Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life May 26 - June 2, 2019

This Week AT ChrisT ChurCh

SUNDAY, MAY 26

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)

MONDAY, MAY 27 – Memorial Day

Offices Closed

TUESDAY, MAY 28

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

9:30 am Staff Meeting (B217)

4 pm Holy Eucharist @ The Rivers (Offsite)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

6:30 pm DA (MH)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (SMC)**

8:30 pm AA (LL)

THURSDAY, MAY 30 – Feast of the Ascension

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

9:30 am DeHaven Endowment (BL)

10:30 am High School Pizza Lunch (LL)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

7 pm Holy Eucharist (N)**

FRIDAY, MAY 31

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

SATURDAY, JUN. 1

Offices Closed

6:30 pm Circle 09 House Mass (Offsite)

8:30 pm AA (LL)

SUNDAY, JUN. 2

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)

4 pm Ascension Choral Concert (Offsite)

5 pm Family Night Out (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

WeLCOMeW elcome to all! We come together on today 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 better together and hope you will join us on our common journey to the heart of Christ.

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.

Thursday, May 307 pm

Combined Choirs with IncenseAll welcome to worship with Solemn Holy Eucharist

to celebrate the ascension of Jesus to heaven. Ascension is the occasion on which the risen Christ is taken into heaven after appearing to his followers for forty days (Acts 1:1-11, Mk 16:19). The Ascension marks the conclusion of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances. It is the final elevation of his human nature to divine glory and the near presence of God.

The Ascension is affirmed by the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds. Ascension day is always the Thursday that falls forty days after Easter. It is a principal feast of the church year in the Episcopal Church. Child care is provided.

Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2.

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

Parish & Community Events

Every Summer Sunday following the 9 am Service

June 16 - September 1Every 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.

Please join us to participate in theRelay For Life of the EastsideChrist Church Survivor/Caregiver LapSaturday, June 8 at 11:30 amVeteran’s Memorial ParkPlease join Christ Church parishioners, cancer survivors and caregivers as we take part in Relay for Life’s Survivor and Caregiver laps on Saturday, June 8 at 11:30 am at Veteran’s Memorial Park. Help us recognize, encourage and raise awareness of those affected by cancer and network with others. Show up and walk a lap with us! Make new friends or bring your own!! Donations are not required to participate.

To register go to www.christchurchgp.org/relay

Circle Summer BBQsChrist Church is large, wonderfully large! Circle Groups help form and deepen the bonds of affection that we share, not just with our friends, but across our broad community. During the summer months, Circles are hosting Summer BBQs in member’s home. Each event is a casual potluck with guests bringing their favorite dish to share. If you need a reminder of your Circle Assignment, contact the Rector’s Office at rectorsoffice@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4842.

• Circle 09 – June 22 Dan & Cathryn Skedel, 1214 Putnam Circle, Rochester

• Circle 10 – June 1 Fr. Ron and Jackie Spann, 2971 Iroquois, Detroit

Are you interested in hosting an event? Contact Fr. Walter at wbrownridge@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841, ext. 116.

Pentecost Strawberry Shortcake Volunteers NeededSaturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9We are looking for Christ Church volunteers to help with the Strawberry Shortcake Reception after Pentecost. This is a wonderful event and a great way to serve and enjoy Christ Church fellowship. We need help with the following activities and days and times:

• Saturday June 8 - 9 am – 2 pm Strawberry Preparation• Sunday June 9 - 8:30 – 9:15 am Prep & Baking in the Kitchen• Sunday June 9 - 9:45 – 10:15 am Set Up Tables & Cut, Portion,

Transfer Food from Kitchen to Tables• Sunday June 9 - 11:15 am Clean Up & Break Down

To sign up go to www.christchurchgp.org/pentecosthelp

Volunteers Needed

3rd Annual Grosse Pointe Pride March

Saturday, June 22, 9:30 am - Noon “Love Thy Neighbor”

Show your support for our LGBTQ+ friends and neighbors. Join us for our 3rd annual, family friendly Grosse Pointe Pride March! We will have face painting and a brief rally at 9:30 a.m. and Step off at 10 a.m. Saturday June 22, 2019 at Grosse Pointe South High School. We will be marching to Maire where there are vendors, featuring the canvass signing, choir, and more!

For more information contact Joseph Daniel at 313-885-4841, ext. 107 or rectorsoffice@christchurchgp.org.

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: Christ Church, Dearborn; Saint

Andrew’s, Danto Omingo (DR); James the Apostle, Angelina (DR); and Church

of the Messiah, Detroit.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: All members of the Anglican

Communion around the world; The Most Rev’d Justin Welby, Archbishop of

Canterbury.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: Jeffrey & Abby Peck,

and children, Ally and Taft; Ed & Lynn Pember; Jason Perrin & Noel Gordon,

and daughter Riley; Damon Perry, and son, Nathan.

We pray for those in active military service for our country: Nathan

Gaggin, Winston Hughes, Patrick Moore, Ryan Worrell, George H. Zinn IV.

We offer prayers for: Bill, Bob, Connie, Constance, Debbie, Emily, Helen,

Herb, Jane, Jim, Joann, Joyce, Kate, Osborn, Otto, Patrick, Rob, Shiloh, Tom..

In celebration for the birthdays and anniversaries of: Sally Whims;

Lawrence Cotter; Kimberly Porter; Chantel Hines; Jack Gray; Tallulah Bardha;

Tim Whims; Ann Eatherly.

Altar Guild: 8 am Mary Bamford, Lisa Baruah 9 am Sue Chaklos, Kim McNulty

Eucharistic Ministers: 8 am Ed White 9 am Heather Jones, Jackie Spann, Al Torp

Lectors: 9 am Kate French

Prayers: 9 am Lynn Anslow

Verger: 9 am John Van Osdol

Acolytes: 9 am Graham Romer, Emma Reich, Jane Van Osdol,

Ashlyn Johnson, Lorelei Carr, Sam Van Culin

Ushers: 9 am Blair Osborn, Joe Swickard, Bruce Birgbauer,

David Chaklos, Jon Ostrowski, Brendan Walsh

Flowers: Mary Trost

The Cathedral Cultural Series Presents

ChrisT ChurCh GrOsse POinTe sChOLA And The ArChdiOCesAn ChOrus

The choirs will combine with the cathedral’s two pipe organs for a rare performance of Widor’s Mass for Two Choirs and Two Organs. Doors open 45 minutes before each concert. Free, secure parking is adjacent to the Cathedral. To receive updates or more information, please write sacredmusic@aod.org, call 313-237-5782, or visit cathedral.aod.org. Freewill offering.

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament9844 Woodward Avenue | Detroit, MI 48202 | 313-865-6300

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Sunday, June 2, 4 pm

June 9 • 9 am

Wear Red for Pentecost!

Pentecost means “fifty,” this day being the fiftieth day after Easter. On Pentecost we celebrate the sending of the Holy Spirit on the disciples

of the risen Christ as he had promised. The Feast of Pentecost is one of those days in the Christian year when Baptism is particularly significant, for it is in the water of Baptism that we receive the Spirit

and are marked as Christ’s own forever.

A strawberry shortcake reception follows on the patio.

Christ Church Grosse Pointe61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard • Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 • 313.885.4841 • christchurchgp.org

LessOns fOr The sixTh sundAy Of eAsTer

Acts 16:9-15

During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.

Psalm 67

1 May God be merciful to us and bless us, *show us the light of his countenance and come to us.

2 Let your ways be known upon earth, *your saving health among all nations.

3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; *let all the peoples praise you.

4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, *for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.

5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; *let all the peoples praise you.

6 The earth has brought forth her increase; *may God, our own God, give us his blessing.

7 May God give us his blessing, *and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.

Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5

In the spirit the angel carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day-- and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

John 14:23-29

Jesus said to Judas (not Iscariot), “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.

“I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, `I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe.”

Lessons for next week: The Seventh Sunday of Easter

Acts 16:16-34Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21John 17:20-26

The Rev’d Andrew Van Culin, Rector • The Rev’d Canon Ron Spann, Director, Spirituality Center The Rev’d 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