Christ Church Cobble Hill

5 SUNDAY: THE SOLEMNITY OF ALL THE HALLOWS:  ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY
Choral Eucharist, Holy Baptism & Sermon 11:00 AM. Childcare provided. (Coffee & Conversation follows)

Parish House:
AA 7:30-8:30 AM

6 Monday:  Weekday

LINDEN TREE PRESCHOOL - 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon / 12:30-3:30 PM
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYSPACE - 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon
GYMSTARS - 12 Noon - 3 PM

7 Tuesday:  Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Missionary to Frisia, 739
ELECTION DAY:  SCHOOL CLOSED
Holy Eucharist  9:00 AM *

Parish House:
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYSPACE - 9:30 AM-12:00 Noon
COBBLE HILL BALLET - 1:00-2:30 PM
MUSIC TOGETHER - 3:30-5:00 PM
ACTORS WORKSHOP - 5:15-7:30 PM

8 Wednesday:  Weekday
Evening Prayer 6:00 PM
Holy Eucharist  6:30 PM

Parish House:
LINDEN TREE PRESCHOOL - 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon / 12:30-3:30 PM
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYSPACE - 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon

9 Thursday:  Weekday

Parish House:
LINDEN TREE PRESCHOOL - 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYSPACE - 9:30 AM-12:00 Noon
GYMSTARS - 3:00-4:00 PM
COBBLE HILL BALLET - 1:00-3:15 PM
AA - 6:30-7:30 PM

10 Friday: Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
Day of Special Devotion:  Abstinence

PARENT-TEACHER MEETINGS:  SCHOOL CLOSED

Holy Eucharist  9:00 AM *

Parish House:
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYSPACE - 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon

11 Saturday:  Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397

Parish House:
AA - 7:30-8:30 AM
COBBLE HILL BALLET - 10:00 AM-12:45 PM

12 SUNDAY:  THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 27)
Choral Eucharist & Sermon 11:00 AM.  Childcare provided.  (Coffee & Conversation follows)

Parish House:
AA 7:30-8:30 AM

*  At Saint Andrew's House, 199 Carroll Street, between Court and Clinton Streets

REMEMBERING YOUR BELOVED DEAD

We will remember our beloved departed at the today and through out the month of November.   If you have not already done so, you may contact the parish office with the names you wish remembered.  Please make  a generous donation, which will go to the Christ Church Organ Fund.

ALL SAINTS’ - ALL SOULS’

In the New Testament, the word “saints” is used to describe the entire membership of the Christian community, and in the Collect for All Saints’ Day the word “elect” is used in a similar sense. From very early times, however, the word “saint” came to be applied primarily to persons of heroic sanctity, whose deeds were recalled with gratitude by later generations.

It is believed by many scholars that the commemoration of all the saints on November first originated in Ireland, spread from there to England, and then to the continent of Europe.  However, the desire of Christian people to express the intercommunion of the living and the dead in the Body of Christ by a commemoration of those who, having professed faith in the living Christ in days past, had entered into the nearer presence of their Lord, and especially of those who had crowned their profession with heroic deaths, was far older than the early Middle Ages.

Beginning in the tenth century, it became customary to set aside another day — “All Souls’ Day”— as a sort of extension of All Saints on which the Church remembered that vast body of the faithful who, though no less members of the company of the redeemed, are unknown in the wider fellowship of the Church. It was also a day for particular remembrance of family members and friends.

Though the observance of the day was abolished at the Reformation because of abuses connected with Masses for the dead, a renewed understanding of its meaning has led to a widespread acceptance of this commemoration among Anglicans, and to its inclusion as an optional observance in the calendar of the Episcopal Church.

 

CHRIST  CHURCH  BOOK  READING  GROUP

THE CHRIST CHURCH BOOK READING GROUP is currently reading GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson is published by Picador USA; Reprint edition (January 10, 2006) at $14.00 (available from Amazon.com starting at $5.70); ISBN: 031242440X. 247  pages.
 
The discussion notes and a review of the book are on the leaflet table by the church entrance. We will meet this Wednesday, 15 November for a good food and drink,  and a lively discussion of this book following the 6:30 p.m. Mass.  If you are interested in joining us, please R.S.V.P. on 718-625-2919, or speak with the Vicar.

 

NEW ARCHDEACON & DEANS FOR BROOKLYN

The Bishop has appointed the Reverend Canon Howard Williams , Rector of St Augustine’s Church, Brooklyn, as Archdeacon as from 1 November.  At the same time he has appointed four new “rural”, or “area”, deans to work with the new archdeacon.  Our Vicar of Christ Church, Cobble Hill, the Reverend Ronald Lau, has been appointed dean for St Mark’s Deanery.  This is made up of the eight parishes in Boreum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene and Park Slope.

Canon Williams will be instituted at the Cathedral on Saturday, 2 December, and Father Lau will be installed as Dean on Saturday, 9 December, at 10:30 a.m., at St Augustine’s Church .  All members of Christ Church are invited to attend.And…for anyone is interested…Father Lau will have a change of title to “the Very Reverend” and may be addressed as “Mister Dean” - or “Vicar” - or just Ron!

PRACTICE OF FAITH: VISITING THE CEMETERY.  Because we know that death is not the end of life, it is not morbid for Christians to visit the graves of their loved ones who have died.  It is a good practice of faith to visit the cemetery in November, when the earth itself seems to be dying, and light and warmth are in short supply.

In Mexico and in some countries in Europe, tombstones have little basins in them to hold holy water, and people burn seven-day candles in red glass containers anchored to the grave.  The water and the fire are reminders that, in baptism, we die with Christ, and so are to be raised up with Christ too. [ more  ]Remember Mary Magdalene and the other Marys going to visit Christ’s tomb.  Confident that what they found we will find, make pilgrimages to the graves of your loved ones this month!

PRACTICE OF HOPE: ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.  One day, some friends took a hike.  We didn’t know exactly how far away our destination was. We walked steadily in the heat of the day, knowing we had to return by three o’clock.  We saw some splendid sights, and all was green along the way. It was hot though, and we began to perspire.  Walking uphill, I was breathing hard as the stronger walkers pulled ahead.  One person suggested that we turn back since we were not sure how much longer it would take.  But we decided not to turn back; we might be close, we thought.  Minutes later, as we rounded a curve in the trail, we exulted in a fantastic vista, a glorious cool breeze, and the fragrance of the mountain air.  [ more  ]

PRACTICE OF CHARITY:  MINISTERS OF HEALTH.  In the late 1970s, Granger Westburg, a Lutheran minister, taught medical residents about the necessity of a holistic approach to their work with patients.  His belief that faith and health go hand in hand led him to a dream that became reality in the form of a congregational-based health ministers or parish nurses.  Twenty years later, parish nursing had spread across the country, in almost every religious denomination.  Parish nurses serve as health educators, counselors, advocates, coordinators of volunteers in the church and proclaimers of the healing mission of Jesus Christ.  To find out how your parish can provide this ministry, call the International Parish Nurse Resource Center on 1-800-556-536.