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Sunday, December 14
8:00 am – Holy Eucharist, Rite II
9:15 am - Adult Forum, Room 11
9:15 am - Sunday School
10:30 am – Holy Eucharist, Rite II
4:00 pm - Lessons and Carols
Monday, December 15
8:00 am – Morning Prayer (Zoom)
Tuesday, December 16
8:00 am – Morning Prayer (Zoom)
9:00 am - Holy Eucharist with Healing
10:00 am - Bible Study
Wednesday, December 17
8:00 am – Morning Prayer (Zoom)
8:00 pm – Compline (Zoom)
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Thursday, December 18
8:00 am – Morning Prayer via Zoom
Friday, December 19
8:00 am – Morning Prayer via Zoom
4:30 pm – Online Social Hour (Zoom)
Saturday, December 20
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Advent Arts and Crafts Festival
Sunday, December 21
8:00 am – Holy Eucharist, Rite II
9:15 am - Adult Forum, room 11
9:15 am - Sunday School
10:30 am – Holy Eucharist, Rite II
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Adult Forum this Sunday
Why I'm Episcopalian and not ______.
| | This forum will look at a few of the major schisms and fractures that have branched into thousands of different Christian denominations. We'll take a deeper look into the history, beliefs and teachings of a few of the major Christian denominations that exist today. | | |
Lessons and Carols
December 14 at 4:00pm
| | Join us for a service of Lessons and Carols for Advent, with beautiful selections from Scripture, seasonal hymns, and anthems from the choir. | |
Advent Craft Festival
December 20 from 2 to 4 pm
| St Albans will hold a children's advent craft festival on Saturday, December 20th from 2 PM to 4 PM in the parish hall. We will make Christmas crafts, decorate cookies and drink hot chocolate. All are welcome. | Christmas Flowers and Greening the Church | |
St. Alban's will be decorated with wreaths, roping, and poinsettias for the Christmas season. A contribution toward the purchase of these flowers is greatly appreciated. Please complete and submit the online form, located at this link, by Friday, December 19.
Greening the Church, December 21: We will be decorating the church on Sunday, December 21 following the 10:30 am service. All are welcome to pitch in to get our nave ready to welcome the Christ Child for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services.
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Each week we will focus on different ministries in the Narthex and it continues this Sunday with ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY. For more information, please contact Karen or Rick Weinberg at rweinberg1@cox.net.
For information on the new and updated EfM, please click here to go to the blog entry.
| | As you might have noticed in posters around the church, the Christmas Gift Wrapping Fundraiser is starting up soon! Bring your gifts downstairs to Room B4 before either Sunday service during the next two Sundays of Advent: Decembers 14 and 21. Gift wrapping is free, but while you’re there, please leave a generous donation for St. Alban’s Mission and Outreach Programs! | | House Blessings in Epiphany | | The clergy are available to offer rites of blessing and deliverance for homes this January. The feast of Epiphany has been an opportune and sensible time for these prayers. If you've lived in your home for years, or you’re newly in a home, or if you’ve recently experienced major transitions in your life, it could be a good time to have your house or residence blessed. If you’re interested in knowing more, contact Fr Paul. | | Did you accidentally donate a gift card for the Lego Store to the Church Bazaar? Contact Ann Gates – gatesand@aol.com. | | |
The December Word is here!
Click this link to read it!
Learn a little about Fr. Jeff and Kate’s pilgrimage adventures. Check out our music plans for the coming Christmas season. See lots of fun photos of smiling parishioners and friends at our festive 2025 Christmas bazaar. Learn about a parishioner who was honored as Samaritan Ministries “volunteer partner of the year.”And much more!
| | Advent in Tucson: Bethany and her husband, Brad, visited Fr. Alex & Alex at his church St. Andrew’s, Tucson, on the First Sunday in Advent! It was a great day and the Alex’s were so happy to get to see beloved St. Alban’s folks all the way out in the desert | | |
Have a photo of the mighty Clark in the wild? Want to see your name in Digital SAM?
Send a picture of Clark - to Clark - at clark@stalbansva.org for a chance to be featured here!
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Overlooking the Bazaar
Photo by Michael Yarborough
| | Annandale Christian Community for Action Updates | | |
Thank you for donating 19 pounds last week!
Food donations are greatly needed and can be dropped off in the Narthex! If donations are particularly heavy, please separate them across several bags so bags don't break.
ACCA continues to be in need of chunky soup, jarred spaghetti sauce, saltines, ravioli/spaghetti-os, large tubes of toothpaste, and canned peas, carrots, and peas/carrots combined. In addition, volunteer drivers have been working overtime to deliver food to people’s homes. If you have a spare hour once every week or two, try doing a delivery. It can be very rewarding. You don’t have to drive on a regular schedule, but just when you have time.
Please drop off food donations in the Narthex, so that Fran Walinsky can take donations to the pantry each week. Monetary donations to ACCA are also welcome! For info, click here.
Contact Gail Coleman, gv.coleman@verizon.net or Debbe Heiman at if you have any questions!
See the monthly ACCA newsletter by clicking here!
| | Serving Schedule for December 14 | | |
8:00 am
Crucifer: Emma Cheek
Torchbearer: Aaron Chilton
Torchbearer: Declan Chilton
Usher: Al Avellino
Usher: Stanley Utterback
Intercessor: Michael Yarborough
Lector: Cam Chilton
Lector: Molly Chilton
LEM:
LEM: Delores Baisden
Coffee Hour:
Set-up and/or clean-up:
Food:
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10:30 am
Crucifer: Marc Cheek
Torchbearer:
Torchbearer:
Usher: Rick Weinberg
Usher: Christie O'Connell
Intercessor: Bill Calvert
Lector: Nancy Calvert
Lector: Chris Peck
LEM: Clarence Zuvekas
LEM: Linda Cummings
Coffee Hour: Debbie Rosse
Set-up and/or clean-up:
Food:
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Altar Guild: Team I, Captain: Kate Wettstein, Bethany Bower, Nell Dillard, Diane Fulcher, Ellen Gerdes, Jane Gilbert, Leneice Wu, Izanne Zorin.
Security: Michael Sinsabaugh
Counters: Sally and Ray Hanlein
| | Parish Prayers this Week: | | |
For the Sick and the Suffering in our Parish:
Gail Allison, Harry Baisden, Allison Blanchard, Nancy Calvert, John Clements, Liz Clements, Helen Cassidy, Evangeline Clark-Wiles, Mary Ann Daymont, Jane Edwards, David Hamnett, Nancy Harrell, Debbe Heiman, Lee Huff, Trish Huheey, Joan Jurenas, Martha Kelley, Jack Martin, Sue Mairena, Duncan McBride, Elizabeth Ninde, Elayne O'Loughlin, Randy Pabst, Margaret Pendley, Trudy Reece, Benny Robles, Allison Canales Romero, Jerry Sare, Sally Sare, Lynne Schrag, Cheryl Sinsabaugh, Bari St. Cyr, Evie Tanner, Justin Traum, Tom Tycz, Fran Walinsky, Karen Weinberg, Zinnah Wiles, Kenneth Youngert, Ann Zuvekas
For the Sick and the Suffering — Family and Friends:
George Brezna, Ann Bobeck, Stacey Bowlin, George Brezna, Tess Brody, John Casey, Kathy Curran, Barbara Cook, Vivian Dillard, Winship Durrett, Sincerria Elliot, Cristabel Espinoza, Charlotte Evans, Sharon and Jay Fadgen, Kate Dora Games Thiel, Ann Gatlin, Al Gilbert, M.H., Michael Hamnett, Frieda & Heather Higdon, Karen & Phil Holmes, Jim House, Jax Hudson, Katelyn Hurley, John, Rita Johnson, Richard Kinch, Wray Kinard, Fred Lusk, Liz Lybrand, Sue Marshall, Maria Marta-Paredes, Donell Mathews, James and Janice McPhee, Mahan and Mozhan Motahari, Lynn Nanney, Judy Pearson, Evelyne Orlander, Margery Peck, the Premock Family, Jon Reed, Glenn Reichenbach, Dave Richardson, Jim Schmidt, Gerry Spejewski, Richard Stern, Marjorie Taber, Carey Tynan, Judy & Jerry Vance, Maria Ana Velasquez, Kristen West, Jeremy West, Jason West, Chuck Woods, Janet Woods, Abby
For Those Who Have Died
For Those in Military Service and Civilians Working Around the World
Bobby Dubas, Alison Dilworth
For Those Celebrating a Birthday
Andrei Andreyev (12/17), Cheryl Sinsabaugh (12/17), Jim Kilby (12/19)
For Our Parish
We pray in thanksgiving for the blessing of serving our neighbors who are unhoused during the month of December. As Christ’s hands and feet in Annandale and beyond, we thank you for entrusting us with the opportunity to extend warmth, shelter, and kindness to those in need. We pray that you will help us always to be faithful, seeking your will alone in all that we do.
For Our Diocese
Santa Maria, Falls Church; St. Barnabas, Annandale; Westover, Charles City
For the Worldwide Anglican Communion
Anglican Church of Brazil
To place a name on the prayer list contact the parish office
at 703-256-2966 or email info@stalbansva.org
Updates regarding those on this list are greatly appreciated.
For pastoral emergencies please call (571) 383-6096.
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