1. CHRIST CHURCH DEER PARK
SERVICES THIS WEEK
Wednesday, December 19 ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS
7 am – Holy Eucharist PARISH CLERGY
Homilist: The Reverend Kevin Robertson 416-920-5211
The Wednesday 7:00 am Eucharist will be celebrated as The Rev. Kevin Robertson, Rector ext. 26
usual on December 19 and January 2, but not on The Rev. Canon Douglas Graydon, Associate Priest ext. 27
Wednesday, December 26. The Rev. Julie Meakin, Assistant Curate ext. 31
The Rev. Dr. Peter Slater, Honorary Assistant
December 23 – Fourth Sunday of Advent The Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, Ecumenical Partner
(United Church of Canada) December 1 6 , 2 0 1 2
8 am/10 am - Holy Eucharist
The Rev. Jo-Anne Billinger, Honorary Assistant
Homilist: The Reverend Dr Peter Slater
PARISH STAFF
Welcome to Christ Church Deer Park. We invite you to stay for
Eric Robertson, Organist & Director of Music ext. 25
Advent Discussion Group – Please join the members of the Hilary Keachie, Director of Children’s Education
refreshments after the service at Holy Grounds Café in Elliott Hall
clergy over the four weeks of Advent for a dynamic engagement Jean King, Parish Administrator ext. 22 through the Chapel upstairs.
with the lectionary texts for each Sunday, and how they have Elisabeth Lunder, Part-time Bookkeeper ext. 32
been addressed in the homily. This will take place in the Arthur Denis Delisle, Custodian ext. 35 PromiseLand Kids are invited to stay in the Sanctuary with their
Smith Room from 11:30 am – 12:15 pm over the next three families for the Opening Hymn and Lighting of the Advent Candle
Sundays. CHURCHWARDENS
and then we will go down to the Chapel of St. Nicholas together.
Walter Blackwell, Rector’s Warden 416 964-1462
December 16: The Reverend Canon Douglas Graydon The Nest (certified childcare for infants to age 4) is open
Robert Morrow, People’s Warden 416 421-7017
December 23: The Reverend Dr Peter Slater Carolyn Kearns, Deputy Warden 416 488-7436 during the Sunday 10 am service on the third floor.
This Week at Christ Church
We welcome back to our parish the Reverend Jo-Anne
Monday – Dec 17 Thursday – Dec 20
Billinger. Jo-Anne was a theological student here a few years Name Tags - If you would like a nametag, we invite you to call Yoga – 9:30 am Yoga – 9:30 am
ago, and was ordained a deacon in the Diocese of Toronto last the parish office and we would be happy to create one for you. AA – noon OA – 12:15 pm
May. While she waits for her next appointment, Jo-Anne will be Call 416-920-5211 x 22 or jking@thereslifehere.org AA Primary Purpose – 7 pm Choir rehearsal – 6:30 pm
a part of our community. Please extend to her a warm CCDP Ontario Philharmonic rehearsal AA Book Study – 7 pm
welcome. Large print Orders of Service are available from the Sidespeople. – 11 am
Tuesday – Dec 18 Friday– Dec 21
2013 Offering Envelopes are available for pickup by the Bell Free Sunday parking is available on Sunday mornings (up to ACW – Christmas Luncheon AA – Miracle Group – 12:15 pm
Tower door next to the font. If you would like envelopes please 1:30 pm) at the public parking lot, just across from the church on – 12 noon AA Book Study – 7 pm
Staff Meeting – 10 am Ontario Philharmonic Concert – 8 pm
contact Elisabeth Lunder in the Parish Office at 416-920-5211 Heath Street. Stamp your parking ticket using the church address
UnderEarners Anon –6 pm
x32 or bookkeeper@christchurchdeerpark.org stamp found on the table at the Bell tower door. After Church go
Wednesday – Dec 19 Saturday, Dec 22
to the customer service office with your validated ticket where you 7am – Holy Eucharist Community Breakfast
Mark your calendars... a Parish Quiet Day is being planned for will be given an exit ticket. Park only in the lower levels. Christmas Decorating – 2 pm
Saturday, February 16 at St. John's Convent in Willowdale. For AA – noon & 7 pm
more details, please speak with the Reverend Julie Meakin. Phoenix CA – 7 pm
A Confirmation Program will be offered in the new year. If you
are interested in being confirmed next April, please speak with
one of the clergy in order to register for the course.

2. “IN THE WORKS” Young Anglican Leaders
Check out what’s happening
Thank you to all who have participated in our parish visioning
in December:
exercise over the past two months. “In The Works” is the name
we have given to this process, in which we are imagining new 1)Thanks for an
initiatives that will help to transform and revitalize our awesome Christmas Party yesterday!
community.
THIS AFTERNOON at 4:30 pm nd
2) Saturday December 22 @ 7am: Help serve breakfast and
Christmas Vespers
Christmas treats at our Community Breakfast
Six working groups have convened to chart a course in priority with
areas. If you were not able to be a part of the initial meetings,
we still welcome your full participation. The working groups are The Dixie Demons
meeting throughout the fall and winter, so please contact the A Christmas Musical Pageant: Rehearsals
facilitators if you would like to join the conversation and move CHRISTMAS SERVICE TIMES during and AFTER the service today!
the initiatives forward: Join us in the Chapel of St. Nicholas as we
December 24 7:00 p.m. Family Eucharist & Pageant continue to experience the wonder, and
Welcoming Jill MacRae & William Jackson 10:30 p.m. Carol Sing sometimes chaos, of the Christmas Story. We
Discerning Gifts for Lay Ministry David Moore 11:00 p.m. Traditional Midnight Mass will also be having a FULL cast rehearsal in the
Opening Up Our Sacred Space & Grounds
Sanctuary from 11:15-12:00 today.
Bob Hutchison & Henry Zaluski December 25 8:00 a.m. Said Eucharist
We invite everyone in the congregation to “Come on the Road
Developing Spiritual Practices Gavin Keachie 10:00 a.m. Sung Eucharist with Carols
to Bethlehem” with us on Monday Dec. 24th at 7 pm!
Building Community Inside & Out Michael Overbury
Raising Spiritual Kids Andrew van Nostrand & Chris Symonds December 30 8:00 a.m. Said Eucharist
10:00 a.m. Meditation on the Nativity: Some Devotional Resources for the season of Advent…
The St Andrew’s Group/ACW is hosting their annual Christmas Christmas Readings, Carols
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Party on Tuesday, December 18 – 12 noon for 12:30 pm. and Holy Eucharist Enrich your Advent and Christmas with these resources, which are
Lunch and a “sing-along” of carols to end the party. Merry now available for purchase:
Christmas to all! The Archbishop's Levee will take place on Tuesday, January Advent and Christmas Wisdom by Henri Nouwen ($15), and
1st from 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm at St. James' Cathedral. This is an Waiting in Joyful Hope by Jay Cormier ($2).
Come and Help decorate the church for Christmas opportunity to greet the Bishops and Dean of our Diocese. All are There are also booklets of Advent Devotions for families as well as
th welcome. Advent meditations for adults. There is no cost for these booklets.
on Wednesday December 19 at 2 pm.
Please see one of the clergy for your copies.
A Training Session for Subdeacons, Chalice-Bearers and
Christmas Flowers Servers will take place in the church on Sunday, January 13, from
If you would like to contribute to the cost of decorating our church 11:45 am-12:30 pm. If you are already a part of these ministries, Farewell to Hilary – at the end of this month, Hilary Keachie will
for Christmas, please use the small brown envelope or would like to be, please plan to attend this workshop. leave us to take up a new role in Hanover, Germany. For the past
that is enclosed with the Bulletin. If you would like to two and half years, Hilary has led our Promiseland program, and
make the donation in memory of a loved one, print The Annual Vestry Meeting will take place on Sunday, developed our ‘YAL’ (Young Anglican Leaders) program. We will
the name of the person(s) to be remembered on the February 24, 2013 beginning at 11:30 am. All heads of parish miss her! Please join us following the 10:00 a.m. service on Sunday,
envelope, place it on the offering plate and it will be included in the groups and organizations are asked to submit their 2012 reports December 23rd as we say farewell to Hilary and thank her for her
Christmas Bulletin. electronically. Please email them to the parish office by Sunday, ministry among us.
January 27.