This Sunday please welcome the Rev. Jane Clark. She will be our supply priest at both the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services. Some of you may remember Jane as she has been here before. Jane is the former rector of St. Andrews in Grayslake, and is now retired and doing supply work in the Diocese of Chicago. Mike Choquette will be leading Morning Prayer on Zoom at 9:00 a.m. and a virtual coffee hour will follow. I will be off this weekend, returning to the office on Tuesday. If you should have a pastoral care concern or emergency please contact Amy in the office, or one of the Co-Wardens Mike Higgins or Steve Brooks.
Mike Choquette and I are trying to reach out to all of our parishioners who feel that they cannot attend church at this time. We are happy to bring home communion to your door. We can drop this off on Sunday or another time during the week. In some cases people have made arrangements to pick up communion and take it home, which is also an option. We are using a pre-sealed communion cup with bread and wine, or gluten free bread and juice. Please note that this is what we are consecrating and using at our Sunday morning services. You may email me or call the office if you wish home communion.
Congratulations to Andy Wasilk who received his senior cross at our 10:30 a.m. service last Sunday. It is our tradition to award the cross to seniors who have served as acolytes, and those youth who have been involved in our Sunday worship as ushers, and/or lectors. Andy graduated this past June and is going to the University of Wisconsin-Stout this fall to study food science. He has been a wonderful, dedicated acolyte and we wish him well. We will also be awarding Michael Mauger his senior cross later this summer. We have been very blessed to have many wonderful youth involved with worship at St. Mary’s.
To participate by phone only: 312-626-6799; phone meeting ID: 826 0737 1151
If you are participating by phone, you can access the same service document that Zoom participants can see. Click here to view the service on your computer. (The Zoom link, phone number, and ID will remain the same every Sunday.)
You may also access the bulletin for the service. This will be the same bulletin used all summer, so you only need to print once.
The Sunday readingsfor July 26 may also be downloaded so you can follow along.
Please note the live-streamed services will be recorded and are available to watch at any time.
In-Person Worship Guidelines
Maximum of 40 person in the pews.
Stay home if you feel sick.
Masks are required.
Sanitize and wash hands (sanitizer is available throughout the building).
Keep a distance of 6 ft from people you are not quarantined with at this time.
No singing is allowed in the church.
No Coffee hour at this time; you may visit outside wearing masks, and keeping properly distanced.
Communion will be available in a pre-sealed cup with bread / wine, or gluten free bread / juice.
One person in the bathrooms at a time in order to be distanced.
Rev. Fran will be on the altar with one LEM. We will not be using lectors, ushers, acolytes, or the altar guild at this time.
Disinfectant is being used to clean the church and bathrooms.
Prayer Shawls Needed – Large or (very) Small
The chaplain at Stroger Hospital, Deacon Rose Cicero, is requesting prayer shawls for the patients and staff at the hospital where she serves. Prayer shawls need to be a minimum of 20"x 60", but she also has use for tiny squares, or circles, 3" to 5" square, suitable for a pocket or on a desk. If any of you have the knitting, crocheting, or even quilting skills and want to be part of the project, please contact Margaret Wood. Thank you!!
Crystal Lake Food Pantry Volunteers Needed Next Wednesday
St. Mary’s is one of the founding members of the Crystal Lake Food Pantry, and has been providing volunteers for 35 years now! We are assigned a day or two per month to help manage the food that is donated from the eight local groceries stores, as well as packing up groceries for clients and delivering them to their cars. We have three volunteer shifts available:8:30 to 10:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., and 12:15 to 2:15 p.m. Our volunteers really enjoy helping and would welcome additional volunteers.
Please know that the pantry is taking all necessary precautions during this time to protect the health of our volunteers and clients.
If you’d love to help, or have any questions, please contact our pantry coordinator,Cate Williams. The remaining volunteer dates for the summer are Wednesday, July 29; and Monday, August 24.
If you would like to make a monetary donation, please click here.
Andy Wasilk's Senior Cross Presentation ~ July 19
Online Resources Available for Worship / Devotions
Washington National Cathedral: Live-streaming of daily morning and evening prayer, Sunday worship, and many other resources.
Diocese of Chicago: Links to online prayer and worship from churches throughout the Diocese; Homilies and Sermons from Bishop Jeff Lee; pandemic updates and other helpful resources.
National Episcopal Church: Meditations and sermons from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry; and a wealth of information/resources regarding the national Episcopal Church.
