Sunday, November 28th

The First Sunday of Advent

8 am service of Holy Communion – St. Luke’s Chapel

10:00 am service of Baptism and Holy Communion – Old Wye Church

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Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life

in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;

that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty

to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal;

through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

We welcome into the household of faith this Sunday, Hudson McLain Shepherd. Blessings and joys on the Shepherd household including his grandmother, Mary Shepherd.

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Birthday blessings to Peggy Walbert, Ryan Lively, Annika Gerber, Jane Jenkins, Don Regenhardt and Zachary Denton. Anniversary blessings to Michael & Julie Marshall and Rev. Charlie & Rev. Frieda.

Warmest regards in Christ,

Reverend Charlie

Volunteers are needed for the one more week to help with the Christmas Market

Saturday, Nov. 27

Donations of baked goods, jams, jellies & Christmas gift items – jewelry and other accessories are welcome. Donations can be dropped off at St. Lukes from 8:30 to 10:30 on Christmas Market Saturdays. Other delivery times can be arranged with Liguori Tewes, 410 961 7111 [email protected].

Please click below if you wish to donate Poinsettia for the Christmas services in memory or in honor of someone special.

This is a small group designed to support those who are grieving the loss of a loved one or experiencing grief related to some major transition in their life, including but not limited to retirement, job loss, relocation, personal illness, illness of a loved one, or grief associated with losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Scriptural wisdom will guide us as we explore the many dimensions of grief while offering spiritual encouragement within a supportive community of faith. Over the course of five sessions, the group will explore a variety of scripture passages as we engage in the practice of Lectio Divina. We will continue on Monday, November 29th at 10 am in the Library, our final session will be December 13th. Susie Leight will facilitate this group.

The Kerygma course, Reading the Bible as a Whole, continues on Monday, November 29 at 10 am in the Wye Parish House. The fall course is a weekly discovery of the Old Testament beginning with Genesis and concluding with the Visions of the Messiah. For those who are new to Kerygma, the resource book is available this week at Parish House. I look forward to welcoming everyone to this vision of reading the Scriptures together.

We Give Thanks, a course preparing children to receive Holy Communion with deeper understanding, began regathering Sunday, November 7^th at 10 am Old Wye Church. This course began March 2020 and now begins again this Fall.

We Give Thanks continues the first Sundays of months leading to Easter 2022. Those Sundays are December 5^th, January 9^th (second Sunday in January), February 6^th, March 6^th, April 3^rd and Easter Day, Sunday April 17^th.

Miss Bibi will be present each of these Sundays to welcome children at 10 am and will seeking a parent to assist her once per month.

We thank you for your support of Wye Parish.  Your ushers will leave the plate near the back of the church so that you may leave an offering as you enter or depart.

Or, you may always take advantage of our online giving. Simply click on the plate to make an online offering for Wye Parish. This online giving feature also may be accessed any time by clicking the donate button at the top of this newsletter or from the Wye Parish website.

Thank you to all who have mailed their weekly or monthly offerings, bring their pledges to church on Sunday mornings and to those who are already using our online donation service.

Haven Ministries Homeless Shelter is open again for the Fall, Winter and Spring session:

We thank Mary Julie for providing dinner on November 15th on behalf or our parish!

For now, due to the pandemic and safety concerns, our guests will be housed in hotels again and cared for by the Haven Ministries Staff. Hopefully we will be back in the shelter at KIUMC by January. However dinners are still being provided by volunteers from the various member churches. Providing dinners is easier than in the past, as you only need to drop off the dinner (usu. meat and veggie casserole) at 5:30 at the Kent Island United Methodist Church. The next dinner opportunity for our Parish is: December 16th.  Please contact me if you are interested in being a volunteer for this season or want more information before committing.

Thank you very much!  Rick Culotta

Donations of non-perishable food are warmly accepted for the Haven Ministries Emergency Food Shelter. Food donation boxes are located at both St. Luke’s Chapel and Old Wye Church.

The Food Pantry at Haven Ministries is open for daily distribution.

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