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November 3, 2016
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Food Pantry First
This Sunday
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the
 Food Pantry last month! Our cash donations were fantastic and allowed us to purchase quite a haul of canned fruit.
This Sunday, we will collect shampoos, conditioners, toothpaste and toothbrushes. Cash donations are gratefully accepted as well. Any questions, email
Mary Anderson.
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This Sunday at Christ Church
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Sunday Faith & Practice
All Saints Day Service Project
After the 9:30 service, please join us for refreshments and a fun servi
ce project! We will be packing 200+ delicious
, h
ealthy lunches for A Just Harvest. Refreshments will be in the McClain Room and the project will be in the hallway just outside. All ages can help and this is in lieu of Church School classes, so please join us!
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This is Cornerstone Sunday
REACH OUT, REACH IN, REACH GOD
Your continued support of the mission and ministries of Christ Church is greatly appreciated. Please return your pledge card by bringing it to worship on Sunday when all will be invited to walk forward as part of the offertory procession, and we'll place our pledge cards in a central basket.
Or, click here to submit your pledge online. (Online pledgers can participate in the Cornerstone Sunday procession too! Keep an eye out for "I pledge online" cards, available in church on Sunday) Thank you.
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All Saints Evensong &
Community Dinner
Please join us a
t 6:00PM on All Saints' Sunday 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. There will also be a place to write in any additional names to be read before the service begins.
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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Give Christmas Joy to Families in Need 
The Christ Church Christmas Program provides gifts, food, basic necessities -- and evidence of God's love in the world -- to families and individuals all over Chicago. This year we will provide Christmas for:
- 125 families with little or no income
- 54 lonely senior citizens
- Over 150 residents of 6 Episcopal agencies
- 50 homeless men and women
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We know you don't really want to eat all of it yourself. Donate it to our Christmas Angels ministry. We give it out to many of the seniors and larger families that we adopt from Revive. Please deliver to the Parish Office - 470 Maple Street. The staff will try to keep the nibbling to a minimum. Thanks!
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Pie Crust Workshop
Love Thanksgiving but dread making the pie crust? Our very own Mary Jo McMillin, professional chef, caterer, former restaurant owner and cookbook author, is offering a Pie Crust Workshop on Sunday, Nov. 13, 11:45AM in the kitchen at Church on the Hill. We will learn her trusted recipe and techniques for turning out that perfect crust! We have room for 2 more and $5 is requested to cover costs. Please RSVP to Melissa Durbin,
Melissa@christchurchwinnetka.org.
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Christmas Pageant and Children & Youth Service
 All children and youth are invited to participate in our Christmas Pageant and Children & Youth-led Service. On Sunday, December 18 our young people will put on our traditional Nativity
as well as
lead all other aspects of our worship service. Everyone is encouraged to sign up to participate in one or
both
activities, as they prefer.
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Weekend Wrapping Workshops - We Need YOU!
Saturday 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 & 12/3 - 10AM-2PM
. Come to the Great Hall 
(470 Maple St., Winnetka). We will be wrapping packages for many clients at Revive, Grace House, St. Leonard's, and other social service agencies in Chicago. (This effort is IN ADDITION to a family that you choose to adopt on your own.) Your children are most welcome - with your supervision, of course! Please join us. Questions? Contact Charlotte McGee at cvm@mostlymcgee.com or 847-404-8842.
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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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Hy-Holy-Hoodie Sunday: December 4
What in the world??? This special Sunday is a direct outgrowth of our Youth Mission Trip this past summer. We visited the Family Cultural Ca
mp on the Rosebud Lakota Reservation in SD. We learned of some very specific on-going needs that our youth felt they could help fill. Hy-Holy-Hoodie Sunday is Christ Church's opportunity to reach out to our Lakota friends in a concrete way. Let's break it down:
- Hy: Comes from the word "hygiene". The camp provides toiletries to all of its campers who arrive with nothing. The camp is in constant need of large size (think Costo) shampoo, conditioner, body wash, toothpaste, and toothbrushes.
- Holy: Because this work is holy work and comes right from Jesus. "Do unto others..."
- Hoodie: Refers to hoodie sweatshirts. Our Christ Church youth learned that, despite very different upbringings, they shared much in common with their Lakota counterparts. They all are connected to their phones. They all love to talk sports. They all want to be cool. Being cool for the Lakota is wearing hoodie sweatshirts. (Winter jackets are spurned.)
So on December 4 we are asking everyone to: 1) Wear a hoodie sweatshirt (new or very gently used, all sizes for children and adults). They love professional sports teams. Colleges, not so much. Can't really relate. Plain is also a great option. Wear it to church and leave it on the altar as part of the offertory, 2) Bring some large size toiletries to church, also leave them at the altar during the offertory, and 3) Be holy knowing that we are doing God's work. We will ship everything out to our friends in SD in time for Christmas.
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Wrap & Roll Caroling Party: Sunday, December 18th 6:00-9:00PM
"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!" -Buddy the Elf in Elf 
It's (almost) that time of year! Mark your calendars and call your family and friends-the caroling party is around the corner. Thrown by the youth and parents of our congregation, we will wrap presents for the homeless, eat dinner (and Christmas cookies!) together, sing carols, and get a visit from St. Christopher-I mean St. Nicholas! It's a great time to celebrate with your church family and introduce your friends and relatives to our church community.
There's a recommended donation of $15/person and $30 total per family, but no need to RSVP. The more the merrier, so save the date!
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Book Group
Our next book will be
The Relevance of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change Politics, by former U.S. Senator and Episcopal Priest John Danforth, which we will start discussing Monday, Nov. 7. Book Group meets every Monday morning at 10:00 in the McClain Room. Any questions, please contact Melissa Durbin,
Melissa@christchurchwinnetka.org.
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A Day Off Means a Day of Service at Bernie's Book Bank: 
Thursday, November 10 9:45 AM-2:00 PM
All youth are invited to come with us to Lake Bluff, IL where we'll sort books and prepare deliveries for at-risk children in the Chicagoland area. Meet in the Oak St. parking lot of 470 Maple St. to carpool. We'll serve from 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and then get lunch together on the way home. Friends are always welcome!
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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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Today, as we celebrate All Saints Day, we debut our new white vestments and paraments, given in honor and memory of Lois "Mo" Heald, a long time parishioner of Christ Church.
Vestments are ceremonial clothing worn by priests, deacons, and lay people who help lead worship. Today you can see that the clergy are wearing the new white chasuble (Nadia) and stoles. The chasuble is the circular cloak-like garment and the stole the strip of material that goes over the neck. The chasuble is an echo of the first-century paenula or coat, that many believe Jesus wore during the Last Supper. The person celebrating the Eucharist always wears the chasuble. A stole may be worn with or without a chasuble. It descends from the stole that ancient government officials wore as a type of badge. You will notice that Heath wears her stole diagonally over her left shoulder, which signifies that she is a deacon. Under both the stole and chasuble, the clergy person wears an alb-a white robe, which is tied with a rope belt called a cincture. The acolytes and chalice bearers also wear an alb and cincture.
The priest's vestments match the clothes on the altar, which are called paraments. The color of the paraments and vestments reflect the liturgical season (time of year in the church calendar). We use white on All Saints Day because it's a feast day (celebration day). White represents purity, innocence, joy, light, glory, and triumph.
In Episcopal 101 we answer the whys and hows of doing church together. Have a question you'd like answered? Email Leah@christchurchwinnetka.org and be on the lookout for your answer!
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- November 4: 57th Annual Episcopal Charities Gala
- November 6: 2:00AM Daylight Savings Time (Clock Backward)
- November 12: Christmas Angels Workshop 10:00AM - 2:00PM
- November 13: Pie Crust Workshop
- November 18: Office Closed - Join us at the Convention
- November 18-19: 2016 Diocesan Convention
- November 19: Christmas Angels Workshop 10:00AM - 2:00PM
- November 24: Thanksgiving Day Worship 10:00AM
- November 25: Church Office Closed
- November 26: Christmas Angels Workshop 10:00AM - 2:00PM
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Feed My Starving Children
For the first time, I volunteered for a half day to help package food to send overseas to  many starving children in different parts of Africa. I had no idea what was in store for me or how in the world, we could pack food to send such a distance. I couldn't have been more surprised and overwhelmed at the organization, enthusiasm, and dedication of this group. We were informed about the project, assigned our jobs, and put to work. But, such excitement and group spirit ensued as everyone moved to the music that played in the background as we did our jobs of packing to the beat. Then the young people generated a competitive spirit to see how fast they could do their jobs next to the group in front of them. It was contagious as we all either filled food packets, stacked them, or filled boxes to be sent to various parts of the world. The place was "jumping." We all had such fun together as we knew we were making a difference to children around the world who were starving and living in poverty. We were shown pictures of the children before and after they had been on this diet of nutritious food for several months. The difference was astounding!! After all was packed and ready to go, we prayed over the food to send it on to God's children. The entire experience was a spiritual "high" and I would strongly recommend it, especially to families.
~ Mary Walther
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Keyboard Extravaganza II
A concert to benefit Family Promise Chicago North Shore
and Interfaith Action
Enjoy the keyboard performances of Richard Clemmitt, Jay Peterson, Kingsley Day, David Lornson, Aaron Stampfl, Paul Vander Weele, Sheran Fiedler and special guests
Andrew Nelson, clarinet and Margaret Philbrick, trumpet.
Sunday, November 6, 3:00PM.
First Congregational Church
of Evanston, UCC, 1445 Hinman Ave.,Evanston, IL
Tickets available at the door:
$25 Adults
$10 Students
For more info call: (847)475-4267
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Considered Serving at A Just Harvest?
It's a rewarding and satisfying experience that will leave you with a sense of peace and gratitude - give it a try!
We encourage all parishioners - young and old - to get involved in this worthwhile and meaningful outreach.
- We need One Cook & Server for Tuesday, November 8
- We need Five Cooks for Saturday, November 26
Click here to SIGN UP ON Sign Up Genius to volunteer.
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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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