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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As our brother Dr. Bill Wade has written in his weekly Reflections, “This Sunday is the beginning of the Liturgical Year. It follows the significant events of the Lord Jesus’ life based on the great feasts of Israel. The purpose is that the Mystery of Christ may work its way through our senses by the Liturgy and the Word to penetrate the intuitive level of our being to release the immense energies of the Spirit to transform our consciousness into the mind of Christ. The Liturgical Year focuses on the three great theological ideas that form the heart of the Christian Revelation: Light, Life, and Love. Advent, the Coming of Christ, begins in the darkness and death of winter as the days grow shorter and the sun seems on the verge of disappear-ing. It is a season of spiritual preparation to receive the Christ. “In Him was life and the life was the light of humanity. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it” (Jn 1.4,5).”

Our Christmas Eve services will be on Thursday, December 24th, are as follows:

• 5:00 p.m. – Family Service with Pageant and music with the Praise Band• 7:30 and 10 p.m. – Traditional Christmas Eve Holy Communion with Organ, Choir and El Paso BrassPlease note that we do NOT have a Christmas Day service. The church office will be closed the week of December 25th through January 1st. Please call one of the clergy directly in case of emer-gency. There will not be a Saturday service on the 26th.

Christmas Music ConcertsIn addition to “Lessons and Carols” services on December 6th, we will be having two special Christmas concerts in the sanctuary:• The El Paso Brass Quintet and Organist Rick Garven will offer a Christmas concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, December 6th. • Sunday, December 20th at 7 p.m. and will feature the UTEP Jazz 2 Ensemble directed by Kenny Capshaw and the St. Clement’s Christmas Chorus directed by Gail Manago.

Another Concert!The Bruce Nehring Consort will be performing in the beautiful chapel of Loretto High School at 7:30p.m. on Friday, December 4th; 5 and 8p.m. on Saturday, December 5th; and 2:30 and 5p.m. on Sunday, December 6th. Discounted tickets are available from Kathy Beeman at 833-3069.

St. Clement’s Parish SchoolDinner Theatre Reservations have been extended through Wednesday, December 2, 2015!Come enjoy a delicious catered dinner and be entertained by our eighth grade theatre group in their performance of “The Return to Oz”. Performances will be held on Friday, December 4, and Saturday, December 5, at 6:00 p.m. A matinee performance will be held on Sunday, December 6, at 2:00 p.m. with refreshments.

Thank You’sBig Thank you’s to Andy Quintana, Bob Gilbert and his team of “skunks” (that’s what he calls them!), Fr. Rick Milliorn and musi-cians, Fr. Travis King, and our speakers at the Men’s Retreat. And of course, to the staff of Sacramento Assembly. We had another wonderful retreat on the theme of “the Fatherhood of God” with about 45 guys. Remember men: What happens in Sacramento should not stay in Sacramento. It should be shared widely!

Special Courses in JanuaryWe are offering/promoting two special courses in January:• The Perspectives Course is a 16 week course on the subject of Missions which has been offered at St. Clement’s in the past. We highly recommend it to any of you who wish to understand the theology and practice of the Missionary work of the Church. Please see page 3 for more information. • The Stephen Ministry is offering training for those would like to become part of this ministry of pastoral care to those who are hurting or having a difficult time. Please see page 3 or contact Diane Tatem for more information.

Financial UpdatePractically all churches rely on special end-of-year giving for a large percentage of their income. Therefore, we ask you to consider making a Christmas gift this December. All gifts that are postmarked through the 31st are deductible in 2015 for IRS purposes. Thank you!

In our Lord Jesus Christ,

The Rev. William C. Cobb, D. Min.

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CHRISTMAS ORGAN AND BRASS CONCERTThe El Paso Brass (including our own Kenny Cap-shaw and Sam Trimble) and St. Clement organ-ist, Rick Garven, will be presenting a Christmas Music Concert on Sunday night, Dec. 6, at 7 PM in the Main Church. There will be music, both sacred and secular, performed. Carols and other Christmas holiday favorites will be heard.There is no charge but a freewill offering will be taken. Come and enjoy the superb artistry of these 6 musicians.

It’s swingin’, it’s singin’, and it’s like no Christmas music you have ever heard before! December 20th at 7pm come to the Church of St. Clement and here the swinging sounds of the UTEP Jazz 2 Ensemble directed by Kenny Capshaw and the St. Clement’s Christmas Chorus directed by Gail Manago for a Jazz Blast of Christmas Cheer!

Come sing and join the volunteer chorus re-hearsals starting Monday evenings from Nov

23rd - December 14th at 6:30 at the Church of St. Clement. Let heaven and nature swing!

ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLSThe traditional service of Advent Lessons and Carols will

be presented in both services on Sunday, Dec. 6. This service, originating in England portrays the proph-

ecy and anticipation of the coming of our Lord. Music includes hymns, carols and anthems composed by Palestrina, George Guest, Orlando Gibbons, and others.

Our Adult Choir, soloist, instrumentalists and lay readers will be participants. Dr. Maggie Smith, lay reader coordinator and Rick Garven, organist-choir-master, as well as Fr. Cobb as cantor will be worship leaders. Come and experience the music and scriptures, which make Advent meaningful.

Please join us for a performance in the CFE the-atre, by the 8th grade Speech and Theater Class:

December 4th or 5th, with catered dinner, $20 per person

December 6th, with carered hors d’oeuvres, $15 per person

($10 for children under 10)You must have a reservation to attend. Limited

space for each performance. There will be open seating.

For more information contact St. Clement’s School


Have you come to the library yet to select a devotional for Advent? We have several won-derful selections! We also have an extensive collection of Christmas novels and novellas,

as well as movies, and books for children.

Come on in and enhance your evenings with excellent Christian celebrations

of Christmas!

Daughters of the Holy Crossinvite all

St. Clements WomenDaughters of the Holy Cross is an order of women who have taken a four-fold vow of Prayer, Service, Study, and Evangelism. It is open to all Anglican women who might be seeking a community in which they can fulfill these vows in service to Jesus Christ. St. Therese of Lisieux Chapter here at St. Clements is planning a discernment class for early 2016. If you would like to talk to a Daughter about the order, and about the class, look for any woman wearing the DHC cross, or contact our President Anne Walker in the church library.

YOUNG WOMEN’SWEDNESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY

New Bible Study –Beginning January 13, 2016

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in the Mayfield RoomBeth Moore’s A WOMEN’S HEART – God’s Dwelling Place

An 11 Session Bible Studyfor more info or to order books contact

Mary Gaddy 915-630-5550Sallie Broaddus 915-203-8624

Martini DeGroat 915-204-9250 YOUNG WOMEN’S

Perspectives. A 15 week course. Discover what’s on God’s heart, understand how God has been accomplishing what’s on his heart, and find out how we can join God in accomplishing what’s on his heart.

COST:$500 Graduate/Undergraduate

$250 Certificate or Key Reading Level$ 50 discount for family member and early registration

SCHEDULEJanuary 24- May 2

Sundays 5-8 p.m at Beth El Bible ChurchMondays 6 - 9 p.m. at Westside Community Church

to register or for more informationvisit class.perspectives.org


CHILDREN’S CORNER Rachel Degenhart, Children’s Ministry Director

The cry of the human heart is, how much do you love me? Can I trust you? Will you be there for me? Shall I be vulner-able to you? In fact, in the 1970’s the BeeGee’s sang, “How deep is your love, how deep is your love, I really mean to know?” I would suggest to you that the answer to the cry of our heart is found in the Christmas story. You see, we are not the only ones with a cry of our heart. I would suggest to you that our heart’s cry is what it is because we were made in the image of God and that He, before us, has had the same cry. His cry has been and still is, for connection and relation-ship with man. His is the cry of every parent with a wayward child to do anything and everything in their power to bring healing, forgiveness and understanding to not only the child but to the relationship. It is from this place that we read John 3:16, “For God SO loved the world that he gave his only Son….”, and also 2 Cor 5:19, “God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.” The fact is that the plan for salvation was in place before man even fell prey to the scheme of the devil in the Garden of Eden. 1 Peter 1:20 and Revelation 3:18 God reveals that before the foundation of the earth took place, God’s love had already made a plan for our redemption. What did this plan look like? Galations 4:4 tells us that from creation God was waiting patiently for the right time to unveil his plan. “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” We know this as Christmas! This is the time that Jesus stood up from his throne above all thrones, took off his royal robes (to the confusion of the angels and heavenly beings)

and walked out of heaven and down the ladder to earth to take on the form of a baby, a child, a servant, a convict, a dead man and a resurrected man all to secure the freedom of his beloved children, mankind. He has shown us how deep his love is (and he has an ongoing desire to unveil this to you on a personal level.) This season we have an opportunity to renew our declaration of love to him. My question to you is, how deep is your love? If you find, as you honestly evaluate your heart, that your love for him is not deep, then I lovingly invite you to a journey of exploration into the truths of who he is and how he loves you; in reality, we are only able to love him to the degree of our experiential knowledge of his love for us. (I John 4:19, “We love him because he first loved us.”) Then you can join the angels in singing, “Joy to the world, the Lord IS come.”

SUNDAY CHILDREN’S LESSONS FOR DECEMBER

Kid’s Connection Wonder Room lessonsDec 6 Made in God’s Image Dec 6 Telling OthersDec 13 Christmas lesson Part 1 Dec 13 Worship: close to God’s heartDec 20 Christmas lesson Part 2 Dec 20 A special babyDec 27 Christmas lesson Part 3 Dec 27 Little things, big things

THE YOUNG-ISH ADULT MINISTRY IS GOING STRONG! The Y.A.’s “Newly Married and Almost Married” Anchor Group just finished the “Keep Your Love On” curriculum by Danny Silk. It was an amazing series includ-ing lots of sharing and encouraging one another in building strong foundations early on in marriage. The group has continued to meet including a special evening on the topic, “Praying Together,” with special guests Don and Linda Ward, and the Rev. Don and Jeanene Morrell. The remaining meeting dates in 2015 are the following:Dec. 13 - Combined Christmas Party with Y.A.’s Singles Alpha OasisThe Y.A.’s Singles Alpha Oasis Anchor Group is also going great! Right now we are energetically engaged in weekly lessons by Timothy Keller! The group has divided up facilitating discussions on topics that are relevant to faith and our lives today! Check out the remainder of the year below:Dec. 3 - Love and LustDec. 10 - Blueprint for RevivalDec. 13 - Combined Christmas Party with Y.A. Newly Married and Almost MarriedDec. 17 - Does God Control Everything

Save the date to participate in our

Christmas Eve Pageant

Practice times: 9 am every Saturday in December

Contact Rachel at

521-8052

[email protected]

H O L Y R E B E L S Y O U T H G R O U P


This November the Youth Ministry went on their Annual Youth Retreat in Cloud-croft, NM. A total of 16 teenagers gath-ered in the mountains of the Aspendale Retreat Center for paintballing, archery, and a campfire. The theme of the event was “Every Story Matters” in which every leader shared their story and the way that God impacted their lives. God used this

time to encounter every kid during ministry time and small groups. As leaders, we have faith that the Lord has begun a good work in the life of every kid and we are excited to see Him do more in them. This Thanksgiving we also got together to hand out dough-nuts and hot chocolate during the El Paso Thanksgiving Parade. We had tons of fun since everyone had the opportunity to serve and pray for people at the parade. Additionally, College Church and the Youth Group will be joining to attend the One Thing Conference hosted by the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri. We will be leaving on December 27th at 6am and coming back on January 1st. If you are in high school (10th grade and up) or in college you can join us by talk-ing to our youth ministry’s head intern Kristie Shinn (443) 235-1861.

SAINT CLEMENT FINE ARTS MINISTRYDecember 6 & 20 - Studio continues 10 AM in Whyburn-Roderick Hall,

and: El Paso Museum of Art after lunch at Amigo’s: Cheryl Bower will conduct an one hour tour of the amazing and mostly Christian Art of the Renaissance Collection Tour - Part I. (Part II will be in the Spring). Cash lunch choice of 3 dishes at Amigo’s, 2000 Mon-tana at 12:30. Museum Tour starts at 1:45 upstairs. Please RSVP on Cheryl’s poster in the Welcome

Center starting November 29 for your lunch selection &/or to carpool departing from St Clement following the 10:45 Service. Returning to St Clements by 3PM ish. Surprise! Ukrainian EGGS are easy! December 6 & 20 continue decorating Christmas Eggs between Services in W-R Hall 10 - 10:45 AM.Bring a jumbo uncooked egg with simple pencil designs & $2. Dyes, bee’s wax, candles & kistkas are provided. Kids need a grownup to do eggs! Also learn how to make & weave on a small portable loom. Gather favorite colors of yarn. Handmade tools provided. Kids go to Sunday School at 10:45. Father, bless this work!

For more information please contact Barbara Armijo

THANK

YOU

Thank you to all who contributed to the blanket ministry.

Martha Medrano with Flames of Love will be delivering them to the Tarahumaras in the Sierra to keep

them warm this cold winter!

ODE TO THE BLANK SPACE ON THE THURSDAY

CALENDAR

In the beginning God said…. Let there be a Thursday LADIES’ STUDY

And it was so.And the Lord said… Study the Word Sing the Word Memorize the Word And it was so.And the Lord said… I’ll bring the ladies… from different churches,of different ages, different spiritual levels And it was so.And the Lord said… Let there be a Christmas Blessing and a 4th of JulyCelebration And it was so.

Thus it went for 34 years: hundreds of ladies, minis-tries supported, ‘non-teach-ers’ becoming teachers of the Word, much worshipThen the Lord said… It is enough…34 years was very good. And it was so.Then Barbara said…. Thank you, Lord. It WAS so very good.

Barabara Peterson

Ciudad Nueva Christmas Store

Many have asked why Ciudad Nueva chooses to have a Christmas store instead of giving gifts. We believe that when you donate to our Christmas store, you give both a physical gift and the gift of dignity. This year we are again providing a store for our families to shop for Christmas gifts on December 16th and 17th. All the gifts will be priced 50-80% off retail. We are asking people to donate unwrapped gifts to the store by December 14, 2015.

Thank you for supporting this wonderful opportunity for our Ciudad Nueva families.

Gifts maybe dropped off at: 528 Yandell St. Clement’s Welcome Center Mustard Seed Cafe

QUICK UPDATE: We have had a great semester of programs. We have welcomed a lot of new kids into each of our programs. We have also enjoyed trying new things this semester including our Catalyst program and partnering with Junior League for a Science program. We have blessed with many wonderful volunteers. They are so important to the success of our programs. Thank

you to everyone who gives their time, money and resources to Ciudad Nueva. You are making a lasting impact in the Rio Grande District.

End-Of-Year GivingPlease take some time to pray and consider

donating financially to Ciudad Nueva. Support us online through ciudadnueva.org

or make checks payable to Ciudad Nueva.

Our address is 810 N. Campbell, El Paso, TX 79902.

Invite your friends or family to honor you this Christmas by

making a donation to Ciudad Nueva in your name or purchas-ing a gift for our Christmas store.

If you have any questions please contact Sami DiPasquale at [email protected]


VESTRY NOMINATIONSNominations are being accepted for the 2016 Vestry

Every fall we seek candidates for nomination to the Vestry, whose members are elected at our Annual Congregational Meeting in February. Nominations to replace four retiring Vestry members are sought for three year terms beginning February 2016.

The vestry has adopted the following requirements for serving on the vestry. A person must be: 1. At least eighteen years of age 2. A voting member of the church3. A committed Christian, who maintains disciplines of Bible Study and Prayer4. Believing the Bible to be the inspired Word of God and the Creeds of the Church to be authoritative in defining biblical Christian faith. 5. Regular in worship and active in the life of the congregation6. A giver of record for at least a year who is committed to tithing or working toward a tithe7. Able to attend to as many as two meetings a month, vestry retreats, etc.

The vestry nominating process is meant to be a process of mutual spiritual discernment. Therefore we should seek to choose vestry members that we know to be prayerful, knowledgeable of scripture, who have a personal relationship with Christ, and a desire to serve him through serving this parish. Nominees will be asked to answer questions ap-proved by the vestry. If you are nominating someone other than yourself, please obtain that person’s permission prior to submitting his or her name.

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december 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

19:00-Staff Meeting11:00- Prayer & Fasting12- Invisible Church 12- Al Anon6:00- Praise Band 12- Finance Committee Meeting

21:30- GriefShare6:30- Youth Group6:30 Women The Journey

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12- Bill’s Bible Study6:00 YOUNGISH ADULTS

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7:30 The Bruce Nehring Consort

59 am Christmas Eve Pageant Practice5:00- Worship Service 5&8 The Bruce Nehring ConsortCFE theatre,performance

6Advent Carols and Lessons both services10 FINE ARTS MINISTRY10:30-Rey de Paz Spanish Service -McKee Chapel10:30 MS Youth GroupCFE theatre,performance12:15 pm Youth Lunch2:30 & 5 The Bruce Nehring Consort7 pm CHRISTMAS ORGAN AND BRASS CONCERT

7 89:00-Staff Meeting11:00- Prayer & Fasting12- Al Anon6:00- Praise Band Stephen Ministry5:30- Vestry Business Meeting


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CHURCH STAFFThe Rev’d. William C. Cobb, D. Min., RectorThe Rev. Rick Milliorn, Associate & Contemporary Music DirectorThe Rev. Travis W. King, AssociateKen Hanna, Rey de Paz, Spanish Congregation LeaderRick Garven, Organist and Adult Choir DirectorRachel Degenhart, Children’s Ministry DirectorRebecca Guerin, Children’s Ministry AssistantEddie Endlich, English Speaking Center Director and Parish AdministratorLupe Mendoza, Director of Preschool/DaycareKaren Miller, Financial SecretaryMarilyn Jay, BookkeeperAnne Walker, LibrarianEricka Garcia, ReceptionistIrene Taylor, Assistant to the RectorBrenda Luna Bravo, CommunicationsJesus Ortiz Torres, Maintenance Supervisor

VESTRYGeorge Wayne, Senior WardenRob Hoover, Junior WardenGreg Anderson, Leslie Jones, Linda Doughtie-Lane, Bruce McComas, Lyn McKinley, John Skidmore, Ken Morrow, Stuart Sliva, Riley Stephens (Lin Banks, Treasurer andEdward A. Endlich, Clerk) ASSOCIATED CLERGYThe Rev. Ron Thomson, Rector Emeritus The Rev. Don Morrill, Deacon The Rev. Steven Tighe, La Frontera The Anchor of St. Clement (USPS 0116-610) is published monthly by The Church of St.

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