January 18/19 Calendar:        
January 18-25    
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (world-wide)

Sunday 1/19        
9 am ~ Potluck Breakfast in Parish Hall
                     
9.30-10.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Annual Parish Meeting ~ Sunday School 
Noon ~ Confirmation Class Organizational Meeting

Monday 1/20        Martin Luther King Jr. Day
10 am ~ Book Club @ Barb Monick’s home (weekly through Feb. 24th)
7-9 pm ~ Interfaith Prayer Srvc, Shiloh Baptist Church, 1926 Wayne Ave, Scr. Featuring MLK Community Choir ~ Sponsored by Scranton Area Ministerium 

Wednesday 1/22    
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service (eucharist/healing); Potluck Luncheon
12.10 pm ~ Ecumenical Celebration of God’s Word in Saint Peter’s Cathedral, Scranton ~ All are most welcome to attend this prayer service

Friday 1/24        
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany office

Sunday 1/26        
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton-Confirmed! To volunteer, please call/text Scott 570-575-8342 or scottmwelsh@yahoo.com 

Thursday 1/30    
7 pm ~ Adult Choir Rehearsal

Saturday 2/1        
5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck @ Epiphany

Sunday 2/2        Groundhog Day  
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting ~ Education Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Holy Communion at Clarks Summit Senior Living
 
Sunday 2/9        
Noon ~ Confirmation Class (also Feb 23rd)
12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room 

Saturday 2/15    
Trolley Trail Hot Cocoa Event at Epiphany (to be confirmed)

Sunday 2/16        
1:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Epiphany ‘Can't Dodge the Tombstone at Boot Hill’
6:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock

Tuesday 2/25    
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!

Wednesday 2/26    Ash Wednesday
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service 

Friday 3/6        World Day of Prayer


The Monday Book Club: Our book selection is Tattoos on the heart - the Power of Boundless Compassion by Greg Boyle.  Please read the Introduction and first 2 chapters to discuss!  The author also has a Ted Talk. This should be a very interesting read & discussion. Bring a friend!! 

Friends of Silence Quotations: 
Resplendent and eternal is Wisdom,
readily perceived by those who listen
in the Silence of the heart.
Wisdom hastens to make Herself known;
She is available to all who love and seek Her, 
who awakens Her from within
will not be disappointed;
for Wisdom awaits at the threshold.
~ by Nan Merrill from Walking with Wisdom

The Episcopal Church Seeks information on formation resources &practices: All practicing Episcopalians are invited to participate in a survey.  Responses requested by: January 31, 2020.  The Task Force for the Formation & Ministry of the Baptized… is seeking input from lay and ordained Episcopalians throughout the church about the formation and efficacy of the processes and practices… through a 25-min. survey: https://dfms.formstack.com/forms/baptized_ministry

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Sunday, February 16 at 1:00 pm at Epiphany.  Cowboy stew is the menu - and ice cream.  Dinner will be served at 12.30, the show follows at 1:00.  Open to the public.  Western/Cowboy murder.  Contact ldivis411@gmail.com for tickets/reservations.  Deadline (no pun intended) February 12.  Cost:  $10 for one ticket; $8.00 each if two tickets bought.  Children under 10 are free.  If you may provide Stew, bread, crackers, paper bowls, etc. please contact Mo. Lou 570-878-4670.  Blessings y'all - heeee hawwww!

AGAPE: If you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing.  Thank you & God bless!  Joe Skinner  

​Photo/Crowd Release Statement: Church is typically considered a public place where expectations of privacy are limited. Epiphany wishes to inform people as to how, when, and by whom their image may be used. Photos and videos taken at worship, fellowship, and community events may be posted on our website, social media accounts, and occasionally in printed materials for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our parish life with an invitation to join in. Our policy is to not identify minors by name.

January 4/5, 2020:    
Saturday 1/4      
 NO First Saturday Potluck Supper
Sunday 1/5        
9.30am ~ Sunday School / The Group
Noon – Acolyte Meeting – Education Team Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Eucharist, Clarks Summit Sr Living, 950 Morgan Hwy
Wednesday 1/8    
11.30 am ~ Chapel Service & Luncheon 
1-6 pm ~ Red Cross Blood Drive, Epiphany; register 1-800-733-2767
12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting at First Presbyterian
Friday 1/10        
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany Office 
Saturday 1/11    
6.00 pm ~ Epiphany’s Chili Cook-off!!! (date/time updated!)
Sunday 1/12        
12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room 
Wednesday 1/15    
8.30-10.30 am ~ Lacka. County Food Council Meeting
6.30 pm ~ Vestry Meeting
Sunday 1/19        
9 am ~ Potluck Breakfast
9.30-10.30am ~ Epiphany’s Annual Parish Meeting
Sunday 1/26      
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for all Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton (TBD)
Sunday 2/16        
12:30 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Epiphany: Can't Dodge the Tombstone at Boot Hill
Tuesday 2/25    
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!

Pledging Update: Thank you to all who have turned-in a 2020 pledge form.  As of January 2nd, 41 pledges were received totaling $79,782.  Please prayerfully consider your pledge, and return your form via mail or to an offering plate in church. Our Vestry relies on your pledge commitment to prepare the 2020 budget.  Blank forms are available in the Narthex rack
 
The Church of the Epiphany, Glenburn, announces 2nd annual Chili Cook-Off contest on Saturday January 11, 2020 at 6:00 pm!   Judges for this benefit may include members of the Rotary Club of the Abingtons, Abington Lions Club and Waverly Township.  Donations gladly accepted to help folks in need in our community.  There are no ticket sales.  All are welcome.  Let us know if you’re coming so we have enough chili & fixin’s for everyone!  Kindly make reservations: 570-563-1564, email cote@epix.net St. Peter’s Parish is invited, too!  

Calling for Annual Reports: Epiphany’s annual meeting & presentation of 2019 annual committee reports will be Sunday, January 19, 2020 beginning with brunch at 9am and the meeting from 9.30-10.30am.  REPORTS ARE OVERDUE! Please submit by Thursday, January 9th cote@epix.net 

The Monday Book Club: All are welcome!  Book: to be determined.  Book club resumes January 20th and meets every Monday through February 24.  At Barbara Monick’s home.  From 10-11AM.

Worship Service Participants:  
5 pm – Anne Hawk (reader), Dan Bubnis (intercessor/chalice bearer), Joe Skinner (usher)
11 am – Rachel Baildon (reader), John Baildon (intercessor/chalice), Hayden D (crucifer, 2nd reader), Thatcher L (acolyte), Emily & Lee Rancier (ushers)
Mary-Jo Cliff (organist), Melissa Driscole (choir director)
Schelly Kalmanowicz, Karen Voigt, Tim Legg (altar guild)
Making Connections: January 5
The Gospel story is about people following a star, a dream, an idea, searching for what – they have no idea.  But a great event has happened and some people have been curious enough to see what it means.  A light appears. See if you can find pictures from the Space Shuttle on the internet.  See what the earth looks like from 250 miles up.  The seekers, the magi, craned their necks, looked at something that compelled them to move.  Moses craned his neck to see a burning bush.  St. Paul craned his neck when he was surrounded by bright light.  When have you craned your neck, and followed? When have you craned your neck and not followed?  Sometimes it is a light, a thought, an idea, a different perspective that knocks us to our feet in prayer and adoration.  Go, see, follow, be.


Check out https://epislcopalmigrationministries.org to find ideas of what God might be calling you or us to do.  If you had to migrate, move, leave everything, where would you go?  There are 68.5 Million refugees, asylum seekers & internally displaced people all over the globe.


Lackawanna County Food Policy Council Community Meeting: Please join us for our bi-annual community meeting. There are good things happening and we want to share! University of Scranton, DeNaples Center, Room 405.  Parking is available in the garage across Monroe Ave.  Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 8:30 - 10:30 am.  Light breakfast will be served.  The meeting covers food security issues in our region.  RSVP to Gretchen ghunt@ceopeoplehelpingpeople.org  Provide your name & the names of any guests you will be bringing.  Please share & bring friends!  


Photo/Crowd Release Statement: Church is typically considered a public place where expectations of privacy are limited. Epiphany wishes to inform people as to how, when, and by whom their image may be used. Photos and videos taken at worship, fellowship, and community events may be posted on our website, social media accounts, and occasionally in printed materials for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our parish life with an invitation to join in. Our policy is to not identify minors by name.


AGAPE: As we enter the colder months (or at any time of the year), if you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  ‘The AGAPE Fund was set up as a type of Parish Discretionary Fund to enable the AGAPE Committee to freely help those with financial needs.  This help may be of an emergency nature (one-time need) or can be an ongoing requirement.  It also provides a means to assist charitable agencies to carry out their ministries.’  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing. Volunteers are needed for the committee who do their decision-making via e-mail. Thank you, God bless & keep your hat on tight!  


Parish Welcome Statement for The Church of the Epiphany on www.integrityusa.org 
“As you visit the Church of the Epiphany, you may notice a simple white structure with a quaint steeple and a garden. Enter to feel a serene sanctuary, without the noise of the world. We pray, we love, we welcome you as an affirming and inclusive place to worship God. Our house is a house of prayer for all regardless of your age, race, ethnicity, culture, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical and/or mental abilities. We welcome everyone.  Whether you are single, married, engaged, partnered, separated, divorced, or abstaining we cherish our time together as a parish family. We believe that all are equal and loved unconditionally by God.  May you find the quiet peace of God in our midst.  Thank you for considering more than earthly possessions and, in addition, considering the grace of Jesus and blessings from God!”


The Mission of The Church of the Epiphany: to worship God; to love, pray, and care for one another; and to act as the Body of Christ in the community and the world.

Christmas Flowers given in honor of our Lord’s Birth and 
​in loving memory of:                                          Given by: 

Joseph T. Tierney                                             Maureen Wezmar

Fr. Ed Lowe and                                                Louise Lowe
 members of Evans family

Our Loved Ones                                               The Mitchell Family 

Mike Nardella -                                                 Bob and Gail Prye
    Robert and Mary Prye
Richard H. Driscole, Jr.                                       Hayden, Madison & Melissa 
Donald & Ruth Northup Gardner -                      Connie Williams, and Bill Williams              
Carol Gardner & Robert Blakeney
Our Loved Ones                                                  Derry & Nancy Bird
Varley, Bradley & Alex Birtch                              Jean & Brad Birtch
Joseph & Edwina Bubnis -                                   Daniel Bubnis
Constance Rusin                    
Leonard & Eleanor Visgaitis - Ella Kluchinsky
Dianne & Robert Ogrodnick - Edward Zimitravich
Joseph “Nippy” & Aldona Bubnis - Robert E. & William Bubnis

Loved Ones                                                          Barbara Castanzo
Dinny Mattes and all loved ones                          The Mattes Family

Donald Skinner –                                                 Joe & Shirley Skinner
Don & Barb Stark
Julie Matylewicz Martin -                                     Rev. & Mrs. Stephen Matylewicz
Sandra Jean Matylewicz
Deceased Loved Ones in the Schmaltz and         Dr and Mrs Harry Schmaltz
Komensky families
As a Thank Offering for Our Boys, Bailey & Rory    Roger & Sharon Harris
Joanne Matechak                                                    Jack & Her Sons
As a Thank Offering for Greg, Jason & Michael,        Jack
and for Carole McGarry
As a Thank Offering for My Family                            Amy Fleming
As a Thank Offering for The Church of the Epiphany    Brenda Spangenberg
Loved Ones                                                                Anne Hawk
All our Loved Ones                                                     Ken & Letha Reinheimer
Robert and Dorothy Blakeney                                     Their Loving Family

The Altar Flowers are given to the Glory of God and  
in memory of Richard & Lois Little; and Richard III & Grace Hough Little;
with love from the Little Family: Rick, Barbara, Rachel, Josh, Linda and Chris.

The Wreath on the church’s front door is given to the Glory of God and 
in loving memory of Emil & Elizabeth Loch, by Ruth Lynne Loch & John Polger.

Saturday 12/2/8     
5 pm ~ Christmas Lessons Service and Eucharist
Sunday 12/29    Christmas/Holiday Sweater Sunday! Wear your finest or ugliest!!
NO Sunday School
9:30 am ~ Breakfast Potluck at Epiphany w/ St. Peter’s Parish
11 am ~ Combined Eucharist and Lessons & Carols at Epiphany
Deliver poinsettias & Christmas Bags to Homebound Parishioners

Monday 12/30    
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment ~ Final in 2019
Wednesday 1/1/2020    
Happy New Year! 
Sat. 1/4/2020    
5.45 pm ~ First Saturday Potluck Supper
Sunday 1/5    
9.30am ~ Sunday School / The Group
Noon – Acolyte Meeting – Education Team Meeting

Wednesday 1/8    
1-6 pm ~ Red Cross Blood Drive, Epiphany; register 1-800-733-2767
Sunday 1/12    
5.00 pm ~ Epiphany’s Chili Cook-off!!! (date/time updated!)

Sunday 1/19        
9 am ~ Potluck Breakfast
9.30-10.30am ~ Annual Parish Meeting

Sunday 2/16    
12:30 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Epiphany: Can't Dodge the Tombstone at Boot Hill

Pledging Update: Thank you to all who have turned-in a 2020 pledge form.  As of December 18th, 39 pledges were received totaling $79,582.  Please prayerfully consider your pledge, and return your form via mail or to an offering plate in church. Our Vestry relies on your pledge commitment in order to budget for next year.  

The Church of the Epiphany, Glenburn, announces 2nd annual Chili Cook-Off contest on Sunday January 12, 2020 at 5:00 pm!   Judges for this benefit may include members of the Rotary Club of the Abingtons, Abington Lions Club and Waverly Township.  Donations gladly accepted to help folks in need in our community.  There are no ticket sales.  All are welcome.  Let us know if you’re coming so we have enough chili & fixin’s for everyone!  Kindly make reservations: 570-563-1564, email cote@epix.net  

Calling for all Annual Reports: Epiphany’s annual meeting and presentation of 2019 annual committee reports will be Sunday, January 19, 2020 beginning with brunch at 9am and the meeting from 9.30-10.30am.  Please submit your report by Dec. 31st!
Birthdays: Kelly (Voigt) Horn; Kristina Zeicker; Ethan Naylor ; William English III; Donald Kaye; Nash Dutton; Mark Patterson; Lars Swanson; Melissa Driscole;Cady Cresswell; Jamie Loss; Jerry Zawislak; Shelley Hendershot.
Anniversaries: Judah & Kathy Whitney; James & Lindsey Loss; John & Alice Lengel.​

December 24/25, 2019: 
Tuesday 12/24          
4.30pm & 10.00pm ~ Services for Christmas Eve at Epiphany

Wednesday 12/25                          
11 am ~ Service for Christmas Day at Epiphany’s Chapel

Sunday 12/29             
9.30am ~ 5th Sunday at Epiphany: Breakfast w/St Peter’s Congregation
11am ~ Lessons & Carols with Holy Eucharist ~ Holiday Sweater Sunday!!

Saturday 1/4/2020    
5.30 pm ~ Chili Cook-Off (Date: to-be-confirmed - may possibly change to 1/11)

Sunday 1/5/2020          
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting                                      
Noon ~ Sunday School Team Meeting in the Education Office
1.30 pm ~ Eucharist, Clarks Summit Sr Living, 950 Morgan Hwy

Wednesday 1/8        
11.30 am ~ Chapel Service & Luncheon                                    
1-6pm ~ Red Cross Blood Drive at Epiphany; register at 1-800-733-2767                                
12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting at First Presbyterian

Sunday 1/12        
12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room 

Wednesday 1/15    
8.30-10.30 am ~ Lacka. County Food Council Meeting

Sunday 1/19                  
9 am ~ Potluck Breakfast ~ 9.30am Epiphany’s Annual Meeting

Tuesday 2/25              
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!

Photo/Crowd Release Statement:  Church is typically considered a public place where expectations of privacy are limited. Epiphany wishes to inform people as to how, when, and by whom their image may be used. Photos and videos taken at worship, fellowship, and community events may be posted on our website, social media accounts, and occasionally in printed materials for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our parish life with the greater public with an invitation to join in. Our policy is to not identify minors by name.

Looking Ahead: Epiphany’s 2020 Annual Meeting and Presentation of 2019 Reports will be Sunday, January 19, 2020.  We will gather for fellowship and brunch at 9am; meeting convenes 9.30-10.30am. Worship at 11am.  Reports may be sent to cote@epix.net for inclusion.  Thank you!
2020 Pledge Forms are being blessed weekly during worship so please bring your pledges in soonest!

AGAPE: As we enter the colder months (or at any time of the year), if you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  ‘The AGAPE Fund was set up as a type of Parish Discretionary Fund to enable the AGAPE Committee to freely help those with financial needs.  This help may be of an emergency nature (one-time need) or can be an ongoing requirement.  It also provides a means to assist charitable agencies to carry out their ministries.’  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing. Volunteers are needed for the committee who do their decision-making via e-mail. Thank you, God bless & keep your hat on tight!  

December 7/8, 2019: 
Sunday 12/8        9:30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group ~
                                 Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting
                                 Noon ~ Epiphany Advent Event w/ Potluck lunch – Bring a dish to share!
                        12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room 

Monday 12/9        10 am ~ Book Group; meets at Barb Monick’s home; review of Sabbath
​                        12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting @ Epiphany

Wednesday 12/11    11.30 am ~ Chapel Service: Eucharist; Soup luncheon follows!
                                 2.30 pm ~ Eucharist & Healing at Abington Manor

Friday 12/13        8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany Office

Saturday 12/14    5-8 pm ~ Audubon Society Bi-annual Gathering at Epiphany’s Parish Hall
Sunday 12/15    Noon ~ Epiphany’s Pageant (always unique!) & 3rd Sunday Potluck Brunch
                          7 pm ~ Free Christmas Organ Concert, Clarks Green United Methodist Church 

Wednesday 12/18    6.30 pm ~ Vestry Meeting

Thursday 12/19    6 pm ~ Carol-singing to Homebound; meet at Clarks Summit Sr. Living

Saturday 12/21    5 pm ~ Longest Night Service at Epiphany with eucharist
Sunday 12/22    1.30 pm ~ Epiphany serves Meal @ Good Shepherd (to be confirmed?!)
Tuesday 12/24    4.30pm & 10.00pm ~ Services for Christmas Eve at Epiphany
Wednesday 12/25    11 am ~ Service for Christmas Day at Epiphany’s Chapel

Sunday 12/29    5th Sunday at Epiphany:
                          9.30am ~ Potluck Breakfast w/St Peter’s Congregation
                               11am ~ Christmas Lessons & Carols with Holy Eucharist

Saturday 1/4/2020    5.30 pm ~ Chili Cook-Off with Birthday Cake at Epiphany!

Sunday 1/5/2020    1.30 pm ~ Eucharist, Clarks Summit Sr Living, 950 Morgan Hwy
Wednesday 1/8    11.30 am ~ Chapel Service & Luncheon
                            12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting at First Presbyterian                               
                                 1-6pm ~ Red Cross Blood Drive at Epiphany; register at 1-800-733-2767
Sunday 1/19        9 am ~ Potluck Breakfast  
                       9.30am ~Epiphany’s Annual Meeting

Tuesday 2/25    5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!

Advent Event, Prepare!  Sunday, December 8th following 11am worship, Epiphany folks will come from far and wide to participate in our annual Advent Event: children rolling & baking cookies, carols being sung, wreathes being made, cards for our shut-ins crafted and signed, all enjoyed after a potluck luncheon – oh, and decorating the tree, too!  Please bring a dish to share (no desserts, please) and if you are crafty, an idea and supplies with which to make it.  Welcome, all!

Christmas Memorial Flowers: Envelopes are in the pew holders for poinsettia sponsors, to decorate the sanctuary & warm the hearts of our homebound parishioners. Envelopes due 12/15!  Poinsettias hopefully will be delivered to homebound on Dec. 19th during carol-singing at 6pm. 
Guideposts for Our Homebound: Epiphany has purchased the 2020 Guidepost Book for homebound parishioners to receive at Christmas.  We gratefully accept any amount to defray the cost; suggested donation $15 min.  An example of the book will be on display in the Narthex.

Mo. Lou’s Sermon Challenge “My Grain of Rice”

Looking Ahead: Epiphany’s 2020 Annual Meeting and Presentation of 2019 Reports will be Sunday, January 19, 2020.  We will gather for fellowship and brunch at 9am; meeting convenes 9.30-10.30am. Worship at 11am.  Reports may be sent to cote@epix.net for inclusion.  Thank you!
2020 Pledge Forms are being blessed weekly during worship so please get your pledges in soonest!

AGAPE: As we enter the colder months (or at any time of the year), if you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  ‘The AGAPE Fund was set up as a type of Parish Discretionary Fund to enable the AGAPE Committee to freely help those with financial needs.  This help may be of an emergency nature (one-time need) or can be an ongoing requirement.  It also provides a means to assist charitable agencies to carry out their ministries.’  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing. Volunteers are needed for the committee who do their decision-making via e-mail. Thank you, God bless & keep your hat on tight!  

Parish Intercessions:  
Birthdays: AnnaBeth Fish Feltner; Justin Munley; Louise Lowe; Ceil Bowen; Karynjean Dickhoff
David Belin.  Anniversary: John & Bonnie Matthews
Diocese: Calvary Church, Tamaqua
Priest-in-charge:  Mother Lou – Our Sr. warden, vestry & staff – 
Our Friends: St Gabriel’s Passionist Nuns 
Uganda Pygmy Ministry: Fr. Charles, principal Alice, the children
Sunday School: Enner, the Honduran-child Epiphany’s Sunday School & The Group sponsor

November 30/December 1: 
Sunday 12/1        NO Sunday School 
                           2020 Pledge Forms in-gathering/blessing during worship
                           11 am ~ Advent Lessons & Carols and Eucharist at Epiphany
                        1.30 pm ~ Eucharist, Clarks Summit Sr Living, 950 Morgan Hwy
Monday 12/2        10 am – Book Group; meets at Epiphany
Wednesday 12/4    11.15 am ~ Epiphany Staff Meeting
Saturday 12/7    3 pm ~ Marketing Committee Meeting @ Epiphany (TBA)
                      5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck at Epiphany: Favorite Carols or Gifts!
Sunday 12/8        9:30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group 
                                Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting
                                Noon ~ Epiphany Advent Event w/ Potluck lunch – Bring a dish to share!
                      12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room 

Monday 12/9        10 am – Book Group; meets at Barb Monick’s home; review of Sabbath
                        12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting @ Epiphany

Wednesday 12/11    11.30 am ~ Chapel Service: Eucharist; Soup luncheon follows!
                                 2.30 pm ~ Eucharist & Healing at Abington Manor

Friday 12/13        8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany Office

Saturday 12/14    5-8 pm ~ Audubon Society Bi-annual Gathering at Epiphany
Sunday 12/15    Noon ~ Epiphany Youth’s Pageant (always unique!) and Potluck Brunch
                         7 pm ~ Free Christmas Organ Concert, Clarks Green United Methodist Church 

Wednesday 12/18    6.30 pm ~ Vestry Meeting
Thursday 12/19    6 pm ~ Carol-singing to Homebound; meet at Clarks Summit Sr. Living

Saturday 12/21    5 pm ~ Longest Night Service at Epiphany with eucharist
Tuesday 12/24    4.30pm & 10.00pm ~ Services for Christmas Eve at Epiphany
Sunday 12/29    5th Sunday at Epiphany: 9.30am Potluck Breakfast w/St Peter’s Congregation
                          11am Christmas Lessons & Carols with Holy Eucharist
Advent Event, Prepare!  Sunday, December 8th following 11am worship, Epiphany folks will come from far and wide to participate in our annual Advent Event: children rolling & baking cookies, carols being sung, wreathes being made, cards for our shut-ins crafted and signed, all enjoyed after a potluck luncheon – oh, and decorating the tree, too!  Please bring a dish to share (no desserts, please) and if you are crafty, an idea and supplies with which to make it.  Welcome, all!
Christmas Memorial Flowers: Envelopes are in the pew holders for poinsettia sponsors, to decorate the sanctuary & warm the hearts of our homebound parishioners. Envelopes due 12/15!

Guideposts for Our Homebound: Epiphany has purchased the 2020 Guidepost Book for homebound parishioners to receive at Christmas.  We gratefully accept any amount to defray the cost; suggested donation $15 min.  An example of the book will be on display in the Narthex.
Looking Ahead: Epiphany’s 2020 Annual Meeting and Presentation of 2019 Reports will be Sunday, January 19, 2020.  We will gather for fellowship and brunch at 9am; meeting convenes 9.30-10.30am. Worship at 11am.  Reports may be sent to cote@epix.net for inclusion.  Thank you!
AGAPE: As we enter the colder months (or at any time of the year), if you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  ‘The AGAPE Fund was set up as a type of Parish Discretionary Fund to enable the AGAPE Committee to freely help those with financial needs.  This help may be of an emergency nature (one-time need) or can be an ongoing requirement.  It also provides a means to assist charitable agencies to carry out their ministries.’  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing. Volunteers are needed for the committee who do their decision-making via e-mail. Thank you, God bless & keep your hat on tight!  

Creation Care Team: We are seeking lay members for this Diocesan team, as well as lay liaisons to serve as a communication & support link between the parish and the Diocesan team.  Team members may assist in educating people of the diocese, advocate for wise and just environmental policy, and be provided opportunities for service in the stewardship of the earth through various means.  Please let Mo. Lou know if you feel called to participate in this newly-formed team.

Parish Intercessions:  
Birthdays: Jason Fuller; Liz Weir; Timothy Naylor; Kristie McMahon; Michael Washo; 
Michael Rowe; Sarah Desmond; Sadie Poepperling; Seth Pinches; Dominic Castanzo.     
Anniversary: George & Eleanore Ginader
Diocese: St. Stephen’s Pro-Cathedral; Holy Cross, Wilkes-Barre
Priest-in-charge:  Mother Lou – 
Our Sr. warden, vestry & staff – 
Our Friends: St Gabriel’s Passionist Nuns 
Uganda Pygmy Ministry: Fr. Charles, principal Alice, the children
Sunday School: Enner, the Honduran-child Epiphany’s Sunday School & The Group sponsor
Parish Welcome Statement for The Church of the Epiphany on www.integrityusa.org 
“As you visit the Church of the Epiphany, you may notice a simple white structure with a quaint steeple and a garden. Enter to feel a serene sanctuary, without the noise of the world. We pray, we love, we welcome you as an affirming and inclusive place to worship God. Our house is a house of prayer for all regardless of your age, race, ethnicity, culture, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical and/or mental abilities. We welcome everyone.  Whether you are single, married, engaged, partnered, separated, divorced, or abstaining we cherish our time together as a parish family. We believe that all are equal and loved unconditionally by God.  May you find the quiet peace of God in our midst.  Thank you for considering more than earthly possessions and, in addition, considering the grace of Jesus and blessings from God!”
The Mission of The Church of the Epiphany: to worship God; to love, pray, and care for one another; and to act as the Body of Christ in the community and the world.


 

November 23/24
Calendar of Events: 
Saturday 11/23    
7:30 pm ~ Marywood Community Choir, at Covenant Presbyterian Scranton, Performing Marcel Dupre' Four Motets & Maurice Durufle’ Requiem

Sunday 11/24      
9:30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group 
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany serves Meal at Good Shepherd – Confirmed YES!
3 pm ~ No. Tier Symphony Concert, Tunkhannock Middles Schl – Tickets $10
4:00pm - Marywood Community Choir, Stephen's Pro-Cathedral Wilkes-Barre, Performing Marcel Dupre' Four Motets & Maurice Durufle’ Requiem

Monday 11/25      
10 am – Book Group; meets at Epiphany (also on Dec 2nd)
5.45-7 pm ~ Food Pantry Distribution, Dalton UMC ~ Volunteer help needed!

Tuesday 11/26      
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany Office
 
Wednesday 11/27    
11.30 am ~ Chapel Service: Morning Prayer for Thanksgiving (no luncheon)

Thu&Fri 11/28,29    
HAPPY THANKSGIVING (Parish Office Closed)

Saturday 11/30        
10 am ~ Burial Service for David Brojack at Epiphany

Sunday 12/1            
NO Sunday School ~ 2020 Pledge Forms in-gathering/blessing during worship                           
11 am ~ Advent Lessons & Carols and Eucharist                             
1.30 pm ~ Eucharist, Clarks Summit Sr Living, 950 Morgan Hwy

Wednesday 12/4      
11.15 am ~ Epiphany Staff Meeting

Saturday 12/7          
3 pm ~ Marketing Committee Meeting @ Epiphany
5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck at Epiphany: Favorite Carols?!

Sunday 12/8              
9:30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group – Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting                      
Noon ~ Epiphany Advent Event w/ Potluck lunch – Bring a dish to share!                              
12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room 

Monday 12/9              
12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting @ Epiphany

Wednesday 12/11        
2.30 pm ~ Eucharist & Healing at Abington Manor

Saturday 12/14              
5-8 pm ~ Audubon Society Bi-annual Gathering at Epiphany

Sunday 12/15                
Noon ~ Epiphany Youth’s Pageant (always unique!) and Potluck Brunch 

Wednesday 12/18          
6.30 pm ~ Vestry Meeting

Thursday 12/19              
6 pm ~ Carol-singing to Homebound; meet at Clarks Summit Sr. Living

Saturday 12/21                
​5 pm ~ Longest Night Service at Epiphany with eucharist

Christmas Memorial Flowers: Envelopes are in the pew holders for poinsettia sponsors, to decorate the sanctuary & warm the hearts of our homebound parishioners. Envelopes due 12/15!

Guideposts for Our Homebound: Epiphany has purchased the 2020 Guidepost Book for homebound parishioners to receive at Christmas.  We gratefully accept any amount to defray the cost; suggested donation $15 min.  An example of the book will be on display in the Narthex.

The Monday Book Group: will meet the following dates and places at 10.00 am: December 2 at Epiphany; December 9 (Sabbath) at Barb Monick's home    - Thank you!  All are welcome!

Advent Event, Prepare!  Sunday, December 8th following 11am worship, Epiphany folks will come from far and wide to participate in our annual Advent Event: children rolling & baking cookies, carols being sung, wreathes being made, cards for our shut-ins crafted and signed, all enjoyed after a potluck luncheon – oh, and decorating the tree, too!  Please bring a dish to share (no desserts, please) and if you are crafty, an idea and supplies with which to make it.  Welcome, all!

 Images in Today’s Readings:  The Bible maintains that God's power and majesty is radically different from the reign of human monarchs (including presidents). There are many images in the readings:  sheep, flock, lost lamb, light and darkness.  What other images can you find?
In the Gospel, Luke 23.33-43, Jesus bears no resemblance to an earthly king.  Jesus is nailed to the cross, humiliated, tortured, killed.  But the 'kingship' of Christ occurs through the reversals that characterize his ministry: the first shall be last, he has lifted up the lowly, included the outcast, glorified the humble. Where do you see this happening today?

AGAPE: As we enter the colder months (or at any time of the year), if you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  ‘The AGAPE Fund was set up as a type of Parish Discretionary Fund to enable the AGAPE Committee to freely help those with financial needs.  This help may be of an emergency nature (one-time need) or can be an ongoing requirement.  It also provides a means to assist charitable agencies to carry out their ministries.’  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing. Volunteers are needed for the committee who do their decision-making via e-mail. Thank you, God bless & keep your hat on tight!  

Looking Ahead: Epiphany’s 2020 Annual Meeting and Presentation of 2019 Reports will be Sunday, January 19, 2020.  We will gather for fellowship and brunch at 9am; meeting convenes 9.30-10.30am. Worship at 11am.  Reports may be sent to cote@epix.net for inclusion.  Thank you!

Parish Directory Updates: 

• Jack Matechak Rm 216 South, Allied Srvc Skilled Nursing, 303 Smallacombe Dr, Scranton PA 18508-2634, 570-419-1838 (c) – Jack loves phone calls as well!
• Clara “Pudge” Adcroft Rm 513, The Jewish Home of Eastern Pa, 1101 Vine St, Scranton 18510

Parish Intercessions:  
Birthdays: Bradley Rivera; Adaleigh F. Evans; Karen Voigt; Al Henningsen; Linda Phillips; Chandra Carr; Ryan Beck; Anna Moher. 
Diocese: Christ Church, Stroudsburg; and the Diocesan Standing Committee
Priest-in-charge:  Mother Lou - Sr. warden, vestry & staff – Friends: St Gabriel’s Passionist Nuns 
Uganda Pygmy Ministry: Fr. Charles, principal Alice, the children
Sunday School: Enner, the Honduran-child Epiphany’s Sunday School & The Group sponsor

Creation Care Team: We are seeking lay members for this Diocesan team, as well as lay liaisons to serve as a communication & support link between the parish and the Diocesan team.  Team members may assist in educating people of the diocese, advocate for wise and just environmental policy, and be provided opportunities for service in the stewardship of the earth through various means.  Please let Mo. Lou know if you feel called to participate in this newly-formed team.

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 Saturday, November 16 @ 5 PM & Sunday, November 17 @ 11 AM

The Altar Flowers are given to the Glory of God & in loving memory of 
E. Russell, Mae, Peter, Richard & Ruth, by The Shurtleff Family.
 
Calendar of Events:
Sunday 11/17   ​        9:30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group 
                                 Noon ~ 3rd Sunday Brunch PANCAKE SUPPER ~ Volunteers Needed!!!
                               3 pm ~ No. Tier Symphony Concert, Montrose Jr/Sr Highschool – Tickets $10
                               4 pm ~ Free All-church Concert at First Presbyterian Church, Clarks Summit
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Monday 11/18.        10 am – Book Group; meets at Barbara Monick’s home (see address below)
                               5.30pm ~ Community Dialogue: Faith & Politics, Scranton Cultural Center
​​​​                                               RSVP required: 570.941.4419 or community@scranton.edu
 
Wednesday 11/20​   1.30-3.30 pm ~ Comm. Outreach to Seniors free Educational Seminar,
​​​​                                                         Meals on Wheels NePa, 541 Wyoming Ave, Scranton RSVP 570-346-2421
                               6.30 pm ~ Vestry Meeting
​​​                               6-9 pm ~ Lions Club Meeting, Parish Hall
 
Saturday 11/23​       9 am-1 pm – The BIG Food Pantry Sort for Thanksgiving @ Dalton UMC –
​​​​                               Volunteers may come for any amount of time – All help is appreciated!!
 
Sunday 11/24​          1.30 pm ~ Epiphany serves Meal at Good Shepherd (to-be-announced)
​​​                               *Contact Scott to volunteer 570-575-8342; volunteers determine IF meal occurs!
 
Monday 11/25​          5.45-7 pm ~ Food Pantry Distribution, Dalton UMC ~ Volunteer help needed
 
Wednesday 11/27​    8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany Office (TBD) 
                                11.30 am ~ Chapel Morning Prayer Service (to-be-determined)
 
Sunday 12/1​​             11 am ~ Advent Lessons & Carols – Readers needed! See/call Nancy 945-5226
                                1.30 pm ~ Eucharist, Clarks Summit Sr Living, 950 Morgan Hwy
 
Wednesday 12/4​      11.15 am ~ Epiphany Staff Meeting
 
Saturday 12/7​           5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck at Epiphany
 
Sunday 12/8​​              9:30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group – Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting
                                  Noon ~ Epiphany Advent Event w/ Potluck lunch – Bring a dish to share!
                                  12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room – confirmed!
 
Monday 12/9​​              12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting @ Epiphany (date change)
Wednesday 12/11       ​2.30 pm ~ Eucharist & Healing at Abington Manor
 
Sunday 12/15             ​Noon ~ Epiphany Youth’s Pageant (always unique!) and Potluck Brunch 
 
The Monday Book Group: will meet the following dates and places at 10.00 am:
                     November 18 (Linda will review a book) at Barbara Monick's home, 1005 Waverly Rd., Glenburn
                     November 25 (Emily) at Epiphany​-​December 2 (Linda) at Epiphany
                     December 9 (Barb will review: Sabbath) at Barb's home​-​Thank you!  All are welcome!
 
Images in Readings: In the Gospel (Luke 21.5-19), Jesus offer a vague warning about the coming destruction of Jerusalem, and the turmoil that will overtake the world.  But, world-ending events such as Jesus describes happen to each of us:  a loved one dies, we lose a cherished job, we receive a life-changing diagnosis, our nation undergoes chaos and upheaval.  our individual and societal worlds end all the time. What Jesus promises here is that even through our various apocalypses, Christ will still be with us, and in our faith, we will be able ot endure whatever the world brings our way.
Another image is that No church, or temple, or mosque is needed to house God.  God does not need our real estate to to the work of making us 'real' as a people of God.  God doe not need a building because the whole creation is already filled with God.  

AGAPE: As we enter the colder months (or at any time of the year), if you know anyone who needs assistanceincluding YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  ‘The AGAPE Fund was set up as a type of Parish Discretionary Fund to enable the AGAPE Committee to freely help those with financial needs.  This help may be of an emergency nature (one-time need) or can be an ongoing requirement.  It also provides a means to assist charitable agencies to carry out their ministries.’  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing. Volunteers are needed for the committee who do their decision-making via e-mail. Thank you, God bless & keep your hat on tight!  
 
Pets are special to many of us!  Sometimes pets are lost or need new homes.  Griffin Pond Animal Shelter is a place where pets find new owners who will love them immensely.  We can help pets who are waiting by providing dry dog & cat food to the shelter. Please bring your donations to Epiphany until end- November.  Abington Ecumenical Ministerium will collect the food and take it to Griffin Pond. A blessing of pets at the shelter will take place soon!  Thank you for your gift of caring for God's creatures.
 
Creation Care Team: We are seeking lay members for this Diocesan team, as well as lay liaisons to serve as a communication & support link between the parish and the Diocesan team.  Team members may assist in educating people of the diocese, advocate for wise and just environmental policy, and be provided opportunities for service in the stewardship of the earth through various means.  Please let Mo. Lou know if you feel called to participate in this newly-formed team.
 
Parish Directory Updates: 
Add: Kathy & John Mann, 2207 Port Royal Rd, Newton Twp, PA 18411, 570-586-6428, kdm1953.km@gmail.com 
Moved: Bonnie & John Matthews, 842 State Hwy 206 # B, Greene, NY 13778-3205
For cards & visits: 

• Jack Matechak Rm 216 South, Allied Srvc Skilled Nursing, 303 Smallacombe Dr, Scranton PA 18508-2634, 570-419-1838 
• Clara “Pudge” Adcroft Rm 513, The Jewish Home of Eastern Pa, 1101 Vine St, Scranton 18510

 
Parish Intercessions: 
Birthdays: Derek Race; Harry Schmaltz; Chloe Bower; Elizabeth Huggler; Bailey Harris; Natalya Lee; Gale Lewis; Jay Swiatek; Jana Nyman; Katrina Schmaltz; Joshua Meikrantz; Jason Earl; HarmarBrereton; Mary Tuthill; Jack Matechak; Allison Fleming. Anniversary: Bob & Gail Prye.
Diocese: St. Alban’s, Sinking Spring
Priest-in-charge:  Mother Lou - Sr. warden, vestry & staff - Friends: St Gabriel’s Passionist Nuns 
Uganda Pygmy Ministry: Fr. Charles, principal Alice, the children
Sunday School: Enner, the Honduran-child Epiphany’s Sunday School & The Group sponsor

​An Interesting Quotation: If you are clinging to your convictions, you are restricting the flow of the Spirit. … Spiritual maturity requires that we fully open ourselves to the movement of the Spirit so that God can continue to fine-tune our desires and convictions.
– from Listening Hearts' Primer on Spiritual Discernment
 

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November 9/10, 2019

Altar Flowers are given to the Glory of God & in memory of All My Loved Ones, by Ruth Miller.
Calendar of Events: 
Sunday 11/10    9:30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group 
                         12.45-5 pm ~ Spinner’s Web (Commons Room, Kitchen & Parish Hall)
Monday 11/11    Veterans’ Day 10 am – Book Group*; meets at Epiphany today; all welcome!
Wednesday 11/13    8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany Office
                               11.30 am ~ Chapel Eucharist with Healing & Fellowship Luncheon
                               2.30 pm ~ Eucharist & Healing at Abington Manor
Friday 11/15        7 pm ~ Simple Gifts Concert w/Tunk Dulcimers, Dietrich Theatre Tunkhannock
Saturday 11/16    1 pm ~ Vestry Invitees Questions Session
Sunday 11/17    Noon ~ 3rd Sunday Brunch PANCAKE SUPPER ~ Volunteers Needed!!!
Monday 11/18    5.30pm ~ Community Dialogue: Faith & Politics, Scranton Cultural Center
                                         RSVP required: 570.941.4419 or community@scranton.edu  
Wednesday 11/20    6.30 pm ~ Vestry Meeting
                                6-9 pm ~ Lions Club Meeting, Parish Hall
Saturday 11/23    9 am-1 pm – The BIG Food Pantry Sorting for Thanksgiving @ Dalton UMC –
                                                 Volunteers may come for any amount of time – All help is appreciated!!
Sunday 11/24    1.30 pm ~ Epiphany serves Meal at Good Shepherd (to-be-announced) Help needed between 9:30 and 3
            *Contact Scott to volunteer 570-575-8342 (scottmwelsh@yahoo.com); volunteers determine IF meal occurs!
Monday 11/25    5.45-7 pm ~ Food Pantry Distribution, Dalton UMC ~ Volunteer help needed
Wednesday 11/27    11.30 am ~ Chapel Morning Prayer Service (to-be-determined)
Sunday 12/1        11 am ~ Eucharist with Advent Lessons & Carols at Epiphany
                           1.30 pm ~ Eucharist, Clarks Summit Sr Living, 950 Morgan Hwy
Wednesday 12/4    11.15 am ~ Epiphany Staff Meeting
                              12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting @ Epiphany
Saturday 12/7    5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck at Epiphany
Sunday 12/8        9:30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group – Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting
                            Noon ~ Epiphany Advent Event w/ Potluck lunch – This is a date correction!! 
                            12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room – confirmed!
Sunday 12/15    Noon ~ Epiphany Youth’s Pageant (always unique!) and Potluck Brunch 

*The Monday Book Group: will meet the following dates and places at 10.00 am:
                          November 11 (Emily will review: Christianity After Religion) at Epiphany
                          November 18 (Linda will review a book) at Barbara Monick's home, 1005 Waverly Rd., Glenburn
                          November 25 (Emily) at Epiphany  -  December 2 (Linda) at Epiphany
                          December 9 (Barb will review: Sabbath) at Barb's home   -   Thank you!  All are welcome!

Images in Readings: For centuries and generations, humans have speculated about an afterlife.  ancient graves yield personal possessions that the mourners assumed would be useful in the afterlife.  Medieval theology imagined the afterlife as a heavenly court in which believers entered into the presence of God.  Luke's description of the life of the resurrection relies on imaginations about angels.  for Christians, all speculation abut the life of the resurrection rests in our faith that after death Jesus Christ was transformed into new life and that God will do the same for all the baptized.  What do you believe?  We are reminded from the Gospel that our God is "not the God of the dead, but of the living."  

Simple Gifts: 2 women + 12 instruments = 1 good time when Simple Gifts takes the stage at Fassett Studio, Dietrich Theatre Friday Nov. 15, 7.00 pm. This duo performs on an impressive array of instruments!  Tunkhannock Dulcimers (feat. Mo. Lou Divis) will be playing with them.

Pets are special to many of us!  Sometimes pets are lost or need new homes.  Griffin Pond Animal Shelter is a place where pets find new owners who will love them immensely.  We can help pets who are waiting by providing dry dog & cat food to the shelter.  Please bring your donations to Epiphany until end- November.  Abington Ecumenical Ministerium will collect the food and take it to Griffin Pond.  A blessing of pets at the shelter will take place soon!  Thank you for your gift of caring for God's creatures.

Creation Care Team: We are seeking lay members for this Diocesan team, as well as lay liaisons to serve as a communication & support link between the parish and the Diocesan team.  Team members may assist in educating people of the diocese, advocate for wise and just environmental policy, and be provided opportunities for service in the stewardship of the earth through various means.  Please let Mo. Lou know if you feel called to participate in this newly-formed team.
  
Parish Directory Updates: Add: Kathy & John Mann, 2207 Port Royal Rd, Newton Twp, PA 18411, 570-586-6428, kdm1953.km@gmail.com 

Moved: Bonnie & John Matthews, 842 State Hwy 206 # B, Greene, NY 13778-3205

For cards & visits:
Jack Matechak Rm 216 South, Allied Srvc Skilled Nursing, 303 Smallacombe Dr, Scranton PA 18508-2634, 570-419-1838 (c)
Clara “Pudge” Adcroft Rm 513, The Jewish Home of Eastern Pa, 1101 Vine St, Scranton 18510
 
Epiphany Chair-ity Auction for Marley’s Mission, A Success! Update: $2177 was raised for Marley’s Mission. Thanks to all who painted or purchased chairs, and to Epiphanytes involved!  

An Interesting Quotation:
​If you are clinging to your convictions, you are restricting the flow of the Spirit. … Spiritual maturity requires that we fully open ourselves to the movement of the Spirit so that God can continue to fine-tune our desires and convictions.
– from Listening Hearts' Primer on Spiritual Discernment

Parish Intercessions:  
Birthdays: John Klimek; Lucretia Hill; Vicky Lewis; Margaret Rafter; David Prye; Jackie Mattes
                 David Barnes; Nicole Miller; Christina Moffat; John Baildon; Robin Pinches; Joe Skinner;
                 Twig Fordham. 
​Anniversaries: Rick & Barbara Little. 
Diocese: St. Luke’s, Scranton; and Diocesan Episcopal Church Women
Priest-in-charge:  Mother Lou - Sr. warden, vestry & staff - Friends: St Gabriel’s Passionist Nuns 
Uganda Pygmy Ministry: Fr. Charles, principal Alice, the children
Sunday School: Enner, the Honduran-child Epiphany’s Sunday School & The Group sponsor

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November 2/3, 2019 
​The Altar Flowers are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Robert E., Joseph “Nippy” & Aldona Bubnis
by their nephew: Daniel Bubnis.

Calendar in Brief: 
Saturday 11/2    5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck at Epiphany
                          Standard Time Resumes ~ Turn Clocks Back One-Hour tonight!!!
Sunday 11/3    9:30 am ~ Sunday School/ The Group 
                       Noon – Acolyte Meeting in Sanctuary/Epiphany’s Education Team Meeting, downstairs
                       1.30 pm ~ Eucharist, Clarks Summit Sr Living, 950 Morgan Hwy
Saturday 11/9 7-11:30 am ~ Boy Scout French Toast Breakfast, Clark Summit UMC
Sat/Sun 11/9&10 Remembering Our Veterans during Epiphany Services at 5pm & 11am
Sunday 11/10  12.45-5 pm ~ Spinner’s Web (Commons Room, Kitchen & Parish Hall)
Wednesday 11/13    8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany Office
                               11.30 am ~ Chapel Service & Fellowship Luncheon
Friday 11/15    7 pm ~ Simple Gifts Concert w/Tunkhannock Dulcimers, Dietrich Theatre    
Sunday 11/17 Noon ~ 3rd Sunday Togetherness PANCAKE SUPPER ~ Volunteers Needed!    
Saturday 11/23 9 am - 1 pm – The BIG Food Pantry Sorting for Thanksgiving @ Dalton  UMC. 
                                    Volunteers may come for any amount of time – All help is appreciated!!
Sunday 11/24    1.30 pm ~ Epiphany serves Meal at Good Shepherd (to-be-announced)
                         *Contact Scott to volunteer 570-575-8342; volunteers determine IF meal occurs!
Wednesday 11/27 11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service for Thanksgiving (to-be-confirmed)
Sunday 12/1    No Sunday School
                       Noon ~ Annual Epiphany Advent Event! Potluck lunch – bring a dish to share
Sunday 12/15    Noon ~ Annual Epiphany's Youth Pageant: Come one, come all!
                         Potluck Lunch immediately following - bring a dish to share if you are able

Pets are special to many of us!  Sometimes pets are lost or need new homes.  The Griffin Pond Animal Shelter is a place were pets find new owners who will love them immensely.  We can help the pets who are waiting by providing dry dog and cat food to the shelter. Please bring your donations to Epiphany until the end of November.  The Abington Ecumenical Ministerium will collect the food and take it to Griffin Pond.  
A blessing of pets at the shelter will take place soon!  Thank you for your gift of caring for God's creatures.

Epiphany’s Education Team: will meet following the service on 11/3 (during the acolyte meeting). Anyone with interest in getting involved is invited to join us in the education office on the lower level of the parish house.  We plan to meet regularly on the first Sunday of each month, so if you can’t make this one, aim for the next!

Epiphany Chair-ity Auction for Marley’s Mission, A Success! So many thanks to everyone who assisted and participated in our chair-ity auction October 20th.  Update: $2100 has been raised and goes directly to Marley’s Mission. 45 chairs were ‘sold’ that afternoon.  Seven chairs are available in the ofc foyer for a min. donation of $25ea, cash or check payable to ‘Marley’s Mission.’  

An Interesting Quotation: If you are clinging to your convictions, you are restricting the flow of the Spirit. … Spiritual maturity requires that we fully open ourselves to the movement of the Spirit so that God can continue to fine-tune our desires and convictions.
– from Listening Hearts' Primer on Spiritual Discernment

French Toast Breakfast: Boy Scout Troop 160 will hold its annual French toast breakfast Saturday, November 9th, serving from 7am-11:30am.  Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children.  Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the breakfast, at Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, Morgan Highway.

Parish Intercessions:  
Birthdays: Kate Monick Hogarth; Nettie Naylor; Andrew Faist Jr.; Andrew Phillips; Paula Davis; Emory Naylor; Dave DeNault; Richard Morris; Brenton Davis; Charlie Pinches; Lynne Spangenberg; Thatcher Loss; John Mitchell. 
Anniversaries: Tim & Sarah Haus; Ken & Letha Reinheimer. 
Diocese: Good Shepherd, Scranton; and Lifelong Christian Formation
Priest-in-charge:  Mother Lou - Sr. warden, vestry & staff - Friends: St Gabriel’s Passionist Nuns 
Uganda Pygmy Ministry: Fr. Charles, principal Alice, the children
Sunday School: Enner, the Honduran-child Epiphany’s Sunday School & The Group sponsor

Opportunity for children and youth in SingNEPA: Here at First Presbyterian we’re happy to share the news that the Choral Society of NEPA has relocated its programs for Children grades K-12 to our facilities. Their programs meet here on Tuesday evenings and offer vocal training and performance opportunities for K-2, grades 3-6, and grades 7-12. They also teach the children how to read music, and the first semester of participation is free. Another highlight this fall is that the children will get to sing with the NEPA Philharmonic in their December holiday concerts. If you can help us share this news with your congregations, I know the Choral Society would appreciate it. For more information, interested parents should contact the Choral Society at choralsocietyofnepa@gmail.com or visit https://www.singnepa.com/ 

Food Pantry Needs: RICE (any kind); canned FRUIT and JUICE (no glass, please); HAMBURGER HELPER.  Personal Care items such as: SHAMPOO – SOAP – TOOTHPASTE - Feminine products - Mens/Womens incontinence items.  Place donations in the blue bin in Parish Hall or Narthex basket.  The AEM Food Pantry is located at Dalton United Methodist Church and is available to anyone residing in the Abington Heights or Lackawanna Trail school districts; no income restrictions as pantry doesn’t receive gov’t funding. Call/text Nancy if ?s 570-878-8843