Volume 13 Issue 12

Happy Holidays!

December 2017

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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chittenango, New York exists to restore all people to unity with each other and with God in Jesus Christ.

St. Paul ’s Episcopal Church Chittenango, New York

The Good News

Well Turkey Day has come and gone. Still have some leftovers too. This is the time of year we think about presents and giving. Remember to always give a thought to those who are not as fortunate as we are. We have our little tree at the Parish Hall with all the stockings hung there. Just waiting for someone to come along and take one or two off the tree. This will help so many children to have a better Christmas. So if you have the time and maybe a little extra, you might want to check out our tree and maybe take a stocking or two. It doesn’t have to be a lot, just something extra. We thank you and God will bless you. As for me and the Vestry, we have been busy getting things ready for Christmas and the work to come in the new year. We will have our Christmas Eve Service at 7:30 PM this year. Hope to see all of you there. It will be a special service with Father Leon. This year also we have five new members to welcome. They will be welcomed by The Right Reverend Bishop Dr. DeDe Dunkin Probe at their confirmation on December 9th 2017. Yes it is a great year. The convention went well this year as it was Bishop DeDe’s first convention, hope she will be with us for many more. Robin, Sue and I had a great time and met some really nice people from around the area. Another year will be upon us shortly. Where has the time gone. I had a very interesting year. A lot of things happening with never a dull moment. So sad to have lost some wonderful people but they will not be forgotten. I would like to thank everyone for their support and prayers. Have a wonderful Christmas and God Bless you all. Judy Olmsted Warden

Special Events

December 9th Diocese Confirmation December 24th Christmas Eve Service at 7:30 PM January 21st Annual Meeting with Dish to Pass Brunch

I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.

John 12:46

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Prayer List

Frank Abriola, John Asam (Furtado request), Eric Baker (Courtwright request), Theresa Blaisier, Denise Bordell, John Brennan (Kraus’s request), Gurdon Brewster, Lewis Briggs, Jason Ceresoli (Furtado request), Colette Cook, Sandra Cooper, Diana D’Amico (Pokorny re-quest), Billy Dougan (Montgomery request), Joanne Furtado (St. Paul’s request), Blake Goodfellow, Art Hildreth (Olmsted request), Holly Hix, Ed Hoffman, Terry Hoffman (Hoffman request), Lynette House (Weisbrod request), Evelyn McAllister (St. Paul’s request), Woody McAllister, Meghan McGuire (Kraus’s request), Terri Mitchel-Gunderson (Weisbrod request), Jim Montgomery, Steve Oliva, Shaun Olmsted, James Sherman (Grover request), Fran Shoemaker, Judy & Ron Smey, Bill Stucker (Pokorny request), Gerry Weisbrod (St. Paul’s request), Joe Williams (St. Paul’s request), Ruth Williams (St. Paul’s re-quest), Betty Yates (St. Paul’s request), Kathy Yates-Davis (Yates re-quest)

Please send any changes or additions to stpaulschittenango@gmail.com.

Contact Information

Father Leon Mozeliak Home: 315-457-1302

Cell: 315-369-8205 frleonm@yahoo.com

Senior Warden Judy Olmstead 315-876-0967

jabell40@yahoo.com

Are you in need of pastoral care? Not sure of who to call? What is the protocol?

Here are some answers:

In a case of an emergency – call Fr. Leon at 315.369.8205

If you want a Pastoral Visit from a Lay Eucharist Visi-tor, or just want to share about a family matter, call our Pastoral Care Chair, Sue Gerling @315.559.3398 (cell) or 315.875.3047 (home) or email her @sbg1982@aol.com.

Diocese-Wide Confirmation

Service

December 9, 11:00 am–1:00 pm

Bishop DeDe will confirm and receive

individuals in the Episcopal Church from

throughout the Diocese of Central New

York. The entire diocesan community is

invited to share and celebrate these

members of our Christian family.

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Dec. 3, 2017 Holy Eucharist - Fr. Leon Mozeliak L.E.M.: Fran Abriola Lessons: Claudia Jensen/Roberta Kincaid Prayers: April Boyle Acolytes: Ed Hoffman/Jim Montgomery Ushers: Please volunteer Elements: McGork family Coffee Hour: Vestry Dec. 10, 2017 Holy Eucharist - Fr. Charles Grover L.E.M. Sue Gerling Lessons: Judy Olmsted/Jennifer Jackson Prayers: Becky Kraus Acolytes: Ed Hoffman/Jim Montgomery Ushers: Please volunteer Elements: Jackson family Coffee Hour: Volunteer

Dec. 17, 2017 Holy Eucharist - Fr. Leon Mozeliak L.E.M.: Robin Weisbrod Lessons: Charles Grover/Roberta Kincaid Prayers: Judy Olmsted Acolytes: Ed Hoffman/Jim Montgomery Elements: Pat D. & Donna H. Ushers: Please volunteer Coffee Hour: Tania Mousaw Dec. 24, 2017 - 9:00 AM Morning Prayer Officiant: Robin Weisbrod Lessons: Becky Kraus/Dorothy Saunders Prayers: TBA Acolytes: Ed Hoffman/Jim Montgomery Ushers: Please volunteer Coffee Hour: Please volunteer

Dec. 24, 2017 - 7:30 PM Holy Eucharist - Fr. Leon Mozeliak L.E.M.: Judy Olmsted Lessons: Tania Mousaw/Sue Gerling Prayers: Robin Weisbrod Acolytes: Ed Hoffman Elements: TBA Ushers: Don Lee/Gerry Weisbrod Dec. 31, 2017 Holy Eucharist - Fr. Charles Grover L.E. M. : Tania Mousaw Lessons: Fran Abriola/Robin Weisbrod Prayers: Claudia Jensen Elements: Robin & Clayton Altar Guild for December: Robin Weisbrod

December Ministry Team Schedule

December Birthdays

04 Cory (C.J.) Huebler 06 Alexandra Kraus

06 Brandon Reals 06 Fayann Hall

07 Brennan Buyea 09 Ahsinnhare Tarbell

12 Emma Titus 14 Emily Judd 14 Gary Pratt

16 Colleen Benjamin 17 Shaun Stanton 21 Tania Mousaw

21 Lauren McGork 25 Meredith Furtado

25 Baby Jesus 26 Evelyn McAllister

26 – Molly Huttar 27 – Lisa McGork

Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!

John 2:14

Christmas Eve Services December 24, 2017

9:00 AM - Christmas Eve Morning Prayer

at St. Paul’s with Robin Weisbrod,

followed by the Greening of the Church.

2:30 PM - Christmas Eve Service at the Grand with Father

Charles Grover.

7:30 PM - Holy Eucharist at St. Paul’s with Fr. Leon Mozeliak.

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A Few Notes Dear friends at St. Paul’s, The family of George Dieffenbacher sends sin-cere thanks for your kind donation to the Fair-field Restoration Assc. It will be used for the upkeep of the 1807 Trinity Church. Amy is very pleased by your gift. She was close to her grandfather and is very happy to belong to your Parish.

Sincerely yours, Jane Dieffenbacher

Dear Ethel and St. Paul’s Members, Thank you for your generous donation of pen-cil boxes, school supplies and tissue boxes for the students at Bolivar. Your kindness helps many of our students to start the school year with their basic needs fulfilled – many of them may not have otherwise. Your efforts were much appreciated.

Sincerely, Bolivar Road Staff

Dear Family at St. Paul’s, Thank you for the gift of a fruit basket, which was much appreciated after my knee surgery. The notes and calls were also much appreciat-ed. Thank you for caring.

Sincerely yours, Robin

Dear Friends, Over the past few weeks we have been work-ing on a project to identify how well our cloth-ing shed partners are taking care of our sheds between pickups. As you know, we ask each of our shed locations to have a volunteer visit the shed during the week to move donations away from the donation chute, bag loose items, tie bags, etc. We have identified your shed as being particu-larly well taken care of! It appears as though your volunteer is doing an excellent and con-sistent job. We just wanted to take this oppor-tunity to tell you how much we appreciate this dedication to the project. Without your volun-teer’s support, our partnership would not be as strong as it is today. Everything your volunteer has done and continues to do has been noticed and greatly appreciated. If you are not the volunteer that takes care of the shed, would you please make sure to share this letter with your volunteer?

Sincerely, The Team at St. Paul’s Textile, Inc.

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Dear Parish Family, Fall is a wonderful time of the year. The air becomes crisper, the colors of the trees vibrant and the Pledge Campaign draws close. Fall is a time of reflection, of how our past year has gone by, of the “good mistakes” and what we have learned from them.. The Finance Committee has commenced its work on the 2017 Budget, led by Don Lee and supported by Ethel Barber, Brian Buyea, Judy Olmsted and Robin Weisbrod. They will be presenting a completed budget to the Vestry soon and then the Vestry will present the final-ized version to the Parish at the Annual Meeting in January 2018. For another year, we have been able to support, financially and physically, many Outreach Programs. Directly a result of all of our hard work and dedication. Vacation Bible School -- Not only do we support VBS with supplies and monetary gifts,

we have many members of our church who volunteer their time, year in and year out, to help make VBS successful. Not bad for such a small church.

Food Pantry -- Our basket at the front doors of the church, is usually full, every single Sunday. Not only that, we hold a special “Egg McMuffin” drive a few times a year.

Chittenango Area Council of Churches -- We are very active in that. And have, in the past, hosted the Good Friday Service.

Mitten Tree/Host a School -- St. Paul’s adopts a school, contacts the Nurse for names, and supplies families in need with Christmas presents. We’ve even been known to knit a few mittens in the past.

United Thank Offering -- Monies we gather for this, goes to helping with the missions of the Episcopal Church. Thankful giving is blessed.

Crop Walk -- We have hosted the Crop Walk for the past few years. Isn’t it good to know you are helping the local Food Pantry as well as wherever else there is a need?

This coming year, we are facing a considerable expense of rebuilding the back stairs of the Parish Hall, that take you to the Classrooms. Judy, Don and Fr. Leon, have put in considerable time, finding ways to creatively fund these repairs. They have applied for a Grant and Loans from the Diocese. We will be hearing more about this as the time for the rebuild comes clos-er. So please, prayerfully consider what your pledge amount will be this year. No amount is too small and no amount is too large. All are gratefully accepted. Thank you all for reading this letter. For Security and Confidentiality, please be sure to sub-mit your Pledge Card directly to the Pledge Secretary, Ethel Barber. Robin Weisbrod Finance Committee Liaison

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Chittenango, New York

The Good News The December 2017 Newsletter of

St. Paul’s of Chittenango

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