Christ Episcopal Church

Garberville Bach Festival, today at 2pm

The annual Garberville Bach Festival is taking place this afternoon at 2:00pm, at Grace Lutheran Church in Redway. Helen Hui and Doug Moorehead will be performing as part of the music offerings. Several children’s groups will also perform. Admission is free. (The church is located just across the street from the grocery store and opposite the Mateel Center.)

Spirit Shaped Community

Office help needed for Thursdays and fill-ins

Office volunteers are needed to answer phones and greet visitors at the door. We currently need assistance on Thursdays from 10-Noon. Fill-in times would be either Tuesday or Thursday from 10-Noon, or Wednesdays from 2-4pm. You can volunteer to assist weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or as an occasional fill in. For more information, call Diane Emerson at 445-0261, or you can call Heidi in the office at 442-1797.

Window of Time Committee

Window of Time is a program for our church members to help other members with short-term tasks (small household job, yard work, animal care, grocery shopping, etc.). Stop by the Welcome Table after service today to talk with a committee member and complete your volunteer form. It is our hope that we can begin assisting each other this fall with these small tasks.

Open Chapel

Have you noticed the sign on H Street during lunch time? On Fridays, from Noon to 1pm, through August, the chapel and garden are open for meditation, prayer and a peaceful place to bring a lunch and enjoy this sacred space.

Introduction to Godly Play

Saturday, August 21^st, from 10am – 2pm in the Heritage Room, guest speaker Diane Bamforth will introduce and present several stories from the Godly Play Program. Everyone is invited to see how these wonderful stories are presented to our Church School Children using beautiful hand-made materials. Please sign up in Heritage Hall. Lunch will be provided. For more information contact Vickie Patton: jvpatton1978@sbcglobal.net or 443-1825

An Altar In the World, a geography of Faith

Fr. Ron will be leading conversations Tuesdays, August 24 and 31, on Barbara Brown Taylors new book, An Altar in the World, a geography of Faith. In these conversations we will discover meaningful ways to discover the sacred in the small things we do and see, from simple practices such as walking, working and prayer. We will look at simple ways to live with purpose, pay attention, slow down and revere the world we live in.

This book discussion will meet in the Chapel at 12:00-1:00, repeated again 6:30-7:30 that day. Please sign up at the kiosk if you would like a copy ordered for purchase.

‘Life in the Kingdom of God’: The Gospel of Luke in Pentecost 2

A 13-week series to study and reflect on the Sunday Gospel readings during the second part of Pentecost will be held in the chapel on Thursday afternoons 4:00 – 5:00pm. The Series begins on Thursday, August 26 and will run through Thursday, November 18. Each session will be followed by a 20 minute Evening Prayer service beginning at 5:00pm. For more information, see the August Chronicle article or contact Nancy Streufert at nstreufert@earthlink.net or 442-1212.

‘Sundays at 4’ Concert August 29

Christ Church Concert Series presents its final ‘Sundays at 4’ concert for the season on August 29th at 4:00pm, featuring vocal music accompanied by organ. Soprano Elizabeth Rau will perform various settings of the Lord’s Prayer text, accompanied by Greg Granoff on organ. Betty Burton accompanied by Doug Moorehead on organ will perform a variety of songs. She and Elizabeth will sing together in the duet, “Laudamus te,” from Vivaldi’s GLORIA. Doug Moorehead 443-0700.