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Community of ChristChurch
Faith News 12.23.20 |
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For Christmas Eve Zoom Worship, you are invited to bring the following items into your worship space:
~ Advent Wreath
~ Communion Elements (bread or cracker + wine, juice or water)
~ A candle (or flashlight, lantern, glow stick, phone app, etc.) to light for the singing of Silent Night.
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Christmas Eve YouTube information:
The Christmas Eve worship video will be available on YouTube
later in the evening on 12/24.
Bookmark this link: ChristChurch YouTube channel
The upload process to YouTube takes some time. Please be patient if you check the channel and the Christmas Eve video is not there. Keep checking!
We have uploaded other content to our YouTube channel while you are waiting for the Christmas Eve service to upload.
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Online Interactive Worship with
Holy Communion
Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 9:30am
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Online Worship Logistics:
- The online doors to our Zoom worship will open at 9:00am.
- From 9am to 9:30am, the worship space will be open for folks to gather and get settled in. Our worship service will begin at 9:30am.
- Holy Communion is part of our online worship. We encourage you to prepare by putting together your own communion set from whatever you have handy in your kitchens and pantries. Please have these items nearby when you join us online.
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Joining by phone:
If you are not able to join worship via your personal computer, tablet or
smartphone you are welcome to join using your phone.
- Call this number: 1-669-900-6833
- Use the meeting ID: 669 927 281
- Enter password 080114
You will find yourself in our Zoom worship space.
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Information for Sunday, December 27th
Pastor Juan Carlos works for the Oregon Synod as Bishop’s Associate for Inter-cultural and Inter-religious Mission.
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You are invited to wear Christmas PJs or Christmas Sweaters for Zoom worship on December 27th. |
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New Announcements & Reminders: |
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Online office holiday hours
Pastor David will be keeping a reduced work schedule over the holidays and will be unavailable via email and phone between Christmas and the New Year, except for pastoral emergencies. In the event of an emergency, please dial 503-617-9526, and select extension 4, to reach Pastor David by phone.
Rachael will be working limited hours on Tuesday, December 29th and Wednesday, December 30th. Please email her if you have urgent needs/updates.
Typical online office hours will resume on Tuesday, January 5th.
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Update on Sacred Circle Socks from Violet Thetford:
I finally received my order of socks. So today I made special deliveries of:
- 35 Christmas and 30 regular pairs to Westside Queer Recourse Center - HomePlate
- 80 pairs Christmas socks to Beaverton school district
- 120 pairs to Emma Jackson for Lifeline Connections in Vancouver
- And I still have 150 pair for our January donation to Blanchet House
There’ll be a lot of warm, dry, feet this Christmas. Thank you everyone for making this happen. God bless you all. |
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Online gathering open to all:
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Crafts. Coffee. Connection.
Every Saturday
10am - noon
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End of Year Electronic Giving
We can't pass our offering basket this Christmas season during online worship, so we encourage you to automate your end of year giving.
Online giving reduces staff and volunteer processing time. Electronic giving also offers an easy way to give on a recurring basis.
THANK YOU to everyone that has signed up!
Visit:
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Community of ChristChurch
This is Christ's church. There is a place for you here.
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Mailing address:
Community of ChristChurch
3300 NW 185th Ave #224
Portland, OR 97229
(503) 617-9526
www.comchristchurch.org
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Online Office Information
As of August 2020, Community of ChristChurch operates as an online office with staff working remotely.
Currently, all gatherings are online, using Zoom.
Staff contact information:
Pastor David Eppelsheimer
pastordavid@comchristchurch.org
Administrative & Communications Coordinator
Rachael Jans admin@comchristchurch.org
Prayer Requests
admin@comchristchurch.org
Electronic Giving
Since we can't pass our offering basket during online worship, we encourage you to automate your giving. Online giving reduces staff and volunteer processing time. Electronic giving also offers an easy way to give on a recurring basis.
THANK YOU to everyone that has signed up!
Go to https://app.easytithe.com/App/Giving/comchristchurch and select the checkbox ‘Make this gift recurring’.
You will be walked through the steps for setting
up an account with Easy Tithe.
Submissions for Faith News:
Do you have an article or piece of news to
share with the congregation?
Email your submission for Faith News by 2pm on Wednesday via email.
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