St. Margaret’s Church will offer a Compline Service each Friday of Advent, at 8 p.m. Please join us on our Facebook page for this time of reflection, quiet prayer and gentle music. Compline is a wonderful way to give thanks for the blessings of the day and to ask God’s protection for us during the night. Paired with the season of Advent, it bids us to wait on God — to prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus at Christmas and in each moment of our everyday lives. Joan Weber will be the officiant for the service.
Children & Youth Event for ALL AGES Sunday, December 20 @ 2:00pm for The Gingerbread House Showoff! Virtual Milk & Cookies hour EVENT HERE
Note there is NO Virtual Coffee Hour at 11:30 am today - All are invited to Virtual Milk and Cookies at 2
Longest Night/Blue Christmas Service at St Margaret’s.
Wednesday, December 23 at 5:30 pm
Click HERE for the Zoom link
For those experiencing grief, loss or hardship, the Christmas season is far from the most wonderful time of the year. Typical holiday festivities—merry carol singing, decorating, gathering with family and purchasing gifts—emphasize joy and cheer, leaving little room for pain and grief. In response, St Margaret’s will offer a special virtual service leading up to Christmas that accommodate those for whom the season is trying and difficult on Wednesday, December 23 at 5:30 PM. This service, called Blue Christmas or Longest Night, emphasize the pain of loss felt by many at this time of year, and offer a somber, gentle space to gather. Symbolically, many of these services are held on or around December 21, the date of the winter solstice, the longest night of the year
SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY at 9 AM!
Parish Hall and via ZOOM!
All in person Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services will require registration due to size limitations created by the pandemic. Therefore, please find a link below to the online form to sign up your household. We will have the following options for in person worship:
Christmas Eve - 3:00pm & 5:00pm
All Christmas Eve services will be the same with Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the church sanctuary. Although there will be music at the services, there will not be congregational singing inside the church. Weather permitting, we will sing outside by candlelight.
Christmas Day - 10:00am
This is a Holy Eucharist, Rite II service with music in the church Sanctuary.
The 5 pm Christmas Eve Service will be Livestreamed
Please note that all COVID-19 protocols will be in place at the in person services, including, but not limited to, pre-registering for services, social distancing, and wearing face masks over the nose and mouth for adults and children in second grade and older. For safety, reservations are required for in person worship using the link below. If there is not an available household section at your preferred service time, please join us at another service for worship. We can have up to 45 persons at each service.
*There will be no children’s pageant on Christmas Eve this year.*
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
St. Margaret's Annual Parish Meeting is set for January 24th.
At the meeting, we'll hear all about the "state of the union" and elect new members to the Vestry and delegates for Diocesan Convention. Please make every effort to attend.
DATE: January 24th PLACE: Virtually TIME: 12 Noon until 12:45 pm
The Vestry Nominations Committee has put forth 3 Vestry Nominations for three spots
Molly Blackwell, Debby Boies, and Brittany Zimmerman
Advent Compline 8 PM Click here to go to our Facebook Page
Sunday, December 20
Worship 8 AM - To Reserve your spot click HERE Sunday School 9 AM - Parish Hall and on Zoom Platform Click HERE Worship 10 AM - To Reserve your spot click HERE. Bulletin HERE Sunday Online Worship 10 AMFacebook Live or on our church Website
Wednesday, December 23
Longest Night/Blue Christmas Service 5:30 PM - Click HERE
Thursday, December 24
Christmas Services 3 PM & 5 PM - To Reserve your spot click HERE Christmas Online Service 5 PMFacebook Live or on our church Website
Friday, December 25
Christmas Service 10 AM- To Reserve your spot click HERE
Sunday, December 27
Morning Prayer 8 AM in-person with Joan Weber- To Reserve your spot click HERE
Online Diocesan Virtual Lessons & Carols 10 AM with Fr. Denny Allman as preacher
online click HERE
For a pastoral emergency you can contact the Rector (225-933-3288)
A big THANK YOU to all of you who contributed to the Geaux Get Healthy food drive. We are happy to report that we collected enough healthy food items to fill 15 emergency food boxes for the Geaux Get Healthy program at the LSU Baton Rouge Health North Clinic.
Education for Ministry (EfM) at St Margaret's
***BOOKS ARE IN AND AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP OUTSIDE OF CHURH OFFICE***
For more information, please contact
Joan Weber: ticklesweber@me.com
Ruth LeBlanct: rthleblanc9@gmail.com
You are invited to watch the following video from Joan Weber to find out more about EfM by CLICKING HERE
St Margaret's Ministry Booklet is here!
We thank the Invite*Welcome*Connect team, especially Ronny Daley, Bill Bethea, and our ministry leaders, for providing information for the booklet which helps people learn about the ministries of the parish and how to get involved with each ministry.
