Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life october 29 - November 5, 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.

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SUNDAY, OCT. 29 8 am Holy Eucharist (N) 8:30 am Nursery Care (B113) 9 am Holy Eucharist (N)* 10:10 am Rector's Forum (U) 10:10 am Sunday School (B213) 11:15 am Holy Eucharist (N)* 4 pm Childcare (B113/Nursery) 4:30 pm Evensong (N)*

MONDAY, OCT. 30 8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC) 5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC) 6:30 pm Cursillo Group (FR) 7 pm Outreach Funding (B213) 7 pm ARTS (B217)

TUESDAY, OCT. 31 8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC) 8:30 am Parent's Day Out (B113) 9:30 am Associates Meeting (B217) 12:30 pm Mah Jong (B213) 5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1 8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC) 8:30 am Parent's Day Out (B113) 5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC) 5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (SMC) 5:30 pm Childcare (B113/Nursery) 6 pm Wed. @ CCGP Dinner (U)* 6:30 pm Catechumenate (U)* 6:45 pm 1st through 5th Gr. (B213) 6:45 pm Beyond (B023) 7:30 pm Chorale (CR) 8:30 pm AA (LL)

THURSDAY, NOV. 2 8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC) 8:30 am Parent's Day Out (B113) 10:30 am High School Pizza Lunch (LL) 5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC) 6:30 pm DA (B213)

FRIDAY, NOV. 3 8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC) 8:30 am Parent's Day Out (B113) 5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

SATURDAY, NOV. 4 5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (N) 6 pm Shelter Week @ GP Memorial (Offsite) 8 pm AA (LL)

SUNDAY, NOV. 5 8 am Holy Eucharist (N) 8:30 am Nursery Care (B113) 9 am Holy Eucharist & Baptisms (N)* 10:10 am Parish Breakfast (U) 10:10 am Sunday School (B213) 11:15 am Holy Eucharist (N)* 4 pm Childcare (B113/Nursery) 4:30 pm Requiem Mass (N)* 6 pm Requiem Reception (U)

*Childcare is providedLocation Abbreviations: BL - Bicknell Library CC - Children’s ChapelFL - Front Lawn FR - Family RoomLL - Lower Level MH - Miller HallN - Nave RG - Rose Garden SMC - St. Margaret’s ChapelU - 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 follows (from 10:10 am to 11:00 am) the service in the education wing as follows: pre-K to 1st – Godly Play (Room B216), 2nd Grade Communion Enrichment (Room B217), and 3rd to 5th Grade Class (Room B213). We look forward to learning with your saint!

Rector’s ForumSundays in the Undercroft, 10:10 –11 am

Sunday, October 29 - Resilience: CCDA’s National Conference in DetroitThe Christian Community Development Association is an international movement of individuals and groups that seeks to effect a state of shalom in the world – a state where nothing is missing and nothing is broken. This year almost 3,000 people converged in Detroit for CCDA’s annual gathering at the beginning of October, focused on the theme of ‘Resilience’. Join us to learn more about what took place at that amazing conference and to discern the implications for Christ Church.

Sunday, November 5, 2017 4:30 pmChoir of Men and Girls

All Souls' Requiem

Special Services at Christ Church Grosse Pointe

Following our annual service in remembrance of the faithful departed, the Funeral Ministry Guild will sponsor a reception in the Undercroft. This year we invite you to provide photos of those whose names have been submitted for remembrance. The photos will be displayed in the undercroft during the reception. Please submit your photos to MaryAnn DeAngelo by Wednesday, November 1, 2017.

To submit your photo go towww.christchurchgp.org/requiem

SEND US YOUR PHOTOS FOR

Incense will be used in this service.

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

Give Gifts & Greens 2017Weekend of December 1-3 Hold the Dates: Gifts and Green will kick off with our Parish Christmas Party on Friday, December 1, 2017. Trees, Greens and the

Market Place will continue on December 2 and 3. Outreach funding has chosen Wellspring and The Ruth Ellis Center as the recipients of funds raised at Gifts and Green this year.

Parish Marketplace: Your Canned Goods and Baked Goods are needed and make the Market Place one of the most visited locations during the weekend.

Greens & Trees: Trees and greens will be available December 2 and 3. You can place your order online through November 24, 2017 or while supplies last.

Silent Auction: We need items submitted for our Silent Auction by November 15, 2017.

Go to www.christchurchgp.org/gghome for all the details

For more information contact Maryann DeAngelo at mdeangelo@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841, ext. 107.

Connect NametagsIf 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.

Parish & Community Events

Children, youth and Family Digital Distractions: How to Find a Balanced Relationship with TechnologyWednesday, November 15 at 7 pmMiller Hall FREE

Many of us feel distracted, disconnected and overwhelmed with technology and information overload. Join Dr. Lori Warner for a thought-provoking talk about mindful media use for you and your family, learning to improve physical and mental health through a balanced relationship with technology. Featuring Lori Warner, PhD, Assistant Director of the Center for Human Development at Beaumont Children's Hospital. To register go to www.christchurchgp.org/familycenter.

For more information please contact Maryann DeAngelo at mdeangelo@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841 ext. 107.

WorshipEvensongSunday, October 29, 4:30 pmEvensong will be sung by Christ Church Schola. A reception follows.

Thanksgiving Day ServiceThursday, Nov 23, 10 amCelebrate Thanksgiving with us as we offer gratitude to God through our worship this day.

The Combined Choirs will sing.

musicThe Armed Man: A Mass for PeaceSunday, Nov. 12, 2017 • 4:30 pm Pre-concert lecture at 3 pmChrist Church Chorale, Soloists, and Orchestra

The Chorale performs Welsh composer Karl Jenkins’ provocative work based on texts from the Ordinary of the Mass, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Sankichi Toge. Tickets $20.

Get tickets online at www.christchurchgp.org/concerts

For more information contact Scott Hanoian at shanoian@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841, ext. 102.

LearnWednesdays at Christ ChurchContinues November 1Living 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 MaryAnn DeAngelo at mdeangelo@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841, ext. 107.

SERVEServers needed for Shelter Week DinnerSaturday, November 4, 6-8 pm Grosse Pointe Memorial Church

Join us to prepare and serve a meal to guests of a rotating shelter, organized by Cass Community Services, who are staying at Grosse Pointe Memorial for the week. Volunteers will bring food, make bagged lunches, serve and enjoy fellowship with the guests.

If you’re interested, please email Rev’d Areeta Bridgemohan (abridgemohan@christchurchgp.org) or sign up online at

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090849adac2fa5fc1-shelter

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 mdeangelo@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:

We Pray for the Church:In the Diocese of Michigan Cycle of Prayer: Christ United, DeWitt; St. Matthew's, Nizao, DR; and Church of the Messiah, Detroit.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: Thoothukudi - Nazareth (South India). Tirunelveli (South India) The Rt. Rev'd Jayaraj Christdoss.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: Sally Wheeler; Tim and Sally Whims; David and Gretchen White; Ed and Pixie White; Susan White.

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

We offer prayers for: Norah, Luke, Robert, Ruth, Rosalie, Colin, Elizabeth, Joe, Nancy, Connie, Geraldine, Julie, Luanne, Lorna, Lori, Traci, Barbara, Christine, Mildren, Sophie, Jane, Carolyn, Clarence, Don, JoAnn, Hunter, Kallani, Constance.

We pray for those who have died: Anne Van Culin; Patrick Phelan; Bob HenleyChristine Harris

The altar flowers are given in celebration of the marriage of: Nina Meyer and Aaron Cox.; and in memory of: John Douglas Watkins Schrashun.

In celebration for the birthdays of: Martha Fedirko, Helen Santiz, Kurt Huebner, Ned Johnson, Margaret Torp; Chloe Tennyson; Harry Constant, Brian juergens, Samantha Pile; Miriam Abdullah, Robert Vallee; Christian Vallee-Smith; Elizen Vallo, Lisa Stocker, Adam Van Osdol; Jane Van Osdol.; Tim Hagan, Michael Hartnett, Edward Lambrecht, Ned Johnson;

And for the Anniversary of: Martha & Alexander Fedirko

Altar Guild: 5:30 pm Sally Wheeler 8 am Nancy Ross, Sandra Walters 9 am Betsy Creedon, Sue Chaklos 11:15 am Lynnette Iannace

Eucharistic Ministers: 8 am Frank Stellingwerf 9 am Dick Beadle, Heather Jones, Polly Ledyard

Lector: 9 am Thom Nealssohn 11:15 am Lynn Anslow

Prayers: 9 am Mil Hurley 11:15 am Lynnette Iannace

Verger: 9 am John Van Osdol 11:15 am Deb Miller

Acolytes: 9 am Zach Bowe, Julia Hartnett, Emma Reich Sevi Vogt

Ushers: 9 am Marshall Irby, David Redfield, Jean Redfield George Sutton 11:15 am Richard Baumgarten, Ian Jones

Flowers: Michael Fournier, Candy Sweeny

LIVING THE BAPTIZED LIFE

Wednesdays September through MayLed by The Rev'd Drew Van Culin

6:45-8 pm following Community Dinner in the Undercroft

If you are new to our community or a life-long member, this reading course promises to (re)connect us with one another and (re)immerse us in the heart of our faith and life as Christians.

The Heart of Christianity: Part 1 (by Marcus Borg)

Wednesdays (October 4, October 18, October 25, November 1)Led by The Rev'd Drew Van Culin

We begin the year exploring the founda-tions of Christian faith through Part 1 of Marcus Borg's The Heart of Christianity. These foundational chapters introduce us to an emerging Christianity and an enliv-

ening engagement with The Bible, God, and Jesus. Join us on Wednesday nights to explore a new, and yet ancient, under-standing of Christian faith.

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

Thanksgiving Day Service

Thursday, Nov 23 | 10 AMCelebrate Thanksgiving with us as we offer

gratitude to God through our worship this day.

The Combined Choirs will sing.

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 • Diane Ward, Associate for Finance and Administration

The Lessons

The twenty-first Sunday After pentecost - proper 25

Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor. You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord. You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Psalm 1

1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, * nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful!

2 Their delight is in the law of the Lord, * and they meditate on his law day and night.

3 They are like trees planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; * everything they do shall prosper.

4 It is not so with the wicked; * they are like chaff which the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when judgment comes, * nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.

6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, * but the way of the wicked is doomed.

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.

Matthew 22:34-46

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’? If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

Lessons for next week: All Saints Sunday

Revelation 7:9-17Psalm 34:1-10, 221 John 3:1-3Matthew 5:1-12