TODAY
Sunday Eucharist Rite I, 8am, Chapel of St. Bede
Adult Forum, 9:15 am, Undercroft
Sunday Eucharist Rite II with music, 10:30 am, Nave
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 10:30 am, Atrium
Sunday School, 10:30 am, Old Rectory Classroom
Refreshments, after 10:30 service, Lower Level
AA, 7:30 pm, Old Rectory
WEEK OF November 15-21, 2009
Bible Study, Tuesday 10:00 a.m., Old Rectory
Prayer Group, Tuesday 11:00 am, Old Rectory
Finance Committee, Tuesday 7:00 pm, Old Rectory
AA, Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Lower Level
Choir rehearsal, Thursday 7:30-8:30 pm, Lower Level
Rector’s day off, Friday
PRAYER CIRCLE this week: Tom and Angie Schultz, Katie and Luke; Jordan and Rachel Secrest, Adrian; Walter Secrest; Judy Shaw; Dick and Ginger Smith; Jack and Sally Southard; Mike and Lynn Stahr, Cindy, Nina, Morgan and Michael; Anny Stevens-G1eason.
COMING EVENTS
NEXT SUNDAY, November 22: Join us for the second annual BREAK THE CART Thanksgiving in-gathering of non-perishable foods. Show your gratitude… help stock the Choice Food Pantry BREAK THE CART!
ADULT FORUM, Sunday, November 22, GRATITUDE EXPRESSED: Bring your donations for the “Break the Cart” event and join in a special program focused on gratitude and thanksgiving, led by Rosalyn Benson.
Wednesday, NOVEMBER 18 at 7:00 p.m., you are invited to the Oxford Community Arts Center for a “Green Screen” showing of “The Omnivore’s Next Dilemma” and “New Thinking on the Climate Crisis,” both sponsored by the Oxford Interfaith Climate Change Work Group.
Come “play” with us. We need help creating materials for the Catechesis ofthe Good Shepherd Atrium. We’ll be making small figures of biblical characters, painting simple scenery, doing simple carpentry. PLEASE join us – don’t let your fear of your artistic inadequacies keep you from this rich ministry to the smallest members of our congregation. We promise there’s work for everyone. Details: Saturday, November 21,9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Barbara Hamilton’s home, 102 Hilltop Road. RSVP to 523-6542 or barbarah001(at)Yahoo.com
Community Dinner November 25: Please plan to offer food and/or service for this dinner the eve of Thanksgiving. For the first time ever, we ran out of food at our October Community Dinner, so we need to be better prepared this month. Thank you!
Habitat for Humanity: Many of us are looking forward to Thanksgiving in a warm, cozy house filled with fabulous food fragrances and well-clothed family and mends. Unfortunately, many people in our area won’t have such a privilege because they live in homes that are poorly constructed; allow cold air to seep in everywhere while creating monthly heating bills above $600; have only two bedrooms for six or seven family members.
Habitat for Humanity works to help families in such homes to acquire decent, affordable housing. Volunteers do much of the work to provide these homes. This month Oxford Habitat needs volunteers who will work with Family Services selecting families and supporting them during the construction of their new home. If you enjoy working with people and want to support the work of Habitat, Family Services is the place for you. For information, please contact Mary Melvin, 513-523-8752.
You are invited to serve as a volunteer to help deliver meals to home bound persons on Thursdays and Fridays from 10:45a.m. to 11:30 or 12:00 p.m. The routes begin at McCullough-Hyde. We send 2 people out on every route: one to drive and one to deliver the food. If you are not available on a weekly basis, we are always in need of subs Mondays through Fridays to be called on as needed. For more information please contact Jennifer Marcum at Oxford Seniors, 523-8100, or jmarcum(at)oxfordsenior.org.
KROGER CARDS are again available. If you need one or want more information about how they work please see or phone Linda Church (5234356) or Judy Shaw (523-3493). Proceeds from these cards support the Holy Trinity food outreach projects of the Community Dinner, Serve City dinner and the Community Food Pantry. Cards are available from Linda, Judy, or in the church office.
KEEP UP WITH MEDICAL MISSIONARIES in the Dominican Republic, Drs. Michael and Anita Dohn. To be good stewards of their resources they will send you their newsletters online. Check out their website -” http://dohnfamily.org - and send them your e-mail so they can send you their news.
HOLY TRINITY PANTRY: As always, your generosity has helped enormously as we keep the pantry stocked for the community dmners. We are in special need of laundry detergent, baby products including wipes, shampoo, body wash, and diapers in sizes 2, 3, and 4, and cleaning supplies such as Pine Glo. No time to shop? Give us some cash or a check and we’ll do it for you. (Wooden boxes for contributions are in the Narthex.) Thanks, Geoff and Judith
HOLY TRINITY RECYCLES: Containers for recycling: (1) Plastic bags; (2) batteries; (3) # 1 clear plastic containers (look for the” triangle with 1 on the bottom and on any detached lids); (4) fluorescent (not incandescent) bulbs are now located in the Bishop’s Foyer. Please remember that all recyclables that Rumpke takes (paper, cardboard, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, glass bottles andjars) can be placed in the kitchen & Old Rectory recycling bins.
MEDICINE BOTTLES AND ART CATALYSTS: A separate container in the Bishop’s Foyer (the largest) is for medicine bottles and craftcataIysts. Mary Fahnestock-Thomas collects medicine bottles for use by clinics in needy areas as well as anything for early childhood schools in Oxford that could stimulate young minds in arts and crafts: bottle and jar lids, buttons; paper towel and toilet tissue rolls; reusable plastic containers and small bottles; fabric, ribbon and yarn scraps; spools; .basicaIly anything that can be reused creatively.
