Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life sePtember 9 - 16, 2018

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, SEP. 9

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Homecoming Festival (FL)

MONDAY, SEP. 10

Offices Closed

TUESDAY, SEP. 11

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

9:30 am Staff Meeting (B217)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

5:30 pm Daughters of the King (FR)

6:30 pm DA (MH)

6:30 pm Outreach Commission (BL)

6:30 pm Worship Commission (B213)

WEDNESDAY, SEP. 12

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (SMC)**

6:30 pm Chorale (N)

8:30 pm AA (LL)

THURSDAY, SEP. 13

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

10:30 am High School Pizza Lunch (LL)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

FRIDAY, SEP. 14

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

SATURDAY, SEP. 15

Offices Closed

7:30 am Mariner’s Inn Service Day (Offsite)

8:30 pm AA (LL)

SUNDAY, SEP. 16

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Rector’s Forum (U)**

10:10 am Sunday School (Ed. Wing)**

3 pm Evensong (N)**

**Childcare is provided in B113/Nursery

Location Abbreviations:

BL - Bicknell Library CC - Children’s Chapel

EdW - 2nd fl. Ed. Wing FL - Front Lawn

FR - Family Room LL - Lower Level

MH - Miller Hall N - Nave

RG - Rose Garden SMC - Chapel

U - Undercroft

All Children are Welcome! Children gather at the Children’s Cross for the Collect of the Day and Dismissal to Children’s Chapel to hear the story of Jesus and engage in a meaningful reflection of the lessons for that Sunday, before returning to join in our Prayers and to share in the Peace and Holy Communion.

Church School for children has concluded for the year and will resume in the fall.

TODAY, SEPTEMBER 9Free fun for the whole family!

All welcome! Front Lawn, after the 9 am service, Today, September 9.

It’s the Fall Homecoming Festival! Are you ready to get back into the swing of things? Join us for a parish-wide festival to refresh

our commitment to our faith. Back in the neighborhood from our summer time away, we kick off the year with longtime friends and new-to-our-parish friends. Re-connect our spirit with our

parish, our community, and our God. Enjoy food, games, music and laughter. Welcome home.

61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard • Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 • 313-885-4841 • christchurchgp.org

Parish & Community Events

Evensong

Evensong Returns Sunday, September 16, 3 pmPlease join us for Evensong led by Christ Church Schola. A reception will follow in the Lobby.

WORSHIP

Learn

Wednesdays At Christ Church Returns September 19Living lives of faith togetherJoin us for an evening of faith, fellowship, and formation. Formation programs will include the Catechumenate (for adults), Youth Group, and Children.

5:30 pm - Holy Eucharist6:00 pm - Community Dinner6:30 pm - Formation for 1st - 5th Grade, Youth & Adults(Nursery care available 5:30-8:30 pm)

For more information contact the Rev'd Drew Van Culin at dvanculin@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841, ext. 106.

Wednesdays atChrist Church

Connection Cards

Welcome 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.

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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

Daughters of the King

Tuesday, September 11, 5:30 pm in The Family Room

Welcome all women of the parish! The next Daughters of the King meeting will be Tuesday, September 19, at 5:30 pm in the Family Room in St. David’s Crossing (optional pre-meeting prayer at Evening Prayer in St. Margaret’s Chapel from 5 - 5:30 pm). During Tuesday’s meeting, we will be reflecting on the lives and words of Rachel and Leah found in Chapter Three of Bible Women: Their Words and Why They Matter.

For more information contact Karen Davenport at kmd.63@comcast.net

You are cordially invited to

September 202 - 4 pm

Christ Church Rectory

Please RSVP by September 18

Please join us as new friends and old come together for a traditional Afternoon Tea!

RSVP to Joseph Daniel at rectorsadmin@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841, ext. 107.

We will enjoy tea, cookies, and finger sandwiches while engaging in fellowship, connecting with friends and neighbors and making lasting memories. Transportation available upon request. *Childcare will be provided.

61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard • Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 • 313-885-4841 • christchurchgp.org

We Pray together:Please leave your written prayer request at our Reception Desk or contact Fr. Drew at dvanculin@christchurchgp.org. 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:

In the Diocese of Michigan Cycle of Prayer: Saint Luke’s, Allen Park; Saint Stephen’s, Wyandotte; Saint Cornelius, Cabarete, DR; and Church of the Messiah, Detroit.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: Heather Hakim, and children Laila, Maxwell, and Violet; Richard and Joan Hall; Anton and Betsy Hall, and children Isaac and Violet; Stephanie Hampton; Scott and Meredith Hanoian, and children Emma, William, and Molly.

We pray for those in active military service for our country: Nathan Gaggin, Ryan Worrell, George H. Zinn IV.

We offer prayers for: Al, Alfredo, Allen, Anne, Arlene, Benjamin, Carole, Constance, Deni, Derek, Donald, Elizabeth, Elton, Issie, Jacqui, Jane, Janesse, Jeanette, Joe, Julie, Kate, Khadijah, Lori, Margaret, Mary, Otto, Pablo, Rob, Shiloh, Sophie, Tom.

We pray for the repose of the souls of: Connie Bracket.

In celebration for the birthdays and anniversaries of: Susan Smith; John Bochenek; Jack McCormick; Joie Seifried; Margaret Loomis; Lynn Bloy; Sidney King; Pat O’Brien; William Wu; Claire Coates; Wendy Niven; James Spica; Peggy Beadle; Joshua Darlington; Sally Legault; Eric Huebner; Calla Ritchie; Scott & Meredith Hanoian; Paul & Lori Caruso; Jim & Darlene Grabowski.

Altar Guild:

8 am Sandra Walters, Nancy Nicholson

9 am Betsy Creedon, Lynnette Iannace

Eucharistic Ministers:

8 am Frank Stellingwerf

9 am Heather Jones, Susan Mills, Mary Trost

Lector:

9 am Eric Ash

Prayers:

9 am Lynn Anslow

Verger:

9 am Deb Miller

Acolytes:

9 am Joelle Reich, Graham Romer, Laine Johnson, Shannon Green

Ushers:

9 am John Snyder, Ted McConnell, Richard Baumgarten, Ian Jones

Flowers:

Michael Fournier, Candy Sweeny

Help us reach our goal of providing 100 backpacks with supplies to children in need!

• Pencils/Mechanical Pencils

• Pens (blue, black, red)

• Loose Leaf Paper

• Highlighters (yellow)

• Crayons/Colored Pencils

• Markers (washable)

• Erasers

• Rulers

• Notebooks

• Gluesticks

Donations, requested by Friday, September 7, can be dropped off in the designated boxes in the Church Lobby. Backpacks and supplies will be organized and delivered on Sunday, September 9.

For more information contact Susanna Muzzin at 313-885-4841, ext. 104 or smuzzin@christchurchgp.org.

SHOPPING LIST1 New Backpack AND one or more of the following:

LEssOns fOr hOMECOMing sundAy

Acts 1:1-11 In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. “This,” he said, “is what you have heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Psalm 471 Clap your hands, all you peoples; *

shout to God with a cry of joy.

2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared; *he is the great King over all the earth.

3 He subdues the peoples under us, *and the nations under our feet.

4 He chooses our inheritance for us, *the pride of Jacob whom he loves.

5 God has gone up with a shout, *the Lord with the sound of the ram’s-horn.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; *sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 For God is King of all the earth; *sing praises with all your skill.

8 God reigns over the nations; *God sits upon his holy throne.

9 The nobles of the peoples have gathered together *with the people of the God of Abraham.

10 The rulers of the earth belong to God, *and he is highly exalted.

Ephesians 1:15-23I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Luke 24:44-53Jesus said to his disciples, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you-- that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God.

Lessons for next week: Proper 19Isaiah 50:4-9aPsalm 116:1-8James 3:1-12Mark 8:27-38

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. Canon Ron Spann, Director, Spirituality Center The Rev. Walter Brownridge, Associate for Parish Life and Christian Formation • Scott Hanoian, Director of Music and Organist

Dexter Kennedy, Assistant Organist • Susanna Muzzin, Director of Children and Family MinistriesDiane Ward, Associate for Finance and Administration