Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life May 27 - June 3, 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, MAY 27 – Trinity Sunday

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)

MONDAY, MAY 28 – Memorial Day

Offices Closed

TUESDAY, MAY 29

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

9:30 am Staff Meeting (B217)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

6:30 pm DA (BL)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (SMC)**

8:30 pm AA (LL)

THURSDAY, MAY 31

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

FRIDAY, JUN. 1

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

SATURDAY, JUN. 2

Offices Closed

1 pm Funeral: Peter DiMartino

8:30 pm AA (LL)

SUNDAY, JUN. 3

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)

5 pm Family Game Night (U)

**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.

• New friends• Creative games

• Surprising adventures• Amazing experiments

• Tropical treats• Incredible music

Please join us as Christ Church Episcopal, First English Lutheran and St. Paul Lutheran, in collaborative ministry present:

Hosted by Christ Church Grosse Pointe

At Shipwrecked VBS, kids learn how to see evidence of God in everyday life. Shipwrecked is filled with incredible Bible-learning experiences for kids to see, hear, touch, and even taste! They’ll discover how Jesus rescues us through all of life’s storms!

Send your kids on an impacting island adventure!

Registration Open NOW - July 16

Class size is limited! Cost is $45 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 30 - August 3

Register at www.christchurchgp.org/vbs

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

Parish & Community EventsCHILDREN/YOUTH/FAMILY

Family Game Night

Sunday, June 3, 5-7 pm in the UndercroftGrab a board game or two and join us for our Family Game Night! Pizza, salad and drinks provided! Please bring a dessert and games to share!! See you there on June 3!!!

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

MUSICGreat Lakes Chamber

Music FestivalMusic for a Silver Jubilee Sunday, June 10 at 3 pm at Christ Church Grosse PointeIn honor of May’s Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Festival presents a program of exquisite works for choir and string quartet featuring some of Britain’s greatest composers of the last two centuries including John Tavener, Hubert Parry and William Mathias. Featuring the Callisto Quartet and Christ Church Choir.

Tickets $42 Adults, $12 ages 35 and under.

For more information and to purchase tickets go to http://greatlakeschambermusic.org/performances

SERVE

Opportunities to Serve

Welcome to Christ Church!

We 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 the Rector’s Admin in the Church Office or call 313-885-4841 x 107.

GIVE

Text Giving Now Available Christ Church is working to make contributions as convenient as possible. It takes just a couple of steps to 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 $3.00). You will receive a text reply 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.

If you have any questions or need help please contact Diane Ward at dward@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841, ext. 111.

Text Giving

2nd Annual Grosse Pointe Pride March

Saturday, June 9, 10 am - Noon “Love Thy Neighbor”

Join us for the 2nd Annual Grosse Pointe Pride March! Let’s raise awareness and show our support for LGBTQA invividuals within our community. Meet at Christ Church at 9:30 am for snacks and then head to Grosse Pointe South HS for 10 am Rally and walk to Maire Elementary School at 11 am.

For more information contact the Rev’d Areeta Bridgemohan at 313-885-4841, ext. 121 or abridgemohan@christchurchgp.org.

CONNECT

Christ Church Crew

Call for volunteers who would be available to volunteer muscle-power around specific events and tasks. Interested persons should contact Dick Trost (dicktrost60@gmail.com or 313-737-1369).

Connection Cards

Nametags

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.

If you have ordered a name tag please check the hallway outside of the Undercroft entrance. They are affixed to a silver tray located next to the card rack in the Cloister bookshop. Allow two weeks after ordering.

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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)

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 George’s, Milford; Saint Katherine’s, Williamston; Divine Grace, Mosovi, DR; and Church of the Messiah, Detroit.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: The Anglican Church of Korea,The Most Revd Onesimus Dongsin Park.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: Mike DeFillipi and Dave Gerdis; Fred and Sharon DeHaven; Jon and Dana Deimel, and children Alex and Sasha; Bry Dennison, Jr.; Joyce Dennison.

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

We offer prayers for: Alex, Bernice, Bob, Constance, Deb, Dorothy, Ed, Elizabeth, Jamie, John, Julie, Kathi, Lisa, Mary, Matt.

We pray for the repose of the souls of: Aaron Kyle McLeod, Angelique Ramirez, Anne Robinson Van Zile, Chris Stone, Christian Riley Garcia, Cynthia Tisdale, Denise McPheeters, Francie Bisby, Glenda Anne Perkins, Jared Black, Kimberly Vaughan, Luanne Ahlbrand, Sabika Sheikh, Shana Fisher.

In celebration for the birthdays and anniversaries of: Lawrence Cotter; Kimberly Porter; Chantel Hines; Jack Gray; Tallulah Bardha; Tim Whims; Ann Eatherly; John Woodhouse, Jr.; John & Vivian Stroh, III.

Altar Guild: 8 am Mary Bamford 9 am Cathy Dawson, Lisa Baruah

Eucharistic Ministers: 8 am Frank Stellingwerf 9 am Heather Jones, Miranda Ferrara, Mike DeFillipi

Lectors: 9 am Lynnette Iannace

Prayers: 9 am Karyn Weir

Verger: 9 am David Gerdis

Acolytes: 9 am

Ushers: 9 am Eric Ash, Blair Osborn, Henry Darlington, Ian Jones

Flowers: Catherine Ash, Ann Eatherly

Mariners Inn Service

Opportunities

JOIN US FOR THESE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:

3rd Saturday every month (May-December)

7:30 - 10 am: Serve breakfast

Saturday, Aug 18: Family fun day with SFP clients and their families

Stay tuned for other service opportunities!

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. Areeta Bridgemohan, Curate Scott Hanoian, Director of Music and Organist • Dexter Kennedy, Assistant Organist

Susanna Muzzin, Director of Children and Family Ministries • Diane Ward, Associate for Finance and Administration

LEssOns fOr ThE firsT sundAy AfTEr PEnTECOsT:TriniTy sundAy

Isaiah 6:1-8In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”

Psalm 291 Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, *

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; *worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; *

the Lord is upon the mighty waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice; *the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendor.

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; *the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;

6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, *and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.

7 The voice of the Lord splits the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; *

the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

8 The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe *and strips the forests bare.

9 And in the temple of the Lord *all are crying, “Glory!”

10 The Lord sits enthroned above the flood; *the Lord sits enthroned as King for evermore.

11 The Lord shall give strength to his people; *the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.

Romans 8:12-17So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

John 3:1-17There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.