Sunday November 8, 24th Sunday after Pentecost

Daily Scripture Readings;  bookofcommonprayer.net/daily_office.php

See the different options.  There is full morning and evening prayer.  There is also the option of the readings only.  There is also an app for receiving the daily readings by email, or on a mobile device

 Sunday Scripture Readings:  bookofcommonprayer.net/lectionary.php

Set it for 1979 Contemporary, and the Bible version used in Church is RSV

Anglican Rosary:  Saturday, November 7,  9:00 a.m

The Anglican Rosary devotional group meets Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. in the Church.  Everyone is welcome.

 Emmaus Road:  New Book

The Emmaus Road Group will begin a new book.  It will be The Givenness of Things, by Marilynne Robinson.  Marilynne Robinson is the author the “Gilead Novels,  Gilead, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize, Home, the second in the series, and finally Lila.   These novels explore the lives of an elderly clergyman, John Ames, who pastors a church in Gilead Kansas, his family, and the people he serves.  They touch the deepest things in human life.  The Givenness of Things is non-fiction, a collection of essays on such topics as,  “Humanism, Grace, Servanthood, Awakening, Decline, Fear, Limitation, Realism, to name a few.  The book is readily available at Vroman’s  Everyone is welcome to join. 

We will skip Monday November 9, and begin on Monday November 16, 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall Living Room.

The Financial Page

God Works in Collaborative Ways

Church of the Angels Annual Giving for 2016

We’ve begun our Annual Giving Drive for 2016.  We ask everyone to make a pledge of financial support for our parish life for the year to come.  Annual Giving is one of the Four Fields of Christian Giving, the four different ways Christian people support the life and ministry of the Body of Christ, of which every baptized person is a vital and irreplaceable part. 

 Annual Giving:   A commitment of regular financial support that sustains the parish year by year.

 Mission Giving:   Making financial gifts beyond the parish for building the Kingdom of God through works of mercy and assistance to those in need through Episcopal Relief and Development, the Salvation Army, Hillsides Home, or other Church or secular organizations.

 Capital Giving:   Giving to improve, support, or expand the Church’s infrastructure. 

 Legacy Giving:   Making a provision for the Church in one’s estate planning so that one’s giving extends beyond their life time.  This is so those who come after us may have resources to continue the Church’s life and work, just as we have had resources from legacy gifts of those who came before us.  (Church of the Angels is itself a Legacy Gift)

Highlights from Bill Wood’s talk to us two Sundays ago

Bill Woods, who is on the Finance Committee spoke to both services two Sundays ago about Annual Giving.  Here are the main points.

1.  Inviting those who have not been regular supporters of the Parish to join us in supporting the life and work of Church of the Angels

2.  Sharing his own experience of doing his best to increase his pledge each year by 10%,  Bill invited regular givers to consider doing the same thing.

3.  Finally, Bill said he noticed that our Treasurer Leigh Torgerson looks happy when there is money.  Let’s all make Leigh happy!

Thanks Bill for your talk. 

Das Boot:  

Working on The Boat that is Church of the Angels Physical Plant

Getting Ready for El Nino

Fr. Bob replaced the Sump Pump under the Parish Hall.   Mud had gotten into the sump, hardened and caused the pump shaft to break.   He discovered this after the first rain.  He installed new pump has been installed with a pipe connection that allows the pump to be taken out and service.

Fr. Bob serviced the sump pump in the Church Basement.  This located in the closet in the downstairs bathroom which also contains the water heater and the organ pump.

 Getting ready for the rain also includes clearing gutters on all the Church buildings.  This includes the Church, Parish Hall, and Rectory.

 The same person who put the new coating on the Blind Valley of the Parish Hall, also repaired damaged slates on the Church roof

 It is also necessary to make sure the belfry is also clear so water can drain down the gutters and out instead of coming inside the clock room. 

 Count Down to Advent

Two thing will be on the table outside Church this Sunday which are signs of the winding down of the Church Year. 

Altar Flowers for 2016

There will be a sign up Sheet for Altar Flowers for 2016 outside Church this Sunday.  Please pick a Sunday (or several)  Sign your name, and write in the memorial or offering.   Altar Flowers are $55.00 a Sunday.

Year of Grace Calendars

The Year of Grace Calendars for the Christian Year which begins on the First Sunday of Advent, November 29, will be available for purchase on Sunday.  They come in three sizes:  Laminated Poster, which is great for hanging on your refrigerator door, Laminated Notebook size which is 11 x 17, and Paper Notebook size.   An envelope will be available for checks and cash. 

 Coffee Hour Sign Up: 

November and December

It is time to sign up for Coffee Hour for the months of November and December.  The Sign Up Sheet will be outside Church on Sunday. 

 However, you can sign up from the comfort of your own home as you sit before your computer.  

Sign Up at Church or email it into the Office.

 Food For Thought

On the Food for Thought Table this Sunday, two very different articles from two very different publications.

 1.  From the current New Republic,  A Backward Glance.  This is a review of Marilynne Robinsons new book:  The Givenness of Things.   As seen above, this will be the new book that the Emmaus Road Group will be reading.  Robinson writes:  “I miss civilization, and I want it back.  I want to overhear passionate arguments about what we are and what we are doing and what we ought to do.  I want to feel that art is an utterance made in good faith by one human being to another.  I want to believe there are geniuses scheming to astonish the rest of us, just for the pleasure of it.” 

 2.  From the current Handguns Magazine,  Fight or Flight:  How Avoidance Can Be Your Best Self-Defense Weapon.   When Fr. Bob was in the Citizen’s FBI Academy, on the firearms training day, the instructor said,  “If you shoot somebody, you’re looking at 10 years of litigation.”  This article talks about how to not find yourself such situations in the first place.  Last Sunday we heard Jesus say in the Gospel, “turn the other cheek.”   This article will show how to do that in a smart way. 

 Music with the Angels

Church of the Angels has hosted two of  three concerts over the months of October and November.  This continues our “Music with the Angels” outreach that began as part of our 125^th Anniversary.  We provide a venue for various music groups who need a place to perform. 

 November 8, 2015, 4 p.m. -- Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble.

Music for Two Harpsichords from Paris, Dresden, Leipzig, and Riga. Preethi de Silva, Ruta Bloomfield, Stephan Moss, harpsichordists. General admission $25; discounted tickets for seniors memebers of SCEMS, EMA, AMS, and Friends of Con Gioa, students, and children. Please Visit the Con Gioia website for more details.