December 27, 2025

Good News from All Souls – 12/27/2025

Jerry Schearer Good News

Weekly News & Bulletin

Edition for December 27, 2025

Sunday: Feast of the Holy Family

What’s Happening around the ECC

Click below to read the December House of Pastors & Clergy ECC News for December 2025.

Highlights include:
Updates on the 2026 Synod
Thoughts to Ponder
Scripture Translations
Spirituality & Spiritual Growth
Clergy News & Highlights

December 2025 ECC HOP Newsletter

Berks Coalition for Youth Homelessness

As part of our Outreach, each month we will begin collecting items that are on the Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Wish List. For the month of December, we will be collecting

toothbrushes
toothpaste,
tampons
sanitary napkins.

There will be a box in the vestibule where you can place the items.

Sunday, December 28

12 pm – Mass

Fellowship After (Q-Z)

Sunday, January 4

12 pm – Mass

Sunday, January 11

12 pm – Mass

Fellowship After (A-P)

Sunday, January 18

12 pm – Mass

Sunday, January 25

12 pm – Mass

Fellowship After (Q-Z)

Sunday, February 1

12 pm – Mass

Sunday, February 8

12 pm – Mass

Fellowship After (A-P)

Sunday, February 15

12 pm – Mass

Wednesday, February 18

7 pm – Ash Wednesday Service

Sunday, February 22

12 pm – Mass

Fellowship After (Q-Z)

Gift Baskets/Raffle Prizes Needed for

Good Thyme for Life

March and Good Thyme for Life will be here before you know it! We are starting now to collect baskets and other prizes for our raffle as part of GTFL. If you have items to donate, but don’t have a basket or have a basket – but not good at wrapping it! Fear not – we have extra baskets and some experts at wrapping the baskets! Or if you have places that you shop, you can ask for gift certificates or other donations, (or Christmas gifts to “re-gift”) and we can combine these with other baskets/donations.

So, start bringing these in any time to mass December-February. Questions? Ask any board member.

SAVE THE DATE – Monday, March 2 – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Co-County Wellness/ Good Thyme for Life

Worship This Week

Helping with mass:

Ministers – ALL ARE MINISTERS

Celebrant – Rev. Henry Pruski

This Week: Sunday, 12/28

Lay Assistant – Kent

Music – John

Reader – Donna

Greeter –

Hospitality

Sunday, 1/4/26

Lay Assistant – Kent

Music – John

Reader – Donna

Greeter –

Hospitality –

Rota Sept-Dec 2025

Rota Jan-April 2026

Click below to prepare for mass this week or follow along virtually.

This Week’s Bulletin

Readings for this week

First Reading: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14

Responsorial: Psalm 128:1-, 3, 4-5

Second Reading: Colossians 3:12-21

Gospel: Matthew 2:12-15, 19-23

Prayer Requests

Music for the week: Traditional and Favorite Advent Songs

Question of the week:

As this tumultuous year comes to an end, what can I do for those who are strangers in a strange land?

Spiritual Communion Prayer for remote participation

Our services are streamed live on YouTube or can be viewed later at any time.

CLICK HERE: All Souls ECC – YouTube

This Week’s Live Stream Link

Christmas Greetings from the ECC House of Pastors

God with us, in us, among us.

Creator and Lover of all.

Word Incarnate.

We celebrate Your Divine Presence Revealed in the life and ministry Of the Christ child

And thereafter Throughout the ages In all who awaken By grace to truth.

May there always be room in our heart For your Living Spirit to find a birthing place.

May we be holy as the angels, Faithful as the shepherds, Humble as the cattle,

Wise as the three travelers from afar.

May we have the compassion of Mary, And the understanding of Joseph,

And may the blessing of the Christmas story,

A new creation, the Spirit of Life and Light of the World, Be our story, our identity, our destiny

As it was with Jesus long ago.

God-is-with-us always.

Emmanuel. Glory be. Amen.

Wishing you a Joyous Christmas! In peace, joy, gratitude and love,

Rev. Trish Vanni, HOP Chair, Rev. Rosa Buffone, HOP Vice Chair

& members of the HOP Steering Committee

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