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9:30 a.m.
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10:30 a.m.
Indoor Sanctuary
Traditional Service with organ,
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10-11:30 a.m.
Nursery Care for all ages
11:30 a.m.
Fellowship & Refreshments
November 2011
In this issue...
Page #
Hanging of the Greens ........... 5
Baptisms ................................. 5
Faith—Richard Terrelonge ..... 6
Mission 1 ................................ 7
3C’s News .............................. 7
Ghana Update ........................ 8
Music Corner .......................... 9
Meatballs & Bingo .................. 11
Thanksgiving Luncheon ......... 12
November Calendar ............... 13
Finding the “Holy Days” in Our
“Holidays” - Dr. R. Steven Hudder
N
ovember is here and we are about to enter that
dreaded ―Holiday Zone!‖ Wait a minute, did you say
―dreaded?‖ Aren‘t the holidays supposed to be a
wonderful time of the year? Certainly they are. The
problem is they are so loaded with expectations and ―high
hopes‖; steeped in memories (slightly edited to remove the
painful moments and highlight the warm fuzzy feelings) they
barely have any real prospect to be anything but a failure or an
added dose of stress to our already overloaded lives.
The possible gift hidden inside each holiday though, is that it
can become what it originally was: a ―Holy Day.‖ After all, that is
the root of holiday: holy-day. All holidays began, not as a day
off work to spend overeating, overdosing on televised football,
and pretending to get along with the in-laws. No, they began as
a day set aside for cultivating awe, wonder, compassion,
justice, and love. Simply put, holy days are for cultivating
holiness.
Think of the holidays (holy days) on the coming calendar.
Thanksgiving was initially a harvest festival: a time to celebrate
the bounties of the earth, the goodness of creation, and,
perhaps, the wonder of a God who provides continuously for
our well-being and physical needs of food, shelter,
companionship and friendship, and new life in a new land. It
began as a day filled with awe and wonder, which grew out of
the compassion of native people for aliens come to their shore
with little understanding of how to survive in this new land. It
was a day celebrating justice and love as people shared and
celebrated together.
(cont’d)
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(from pg. 1)
Then there is Christmas, the celebration of the
birth of Jesus, the birth of God in human flesh,
come from heaven to invade and directly
experience earth. This Holy day exudes awe
and wonder from every angle. It celebrates the
birth of love, compassion and justice in our
world.
What truly makes these days of celebration,
these feast days, into holy days were the rituals
that developed to remember and celebrate
them. These days became holy because they
were moments when we stopped to contemplate the big questions of life: Why am I here
and how should I live?
These days are Holy because they lift us out of
ourselves and into the awesome and wondrous
nonduality of reality. This experience of awe
and wonder results in our sense of being called
to greater levels of compassion, justice, and
love, which in turn, draws us into community
and to being of service to others. This is why
we celebrate our holy days with family, friends,
and our larger religious communities.
Unfortunately, we often mistake being with
family, friends, and community as the point of
our holy days and never get around to asking
the question that holy days are meant to ask
and answer: Why am I here and how should I
live? When we don‘t do this these holy days
devolve into holidays.
How can we reclaim this gift of holiness hidden
within our holidays? By spending some part of
the day alone as well as spending part of it with
others. And part of what we spend the time
doing, alone and together, is cultivating awe
and wonder by contemplating the meaning of
our existence. As we open ourselves to awe
and wonder we will be led toward being
embraced by justice, compassion and love.
Here are three practices you can adapt to your
own ‗holiday‖ situation that might help them
become ―holy days.‖
1. Sky Gazing: people often say they feel the
greatest sense of awe and wonder when
looking up at the stars at night. Take some time
on your holiday eve to go out and look up at the
sky. Or go somewhere else that evokes that
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sense of awe and wonder at the amazing
universe God has created, like the beach, or
out to the Everglades. (For me the old Cutler
dock by the Deering Estate with its view of
Biscayne Bay seemingly running on endlessly
to the East does it.) As you contemplate the
immensity of the universe and sense the awe
and wonder stirring within you, ask yourself:
Why am I alive? As the awe and wonder
grow, the answer will become clearer: you are
here to be a vehicle for compassion, justice,
and love.
2. Journaling: Keep a journal with you
throughout the holy day. Review the year since
you last observed this holy day and note
where/how you have spread compassion,
justice, and love; where/how you failed to do
so; and where/how you could do this more
effectively during the coming months. If this
exercise brings up amends that need making,
make them. If it reminds you of forgiveness
that needs granting, grant it. If it recalls
moments of gratitude, give thanks.
3. Deep Dialogue: After you have done these
two exercises, make time to talk with loved
ones about holiness (awe and wonder) and the
call to compassion, justice, and love that
accompanies it. As you dialogue, bring in the
themes of your holy day. If it‘s Thanksgiving,
what are you especially grateful for; if it‘s
Christmas, ask where people are birthing
Jesus in their lives.
These practices are not intended to add a
burden to your holidays. They are not intended
to replace cherished family traditions. They are
offered as an attempt to provide moments on a
path that might deepen the experience of
holiness that underlies and surrounds these
special days. They are offered as suggestions
that might open us to wonder and awe, and
enable our holidays to truly be holy days of
celebration and growth in compassion, justice
and love.
Practicing God‘s presence with you,
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CLOSER TO GOD
Here are five more lessons from the recent UCC Pilgrim Press Your
Life, Better series booklet entitled 20 Life Lessons Learned from
Cooking. This little booklet is written by Aimee Jannsohn and you can
order it from www.ucc.org, just find the ―resources tab, if you desire
a copy for your very own.
1. Try something new. Cultivate a bonsai. Take tango lessons. Master a new
language. The world outside your walls is too exciting to ignore. Dig in.
2. Continue family traditions. Learn recipes. Listen to stories, look at photographs,
ask questions. You might be next in line to inherit your family‘s culinary secrets or
heirloom china.
3. Don’t leave out the key ingredients. How diverse is your group of friends? If it‘s
too bland or lacking, add a little flavor. Variety is the spice of life. Get down to
business and cook up your very own melting pot.
4. Never underestimate the power of prep work. Scrambling only works with eggs.
Take your time. Do some research. Get organized. You‘ll be amazed at how
things turn out when you make a plan – and follow through.
5. Some things get better with age. Works of art, fine wine, diamonds. Embrace who
you are and where you are in life, and you too will achieve Chateau Lafite status.
And here is a simple prayer for blessing any shared meal; it certainly could be used
appropriately at Thanksgiving. It is from the book, 600 Blessings & Prayers from
Around the World, compiled by Geoffrey Duncan. This prayer was composed by
Susan Hardwick from England.
We give you thanks
– for this wonderful food
– for those whose hands have prepared it
– for those with whom we will share it.
May the way in which
– we eat
– and we speak at this blessed meal,
reflect our gratitude for these heavenly gifts
and our love for you.
Amen.
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At Christ Congregational Church we strive
to love one another as God has loved us and
welcome one another as Christ has
welcomed us. Therefore,
we are an Open and Affirming church,
loving and welcoming all people in all of
God’s variety; including racial, ethnic, and
economic diversity, gender diversity and
expression, sexual orientation, and physical
and mental abilities.
THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN
In recent months we have welcomed seven
new members into our fellowship at Christ
Church. We will again be receiving members
in early December. If Christ Church has begun to feel like home for you and you would
like to deepen your relationship with the
Church and make a stronger commitment to
the work God is doing in and through this
community, contact Pastor Hudder and he will
help arrange for you to be welcomed into
membership. As an Open and Affirming community our membership is ALWAYS open to
ALL interested people who wish to join with
us as we seek to follow the teachings of Jesus
in loving and serving God. To learn more
about the benefits of church membership, give
Pastor Hudder a call at 305-804-7077.
ROOF REPLACEMENT FUND
Cost to re-roof Sanctuary: $20,000
Monthly loan payments: $400
Donations received to date: $9,510.77
Your continued additional support
through the special envelope marked
―Roof Replacement Fund‖:
PRICELESS!
Thank you.
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WE SHARE IN THE JOY
OF BAPTISM!
We rejoiced with Marco &
Letty Hernandez as they
brought their sons, Julian
& Joshua before the congregation to
receive the Sacrament of Baptism on
Sunday, October 23. Julian was born in
Miami on October 6, 2009, and his
godparents are Melissa Rodriquez &
Manuel Picharda. Joshua was also born in
Miami on August 2, 2011, and his
godparents are Ghysselle Perez & Juan
Carlos Calama.
WANTED! ALL CHILDREN OF
CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH TO HELP !
As we begin the Season of Advent on
Sunday, November 27th, we will begin our
preparations for celebrating the birth of the
Christ Child by decorating the Church for the
Season of Christmas in the 10:30 a.m.
worship. The Children of Christ Church
always lead us in this activity. PARENTS:
to help organize for this event, please bring
your children early that Sunday, at 10:00
a.m., so they can participate with the
congregation in this special way.
THANK YOU.
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Prayer List (If someone has been on the list for eight weeks, they will be
removed, but can be returned with an update. Be sensitive to other’s
privacy and check with them first)
Health Concerns
Daniel Best
Ian Martinez
Marian McCray
Wendy Olson
Ed Smith
Louise Wammack
David Williams
Dolly Bryan
Anthony Campagna
Paul Campagna
Laphalle Fuller
Dr. Carey Green
Jon Alexiou
Mercy Alverez
Rev. Linda Anderson
Lois Andrews
Marcia Arthur
Carol Atheas
Ernie Badia
David Barker
Sandy Baxter
Robin Becker
Bergeron family
Paul Bismark
Marianne Bolyer
Amy & Matt Bowles
David Blaus
Chuck Bryant
Haley Bush
Gail C.
Rick Caravetta
Glenda Catron
Alan Cespenes
Manuel Coronado
Lazaro de Armas
Alex Demery
Robert Diaz
Amy Dunfield
Michael Elgard
Peg Fullerton
Garcia Galvan
Diane Gonzalez
Gary Green
Larry Green
Linn Guevara
Rona Harris
Rosemary Hensley
Diane Howard
Mary Ross Hudson
Jerry Hudder
Steve Jenkins
Charlie Jones
Emilio Juarez
Firmo Juarez
Daphne Kailas
Lucy Kelley
Frank & Kay Kett
Mary Lee Khouri
Lynn Kirkpatrick
Charlene Kilson
Judy Krenek
Walt & Marion Krumich Stephanie Lebana
Glenice Little
Bobbie MacNamara
Steven McConohay
Buck McCray
Pat Milton
Miguel Molina
Evangeline Nieves
John Orris
Ivy Pennock
Rosemary Pennsley
Francis Petit
Andrea Rosenblatt
Kay Roach
Stephon Scavella
Catherine Schnellman
Sheila
Michael Shorb
Jerry Silhan
Karen Street
Ray Sullivan
Katherine Sylvas
Michelle Tinney
Allen Townsley
Sophie Vienne
Howard Werner
Eunice Williams
Jennifer Wood
Personal Concerns
Lorrie & Isabella LeGrand
Dale & Jimmy McCray
Jerome McDermott
Turner & Angela Wilford
Harmony & Melody
Tommy Anderson & family
Margaret LeGrand
Laura Goodman
Kristina Hale
Steve Hanus
Juarez family
Andrea Mia Reyes
Steve Meazaros
Lonnie Murphy
Kelvin Ryan
Angie Salazar
Ginger Woods
These families in Mourning for the death of loved one
Angel & Veronica Basora
Gloria Fuller
Carlo Guadagno
Four-Way Covenant partners
The Rev. Dianne Hudder The Rev. Dr. Jihey Esther Roach
The Rev. David Lane
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Faith…
Jesus says in Mathew 9:29. ―According to your faith let
it be to you.‖ In Mathew 17:20 Jesus says, ―If you have
the faith of a mustard seed nothing will be impossible
for you.‖ Nice words but based on the state of the
world, do we really take them seriously? When Jesus
speaks these words he isn‘t talking about faith in God
or faith in Jesus. He is talking about your belief that you
can say to yon mountain move and it will move.
I am here to tell you that I believe that faith is the most
powerful force available to us on the planet and that its
existence has been demonstrated over and over again
by repeatable scientific experimentation. Since 1785
scientific circles have been documenting their positive
findings. These findings have been reported in
respected scientific journals such as, ―The New
England Journal of Medicine,‖ ―The Lancet,‖ and ―The
British Journal of Medicine,‖ to name a few. In July of
2011 Harvard University School of Medicine created a
program to study this phenomenon.
In medicine this phenomenon is called the placebo
effect. It is the belief by the patients that they will get
better, or be cured. Over and over again we see cures
and better patient outcomes simply because of their
faith. In the last fifty years there has been no respected
human study or clinical trial that did not account for
what scientists call the placebo effect. In order for a
treatment, procedure, or medication to be deemed
effective it must do better than what can be achieved by
the faith of the patient alone. The placebo or faith effect
is so powerful that doctors who can instill faith in their
patients have better outcomes. A doctor who says to
their patient you will see marked improvement within
three days has a better outcome than a doctor who
says I am not sure that this will work but let‘s try it.
College students given a drink that they think is
intoxicating will show signs of inebriation even though
the drink has no intoxicating ingredient. Brain scans of
people receiving a placebo show similar changes as the
brains of people who receive the real treatment. This
has been tested with medicines, placebo surgeries and
when the patient thinks that electrodes have been
implanted in their brains to control Parkinson‘s disease.
So why aren‘t we using our faith to solve the problems
of the world. Have we wasted the last 2,000+ years.
One of the reasons is the faith dilemma. The faith
dilemma will have the effect of hiding the real power of
faith in plain sight. If we have enough faith to move yon
mountain, there may be many more people who have
built their houses on that mountain and have faith that
those houses will be there for the foreseeable future. In
Mathew, Jesus does say that faith alone may not be
enough. Prayer and fasting may also be required he
says. By this I believe he means that faith is not passive
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but must be matched with rigorous and determined
action. The other problem with faith is that many
people are quite happy with things as they are. Or they
may have resigned themselves to the current situation.
The solution to the faith dilemma is consensus. If you
can build consensus around an idea or goal, it can be
achieved no matter how improbable the idea. In
business, we would have team building sessions to get
people working towards common objectives. In the
political realm, we would have national dialogues, or
town hall meetings to develop a common approach to
a major problem.
Another solution to the faith dilemma is a great leader.
So, it probably doesn‘t matter what comes out of the
mind of Steve Jobs, the person under whose
leadership the IPAD was born. If he brings out a
product it will probably get respect just because of who
he is.
Is there a dark side to faith, absolutely. Adolph Hitler
convinced a nation of approximately 76 million people
that they could exterminate the Jews and take over the
world. This in spite of the fact that he was challenging
a nation, the British Empire, four or five times the size
of Germany. The British Royal Navy was the equal of
Hitler‘s navy and arguably superior in many ways. Why
couldn‘t the Brits deal effectively with the rascals in
Berlin. The answer is that even at the highest levels
they weren‘t sure that they could; They didn‘t have the
faith.
Is it ever possible to get away with using the power of
faith for evil purposes? The answer is not for very long.
As you have evil thoughts, or do evil deeds, slowly but
relentlessly the universe begins to take aim at you. As
with Germany and Adolph you will pay a severe price
in physical suffering and mental anguish. You will
come to believe that you are not deserving of more
and you will therefore not be able to use your faith
power to better your situation.
So, why do we have poverty in a rich country like The
United States? The answer is quite simple. The poor
don‘t see a way out and the rest of us worry that if they
gain, we lose. Or, perhaps we are too busy with other
concerns to form consensus on poverty eradication.
The same could be said for homelessness and
hunger.
I want you to believe that there isn‘t anything we
can‘t accomplish for ourselves, our country and the
world if we have faith and a noble purpose.
Richard D. Terrelonge,
President of Dover Consulting
Flight Instructor
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IMISSION: 1 HAS BEGUN!
It is here! After months of build-up at the national,
regional, and local level, The United Church of
Christ Mission: 1 Campaign to collect donations
of food items, dollars for hunger relief ministries,
and letters to Congress during the first 11 days of
November (11.1.11 – 11.11.11), is in full swing!
And we are well on our way to meeting the
challenge goals which the Mission Outreach
Committee before us at Christ Congregational
Church.
1. 111 Food Donations, each weighing 11
pounds, for a total of 1,221 pounds of food,
which we will donate to the Feeding South
Florida Food Bank in Miami-Dade County.
The Food Bank has shared that the MOST
USEFUL items for them to receive are:
Canned meats/tuna
Rice and beans (Dry or canned)
Canned fruits & vegetables
Canned soups
Macaroni & cheese
Plastic Peanut butter and jelly
2. 111 Financial gifts to the Neighbors in Need/
Horn of Africa Famine Relief offerings in the
following configuration:
a. One gift of $1,111(already received)
Ten gifts of $111 each for a total of $1,110
b..One Hundred gifts of $11 each for a total
of $1,100
This will give us a total offering of $3,321!
3. 111 Letters to our Congressional Leaders.
All donations were to have been received by
Sunday, November 6, 2011: the midway point of
the eleven days of Mission:1 What a great day of
celebration that will be!
October was an incredible month of fun filled
activities for the children of our school. The
Fire Fighters of the city of Miami visited with a
truck demonstration and brought the message
of fire safety. I was able to invite all of the fire
fighter dads and that really made the event
perfect. I‘d like to thank Randal Johnson,
Melissa‘s dad for participating.
A group of us called ―The 3C‘s Pink Ladies‖
went to the Susan Komen Race for the Cure.
I‘d like to express my deepest gratitude for
everyone‘s support I was able to raise $1,000
dollars for this important cause. As a breast
cancer survivor myself I must say that it meant
a lot.
After many fundraising events I am very
excited to report that finally we have the
$7,200 we needed for the playground. Very
soon the poured rubber for the different areas
will be installed. Thanks to all of you who
helped us reach our goal.
With great success we had our annual ―Fall
Festival‖ with our colorful ―Pumpkin Patch‖ in
place. This year we had a food truck, a surrey
bike, the train ride going through our ―Spooky
Tunnel‖, ―Boo Ville‖ the Scholastic Book Fair, a
Bake Sale and our Silent Auction‖, all of this to
raise the money needed for our ―Snow Day‖ in
January.
November brings lots of reasons for which to
be thankful.
Always from the heart,
Ms. Celi
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GHANA UPDATE 2011
Dear FriendsCarol and I want to share with you what is happening in our continuing ―Mission to Ghana‖. Because of a variety of circumstances, family and otherwise, we were not able to make our annual
visit. By inter-net, bank transfers and deliveries made by brother, Jim Christensen, we were able
to insure that all the funds which were donated through us went to the appropriate recipients.
Thank you for your continuing support and prayers.
1. Through a partnership with the local communities, the church, Rotary International Water Projects, and USAID, in 2011, 114 Water and Sanitation Projects were completed for over
250,000 people, including Takla Gbogame. This culminated a three year process and cost $5
million, and involved hours of local communal labor.
2. Delivered to the Regional Leprosarium: 100 kilos of rice, 2 gallons of cooking oil, and 2 boxes
of soap, insuring that those ―cured lepers‖ will have food until the end of the year, while receiving on-going care and treatment.
3. University Education for Elementary School teacher - tuition for 2011-12
4.
School Supplies Ho Dome Primary School
5.
EP Church Scholarship Funds through the National Church Headquarters
6. Supplies for Mawuli Junior High ( 140 tee squares & Magna-tiles for 3 dimensional templates)
7. Gifts and Funds to Klefe Creche (Nursery School)
8.
Supplies for EP Takla Gbogame Primary School
9.
Funds distributed to Womens‘ Activity Center (Training for women to be self-sufficient).
10. Purchased goods from carvers, jewelry makers, seamstresses, bead makers, micro- businesses, and senior centers.
11. School Fees for Ho Heve Primary School ( Miami Everglades Can recycles)
12. School Uniforms for students at EP Schools
13. Funds to Church Headquarters for them to use at their discretion
14. Supplies for Takla Junior High (60 mechanical instrument kits, 60 tee squares)
15. Funds distributed to rural clinics
16. Pharmaceuticals distributed to Volta Regional Hospital through ―Americares‖
17. Arranged for Solar Powered Talking Bibles to be delivered to Leprosarium for blind
tients and to EP Church for members who are poor and blind.
In His Service –
David and Carol Christensen,
―Ministries in Ghana‖
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The music corner -- continually hurried,
harried and sleep deprived at this time of
year— is also hard pressed to find that
extra hour to write this column. Obviously
the moment is now so off we go into
another hour of lifetime on hold from the
usual pursuits i.e. making money and
leisure time, and let us add to this eating
and chores. All right, I‘m exhausted
already and it‘s still in the morning. Maybe
I will have to forego a good lunch on a
busy day and eat (again) on the fly in order
to toss out a few words per minute to get a
comprehensive result after about 60 or so
go by.
Perhaps this is why I look with
astonishment to the expanding size of the
CCC choir and I‘m not talking about
waistlines. By the way, Irma, thanks for all
those chips.
It might be perceptible from the
congregation side of the church. The choir
has outgrown the two tiers that have
encompassed it since I started work here.
That would be thanks to newcomers
Charlotte Balcells (alto), Robert Barnum
(bass) and Jacquie Johnson (alto) but I
could hardly start to acknowledge them
without mentioning stalwart bass Graham
Bryan, tenacious tenors Julio Balcells,
Bennie Wiley, David Williams, awesome
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altos Betty Klopfer, Sonja Williams and
enchanting sopranos Rosemary Daniels, Irma
Leisner, Deborah Szwed, Mary Tirb, Helen
Wiley. There have been others I‘ve not
mentioned who for various reasons have had
to pursue other options and there will be more
I hope
These people have made the commitment of
their hour. And for many who live far away that
hour becomes two. Actually, choir rehearsal is
an hour and a half on Wednesday evenings.
And these people are tossing out quite a few
notes every minute and the result is tangible.
Certain pieces take a lot of preparation and
others race through the choirstalls after a quick
vocal dusting off. By any account that‘s quite a
lot of people taking a lot of time for a pursuit
that brings no economic solutions and can
often interfere with homework, dinner, chores
— you name it.
The gift is a result that can be measured in
minutes—certainly never approaching an
hour‘s time. The gift of listening is something
we all can use and let me say this applies even
more so to the professional musician. The
CCC choir last year made a resolution never to
perform unless the resulting music was of a
good quality and I must say that so far as
listening goes this choir delivers bang for its
buck — or, rather, your buck. The choir is paid
(as we often joke) $01 hr. BUT that is an hour
and a half of chores, eating, family donated to
a common cause of enhancement of our
church services — a time to reflect on poetry,
harmony and a greater goodness for all of us.
And that is a comprehensive result.
Jay
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CHRIST CHURCH: RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL??
Recently the Church Council commissioned an on-line survey, developed by Richard
Terrelonge, to gain a better understanding of the views of the members of the Christ
Congregational Church community of ministry, (our church members, those who attend
worship, the staff of the church and 3 C‘s Preschool, the parents with children in our
Preschool, and other friends and supporters of Christ Church) on the topic of
―Spirituality.‖ The survey did not define spirituality, as we were hoping the responses
might begin to help us understand how those who participate in the life of this
community might understand and define it. The survey was distributed to
approximately 225 contacts through email and 28 persons responded by filling out the
survey (about a 10% response).
So, what did the survey tell us?
Spirituality is an important part of our religious life: 85% agree (46% strongly).
Exposing our children to God and Christian fellowship is important to our spirituality:
78% agree (39% strongly).
Reaching out to help others is important to our spirituality: 96% agree (46%
strongly).
In terms of what brings us closer to God the top four activities are:
1. Meditation
2. Prayer
3. Music
4. Silence
The survey also suggests that:
Spirituality is viewed as a more solitary, personal, private activity (Relationships and
interactions with other individuals in the church, or beyond, were viewed as less
important to their spirituality.)
Spirituality is not viewed as an important part of the reason for their participation in
this community.
The Church Council has begun studying the results of the survey and will be guided by
this input as they develop goals and plans for our ministry moving forward. Clearly our
ministry to Children and families, through our Preschool and our Educational programs
is an important component of our ministry to which people are responding positively and
through which we can help develop a stronger sense of spirituality. Also, our Mission
Outreach ministry is another component which we need to continue to celebrate and
strengthen as we move forward. Clearly there are areas we can focus on to improve
the perception that Christ Congregational Church is a religious organization where
people can also find their spirituality nurtured.
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MEATBALLS & BINGO
On Saturday evening, October 8, Meatballs and Bingo came together in Kelsey building for
an evening of good food, drinks, loads of laughter and shouts of ―Bingo!‖ over and over in
response to Job Beisenherz‘s challenging calling of the numbers.
Among those enjoying the evening were:
Rev. Dianne Hudder
and grandchildren.
The Basora family admire the
bromeliad centerpiece
provided by Debra Szwed.
Molly, Joan, Betty & Etta are anticipating a
winning number from Bingo caller,
Jon Beisenherz.
And the winner is…..
ROSIE SUESCUN,
the Bingo Queen!
Thanks to our chefs, Saralee
Silverglade and Robert Barnum,
the spaghetti sauces were to
“die for”.
CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
14920 S.W. 67 Avenue
Miami, FL 33158
(305) 235-9381
Pastor: Dr. R. Steven Hudder
3C‘s Preschool (305) 238-0844
Sun
SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE
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8:55 a.m. Outdoor Worship (Communion)
9:30 a.m Prime Time Adult Class
10:30 a.m. Indoor Sanctuary Worship with
Faith Classes for children
9 -11:30 a.m. Nursery care provided
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Mon
Tue
1
Wed
2
Thu
3
Fri
4
6
7
8
Communion
Sunday
Mission 1
12 noon
Bd. Of
Christian
Education
14
12 Noon
Outreach
Committee
7:15 pm
Board of
Trustees
15
21
22
12 noon
Thanksgiving
Luncheon
16
23
7:30 pm
No Choir
Rehearsal
4 pm Vespers at E/R
Hanging of
the Greens
11
28
29
30
12
10 am-2 pm
SDA Church
17
18
10:30 am
3C’s Pow
Wow
7:30 pm
Choir
Bd. Of
Deacons
27
10
7:30 am
Men’s
Breakfast
7 pm final
Bible Study
7:30 pm
Choir
13
20
10 am-4 pm
SDA Church
7:30 pm
Choir
9
5
8 am
WORKDAY
7 pm
Bible
Study
November 6
Sat
19
10 am-4 pm
SDA Church
24
25
Office Closed
Office Closed 10 am-2 pm
SDA Church
26
The Christ The Christ Herald
13
LET US GATHER TO GIVE THANKS
TOGETHER
Sunday, November 20, 2011
at 12:00 noon in the Fellowship Hall
If you would like to donate
the chancel flowers as a
memorial or celebration,
there is a flower chart posted
at the back of the church.
The cost is $25, but more
than one family can share in
the cost of a bouquet.
The CCC women invite you to join them
and all your friends at Christ Congregational Church
for a Feast of Thanksgiving.
Even in difficult and anxious times such as these,
there is much for which to be THANKFUL.
So, let us celebrate with good food and fellowship.
(You are invited to help build the feast by bringing a part of
the feast.
There are sign-up sheets in the Kelsey Building after
worship each Sunday.
Please mark your request on
the flower chart, or call the
office - 235-9381.
JUSTICE LUNCHEON
Please join us for an exciting Justice Luncheon on Dec 4th
11:45am in the Fellowship Hall. Robert Barnum will discuss
his 6 days in Israel, including his guided tour of antiquity and
Glenn Beck‘s 3 day program alerting the world to the extreme
perils to Israel and our Jewish roots.
Office Hours: 9:00 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Phone Numbers: (305) 235-9381
3C‘s Preschool: (305) 238-0844
Fax
(305) 238-4801
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.christcongregational.org
PASTOR: Dr. R. Steven Hudder
305-235-9587
Moderator: Emily Balcells
Director of Music: Jay Harragin
Organist: Jay Harragin
Administrator—Daisy Hidalgo
3C‘s Preschool Director—Celida Comacho
Custodian: Marcos Silveira
Administrative Secretary & Editor
Ruby Fraser
“Never place a period where God has placed a comma”
- Gracie Allen