Newsletter Blog 2023-12-09
Coming up at Holy Apostles
Advent
Advent is a church season of preparation and anticipation as we await the Incarnation. Often it is when are lives are most busy as they are during this season that we most need to take time to pause.
We hope you are reading or listening to our daily Advent Reflections. The daily reflections are done by fellow parishioners and you can listen to them as a podcast on our channel on Spotify, Apple Music: Holy Apostles Brooklyn Podcasts.
Christmas Concert
December 10 at 4 pm
The choir of the Church of Holy Apostles in Brooklyn is thrilled to invite you to our 2nd annual Christmas concert. We’re decking the halls and lighting the lights so please join us as we sing holiday favorites new and old.
The choir of the Church of the Holy Apostles will be joined by several musical guests, bringing the sounds of the season to our cozy and picturesque sanctuary on Greenwood Ave.
This is the perfect treat for families and music lovers alike. Enjoy an evening of holiday cheer and make sure to stick around after the concert for a chance to take some photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus!
Please spread the word with neighbors and friends!
Suggested donation $25 per family
Giving to Music, Greens and Flowers
Fill our church with the delights of the season. We take great joy in decorating the church with all of the festive greens, lights and flowers.
We also augment our choir with professional singers to enhance the sounds of the season.
Please consider contributing here.
Christmas is Coming!
Join us for community caroling on Friday, December 22 at 5 pm
Fourth Sunday of Advent 10 am service with Christmas Pageant
Christmas Eve Service begins with a choral prelude at 4 pm and a 4:30 start time to the service itself.
Lessons and Carols on December 31 at 10 am (only one service this day)
Pledge Update
We've completed our fifth week of our annual giving campaign at Holy Apostles with 53 pledges totaling $213,160—we are more than 80 % to our goal of $250,000! This is amazing and a real testament to the commitment of our community to make Holy Apostles a vibrant and welcoming neighborhood church.
Thank you to all who have pledged so far. For those of you who would like to pledge and help us reach our goal so that we can continue to offer the programming and worship that helps to make Holy Apostles so special, fill out your pledge card on Realm: here.
Outreach with PS 15
Give a Family Christmas
By now you should have received your assignment for gifts. If you have not or if you have any questions you can contact Meredith Roberts here. Gifts are due December 10-17.
Bring in Food Gift Cards
Migrant families staying in the Brooklyn Motor Home do not have access to kitchens or cooking facilities. We would like to get families $25 dollar gift cars to fast food style restaurants (you can buy these type of gift cards at Walgreens). Restaurants to consider are places like Chipotle, Chik-fil-A, McDonalds, etc.
Reader Support
Read one on one with students at PS 15 during the school day. Provide these children this basic opportunity and get to spend some time connecting with others. Email Alyson Campbell here to express interest.
Community Dinner & Evening Prayer
Community Dinner 5:30 pm
Evening Prayer 6:35 pm
Dinner Menu: Special Christmas Dinner
Sign up to Read
Join in to our worship by signing up to be a reader. Read one of the Scriptures or the prayers of the people. Sign up here.
Prayer List
We pray thanksgiving for the birth of Marlow, for their parents Emmett and Nicolette and their sibling Cyprus.
We pray for our December birthdays: Geddes Golay, John Golay, John Harvey, Billy Lopez, Olga Oliver, Max Thorn, and Audrey Whitworth.
For Lauren, friend of James Topping, who died tragically in the Bahamas.
We pray for our neighbors at PS 15
To add your prayer to the prayer list, please email here.