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January 1, 2012 Vol. 52 No.1

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Let Your Light Shine!

January at Christ Church will be the month to Let Your Light Shine highlighting the many ways we can help others shining God’s light in our lives. All month there will be a Let Your Light Shine board prominently displayed in the sanctuary. It will start out on January 8 entirely black. Each week parishioners will have the opportunity to add a bright yellow star displaying ways that they have helped shine God’s light during the week (i.e. served at the soup kitchen, shoveled a neighbor’s driveway, sorted Rummage.) By the end of the month we hope to have the entire board covered in yellow stars. In addition we have special plans for three Sundays in January.

January 8 Epiphany Celebration at the 9:30 Service

On Epiphany the wise men followed a star and then let their light shine. During the service we will have a visit by the kings. After the service we will have a reception in the McClain room with Kings cakes.

January 15 Martin Luther King Sunday at the 9:30 Service

There will be special Prayers of the People written by the eighth graders. Be sure to look for the Let Your Light Shine buttons. After the service there will be intergenerational service projects in the McClain room.

January 22 Annual Meeting & Brunch

While the adults are attending the Annual Meeting immediately fol- lowing the 9:30 service, the children will be engaged in a workshop with Missy Harrison and a team of volunteers. There will be a brunch for the entire parish family after the meeting.

Each week the Sunday Bulletin will highlight different ways to Let Your Light Shine within the Outreach and Global Ministries committees at Christ Church.

Recognize this? Coming to Christ Church. Check it out on page 2. Hallelujah!

Stewardship 2011 UpdateHave you pledged yet?

As of December 21, we have received 224 pledges totaling $854,000. We received 82 pledges that increased from last year, 24 pledges that decreased from last year and 15 new pledges. We have not received pledges from 86 of those who pledged last year. At this point last year, we had received 251 pledges totaling approximately $934,000, so our pace of pledge receipts is down from last year.

In order to eliminate the budget defi cits incurred in recent years despite signifi cant cost containment efforts, we are hoping for a signif-icant increase in pledge income over last year. Previous budget defi cits were funded through endowment assets set aside for the long-term care of the Church, which is not a sustainable practice. While the Budget Committee is plan-ning to reduce the Church’s operating budget in 2012, the budget reduction is expected to be offset by a decline in other income (facil-ity receipts and other non-pledged income). Therefore, an increase in this year’s pledge income is critical to reducing or eliminating the Church’s budget defi cit.

Given our current pace and the preliminary budget outlook, we are hopeful for a strong fi nish to the 2012 Stewardship campaign in the next few weeks. We appreciate all of you who have sent in your pledges. If you have yet to send in your pledge, we would be grateful if

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This year’s Christmas Angels program was successful on so many levels as the parish stepped up in a very big way to fulfi ll our commitment to the Cathedral Shelter and many other service agencies in the greater Chicago area. We successfully provided Christmas for 145 families sponsored by the Cathedral Shelter. On Friday, December 9, we loaded over 700 boxes to fi ll three trucks on their way downtown. In addition we provided bags of food and personal neces-sities for 37 homeless individuals. We gave food and gifts to 54 homeless individuals. We pro-vided various gifts and food to the men of Higgins House, St. Andrews Court and St. Leonards. We sent nightgowns, slippers, umbrellas, toiletry kits and mugs of candy to the women of Grace House. (This is where all of your leftover Halloween candy ends up. Many thanks for those donations.) On December 17 a group of our parishioners took a Christmas tree with decora-tions, holiday food, stockings for the children, clothes and gifts for the moms and children of the Primo Center. The generosity of the parish enabled us to provide for more people than we ever have before. We are extraordinarily grateful to everyone who participated and supported this effort. It was an exhausting and very rewarding year.

Christmas Angels 2011

It’s coming...our annual winter-warming

New England Lobster Boil

Saturday, February 4

Cocktails at 6pm, dinner at 7pm

Parish House Great Hall

(corner of Maple and Oak Streets)

$30/person

RSVP to [email protected]

This great party is for adults only so line up your sitter now.

It is well worth it.

Rummage News

If your schedule allows, please join us onSaturday, January 21 from 9 - 12 noon in the West Building. You will become an expert in no time!

January Saturday Sorting

Yes, we sort year-round! And we have fun year-round. Please join us in the West Building when your schedule permits.

Mondays - 12:30 - 3 pmThursdays - 9:15-11:30 am

Weekly Sorting Opportunities Await

Do you have furniture in good shape looking for a new home? Call today to be put on the pick up schedule for January 30.

Monthly Furniture Pick Up

By popular demand, we have negotiated a ter-rifi c arrangement to have authentic Starbucks Pike’s Peak brew for your Sunday enjoyment. Regular and decaf coffee will be brewed and picked up at Starbucks by our java elves and will be available outside the McClain room with real milk. We will continue to serve in ceramic mugs to remain faithful to our green initiatives. Please stay with us after church to chat with friends, to listen to the forum, to participate in a reception or special event, or just to enjoy the best cup of coffee east of Green Bay Road. When you see the tall green Cambro thermos-es, you will know that Starbucks has arrived!

Starbucks is coming to Christ Church starting January 8

The Gift of Taizé - January 8Be kind to yourself on January 8. Start the new year off right and be present for our winter Taizé service which will begin at 5 pm at the Church on the Hill. This is a wonderful, candlelit, contemplative service. It is a great way to recharge your spiritual batteries.

You have always been meaning to give this service a try. Make 2012 the year you do.

When you attend the Annual Meeting on Janu-ary 22 you will have an opportunity to thank and honor our retiring Vestry members: Dan George, Jack Keller and Griswold Ware. Thank you for three years of faithful service.

Help Honor RetiringVestry Members

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If you have ever had the pleasure of being in church when Emma Reder serves as a Lay Reader, you have surely said to yourself “How OLD is she?” or “How is someone so young so very composed?” or “How does she do it so well?” On a recent Saturday afternoon I set out to fi nd the answers to your questions and to learn more about our youngest, and some would say most capable, Lector.

Emma Blythe Reder, a 12 year-old sixth grader at Skokie School, was born on 11/19/99. She read her fi rst lesson at age 8 ½ at her church (Grace Episcopal) in DE. She and her younger sister, Nora, moved to Winnetka two years ago with her parents, Bob and Ana, where they joined Christ Church and Emma continued her career as a Lay Reader. She has a presence behind the lectern that belies her youth and is rarely found in most adults.

Q: “How do you do it?”A: “I am so grateful when I am reading. I am sharing the Word of God. I focus on the meaning. I like to go deeper and understand what I am reading. “

Q: “Do you get nervous?”A: “I get a little nervous at fi rst because I am in front of a lot of people. But then I get started and real-ize I am in church and we are family and it washes away.”

Q: “How do you prepare?”A: “First I read through it. Then I practice it a few times. I think about the meaning and about how it would have been said long ago. And then I practice it in that new way. It usually takes me a day or two.”

Q: “What do you do if you get hard names or places to say?” (Every Episcopalian’s worst fear.)A: “My dad is pretty good at how to pronounce them and he helps me. If he doesn’t know one, we look it up and go from there.”

Q: “Do you do any public speaking at school?”A: “I do sometimes but not that often. But I do have a deep passion for writing. I like to see small details. Some people miss the details. I like to see what’s deeper. I enjoy sharing my writing by reading it aloud in class.”

Q: “What do you like to do outside of school?”A: “I have a passion for horses. When we lived in PA and I saw the fi elds and all the horses I felt such a connection. I got on a horse and felt like it was meant for me. I ride at Daybreak Farms in Libertyville and compete in the hunter/jumper class on my small, brown (leased) pony, Ozzie. He can jump about three feet. I also play the trumpet in the Jazz band at school and I play the bugle at camp in WI in the summer.”

Q: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”A: “I haven’t really decided. I know one of the things I will be is an author. I want to write and see what I come up with.”

So is it a coincidence that Emma’s last name is Reder? I think not. I think it is the Holy Spirit winking at us. When Emma does grow up she will be one of those people whom we can all say, “I knew her when.” Thank you, Emma, for sharing your gift and calm presence with us.

Is Her Surname a Coincidence?

Emma Reder

Everybody Needs One...or Two...or More: Canterbury CD

Charlie Healy has captured the music from the August choir trip to Canterbury, England on a CD. It is awesome and is must have music for everyone. Pop it into your car CD player and be surrounded by beautiful, choral music. Guaranteed to be followed by an immediate sense of calm.

The cost is $12 and will go to the Youth Choir Fund. Make checks payable to “Christ Church.” You may purchase one or two or more from Richard Clemmitt or in the church offi ce (470 Maple).

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Christmas Pageant

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December 18, 2011

THE PARISH PAPER OF CHRIST CHURCH (UPS 421-300)Published semi-monthly by Christ Church, 470 Maple Street, Winnetka, Illinois 60093Periodicals postage paid at Winnetka IL 60093

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Christ Church Winnetka, IL 60093

Church On The Hill & Church House784 Sheridan Road

Parish House & Offi ce, Mailing Address, Rummage & Chapel470 Maple Street

(O) 847-446-2850 - (Fax) 847-446-8640 www.christchurchwinnetka.org

The Parish Paper is published twice monthly from June to September, by regular mail the fi rst of the month, and electronically for the mid-month issue. It is published monthly in July and August.

The deadline for submitting information or articles for the next issue is Tues., Jan. 3. Please submit materials to Charlotte McGee, editor, at [email protected] the Parish Offi ce, 470 Maple, Winnetka, IL 60093

Weekly Worship Services

Sundays: 8 am HE (on the hill) 9:30 am HE & Young Children’s Liturgy of the Word; 10:40 Adult & Children’s Formation 11:30 am - HE

Wednesdays: 9:30 am HE (Chapel)

Fridays: 7 am MP (Chapel)

Clergy & StaffInterim Rector: The Rev. Jeanne Stewart, ext. 27 [email protected]

Curate: The Rev. James Harrison, ext. 24 [email protected]

Deacon: The Rev. Heath Missner [email protected]

Interim Assistant: The Rev. Kenneth Erickson, ext 33 [email protected]

Organist & Choirmaster: Richard Clemmitt, ext. 22 [email protected]

Director of Children’s & Youth Ministries: Missy Harrison, ext. 36; [email protected]

Parish Administrator: Molly Ethridge, ext. 23 [email protected]

Bookkeeper: Cathy O’Brien, ext. 28 [email protected]

Admin. Assistant: Rena Kowalski, ext. 21 [email protected]

Parish Paper Editor: Charlotte McGee, ext. 35 [email protected]

Rummage Coordinator: Charlotte McGee, ext. 35 [email protected]

Facilities Manager: Jim Caldwell, ext. 31

Organ Associate: Jay Peterson

Primary Choir Director: Elizabeth Clemmitt

Sextons: Mario Ruiz, Dominic DiPaolo

Vestry

Robin Anstaett, Senior Warden ‘13Dietrich Knoer, Junior Warden ‘14

Kurt Anstaett ‘13Marcy Champagne ‘13Julie Flood ‘13Dan George ‘12Jack Keller ‘12

Kathy Shanley, Treasurer ‘12Doug Hambleton, Chancellor ‘12

Mary Downie,Clerk ‘13

Kathleen Lloyd-Jones ‘14Doug Peterson ‘14

Shay Robertson ‘12Jenny Smith ‘14

Griswold Ware ‘12Lawson Whitesides ‘13

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