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Dear St. Christopher’s Family,
This Sunday, we come together to celebrate the last of the great feasts of the Church Year: the Feast of All Saints. In many places, including St. Christopher’s, we can use this opportunity to remember our favorite stories of the heroes of the faith, like Francis and the Wolf, or Martin and the Beggar, or Drogo the Unattractive; even St. Christopher!
But we also have this opportunity to think this day about what it means for us to be saints. What is the meaning of our lives as individuals, as a parish, or as a Church, if not to become Holy, or to become Saints? How might we do that? Fortunately, we’re not alone. Those who have kept the faith before us and passed it along to us, our parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, holy and pious people from whom we learned a little bit about what God is like: these are the ones who show us how to be Holy, or a Saint.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.”
-Hebrews 12:1-2
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for Children at St. Christopher's
Join our younger friends this Sunday for a fun craft and activity about Jesus and caring for our needs!
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November 1-8
Sunday
10am Eucharist
11:30 Coffee Hour
Wednesday
10:30 Study Group-Conference Room
6:30 Choir Practice
Friday
5pm Ordination of Phylicia McFaddin to the Sacred Order of Deacons-St. Matthew's Cathedral
Saturday
Diocesan Convention
Sunday
10am Eucharist-MONTESSORI SUNDAY
11:30 Reception
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Phylicia McFaddin's Diaconate Ordination!
Friday, November 6, at 5pm, our own Phylicia McFaddin will be ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Price at St. Matthew's Cathedral. All of us have been a part of this journey and it's very important that we show up in force to support her in this remarkable and joyful occasion. More details will appear in this space as we get closer to the event.
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The Bible With and Without Jesus
This Week: Chapter 8-A Virgin Will Conceive and Bear a Child
How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
In this Bible study based on their book, The Bible With and Without Jesus, esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler take readers on a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament to show what the texts meant in their original contexts and then how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts.
Order here.
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Stewardship for 2027:
Please be our partner in ministry at St. Christopher's in 2026.. You can make your pledge to our annual fund using the link below, or fill out one of the pledge cards in the church. Thank you.
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