December 4, Second Sunday of Advent
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 11:56AM 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 Revised Standard Version
Annual Giving for 2017 is underway
Church of the Angels Annual Giving for 2017
Last Sunday after the 10:15 Liturgy, one of our new parishioners commented that our Annual Giving Drive was “very gentle.” This person has wide experience in the Episcopal Church and said that what we do stands in sharp contrast to other parishes he knows. “There was Bills talk,” he said, “And that was about it.”
He’s right, we do the Annual Giving Drive in a very low-key way and through the years, parishioners have generously supported the parish with their tithes and offerings. Year by year when Bill talks to us, he simply states the facts, and invites all to join in and take part.
This year we have added something to make the process of Pledging even more gentle. In addition to our regular mailing with a pledge card and return envelope, we have made it possible to submit your pledge on line. We have a link to our website which you can go to, fill out, and submit your pledge.
To access on line pledging go to : : http://www.coa-pasadena.org/pledge
When you press the “Submit” button your pledge card will automatically go to an email address specifically for the Parish Treasurer.
If you have already submitted your Annual Giving Pledge for 2017, we thank you. If you haven’t yet, please make use of the on line pledge link. The mail in cards are fine too. If you’ve never make an Annual Giving Pledge before, we urge you to consider doing so. In a parish our size, everyone’s contribution is vital.
Christmas Flowers and Decorations for the Church
We have begin taking sign up for donating toward the decorating of the Church for Christmas. People can sign up to decorate for the various flower arrangements.
Thank you to those who have signed up so far. Opportunities are still available
Entrance Arrangement: $50.00 Covered
Window Arrangements $40.00 each. 4 Sign ups Need 3 more
Altar Arrangements $50.00 each Covered
Greenery around the baptistery: $70.00 1 Sign Up Need 1 more
Poinsettias $10.00 each. Need Lots & Lots
We’ll have some pictures so everyone can see what they are donating.
Along with the Sign Up there will be a place to write your memorial or offering. All those will be acknowledged in the Christmas bulletins.
Altar Flowers for 2017
Thank you to everyone who has signed up for Altar Flowers for 2017 so far. There are still many Sundays available for those who would like to give Altar Flowers for 2017.
January 22, & 29
February 5, 12, & 19
April 23 & 30
May 7
June 18
July 2, 16, 23, & 30
September 10,
October 1 & 8
November 12, 19, 26
December 3 & 31
You can email a sign up if you like
See the Sign Up Sheet on the table outside Church on Sunday.
Outreach Committee
Community Service Update: The parish's Outreach Committee is busy thinking up a new approach to COA involvement with the external community. In the coming weeks, we'll ask you to complete a survey about your past and current community involvement and ideas about local needs, causes, or charitable activities you'd like to see Church of the Angels lead or be involved in. Once the committee has a sense of parish interests via the survey, they will formulate a plan for our external community service in 2017. Stay tuned for the upcoming survey, and thank you in advance for your participation and ideas.
Food For Thought
On the Food For Thought Table this Sunday, there will be extra copies of a wonderful piece of long form journalism. The article is from the recent issue of Harpers and is entitled, A Priest in the Trees. It is the story of an Episcopal priest, who began his life as a forest ecologist, and now has formed a congregation he calls, The Church in the Woods. It’s a story of conversion, in that he once had no use for religion, spiritual depth and contemplative prayer, liturgy, and social concern based not on activism but the deepest resources of the Christian Tradition. The author understands as in “gets it,” in terms of what the faith means. Once again, we have a very secular publication talking about the deep things of faith. Also, we get a glimpse of the Episcopal religious sensibility at its best. http://harpers.org/archive/2016/12/the-priest-in-the-trees/
Following on the same theme of Christianity’s impact on the world at large, from The New York Times Magazine, The Passion of Martin Scorsese This article is about his soon to be released film Silence, based on the novel by Shusako Endo. The tag line to the article says,
“In his new film Silence,” he returns to a subject that has animated his entire life’s work and that also sparked his career’s greatest controversy: the nature of faith.
This could be a really good book for Emmaus Road, and getting a group of parishioners to view the film and discuss it afterwards. Stay Tuned!
Emmaus Road: Monday November 21, 7:00 p.m.
The Great Courses: Reading Biblical Literature from Genesis to Revelation
Emmaus Road begins a program looking at portions of a new class from The Teaching Company’s Great Courses. Reading Biblical Literature From Genesis to Revelation. The Great Courses are lectures on a wide range of subjects given by outstanding, award winning college professors. The lectures are a half hour in length. We will jump around the course on the Bible and viewing specific topics in order of interest rather than chronology. The lecture for Monday will be: The Dynamics of Forgiveness. No reading is involved, Everyone is welcome to participate and you can come to any or all.