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Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life July 16 - July 23, 2017
WELCOMEA gracious and warm welcome to everyone. We come together on this Sunday to worship God
and to discover what it means to be a person of faith in this world. We encourage you to participate fully in this service of Word and Sacrament. If you are new to Christ Church, please know that you have a place among us. If you are looking for a spiritual home, we hope that you will consider making Christ Church that home. We are here to answer any questions and to be of assistance in any way possible.
This WEEk AT ChrisT ChurCh
SUNDAY, JULY 16
8 am Holy Eucharist (N)
9:30 am Nursery Care (B113)
10 am Holy Eucharist (N)*
11 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)
MONDAY, JULY 17
8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)
5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)
6:30 pm Cursillo Group (FM)
7 pm ARTS (B217)
TUESDAY, JULY 18
8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)
9:30 am Staff Meeting (B217)
5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19
8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)
5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)
5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (SMC)
8:30 pm AA (LL)
THURSDAY, JULY 20
8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)
5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)
6:30 pm DA (B213)
FRIDAY, JULY 21
8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)
5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)
7 pm Bon Voyage Concert (N)
SATURDAY, JULY 22
5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (N)
8 pm AA (LL)
SUNDAY, JULY 23
8 am Holy Eucharist (N)
9:30 am Nursery Care (B113)
10 am Holy Eucharist (N)*
11 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)
*Childcare is provided
Location Abbreviations:
BL - Bicknell Library CC - Children’s Chapel
FL - Front Lawn FR - Family Room
LL - Lower Level MH - Miller Hall
N - Nave RG - Rose Garden
SMC - St. Margaret’s Chapel
U - Undercroft
Children Welcome! Join us when the Gospel is read and follow the procession to sit on the steps for a children’s sermon. During the program year (September-May), Christian education for our children occurs in the education wing from 10:10 am to 11 am.
Bon Voyage ConcertFriday, July 21, 2017
7 pm (Note: New date/time)Christ Church Schola
Schola presents selections from their upcoming tour to England where they will be in residence at Salisbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. Freewill offering.
Music at Christ Church Grosse Pointe
61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard • Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 • 313-885-4841 • christchurchgp.org
Parish & Community Events
MUSICBon Voyage ConcertFriday, July 21 at 7 pm Christ Church Schola NOTE: New time and dateSchola presents selections from their
upcoming tour to England where they will be in residence at Salisbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. Freewill offering.
For more information contact Scott Hanoian at [email protected] or 313-885-4841, ext. 102.
SERVENo Summer Starters Today!Will resume Sunday, July 23Every year many Detroit children start their summer days hungry. Throughout the summer months, when children who rely on
school breakfast programs often go without, Christ Church volunteers gather to make a difference. Every summer Sunday, following the 10 am service, we'll fill 50 breakfast bags with seven breakfast meals, to be distributed to low-income children through Crossroads' Summer Lunch program. We are looking for anyone with a van/truck who is able and willing to deliver the “Summer Starters” bags to Crossroads on Sunday after they are assembled.
For more information contact the Rev'd Areeta Bridgemohan at [email protected] or 313-885-4841 x 121.
Serve at Buckets of Rain9 am - NoonJoin us at the Detroit Rescue Mission's Fairview or Glendale gardens to care for and harvest
produce to feed guests at their shelters. We will depart from Christ Church at 9 am. All ages welcome. Every Thursday you are welcome to help weed at the Fairview Garden at 8:30 am. Call Paula Labadie at 313-882-0412 for more information or to RSVP.
Service DatesSaturday, July 22, Saturday, August 12, Saturday, September 9
To volunteer contact the Rev'd Areeta Bridgemohan at [email protected] or 313-885-4841, ext. 121.
Opportunities to ServeWe have many wonderful and dedicated volunteers who serve in our various ministries at Christ Church. Are you ready
to get involved? Put your gifts and passions to work with friends new and old. Opportunities to Serve volunteer sign up sheets are located at the Communications Board.
Please submit your form to Maryann DeAngelo at [email protected] or 313-885-4841 x 107.
GIVE Taking a Meal to Those In NeedYou are invited to participate in providing meals for K en and Sandra Wal ters . Please click https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/4d100m where a calendar has been
set up for individuals to sign up and drop off/ deliver meals, and to indicate what they will provide to prevent duplication.
If you have any questions, please contact Maryann DeAngelo at [email protected] or 313-885-4841, ext. 117.
Text Giving Now Available
C h r i s t C h u rc h i s wo r k i n g to m a k e contributions as convenient as possible. It takes just a couple of steps to get set up and text message to give!
Step 1: Text to 73256
Step 2: In the message you type CCGP with the amount you wish to give (minimum gift is $3.00). You will receive an immediate text reply that contains a link
Step 3: Tap the link!
You will be taken to a site where you will set up “your account” with your credit/debit information and where you want to direct your money to. Please note there is a pull-down menu to choose where to send your money. You only need to set up your debit/credit information once. Thereafter your information is saved and your text giving is a three step process!
If you have any questions or need help please contact Diane Ward at [email protected] or 313-885-4841, ext. 111 or Peggy Karson at [email protected] or 313-885-4841, ext. 110.
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Name(s): ________________________________________ Today’s Date: ___________Address: _______________________________________________________________City/State/Zip: ___________________________________________________________Phone: __________________________ Email: ________________________________Number of Children and Ages: _____________________________________________How did you learn about us? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I am a First-time Guest Returning Guest New ResidentPlease add me to: Weekly Email Family eNewsletter
(Please complete back of card as well)
Connect Thank you Rev'd Vicki!We would like to invite your messages of gratitude and farewell for Vicki as she received an appointment as Director of the Whittaker Institute at the Diocese of
Michigan. Her last Sunday with us is August 13. Your letters, note cards, pictures and emails may be sent to MaryAnn DeAngelo at [email protected] or placed in her in-box for inclusion in a Book of Letters.
Please send your messages by Monday Aug 7th to be given on Sunday Aug 13th.
Christ Church Connection CardsWelcome to Christ Church! If you are new please fill out a “Connection Card” so that we may get to know you. Complete a card and place it in the offering plate or hand it to any clergy person.
61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard • Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 • 313-885-4841 • christchurchgp.org
The Prayers of the PeoplePlease leave your written prayer request at our Reception Desk or contact Maryann DeAngelo at 313.885.4841 x 107, or [email protected]. In order to keep all our prayers for healing meaningful and current, we will keep names on the Prayer List for two weeks.
Assisting at Services:Altar Guild:
5:30 pm Karen Davenport
8 am Mary Bamford, Chris Wardwell
10 am Cathy Dawson, Wendy Niven
Eucharistic Ministers:
8 am Frank Stellingwerf
10 am Miranda Ferrara, Susan Mills, Wendy Niven
Lector:
10 am Lynn Anslow
Prayers:
10 am Brendan Walsh
Verger:
10 am Deb Miller
Acolytes:
10 am Emma Reich, Joelle Reich
Ushers:
10 am Hank Darlington, Marshall Irby, Mark Lorenger,
Geri Touscany
Flowers: Faye Higbie, Mary Trost
We Pray for the Church:
In the Diocese of Michigan Cycle of Prayer: St. James', Dexter; St. Philip's,
Rochester; All Saints', La Romana, DR: Christ; Church of the Messiah, Detroit.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: Ontario (Ontario, Canada) The
Rt. Rev'd George Lindsey Russell Bruce Coadjutor Bishop - (Ontario, Canada)
The Rt. Rev'd Michael Oulton.
In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: Thomas Spoor; Michael
and Blair Spreeman and daughter, Lily; Conrad and Jan Squitieri and son, Connie;
Jeffery and Sally Stallings; Mike and Stephanie Stallings and sons, Maxwell and
Simon.
We pray for those in active military service for our country: Lt. Nathan
Gaggin, Ryan Worrell, George H. Zinn IV.
We offer prayers for: Barbara, Caroline, Steve, Rosalie, Rob, Ruth, Geraldine,
Julie, Luanne, Andy, Lorna, Christine, Mary Louise, Caleb, Mildred, Sophie, Ray,
Christine, Skip, Mark.
The altar flowers are given to the Glory of God.
In celebration for the birthdays of: Amy Hermon; Karyn Weir; Butch Wardwell
• New friends• Creative games• Surprising adventures
• Amazing experiments• Lip-smacking snacks• Incredible music
Please join us as Christ Church Episcopal, First English Lutheran and St. Paul Lutheran, in collaborative ministry present:
First English Lutheran Church800 Vernier Road, Grosse Pointe Woods
At Maker Fun Factory, kids learn how to see evidence of God in everyday life. Our VBS is filled with incredible Bible-learning experiences for kids to see, hear, touch, and even taste! They’ll discover not only that God made them the way they are, but for a purpose too!
Send your kids on an imaginative, impacting adventure!
Registration Open May 15 - July 17
To register contact Renata at 313-884-5040, x. 22 or [email protected] size is limited! Cost is $40 per child. All children must be potty-trained.
Half Day (ages 3 -5)9 am - Noon
Full Day (Entering 1st-6th)9 am - 3 pm
July 31 - August 4
NOTE: NO SUMMER STARTERS THIS SUNDAY JULY 16.
Summer Starters will Resume July 23 following the 10 am Service
ASSEMBLE: Every summer Sunday, following the 10 am service, we’ll fill 50 breakfast bags with seven breakfast meals for low income children through Crossroads’ Summer Lunch program. For as little as $1.63/meal and only $11.38/week we are able to provide a healthy “Summer Starter” to Detroit children.
DELIVER: Anyone with a van/truck who is able and willing to deliver the “Summer Starters” bags to Crossroads on Sunday after they are assembled. Altogether it takes about an hour to deliver and drive back.
We invite you to join us any Sunday this summer to make a difference and help other know the good news of Jesus Christ!
For more information contact the Rev’d Areeta Bridgemohan at [email protected] or 313-885-4841, ext. 121.
Christ Church Grosse Pointe61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard • Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 • 313.885.4841 • christchurchgp.org
The Rev. Andrew Van Culin, Rector • The Rev. Vicki K. Hesse, Associate for Parish Life and Christian Formation • The Rev. Canon Ron Spann, Director, Spirituality Center • The Rev. Areeta Bridgemohan, Curate • Scott Hanoian, Director of Music and Organist • Dexter Kennedy, Assistant Organist
Diane Ward, Associate for Finance and Administration
The Lessons
The sixth Sunday After pentecost
Isaiah 55:10-13
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it. For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Psalm 65:9-14
9 You visit the earth and water it abundantly; you make it very plenteous; * the river of God is full of water.
10 You prepare the grain, * for so you provide for the earth.
11 You drench the furrows and smooth out the ridges; * with heavy rain you soften the ground and bless its increase.
12 You crown the year with your goodness, * and your paths overflow with plenty.
13 May the fields of the wilderness be rich for grazing, * and the hills be clothed with joy.
14 May the meadows cover themselves with flocks, and the valleys cloak themselves with grain; * let them shout for joy and sing.
Romans 8:1-11
There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law— indeed it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen! Hear then the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
