Thursday, Decmeber 8, 2022 - She will be Missed!
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Dear Friends in Christ,
After 7 wonderful years, Patrice Hansen is retiring from Christ Church as our Financial Administrator. She will spend more time nurturing her grandchildren, and she will be sorely missed. She is with us through the middle/end of January.
Patrice came in 2016, just as we were turning on the financial firehose of a multi-million dollar capital campaign. She has given us hard, highly skillful, warm-hearted work for 7 years (BTW, that's a Biblical number of completion). For an Episcopal church, we have a rather complicated system given the number of pledging units, the online and paper inflows from programs such as giving fairs and men's gatherings; a columbarium, an endowment, and an Outreach program disbursing over $50,000/year. Patrice can spin many plates. She will also gladly dive into the books to answer the smallest financial question from the rector or a ministry leader, and she is obsessive in the best possible way about making sure every penny is in its proper place.
No one will replace Patrice, but we do need a new Financial Administrator. Who in your network has a background in bookkeeping and wants to work in a friendly, vibrant community which makes a real difference in the world? In a highly gracious move, Pam Eversfield, has offered to make room for someone with accounting skills who also wants the additional hours of office administration. So the role could be 16 hours, or more like 28. Please pass this job posting far and wide.
Last Sunday we had 230 people in church, the highest Sunday attendance since we reopened after lockdown on Easter, 2021. The Spirit is moving in new and unexpected ways among us. Thanks be to God.
In Advent Hope and Peace,
Seth+
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TONIGHT at 7PM!!
Advent Film Group: No registration necessary - just come!
Fr. Seth will facilitate a 1 hour discussion. Before we gather, watch the 9-minute film titled Embodying Advent Faith. Phuc Luu is a theologian, philosopher, artist and writer. More of his bio is below. Discussion questions are here.
Join Zoom Meeting: Here Meeting ID: 892 9894 2116 Passcode: advent
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Intercessory prayer is at the heart of a Christian community.
Please offer your prayers for the following people.*
Especially Now for parishioners: Sonja Pavlik, Gigi Short
Especially Now for family and friends: Robin Govier (brother-in-law of Nancy Hills),Katie & Gabe Benavides (daughter and son-in-law of Diane & Jack Holzman), Leslie Foote Grajewski (daughter of Kari and Bill Foote), Siggy Grajewski (grandson of Kari and Bill Foote)
Long Term for parishioners: Tim Hancock, Martha Vogel, Karol Rehm, Jere Meyers, Grace Anne Cochrane, Rachel Kolb, Fran & Darrell Lile, Mark McLaughlin, Molly Hiller, Cathy Martin Braun
Long Term for family and friends: Chad, Justin, Teresa Dukes (mother of Alex Rikkers), Helga Rikkers (mother of Ben Rikkers), Rachel O’Brien (daughter of Lisa O’Brien) & James DesJardins, Jim Gramentine (father of Beth Durant), Wyatt Manger (grandnephew of DeDe Pitroff), Betsy Hahn (mother of the Rev. Kate Byrd), Keegan James (friend of Sara Frieder), William, Esther Gone (sister-in-law of Lydia Gone), Cris Foshage (aunt of Emily Schley), Gloria Stanford (mother-in-law of Kathy Stanford), Dixie Jonas (mother of Maggie Dietrich), Skeeter (brother of Sonja Pavlik), Lana Sarnovska, Zinoviy Bilan, Stefania Bilan, Oleg Sarnovsky, and Hanna Sarnovska (friends of Kathy Stanford), Kurt Roesner (brother of John Roesner), TajMahal (mother of Sandy Kashou)
Homebound: Grace Haydon, Fred Delmenhorst, Joanne Smith
Serving in the Armed Forces: Charlie Kobussen (son of Denise & Tim Kobussen), Billy Manger and Tanner Plomb (nephews of DeDe Pitrof), Matthew Herbstreith (son of Tom Herbstreith), Anthony Oakley (nephew of Sandy Kashou)
Parents Expecting: Emmy & Mike French, Sarah & Michael Finke (daughter of Beth & Ted Durant), Ingrid & Andrew Davis
Thanksgiving: For the birth of Connor Louis Allen to Parents, Megan & Tom Allen, and grandchild of Ann and Don Allen
Sunday Altar Flowers: are given to the glory of God and in memory of
Colonel Victor and Dottie Krzycki, Anna and Leo Krzycki, Effie and Irvin Erickson,
and Dr. Roger and MaryEllen Crane.
Sunday Chapel Flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory and celebration of Barbara and John Wright, and, in thanksgiving for Emily Dunlap,
with grace and love, by Deborah, Emily and Lauren.
Birthdays Next Week: Tom Content, Alan Forristall, Jack Miller, Donald Allen, Brigid Miller, Steve Schley, Samuel Harshner, Robert Bardunias, Margaret Marshall, Barbara McLaughlin, Jack Thome, Kendall Peters
Anniversaries: Rosemarie & Oswald Bwechwa
*The Christ Church Endowment Trust offers a means for providing permanent, lasting support for the maintenance and programs of the Church. You are invited to honor your loved one with a gift to one fund or a combination of the four. Contact the Endowment Board Chair, Ted Durant, for more information.
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Click here to see all the activities scheduled this month and beyond on the Christ Church calendar.
NOTE: If you are having trouble with our online Church directory, try refreshing the browser window. (press Ctrl R on Windows or Cmd R on a Mac)
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Fr.Seth's Special Christmas project!
Visit the Hospitality Center Tree!
Help us decorate the Good Shepherd Room Tree for Christmas and donate to the Hospitality Center:
We are a community of hope and dignity that welcomes all. We provide a space to gather and connect with essential resources.
Select an ornament: Every ornament has a suggested gift amount to support the Hospitality Center.
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Ends Sunday!
Donate Online through December 11th
On Sunday, we were thrilled to hold the first in-person Gifts of Hope alternative giving fair since 2019. 18 local and international non-profit organizations were represented in the Great Hall. If you missed it, there's still a chance to participate! See below how you can direct your tax deductible donation to one or more of these deserving non-profits. Thank you for giving this year. Your gifts are needed more than ever.
Questions?
If you didn't make it in person to the Fair... you can still visit the Gifts of Hope website and/or Print an order form HERE and drop at the church office with your donation by December 11th. Thank You!!
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ALWAYS APPRECIATED!
Keeping the Outreach wagon filled for All Peoples Church is a great way to remember the spirit of Christmas
APC Pantry Christmas wish list Due December 16
- Jiffy cornbread mix:50 boxes
- 10.5 oz Cream of Mushroom soup: 20 cans
- 5-7oz Hot sauce: 23
- 16ish oz Canola oil: 22
- Yams: 18 big or 32 small
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Saint Nicholas
(aka the Bishop of Myra) made a visit to Christ Church on Sunday! Find out more of about the history here
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Christ Church Women’s
Book Study Group
Join Us for a new book discussion beginning on December 5
INSPIRED Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
by Rachel Held Evans
Note: Our current book Practice of the Presence: A Revolutionary Translation by Carmen Acevedo Butcher will finish up on November 28.
Available on AMAZON here Also the book is available used for $3 ( new 13).
WHO: All women of Christ Church are invited (anytime)
WHEN: Mondays from 9:15 – 10:15 AM (optional social hour beforehand at 9:00), and every Monday thereafter
WHERE: On zoom
Zoom link HERE Password: “study”
Meeting ID: 837 0526 9913
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
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The Third Sunday of Advent
8am service Holy Eucharist, Quiet service
9:30 service - Holy Eucharist, Music with congregational singing and choir
Serving This Sunday:
8:00 am Service
Greeter/Usher: Tom Watson
Acolyte/Reader: Randy Dean
9:30 am Service
Vestry Greeter: Elizabeth Casey
Ushers: *Martha Morse, Tom King, David Short
Newcomer Host: Sarah Gottlieb Meredie Scrivner
Torch Bearers & Crucifer: Sully O'Connor, Henry Krems, Nicholas King
Eucharistic Ministers: Nicholas King, Gretchen Holder, Tim Kobussen
Lector: Margaret Cooper
Prayer Reader: George Marek
Coffee Hour Hosts:
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Set up Elizabeth Case, Jan Effinger
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Clean up: Margaret Marshall
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Christmas Services Schedule
December 24th 4:00 pm – Christmas Eve Service & Children’s Pageant
9:00 pm – Christmas Concert and Festive Choral Eucharist
December 25th 10:00 am – Christmas Day Eucharist (with carols)
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Updating your address!
If you have recently moved, please make sure the church has your contact information so we can stay in touch. Contact Pam Eversfield with any changes. Thank you!
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Thinking Bigger for Real Social Change
In-person in the Great Hall at 10:45am
If you are unable to join us in person, click here for the livestream
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THIS SUNDAY: December 11, 2022
Susan Dreyfus
Retired CEO of Alliance for Strong Families
Achieving the breakthrough results we have long wanted to see in health and human services that serve our neighbors experiencing poverty, homelessness, mental health, child abuse and neglect and education challenges is within our reach if we can move from thinking programs and services are the only answer to what will drive true systems change thinking for generational results.
Christ Church parishioner, Susan Dreyfus has recently stepped into what she likes to call her “Second Act” after close to 30 years working and leading in both the public and nonprofit social sectors at the county, state, and national levels. Susan believes that by focusing on the root causes that impact a person’s health and wellbeing, education success, economic stability and safety we can find the answers to these perplexing issues in our nation. Susan will share what we are learning as a nation from the advancing neurosciences and how inequities and systemic racism are perpetuated by policies and failed narratives that programs alone simply cannot solve for. She will offer insights into how we as individuals and as a congregation can be a bigger part of moving systemic change in addition to our crucial outreach efforts at Christ Church
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You can see other archived FORUM content, on our website here.
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Advent Devotions
Living Compass Devotions for Advent will be available in the nave at the back table.
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Change of Venue
CCLC Happy Hour Thursdays
Tonight December 8th at Church in the JT Room
at 4:30 pm
If you are newer to Christ Church, here's an aide for finding the JT Room - it's on the same level as the Great Hall, with its windows overlooking the back driveway. There's a short stairwell, or you can take the Elevator to the Great Hall Level and cross the hall to the foyer.
We will meet for Happy Hour Thursday at 4:30 pm in the JT Room at church. Lyn Slater has a cold and doesn't want anyone to be exposed to germs. As usual, wine will be available for $3.
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Do you accept the Festive challenge? Can you come with socks or anything else as festive as, or more festive than, my socks here? "
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Please Subscribe!
Contact our new Children's Ministry Coordinator Bailey Steger to keep informed about all the Children's programming.
Look for relevant info for kids on Fridays but you'll find it here in the Weekly Broadcast too.
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Jacob “The Conniving Survivor”.
This Sunday, December 11, 2022, we will have our middle school program immediately after the 9:30AM service from 10:45 to 11:45. We will be learning about our ancestor Jacob “the conniving survivor”.
Please plan on coming to learn more about this ancestor. Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.
Oswald+
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Fall 2022 Children's Ministry Calendar can be found here
We are still in need of mentors
to accompany our youth as they examine their faith and life. You can make a big difference in the life of a youth by your presence, prayers, and encouragement.
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Families!
Our nursery is staffed and open for all children, birth through 3 years old starting on September 11, from 9:15-10:45AM.
Sunday School meets for grades Pre3/4k-5th grade from 9:15AM until returning to worship during the passing of the peace. Calendar, locations, and classes will be shared in more detail next week. If you would like to volunteer to teach, please see the article below and contact Aaron Shoppa.
A Note on Preschool 3 year olds: We recognize that children grow at different stages and not all children are at the same areas of development at a specific age. If you think your child is ready to join us in Sunday School, then please do so. If not, the nursery is always available for children, birth through 3 years old. Feel free to make the best choice for your child, and if that varies from week to week or even at the mid-year point, that is totally okay!
Sunday School meets again this week, starting in the classrooms at 9:15AM and going until about 10:05AM when children enter worship to rejoin their families. Have you signed up to help teach or assist? We have NO ONE signed up to help on October 30. If we cannot find willing volunteers, we will have to cancel Sunday School for that morning.
Holy Moly: Naomi and Ruth
Connect - The Promise: Jacob and Esau
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Acolyte Sign-up - torchbearers and crucifers at the 9:30 service
Now is the time to sign up to be an acolyte this Fall. Young people are encouraged to help lead worship through the roles of torchbearer (3rd-5th grade) and crucifer (6th-12th grade).
No experience necessary as training can be available the day your child is signed up for or through a session at an upcoming youth group gathering. When signed up, please be at the church no later than 9:15AM or 9:00AM if it is your child's first time.
Sign up by adding your child's name to THIS LIST from Jean Bieszk or by sending her an email. THANKS!
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Isaiah 55:12 “For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”
Give the gift of outdoor experiences this Christmas!
Treat yourself, your family, or your friends to a lifetime of memories with the annual admission pass to Wisconsin's 66 state parks and all state forests. In addition to supporting the Wisconsin State Park System, your 2023 vehicle admission sticker directly support the operation of Wisconsin state parks, forests, recreation areas and trails.
(Seniors pass $13/year and regular in-state pass $28/year)
Here's to new hobbies, exciting adventures, and plenty of fresh air in 2023!
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FREE Virtual Event:
Thursday, December 15 at 7 p.m.
Join Ashley Hines, Holistic Home Organizer and
Owner of Thee Tailored life, and Dr. Lia Knox Mental Wellness Consultant and Founder of Knox Behavioral Health Solutions, for a conversation about organizing our mental and physical spaces during the winter season.
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Walk-Run Club
Every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. meet at red door (office entrance) of church
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Check out New Titles!
Visit our shelf in the J.T. room, Lending Library Just sign out a book on the clipboard and enjoy a good read!
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Wellness Reads:
Monthly Book Suggestion:
The Happiness Hypothesis
by Jonathan Haidt
by Charlie Mackery
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The Upside by Twill
How to Quiet Reason
and Listen to Your True Voice
You glance over your shoulder and see someone at the table behind you. Something inside of you instantly tells you that you should keep away. ..read more
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Recipe Corner:
Easy Slice ‘n’ Bake Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies.
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TEAM WELLNESS Next Meetings: Join Us! 3rd Monday at 4pm on zoom
Team Wellness promotes wellness for the community.
Our next meeting will be in 2023—details to follow. Please reach out to Kari at Karifoote@mac.com with questions.
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Via Zoom. If you are interested in attending, please reach out to Kari Foote
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SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, JANUARY 6, 2023
EPIPHANY BLOOD DRIVE
In the Great Hall
Or donate blood through the Red Cross here
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Future Posts from Team Wellness:
Mary Kay Anderson, Kari Foote, Betsy Head, Deacon Nancy Hills, Susan LaBudde, Maureen McCabe, Lisa O’Brien
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Men's
Book Group
led by
Greg Bell
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New Book Starting up September 8, at 9am meeting at church
Active Hope
How to Face the Mess We're in with Unexpected Resilience & Creative Power
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See further below for other ongoing opportunities for connection (Book Groups, Evening Prayer, Wednesday Contemplative service...etc).
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TOMORROW!
Please join the Collegium Ladyes
Women’s Choral ensemble as we perform
Wintergrace
a celebration of the joy and beauty of the Christmas season.
We look forward to singing for you at
7 pm FRIDAY, December 9th,
in the intimate setting of Saint Christopher’s Episcopal Church,
7845 N. River Road, River Hills.
The concert is free and open to the public; donations welcomed.
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Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m.
Join us through ZOOM for a short session of Lectio Divina followed by 15 minutes of Centering Prayer.
Lectio Divina: listening to a short passage, often from a psalm, and then, without comment, sharing the words or phrase that spoke to you.
Centering Prayer: a gentle, silent prayer in which individuals often use their own 'sacred word' to which they return when their thoughts wander - as thoughts always do. Beginners most welcome!
ZOOM
Meeting ID: 827 8771 3769
Passcode: CENTER
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Wednesday AM Contemplative
Eucharist
Service
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LIVE in the nave!
Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. - 9:40. A short retreat in the middle of the week. So many of us are searching for a bit of peace in our busy lives. Even a few moments of deep connection with God, ourselves, and others can profoundly recharge us for the journey.
2nd and 4th Wednesdays there will be an opportunity in the Chapel for the laying on of hands and healing prayer. contact Fr. Oswald with any questions
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Wednesday + Thursday Evening Prayer |
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Wednesday and Thursday - 5:30pm
To call into Evening Prayer, call 312 626 6799
Type in Meeting ID 847 2947 4435
Passcode: 019453
The service is a beautiful expression of peace and calm at the end of the day and lasts only 20 minutes
On ZOOM: Join the meeting here
Newcomers are especially welcome.
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Download the latest Martha and Mary newsletter here
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eWeekly Broadcast submissions
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Please email both Julie Thauer and Pam Eversfield. As always, submissions are due by noon on Wednesdays to make it into the Thursday e-Weekly Broadcast for that week.
Please note:
Pam Eversfield manages the parish calendar and building use for events.
Julie Thauer publishes the scheduled events in the eWeekly Broadcast.
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Christ Church Health and Safety Protocols for In-Person Worship
Jesus asks to love our neighbors as ourselves. In this spirit, we ask you to observe these protocols:
• Masks are welcome and optional
• For now, protocols for programs containing kids 4K and younger will follow the lead of WFB Schools.
• We will continue to ventilate the space with fresh air.
•We strongly encourage vaccination for all those who are eligible and we encourage the unvaccinated to wear a mask for their own protection.
• As always, our virus response will be subject to change based on new variants and other factors.
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Continue to watch this weekly newsletter for the most recent updates and changes.
The clergy are available by email:
In the case of a pastoral emergency,
contact Fr. Seth at 414-630-6143 or Fr. Oswald at 414-750-7165.
The church office is open Wednesdays from 8am - 2pm and
Thursdays from 10am-4pm. Please call ahead, 414-946-3368, if you need to see someone in person. Staff may be contacted by email throughout the week.
Email Pam for parish administration issues such as membership, prayer requests, columbarium, building use, calendar scheduling by email.
Email Patrice for business and giving or pledging questions anytime or by phone on Wednesdays.
Email Julie for communication issues such as the e-Weekly Broadcast newsletter, the Sunday Bulletin, media, website or anytime or by phone on Thursdays in the office.
Email Alex for building and grounds issues
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