This coming Sunday we will celebrate Mother's Day and give thanks for those women who loved and cared for us the best way they knew how to do. We will have carnations at the end of each service.
Thank you God for the love of our mothers:
thank you God for their care and concern;
thank you God for the joys they have shared with us;
thank you God for the pains they have borne for us;
thank you God for all that they give us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A prayer from the Mothering Sunday service, Church of England.
Christ Church Spiritual Library Book highlight
"Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution" by Diana Butler Bass (2015)
The first part of this book explores the holiness of dirt, water, and sky. This may be new theological territory for some of us. Perhaps we have taken these natural resources for granted. As the author notes, the word dirt does not have a positive connotation in our culture; that is, something that is not clean is dirty or soiled. Yet, Genesis tells us that the God made the earth, water and sky and proclaimed each to be good!
Have you ever seen the endless night sky away from city lights? It is a miracle to behold the depths of the universe. Have you held warm, nutrient-rich soil in your hands and marveled at the miracle of seeds becoming plants, becoming the food sustaining us? In this oceanside community of Redondo Beach, do you give thanks for the miracle of water and consciously conserve this fragile resource? In what ways have you experienced the inherent holiness of dirt, water and sky?
Note: the spiritual library book list has been updated with several new selections. The complete list is found at the end of this email update.
Prayer for the Search Committee
Let us pray for the search committee of Christ Church: Kathy Compton, Ann Cooper, LeRoy Foster, Chris Horton, Ron Kipp, Kathy Van Orden, Diana Winn and Arnie Zimmerman. This prayer is also available as prayer cards in the church and the parish hall.
Almighty God, giver of every good gift:
look graciously on your Church,
and so guide the minds of the search committee
who shall choose the finalists for rector of this parish.
May we receive a faithful pastor who will care for your people
and equip us for our ministries
as we work together to align our lives
with God's love, justice and compassion. Amen.
(Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer, p. 818)
Faithfully, Marilyn+
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VESTRY NEWS ON THE SEARCH FOR OUR NEW RECTOR
updated April 20, 2016
Update from the Search Committee:
- Search Committee received 21 candidates from Joanna Satorius on Sunday, April 10th. One more name was added bringing the total to 22 names.
- Search Committee will be reviewing each profile over the next 3 weeks and will regroup the first week of May.
- Search Committee will be requesting a audio/video sermon from each candidate and hope to start receiving them in the next few weeks.
Forward in Faithfulness,
Chris Horton, Jr Warden and Search Committee Chairperson.
Updated May 4, 2016
Christ Church Upcoming Events & Announcements
Please keep Deacon Bonnie in your prayers-she had knee replacement surgery six weeks ago. Until she is able, this means that the Prayers of the People are available for reading on Sundays. It also means that at least one Chalice Bearer is needed, especially for the 10 am service.
Friday, May 6, 2016 - The memorial service for Mark Hereford will be held on Friday, May 6, 2016, at 1pm at Christ Church with a reception after the service. Donations can be made in Mark's honor to benefit Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Contributions can be made to:
Peninsula Committee Children's Hospital
PO Box 801
Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274
Ref: Mark Hereford
Sunday, May 8, 2016 - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! - Please remember to take a flower with you, before you leave church on Sunday.
PENTECOST SUNDAY, May 15, 2016 - Don't forget to wear something red to help celebrate. At the 10am service there will be a baptism service for Carl Drye.
Sunday, May 22, 2016 - Please save the date: After more than 20 years at Christ Church, David Bradfield is retiring at the end of May and moving to northern California. We will celebrate David's music ministry following the 10 am service on May 22nd. There will be a catered lunch provided by Ocho. David's last Sunday at Christ Church will be May 29, 2016.
FIFTH WEDNESDAY SHARED BREAD - June 29, 2016.
If you would like to help out, or would like more information about this event, please contact Barbara ramsey-Duke at (310) 251-6830 or [email protected].
MOTHER MARILYN'S OFFICE HOURS -
Sundays at church for services and any scheduled events and meetings.
Monday-Wednesday at church typically from 9 am - 2 pm.*
*When there are evening meetings or services her 'day' usually starts in mid-afternoon.
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SUNDAY SERVICES THIS WEEK
8:00 AM Choral Holy Eucharist (said service)
10:00 AM Choral Holy Eucharist (with music)
Sunday School - Please note that Ms. Sylvia teaches Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children ages 3 to 10. The classroom doors open before the 10 AM service begins, and the children rejoin the congregation before Holy Communion begins.
ACOLYTES SERVING IN MAY
May 1: Ryder Want
May 8: NEEDED
May 15: NEEDED
May 22: Ryder Want
May 29: Christopher Dedo
PASTORAL EMERGENCIES OR ILLNESS?
In case of a pastoral emergency, please call Mother Marilyn at (323) 273-3888. If you are ill and not able to attend church or hospitalized and wishing to have a visit by Mother Marilyn, please give her a call and let her know.
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 We are trying to keep our prayer list current. So, every four weeks we will start our list over again. If you wish to have someone added to our weekly Prayers of the People, please call Trudy Bush at 310 540-1722 or send her an email at [email protected]. Thank you.
We commend to God's love and care those for whom our prayers have been requested especially:
For all those serving in our armed forces at home and abroad and especially those known to us: Blake, Joshua, Louis, Eric, Spencer, Christopher, Simon, John Joseph, Jimmy, Gage, Josh, John, Ken, Jeff, Blake H, Danelle, and Jarrod.
We also pray for:
George; Sal; Joe; Pat and Gene; Sandie; Aiden; Alice and Blake; Blanca and Albert; Francesca; Carlene; Fran; Hunter; Allan; Sam; Gwendolyn and the Moore family; Martha; Rita; Byron; Karen; Ann; Todd; Sara; Sherry; Bradley; Maria; Nancy E; Ann; Father Bob and Madelyn; John R; Kevin; Rdythe and family; Al and Shirley Miller family; Chuck; Anne; Sandy P; Lenia; the Catlett family; David; Teresa; Megan; Ron and Jeanne;
Lynette; Jacob; Leo and the Licciardone family; George and the Hoag family; Deacon Bonnie; Betty; Florence Haefner and family; Paula;
the whole Steib family as they help and support Betty, especially Laura and Sam; and Carole S
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For all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, especially:
We pray for our pets who we love, or are lost, sick or dying especially:
And we give thanksgiving for those celebrating Birthdays and Anniversaries this week, especially the
Birthdays
of: Gary, Gwendolyn, and Frances.
A
nd the Anniversaries
of: Dirk and Patti.
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The flowers in the church this Sunday are donated to the Glory of God by:
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8 AM COFFEE HOUR - Please use the sign up sheets in the Parish Hall, or call or email Trudy to sign up.
10 AM COFFEE HOUR - The new procedure for coffee hour begins October 11th. Please see the Guidelines
attached to the Coffee Hour Sign up sheet.
Any questions, please call or email Trudy in the church office at (310) 540-1722 or [email protected].
May 8, 2016 (Easter VII
+ Mother's Day)
8:00 AM: Needed
10:00 AM: Needed
May 15, 2016 (The Day of Pentecost + baptism at 10am)
8:00 AM: Nancy Taugner
10:00 AM: Needed
May 22, 2016 (Trinity Sunday + Party for David Bradfield)
8:00 AM: Needed
10:00 AM: LUNCH CATERED BY OCHO
May 29, 2016 (Pentecost II + Memorial Day Weekend + David Bradfield's last Sunday)
8:00 AM: Needed
10:00 AM: Needed
June 5, 2016 (Pentecost III)
8:00 AM: Needed
10:00 AM: Needed
June 12, 2016 (Pentecost IV)
8:00 AM: Needed
10:00 AM: Needed
June 19, 2016 (Pentecost V)
8:00 AM: Needed
10:00 AM: Needed
June 26, 2016 (Pentecost VI)
8:00 AM: Needed
10:00 AM: Needed
NEW COFFEE HOUR PLAN AND GUIDELINES
We are going to try something new for Coffee Hour after the 10:00 a.m. service. The change will begin on October 11, 2015. Sticking with the Theme of "Hospitality and Welcome", we will ask that three or more families or individuals sign up per Sunday. This change will help spread the cost and time commitment out among the members of the group serving on that particular Sunday.
The following guidance will help explain what is involved when your group is responsible for providing the refreshments, hospitality and clean up.
1. On a typical Sunday, there will be between 25 and 40 people attending the Coffee Hour.
2. Those providing the Hospitality/Refreshments will plan between themselves what they will bring and serve.
3. Setting out the refreshments can take place just after you have come up for communion, providing sufficient time for everything to be ready for the group at the end of the Church Service. If you need assistance in finding where trays are kept and serving utensils please ask Susan Mulledy-DeFrank and she will be happy to show you around the kitchen.
4. Clean up: Please clear all food and serving trays off of the tables. If food is left over and you wish to take it that is great. If you wish to leave it there are plastic zip lock bags in the pantry. Please make sure if you are using the Refrigerator or Freezer that you make sure that they are closed securely. Wash, dry and put away the utensils and trays. If you are unsure of where they go, please dry them and just leave them on the kitchen counter. Please make sure that all used coffee mugs are placed in the dirty cup plastic bin (it's kept by the Coffee Machine during the Coffee Hour). If someone could put the bin in the kitchen sink and fill with soapy water fully covering the coffee mugs that would be appreciated as the dirty mugs draw bugs. The soapy water keeps them at bay. The mugs are washed and sterilized on Wednesday morning by Susan.
5. Finally please wipe down the kitchen counters to keep any crumbs and food product from attracting bugs.
This offering of Hospitality is one of our most important ministries at Christ Church. As you have read and heard in Sermons over the years " Jesus Christ" was always teaching his followers about the importance of this welcoming gift-the Gift of Hospitality.
Christ's Peace in Welcome & Hospitality,
Susan Mulledy-DeFrank
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ACE OF HEARTS
According to the Gospel for today, Jesus prayed for:
1. The Church.
2. His Disciples.
3. The United States.
4. The World.
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COLLECT AND READINGS FOR THIS COMING SUNDAY
May 8, 2016 Easter VII
The Collect
O
God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
The First Lesson
Acts 16:16-34
W
ith Paul and Silas, we came to Philippi in Macedonia, a Roman colony, and, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation." She kept doing this for many days. But Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I order you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour.
But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities. When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are disturbing our city; they are Jews and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or observe." The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates had them stripped of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After they had given them a severe flogging, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to keep them securely. Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was an earthquake, so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened. When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." The jailer called for lights, and rushing in, he fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them outside and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. He brought them up into the house and set food before them; and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.
The Response
Psalm 97
Dominus regnavit
1
T
he Lord is King;
let the earth rejoice; *
let the multitude of the isles be glad.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him, *
righteousness and justice are the foundations of his throne.
3 A fire goes before him *
and burns up his enemies on every side.
4 His lightnings light up the world; *
the earth sees it and is afraid.
5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, *
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, *
and all the peoples see his glory.
7 Confounded be all who worship carved images
and delight in false gods! *
Bow down before him, all you gods.
8 Zion hears and is glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice, *
because of your judgments, O Lord.
9 For you are the Lord,
most high over all the earth; *
you are exalted far above all gods.
10 The Lord loves those who hate evil; *
he preserves the lives of his saints
and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 Light has sprung up for the righteous, *
and joyful gladness for those who are truehearted.
12 Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, *
and give thanks to his holy Name.
The Epistle
Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21
A
t the end of the visions I, John, heard these words: "See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone's work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. "It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come."
And let everyone who hears say, "Come."
And let everyone who is thirsty come.
Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.
The one who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
The Gospel
John 17:20-26
J
esus prayed for his disciples, and then he said. "I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
"Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them."
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CHRIST CHURCH SPIRITUAL LIBRARY
The following books have been added to the lending library. There is an updated book list along with at least one copy of each new book in the parish hall.
They can also be purchased as E-books or hardcopy for your reading.
1.
Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution
by Diana Butler Bass.
2. Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today
by Sr. Joan Chittister
3. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
4.
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
by Fr. Gregory Boyle
(Note: purchases of this book benefit Homeboy Industries).
5. Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Ministries by The Rev. Eric F. Law
6. Unearthing My Religion: Real Talk about Real Faith by Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves.
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Christ Church Mission: Who We Are & What We Hope to Do and Become
