Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life august 26 - sePtember 2, 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, AUG. 26

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)

10:10 am Summer Starters (RG)

MONDAY, AUG. 27

Offices Closed

TUESDAY, AUG. 28

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

9:30 am Staff Meeting (B217)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

6:30 pm Finance Committee (B213)

6:30 pm DA (BL)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (SMC)**

8:30 pm AA (LL)

THURSDAY, AUG. 30

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

FRIDAY, AUG. 31

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

SATURDAY, SEP. 1

Offices Closed

8:30 pm AA (LL)

SUNDAY, SEP. 2

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)

**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.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9Free fun for the whole family!

All welcome! Front Lawn, after the 9 am service, Sunday, 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 EventsLearn

SERVE

Serve at Christ Church or in the Community!

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

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

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

CONNECT

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)

Last Summer Sunday following the 9 am Service

Today August 26

Every year many Detroit children start their summer days hungry. Throughout the summer when children who rely on school breakfast programs go without, Christ Church volunteers gather to make difference.PREPARATION: (Fridays for 1 hour) Count supplies to organize for packing on Sunday. ASSEMBLE: (After 9 am Service) Every summer Sunday we’ll fill breakfast bags each with 7 breakfast meals for low income children through Crossroads’ Summer Lunch program. Everyone is invited to participate. We need Shepherds to guide the assembling process. DELIVER: (Sundays from 11 am - 12 pm) Anyone with a van/truck who is able and willing to deliver the “Summer Starters” bags to Crossroads on Sunday after they are assembled.

To sign up for Preparation, Shepherding or Delivery go to www.christchurchgp.org/summerstarters

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

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: Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, Detroit; Saint Peter’s, Hillsdale; Holy Comforter, Dajabon, DR; and Church of the Messiah, Detroit.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: The Anglican Church of Southern Africa; The Most Rev’d Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Capetown and Primate of Southern Africa.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: James Gray, III; Jack Gray, Jr.; Sean and Laura Green, and children Shannon, Margaret and Nathanael; Bruce and Kit Greening; Marianne Grenier.

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, Arlene, Benjamin, Bernice, Bob, Brian, Carole, Carolyn, Constance, David, Deni, Derek, Donald, Elizabeth, Jacqui, Julie, Khadijah, Lori, Margaret, Mary, Rob, Shiloh, Sophie, Tom.

In celebration for the birthdays and anniversaries of: Greg Heald; Ron Solterisch; Kathryn Reck; Martha Stott; Kit Tennyson; Margie Garbarino; Laura Green; Kathie Anslow; Roy Ritchie; Eric & Catherine Ash; Louise Booth; Fred & Sharon DeHaven; Gar & Scottie Knight, III; George & Harriet Port; Patrick & Theresa Spain; Richard & Judy Thoma.

Altar Guild:

8 am Nancy Ross, Nancy Nicholson

9 am Karen Davenport

Eucharistic Ministers:

8 am Frank Stellingwerf

9 am Polly Ledyard, Hope Hoffman, Wendy Niven

Lector:

9 am Thom Nealssohn

Prayers:

9 am Lynn Anslow

Verger:

9 am Deb Miller

Acolytes:

9 am Betsy Oliver, Graham Romer, Sam Van Culin

Ushers:

9 am Steve Fehniger, Blair Osborn, David Redfield, Jean Redfield

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 the fourteenth sunday after Pentecost,ProPer 16

Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:

“Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”

Psalm 34:15-2215 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, *

and his ears are open to their cry.

16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, * to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hears them * and delivers them from all their troubles.

18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted * and will save those whose spirits are crushed.

19 Many are the troubles of the righteous, * but the Lord will deliver him out of them all.

20 He will keep safe all his bones; * not one of them shall be broken.

21 Evil shall slay the wicked, * and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

22 The Lord ransoms the life of his servants, * and none will be punished who trust in him.

Ephesians 6:10-20Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints. Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

John 6:56-69Jesus said, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.” He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum. When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.” Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

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