July 7 - July 13
School Dressing Days - We are truly overwhelmed with gratitude for your incredible generosity during our recent “School Dressing Days” collection. Because of your kindhearted donations we were able to bless numerous children and families in our community. This is what we collected in total: Girl’s deodorant – 73 / High school backpacks – 22 / Elementary/middle school backpacks – 21. Thank you for your continued support in all our outreach efforts throughout the year!
Catechism Class/ New Members – The next class will be Wednesday, July 9th at 6:30pm in the church.
COTM Graduates – On Sunday, July 13th during Coffee Hour, we will be celebrating our 2 graduates this year at COTM. Nathan Stegall (grandson of Garry & Chris Stegall) graduated from the Virginia Virtual Academy with high honors in May. He will be attending Randolph Macon College in the fall. The other graduate is Malachi Gomez (son of Ray & Lezlie Gomez). He graduated with his associates degree on May 12th and accepted a scholarship from George Mason to finish his bachelor’s degree starting this fall. In the Narthex, there are blank notes with two baskets if anyone would like to leave them words of encouragement and congratulations.
Capital Campaign Fund - The purpose of the Capital Campaign is to raise money for painting the church, to get new flooring in Fellowship Hall, to repair drains outside Fellowship Hall doors, and to pave the ramp. Our goal is to raise $40,000. If you would like to give towards this fund, there will be envelopes in the Narthex to place your donation and please drop it in the offertory basket. This week we collected $100.00. We are currently at $25,805.41. THANK YOU for your generosity!
Altar Flowers – The 2025 calendar is in the Narthex. The NEXT OPEN SPOTS are August 3 (1 SPOT), August 17 and all of September (2 SPOTS). Thank you for supporting the Altar Flower Ministry.
Coffee Hour - Katherine Meyer is looking to revamp the way that we are currently doing Coffee Hour and fellowship events to include graduation, funerals, and special events. To do so, she is looking to form a Fellowship Committee of at least 12 people who will plan and host these events. Currently, she has 9 people. If you would like to help out with Fellowship Hour in July please contact: Christine Knights, Betti Small or Katherine Meyer. If you'd like to be a part of the Fellowship Committee team, please speak to Katherine or contact her at meyerhs2005@gmail.com.
Community Ministry Center Food Pantry – The Mission & Outreach ministry is partnering with a local Food Pantry to collect non-perishable food donations. If you would like to donate, there are bins in the Narthex to place them. Thank you for continuing to serve and meet the needs of our community.
Church Directory Update – If you have any changes, (address, cell number, email, add anniversary or birthday date), or would like to be added to the church/photo directory, please email the church secretary (Madeline) at cotmfredericksburg@gmail.com or call the parish office at 540-786-3100.
PERSONAL PRAYER REQUESTS: In the church, please place written requests in the Prayer Chest located on the Sanctuary west wall. ANY OTHER PRAYER REQUESTS can be sent by email or by phone (emergency or non-emergency) available 24/7. All prayer requests are confidential.
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For those who do not have The Book of Common Prayer, Morning Prayer Rite II can be found here: https://www.bcponline.org page 75