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Vol. 13 No. 50Vol. 13 No. 50Vol. 13 No. 50Vol. 13 No. 50 November 18, 2018November 18, 2018November 18, 2018November 18, 2018

8:00 am Morning Prayer (Monday-Friday) in the chapel

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Thank you for your gift!

Today is our Annual Stewardship In-gathering

You are invited to bring your pledge card to the altar during our offertory, or place your pledge card in the offering plate. Our pledge cards will be gathered together and blessed before we celebrate the Eucharist.

Then, whether you brought your pledge care or not, come and celebrate God’s great generosity at our delicious, catered brunch following both services.

Join us for food, fellowship and celebra-tion at 9:15 and 11:30 this morning!

Have you lost your pledge card? No wor-ries, we have plenty!

First Friday Lunch Bunch

The Christmas Edition!

This month the first Friday luncheon will be at Clyde’s Mark Center. If you can make it, please RSVP to Sally or Ray Hanlein salhanlein@yahoo.com or (703)573-9171.

Construction update

In the next few weeks we will finally see work begin on the replace-ment of our choir loft and altar rails. The work will bring our (relatively dangerous) choir loft rail up to current county code, ensur-ing no choir members are at risk of falling out of the loft. As part of this redesign and replacement, we are also replacing our altar rail with something that will match the new choir loft rail. Our hope (and plan) is that the work will be completed in time for our service of Lessons and Carols on December 16th, but it will also require us to move out of the nave and into the parish hall – most likely for at least two Sun-days. Please watch SAM for more construction updates and details.

SAVE THE DATE!

11/17 Christmas Bazaar

11/18 Stewardship In-gathering and celebration breakfast

ACCA's annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service will take place on Tuesday, November 20 at 7 p.m. at St. Paul's Episco-pal Church, 3439 Payne St., in Bailey's Crossroads. The ser-vice is an annual tradition to celebrate another year of serving basic and emergency needs in the community. A time of fel-lowship will follow. The offering from this service will be dedicated to the Annual Challenge Campaign.

Deacon Theresa and Cheryl Sinsabaugh, will be holding a workshop for lectors and intercessors on Sunday, 2 December at 11:30 p.m. which should last around an hour. All lectors and intercessors are in-vited to attend. For those of you who have never attended this workshop we recommend you join us, if only to pick up some helpful tips on use of the micro-phone. For those of you who have been reading for a number of years, your exper-tise and help is much needed and appreci-ated in the continuing development of a corps of readers who are able to communi-cate the scriptures effectively to our con-gregation. Anyone interested in becoming a lector or intercessor is also very wel-come to join us. If you have any ques-tions please do not hesitate to call Fr. Jeff or Theresa Lewallen (703-256-2966) or Cheryl Sinsabaugh (703-642-6394).

No Sunday School or Adult Forum this Sunday

ACOLYTE & ALTAR SERVER TRAINING

Our seminarian Larry Civale is having an Al-tar Server information session on Sunday Dec. 2 during the 9:15 am

Sunday school period. All youth, 5th grade and up, are encouraged to attend this ses-sion to learn the ministry of Altar server as an acolyte.

Thank you for signing up for the Lock-wood Thanksgiving dinner. We are still in need of :1 pan of green beans to serve 20, ready to serve; 1 pan of stuffing/dressing to serve 20, ready to serve 3, 2-qt contain-ers of gravy, ready to heat Sign up is in the narthex or you can call Linda Cummings (703)573-0961

Advent Quiet Morning

The Way of Love

Saturday December 8, 2018

8:30 am to 2:00 pm

Our Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Michael Curry, writes that, “Being a Christian is not essentially about joining a church or being a nice person, but about following in the

footsteps of Jesus, taking his teachings seriously, letting his Spirit take the lead in our lives, and in so doing helping to

change the world from our nightmare into God’s dream.” Join us for a morning spent in contemplation, pray-

er and meditation about what it means to be a Christian, walking The Way of Love: Practices for Jesus-Centered

Life. The morning will begin with a light breakfast together, fol-lowed by guided silent meditation through prayer, the arts, music and movement focused on “The Way of Love.”

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Readings for November 18

1 Samuel 1:4-20 1 Samuel 2:1-10

Hebrews 10:11-25 Mark 13:1-8

November 18 November 25

8:15 AM 8:15 AM 10:15 AM

Acolytes

LEMs

Lectors

Intercessor

Ushers

Greeters

Coffee

Altar Guild

Callers

Sleepy

Hollow

Counters

Security

10:15 AM

Mowers

Vestry on Duty