Appreciation Dinner and Parish. Meeting scheduled for Jan. 26 & 28. Bishop leads Confirmation and Reception

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1 The newsletter of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church Epiphany 2018 Comfortable Words Appreciation Dinner and Parish Meeting scheduled for Jan. 26 & 28 The annual parish Volunteer Appreciation Dinner will be held Friday, January 26 at 6 pm at the Parish Hall. Fr. Travis and a few others will be preparing the sumptuous meal for the event. See the menu on page 3 of this newsletter. This event will be followed by the annual All Parish Meeting on Sunday, January 28. There will be one combined church service at 9:30 am with the meeting immediately following. Bishop leads Confirmation and Reception The Rt. Rev. Hector Montesorro, assistant bishop of the Diocese of Texas, presided over confirmation, reception and reaffirmation at Holy Comforter on Dec. 17. Those confirmed include Ross Herbst, Emily Lamport, Denise Manos, Rodney Mason, Morris Massingill, Theadora Stubbs, Julia Wommack and Toby Wommack. Denise Johnson and Margaret Meadows were received. Those reaffirmed include Ann Booth, Donna Box, Ken Box, Dena Cline, Jim Ernst, Robin Hackney, Harland Hoppock, Amanda Millington, Judy Panasci, Sciobhan Short and Suanough Zentell.

2 Meeting to discuss children s ministry set for Jan. 24 All are invited to a Happy Hour on next Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 6pm at the Northrup house. I would like us to discuss our Sunday School program for our children/ youth. Some suggestions for discussion could be; age/grade groups, willing teachers/door people, possible Sunday School scheduling/time/ s, locations, activities/lessons, etc. I know this in itself is a lot to discuss but please send me any other concerns /suggestions. We will provide snacks and ice but please bring your choice of beverage. If you know of anyone that would be interested in helping with Sunday School, please invite them to come! We certainly don't need to leave anyone out. We have been blessed to have so many children attending our church but with that comes the responsibility of taking them on for Christian growth/education. Our "village" needs to accept them as one of our first priorities. AND if your 'plate is full', please keep the Sunday School in your prayers. FYI...I am NOT becoming the new Christian education director. I am just hoping to keep our kids involved in our church. Deborah Northrup New BCP sponsorships available The church is getting all new copies of the Book of Common Prayer and would like to gain sponsorships for them. For $20 a person/family can dedicate a BCP to a person/ family. Each sponsored BCP will have a personalized dedication label inside of the front cover. Please no more than one family name or two individual names per dedication. Those interested may contact Donna Trusty at drummom7@yahoo.com or

3 2018 Volunteer Appreciation Fajita Experience Starters White wings Chips and Plantains served with homemade salsa, rancho rojo Sauce & chile con queso Chorizo refried bean Simple Guacamole Mixed green salad with homemade Caesar dressing and a citrus vinaigrette Citrus cabbage (red and Green) salad with avocado & tomatillo salsa Deer, Shrimp and Chicken Fajitas Lamb Barbacoa street tacos served with Pico de Gallo Venison tamales served with Mole & Baja Sauce Chile Relleno Rice Roasted Red & Golden Beet Salad served with Maple Balsamic dressing Chef & Fingerling potatoes served with tomatillo and chipotle sauce. Longhorn charro beans Main Dessert Tres Leches cake Not Yo MaMa s BaNaNa PuddiNg bacon (& peach) Bread pudding served with homemade Mexican chocolate over it. DARK CHOCOLATE ENERGY BITES Drinks Beer & wine (feel free to bring your own, as well) Meyer lemon lemonade & tea *Green indicates vegetarian *Brown indicates a meat dish

4 January and February Birthdays and Anniversaries Jan. 2 Jamie Pruitt and Christene Christensen Jan. 11 Lou Hunter Jan. 12 Josh Rankin Jan. 14 James Northrup, Mildred Hadley, Christi Cole and Fr. Preston Jan. 15 Beth Hunter Jan. 17 Dylan Hanson Jan. 18 Roy Thomas Eby Jan. 20 Sammy Green Jan. 21 Annabelle Powell Jan. 23 Kurt Ruthstrom Jan. 28 Faith Fields and Kelley Coats Jan. 29 Daryl Lewis and Jeremy Pruitt Jan. 30 Everly Forman Feb. 5 Gracie Kroschel Feb. 8 Mike Hattaway Feb. 13 Ray Eby and Deborah White Feb. 17 William Taylor-Hille and Ron Briscoe Feb. 18 Alane Anderson Feb. 21 Ross McCoy and Ray Marin Feb. 22 Penney Reed and Miraluna Rankin Anniversaries Jan. 22 Tom & Barbara Thomas Feb. 3 Leroy & Miraluna Rankin Feb. 20 Leroy & Christi Cole Text message reminders Comfortable Words is a monthly newsletter for members and friends of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church 227 S. Chenango P.O. Box 786 Angleton, TX If anyone is not receiving church texts and would like to do so, please contact Sciobhan Short at snshort80@gmail.com Submissions for publication must be sent to the editor on or before the 25th of the month prior to the publication. Dena Cline, newsletter editor denarcline@gmail.com Phone:

5 Schedule for Wednesdays in Epiphany, Lent and beyond Wednesday evenings in the Epiphany season... With our Wednesday evenings necessitating postponement these past three weeks we are going to rearrange our programming a little bit. We were going to showcase Dave Ramsey's Legacy Journey (which is a sort of Part Two to his Financial Peace University class), but we simply do not have the time needed to complete the program. Instead, we shall postpone this valuable class to the Summer or even the Fall. And should anyone wish to borrow the material, I will happily loan the kit to you. Instead, we are going to use the remaining three Wednesday evenings to enjoy each other's company over games. Board games and cards and Scrabble, whatever you wish to bring we will play. Wednesday evenings in Lent Ash Wednesday is Feb. 14, which ushers in Lent. The Lenten season, more than a penitential season, is a season of "seeding; of making the conditions right for Easter flowering (or flourishing). Therefore, at the suggestion of Preston, we are going to spend the Wednesday evenings in Lent talking about the historical people and events that led to Jesus' Advent! As Preston rightly says, "this is a part of the Bible not talked about enough." At Holy Comforter we shall do our part to paint a more complete picture of Jesus' life and ministry. Preston cleverly titled the series: The seeds of Christ- Israel s History from Solomon to John the Baptist Wednesday evenings in Easter And looking far in advance, for the seven weeks of Easter we will spend our Wednesday evenings together walking through the Book of Acts, which is in a lovely way the flowering of the empty tomb- being how Jesus' disciples grew into their own after Christ Ascended to the right hand of God following His Passion story.

6 Calendar of Events January 24 th - the third place game night 25 th : Eucharist at Night s Fall 7pm 26 th - All Parish Appreciation Dinner 6 pm 28 th - All Parish Meeting (combined service at 9:30 with meeting to follow in the Nave) 31 st the third place game night February 8 th -10 th -- EDOT Diocesan Council 7 th the third place game night 8 th : Peach Street Film Society.6pm 13 th Pancake dinner in the Parish Hall (dinner hosted by the Boy Scouts)- 6 pm 14 th Ash Wednesday services 12:15 pm and 7 pm (childcare provided) no meeting of the third place 16 th Fish Fry 21 st the third place The seeds of Christ- Israel s History from Solomon to John the Baptist 23 rd Fish Fry Feb. 28 th the third place The seeds of Christ- Israel s History from Solomon to John the Baptist March 1 st Fish Fry 7 th the third place The seeds of Christ- Israel s History from Solomon to John the Baptist 9 th Fish Fry 14 th the third place The seeds of Christ- Israel s History from Solomon to John the Baptist 16 th Fish Fry 21 st the third place The seeds of Christ- Israel s History from Solomon to John the Baptist 23 rd Fish Fry Holy Week 25 th Palm Sunday 26 th Peach Street Film Society.6pm 27 th Peach Street Film Society.6pm 28 th - Tenebrae.6pm 29 th - Footwashing & Maundy Thursday service 30 th - Stations of the Cross & Good Friday service 31st-Holy Saturday Service April 1 st Easter Sunday

7 Lenten Fish Fry help needed It is time again to start planning and preparing for our Lenten Fabulous Fish Fry Fridays with our first being on Friday, Feb. 16. I am getting the plans together and have signup sheets up on a bulletin board in the Parish Hall. If you are new to Holy Comforter, you will want to know that our Lenten Fabulous Fish Fry Fridays are a big deal to all of us at HC and to a lot of those in our community. Each week we work to put together the best fish plates in our area to help our parishioners and community observe Lent for the six Fridays of Lent. Many of our parishioners volunteer to furnish baked goods, and to help with set-up, prep, frying the fish, serving and cleaning-up each week. The work starts each week with set-up and prep on Thursday evenings thru cleanup each Saturday morning. It is a great way to get to know fellow parishioners and to serve HC. It can also be a wonderful Lenten discipline of sacrifice and giving of your time, gifts and talents. There is something for everyone so I encourage you to sign up to serve or just to come out to enjoy the fellowship and see what it is all about. It is work but the blessings are abundant. With this ministry, we are able to do community outreach by inviting our family, friends and the community to come join us, by providing meals for several families in need, and by donating part of our proceeds to the local food pantry. So, we ask you to sign up to help and/ or to invite family and friends to join you to enjoy a meal. We also ask you to pray for the safety and success of this ministry. Thank you to those that have already committed to help. We look forward to seeing you all there. The dates are: Feb. 16, Feb. 23, March 2, March 9, March 16 and March 23. I ask that you mark your calendars and make plans to attend and help now. If you have any questions just ask me or one of our other parishioners. I can be reached by at barbarajmarin@yahoo.com. Barbara Marin 2018 HCEC Lenten Fabulous Fish Fry Friday Chair

8 Lenten Fish Fry Fridays February 16th thru March 23rd Every Friday during Lent 5:00 7:00 p.m. $10.00 per Meal Buy 5 Get 1 FREE EAT IN, TAKE-OUT or DRIVE-THRU FOOD, FUN, FELLOWSHIP!!! Serving Fried Fish, Cole Slaw, French Fries, Beans, Hushpuppies, Dessert, Tea 10% of Proceeds benefit the local food pantry Holy Comforter Episcopal Church 227 S. Chenango St. Chenango) Angleton, TX Tickets Available At The Door or In Advance At Church Office

9 Our Parish in Pictures (At right and below) Children from the parish participated in the annual Children s Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve. (At right) New and experienced acolytes serve at the Lord s Altar during the Bishop s visit (At left) Parishioners warm themselves during the Epiphany Burning of the Greens

10 Holy Comforter Episcopal Church 227 S. Chenango P.O. Box 786 Angleton, TX Return Service Requested