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Worship Times
Sundays, 8 & 10 am
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A Nursery is available
during the 10:00 a.m. service.
Coffee Hour fellowship follows both services;
join us for treats, and conversation.
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Clergy & Staff
Amy Noe, Parish Administrator
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Parish Vestry
(term expires)
Tracy Higgins, Warden
(1/20)
Steve Brooks, Warden (1/21)
Cate Williams, Treasurer
Members:
(1/20)
Amy Koegel, Judy Thornton, Sally Van Vranken
(1/21)
Stacy Cook
(1/22) Heather Horeled, Lorraine Taylor
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Monthly Events
The next CRYSTAL LAKE FOOD PANTRY volunteer opportunity is Friday, December 6. Shift times are 8:30-11:30 a.m., or 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Contact Cate Williams if you can help.
A FREE COMMUNITY MEAL
is offered at St. Mary's on the third Saturday of every month. The meal is served from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., and ALL are welcome. There is no RSVP required. Free will donations will be accepted. Please watch the newsletter and website for the menu, which will be published a week or two before the event. The next Community Meal is Saturday, December 21.
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We Pray For
Parishioners: Marion,
Cindy, John, Glenice, John, Amalia, Elmer, Harry, Shirley, Cate, Amy, Gladys, El, Carol, Lorraine, Steve, Margaret, Judy,
Bob,
John, Matthew, and Elizabeth, Galen & Betsy, and all those seeking employment
Family/Friends:
Genevieve, Ashley, Kyle, Neil and Des, Shannon and family, Sarah Margaret, Rick, Sylvia, Jess, Betty and Del, Elyse and Chris, Al and Karen, Peggy, Denise, Gabriel, Rev. Bill Beachy, Mark, Joanne, Lauren,
Lynn, Rachel, Maria,
Kay, Cora,
Saul, Susan, Brian, Mark,
Tom, Tom,
Pat, Billy, Gary, Kevin,
Kelly, Carole, Kurt, Gail, Regina, Sue, Maggie, Nicci,
Sarah
Those Who Have Died
Michael, friend of Jane Helmboldt
Those Who Mourn
Jane and the family of Michael, including Gail, John, and Rebecca
Armed Forces
Michael, Jeremy
Birthdays Nov. 21-27
11.22 Cindy Martin
11.26 Steve Siler
11.27 Kathy Vernsten
Anniversaries Nov. 21-27
11.27 Harry & Marion
Dillon
(71 years!)
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From the Rector
Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. Mary's,
This Sunday please join us for our
annual Thanksgiving service at 9:00 a.m.
The choir will be leading us in singing some of our favorite thanksgiving hymns and following the service, everyone is welcome to join us for a
potluck brunch
in the Great Hall. Please bring a dish to share if you wish.
Please note that we will only have one service at 9:00 a.m. this Sunday.
I hope you will join us as we gather to give thanks for all the blessings of this life and for all the blessings of our parish. We are also asking that you
return your pledge card for 2020 this Sunday
so that we can really begin to work on our budget for the coming year. Our goal is 100% participation as all pledges do matter and they all make a difference. Pledges are the main source of income that we rely on to continue our ministries and cover our operating expenses. Many of you have already turned in a pledge for 2020 and I thank you for your generosity. If you need a pledge card you may pick one up at the back of the church or ask for one in the church office.
This week St. Mary's received a wonderful blessing. When you arrive at church on Sunday you will notice that a grand piano is now on our altar next to the organ.
The grand piano is a gift from Gail Head
and I am so very grateful for this lovely instrument that will enhance our music program here at St. Mary's for years to come. Some of you know that Sandy and Gail had two pianos in their home and Gail has gifted one of them to our parish. The piano not only sounds lovely and looks lovely, but it is a wonderful gift that reminds us of the wonderful gift of music that Sandy gave to this parish for twenty-five years. Thank you Gail Head, this is such a blessing for the entire parish. The grand piano will be blessed and dedicated at our Service of Advent Lessons and Carols on Sunday December 8
th
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This week our
Annual Diocesan Convention
is being held at the Westin in Lombard IL on Friday and Saturday. I will be attending the convention with our convention delegates and alternates as well as other members of the parish. St. Mary's will actually be represented well at convention with eleven members attending.
We will be attending workshops, and voting on resolutions as well as participating in a diocesan wide worship service.
It is Jeff Lee's final convention with us as our Diocesan Bishop. Jeff is retiring in August of 2020. The new bishop will be elected at a special electing convention to be held at St. James Cathedral on Saturday June 20, 2020. In the spring the search committee will announce a slate of names of those running for Bishop, and we will have an opportunity to attend question and answer sessions to hear each one of the candidates. As soon as the slate for our election is made public you will be informed.
See you all on Sunday,
Fran+
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Update on Deacon Postulant,
Mike Choquette
As many of you know, Mike Choquette is a postulant for Holy Orders to the deaconate and St. Mary's is his sponsoring parish. Mike and his wife Terry have been away since last January while Mike has been completing his field education at St. Lawrence in Libertyville. Mike is expected to become a candidate for ordination and be ordained to the deaconate sometime in the late spring or early summer, before Bishop Jeff Lee retires.
Mike will return to St. Mary's after his ordination, subject to the Bishop's approval.
It is true that the Bishop can always appoint a deacon to another ministry based on the needs of the diocese, but we do expect that Mike will return to St. Mary's following his ordination, at least for a time. Traditionally deacons in our diocese have remained at the churches that have raised them up, but this is truly up to the bishop. It is also true that a new bishop can make changes as to how and where deacons serve, but I am confident that the Holy Spirit will provide for us and for Mike as life continues to change in our diocese, and as my grandmother used to say "we'll cross that bridge if and when we come to it." I will keep you informed as Mike's process continues and I ask that you continue to keep Mike in your prayers. Mike will make a wonderful deacon for St. Mary's and the wider church!
Fran
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Advent Begins December 1
Volunteers are Needed
Lessons & Carols Readers:
The beautiful and tranquil service of Advent Lessons & Carols
is scheduled for
December 8,
beginning at
10:00 a.m.
, in place of the usual Rite II Choral Eucharist. Communion will not be offered at this service. If you are interested in reading one of the lessons, please see the
sign-up sheet in the Narthex
. (The 8:00 a.m. service will be held as usual.)
Lighting of the Advent Wreath:
Families or individuals are needed each Sunday to light the Advent wreath at the beginning of the service. The sign-up sheet is located on a table in the Narthex.
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Intergenerational
St. Nicholas Festival
Sunday December 8
11:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Advent is coming
and so is
St. Nicholas! Don't miss this event!
Come meet a special visitor, make Christmas crafts, share homemade cookies and have a great lunch. This free event is for all ages! Invite friends and neighbors, bring your children and grandchildren, and young-at-heart adults. You may RSVP here, and also indicate if you'd like to bring cookies to share.
Volunteers
are needed to
run/assist with the craft tables
, and also
oversee the lunch/cookie table
. Please contact Amy Koegel if you have any questions or are interested in helping! Thank you!
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ReVive Center for Housing and Healing Christmas Basket Program
There is only one week left to sponsor a needy individual for the ReVive Center's Christmas Basket Program. This is a wonderful opportunity for members of our Parish to purchase Jewel gift cards or shop for individual Christmas gifts for some of the most impoverished families of our metropolitan area. See the display in the Great Hall to sign up!
We still have several individuals who have not been sponsored!!
Please wrap and label gifts (new) and put them in a cardboard box for transport to the ReVive Center. Label the box with the family code number.
Please leave the box unsealed
, so that we can add gift cards to it.
Please bring
gift cards to the office
and
gift items to the Nursery
by 11:00 a.m. Sunday, December 1.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you to everyone for continuing to make this fun outreach ministry so meaningful and successful!
Cate Becker,
2019 Christmas Basket Ministry Coordinator
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Diaper and Wipe Drive
My name is Michael Mauger and I am doing my Eagle Project for Boy Scouts. For my project I have chosen to run a diaper and wipe drive to benefit the Northern Illinois Diaper Bank.
Please consider bringing diapers and wipes to St. Mary's during the month of November to help me meet my goal of 500 packages.
I chose this organization because they have helped my family with diapers, since my brother uses so many for his gastroparesis. There will be a collection bin at church. Thank you!
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Creating Sacred Space in Advent
A Labyrinth Walk
Saturday, December 14
9:30 a.m. to Noon
St. Mary's Great Hall
For this walk, we will gather on the second Saturday of December, pausing in our outward preparations to share time creating sacred space. No previous experience is needed.
Walking together on the labyrinth pattern creates a symbolic outward journey that tunes us in to our inward journey. The path for both our outward and inward journey toward the coming of Jesus, will be framed by story, music and sacred scripture.
You are invited. Come on December 14th to walk and to listen, and to share the gifts our loving God has prepared for us this Advent season.
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Fundraiser for St. Mary's
Get a Jump-Start on Your Christmas Shopping!
We have a great opportunity for you to do a little Christmas shopping, and help St. Mary's at the same time, thanks to parishioner, Claudia Majzner. Claudia is a Thirty-One consultant, and if you purchase anything online during the month of November,
20% of the sales will be donated to St. Mary's
! Thirty-One offers a variety of products from lunch totes to travel bags, bags for storage, crafting, and everything in between.
Click here to go to Claudia's page on the Thirty-One website and start shopping - for yourself, or for everyone on your Christmas list.
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29th Annual Community Harvest
The Crystal Lake Community Harvest combines the efforts of the Crystal Lake Chamber and the Crystal Lake Food Pantry to collect food and funds throughout the Fall to be distributed to local families during the winter months.
Grocery bags can be found in the Narthex, with a list attached of needed items.
Please take a bag, fill it with your donations, and return it to church THIS Sunday, November 24th.
For
monetary donations,
checks may be made payable to the
Crystal Lake Food Pantry
, with notation "
Community Harvest".
All donations will be blessed and then taken to the Food Pantry.
On
Thanksgiving morning, November 28, 8:00-10:00 a.m., volunteers will help organize the donations
. If you would like to volunteer, sign-up here.
Please help the pantry reach it's 2019 goal of 75,000 pounds of food, and $75.000. No donation is too small. Thank you!!
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15th Annual Free
Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, November 28
12:00 Noon
(one seating)
Our friends at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Barrington, are once again hosting a Free Thanksgiving Dinner, open to anyone. There will be plenty of food, music, entertainment and fellowship for the entire family. If you are interested, please call the office so they can be prepared with enough treats for everyone!
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave. Barrington, Il
847-381-2323
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Annual McHenry County Santa Run for Kids
Benefiting: Main Stay Therapeutic Farm, CASA of McHenry County, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Girls on the Run NWIL, and Turning Point
When:
December 1, 2019
~ 9:00 am start
Where:
Raue Center for the Arts
26 N Williams Street
Crystal Lake, IL. 60014
To register, volunteer, or donate online, click here.
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