Dean's Greeting
The Very Rev. Dominic Barrington
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St. Francis professedly told his followers to preach the gospel of Jesus at all times, "‘using words if you really have to!" While the attribution of this saying to Francis is apocryphal, the sentiment is a fine one and it leaps out of the Bible readings we will hear this Sunday. It starts with the one we call the "good shepherd," because this Sunday we hear Jesus’ famous words that he "lays down his life for the sheep." Those are not empty words. That’s what Jesus did and it sets a tremendous example. He tells us that "hired hands" run away. They do not (to use a non-Biblical turn of phrase) have "skin in the game."
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God challenges us to put
our own skin in the game.
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The example is not an academic one, according to St. John, who bluntly tells his first church community that “we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s good and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses to help?” This Sunday, often called Good Shepherd Sunday, is not meant to evoke some pastoral scene of lambs frolicking in fields. It’s a day we should be celebrating because God has given us the ultimate example and challenges us to put our own skin in the game with God. That’s costly and worth celebrating!
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Special Dean's Forum
Sunday, Apr. 22 at 10 a.m. in Kyle's Place Gallery
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What is it like to pray for the Queen when she is in the congregation? How many visitors and worshippers visit St. Paul’s daily? Come and hear about a day in the life of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, from its Dean, David Ison.
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Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Saturday, Apr. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
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There are only a few tickets left
for one of the most exciting programs presented at St. James in recent memory! For just one night only, the Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral-London make their first Chicago appearance in 65 years. Led by Director of Music Andrew Carwood, the internationally acclaimed choir performs some of the finest music written for children's voices, including
Drei Motteten by Felix Mendelssohn,
Five Motets by George Malcom, and
Miss Brevis in D by Benjamin Britten.
More information.
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Memorial Service
Saturday, Apr. 28 at 11 a.m.
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Canon Miriam Hoover, a beloved member of St. James Cathedral died peacefully on March 6 in Palm Springs, at the age of 104. Miriam loved the Episcopal Church and served on the boards of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and Episcopal Charities and Community Services.
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Parents Meeting
Sunday, Apr. 29 at 10 a.m. in Kyle's Place Gallery
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If you have children in the Sunday School or nursery, you are invited to join Director of Children's Ministries Alison Barrington and other St. James parents to discuss kids, God, faith, and formation at church and home.
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Upcoming Dean's Forums Series
Sundays, May 6, 13, and 20 at 10 a.m. in Kyle's Place Gallery
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Join this in-depth study of the Acts of the Apostles and the growth of the church. Acts is a continuation of the story Luke began in the Gospel story of the life of Jesus. In the Acts of the Apostles, the author describes how the early church fulfilled the command Jesus gave to preach the gospel “in his name among all nations.” There will be no forum on May 27.
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Choral Evensong
Sunday, May 6 at 4 p.m.
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Fifty years after his death, St. James Cathedral honors the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and “Dean of American Church Music,” Leo Sowerby, who was Organist-Choirmaster here from 1927–1962.
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Moms, Music, and Merrymaking!
Sunday, May 13 after the 11 a.m. service
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The Cathedral Choristers will give a brief concert after the 11 a.m. service on Mother's Day, May 13. Come celebrate all they have accomplished in their first year with a mimosa or a nonalcoholic mocktail! A freewill offering will be collected supporting chorister scholarships for their summer choir camp.
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Those who suffer
in mind, body, or spirit, especially
Tom Spanos, Lisa Hackney-James, Stacey Morris, Cayla, Zoe, Carlton, Papi Anastasia, Tara Latina, Sam Bower, Trudy Paddleford, Jean Rich, Jovan, Gert Douglas, Klara Panontin, John Panontin, Jovan, Jeff S., Susan, Mildred Reid, Yvonne Jackson, Carole Brawner, Susie Coker, Margit Suar, Leah Gray, Dolores Fleming, Jim Draheim, Janet Grip, Ben, Tammy Coleman, Yaffa, Jim, Katie, Karen Patterson, Lori Berquam, Bob Wertz, Carole Harris, Liam, Lorraine Thomas, John Antonio, A.J., Ruby, Donna Buck, Kirstin Osgood, Jordan Hamilton, Mique Armato, Jane Marineau, Elsa Vainzettel,
and for those whose hurts, burdens and fears go unspoken.
Those preparing for marriage
includi
ng
Leslie Delany & John Yeoman.
Those who have died
that
were known and loved in th
e cathedral community, including
Chuck McLaughlin
; and last week’s victims
of gun violence in Chicago.
Diocesan Prayer Cycle
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Congregations in the Elgin Deanery:
St. Philip, One in Christ, St. Mary, and St. James;
Companion Dioceses of Southeast Mexico and Renk:
San Juan Bautista in Oaxaca and St. Bartholomew in Thiangrial
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