Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life December 29, 2019 - January 5, 2020

This Week AT ChrisT ChurCh

SUNDAY, DEC. 29

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

MONDAY, DEC. 30

Offices Closed

TUESDAY, DEC. 31

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1

Offices Closed

8:30 pm AA (LL)

THURSDAY, JAN. 2

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

10:30 am High School Pizza Lunch (LL)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

FRIDAY, JAN. 3

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

SATURDAY, JAN. 4

Offices Closed

8:30 pm AA (LL)

SUNDAY, JAN. 5

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Rector’s Forum (U)**

10:10 am Catechumenate (BL)**

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

WeLCOMeW elcome to all! We come together 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 5 | 3 pmCombined Choirs

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

Parish & Community Events

Annual Meeting and Election of the Vestry

Sunday, January 26, 2020 Immediately Following the ServiceThe Annual Parish Meeting will be held for the election of Vestry Members, the presentation of the Parish Annual Report, financial statements, and additional church business. Please enjoy a lunch following the meeting in the Undercroft.

Call for Volunteers for the Service of Consecration and Ordination of the 11th Bishop of MichiganSaturday, February 8, 2020

The Ford Community & Performing Arts Center15801 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan10:30 amThe Transitions Team is inviting members of our congregations to fill a variety of roles for the Consecration of the Rev. Dr. Bonnie A Perry as the 11th Bishop of our Diocese. The committee is hoping for a broad cross section of volunteers from across the diocese, representing the entire geography and demographic composition of our household.

All volunteers must be willing to arrive at the Consecration site by 7:45 am and be prepared for rehearsals, briefings, orientations and instructions at 8:00 am.

We are looking for Acolytes, Vergers, Ushers, Eucharistic Ministers, Hospitality Volunteers, Security Team, Stage Crew, Altar Guild, The Consecration Choir. All Are Welcome!

For more information and to sign up go to: www.edomi.org/consecration

Ecumenical Prayer Service

Join us for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2020 Thursday, January 23, 7 pm St. Paul Catholic Church 157 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe FarmsOur annual ecumenical service combining the clergy, choirs, and congregations of St. Paul’s, Grosse Pointe Memorial and Christ Church. Fr. Drew will deliver the homily.

Sunday, January 12, 2020, 5-7 pm in the UndercroftGrab a board game or two and join us for our Family Game Night! We’ll provide the refreshments; you bring the family!

For more information contact Holly McNett at 313-885-4841 x 104 or hmcnett@christchurchgp.org.

Children’s Chapel Leadership TeamWe are seeking 3-4 people to join our Children’s Chapel leader rotation. Weekly lesson plan ideas provided. No previous experience required. Interested? Contact Holly McNett at hmcnett@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4841 ext 104.

Children’s Chapel

Vestry Candidate Forum

Sunday, January 5, 2020, 10:10 am

Each year, at the Annual Meeting of the Parish, active members of Christ Church elect a new class of members to the Vestry, a process led by the Vestry Nominating Committee. Join us on Sunday, January 5 as members of the Vestry Nominating Committee Team share and reflect on the process we undertook and present the fruits of their discernment work.

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 Paul’s, Lansing; Saint Cornelius, Cabarete (DR); Saint Martha’s, Santana (DR); and Church of the Messiah, Detroit.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: Gahini (Rwanda), The Rt. Rev’d Alexis Bilindabagabo; Gahini (Rwanda), The Rt. Rev’d Manasseh Gahima; Gambia (West Africa), The Rt. Rev’d James Allen Yaw Odico.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: Charlie & Yolanda Turner; Bill & Allyson Turner, and children, Kathryn and William; Jeffrey & Mindy Ulrich, and son, Masen; Jud & Lorna Utley; Robert & Virginia Vallee.

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, Daniel, Dorothy, Ed, George, Gerry, Hadley, Jackie, James, Jane, Jeannie, Joe, Joel, Kate, Kathie, Kathy, Katie, Ken, Kit, Lori, Lorraine, Mel, Otto, Patricia, Patrick, Rob, Sheran, Susan.

In celebration for the birthdays and anniversaries of: William Ferrara; Judy Duffy; Brian MacLean; Hope Hoffman; Ray Kominiarek; Cidney Graff; Melissa Larpenteur; Brad Reck; Milton Henkel; Arlene Rozzelle; Doreen Kohr; Joshua & Kelly Darlington; Rich & Melissa Larpenteur; Ed & Pixie White; Ron & Jackie Spann; Don Wray, Jr. & Arlene Rozzelle.

Altar Guild:

8 am Mary Bamford, Nancy Ross

9 am Betsy Creedon, Susan Mills

Eucharistic Ministers:

8 am Frank Stellingwerf

9 am Thom Nealssohn, Mary Trost, Jackie Spann

Lectors:

9 am Karyn Weir, John Snyder

Verger:

9 am David Gerdis

Acolytes:

9 am Graham Romer, Emma Reich, Ashlyn Johnson,

Lorelei Carr, Libby Anderson

Ushers:

9 am Hank Darlington, Jean Redfield, Geri Touscany,

Dick Trost, Adam Waugh

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

Feast of the PresentationSunday, February 2, 3 pm

Combined Choirs Free and open to the public

An AfTernOOn AT The OperA

Sunday, January 12, 20203 - 4:30 pm in Miller Hall

The Women of Christ Church invite you to an afternoon of opera in Miller Hall. Members of the Michigan Opera Theatre will sing favorite arias from the breadth of the opera genre.

A light reception will follow the program so that guests can meet the performers. All are welcome!

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 Second Sunday after ChristmasJeremiah 31:7-14Psalm 84:1-8 Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19aMatthew 2:13-15,19-23

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

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 • Diane Ward, Associate for Finance and AdministrationHolly McNett, Director of Children, Youth & Family Ministries