St. Hubert's Episcopal Church

Thursday Lectionary Study

Join this casual group from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Thursday mornings as you are able to weave together the thread of the lessons for the upcoming Sunday. All are welcome!

Next Vestry Meeting,

Monday, December 17

Deacon's Dismissal  

(Musings from The Rev. Josh Butler)

Did you ever know anyone famous? Not just be in the same room but have them speak to you? I have. Frederick Buechner, American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, preacher, theologian and ordained Presbyterian minister, was a teacher at a boarding school where I spent some time. Buechner once sought me out to tell me, “Turn down your stereo!” I could barely hear him. A few years later, after our admittedly brief encounter, Fred Buechner wrote this: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” Those words I heard.

Advent/Christmas/Epiphany:  3 Liturgical Seasons in 6 weeks! 

Tuesday December 11, 6:30 potluck followed by discussion and compline 

Christmas Service Schedule 

  All are Welcome  

December 9—10:00 a.m. Advent Lessons and  Carols 

December 23—8:30 a.m. Advent IV

     10:00 a.m. Advent IV,     Children’s Christmas Pageant

December 24—4:00 p.m. Christmas Eve, Holy    Eucharist 

                            7:00 p.m.  Christmas Eve, Holy   Eucharist

 Advent Party—Sunday, December 9, 3-5 p.m. 

 From 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 9^th, St. Hubert’s will be hosting an Advent party at the Church to put you in the mood spiritually and mentally for the joyous Christmas season.  You can learn to make reindeer cookies that come out of the oven already decorated.  We will also have cut out cookies – wreaths, polar bears, maybe more – that you will be able to decorate.  What a delicious way to find out if you’re really an artist!
 
We also encourage people to bring their musical instruments and entertain us while we bake and decorate.  (We already have a piano so you don’t need to bring your own.) Voices are also instruments, so if you sing, either by yourself or in a group, we want to hear you  too!  We are eager to hear Christmas songs, Advent carols, and other music of the season.
 
We will have winter type beverages, like hot chocolate and hot cider.  We would also like some people to bring appetizers so we can munch the afternoon away.

This party is an ideal time to show off St. Hubert’s so, if you want to bring a friend, either adult or child, please do so.  But help us, by signing up, so we know how much cookie dough and other goodies to bring

Prepare, serve, clean up a "banquet" for the hungry in Painesville. At St. James Episcopal Church. Contact Jan Cochrac 440-290-7222 or janicecochrac@yahoo.com

Food Ministry Dates:  
Marion Sterling School Mobile Food Pantry, Friday, December 14, 3-5 pm
Distribute fresh produce and other products, 3033 Central Avenue, Cleveland
Contact Bitty Dorr 216-291-1370 or bittydorr@gmail.com

Brown Bag Lunches, Saturday, December 15, 9:00 am
Pack 100 lunches for distribution by St. James in Painesville. At St. Hubert's.
Contact Annie Hitchcock 440-255-4896 or ahit9562@gmail.com

Boys Hope, Girls Hope, Tuesday, December 18, 4-7 pm
Prepare, serve and clean up dinner at low income academy in Garfield Hts.
Contact Bitty Dorr 216-291-1370 or bittydorr@gmail.com

St. James Hot Lunch,  Sunday, December 30 at 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Prepare, serve, clean up a "banquet" for the hungry in Painesville. At St. James Episcopal Church. Contact Jan Cochrac 440-290-7222 or janicecochrac@yahoo.com

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Fill The Need – Christmas Outreach

by Susan Patton

The theme for the St. Hubert's holiday giving this year is "Fill the Need."  Parishioners will be invited to help Fill the Need for students at Maple Elementary.  On Sunday, December 3, we will include the information in the Sunday bulletin. along with Maple's "wish list.” Parishioners are asked to bring in the items and put them into the boxes (decorated in holiday wrap) which we will make available.  No one needs to wrap anything.  

A donation to the Altar Flower Fund for Christmas Poinsettias and Greens  is a wonderful way to remember loved ones.  To help the church cover the cost of Christmas decorations, we suggest a $20 donation.  Deadline is Tuesday, December 18 if you would like a loved one named in the Christmas Eve Bulletins.  Envelopes are available in the entry hallway, call or email the office at info@sthuberts.net or sign up online at http://sthuberts.net/worship__schedules/christmas_flowers.  

BUNKO! 

Bunko will meet the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 in the Evan’s Room at Church. For only $5 and a dessert or appetizer all ladies are invited to join this fun event. It lasts about 2 hours. We usually eat first and then play. The game is very simple and easy to learn. The only skill needed is to be able to roll dice. Please sign up at the desk so we have an idea for supplies. Any questions call Annie Hitchcock at 440-255-4896.

Stewardship Program 2019

Thanks to your generosity, so far we have heard from 61 families with pledges amounting $139,508!  The ongoing program still needs to hear from others.  Please reflect prayerfully on all that St. Hubert's means to you and your family, and then give generously!  Give proportionally with respect to income, give until it feels right and give to this beloved small parish which has a very big heart, a deep faith and a commitment to God. 

 If you need envelopes, please ask Denise.

The book, St. Hubert’s History: 1893-2018, by Ann McConnell is available for purchase in the Evans Room for $20.  See Denise or Ann to purchase.

Christmas Comes Early in 2018!

 The Vestry at its October meeting endorsed the following changes to Christmas celebrations at St Hubert’s:The Christmas pageant will occur at the 10 am service on Sunday December 23rd, duringsermon time. Parents of Sunday School age children were highly in favor of this change.OnChristmas Eve, we will hold two services, both family friendly, at 4 and 7 p.m. The laterservices has attracted dwinding numbers, so moving it from 10 to 7 pm will meet the needsofthose heading on to family celebrations.

Please spread the word!  Only 53 days ‘til the pageant and 54 ‘til Christmas Eve!

LOVE GOD. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. CHANGE THE WORLD.
How will you change the world?

Through the Bishop’s Annual Appeal you are feeding the hungry, giving comfort to those who are struggling, developing leaders, strengthening the church, and changing scores of lives every day.
Your gifts support clergy and lay formation opportunities, youth mission trips and leadership development, and outreach to the community.
It is a primary source of funding for Episcopal Community Services (ECS), which provides funds for parish-based outreach ministries that feed the hungry, educate children and young adults, provide spiritual freedom for people who are in prison, give hope to those who are struggling, and carry out God’s work in creative and inspired ways. Such programs provide crucial assistance to those in need. At the same time, they allow us to embody our Christian values and grow together spiritually.
Funds raised through the Appeal also help to underwrite mission trips and leadership development. They provide summer internships for high school and college students, and help to train and place newly ordained clergy.
It is only through your continued support that we are able to make such a difference in the lives of so many, extending to them God’s love and changing their worlds in ways that may most fully be measured by God’s gratitude.
Donate online HERE or pick up a donation envelope at St. Hubert's.

DONATE VASES AND PEBBLE GEMS

The Flower Guild is in need of large vases, and pebbles or colored "gems" to place in the bottom of altar flower vases that the committee members will be delivering to St. Hubert's parishioners that are in the hospital or  are otherwise unable to attend the weekly church services.  Thank you !

St. Hubert’s 125th Anniversary Cookbook

Carla Woodcock is working on a new cookbook for St. Hubert's.  We want a second collection of recipes from St. Hubert's parishioners.  Recipes from everyone, even if you submitted recipes for our first cookbook.  They can be a family favorite, something you brought to a potluck or something a friend shared with you and we would like a picture to go with your recipes.  Pictures of a family dinner, you at a church potluck/function, you cooking...
 
Contact Carla at church or by phone 440-488-2472, or by e-mail tmdonelan@yahoo.com
 
If you would like a copy of the original cookbook please let us know or sign up at church 

   Two New Outreach Ministries with Cleveland Clinic Hospital

Bitty Dorr announced two new ministries for St. Hubert's to participate in at church on Sunday, March 4. Please contact Bitty for additional information at 216-381-1370 or bittydorr@gmail.com.

• The first is the opportunity to sew colorful pajama bottoms for the children in the Pediatric Unit.  The p.j.'s are then matched with a colored T-shirt provided by St. Hubert's and donated as a set.
• The second new opportunity involves sharing your time to create bow blankets with patients in the Palliative Care Unit. The group will meet once a month on the 4th Friday.