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 today, 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.

Church members and friends are welcome to make gifts

of appreciated stock to Christ Church. The account information for such donations is:

Smith Barney
DTC #418
For acct. of Christ Church
Acct. #521-00486-1-6

Church Financial Secretaries, Anne Soper or Mary Campbell, should be notified of the specific stock being donated.

High School Service Trip Meeting: We are taking the High School youth on a Service Trip this summer to some of the more impoverished areas of Appalachia (in New York State). We will be doing construction to repair the homes of impoverished families and individuals. It is with an organization called R.I.S.E (The Risingville Intercommunity Service Effort) and it is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. If you are interested, we are having a meeting with parents and youth (who will have completed 9th-12th grade this summer) THIS SUNDAY December 13th at 6:00 to discuss details of the trip and to see who could commit to a trip like this.

Camp Bernie Trip Meeting: For the parents and youth involved in the Camp Bernie retreat in January, we will be meeting on December 20th after the 9:30 service for a short informational mandatory meeting. If you cannot make this meeting, please email Caroline at .

The Board of World Fellowship (BWF) is “the outreach arm of Christ Church with a mission to serve and facilitate the endeavors of local, national, and international communities through financial and/or volunteer support organizations, projects, and emergency relief efforts” (BWF Guidelines, August 2003). BWF is especially interested in supporting the interests and volunteer activities of our congregation. If you have a passion for and/or involvement in a particular not-for-profit group who could benefit from greater financial and/or volunteer support, please contact Co-Chairs Rebecca Spence or Jan Glassman, or any member of BWF (see "lists" in the Members section of the church web site for BWF members and contact information).

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 Nora at

Sitter Available! Tom Ellison is Red Cross certified for babysitting and infant/child CPR and looking for babysitting jobs. Tom is 12 (13 in June) and very responsible. His mother can help with transportation to jobs in the area, and can also host a child in our Summit home at parents' convenience. Please call Tom Ellison or Suzanna Zeitler for more information. Tom and his sister Betsy are also available for some pet-sitting jobs, although they have two dogs of their own.