In this week’s Update you will find information on the following (more details on each of these below):
- Discipleship Hour Reminder
- Guatemala Mission Trip
- Seeking Administrative Help
- Park Place “Friend-Raising” Luncheon
- Women’s Retreat
- Diocesan Regional Retreat
- NEST Outreach Opportunity
- Camp Booyah for Youth
Discipleship Hour Reminder
It’s not too late to sign up and attend one of the Discipleship Hour classes, meeting at 9:00am every Sunday before worship. Click HERE to sign up for if you haven’t already! Here are the classes being offered:
Track 1. Anglican Ethos – led by Fr. Brian Campbell. This is part of our Membership Track at CtR, so if you are interested in exploring membership at Christ the Redeemer, we highly encourage you to attend!
Track 2. “What Did You Expect?”, a Marriage Class – led by Janis Campbell & Matt and Jill Branch. They will be going through a study by Paul Tripp called, “What Did You Expect?” (Redeeming the Realities of Marriage). There will be a 20 minute video followed by discussion. Participants are welcome to purchase the book on Amazon (but not required). There will be six commitments made in the class; the first being: “We will give ourselves to a regular lifestyle of confession and forgiveness.”
Track 3. Jesus on Every Page: Reading the Old Testament with the Church Fathers – led by A.J. Nolte. For the earliest Christians, the Old Testament wasn’t seen as an impediment to knowing Christ, but rather as proof of His divine, redemptive presence in history. This class will delve into the methods by which the church fathers read the Old Testament, preparing both their hearts and minds to find Jesus on every page.
Guatemala Mission Trip
On January 16th – January 19th a small team from CtR will be working with an Anglican church by the same name in Guatemala. Christ the Redeemer Guatemala is a church which serves a population with severe material and spiritual needs both at their city dump village church and at their suburban church. Fr. David Watts, Dory Zimermann, Mark Beers, and Brad Embry will be going to CtR Guatemala to make this initial trip and hopefully begin to establish an ongoing relationship between our two congregations. Please pray for their preparations over the next two weeks!
Seeking Administrative Help
Our Administrative Assistant, Sydney Seligman, and her family are looking forward to the the birth of a baby boy in March! We are looking for someone to fulfill her maternity leave from mid-March to mid-June (and maybe beyond). Please email us at ctrsec@gmail.com if you, or someone you know, might be interested in helping out during this time. Thank you.
Park Place “Friend-Raising” Luncheon
Current and future supporters and volunteers of Park Place School are invited to a “Friend-Raising” Luncheon on Thursday, February 6th, 11:30am – 1:30pm at First Presbyterian Church. Come and hear from the students, parents, and volunteers about how Park Place School is changing lives! There will also be a violin performance and a delicious meal provided. Please RSVP by January 31st to (757)624-3473 or bgarrett@parkplaceschool.org.
Women’s Retreat
Just a reminder that the Annual Women’s Retreat is coming up on February 21st – February 23rd, 2020, at Chanco on the James. It is not too late to sign up! Click HERE for the registration form. Please return the form and your $60 deposit as soon as possible. For those of you that have already signed up, be on the lookout for an email from Janie Atwood providing more information about the retreat and any remaining registration balances.
Diocesan Regional Retreat
The Diocese of Christ Our Hope’s 2020 Regional Retreat is fast approaching! Check out this video from Bishop Steve Breedlove for more information about the 2020 Regional Retreats. Just FYI, our church is in the Southeast region of the Diocese, which means that the retreat will be on February 13-15. To register, click here.
NEST Outreach Opportunity
CtR has the opportunity to help Crossroads Church with a ministry to homeless through the Norfolk Emergency Shelter Team (NEST) program the week of March 4th – 8th. The homeless guests are picked up by buses and taken to area churches for a hot meal, housing for the night, a hot breakfast and a take-away lunch. Crossroads has everything covered but the lunches. We can help by assembling the bag lunches at CtR each afternoon during March 4th-8th and deliver them to Crossroads. We will need funds to purchase the lunch foods and bags. If you want to contribute to this outreach, send a check or money to CtR earmarked for NEST. This is also an opportunity for families to volunteer together each afternoon to assemble the sandwiches and the bags. We will post a sign-up sheet closer to March for families to sign up. If you have any questions you can speak to Temple – t.richardson@cox.net .
Camp Booyah for Youth
Parents, registrar for Camp Booyah on their website and speak with David+ if you have any questions!
“Eternal Father, at the baptism of Jesus you revealed him to be your Son, and your Holy Spirit descended upon him like a dove: Grant that we, who are born again by water and the Spirit, may be faithful as your adopted children; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.” Amen.”
– Collect for The First Sunday of Epiphany, The Baptism of Our Lord (BCP 2019, p. 601)