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Christmas Music & Poinsettia Memorials

If you would like to honor or remember a loved one through the gift of music and/or poinsettias for our Christmas Eve services, please submit information using the links below by Dec. 13.

Music Memorials: LINK
Christmas Poinsettias: LINK

First Sunday of Advent

Use this link for an online service of favorite hymns, prayer, and a sermon given by The Rev. Mary Davila on the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2022.

Join us Sunday, Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. for a Festival of Lessons & Carols, which traces the history of salvation. Enjoy beloved hymns, choral music, and readings that walk us from Adam’s original sin in the book of Genesis, to the prophetic songs of Isaiah and a people shrouded in darkness, and finally, into the resplendent mystery of Christ’s incarnation through the Gospel of Matthew.

Greenery Sale Volunteers Needed!

Want to try your hand at making a wreath? Have a holly bush or boxwood in your yard that needs pruning? The Christ Church Greenery Sale needs your help. Please consider lending a hand next week as we get into the holiday spirit by making wreaths, organizing orders and catching up with one another. This is Christ Church ECW’s biggest fundraiser, and we need your help. Sign up to help via this link.

Advent at Christ Church

The season of Advent is a time of new beginnings for the Christian Church, as we mark the start of a new liturgical year and wait with anticipation for the arrival of the Christ Child and the union of human and Divine, of heaven and earth. Click this link for resources and event info at Christ Church this season.

Vestry Nominations – Due Dec. 9

The Nominating Committee seeks your recommendations of Vestry candidates. Please submit them to Sally Wooten (smwooten8@gmail.com) through Friday, Dec. 9. Thank you for your prayerful consideration.

Additional information about the Vestry election and the Annual Parish Meeting on Jan. 29, 2023, will be circulated soon. Please feel free to contact Bill Rogers, Senior Warden, if you have questions (whrogers57@gmail.com).

Giving Tree Project 2022

This year we are excited to continue our annual Giving Tree Project supporting Step Up Ministry and Growing Together Preschool (GTP). GTP is a preschool program housed here at Christ Church that serves three and four-year-old’s living in public housing. Step Up Ministry is a life skills resource in Wake County for people seeking to improve their lives and develop stable careers.We have a few different ways you can support our neighbors this holiday season. Click the link beside each item to sign up:

Purchase items by Nov. 30 for Step Up Ministry Target Registry: click this link
Purchase and wrap gifts by Dec. 7 for a child: click this link
Donate money for church to purchase gifts: click this link
Deliver gifts on Sunday Dec. 11: click this link

Pantry Sale – Dec. 4

The ECW ladies have been hard at work making sure your house is decorated and your pantry is stocked. The Pantry Sale in-person on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 8:30-11:15 a.m. in the Commons, or until everything is sold out. (Warning: pantry items go quickly, so don’t delay)

Greenery pre-sale orders will be available for pick-up on Dec. 2 (afternoon) & Dec. 3.

Stewardship 2023 – Lift High the Cross

This year’s Stewardship campaign is off to a great start! In order to plan for next year’s budget and continue to bring you all our ministries and programs, we are asking you to consider increasing your pledge for 2023 by 7 percent from the 2022 campaign. Click this link to make your pledge online, or return your pledge card by mail/place it in the offering plate on Sunday morning.

Organ Scholar Search

Christ Church on Capitol Square, Raleigh, NC, is seeking auditioning for a full-time organ scholar for a one-year appointment with an optional second year. This position will be primarily responsible for accompanying choral ensembles, overseeing music theory lessons for choristers, administrative tasks, and assisting in playing the parish’s various liturgies. Click here for more information on the role and here for our 2022 music list.

We would love for you to join us!
Christ Church is our meeting place with God, a school for shaping character for our children and youth, a home where we celebrate and renew our faith again and again, and an encouragement to awaken to the abundant life Jesus came to bring.

Sunday Services

Upcoming

Second Sunday of Advent

12/04/2022

The Rev. James P. Adams

Morning Bulletin

Past Week

First Sunday of Advent

11/27/2022

The Rev. Mary Davila
Sermon on Vimeo

Ministries

Children

Youth

Crosswinds (mid-20s to mid-40s)

Children

Our goals are for children of Christ Church, from birth through 5th grade, to understand that they are known and loved by God and their church family, and that they belong to God’s family and the family of Christ Church.

Youth

The Youth Ministry of Christ Church embraces and supports our youth and their families, inspires and guides their spiritual growth as disciples of Christ, and empowers them to serve the church and the world. To be added to youth emails or for more information, contact Kate Oldham Keenan, Director of Youth Ministry, at kkeenan@ccral.org.

View the full 2022-23 calendar via this link.

Crosswinds (mid-20s to mid-40s)

We invite anyone in the mid-20s to mid-40s age range for formation and fellowship. For more information about this ministry, contact The Rev. Daniel J. Reeves at dreeves@ccral.org.

Adults

We offer a wide range of diverse opportunities for formation, education and spiritual growth for adults on Sundays and throughout the week.

Parish Life

Christ Church is a place for all to feel connected and at home. Come, be together, connect and enjoy the fellowship and fun we enjoy together as a Christ Church family.

Pastoral Care

Our mission is to create a community in which the joys and sorrows of life are honored and consecrated, so that no one walks alone at Christ Church. To learn more about our Pastoral Care offerings and how you can get involved or receive care, contact Karen Connor McGugan.

Use this link to view Christ Church’s Finishing Well booklet – a resource for end-of-life planning for you and your loved ones, prepared by members of Christ Church’s Pastoral Care team.

Senior Adults

This ministry is specifically designed to serve parishioners who are 60 and older and those who care for and love them. Our mission is to support Senior members of Christ Church as we transition into later seasons of life.