Sunday, October 5 has been designated as “Jeans Sunday.” For those of you in the parish who are not familiar with what this means here is a brief explanation. “Jeans Sunday” is a time for all parishioners to get involved in helping to clean in and around the church after the 10:30 a.m. service - that’s why we all come to worship in work attire - jeans or whatever type of work clothes are the most comfortable. This is a way of committing our TIME for the betterment of our church.

Our time is something that we can freely share, although its often quite difficult to find enough of it to give away. However, when we consider how important the role of time is in our lives we can then better explore the ways we can use it to serve God by getting more involved in the work of His church. Remember, God has given much of his time to care for us in both good times and bad; therefore, we should be willing to give back some of our time to help put God’s house in perfect order.

On Sunday, October 26 we will observe “Events Sunday.” Rather than having a parish luncheon after the 10:30 a.m. service, as we’ve done in the past, this year we are planning on serving a light breakfast from 8:45 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. and hope that everyone will be able to attend. This will be a time of fellowship and getting to know each other better as a family of God’s people.

On Sunday, November 2, which is being called “Commitment Sunday,” we will be dedicating two new pulpit hangings in memory of two former parishioners - Virginia Varnum and Mother Annette Hazen. They will be joining a long list of very wonderful parishioners who over the years have shown their commitment to Christ Church by giving something back to the church. This is also a day when we will all have a chance to show our current commitment to Christ Church by placing our completed pledge cards in the baptismal font and having Father Michael bless them at the altar. When filling out your commitment cards please remember that God has been most generous to us as a parish family, and as individual members of that family. This is our chance to thank him by returning our fair share and helping to assure the many good works and programs of Christ Church in the year ahead.