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This Week at Christ ChurchSunday, November 1, All Saints’ Day Monday, November 2, All Souls’ Day Tuesday, November 3 Wednesday, November 4 Thursday, November 5 Saturday, November 7 Sunday, November 8 |
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Make your 2027 PledgePledge Cards have been mailed! Check your mail and support Christ Church Financially for 2027. Stewardship Sunday and the Blessing of Pledge Cards will be Sunday, November 22. |
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Honoring Civil Rights Workers - November 1
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All Souls DayIn the New Testament, the word “saints” is used to describe the entire membership of the Christian community, and in the Collect for All Saints’ Day the word “elect” is used in a similar sense. From very early times, however, the word “saint” came to be applied primarily to persons of heroic sanctity, whose deeds were recalled with gratitude by later generations. Beginning in the tenth century, it became customary to set aside another day—as a sort of extension of All Saints—on which the Church remembered that vast body of the faithful who, though no less members of the company of the redeemed, are unknown in the wider fellowship of the Church. It was also a day for particular remembrance of family members and friends. Though the observance of the day was abolished at the Reformation because of abuses connected with Masses for the dead, a renewed understanding of its meaning has led to a widespread acceptance of this commemoration among Anglicans, and to its inclusion as an optional observance in the calendar of the Episcopal Church. |
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Youth Group Events - Autumn 2026Our Youth Group is meeting ont he following dates in Autumn. 2026. Winter events will be announced as they are scheduled. Sunday, October 18, 5pm - Oktoberfest Dinner: Youth Group food & games in the Undercorft. Wednesday, November 4, 6pm - Outreach & Service: Making Sandwiches and Bagged Lunches with the Men's Group for the Bagged Lunch Program - FAST FOOD dinner after we finsih (the Men are going out for their own thing). Friday, Noveomber 20, 6pm - Thanksgiving Dinner: Youth Group food & games in the Undercorft. Monday, November 23, 7pm - Interfaith Thanksgiving Service (at the Pelham Jewish Center): Come and meet the leaders of all of the houses of worship in Pelham. Food afterwards.
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Bagged Lunch Ministry (Men's Group & Outreach)The Outreach Committee partners each month with our Men’s Group and the Church of Trinity Saint Paul’s Church in New Rochelle making and service bagged lunches. Once a month on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m the Men’s Group make and wrap 120 sandwiches and bag 60 lunches that will be served the next day. Members of the group often gather afterwards for dinner at a restaurant in Pelham or makes a dinner by the men, for the men, at the church. If you are interested in helping the Men’s Group please sign up on the form HERE. The next day (the first Thursday of each month) members of our Outreach Committee deliver and help serve bagged lunches at Trinity Saint Paul’s Church in New Rochelle. If you are interested in helping out, please connect contact our Outreach Committee HERE.
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Classic Car Show to Benefit OutreachThe annual Christ Church Classic Car Show brings hundreds of classic cars from across the New York metropolitan area to the beautiful grounds of Christ Church Pelham. Whether you’re showing a car or coming to admire them, bring your friends and family for a day of great vehicles, food from our food truck, music from our DJ, an enormous ticket auction, and even the chance to meet a pet available for adoption. The fun supports a good cause: proceeds are shared between Christ Church’s outreach ministries and the programs and operations that sustain our parish. |
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We Need Your Help!Last year, our raffle generated more profit than the admission fees from the cars and the general public guests put together. And it came from volunteers who went out to their local pizza shop; diner; nail salon; service station; restaurant and bar; grocery store; art studio; gym; bagel shop. In increments of $25; $30; $50 - and sometimes more than $100, but not always - these efforts gave us the impetus to be there for those thousands of neighbors who needed us. We're a bit behind in this part of our efforts - WE NEED YOUR HELP to give one more effort to turn in a gift certficate; a gift card; a financial donation. But particularly a retail certificate that we can add to the raffle. Would you stop in at those places that YOU know ? Stop in some of those restaurants on City Island or Main Street/New Rochelle has many retail opportunities; Mt. Vernon is virtually unvisited; so many opportunities! And finally - if you can't solicit donations or don't feel you're able to do so - would you contribute some gift cards personally? Visa/MC, AMEX, Amazon - etc - those make great raffle items. Please speak to Carla Carroll or Carol Ipsen if you have any questions or if your have procurred any gift cards or gifts! |
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All Saints' Sunday & All Soul's Day MemorialsAll Saints' Day Masses will be Sunday, November 1, at 8am & 10am & 4pm All Souls' Day Masses will be Monday, November 2, at 10am. This Mass will include the Blessing of the Garden of Resurrection and Reading of Names of Parish Departed and All Buried in the Garden. We are having a Requiem Concert (Mozart Requiem) on Sunday, November 15, at 4:00pm - Tickets HERE. Please fill out this form if you would like the names of your departed loved ones to be prayed for on All Souls' Day at Christ Church... (READ MORE) |
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Mozart Requiem with choir and full orchestraOn Sunday, November 15 at 4:00 PM, the Parish Choir of Christ Church joins forces with The Modus Singers and Modus Operandi Orchestra (MOO) for a performance of Mozart’s Requiem. One of the most profound and enduring works in the choral repertoire, the Requiem was left unfinished at Mozart’s death in 1791 and completed by his pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr. From the haunting opening of the Introit to the dramatic power of the Dies Irae, Mozart’s final work encompasses both the terror of judgment and the consolation of eternal rest. The combined choir and orchestra will be led by conductor Justin Bischof. Experience this extraordinary masterpiece in the beautiful setting of Christ Church. To purchase tickets for the 2026-2027 season please click here. To make a donation please click here. |
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Eileen Stodut, ArtistOctober/November 2026, HOAG HALL ART SHOW (...Read More) |
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Thanksgiving DinnerJoin us in Hoag Hall for our annual Thanksgiving Dinner the week before Thanksgiving Day. Please RSVP to let us know that you are coming. |
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Interfaith Thanksgiving ServiceThe 2026 Interfaith Thanksgiving Service offered by the Pelham Interfaith Council will take place at the Pelham Jewish Center, 451 Esplanade, Pelham, NY. Are are invited. The Interfaith Council includes the Parish of Christ the Redeemer, Huguenot Memorial Church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Saint Catharine's Church, the Pelham Jewish Center, and the Community Church of the Pelhams. |
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Book of All SoulsThe All Souls Book ( in some places called Book of the Dead,) will be available for parishioners to personally write in the names of our deceased relatives and friends for prayer. This book is on a prayerful podium near the candle stand in the Bell tower of the church. It will be there throughout the month of November. We encourage all in the month of November, when we remember All Saints and All Souls, to take a few moments to personally inscribe the names of all those we want to remember in our prayers . May the Souls of the Faithful Departed, through the mercy of God Rest in Peace as we remember them with Faith and Love. Amen |
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Coming Events 2026-202711/1 | All Saints’ Day | Services at 8am, 10am and 4pm 2027 2/2 | Feast of the Presentation Eucharist | 5:15pm 3/14 | Oscar Sunday: Film Music Favorites on the Organ | 4pm 4/5 | Feast of the Annunciation Eucharist | 5:15pm 6/24 | Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Eucharist | 5:15pm 7/4 | Independence Day Eucharist | 8am 8/6 | Transfiguration Eucharist | 10am |
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Sunday School Registration is OPENSign up for Sunday School, Children's Choir, Youth Group, or Confirmation TODAY. |
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2026-2027 Concert ScheduleMozart Requiem Concert - Sunday, November 15, 2026, 4:00pm Christmas Lessons And Carols - Sunday, December 20, 2026, 4:00pm Winter Organ Concert (Bischof) - Sunday, February 21, 2027, 4:00pm Film & Movie Favorites on the Organ (Bischof) on the night of the 2027 Acadamy Awards - Sunday, March 14, 2027, 4:00pm Spring Organ Concert (Monica Berney organist) - Sunday, April 18, 2027, 4:00pm |
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Piano Lessons with our Director of MusicJustin has a few openings in his teaching studio this coming year for piano students from age 7 and up including adults. With over 40 years’ experience working with students of all skill levels he is a patient and encouraging teacher. Please contact him at 646-206-7638 or justin@justinbischof.com for further details. Don’t be shy! |
