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October 13, 2016
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This Sunday at Christ Church
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The Reverend Leslie Hunter, Chaplain at Holy Family School, will be with us on Sunday to preach at both the
8 & 9:30 services. Leslie has been here frequently in the last few years both preaching and speaking at our Annual Campaign dinner. His combination of original poetry, storytelling, and insight into the Gospel make him a remarkable witness and teacher.
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Sunday Faith & Practice
10:45 in the Church
Looking Into the Future
of Christ Church
As we get set to gather on Tuesday Night, October 18th, for our Fall Harvest Annual Campaign Dinner, we will look at life at Christ Church and our future together. Shay Craig will share with us the information culled from our Wow! Cards and small group meetings and lead a discussion about shaping our future at Christ Church.
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Recognize: All 7th-12th Graders
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Are invited to the Recognize Room (Nursery Level) for food, fellowship, and working on Blessing Cups.
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Please join us for our Compline service. Held entirely by candlelight, this forty-minute liturgy offers pause from the hectic pace of our lives.
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Christ Church will host several families for a week, October 23-30 here in Church House.
We promise to provide safe shelter, healthy meals,
fellowship -- and respect -- while they are with us
Volunteers are required to participate in the Family Promise training. If you did not attend the training this past Sunday at church, please come to the final remaining training opportunity tonight Thursday, October 13 in the McClain Room at 7PM.
We need your help!
Sunday, October 23 Setup (4)
Monday, October 24 Overnight Hosts (2)
Tuesday, October 25 Greeters, Dinner Hosts (2), Activity Host, Overnight Hosts (2)
Thursday, October 27 Activity Host, Overnight Host
Friday, October 28 Activity Host
Saturday, October 29 Greeters, Activity Host, Overnight Hosts (2), Cleanup (8)
Questions?:Email Robin Anstaett
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Newcomers Wine & Cheese Party
Tomorrow - 6:30-8:30PM
Are you new to Christ Church? Please join us tomorrow, October 14 when we'll be welcoming parishioners new to the church in the past year. Come and meet other newcomers, our staff and vestry in a relaxed atmosphere. We'll get to know one another over wine & cheese and conversation at the Rectory, 458 Maple Street. Please RSVP by emailing
Melissa Durbin.
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Annual Campaign Dinner - Tuesday, October 18 - 6:30PM
Please help us celebrate the Mission and Ministries of Christ Chu
rch as we kick off our 2016 Annual Campaign with a complimentary dinner featuring Keynote Speaker, The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Lee, Bishop of Chicago.
A social hour begins at 6:30PM at the Parish House, 470 Maple Street, and dinner follows in the Great Hall at 7:30PM. Childcare will be available and the attire is Business Casual. Please contact John White at the Parish Office by October 11 with your RSVP, childcare needs, and dietary restrictions. 847-446-2850 or johnwhite@christchurchwinnetka.org.
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Choir Christmas Wreath Sale
Our Youth Choir once again is sponsoring a wreath sale to help support its tour fund. In
August of 2017 our choristers will travel to England to sing at beautiful, historic Winchester Cathedral. You can decorate your home for the Christmas season by purchasing a wreath identical to the ones hung at our church at Christmas. The following sizes are available:
12" @ $24.00 a good size for a candle ring or small door
18" @ $30.00
22" @ $35.00
26" @ $40.00 the size on the church doors
Note: We are now transitioning to charging a 3% transaction fee for using a credit card to purchase items from the Church. This does not apply to purchases using checks or electronic checks. To order online click here or print out the following and return it to the office. Christmas Wreath Sale pdf.
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Join us at our 9:30 S
ervice on All Saints' Sunday Morning
N
 ovember 6
when we will feature some beautiful choral music accompanied by brass and organ.
You are invited to support our music program by offering a gift as a memorial or in thanksgiving. Your text will be listed in the All Saints' Sunday bulletin, November 6.
You can send a check with "All Saints Music" written on the memo line to the parish office with your memorial or thanksgiving information on the:
All-saints-music-donation-form-2016
or submit the memorial or thanksgiving below and pay
online.
Thank you for supporting our Music Program, and especially our special music on All Saints' Sunday, November 6, 2016.
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All Saints Evensong
Please join us a
t 6:00PM on All Saints' Sunday, November 6 for Evensong featuring our Youth and Adult Choirs. Music for this lovely, peaceful service will include choral anthems by Murrill, Clausen, and Byrd and organ music by Bonnet and Widor.
During the service, we will pray aloud for departed friends and loved ones whose names you have submitted to us.
After Evensong, all are invited to participate in a delicious, festive dinner in the McClain Room. We'd love to have you with us!
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Diocesan Convention
We are looking for volunteers to work Diocesan Convention, November 18-19. Volunteers do things like work at registration, help collect ballots, help with liturgy or support the workshops or collect ballots. There are perks! You get to meet people from congregations all over the diocese. You get to attend the Convention for free... You get free lunches!
We can NOT do Diocesan Convention without the help of volunteers. We LOVE volunteers. People who are interested can email Shay Craig or Anna Stefaniak.
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179th Annual Convention, November 18 - 19, 2016
The 179th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Chicago will take place on Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 18 at the
Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard.
Bishop Yvette Flunder, presiding bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, a multi-denominational coalition of over 56 churches and faith-based organizations from all over the world, will be the keynote speaker at this year's diocesan convention.
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CCD: Coffee, Christ, and Donuts Returns! High schoolers are invited to join
Frances DeBlasio & Leah Romanelli at 480 Elder Ln, Winnetka, IL (the DeBlasio home) from 7-8AM every Wednesday that New Trier is in session. We eat breakfast, talk about life, and pet dogs. Friends are welcome! Rides are provided to school (including Northfield campus).
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Great Grand News! Your Grand Receipt donations have raised exactly
$2,258.50 since March. Nice job! Th
e money raised will help
bring our friends from the Lakota Rosebud Reservation to visit us this summer for a Chicago Mission Trip, so please keep turning them in!
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Inspiration Café
All high schoolers and their friends are invited to make and serve dinner together for the patrons at Inspiration Café in Uptown on
Saturday, October 29. We w
 ill meet in the Oak St. parking lot at 470 Maple St. and carpool to Inspiration Café at 3:00PM. After making and serving dinner, we will eat with the people we've met and then drive home, getting back around 9:00PM. As sophomore Lucy Kreisa said, "That was the most meaningful experience of my life." We can take 10 people, so please RSVP to
Leah Romanelli to reserve a seat.
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Service in the City
 In September of this year, the playground at Good New Partners in Rogers Park was burned to the ground during a gang initiation. It also damaged some of GNP's offices. On Sunday, October 30, all high schoolers and interested adults (skilled labor needed!) are encouraged to join us immediately after church as we grab lunch on the road and then head down to Rogers Park to make repairs on one of the only safe spaces the kids in the neighborhood have to play. We will return to Winnetka between 3:00-4:00PM.
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Youth Ministry Save the Dates
Saturday, October 22-Confirmation Students serve at A Just Harvest (4:15-7:30PM)
Saturday, October 29-High Schoolers make and serve dinner at Inspiration Café (3:00-9:00PM)
Sunday, October 30-High Schoolers make repairs at the Good New Partners playground in Rogers Park (11:45-4:00PM)
Thursday, November 10-High Schoolers serve at Bernie's Book Bank (11:00-3:30 PM)
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How to Share the Peace
In Romans 16:16, Paul tells members of the congregation to "greet one another with a holy kiss." Some Episcopalians worry about this part of the worship service due to its free-for-all nature. Some also feel uncomfortable because of their fear of being hugged. You can survive the peace, however, with these steps.
- Adopt a peaceful frame of mind: Clear your mind of distracting and disrupting thoughts so you can participate joyfully and reverently.
- Determine the appropriate form of safe touch: Handshaking is most common. Be prepared, however, for hugs, half-hugs, one-armed hugs, pats, and other forms of physical contact. Nods, peace signs, and waves are appropriate for distances greater than two pews.
- Refrain from extraneous chitchat: The sharing of the peace is not the time for lengthy observations about yesterday's game. Save the conversations for coffee hour.
- Make appropriate eye contact: The action of looking the person in the eye highlights the relationships brothers and sisters in Christ have with one another.
- Declare the peace of God: "The peace of the Lord be with you," "Peace be with you," "The peace of God," "God's peace," "Peace," and "The peace of Christ," are ways of speaking the peace. Once spoken, the peace is there.
--The Episcopal Handbook, p 36-37
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- October 14: Newcomers Party 6:30 - 8:30PM
- October 18: Annual Campaign Dinner 6:30 - 9PM
- October 22: Terry C. Butler Memorial Service 3PM
- October 23-29: Family Promise
- October 28:John Beebe Memorial Service 12PM
- November 4: 57th Annual Episcopal Charities Gala
- November 18-19: 2016 Diocesan Convention
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Pastoral Care is
funda
mental to our faith and a ministry of Christ Church. If you are facing illness, a life transition or challenging circumstances, please contact one of our clergy. We are available when you nee
d us for a hospital, home, or office visit. Christ Church has many lay volunteers who are readily available to provide meals and rides as needed. Please reach out to the clergy through the office at (847) 446-2850, or on their cell phones:
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