Epiphany Procession · 8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC) 5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC) SATURDAY, JAN. 5...

Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life December 30, 2018 - January 6, 2019

This Week AT ChrisT ChurCh

SUNDAY, DEC. 30

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

MONDAY, DEC. 31

Offices Closed

TUESDAY, JAN. 1 – The Feast of the Holy Name

Offices Closed

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

4 pm Holy Eucharist @ The Rivers (Offsite)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (SMC)**

8:30 pm AA (LL)

THURSDAY, JAN. 3


10:30 am High School Pizza Lunch (LL)


FRIDAY, JAN. 4



SATURDAY, JAN. 5

Offices Closed

8:30 pm AA (LL)

SUNDAY, JAN. 6 – The Epiphany

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 Epiphany Procession (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 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!

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.

A service of readings and music celebrating the Manifestation of God in the form of Jesus Christ.

Epiphany Procession

Sunday, January 6 | 3 pmCombined Choirs

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

Parish & Community Events

Sunday, January 20, 2019Mark your calendars! The Right Rev’d Robert C. Wright, Bishop of Atlanta visits Christ Church on January 20 in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Bishop Wright will preach and speak at the Rector’s Forum.

The Right Rev’d Robert C. Wright, Bishop of Atlanta

Epiphany Procession

Sunday, January 6, 2019, 3 pm, Combined ChoirsA service of readings and music celebrating the Manifestation of God in the form of Jesus Christ.

Vestry Candidates for the Class of 2022

Dear Sisters and Brothers, the Wardens and I are pleased to announce the candidates presented by the Nominating Committee for election to the Vestry at the upcoming at the 2019 Annual Meeting: Richard Best, Steven Fehniger, Polly Ledyard, Beverly Curtiss Walsh and Butch Wardwell.

As with prior years, each of these nominees is a communicant in good standing who, in the discernment of the Nominating Committee, is called to serve as a spiritual leader and model of Christian discipleship among us.

Sacred Practices for Challenging Times

A Prayer and Contemplative Practice Group for Epiphany, Lent, and BeyondWednesday afternoons, 4:30 to 6 pmJan 9, 16, 30; Feb 6, 13, 20, 27; March 13, & 20, Facilitator: Richard S. Gibson

Have you ever thought about your capacity for contemplative spirituality? Or, wonder what “it” is? Or, does that notion not seem to fit you? Richard Gibson wants to help you reconsider those questions – especially in light of the often stressful economic, social, and political climate in which we live – perhaps interrupting our most personal lives. Sign up now for this 9 week series of discovering how to access your unique capacity (which we all have) to find one or more contemplative practices that speak deeply to you. Cost $50/person. Scholarships available.

Details and registration at www.christchurchgp.org/sacred

Wednesdays at Christ Church, January 2, 2019Living lives of faith together5:30 pm - Holy EucharistNOTE: No formation or Child Care on January 2.

For more information contact Fr. Brownridge at [email protected] or 313-885-4841, ext. 116.

Session 2: January 9 through February 27Wednesdays at Christ Church6:45 - 8 pm following Community Dinner, UndercroftDo you want to deepen your faith? Want to understand the roots of our Anglican faith and tradition here at Christ Church? Are you interested in shoring up the foundations of your faith? The Catechumenate may be for you. Participants are welcome to join this learning community either for the year in preparation for Adult Baptism, Confirmation, or Reception, or for any one of the four sessions offered during the year. Session 2 explores the Basic (Christian) Beliefs and the history and practice of The Church. Discussion and preparation for this course is based on Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices by Scott Gunn and Melody Wilson Shobe.


Session 2: January 9 through February 27Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social GospelWednesdays at Christ Church6:45 - 8 pm following Community Dinner, UndercroftDoes Dr. King matter today? What shaped his teaching? How might the Black Social Gospel shape us at Christ Church? Using Gary Dorrien’s masterful study Breaking White Supremacy, we will explore how the Black Social Gospel shaped Dr. King’s life and ministry, and what their legacy can be for us today.


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 [email protected]. 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 Clement’s, Inkster; Saint

Andrew’s, Santo Domingo, DR; and Church of the Messiah, Detroit.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: The Diocese of Kyushu (Japan)

;The Rt. Rev’d Luke Ken-ichi Muto.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: Virginia Lambrecht,

and son Jeffrey; Edward Lambrecht, III; Rich and Melissa Larpenteur, and

children Allison and Mia; Susan Larsen; Bill and Susan Lauppe.

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

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

We offer prayers for: Ann, Constance, Elizabeth, Emily, George, Herb, Jake,

Jane, Joyce, Kate, Kathy, Nancy, Otto, Rob, Shiloh, Tom, Violet.

In celebration for the birthdays and anniversaries of: Judy Duffy; Brian

MacLean; Hope Hoffman; Ray Kominiarek; Cidney Graff; Melissa Larpenteur;

Brad Reck; Milton Henkel; Arlene Rozzelle; Doreen Kohr; Dave Chaklos; Julie

Oliver; Ross Kogel; Cherry Carey; Amy Chesterton; Susan Payne; Joshua &

Kelly Darlington; Rich & Melissa Larpenteur; Ed & Pixie White; Ron & Jackie

Spann; Don Wray, Jr. & Arlene Rozzelle.

Altar Guild:

8 am Susan Mara, Christine Wardwell

9 am Betsy Creedon, Cathy Dawson

Eucharistic Ministers:

8 am Frank Stellingwerf

9 am Miranda Ferrara, Mike DeFillipi, Heather Jones

Lectors:

9 am Karyn Weir, John Snyder

Verger:

9 am John Van Osdol

Acolytes:

9 am Graham Romer, Emma Reich, Betsy Oliver,

Ashlyn Johnson, Lorelei Carr, Sam Van Culin

Ushers:

9 am David Redfield, Jean Redfield, Geri Touscany, Dick Trost

A Candlemas procession followed by a Solemn Holy Eucharist celebrating the Eve of the Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple.

Feast of the Presentation

Friday, February 1, 7 pm Combined Choirs

Free and open to the public

A Prayer and Contemplative Practice Group for Epiphany, Lent, and Beyond

Wednesday afternoons, 4:30 to 6 pmJan 9, 16, 30; Feb 6, 13, 20, 27; March 13, & 20

Facilitator: Richard S. Gibson

Details and registration at christchurchgp.org/sacred

Sign up now for this 9 week series of discovering how to access your unique capacity (which we all have) to find one or more

contemplative practices that speak deeply to you.

Cost $50/person. Scholarships available.

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

LessOns fOr The firsT sundAy AfTer ChrisTMAs

Isaiah 61:10-62:3I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning torch. The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory; and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give. You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

Psalm 147:13-2113 Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem; *

praise your God, O Zion;

14 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; *he has blessed your children within you.

15 He has established peace on your borders; *he satisfies you with the finest wheat.

16 He sends out his command to the earth, *and his word runs very swiftly.

17 He gives snow like wool; *he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

18 He scatters his hail like bread crumbs; *who can stand against his cold?

19 He sends forth his word and melts them; *he blows with his wind, and the waters flow.

20 He declares his word to Jacob, *his statutes and his judgments to Israel.

21 He has not done so to any other nation; *to them he has not revealed his judgments. Hallelujah!

Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian.

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.

John 1:1-18In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. (John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’”) From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.

Lessons for next week: The EpiphanyIsaiah 60:1-6Psalm 72:1-7,10-14 Ephesians 3:1-12Matthew 2:1-12

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

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