Glebe Episcopal Church
4400 Nansemond Parkway
Suffolk, Virginia 23435-0042
Phone: (757) 538-8842
Email: Glebe@Glebechurch.org
Glebe Gazette
November
2022ll
Glebe Episcopal Church
4400 Nansemond Parkway
Suffolk, Virginia 23435
Telephone: (757) 538-8842
Email: Glebe@Glebechurch.org
Website: www.GlebeChurch.org
SHEPHERD’S CORNER: The Rev. Donna Hines October 2, 2022
Thoughts from our Priest: November 2022
Dear Glebe Family,
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him, bless his holy name!” Psalm 100: 4
It is hard to believe November is here already! This year we continue to enjoy worshipping together in our beautiful, historic Sanctuary. We don’t take that for granted these days! Glebe Church has reemerged from the time of pandemic in vibrant and life-giving ways!
We give great thanks for our Wardens, Vestry, Parish Administrator, Organist, Treasurer, Trustees, Altar Guild, Lay Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers, Lectors, our Acolyte, Children’s Class Teachers, Hospitality Team and Coffee Hour Hosts and Hostesses, our Card Ministry Team, our Historical Committee and our terrific Glebe Church Prayer Shawl Ministry Group!
Everyone at Glebe volunteers in some way, or multiple ways, and our life together as a Eucharistic community is all the richer for it, because of each of you and the Holy Spirit through you, Glory to God!
This Sunday, November 13, 2022, is Stewardship Sunday. We will gather in Keener Hall for Worship. This service will include a great breakfast cooked by our Vestry and our Annual Congregational Meeting. Our Senior Warden, Chip Banks, will provide a reflection on our year.
Please come and celebrate all that makes Glebe Church, Glebe, and the light we are called to be in the world for the sake of Christ!
We have much to look forward to in the weeks ahead! On November 20, 2022, we will celebrate Christ the King Sunday and hold our annual Parish Family Thanksgiving Dinner, at 6:00pm. On Sunday, November 27, 2022, we will enter the Liturgical season of Advent.
In addition, this year we will gather for an Advent Soup and Salad Dinner Program on Wednesday, November 30th at 6:00pm. All are welcome! Invite a friend!
Great Blessings as we live together in the abundant love of Christ,
Reverend Donna+
Coming Events:
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II. Join us as we worship in
person or via YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCbBHHxQMx4rdmlXmDHY_y9Q
Our mission as Glebe Episcopal Church is to foster a supportive
family atmosphere in the historical setting left in our care and
welcome all who seek God to worship and learn with us as we
strive to live our lives following the example set by Jesus Christ.
Living The Way Of Love: Parish Life Calendar 2022
Nov. 6 All Saints' Sunday
Nov. 9 Prayer Shawl Group 1:30pm Parish Office
Nov. 13 Stewardship Sunday Breakfast with the Vestry 10:00am
Nov. 16 Vestry Meeting 7:00pm
Nov. 19 Quarterly Glebe Spruce up day - Lunch served 10:00am-12:00pm
Nov. 20 Thanksgiving Dinner 6:00pm Keener Hall
Nov. 23 Prayer Shawl Group 1:30pm Parish Office
Nov. 30 Advent Soup and Salad Supper and Program 6:00pm
Dec. 4 Mollusk Madness 5:00pm
Dec. 11 Lessons and Carols Mary’s Sunday and Tea Brunch 10:00am
Dec. 14 Prayer Shawl Group 1:30pm Parish Office
Dec. 18 The Greening of the Church (following the service)
Dec. 21 Vestry Meeting 7:00pm
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Service 8:00pm
Dec. 25 Christmas Day 10:00am Service
Dec. 28 Prayer Shawl Group 1:30pm Parish Office
Thank you Brian and Taya for a
Fantastic Halloween Game
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on your servants who will celebrate a birthday this month. as they begin another year. Grant that they may grow in wisdom and grace and strengthen their trust in your goodness all the days of their lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Nov. 1 Phyllis H. Nov. 2 Peg
Nov.3 Jean Nov. 3 Beverly
Nov. 4 Ben Nov. 7 Cora
Nov. 7 Mickie Nov. 8 Phyllis E.
Nov. 15 Marie Nov. 16 Marcia
Nov. 23 Kathryn Nov. 26 Taya
Nov. 26 Ashlyn Nov. 27 Donna
Nov. 29 David
NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
O God, you have so consecrated the covenant of marriage that in it is represented the spiritual unity between Christ and his Church: Send therefore your blessing upon these your servants, that they may so love, honor, and cherish each other in faithfulness and patience, in wisdom and true godliness, that their home may be a haven of blessing and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Nov. 19 Alisa & Mark
PARISH ADMINISTRATOR: Rebecca Mahoney
It’s Peanut Time
It is that time of year when we sell those fabulous peanuts from Hubs.
Please take a minute and fill out an order form and drop it in the alms basin or email the form to me Glebe@Glebechurch.org. The last day to place orders is December 15th. I have included an order form at the end of this month’s Gazette.
Remember the proceeds for the peanut campaign aids in our ability to give back to the community in our outreach programs.
Thank you for all who helped with the “Trunk or Treat” community event. It is my understanding that Glebe Church once again shined in our presentation of the game we provided. Please take a look at our pictures of the event on our website. Thank you Champigny family for the Pumpkin Putt-Putt. Also, thanks to all who brought Halloween candy for the children.
The Calendar of Events and the article by Debbie Eure are full of wonderful chances for us to get together this holiday season.
Rebecca Mahoney, Parish Administrator
Glebe Episcopal Church
Telephone: (757) 538-8842
Fax Phone: (757) 538-0509
Email: Glebe@glebechurch.org
DEMONSTRATING GOD’S LOVE
HOSPITALITY: Aaron Fuchs & Debbie Eure
We’re beginning to enter the holiday season and the calendar list of things we’re doing proves this will be wonderful time in our parish family!
November 19, 2022
The vestry has requested a clean-up day on Saturday, November 19th, from 10:00am-12pm. Come on out and lend a hand in sprucing up our church and grounds, before Thanksgiving. Lunch will be served. I would like a few people to stay after lunch for a few minutes to help get the tables set up for our Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. Thank you in advance!
November 20, 2022
Sunday, 11/20, at 6 PM will be our traditional Parish Thanksgiving Dinner. The turkey will be provided. Please bring your favorite Thanksgiving sweet or savory dish to share. Be sure to check in Keener Hall for a signup sheet to indicate how many will be coming with you and what you will bring. If you’re not sure exactly what you will bring, please indicate sweet or savory dish. We will need clean up help, please.
November 30, 2022
Reverend Donna will offer an Advent evening event, similar to our Lenten dinners and programs. This Advent Evening Program will include a Soup and Salad Supper on Wednesday, November 30th at 6 PM. Come begin the first week of Advent and enjoy a time of community, good food and fellowship!
December 5, 2022
Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 5th for our fantastic, favorite Mollusk Madness Oyster Roast, at 5 PM. If oysters aren’t your thing, hot dogs will be available. Bring a side to share and enjoy with the oysters.
December 11, 2022
After a festive Service of Lessons and Carols, join us in Keener Hall for a festive Tea Brunch. Traditional tea foods and drink has been arranged for your enjoyment. Come enjoy this time of celebration and fellowship as we get ready for the Christmas season! We will need cleanup help, please.
Looking Ahead:
We look forward to Shrove Tuesday Pancakes, Lenten Suppers and Easter and our Glebe Easter Brunch. Stay tuned for details!
As always, your help and participation in our activities. It is greatly appreciated. We look forward to seeing you!
Debbie Eure
Hospitality
PRAYER SHAWL GROUP
Prayer Shawl Group meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the Month.
You are invited to join our diligent knitters and crocheters on Wednesday, November 9th and Wednesday, November 23rd at 3 p.m. in the Parish Office. All prayer shawls are blessed during a Sunday Eucharist service.
For more information, please contact Rebecca via telephone: (757) 538-8842 or email: Glebe@Glebechurch.org. Thank you for your contribution to the wonderful ministry.
Also, if you know someone who needs a prayer shawl, please let Rev. Donna know.
A Psalm of thanksgiving.
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come into his presence with singing.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he that made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of
earth and sky and sea; for the richness of mountains, plains,
and rivers; for the songs of birds and the loveliness of flowers.
We praise you for these good gifts, and pray that we may
safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may continue
to grow in our grateful enjoyment of your abundant creation,
to the honor and glory of your Name, now and for ever. Amen.
BCP p.840
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