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November 2017 Ed. 2 Enjoy your week

The BROADCAST

Worship Days and Times: Sunday Eucharist 8 & 10:30A, Wednesday Eucharist 12:10P, Saturday Prayer / Eucharist 5P

SAVE THE DATE:

November

10-11 Diocesan Convention

14 LifeTree Cafe

14-17 Waffle Shop

15 Choir Rehearsal at 7:30P

22 Parish Office close at 12P

23-24 Church building closed

23 Thanksgiving

December

10 Post Waffle Shop Meeting

12 Reading of Mary/Miriam

20 Downtowners Concert

24 Christmas Eve

WAFFLE SHOP FINAL SET UP DAYS

VOLUNTEER CALL FOR WAFFLE SHOP

Be a part of the 88th Annual Waffle Shop. There are many areas that need volunteers.

Waffle Shop is our big open house and fundraiser, showing our hospitality to the Greater

Dayton community and supporting local non profits. All are invited to be a part of the

exciting time. There is a wide variety of positions to fill. No experience necessary! A

Waffle Shop volunteer sign up sheet is on the bulletin board in the parish hall.

EXPLORE LIFE - MEET FRIENDS - EXPERIENCE GOD

The LifeTree Conversations series is Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Downtown Dayton Metro Library. Lifetree Café is a weekly, hour -long interactive experience featuring real people’s real stories. Questions? Call John Paddock (937) 223-2239.

UPCOMING LINE UP FOR LIFETREE CAFÉ:

NOV 14 : Smile Even When You Think You Can’t

NOV 21 : Lonely: Secrets Learned in Solitary Confinement

NOV 28 : Religious Freedom: Standing up for what you believe

CHOIR REHEARSAL

Come join choir rehearsal Wednesday evenings 7:30- 8:45pm in the Burning Bush Room. Questions? Contact Yun Kim at (513) 330-3276 or yunkimhughes@hotmail.com

COLLABORATION IN THE WORK OF TRANSITION

As Christ Episcopal Church makes ready to call our retiring rector’s successor, we

parishioners have some essential preliminary work to do, specifically the

identification of the core values that sustain and guide our faith community. We

hope everyone will participate in two 45-minute sessions, in December, to share

your peak experiences at Christ Church and to gather our hopes for the road

ahead. In order to accommodate worshippers at CEC’s three weekend services,

the sessions are scheduled as follows:

Session I: Sat, December 2, following 5 p.m. service; Sun, December 3, 9 a.m.

Session II: Sat, December 16, following 5 p.m. service; Sun, December 17, 9 a.m.

All of the sessions will be in the parish hall and will be led by Mary Tom Watts, a

Christ Church parishioner with 40+ years’ experience in the field of theological

reflection, group process, and educational design.

CAN’T VOLUNTEER?

STILL WANT TO HELP?

Your boss just won’t give you

four days off in a row? Can’t

find a sitter to watch junior?

Can’t fly in for a waffle? Never

fear! Waffle Shop have a deal for

you. How about becoming a

Waffle Shop Sponsor. You can

sponsor a crock pot of soup, five

pounds of sausage, a gallon of

waffle batter or a lemon

meringue pie. Don’t miss this

once in a year opportunity.

Checks can be made out to Christ

Episcopal Church with Waffle

Shop donation on the memo line.

Be a part of this fantastic

celebration. Public recognition!.

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Bookkeeper: Robert Jackson chr istdaytonbookkeeper @gmail.com

THE HOLIDAY SEASON HAS BEGUN

HAPPENINGS IN DAYTON

Visit ticketcenterstage.com to order tickets for events listed below.

MUSIC

A SWINGING HOLIDAY CELEBRATION DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PATRICK REYNOLDS conductor

12/8-9/ 2017 Mead Theatre- Schuster Center

The Christmas season has many moods . . . from sacred and

traditional to young-at-heart and popular. For tonight, however, the

focus is on Swing: those catchy rhythms that the hippest of the hip

use to make everything, including the holidays, just a little more

cool. Conductor Patrick Reynolds and the Dayton Philharmonic

Orchestra have chosen the crème de la crème of swingin’ holiday

classics. Some of the tunes that will sparkle through the evening

include “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” “The Christmas Song,” “Sleigh

Ride,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” It’s a night

full of Mel Tormé, Johnny Mercer, Vince Guaraldi, and Duke

Ellington—as the DPO performs his arrangement of “The

Nutcracker Suite.” ***** HANDEL Messiah A DAYTON PHILHARMONIC SPECIAL EVENT NEAL GITTLEMAN artistic director, conductor

DAYTON PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR HANK DAHLMAN director

12/17/2017 Westminster Presbyterian Church, Downtown Dayton

Although Handel's Messiah speaks directly to the gospel message of

the passion and resurrection celebrated at Easter, this angelic piece

has become a holiday tradition at Christmastime as well. With no

distinguishable characters, the drama relies entirely on the

communication of the story of Christ in words, as well as in the

powerful, emotionally stirring, and at times heartbreakingly

beautiful music of a composer for whom the oratorio proved a

personal salvation. Join the Dayton Philharmonic in December for

this glorious choral masterpiece at the gorgeous Westminster

Presbyterian Church in downtown Dayton.

THEATRE

A CHRISTMAS STORY VICTORIA THEATRE BROADWAY SERIES

12/12-17/ 2017

How many times do you think you’ve enjoyed the film? Now it’s

your turn to see it come to life on stage in a fresh new way – with all

your favorite comic moments! Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of

growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie

Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the

tree for Christmas (“You’ll shoot your eye out!”). All the elements

from the beloved movie are here, including that temperamental

furnace, the Scut Farkus affair, the “double dog dare ya” with the

flag pole at school, the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin, Ralphie’s

dad’s “major award” (a.k.a. the leg lamp), and much more – all live

on stage at the intimate Victoria Theatre. *****

THE NUTCRACKER A DAYTON HOLIDAY CLASSIC DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

12/15– 23/ 2017 Mead Theatre– Schuster Center

KAREN RUSSO BURKE choreographer

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY composer

NEAL GITTLEMAN conductor

Dayton Ballet invites you to Dayton's biggest and best holiday

performance arts tradition . . . Dayton Ballet's beloved The

Nutcracker.

With magical choreography by Artistic Director Karen Russo

Burke, delectable sets by designer Ray Zupp, and stunning costumes

by Lowell Mathwich, the story of little Clara and her adventures in

the Land of Sweets comes to life on the Mead Theatre Stage.

Dayton Ballet's The Nutcracker comprises an enormous cast,

including the full professional Dayton Ballet company, dancers from

Dayton Ballet II and the Dayton Ballet School, and over 100

children from the local Dayton area!

The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Neal

Gittleman, again takes up residence in the orchestra pit, giving

Tchaikovsky's music the full, rich, gorgeous interpretation that it

requires. The elegance, grace and sheer athleticism of Dayton

Ballet's core ensemble and star dancers bring the drama to

immediate, colorful life. Before the performances and during

intermissions, the Schuster Center Wintergarden bustles with the

excitement of the holiday season. Find the perfect holiday gift at the

Dayton Ballet Boutique, peer into the famous whimsical Rike's

window boxes, or treat yourself with candy and ice cream at the

Graeter’s Sweet Shoppe.

With ten performances so close to the Christmas holiday, The

Nutcracker is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate with family and

guests. Make this enchanting story ballet a part of your family's

holiday tradition! PARISHIONERS: Please collect your quarterly statements. Statements are available in the parish office and can be collected any Sunday or during open office hours.

Parish Office Hours Monday—Thursday 9a.m.—4 p.m.

Friday 10 a.m.—2 p.m.