Our Newsletter "The Tidings" Special Events - Port Orchard

St. Bede Episcopal Church
Port Orchard, WA
Our Newsletter
The Venerable
Bede
"The Tidings"
December, 2015
Special Events
Dessert Faire – Sunday, December 13
Holiday Grief Group
Wednesdays at 1pm in Parish Hall
LONGEST NIGHT SERVICE
Monday, December 21 at 7pm
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Christmas Eve:
Carols 5:30pm; Service 6pm
Carols 10:30pm; Service 11:00pm
Christmas Day:
10am – Quiet Holy Eucharist Service
Mark your calendars:
Annual Meeting:
Sunday, January 10
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BAPTISMS
If anyone is interested in
being Baptized before Easter,
Please inform the Church office by Sunday,
December 6.
Baptisms may take place on Sunday, January 10
Annual Meeting Reports
A friendly reminder for chair persons and leaders of
ministries that Annual Reports need to be prepared for
inclusion in the Annual Meeting Booklet.
Annual Meeting will be on Sunday, January 10.
Please get your report(s) to the Church office by
Sunday, December 20.
ST. BEDE FAMILY DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Linda Varda
Gary Ebbert
Jon Wilson
Christian Saling Joe McGuire
JoAnn Chance
Ken Hulet
Melaine McCann Hannah Hopkins
Josh Wilson
Ron McAdam
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GREENING OF THE CHURCH
will be DECEMBER 12 at 11am.
We are in need of wreaths for
doors and garlands for porches
and windows.
Costco has great stuff!
We would also appreciate
lavender, Rosemary, holly
and evergreen clippings
for outside flower pots.
Finally, this is looking to be the last year for some of our faux
greenery and window decor.
Please be looking out for seasonal sales etc for faux garland
(the more realistic stuff is much appreciated) Jo-Anns and Michaels
tend to have good sales on these things.
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ST BEDE MARTHA & MARY GUILD
(aka Episcopal Church Women)
December should be a fun time for the
ECW and our St Bede congregation. We will
have the Dessert Faire and the Christmas
Lunch Party.
Sunday, December 13th: Dessert Faire.
beginning after the 8 am service.
Please share your best baking skills
and contribute your wares to the
Dessert Faire.
Craft items and Christmas ornaments
are also welcome.
You may bring items on Saturday, which is
the day we set up for the Dessert Faire.
This event is a fund raiser for ECW. These funds are used to
purchase needed items for the church and also for its upkeep.
We recently paid for the carpet cleaning in the Parish Hall ($227) and
we are in the process of replacing the carpet in the Sacristy ($832).
Thanks in advance for you generosity!
The Christmas Lunch is open to the
entire congregation. It is a pot-luck and a
gift exchange ($10 or so).
Please think about joining in the fun on
Tuesday, December 15th at 11 am
in the Parish Hall..
ECW will be electing officers in January. Please consider joining the
St. Bede women and share your talents.
Merry Christmas to all!
Anne Liepman, President
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FAMILY KITCHEN
Our meal in December will be on
Monday, December 21st.
We will be serving Roast
Beef, Mashed Potatoes with
Gravy, Green Salad
and for dessert we will have
Strawberry-Cool Whip Parfait.
This meal will be festive and maybe a little more gourmet.
We will do this, since we do not have to cook in January due to our
Monday being a holiday.
So join us in successfully ending 2015!
The place is First Lutheran Church on Mitchell Road,
beginning time is 11 AM and we are usually done by 6:15 PM.
There are opportunities for prepping and cooking food,
serving and clean-up.
Come for a short while or stay all day.
Many hands make work much easier.
Thanks for all your past help and also
for you contributions.
Anne Liepman, Chair, SK Family Kitchen
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The DAUGHTERS of the KING
Daughters of the King members
continued to refine the yearly
Longest Night Service to
be held on December 21.
Members were invited to gather at Helen Carter’s home on
December 12th at 11AM for our meeting and pot-luck luncheon.
Our meeting will feature a talk by Betsy Lee and selecting readers for
the Longest Night Service. Kathleen Ebbert was welcomed again into
membership in a ceremony conducted by Janice Williamson.
Please contact Beverly Westfall or Janice Williamson
for more information on the Longest Night Service.
FHS, Barbara O’Hearn
Come and join us for a wonderful musical experience!
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OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Dear Church Family,
When your Outreach Committee met in November, we
allocated money to: Helpline, Jubilee Center, ERD for
Syrian Refugees, and a scholarship for Zoe Wiltz.
Each year we try to provide some kind of help for one of
our Church Family who is attending College. This year, Zoe was our
recipient and we know she will make us proud.
Have you ever thought what you might take if you
had to leave your home, taking only what you could
carry comfortably? Thousands of people in Syria
make that decision daily. They leave their homes
with nothing but the clothes they wear and a small
suitcase and/or backpack and walk miles and miles, hoping to get to
safety and a new start. They need to be housed, fed and, in many
cases, receive medical care. ERD is one organization that is helping
provide these things.
Christmas is coming soon and we will be putting up
the Giving Tree. Items in need this year include
tarps (6X8 are a good size), rolling suitcases, and
large black garbage bags. These are not the usual
things we see on our tree, but the homeless use the
tarps to lay their sleeping bags on to keep them dry
and to make a shelter. The suitcases are easier to
transport than other methods and the garbage bags can be used to
wrap their belongings and also for a makeshift raincoat.
Of course, socks and warm hats and others are also needed, but
we will have the ever popular HUGS box again.
When you are out and about doing your Christmas Shopping,
remember to pick up a gift for the homeless.
We have a HUGE church-wide project in the works and we will
announce it at the Annual Meeting on January 10th!
In the meantime, remember, God works through you and with you.
Blessings, Your Outreach Committee
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PARISH NURSES
How Do Thoughts & Emotions
Impact Health?
Emotions that are freely experienced and expressed without
judgment or attachment tend to flow fluidly. On the other hand,
repressed emotions (especially fearful or negative ones) can zap
mental energy and hope and lead to health problems, such as high
blood pressure or digestive disorders.
It's important for us to recognize and identify our thoughts and
emotions, and to be aware of the impact they have—not only on each
other, but also on our bodies, behavior, and relationships. As our
awareness increases, we find it easier to recognize what we are
thinking, how we are feeling, and our attitude towards the experience.
We can then choose to adjust our thoughts and emotional responses.
Negativity and physical health
Chronic stress from negative attitudes and feelings of
helplessness and hopelessness can upset the body's hormone balance
and deplete the brain chemicals required for feelings of happiness, as
well as have a damaging impact on the immune system. Poorly
managed or repressed anger (hostility) is also related to a slew of
health conditions, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease,
digestive disorders, and infection.
The importance of positivity
Positive emotions have two important effects: they broaden
our perspective of the world (thus inspiring more creativity, wonder,
and options), and they build up over time, creating lasting emotional
resilience and flourishing. The physical and emotional benefits of
positivity, include faster recovery from cardiovascular stress, better
sleep, fewer colds, and a greater sense of overall happiness. The good
news is not only that positive attitudes—such as playfulness,
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gratitude, awe, love, interest, serenity, and feeling connected to
others—have a direct impact on health and wellbeing, but that we can
develop them ourselves with practice. However, in our wish to defend
against threat and loss in life, we tend to prioritize bad over good.
While this is a tidy survival mechanism for someone who
needs to stay hyper vigilant in a dangerous environment, the truth is
that for most of us, this "negativity bias" means that we spend time
ruminating over the minor frustrations we experience—bad traffic,
a disagreement with a loved one—and ignoring the many chances we
have to experience wonder, awe, and gratitude throughout the day.
In order to offset the negativity bias and experience a harmonious
emotional state, we need to experience three positive emotions for
every negative one. This can be done intentionally for those of us less
“wired” to positivity.
These positive emotions literally reverse the physical effects
of negativity and build up psychological resources that contribute to a
flourishing life.
“The secret to living a strong life is
right in front of you, calling to you
every day. It can be found in your
emotional reaction to specific moments
in your life.”
― Marcus Buckingham
Ken & Mary Hulet, Parish Nurses
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ST. BEDE’S
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Christmas Eve:
Carols 5:30pm; Service 6pm
Carols 10:30pm; Service 11:00pm
Christmas Day:
10am – Quiet Holy Eucharist Service
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TIDINGS Published monthly by
Services:
St. Bede
Episcopal Church
1578 SE Lider Rd.
P.O. Box 845
Port Orchard, WA 98366
360-876-1182
bedeschurch@gmail.com
www.stbedeschurch.org
Sundays 8:00 AM - Holy Communion
without Music
10:00 AM - Holy Communion
with Music, and
Sunday School
Wednesdays 11:00AM - Holy Communion
Bible Study and Prayer
Rev. Canon Arienne Davison - Vicar
bedesvicar@gmail.com
Jeff Thomassen - Senior Warden
Don Lorimor
- Junior Warden
St. Bede Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 845
Port Orchard, WA 98366
In the love of Jesus Christ, St. Bede joyfully welcomes you
and seeks to serve and to nurture spirituality in all.
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