Azalea Day Easter Sale
Sunday, March 21, 2010 during Coffee Hour
Lots of Treasures!

Thank you for your year-round donations to Azalea Day. We have so many nice items this year pertaining to Easter, spring and gardening. You will have the opportunity at the sale to purchase these treasures before Azalea Day. The proceeds from the sale are directed to St. Christopher’s Outreach. Volunteers are needed to help organize, price and work the event. For further information please contact Nancy Arndt at (610) 649-0507 or Joan Harrison at (610) 527-2656.

ECS Good Friends of St. Christopher’s Church

Invite you to
“TASTE AND SEE”
at an
AFTERNOON TEA
St. Christopher’s Church Library
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
3:00 — 4:30 p.m.

An opportunity to share in fellowship and increase our awareness of how Episcopal Services makes a difference in the lives of so many children, families and individuals in need.

Please bring a check made out to E.C.S. Every dollar given will go directly to serve women and children in poverty.

Please respond to Peg Schneider (610) 649-3087 by Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

The Good Friends program of ECS began five years ago to provide a way for women throughout our Diocese to join hands to overcome poverty. A yearly luncheon is held in the fall and provides an opportunity for women to discover the ways in which they can support the efforts of Episcopal Community Services in responding to the challenge that over 1/3 of Philadelphia’s children live below the official federal level, and more than 54% of families headed by a single mother with children under age 5 are impoverished. Poverty in Philadelphia is 2 ½ times the national average and it is on the rise. In the U.S. poverty is a woman’s issue because female-headed families are financially the worst off. Historically it has been women who have identified the poverty in our midst and then called for a compassionate response. St. Christopher’s is hosting this Afternoon Tea for a second year so that the women of our parish and their friends may gather once again to “taste and see” how together we can make a difference in the lives of women and children in poverty.

Holy Week Worship and Easter Schedule

Palm Sunday, March 28th
8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist

Maundy Thursday, April 1
7:30 p.m.—Holy Eucharist with
“The Stripping of the Altar”

Good Friday, April 2
12:00 noon—Good Friday Liturgy, with Sermon
12:00—3:00 p.m.—Church open for Prayer

Easter Sunday, April 4
8:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist with Music
10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist with Special Music
11:15 a.m.—Easter Egg Hunt following the service

Sunday, November 29, 2009 - Thanks to everyone who came out to help at the Clothier’s.  Many hands made light work and we made a big difference as we prepared their property for the winter.  It was a beautiful display of neighborly love - just further evidence of God’s Love at work in the St. Chris community!

Turkey Carving

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 – Thank you to everyone who came out to prepare Thanksgiving Dinner for the Church of the Advocate and to Jack Arndt and Skip Irvine for organizing this outreach activity. 

Children’s Halloween Party!

Sunday, October 25, 2009 - Families of our Sunday school helped put on a Halloween party for the children this Sunday!  It was a fun time for the kids to get dressed up in costumes, play games, and enjoy tons of candy and snacks.  Thanks to everyone who participated for making this a fun event!  We’ll be doing another similar activity near Christmas so please stay tuned…