SRCA NEWS AND NOTES

Dear Parish Family,

I am so pleased with the response to our breakfast with St. Nicholas. It's not too late to invite those neighbors and friends to attend. Please RSVP to this email if you have not already done so.

Please join us at the home of Don and Gail in Stone Ridge for an Open House with our Bishop. This is sure to be a wonderful chance to chat with him and enjoy fellowship together. It is not often that we have the opportunity to hear first hand about the miracles God is working among our brothers and sisters in christ both near and far. The hours are 4:00 - 6:30, and it's come and go as you please. If you need an address, call my cell, listed below.

On Sunday we will extend a warm welcome to The Rt. Rev. John Guernsey and his wife, the Rev. Meg Guernsey. +John is the diocesan bishop for the Diocese of the Holy Spirit, and our bishop here at South Riding Church. We are delighted to have both of the Guernseys with us as we celebrate the second Sunday of Advent.

We have the joy of celebrating with four members of our congregation as they are confirmed: Steve Coates, Gail Haddock, Don Holt, and Eric Olson. "Confirmation is the rite in which we express a mature commitment to Christ, and receive strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop" (1979 Book of Common Prayer). Bruce and Meghan Neumann, having been previously confirmed, are being received into the Anglican Church in North America. We rejoice at God?s work in the lives of all six of these faithful individuals, and we look forward to continuing in ministry with them.

Our readings for Sunday include Isaiah 11:1-10, Psalm 72:17-, 18-19, Romans 15:4-13, and Matthew 3:1-12. My prayer today and every day is that you meet the living God face to face in our worship.

Faithfully,

Becki+

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Rev. Becki Neumann+

Rector, South Riding Anglican Church

Office 703-961-1983

Cell 240-217-4370

Home 717-762-0924

"When it's all been said and done; there is just one thing that matters. Did I do my best to live for truth, did I live my life for You?"