On March 29th, in the Lenten spirit, the vestry and the stewardship committee are hosting the first ever Biblical Foods potluck lunch. The idea is to bring a dish that either would have been eaten during Jesus’ time or that contains ingredients referenced in the bible. For your convenience, in the narthex there are [...]
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Please join Cub Scout Pack 28, Boy Scout Troops 128 and 228 and Girl Scout Troop 597 of Rhinebeck in their fight against hunger. Your donation of non- perishable food and toiletries will help people in our area meet their basic needs. Your donation will go to local food banks to be distributed to [...] Thanks to everyone who participated in the Church of the Messiah Parish survey. At least one member of almost 50% of our households completed the survey. As we said, the survey is the first step to completing our parish profile. The nest step is to host a series of World Cafe meetings to expand [...] We are looking for digital photographs of church events from the past year. If you have a photo you would not mind sharing, please forward it to messiahsearch @ gmail.com. We are collecting photos to be used in the updated parish profile and on the web site. Photos can be of holidays, Confirmation, outreach [...] It’s that time of year! We are asking for donations of plastic Easter Eggs and individually wrapped candy (no hard candy please). There will be bins in the Narthex and in the Parish Hall in which you may place your contributions. Thank you. Parish Hall, Sunday after 10 a.m. service, or Monday at 7 p.m. Next Sat., March 28 from 2:00-4:00, Christina Hirsch will lead a workshop on how to decorate an Easter Goose Egg (similar to painted Russian Easter eggs). All supplies are provided for a fee of $7.00 per person. Young children must be accompanied by an adult who can help them in the workshop. After you’ve [...] We all want to help and here’s how you can—the Embrace an Expense (Angel Fund) is for your contributions to help cover specific expenses. We will publish costs both large and small, which need addressing (different ones each week); to which you may choose to make a contribution to offset our expenses. So find [...] On Sat., Mar. 28 the Diocesan Committee on LGBT Concerns will be hosting an open meeting at Christ Church in Pok, 20 Carroll Street at 1pm. The committee seeks to be representative of the entire diocese and not be NYC-centric, so the leadership and members have arranged for their March meeting to be held [...] On Saturday, March 28th at 4:00 pm the next film in this series, “Frozen River,” will be shown in the Parish Hall. A family supper and film discussion on faith based themes will follow. Please call Meredith Hovey (876 0821) to let us know you’re coming and for childcare arrangements. Please bring a food [...] The Thursday morning 9:00 AM Holy Communion service in the Tyler Chapel has resumed and will be held on the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Thursdays of each month. Lynette Wilson, editor of The Episcopal New Yorker, is working on a story about “generosity,” and looking for examples of acts of generosity in response to today’s tough economic times. If you have a story to relate please call or email her. She’d love to talk to you. Tel: 212-932-7352 lwilson@dioceseny.org This Thursday’s luncheon will benefit the Rhinebeck Neighborhood Center, a day habilitation facility for special needs adults. If you can help or can contribute a food item, please contact Christina Hirsch at 876-7802. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Church of the Messiah Parish survey. At least one member of almost 50% of our households completed the survey. As we said, the survey is the first step to completing our parish profile. The nest step is to host a series of World Cafe meetings to expand [...] Thank you to those who have submitted their pledge cards and who signed up to participate in one of our many ministries. To date we have received 85 pledges out of 283 households totaling $105,258.00. Exodus 20: 1-17 Romans 7: 13-25 John 2: 13-22 Psalm 19 v. 7-14 Readings for past and future weeks may be found on the Lectionary Page. Holy Communion, 9:00 am in the Tyler Chapel. Thank you to those who have submitted their pledge cards and who signed up to participate in one of our many ministries. To date we have received 81 pledges out of 283 households totaling $100,848.00. Please join us for a St. Patrick’s Cabaret, Saturday March 14th from 7-9pm at Grace Episcopal Church Parish House, Millbrook. An important fundraiser for Grace Church, this elegant candlelit evening will feature music and song from our renowned organist and piano impresario Peter Muir and his band of musicians, a delicious array of fancy [...] The survey has been distributed. If you provided an email address, then you should have received the survey electronically. If not, please send a note to messiahsearch @ gmail.com. If you did not provide an email address or do not have one, the surveys were mailed last week. Please return your survey either to [...] • The Thursday morning 9:00 AM Holy Communion service in the Tyler Chapel has resumed and will be held on the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Thursdays of each month. • Bible Study will resume within the next few weeks. The writing group, Writing as a Spiritual Path, has changed its meeting to Wednesday evenings (no longer Thursday) during Lent. Meetings will be held upstairs in Weigel Hall from 7:45 to 9:00 (March 11, 18, 25 and April 1). New participants are welcome at any time. For information call Pam Wright at 266-4381. Rhinebeck High School announces the 12th annual senior citizens prom — the “OK Corral” (a country western theme)–to be held on Sat., March 22th in the Rhinebeck HS Gymnasium from 12:00 noon-4:00 pm. Entertainment by Russ Allen, catering by Sue & Ray Germann & Staff. Tickets are $15. For reservations call RHS office (845) [...] We challenge you to take advantage of the free Jello available in the Parish Hall and make something with it for coffee hour! Submit your recipe when you bring in your goody and we will publish the “Messiah Great Jello Bake-Off Cookbook” as a reward. Genesis 22:1-14 Romans 8:31-39 Mark 8:31-38 Psalm 16 Lessons and readings for past and future weeks may be found on The Lectionary Page Cub Scout Pack 28, Girl Scout Troop 597 and Boy Scout Troops 228 and 128 of Rhinebeck will conduct the 3rd annual “Scouting for Food” drive to collect food and personal care items. All items collected will go to food pantries at the Church of the Messiah and the Rhinebeck Reformed Church. On Saturday, [...] |
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