CCN Weekly eBlast: June 17, 2021

Weekly news & announcements

June 17, 2021

Collect of the Day

O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Click here to see this week's readings.

Prayer list

Email your prayer request to our office.

To keep the prayers fresh and intentional, we will reset the list on July 4.

The Week Ahead

See what's happening this week and month on our online calendar.

Your faithful giving supports our mission and serves Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves. Give online.

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In-person, Indoor worship continues THIS SUNDAY!

We are overjoyed to regather INSIDE in-person again this Sunday. The guidelines were updated after last Sunday, view them here.

Please note: there is no registration, all church doors will be open, and masks are required for those who aren't fully vaccinated and for all when singing.

Celebrate Nancy Lankford at Coffee Hour this Sunday

Join us in-person or on Zoom at this Sunday's coffee hour to pay tribute to, thank and honor our effervescent Nancy Lankford. For 16 years Nancy has led the Christ Church ministry with our sisters and brothers at the MANNA community at the Cathedral of St. Paul in downtown Boston. Last Spring Nancy decided, reluctantly, to retire from the leadership of this wonderful program. We all miss her. Read more about the program and Nancy's contributions on page 9 of The Visitor .

Summer Lectio Divina on Wednesdays

Last summer some of us met via Zoom from 7:00 to about 7:45 to do Lectio Divina as a group.

Lectio Divina is a fun, heart-centered, ancient way to hang out with God by reading a short, short, short passage of scripture and making it real and relevant to our own life. Doing it as a group gives us lots of insight that we might not get doing it on our own.We are looking to start on Wednesday, June 23, at 7:00 PM. Click here for the Zoom info. Contact either Claudia Yapp or Heidi Fieldston if you have questions or are interested. ALL WELCOME!

The MANNA Monday Lunch Program NEEDS You!

The MANNA Monday Lunch Program is looking for volunteers to help supply food to the program on the second Sunday of each month. Monthly CCN supplies:

5 casseroles (recipe provided)
4 households to supply 25 baked goods each (nut-free and individually wrapped)
3 households to supply 25 bananas each
3 households to supply 25 bagged lunches each (PBJ sandwich and juice box)
1 driver to the Cathedral in Boston one Sunday a month

Email Joanna Starr or Ingrid Melvin with questions.

CCN Ice Cream Flash Mob

Join the CCN Community for an ICE CREAM FLASH MOB next Thursday, June 24 at 7pm at Needham Junction Ice Cream.

Summer Worship Bulletins

Beginning this week, both the online and printed bulletins are designed to be reused through July. View the online service bulletin. The day's collect and readings are here (includes the prayer list) or here on the liturgical calendar.

Summer Office Hours

Summer office hours started this week. The office is open Monday-Thursday 9am - 2pm and closed on Friday.

Please note the office is closed this Monday, June 21 in honor of Juneteenth, which marks the end of chattel slavery in the United States.

Memorial Garden Care

Please consider volunteering a week or two this summer to help care for our lovely Sanctuary Garden. The tasks include light weeding, dead-heading and keeping walkways and benches clean. No watering or lawn care is required. Please contact Winnie or the office to sign up. Your help is much appreciated!

Women's Dinner Gathering

The women of the congregation are invited to gather at Donna Vello’s house for dinner and conversation on Tuesday, June 29 at 6pm, at 141 Hawthorn Ave, Needham (across from Perry Park). Come around back to the right of the garage.

Please bring your own dinner. Paper goods and drinks will be supplied. Thank you to Kim Lysaght who hosted us in May. So we can plan, please let Donna know if you are able to join us. We look forward to seeing you all again!

Rosemary Street Property Report

The Rosemary Street project report was inadvertently abridged in the most recent Visitor due to space limitations. The sales analysis and net profit chart were omitted. View the report in full here. Our apologies.

Thank you to Phil Trussell for managing this extensive project!

MANNA Thanks!

Read the thank you from Jennifer McCracken and the MANNA Community. Thank you for keeping this important ministry going.

Beyond the Parish

Celebrating Juneteenth and reckoning with racial injustice

All are invited to gather online with Bishop Gayle E. Harris for a virtual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 19 at 4:30 p.m., commemorating the date in 1865 when word of slavery’s end in the U.S. finally reached Galveston, Tex. The Juneteenth event will also mark the Feast of Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Mashonaland in 1896. All are welcome; registration is required here.

Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts June 2021 Newsletter

Explore the DioMass June newsletter here.

View Regathering Team and COVID-19 Updates here.

If you or someone in your family is in the hospital or in need of pastoral care, please call the church office so that our clergy or the Pastoral Response Ministry team may be notified and tend to the need.

The office number is (781) 444-1469, and you can reach Nick at ext. 113.