The Christ Church t-ball team will have its second game of the week on Friday night vs. Two Rivers. Game time is 6:00 pm.
All games are played at Pierce Park, which is on the corner of Neuse Ave. and Oaks Road/National Ave. Both of this week’s games are at the Snack Bar Field. Click here to see the entire schedule for this fall season.

If you missed Wednesday’s conversation about the First Thessalonians, you can see it here. Join us at 11am each Wednesday on Zoom. Next week, we will look at Second Thessalonians.

As Summer turns to Fall, the question on many minds is “when will we worship indoors”? Bishop Skirving’s current pastoral directive calls for us to follow Governor Cooper’s Executive Order concerning mass gatherings. That current limit is 25. While faith-based gatherings are exempt from that standard, we are still asked and encouraged to abide by that number for the health and safety of the community. Our freedom in Christ doesn’t mean we run roughshod over rules and guidelines meant to care for our neighbors. The current E.O. by Gov. Cooper is set to expire on October 2. Bishop Skirving has indicated that he will provide further guidance at or before that time. We are making preliminary plans for worship in the Harrison Center, and possibly small groups in the Chapel. We will not be able to act on plans for the Harrison Center until the numbers for indoor gatherings is increased. Last Sunday we had over 150 people on the lawn between the three services. You can do the math on how many services we’d have to offer if the number remains at 25. We will announce plans for worship opportunities in the Chapel the first week of October.
We all long for a sense of normalcy, but we must also be cognizant of our call to care for the vulnerable in our midst. I look forward to announcing more plans soon.
In Christ,

With a heavy heart, Christ Church will not sponsor the Pumpkin Patch during October of this year.  Several weeks ago, a patch committee was formed to discuss the possibility of continuing to have the patch in the midst of the COVID pandemic.  As you know, a survey was sent out to the parish composed of three questions with an option to make relevant comments.   The first question simply stated, “Should we have the patch this year”.  Of the 90 responses, 41% stated that we should not have the patch in October.  Many logistical issues were considered including, safely unloading the pumpkins, downsizing the number of pumpkins, handling the pumpkins, etc.   At the completion of a zoom meeting, the committee voted not to have the patch this year.  On Monday August 24^th, patch committee member and vestry member Rick Miller gave the recommendation to the vestry and church staff not to have the patch this year.   A vote followed confirming the cancellation.  This was a very difficult decision for everyone involved.  Because our Church Yard is often a sought after photo spot in October, we will place a Halloween festive display with hay bales, pumpkins, mums,  and photo op boards for the community to take pictures.  In addition, a banner will be placed telling all that there will be no patch this October.   Finally, we plan for the patch to return in October of 2021.

We will also have ways for the New Bern community to help support those organizations who have typically been supported through Pumpkin Patch. Watch our website and Facebook page for more information.

Portions of this article first appeared in the Messenger on August 30, 2020.

Upcoming worship RSVP links are now available. Click below to sign up for upcoming services.
September 27

October 4

October 11

October 18

October 25

All links are also on the front of the website. You can also contact Ellie Roberts (252.633.2109 Ext. 4 / ellieroberts@christchurchnewbern.com) to RSVP for a service.

The Christ Church t-ball team returns to action with two games this week. The first game will be today, Monday, September 21 versus Centenary. On Friday, September 25 we will take on Two Rivers. Both games start at 6 pm.
All games are played at Pierce Park, which is on the corner of Neuse Ave. and Oaks Road/National Ave. Both of this week’s games are at the Snack Bar Field. Click here to see the entire schedule for this fall season.

Cliff and Jean have taken Song Lovers online. Check out session 17 below, and click here for this week’s notes.

If you missed Saturday’s announcement about the progress on our planned renovations and restorations in the Nave, you can read it here or visit the Sacred Sound & Space page on our website.

A few years ago, during the group discussions at the Jesus Movement Program, a light went on in our heads. Provide meals for those in need – Outreach – WE CAN DO THIS! And the conversations and the planning began.

Double and single serve containers for freezing were ordered, recipes were gathered, a freezer was purchased and Christ Church Cooks began. Over time, additional items that were needed for food preparation were purchased for the Harrison Center Kitchen.

We prepare two – four entrees each time we meet, and also prepare large batches of soup, mostly for the colder months. We list the ingredients of each entree and soup and the date prepared on labels and attach them to each container. The entrees and soups are then taken from the Harrison Center to the Parish House and are placed in the freezer in the back hallway.

These meals can be taken by any church members to another church member, a neighbor or a friend that may be in need. A sign-out sheet is on the door of the freezer.

We have such fun cooking, chatting and laughing together. Not everyone is available to be there on every cooking day, but whether there are six of us or 16 of us, it is amazing what we accomplish in two-three hours. We have gotten so efficient, we even amaze ourselves!

I am so very thankful for Ellen Chance, my co-chair and for all the men and women who have made this such a wonderful outreach ministry. How better to share Jesus’ love than by feeding those in need. Christ Church Cooks; loving, caring, sharing.

Judi Dorn, Co-Chair, Christ Church Cooks