December at CHI :
December 19th - Guest Preacher, The Rev. Deacon Erik Soldwedel Hanging of the Greens and Potluck Lunch
- No Sunday School on 19th
December 24th Christmas Eve Family Service 4PM
December 25th Christmas Day - 10 AM Holy Eucharist
December 28th Feast of the Holy Innocents: 7PM. As we move into Advent and toward the celebration of Christmas and the New Year, the losses we carry can feel especially poignant at this time. We hold in our hearts members of our parish who are ill, who are sick, who have lost jobs and are sick, who have lost jobs and are searching for work or who grieve the death of someone they love.
The Rev. Paul A. Metzler, priest and grief counselor, will lead us in a special Holy Eucharist in observance of our parish name feast, The Feast of the Holy Innocents, on Tuesday, December 28th at 7:00 p.m. The liturgy is especially for who is suffering through death, loss of health, loss of job, loss of hope, think about attending this special service the Tuesday after Christmas.
Weekdays of Advent
Wednesdays 9:30 - All are invited to "Wednesday Morning Group" - join in for coffee in the kitchen at 9:30, then spread out to change signs, decorate, fold leaflets, and generally pepare for Sunday.
Thursdays 9:00AM- Meditation Walk - meet at rectory door for a 30 minute walking meditation on the Seton Hall Cross Country track. (meditation prayers in the rectory study in inclement weather)
Outreach
Bring your donations for Holy Trinity food pantry, gifts for our West Orange Family (due December 12th), and contributions to our "Living Nativity" animals for ERD (Episcopal Relief and Development)
Looking Ahead
January 7th TGIF at CHI - Simple supper and table games for all ages.
January 28-29, 2011 Episcopal Diocese of Newark - 137th Annual Convention
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Diocese of Newark Adult Mission Trip July 10-July16, 2011 - see flyer in undercroft
CHI calls The Rev. Martha G. Metzler to be our Priest-in-Charge
The Rev. Martha G. Metzler, known as "Rev. Martie" or simply
"Martie," recently completed a 5-year commitment as the Associate
Rector for Pastoral Care and New Member Ministry at St. James'
Church, Manhattan. A graduate of Bexley Hall Seminary, she was
ordained in the Diocese of Central New York in 1984 and served in a
variety of parish, Cathedral and hospital chaplaincy ministries until
relocating to the metro-area in 2005.
She was drawn to Holy Innocents because it is a diverse, inclusive
parish seeking "to follow the teachings of Christ in our lives and our
outreach to the community" She looks forward to working
collaboratively with parish leaders to set the goals for our ministry
together.
Martie and her husband, the Rev. Paul A. Metzler, Director of
Community and Program Services for the Visiting Nurse Service
of NY Hospice Care, have two young adult children. Ben is employed
at Barclay's Capital in NYC and Liz is teaching English in Mexico until
the summer. Martie and her husband will move into the rectory in
mid-April to get settled before her first celebration of the Holy
Eucharist at CHI on May 2nd.
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