Saturday November 14th ~ the 5th anniversary of the Red Hats program
To reserve a luncheon at Mt. Anthony Country club, for 12 Noon Saturday, November 14,
please call Barbara Gory at 440 9656.
Bennington County's Farm to Plate Initiative
For information contact
Susan Beal at sbeal@shadowbrookfarm.org
Bill Laberge at laberge@vermontel.net
information about the statewide Farm to Plate Initiative at www.vsjf.org
Saturday, November 14, 5:30 pm
SUNDAY’S EVENTS
As is our custom, a Service of Laying on of Hands for healing for yourselves or others immediately follows both morning services in the Lady Chapel. All are welcome.
"Discovering Jesus in Sunday's Scriptures” meets at 9:05 am in the Guild Room. All are welcome.
Pastoral Care Committee meets at 11:30 am in the Guild Room.
Youth Group meets at 11:30 am in the Parish Hall. For details, see Doug Eash.
Baton Twirlers practice from 1 – 6 pm in the Parish Hall.
United Thank Offering Sunday is designated as next Sunday, November 22. Envelopes will be in the pews for all three services November 15 - 22.
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS
Morning Prayer is read every Monday - Friday morning at 8 am in the Lady Chapel.
Monday, November 9 - Keystone deadline. Please submit articles to Lisa Eash at keystonesp@yahoo.com.
Monday, November 16 - Meditation is led by Anne Krajewski from 5:30 – 6:30 pm in the Guild Room.
Monday, November 16 – The Vestry meets form 7 – 9 pm in the Parish Hall. All are welcome.
Monday, November 16 – Rabbi Howard Cohen hosts a showing and discussion of the DVD Consuming Kids: Commercializing Childhood at 7 pm at the First Baptist Church, 601 Main Street, Bennington. With the Christmas season fast approaching we are once again being bombarded with messages to buy, buy, buy. Consuming Kids: Commercializing Childhood offers a powerful and timely message. I urge you to spread the word among your congregants and parishioners. There is no charge for this but I will invite people to make donations for the Food & Fuel Fund. Hosted by the Interfaith Pastoral Counseling. Tickets are free. RSVP required. For more details and to RSVP, please visit:
http://consumingkids.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/13463
Tuesday, November 17 - Bone Builders meets from 10:15 – 11:30 am in the Parish Hall.
Tuesday, November 17 - The Interfaith Council invites you to an “interfaith potluck” at First Baptist Church at 6 pm. Bring friends, family, and food to share. (Table service and drinks will be provided). Sit together and eat around the table with other persons from the many faiths of our community. In your food preparation, please consider labeling foods to help persons with dietary considerations (food allergies, vegetarian/vegan, or religious dietary practices). The potluck will welcome students from Southern Vermont College enrolled in the Comparative Religion course being co-sponsored by Interfaith Council this semester. Opportunities to visit the Bennington Free Clinic, also located at First Baptist, will be offered. For more information, contact First Baptist 802-442-2105 or follow event updates via www.twitter.com/fbcbennington.
Wednesday, November 18 – Children and Youth Choir rehearses from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Choir Room.
Wednesday, November 18 – Serenity Singers rehearse from 4 – 5:30 pm in the Guild Room.
Wednesday, November 18 – Narcotics Anonymous meets from 5 – 6 pm in the Parish Hall.
Wednesday, November 18 - Meditation is led by Michelle Peattie at 6:30 pm in the Guild Room. All are welcome.
Wednesday, November 18 – Partners for Sacred Places team meets will be held at 7 pm in the Guild Room.
Thursday, November 19 – Faithful Folders meet at 9 am in the Parish Hall.
Thursday, November 19 – The Holy Eucharist is celebrated at 10 am in the Lady Chapel. We remember Elizabeth of Hungary, founder of hospitals and devoted in her care of the poor and sick.
Thursday, November 19 – Bone Builders meets from 10:15 – 11:30 am in the Parish Hall.
Friday, November 20 - The monthly pot luck is held at 6 pm in the Parish Hall. All are welcome to bring a friend and a dish to share. Questions? See Mary Gerisch.
Saturday, November 21 – The Church School program meets from 10 am to 1 pm in the Parish Hall, and includes a Godly Play story, making of Advent wreaths and a home cooked lunch. Children of all ages are encouraged to attend. For more information see Colleen Gates.
COMING EVENTS
The Angel Tree will be arriving November 15 with gift tags for boys and girls in our community and parish family. Donna Maroney
Want to help your family and make life easier? Research shows that PARENTS have the greatest power to significantly influence a child‘s developing a healthy lifestyle. The Guiding Good Choices program is a series of fun, informative, and interactive workshops that gives youth skills to refuse peer pressure and parents skills to reduce the likelihood that children will develop substance abuse and other problem behaviors. These skills could help make managing your family easier! This program is for families with children ages 9 – 14. Families that complete the Guiding Good Choices program get paid $65.00. FREE dinner for the family and childcare provided! Register by Tuesday, Nov 24th with Pastor Mary Lee-Clark at Second Congregational Church, at 442-2559!! The program will run once a week for 5 weeks, Tues., Jan. 12 running through Tues., Feb. 9, from 6 – 8 pm.
St. Petersburg Russian Men’s Ensemble to present concert Dec. 9. The Ensemble returns to Bennington to present a concert at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm.
Kirill Sokolov, Alexander Korbakov, Evgeny Vischnevsky, and Vadim Smantser, the four singers who make up the St. Petersburg Russian Men’s Ensemble, are all skilled musicians who bring extensive training and experience to the presentation of a repertoire that encompasses various periods and styles, including ancient Russian chants, Western European choral music, and works by contemporary composers. Since one of the goals of the ensemble is to popularize Russian music, their program includes Russian folk songs, secular compositions, sacred works, and arrangements of popular melodies. A freewill offering is requested. All in the community are cordially invited.
The annual Christmas Tea will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 3 – 5:30 pm at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 200 Pleasant St. Bennington, VT. Tickets are $6.00 and may be purchased from Tea committee members, at the church office, or at the door on the day of the Tea. During the hours of the Tea, the annual Christmas Shop will also be open on Dec. 12, offering hand-made items and food gifts for sale. Hand-crafted cards, knitted and crocheted articles, Christmas tree ornaments and holiday decorations, items for children, and food gifts such as fudge, snack mix, candies, and breads will be available.
Thanksgiving Day Dinner - Are you looking for a place to join friends for a delicious home cooked Thanksgiving dinner at 5 pm right here in Bennington. For more information about this wonderful offer please contact Mother Anita directly at 802-442-2911, ext. 2.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
News from Diocesan Convention 2009:
For a more detailed report see Delegate Colleen Gates’ report in the December Keystone, and see the bulletin board created by Emily Kennedy in the parish hallway.
At Convention, held November 6 and 7 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in Burlington, six resolutions were passed, including a balanced diocesan budget for 2010. Barb Hoar was elected to serve a three-year term on Diocesan Council. Mary Gerisch was appointed by the Bishop for the Committee on Christian Formation. Michelle Peattie was honored for her work on the Anti-Racism committee.
It was announced that there are two anonymous donors who will match dollar for dollar money donated to the Episcopal Relief Development, from now until November 30th, up to ¼ million dollars. The money donated to the Gifts for Life will be part of this matching donation. The catalog is on the parish hallway table. Here is the link to ERD website ~
http://www.er-d.org/matchinggiftchallenge
Catch the Spirit! Live on the EDGE!
Stewardships Scoops:
"The nature of freedom is discovered by the very ability to be able to use responsibly what is yours and also to discover the extent to which you can give away the sum total of yourself and your possessions. The unique event of such self-possession and self-giving, we believe, took place in the person of Jesus Christ."
From: Rev. Heath Light - "God, the Giver, the Gift"
Bring your friends and family to the EDGE! They'll love you for it!
Stewards have the EDGE! (EDGE - Experience of Discovering God Everywhere.)
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