Special Events
Special Events at CEC
Making Your Grief Count
WEDNESDAYS, JANUARY 15 - MARCH 5
1:30 - 3 p.m. in the Gahan Conference Room. If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, Porter Loring and Christ Church invite you to join a Bereavement Support Group that will meet Wednesdays for 8 weeks. The program is designed to help you embrace your grief, learn to bear it, and strengthen your resilience. Please RSVP to Karen – karenv@cecsa.org.
Sign up for photos for the New Pictorial Directory
We need EVERYONE in the parish to sign up to get their pictures taken. Photographers from Universal Church Directories will be coming Thursday to Saturday, January 16, 17, 18, February 13, 14 and 15, and February 27, 28 and March 1, 2025. For participating you will receive a complimentary 8 x 10 portrait and a church directory. You will have an opportunity to purchase other family portraits if you wish, but there is no cost to get your picture taken and no obligation to buy photos in order to be in the CEC directory. Look for the directory table in the Gazebo to sign up. For questions contact Julianne Reeves (210-410-5721) or Gretchen Duggan gretchend@cecsa.org. You may sign up on line too:
Go to www.ucdir.com
Click on the box "photography appointment scheduling login"
Enter the code: tx576 Enter the password: photos
Click on the desired date, find the time you want, add the required info, then click "Schedule Appointment." If you have more than six family members being photographed, please reserve two consecutive appointments.
On Sunday, January 19, 2025, CEC will open voting for our 2025 Vestry members. The election will close on Tuesay, January 21 at 4 p.m. On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, you will be notified of either a completed election or a run-off. If there is a run-off, you will receive new instructions. The Annual General Meeting of the Parish will be held on Sunday, January 26 at 10 a.m. We will introduce the slate of newly elected vestry members, hear plans for the parish, and receive ministry and financial reports.
Download the profiles of the slate of nominees for the 2025 Vestry. Voting will take place the week before the Annual Parish Meeting online via ElectionBuddy, a secure online voting platform. Watch for the notices.
*Please check your family listing in Shelby, our online directory, to ensure the church has your current email address. Please also correct your birth date information so that all who are eligible to vote will receive a ballot.