The First Sunday of Advent

8:00 am   The Traditional Eucharist
9:30 am   The Joyful Noise Eucharist
10:30 am   The Musical Eucharist

From the Rector

I wonder as I wander
Take a moment to look at the cover of this announcement sheet. Our staff have been spending some time working and thinking and creating and praying about our Advent Season. 
In response to the 'Wondering Together' program that has been led by the Vestry and Virginia Fox, we are continuing the theme of wondering into Advent. In 'Wondering Together' we have been thinking about the life of our parish and trying to discern what the spirit of God is calling us to in 2015.
In Advent we are continuing this wondering and adding a dimension - What do you wonder about Advent and Christmas? The imagery for this season will focus on wondering and I invite you you to take home the Advent wreath and meditation booklet for nightly reflections in your home. There are wondering questions in the book to help you think about Advent and Christmas. Not only are you being asked to wonder about the meaning of the prophets or our ancestors in faith - you are being asked to wonder about how you might be a prophet, and how you might inspire someone's faith with your actions.

Bishop's Visitation
Our Bishop, Marc Andrus is visiting us on December 13th. This is a once every two or three year event and we are excited for him to visit us and see what we are doing as a parish. We have been giving lots of thought to how we should celebrate communion on this day and have concluded that we would like to get the whole parish together for his visit at 10am. So come and join us for one service, followed by a forum for discussion of our 'Wondering Together' program with Virginia and the Vestry.

Love,   
Matthew+


News & Announcements
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Today: First Sunday of Advent, Nov 29
Today is the 1st Sunday of Advent and our Advent wreaths will be available for construction in the Parish Hall. Join in this ever popular Transfiguration tradition.

Next Sunday: 2nd Sunday of Advent
There will be two services on Sun. 12/6:
8am - Spoken Eucharist
10am - Advent Lessons & Carols

We are excited for the return of our Advent Lessons and Carols next week! This year, responding to your feedback, our Advent Lessons and Carols will be shorter than last year and will include Chapel Time/Kids Club. 

Also next Sunday our Giving Tree will be up and we will have a focus on our Outreach ministries for this Advent season. They include supporting homeless mothers and babies and a foster girls home. Our own Dr. Hayes Bakken and Noelle Huey will be talking about these two projects next week.

Bishop's Visitation: 3rd Sunday of Advent
One service on this day at 10am - we discussed a variety of patterns and in the end it seems appropriate for us to gather as one community to greet the Bishop on his triennial visitation. Come and join us for the service and parish forum afterwards to talk about our 'Wondering Together' program.

Stewardship
Our stewardship campaign concludes this week and as of this printing, we have received approximately 50 pledges amounting to almost 75% of our target (our target is $330,000 and we have so far achieved approximately $242,000) We hope to get about 35 more pledges in, so if you still have a pledge card at home, please mail it in this week. 

Women's Retreat Initial Planning Meeting
Women of Transfiguration, we will gather for an initial planning meeting for the 2016 Women's Retreat on Sunday, Dec. 6, Noon-1 pm in the Parish Hall. If you are unable to attend, but would like to contribute ideas, please contact Monica. Women's Retreat will be held at Bishop's Ranch on February 26-28. 2016.

Snow Day is coming!
Snow day is coming up on December 19th, 4-6pm! Thank you to George Philipp who has volunteered to take the lead. All interested volunteers, please speak to George or Matthew on Sunday. Please also consider whether you might help to fund this popular event. Be a Snow Angel, a Snow Ball or a Snow Flurry!
Snow Angels - donate $500 and pay for a whole pallet of snow.
Snow Ball - donate $200, for part of a pallet. 
Snow Flurry - donate $50, towards snow for the day.

Sing with the Choir on Christmas Eve!
Advent and Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. Our collection of carols are of the most heartwarming, beautiful, and rich pieces of music in our hymnal. It is the perfect opportunity to enhance our musical offering at Transfiguration. If you are interested in singing with our choir but can't make a year-long commitment, we'd love to open up our Christmas Eve service to anybody who wants to sing with us. Simply come along to our rehearsal on Wednesday, Dec. 16th and join us for an evening of musical offering on Christmas Eve. Contact Music Director, Eric Choate, for details. eric@transfig-sm.org

Peninsula Ballet Nutcracker
The Peninsula Ballet Theatre presents  Nutcracker at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, December 19, 20 and 21 and "The Nutcracker Sweet" a magical condensed version for the youngest ballet fans, at San Mateo Studio One Theatre, December 5,6,12 & 13.  Camila Krause will be performing in this production on Dec. 6, 12, 19, 20 and 21. For ticket information visit:
PeninsulaBallet.org or call 650.369.7770.

Happy Birthday:  
Dace Samta on Monday.


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This Week
Sunday, November 29
The First Sunday of Advent
8am                The Traditional Eucharist
9:30am          The Joyful Noise Eucharist
10:30am        The Musical Eucharist
Home & Hope Hosting Week begins
Monday, November 30
Home & Hope Hosting Week(Parish Hall)
3:15pm           Snake Dragon Club-Japanese language storytime(classrooms)
7pm                FA Meeting (Parish Hall)
Tuesday, December 1
Home & Hope Hosting Week(Parish Hall)
9am              Morning Prayer(Good Shepherd, Belmont)
10:30am        Parish Care Committee(Parish Hall)
5-10pm           PMAA Rehearsal(Church)
7pm                AA Meeting  (Parish Hall)
7:30pm          Finance Committee(Peters home)
Wednesday, December 2
Home & Hope Hosting Week (Parish Hall)
9am                Morning Prayer(Chapel)
10:30am        Gospel Preview(Parish Hall)
3:15 -5:45pm Looking Glass Korean Learning Center(classrooms)
4-5:30pm     Looking Glass Korean Learning Center(classrooms)
5-10pm           PMAA Rehearsal(Church)
6:30pm          Ministry Team Mtg (Noreen's)
Thursday, December 3
Home & Hope Hosting Week(Parish Hall)
9am               Morning Prayer (Chapel)
10am              Transfig Fireflies(Parish Hall)
2pm                Staff Meeting(Parish Hall)
7pm                Transfig Choir Rehearsal
Friday, December 4
Home & Hope Hosting Week(Parish Hall)
3:30pm          Girl Scout Brownie Troop Mtg(classrooms)
Saturday, December 5
Home & Hope Hosting Week (Parish Hall)
8:45-11:15am Looking Glass Korean Learning Center(classrooms)
1-7pm              PMAA on-site (Church & Classrooms)
3pm                 PMAA Choral Concert (Church)

Sunday, December 6
The Second Sunday of Advent
Home & Hope Hosting Week ends
8am                The Traditional Eucharist
10am              Advent Lessons & Carols
noon              Women's Retreat Planning Mtg
noon              Transfig Teens - Off Topic
1-7pm             PMAA on-site(Church & Parish Hall)
3pm                PMAA Choral Concert (Church)

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