Good News - Christ Church Cranbrook
Good News - Christ Church Cranbrook
Good News - Christ Church Cranbrook
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Advent by Candlelight<br />
Ed Mullins ©<br />
aAdvent by Candlelight is an absolutely beautiful evening and a perfect<br />
way for busy women to start the holiday season. Beautifully decorated<br />
tables serve as the backdrop for shared hors d’oeuvres, dessert and<br />
coffee. Afterwards, a procession leads women into the sanctuary to<br />
enjoy music and hear four women of the church share their insights on<br />
the Advent season. Hostesses invite seven other women from inside<br />
and outside the church to join them, and provide festive decorations for<br />
their table, an hors d’oeurve to share and a favorite dessert.<br />
Advent by Candlelight will be Monday, December 7 at 6:15 PM.<br />
Contact Shelly Smith at 248.644.7530 for more information.<br />
Blue <strong>Christ</strong>mas<br />
Sunday, December 13 at 4 PM<br />
For some, the holidays have a way of focusing and heightening our<br />
sadness and fears. We can feel “out of step” with the celebration<br />
going on everywhere around us. At the Blue <strong>Christ</strong>mas service we<br />
will have a chance to address the issues that are weighing some<br />
of us down. There will be words of encouragement, prayers for<br />
healing, glimmers of light and hope for tomorrow. Please join us.<br />
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Holiday Giving<br />
aAt this time of year we often have parishioners<br />
who want to give a special <strong>Christ</strong>mas offering<br />
over and above their pledge. So that the<br />
church accounting office correctly interprets<br />
your giving intentions during the holidays,<br />
please do the following:<br />
If you wish to make a pledge payment:<br />
• Use your regular<br />
pledge envelopes<br />
for the month of<br />
December.<br />
• Make your<br />
check payable to<br />
“<strong>Christ</strong> <strong>Church</strong><br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong>.”<br />
• Write your envelope number and “2009<br />
Pledge Payment” on the memo line.<br />
If you wish to make a <strong>Christ</strong>mas<br />
contribution:<br />
• Use the <strong>Christ</strong>mas envelope dated<br />
December 25, 2009.<br />
• Make your check payable to “<strong>Christ</strong><br />
<strong>Church</strong> <strong>Cranbrook</strong>.”<br />
• Write your envelope number and<br />
“<strong>Christ</strong>mas 2009” on the memo line.<br />
If you would like to make both a<br />
<strong>Christ</strong>mas contribution and a pledge<br />
payment:<br />
• Please write separate checks and use<br />
the appropriate envelope for each<br />
contribution.<br />
4-Part Offering<br />
• When making your check for the 4-Part<br />
Offering for Altar Flowers, Music,<br />
Outreach and Columbarium, please<br />
indicate “4-Part Offering” on the memo<br />
line.<br />
• If you would like your offerings to be<br />
acknowledged in the <strong>Christ</strong>mas Eve<br />
bulletins, please return your request form<br />
no later than December 10.<br />
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