Weekly HigHligHts of ParisH life august 4 - 11, 2019

This Week AT ChrisT ChurCh

SUNDAY, AUG. 4

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. 5

Offices Closed

TUESDAY, AUG. 6

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

9:30 am Staff Meeting (B217)

4 pm Investment Committee (B213)

4 pm Holy Eucharist @ The Rivers (Offsite)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

6:30 pm DA (MH)

6:30 pm Adult Formation Committee (B213)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

5:30 pm Holy Eucharist (SMC)**

8:30 pm AA (LL)

THURSDAY, AUG. 8

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

FRIDAY, AUG. 9

8:30 am Morning Prayer (SMC)

11 am Summer Starters Prep (Choir Room)

5 pm Evening Prayer (SMC)

SATURDAY, AUG. 10

Offices Closed

8:30 pm AA (LL)

SUNDAY, AUG. 11

8 am Holy Eucharist (N)

9 am Holy Eucharist (N)**

10:10 am Lemonade on the Lawn (FL)

10:10 am Summer Starters (RG)

**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.

CAMP FOR 2nd-5th GRADERSMonday to Friday, August 12-16, 1-4 pm

at Christ Church Grosse Pointe2nd-5th grade students are invited to join us to learn how they can use their power to make a difference in the world. Campers will get a local and global view of the world on the issues of hunger, unclean water, homelessness, poverty, and animal rescue and will also do some hands-on activities including Miracle Boxes for Soldiers and Care Kits for the homeless. High School students who need community service hours are invited to volunteer to help run the camp. Cost $160.

To register go to www.christchurchgp.org/powerofone

For more information or to volunteer contact Joseph Daniel at rectorsoffice@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4842.

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 23 - 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 Joseph Daniel at rectorsoffice@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4842.

Maya Prep Grosse Pointe SAT Class September 7 - April 4 (Saturdays only) 9 am - 12 pm in room B215Maya Prep will hold a year-long SAT Prep Class for high school students in the Grosse Pointe area. The weekly classes will focus on SAT subject areas and practice tests. An online Student Portal includes all tests, cliff notes, and homework.

For more information, including registration materials, contact Joseph Daniel at rectorsoffice@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4842.

Lobster Bake with the Rector Sunday, August 25 from 3-6 pm Hosted by Drew and Jessica Van Culin at the Rectory$75 per person - $15 for Children under 12 (no lobster) + $25 for layman service - lobster cracked for YOU!

To register go to www.christchurchgp.org/lobster

For more information contact Joseph Daniel at rectorsoffice@christchurchgp.org or 313-885-4842.

Magnificat in the Stonewall Inn Tuesday, August 13, 2019 5:30-8:30 pm in the UndercroftThis fourth Commemoration of Jonathan Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian, martyr and civil rights worker, will focus on the events of June 28, 1969 in New York City’s Stonewall Inn. It was a cultural moment with religious and spiritual implications when Queer Sexuality emerged as a distinct current of the undammed flood of civil and human rights movements in the preceding decade. Come join in worship, a common meal, a reflective video, and a circle of sacred conversation as guests of the Christ Church Spirituality Center. Freewill offering.

To register go to www.christchurchgp.org/stonewall.

Blood Drive at Christ Church Grosse PointeWednesday, August 14, 1-7 pm in the UndercroftWithout A, B, and O, we can’t save anybody. Please donate.

The Red Cross is in URGENT NEED FOR ALL BLOOD TYPES. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime. Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!

Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App on the App Store, Google Play or text BLOODAPP to 90999. Schedule appointments, get rewards and invite friends to join you on a lifesaving team.

Make an appointment at www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code gpbloodcouncil.

BLOOD DRIVE

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: Church of the Holy Family, Santo Domingo (DR); Church of the Redeemer, Barahone (DR); Saint Timothy’s, Nizao (DR); and Church of the Messiah, Detroit.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: The Church of the Province of South East Asia; The Most Rev’d Ng Moon Hing.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer this week we pray for: Rob & Janet Ridder; Tamara Riley, and son, Jack; Roy & Amber Ritchie, and children, Sylvie and Calla; Richard Rittenhouse; Rob & Melissa Robb, and daughter Fay.

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: Barbara, Bill, Bob, Connie, Constance, Ed, Emily, Helen, Jane, Jeannie, Joann, Joyce, Kate, Kathie, Louie, Marie, Osborn, Otto, Patrick, Rob, Sandy, Shiloh, Tom.

We pray for the repose of the souls of: Kathie Anslow.

In celebration for the birthdays and anniversaries of: Sara Orr; Amber Ritchie; Blair Sutton; Paige Peabody; Christian Redding; Liz Johnson; Marilyn Richardson; Jeanie Powers; Karen Kienbaum; Bob Moorhead; Gail Marentette; Robin Albrecht; Lynda Altovilla; Hank Darlington; James & Amy Hermon; Ed & Elsie MacKethan, III; Jo Malecek.

Altar Guild:

8 am Sandra Walters

9 am Lynnette Iannace

Eucharistic Ministers:

8 am Frank Stellingwerf

9 am Lisa Niscoromni, Joseph Daniel, Susan Mills

Lectors:

9 am Karyn Weir

Prayers:

9 am Frank Niscoromni

Verger:

9 am David Gerdis

Ushers:

9 am Geri Touscany, Eric Ash, Ian Jones

Help Us Keep Our

Gardens Looking Beautiful!We’re looking for parishioners who will maintain

a church garden bed for the growing season (April-November). Responsibilities include weeding, dead-heading flowers, picking up litter or trimming

dead or broken branches at least twice a month during the season.

(Specific instructions and training provided after sign up.)

To sign up go to christchurchgp.org/garden

July 26 - August 3, 2020Join Fr. Drew, Scott Hanoian, and the

Christ Church Choir on a pilgrimage to Germany! Experience the world-famous Passion Play!!

Participation is open to the parish as a whole, and everyone at Christ Church is encouraged to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

What’s included:• Category 2 Reserved Ticket for 2020 Oberammergau Passion Play

• 7 nights’ accommodations in three and four-star hotel• Continental breakfast daily, 1 lunch and 5 dinners

• Sightseeing and entrance fees according to the itinerary, including: Berlin city tour, Pergamon Museum, Luther House, Leipzig city tour,

Bachhaus Museum, Wartburg medieval castle & much more!

Trip cost is $3900* for double occupancy (*Does NOT include airfare. Group airfare will be available for an additional cost.)

To register go to christchurchgp.org/germany

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

LessOns fOr The TrAnsfigurATiOn

Exodus 34:29-35Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; but whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Psalm 991 The Lord is King;

let the people tremble; *he is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth shake.

2 The Lord is great in Zion; *he is high above all peoples.

3 Let them confess his Name, which is great and awesome; *he is the Holy One.

4 “O mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; *

you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.”

5 Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool; *

he is the Holy One.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his Name, *

they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

7 He spoke to them out of the pillar of cloud; *they kept his testimonies and the decree that he gave them.

8 O Lord our God, you answered them indeed; *you were a God who forgave them, yet punished them for their evil deeds.

9 Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God and worship him upon his holy hill; *

for the Lord our God is the Holy One.

2 Peter 1:13-21I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to refresh your memory, since I know that my death will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Luke 9:28-36Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

Lessons for next week: Proper 14Genesis 15:1-6Psalm 33:12-22 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16Luke 12:32-40

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 Administration