St. Luke's & St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Announcements for the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King November 22, 2009 Welcome A warm welcome to all visitors and newcomers to our parish. We are glad you are with us and hope that you get a sense of Christian fellowship in our midst. Please join us on the lower hall immediately following the service for refreshments and conversation. Opening hymn: 495 Hail, thou once despised Jesus! Sequence hymn: 544 Jesus shall reign Offertory hymn: 477 All praise to thee Communion hymn: 328 Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord Closing hymn: 14(Lift Every Voice and Sing) Soon and very soon Announcements - Parish Community The Last Sunday of Pentecost marks the conclusion of the season and brings to completion the liturgical year. It celebrates the interwoven themes of the fulfillment of Christ's ministry on earth, the uniting of all peoples and nations under God's loving purpose, and the revelation of the nature of the Kingdom ñ or in the words of the late theologian, Verna Dozier, the dream ñ of God. An Advent Wreath-making Workshop will take place next Sunday, November 29 (1 Advent) during refreshments. Learn how to make a fragrant Advent wreath, and use it at home to mark the journey through the Advent season. The greens will come from our own churchyard! Please bring a wreath form, if you have one. Wreath forms and candles will be available for purchase for any needing them; please contact Paulette Fontaine (617-783-0199, stslam@juno.com) this week so she can order them. We will also have available copies of prayers to say at home at candle-lighting. Mark your calendars now for an Advent mini-retreat that will take place here at St. Luke's & St. Margaret's on Sunday, December 13 from 12 noon-4 p.m.. The theme of the retreat will be "Hope", and our time together will begin with lunch in the Lower Hall and end with a celebration of Holy Eucharist at 5 p.m. in the church. Please feel free to invite friends to join us as we prepare in our hearts a home to receive our Savior. Eucharistic Visitor training will be offered on Saturday, December 12 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (138 Tremont St., downtown Boston). Eucharistic Visitors bring Communion and the parish community to those who, because of sickness or disability, are unable to attend church services. This course meets the training requirements established by the Diocese. For more information, contact Connie Melahoures, Training co-ordinator, at 508-746-3805 or conmel@aol.com. Pledge envelopes are available at the back of the church for all who would like them. Please put a check beside your name when you take your set. Anybody who wishes to financially support the parish with a pledge can fill out a card, put it into the return envelope, and place it in the offering plate. Add your name to the list beside the number of your envelope set ñ envelopes are a handy way to keep track of your pledge and can also be mailed in. Raise funds for SLAM by using GoodSearch! Thanks to Erica Naone, our parish is now signed on to GoodSearch (www.goodsearch.com), which allows us to raise money with each on-line search you do when we, "St Lukes and St Margarets Episcopal Church (Allston, MA)", are selected as the beneficiary. Also, an affiliate site, GoodShop, partners with online businesses that will donate a percentage of items purchased through the site to SLAM. Erica (erica.naone@gmail.com)is willing to help anybody with questions about getting started with using these sites. Prayer intentions for both the bulletin and the Prayers of the People can be made by filling out a pewcard and placing it in the offering plate or by leaving a message on the church office phone line. Have you moved? Please contact the parish office with your new information by filling out a pewcard and placing it in the collection plate at the Offertory, leaving a message on the office phone line, or e-mailing Paulette at stslam@juno.com. Bulletin announcements may be called in to the church answering machine at 617-782-2029 or e-mailed to stslam@juno.com; deadline is Thursday evening. Announcements - Wider Community An open invitation to Thanksgiving dinner at The Kells: The Kells restaurant (161 Brighton Ave., Allston) celebrates its 21st annual Thanksgiving dinner with an open invitation on Thursday, November 26 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. to everyone in need or who doesn't have family or friends to gather with on Thanksgiving Day ñ the dinner is served at no charge and no RSVP is needed. The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A., will participate in a panel discussion marking the 45th anniversary of the Technology and Culture Forum, a program run by the Episcopal Chaplaincy at MIT in Cambridge. The panel, "The Social Responsibility of the Scientist", will take place on Thursday, December 3 from 6-9 p.m. at MIT Building 10, Room 250. Other panelists will be Dr. George Daley, Director of the stem cell transplantation program at Children's Hospital, Boston; and Dr. David Urion, Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Rev. Amy McCreath, Episcopal Chaplain at MIT, at 617-253-2983 or mccreath@mit.edu. Ministry to young families - Allston-Brighton Baby: Another ministry in service to our surrounding community takes place here at St. Luke's & St. Margaret's every third Friday. Sarah Correia-Eck has been working with the local Women, Infants & Children program (WIC), Welcome Baby, and other local providers to spearhead an effort to provide young Allston-Brighton families in need with diapers. Debbie Lowe, Sandra Hutchinson, and others are helping, and anybody interested is invited to join them on Allston/Brighton Baby night. Calendar Today (11/22), Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King Sunday 5 p.m. Holy Eucharist (Church) 6:30 p.m. Refreshments & conversation (Lower Hall) Mon.-Thurs., 6:30-8 p.m. English-as-a-second-language classes (Childrenís/Upper Room, Rectory) Sunday (11/29), First Sunday of Advent 5 p.m. Holy Eucharist & Lighting of the Advent Wreath (Church) 6:30 p.m. Refreshments & conversation (Lower Hall) This Week's Daily Office Readings (Proper 29, Year 1) are found on page 994 of the Book of Common Prayer. Next Sunday's Readings (1 Advent, Year C) First Reading: Zechariah 14:4-9 Psalm 50:1-6 Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Gospel: Luke 21:25-31 Prayer Requests For whom prayers are requested: Ila Huntoon, who can't join us on Sundays but is with us in spirit; the family and friends of Ciara Durkin; Jenny Jensen; Julie Lytle; Carol Bolstad; the Gleason-Hyman family, relocated to the "left coast"; the loved ones and friends of Dottie Willson; Sandra Hutchinson whose step-father, Courtney Davis, has died, and for their family; for Fern Remedi-Brown and her family, who mourn the loss of her beloved brother, Dennis; Kristy and Lee Harding, who have also moved to the "left coast"; the loved ones and friends of Rita E. Murphy; Debbie Lowe, as she begins radiation treatments; the loved ones and friends of Donnamarie Monteiro; loved ones and friends of Harriet "Bunny" Drinan For those who share our space: BASE; the rectory residents; Iglesia Cristiana Jesucristo Vive; the Korean Methodist Church; and the BEAM ESL classes; the music ministry to Allston-Brighton youth; the Allston-Brighton Baby ministry; the Allston-Brighton Family Network Playgroup; the BEND community; and the Resurrection House/Life Together community For those celebrating a birthday this month: Ginny Remedi (11/4), Cameron Partridge (11/20); Juliana Correia (11/22); Vashti Tanner (11/23) Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston; The Crossing; Ecclesia Ministries & common cathedral; The Cathedral Chapter; Deputies to Provincial Synod; the Canonical & Administrative ministry areas Ecumenical Cycle of Prayer: The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Allston-Brighton Cycle of Prayer: the congregations worshipping at Brighton Avenue Baptist Church, and the work in this community of their food pantry and other outreach ministries