SERVING THIS SUNDAY

Celebrant: Rev Claire Dietrich Ranna

Deacon: Rev Lauren McCombs

Organist: Lauren Wittine

Acolyte: Louise Delafield Usher: Annemarie Redmond

Greeter: Chantal Eshghipour

Altar Guild: Betsy Alexander

The Lesson: Danny Alegria

The Epistle: Angela Hey

Intercessor: Annemarie Redmond

Flowers: Ellie Gardner

Coffee Hour: Linda Millard

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Sunday September 1st

Church Service 10 am

Wednesday September 4th 10 am

Women's Spirituality Group on Zoom begins a new book Etty Hillesum: A Life Transformed by Patrick Woodhouse

Friday September 6th 10 am

Shepherds Training in the Library

Birthdays

Alice Hill

Anniversaries

Tim and Wendy McAdam

Sunday Bulletin September 1st 2024

CHRIST CHURCH PRAYS

Let's come together as a community to lift up the following individuals to God in prayer:

Remembrance

Forrest Anderson, Agneta Turner, Nicole Sprague, Beverly Stewart, Francis Blake LeBaron, A. Michael Stewart, Mollie Nielsen, James Witson, Betsy Pieren

Healing

Joan Klappert, David Riggs, Alyssa Hardbarger, Tyler Britton, Dede Jamison, Catherine Aragon, Carl Cheney, George Mallinckrodt, Robert Redfern-West and Peggy Dubes 

For pastoral care, you are invited to reach out to:

The Reverend Claire Dietrich Ranna

Tel: 650-948-2151 x 203, Cell: 415-305-0593, Email: claire@ccla.us

WELCOME CHANTAL

Welcome aboard to Chantal Eshghipour, who joins our Church staff as parish administrator and brings over 20 years of related experience, along with a fervent heart for serving the Lord and His church body.

Chantal’s extensive experience includes executive assistant and program manager of both private and public companies as well as marketing, investor relations and corporate communications assignments.

She holds a Bachelors degree in business and French from San Jose State University.

Come along and meet Chantal as she greets people at the church door this Sunday.

Sunday September 8th after church, help make blankets for children who have experienced trauma. They are staying at Life Moves Family Shelters in San Mateo County. If you want to make blankets at home, contact Kathy Kennedy.

Sunday September 8th, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. GAIA Global Health Reception at 2200 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park - click the button below to register. Learn about eradication of AIDS in Malawi this decade after a 20+ year battle.  

Saturday September 14th

10 am to noon at the Portola Valley Town Center

Help make 15,000 meals in 2 hours to empower communities and nourish lives in places like the Philippines, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya.

8:30 am to 10 am, help set up the tables, people needed to carry 50lb bags of rice.

Noon to 1 pm, join the clear up crew

Noon to 1 pm at Christ Church lunch for all

Sign up your friends, neighbors, relatives and co-workers for Rise Against Hunger too. 100 needed. Setup and cleanup help needed too, before and after the main event. Lunch at Christ Church afterwards. Contact Mary Soubirous. 

Bring Hotel-Sized Toiletries for the Veterans' Hoptel, a Life Moves shelter in East Palo Alto. Hoptel provides 1 to 3 nights of shelter, along with case management and transportation, to low ­income veterans from out­ of­ town visiting the local VA hospital. Leave the toiletries in the green marked box in the church breezeway. 

Saturday September 14th - Ride to End Homelessness - Cycle or Donate

The 10th annual LifeMoves Bicycle Ride to End Homelessness starts at Stanford Research Park located at 3215 Porter Drive in Palo Alto. Rides are from 6 to 68 miles long. Donations are welcome since this is a fund-raiser. For non-riders, come for lunch at noon and learn about Life Moves. 

Book affiliate links benefit Christ Church

Christ Church Portola Valley & Woodside | ccpvw.org

Carillon School | carillonschool.org