In addition to our Sunday worship services,
Weekly Evening Prayer will be held on Wednesdays (December 2, 9, & 16) during Advent at Grace-Jefferson City. The service will be held in the chancel and will begin at 5:30. The service typically lasts about 20 minutes. It will be followed by a soup supper at about 6:00 in the parish hall. All are welcome to attend. There is no charge for the meal.
On Wednesdays in Advent (December 2, 9, 16 & 23) at 6:30 PM, Transfiguration Episcopal Church in Lake St. Louis, will offer a special Advent Worship Service of Light for the Evening. Each service will last 20-25 minutes and offers moments of reflection and peace to focus on our expectations and preparation as Christians at this time of year. Everyone is welcome, regardless of religious background or affiliation. For more information, please call the church office at 636-561-8951.
Advent Wednesday Night Dinner & Study in the St. John’s-Tower Grove, Parish Hall, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. December 2, 9, 16, & 23. We’ll discuss various forms of Christian Spirituality, using materials from Richard Schmidt’s books Glorious Companions & God Seekers. Contact Pastor Teresa at teresa@towergrovechurch.org for more info.
Everyone is invited to a free Holiday Concert at Church of the Transfiguration on Thursday, December 3rd at 8:00 PM. The Concert is presented by the Concert Arts Association of St. Charles County, which rehearses here at Transfiguration on Monday evenings. The concert title is: Songs Sacred & Seasonal. If you need more information, please call Music Director, Barry Luedloff at 636-485-5378.
The Women of Grace Church-Kirkwood will have their annual holiday Cookie & Candy Sale on Saturday, December 5 from 9:00 A.M. To 1:00 P.M. In addition to scrumptious homemade candies and cookies, there will be a country store featuring baked goods, jellies and other treats. An added attraction will be a sale of used books, CDs and DVDs. All proceeds go to support our companion Diocese of Lui and to help with capital expenditures for the church. Our missioners will conduct their annual gently-used costume jewelry sale to help finance their annual mission trip.
Thursday, Dec. 3, at 6:45 pm. Taize service at the Cathedral (Bofinger Chapel)
Sunday, Dec. 6, 2- 4 p.m. Carol Singing – Starting in the St. John’s-Tower Grove, Chapel (enter through the playground) at 2 p.m. and spreading “St. Nicholas’ Day” cheer on S. Grand and environs.
On December the 6th, at 6:00 pm, the Diocese of Missouri offers the annual Festival of Advent Lessons and Carols. Participating choirs representing music ministries from urban and rural parishes and missions around our diocese join together to pack the cathedral with singing. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear the many styles of music we worship with in our services on Sundays.Thanks to the diocesan music commission for again organizing this beloved service.
Thursday, December 10 at 5:30 p.m. Emmanuel in Webster Groves offers a “Blue Christmas” Worship Service with reception following
Advent Resources. A most comprehensive list of calendars, music, reflections, videos from the Anglican communion (and including resources from UMC, UCC, and ELCA) has been created by the Diocese of Bethlehem.
Archbishop Rowan Williams’ Advent message: One of the things that we ought to be able to ask ourselves in Advent is: “What is it that we most deeply hope for?” One of the things I shall be doing during this Advent is going to Copenhagen to speak at the great gathering there which we’ll be discussing environmental issues and governments’ response internationally to them. I want to be there and I want the Church to be there, witnessing – not just to a political programme, not just to a damage limitation exercise which will minimise the evil results of our lifestyle – but witnessing to God’s purpose and God’s hope; witnessing to what God is about in creation; our own creation as well as the creation of the world around us. http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2626
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s video Advent message is available on the home page of The Episcopal Church website: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/index.htm
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