, together. It’s a privilege to do just that with you
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Fondly,
Mother Erika
The Rev. Canon Erika von Haaren
Interim Rector
Christ Church of the Ascension