This will be a short E-Star for this week! The Church Office will be closed on Thursday and Friday (November 23, 24) in observance of Thanksgiving. Regular hours resume on Tuesday, November 28th.
Renovations Updates: No updates this week due to the holiday schedule.
SUNDAY, November 19, 2023 Attendance: 34 In Church 6 On Zoom 40 Total
Those scheduled to serve this coming Sunday, November 26th are:
Layreaders……….David Leitch and Ashley Harper-Oberle Altar Guild……..Sue Brunson and Nancy Petty Acolyte…………...Grady Gonzales Ushers…………….Maria and J.J. Gonzales VOPD…………….Otis Maclay Altar Flowers Given by………….Ellen Lee in thanksgiving for Epiphany Episcopal Church and my church family Coffee Hosts……Sandy Arrington and Pat Bass
We pray for those traveling this week, especially Diane Hays.
We pray in thanksgiving with Roy and Nancy Heuss who celebrate their anniversary on 11/29 and with Kenda Avery who celebrated her birthday last Sunday, with Deana Geuther (11/27), Gabriel Castillo (11/28) and E. David Henry (11/28) who celebrate their birthdays this week.
We pray for all who have died, especially Frank Tipton, Martin Williams and Tim Renaud, that they may have a place in your eternal kingdom. We pray also for all who mourn their passing.
Remember to return your signed Pledge Cards soon. You can drop them in the collection plate during Sunday services or mail them to the office (P.O. Box 2, Burnet, TX 78611). Thank you in advance!
A reminder that the Burnet Police Department is having their 4th Annual Turkey Dinner on Wednesday, November 22 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. located at 2000 S. Water Street (Highway 281 South). Turkey dinner with all the fixings! It is a DRIVE -THRU so line up early! If you are in need of a meal delivered, please call 512-756-6404 no later than Tuesday, November 21st to place your meal order. Happy Thanksgiving from the Burnet Police Department!
There will be a free Thanksgiving Dinner served at the Church of Christ, 102 S. Vanderveer Street, on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 23 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome! Also, if you would like to volunteer to serve, or help cook the turkeys, dressings, pies, etc. please contact Nancy Heuss at 512-755-4341.
Christmas in Burnet: Saturday, November 25: 2nd Annual Lighting of the Burnet Courthouse starts at 5:00 p.m. Free hot chocolate and reading with Mrs. Claus! The BCISD Choir will be singing Christmas carols before the lighting of the square.
Saturday, November 25 through January 1: Burnet Trail of Lights Wallace Riddell Park to Hamilton Creek Park.
St. Anne’s Guild will be scheduling a “work day” to get the Parish Hall Banquet Room and Kitchen back in order. Hopefully this will happen before DC Restoration schedules their “clean up” of the PH after all their renovations. Carol Weathers will be the contact point for scheduling the day and coordinating the volunteers. Please help if you can!!
Please continue to pray for all in need of comfort, healing, and support. We are all God’s children and are called to serve Him in any way we can.
Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!
Janet Wilton Parish Administrator
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy, that we can scarcely mark their progress.” --Charles Dickens