THE MESSENGER

A COMMUNICATION MINISTRY OF
CHRIST CHURCH, DUANESBURG, NEW YORK

NOVEMBER 2014

Photo by Christine Chandler

RECTORS REFLECTIONS
Later on this month we will have

multiple

an opportunity to give thanks for

thanks in tangible ways. We are

the many ways in which God has

invited to give gifts of our time,

blessed us. When we look back

our talents and our treasure. In

on

may

this newsletter we offer some

discover that even in challenging

opportunities to give of yourself.

times there were moments of

Please do not feel obligated to

blessing. The memories will be

respond to every opportunity.

different for each one of us: the

Choose the one or ones that you

birth of a child, the smile from a

feel most drawn to. Perhaps you

loved

want to help provide a water

the

past

one

year,

with

we

dementia,

opportunities

in

the

INSIDE
Rectors Reflections

Sunday School Corner

DR Outreach

View from the Pew

News and Notes

Water: Essential to Life

Parish Schedule

Thank You Note

Calendar

Cathedral Events

job, re-connecting with an old

Dominican

friend, a great book you just

medications for people who lack

discovered, a meal so good that

even the most basic healthcare.

you can still taste it, etc. During

Perhaps

the next few weeks, I invite you to

shoebox with gifts for a child

take some quiet time to reflect

somewhere across the world. You

and then thank God before the

may want to give of your time to

On All Saints Sunday we hung a

festivities

wrap a gift basket to be given to

banner to remind us to fellow

arrive and the various blessings

someone

community.

Christians in Syria and other parts

we have received are lost in the

Maybe the gift that suits you best

of the world who risk their lives

shuffle.

is to rake the leaves of an elderly

each day that they profess their

neighbor. Our response to any of

faith in Jesus Christ. We should

Day

family

purifier

Thanksgiving

offer

recovery from an illness, a new

of

for

to

Republic

you

in

want

our

to

or

fill

In December, out of gratitude to

these opportunities is a tangible

God who gave His Son, we have

expression of our gratitude.

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never forget the voice of the

martyrs. If you feel moved to
reach out to a Christian in Syria to
let him or her know that they are

Outreach Pack with a blanket,

I pray that the entire month may

knit hat, bed sheet, socks, solid

be one of giving thanks for you

color T-shirt, towel and soap or

and you loved ones.

shampoo.

Christians

will

then

distribute these to their Muslim

Yours in Christ,

neighbors who are in need.

Bill+

not alone, I invite you to look over

the materials in the parish hall
and consider donating a Syrian

SUNDAY SCHOOL CORNER

Christmas Pageant

he parish is planning a childrens Christmas

participate. Any other parishioners who would like

Pageant.

will be held two

to help, please inquire with Fr. Bill. You may reach

Sundays before Christmas after church. Parents,

Fr. Bill at 608-1139. We are looking forward to a big

please contact Fr. Bill if your children would like to

turnout!

Rehearsals

https://www.cpg.org/cartoons

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VIEW FROM THE PEW

Give Back
ovember is National Family Caregivers
Month, when we pay tribute to the more
than 65 million Americans who provide care for
those unable to care for themselves.
Some are adult children tending to aging parents.
Others are private nurses hired to lend a hand.
They can be grandparents raising grandchildren,
parents raising kids with disabilities, loving
neighbors or close friends. And whether the
caregivers you know come from church groups,
local charities or your own backyard, they all
deserve at least a months worth of thanks.
Without further ado heres a list of ways to
celebrate The National Caregivers Association.
(NFCA)
1. Offer caregiver a few hours of respite time so
he or she can relax or spend time with friends.
Enlist local community centers to volunteer
support, such as transportation help to help
free up a caregivers time.
2. Send a letter or card of appreciation or a
bouquet of flowers.
3. Encourage local business to offer a free
service to caregivers throughout a month.
4. Help decorate a caregivers home for the
holidays or offer to address envelopes for his or
her holiday cards.
5. Give a caregiver tickets to a local comedy
club, or your favorite funny movie or book.
6. Find 12 photos of the caregivers family and
friends. Make a special calendar he or she

7.
8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

can use to keep track of appointments and

events.
Offer to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.
Encourage decision makers at your place of
worship to ask for prayers for the ill and those
who care for them. See if they can create
certificates of appreciation to be filled out by
care recipients.
Start a caregiver support network or buddy
system. It would give caregivers in the area an
opportunity to meet and lend each other
support.
Identify the help caregivers need most.
Organize a volunteer network to respond to
those needs.
Encourage a community organization to
sponsor a healthcare equipment loan
program. Members may have canes,
wheelchairs, commodes and other expensive
equipment they no longer need.
Help a caregiver find new educational
materials and support through the NFCA
website, thefamilycaregiver.org
Honor caregivers with an event that
recognizes their contribution and provides
them with the opportunity to have some fun

(Your Retirement Advisor, Church Pension Fund)

You are all always in my prayers.

In His love and Peace,

Doris J. Weiler

NEWS AND NOTES

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH

VESTRY MEETING (7PM)
The monthly Vestry Meetings are held the 3rd Wednesday of
every month at 7pm in the Parish Hall.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD

SAMARITANS PURSE BOXES DUE
Please bring your full Operation Christmas Child
Samaritans Purse Boxes to church on Sunday, November
23rd. The boxes will be collected and sent for delivery to
children all around the world.
Thank you for your
generosity toward this worthy cause!

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14TH

CHRISTMAS OUTREACH
We will again be asking you to donate to our Christmas
outreach efforts. We try to help people within our
congregation as well as some within our community. If you
wish to help, please place the amount you are donating in
your weekly contribution envelope, between now and
December 14th. You may combine the amount with your
weekly contribution in one check. Complete the front of the
envelope with your "Regular Offering" and the Christmas
outreach amount on the line next to "Other Offering." (Please
label this "Other" as Christmas Outreach.) Thank you for
your help in spreading a bit of Christmas cheer to others!

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WATER: ESSENTIAL TO LIFE

By: Deacon Debbie

hroughout the Old and New Testament

water is a frequent theme. In Exodus, God

instructs Moses to strike a rock to bring forth water

for the Israelites. In the Gospel of John Jesus talks
to the Samartian woman at the well about the
living water only he can provide. Water is an
essential aspect to our faith as Christians.

But

water is also essential to humanitys physical

survival. Most of us in this country are blessed with
adequate access to clean drinking water. Want a
glass of water, just go to the kitchen sink, turn a
handle and voila clean water flows! Want bottled

system using buckets.

water? Just go to the local supermarket and there

As I also mentioned in my sermon, God has

it is!
Contaminated water can carry a host of
pathogenic

microogranisms

and

parasites

resulting in illnesses such as cholera, dysentery,

typhoid fever and hepatitis, some of which can be

the day of Christs coming, we are to show that

love to others.

sermon

mentioned
for

Father

Advent we will launch the Water:

All

Bill

in

Essential to

Saints
and

his mission trip not only covered

my

with prayer but with these life

Day,

giving water purification systems.

other

The whole system costs about

missionaries from our Diociese

$50.

will be going to the Dominican

Republic

next

year

in

gave just $1, one of these simple,

life

with those who, among other

water.

will be teaching

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water

systems

would

we are called to by showing

the

Gods love to others!

purification

Lets

leave the world a better place as

The

Domincans how to build a

simple

giving

practically be paid for!

things, do not have access to

clean drinking

Today there were 47

people in church and if everyone

late

Februrary. They will be working

team

Starting with the first day of

Life campaign so that we can send Father Bill on

fatal.
As

redeemed us by adopting us as his children. Until

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PARISH SCHEDULE
Date

Acolyte

Greeters

Lectors

11/9/2014

Sharon Mericle

Andrea & Bryan

Salisbury

Sharon Mericle & Barbara

Hinrichs
Bryan Salisbury & Bart
MacDougall
Linda MacDougall &
Barbara Munson
Elizabeth Iseman &
Tippe Miller
Sandra DePoalo &
John Weiler

John Weiler

11/16/2014

Sandra DePoalo
& Jayden Sayles
Jane Weyers &
Jayden Sayles

11/23/2014
11/30/2014
12/7/2014

Barbara Hinrichs
Kyle & Tonya
Rudolphsen
Phil & Jenna Sayles
Carm Fusco &
Barbara Heimlich

Sharon Mericle

Date

Chalice

11/9/2014

Sharon

11/16/2014

Sharon

11/23/2014

Sharon

11/30/2014
12/7/2014

Altar Guild

Bell Ringer

Sunday School

Tony Miller

Lena Dominy Santiago

& Tippe Miller

Bryan
Salisbury

Tony & Tippe Miller

Tony Miller

No Sunday School

Bryan
Salisbury

No Sunday School

Tony Miller

Jenna Sayles &

Katherine Fortman

DoK Prayers of the

People

Counters

Linda MacDougall &

Cheryl Lennox
Marge Cummings &
Cindy Creasy
Marge Cummings &
Cindy Creasy

Debbie

Andrea Salisbury & Doug Fortman

Elizabeth

Judy Breitenstein & Tippe Miller

Debbie

Sharon Mericle & Phil Sayles

Sharon

Elizabeth Iseman

Sharon

Jane Weyers & Steve Schrade

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Iseman

Debbie

Andrea Salisbury & Doug Fortman

THANK YOU NOTE

Fr. Bill received the following note from Tricia Moses mother that he wanted to share with the parish:

Dear Reverend Hinrichs,

A belated thank you to you and your congregation for making Sams baptism so
special. Youve always made us feel so welcome and we appreciate people giving up their
seats so we could be together and have a good view of the ceremony.
Every time weve been in your lovely church (4 baptisms and a Christmas pageant),
weve been treated with warmth, kindness, and generocity and it was very much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Kay DePuy
(Tricias Mom)

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BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES & EVENTS
Sunday
26 PENTECOST 20

Monday
27

Bible Study 9am

Holy Eucharist 10am
Sunday School 10am

Tuesday
28

Bob Chandler

Wednesday
29

Thursday
30

Marge Cummings,
Jim Featherstonhaugh,
Chris Wolfe

Friday
31

Saturday
1 All Saints Day
Daniel Menzies, III

Lisa & Bill

McHugh, Ryan & Kelly
Powers
Sharon Smith

2 PENTECOST 21
(All Saints)

Bible Study 9am

Holy Eucharist 10am
Sunday School 10am

Sharon & Bruce

Smith

9 PENTECOST 22

10

7
Sarah Langston

11 VETERANS DAY

Cheryl Lennox,
Zachary Therrion

12

13

14

Jessie McDougall

17

Bible Study 9am

Holy Eucharist 10am
Sunday School 10am

23 CHRIST THE KING

Ryan Moses

Bible Study 9am

Holy Eucharist 10am
Sunday School 10am

16 PENTECOST 23

Cindy Skala

18
Richard & June
VanWie

24

15

25

Bible Study 9am

Holy Eucharist 10am
Sunday School 10am

Glenn Cummings

19
Vestry Mtg 7pm

20

21

26

27 THANKSGIVING

22
Barbara Munson,
Jenna Sayles

28

29

Linda & Johnie

Dow

Raul & Janet

Bastiani

Cindy Creasy

30 ADVENT 1

Bible Study 9am

Holy Eucharist 10am
No Sunday School

Phil Sayles, Billy

Chandler

Raul Bastiani,
Linda MacDougall,
Patrick McHugh, Tony
Miller

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Jeffrey Hunt

5
Barbara Greer

6
Harold Schworm

Steve Schrade

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UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ALL SAINTS

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH

ACOLYTE FESTIVAL

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH

HANDELS MESSIAH

Acolytes are invited to vest in their cassocks/surplices

or cassock albs, bring their processional crosses, torches,
banners and thuribles. The day features a Festal
Eucharist that includes a Grand Procession of Acolytes.
The day runs from 9:30am to 2:30pm. Cost is $20 with
pre-registration and $25 on the day of the event. Cost
includes morning coffee, snack and lunch. You can preregister by calling the Cathedral office at (518) 465-1342
or by going online at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/781595.

The Cathedral will once again host Handels Messiah.

This concert provides a unique opportunity as worldrenowned soloists join an orchestra that plays with
instruments from the time period when Handel
composed this work, all combining with the Dioceses
own Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys.
Ticket prices are tiered. Please refer to the Cathedral
website in the fall for a link to the ticketing agency.

Christ Church is a worshiping community of friends, joyfully serving,

encouraging and healing others in Jesuss name.

The parish is located at: 132

Duanesburg Churches Rd,
Duanesburg, NY, on the corner of Rt.
20 and Duanesburg Churches Rd.

Rector
Fr. Bill Hinrichs (518) 608-1139
or (518) 221-3425
WilliamRHinrichs@aol.com
Wardens:
Doug Fortman (518) 887-5673
Phil Sayles (518) 868-2069
Vestry members:
Judy Breitenstein
Sharon Mericle
Tippe Miller
Andrea Salisbury
Steven Schrade
Jane Weyers
Deacon:
Debbie Beach (518) 372-1352
or (518) 669-1898
dbeach21@verizon.net
Treasurer:
Sherry Schrade
Parish Hall Ph.: (518) 895-2383
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P.O. Box 92
Duanesburg, New York 12056-0092

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