LATE BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS
(More announcements are in the monthly newsletter, available in the narthex)

Here is today’s Sunday school schedule:

2-3 year olds  –  Room B-202

Pre-K & K  –  Room B-203

1st–5th graders  –  Room B-206 Assembly

6th–12th graders  –  Stay in Worship, or help with Assembly

The annual Church Financial Review meeting will be held on Sunday, December 13, in Barnwell Hall following the first service. The Executive Board will present the current and prospective operating budgets and provide opportunity for discussion and questions. The meeting is open to all. A formal Congregational meeting to approve the operating budget will be held in early January 2010. Please plan to attend both meetings.

Sign-Up NOW for ADVENT WORKSHOP on DECEMBER 6th: Our annual Advent Workshop is Sunday December 6th.

We will make advent crafts starting after the service at 10:30 and finishing by 11:30 to share a lunch of Chili and Pasta e Fagiole, then join together for a carol-sing and be done by noon. (There will be only one church service.) Adults and children of all ages will find fellowship, fun and great food. Join in a whirlwind of Christmas activities: making ornaments, gingerbread large or small houses, and for the truly “crafty”, assembling miniature boxwood trees or holiday wreaths.

It's the best way to kick off the Advent season, as well a make new ornaments and Christmas décor for our homes! Not into crafts? Then just socialize and join in for lunch and caroling. ($5 per person). Questions? Want to lead a craft? call Nora Holley

Please sign-up now so we can purchase supplies accordingly.

$10 per person

$40 a family (max)

Gingerbread House

large +$15

small + $5.00

Boxwood Trees + $20

Wreaths +$15

The Gingerbread House craft at the December 6 Advent Workshop urgently needs your empty, 1-pint cardboard containers, such as those used for heavy cream, orange juice, half-half. Please rinse them out and place them in the box under the main stairs. Thank you.

White Gifts: Each year at Christ Church, we collect Christmas gifts for homeless men, women and children that are distributed by our confirmation class on a Bridges Run a few days before Christmas. If you would like to participate, please purchase items from the following list, wrap them in white paper and bring them to church on December 20. At a certain point in the service, you will be asked to bring them up to the altar.

• New blue jeans (sizes 36 & up for men)

• New Sweatshirts (hoodies) (medium & up for men)

• New work boots (size 8 & up for men)

• New coats (large & x-large)

• New thermal underwear (top & bottom) (medium & up)

• New hats and gloves

• New Toys - please, no batteries required, no x-large items

• New pajamas for children (infant through adult sizes)

• Toiletry Kits (soap, shampoo, wash cloth, cream, lip balm, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush)

PROGRESSIVE DINNER JANUARY 30, 2010. Mark your calendars and save the date. You won't want to miss Christ Church's biggest social event of the year. Cocktail party at Lisa Butler and Bob Kelly's lovely home from 6-8pm, then a convivial dinner at one of 14 different host houses, ending with dessert, dancing and coffee at Kate and Chuck Rush's house. Invitations will be mailed in late December.

For more info email Nora at

SEEKING PROGRESSIVE DINNER HOSTS. Are you available on Saturday, January 30, 2010? Do you live in Summit? Do you like to entertain but are daunted by the thought of inviting guests, planning and preparing a dinner party menu? If so, let Church Life do the work for you. We'll send out the invites, assign guests, provide directions and take care of the food and drink. Here's all you will need to do!

• Get out the china and set the table for 10 or more.

• Pick up the prepared dinner and wine at 4 pm.

• Follow directions for reheating the food.

• Get dressed in your party clothes.

• Attend the Cocktail Party from 6-8 pm

• Serve dinner at your house to your guests.

• Entice/bribe/order the elves (teens) to do dishes

• Dessert, coffee and dancing at the Rush's at 10pm

Interested? contact Nora at

Peace Works Holiday Celebration - Peace Works has extended an invitation to Christ Church to attend their annual Holiday Celebration featuring Jean Rohe, a Latin American musician. The event includes food, music, holiday gifts andmore. Date: December 12, 2009 at 6:30 PM; Place: Friends Meeting House, 158 Southern Blvd, Chatham; Cost: $10 per adult (children free); RSVP: 973.765.9102. Please see the flyers on the table outside Barnwell Hall for more details. Note: Christ Church has a longstanding partnership with Peace Works through our support of, and participation in their work in Nicaragua.