On Sunday we are celebrating the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Please join us at our in-person worship services at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. You may also join us on Zoom for Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m. Gloria Peetz will be our pianist for this Sunday’s 10:30 a.m. worship service. A big thank you to Eileen Flynn, who organized our “Pop Up” coffee hour in the courtyard following both services last week. We will continue to have coffee in the courtyard, weather permitting.
Thank you to everyone who has brought in paper goods for the Crystal Lake Food Pantry. Your generosity to our neighbors in need is very much appreciated.
Bishop-Elect Paula Clark is continuing to recover well. Her consecration is scheduled for Saturday June 12, and it will be lived-streamed from St. James Cathedral. We will provide the link for you and more information as it becomes available.
I want to wish all of our mothers and grandmothers a blessed Mother’s Day weekend.
Rev. Fran +
Sunday, May 9 Service Schedule
8:00 a.m. in-person Eucharist
9:00 a.m. Zoom Morning Prayer. To participate by phone only: 312-626-6799; phone meeting ID: 826 0737 1151. Click hereto view the service on your computer.
10:30 a.m. in-person Eucharist
May 23 and 30 Service Information
Sunday, May 23, is the Feast of Pentecost, which marks the coming of the Holy Spirit and the Birthday of the church in the world. We will be renewing our baptismal vows at both the 8:00 and 10:30 am services. In celebration, everyone is encouraged to wear red.
Do you speak another language in addition to English? Then we could use your help at the 10:30 a.m. Pentecost service! As you may or may not know we have a wonderful Pentecost tradition here at St. Mary’s. The Pentecost reading of the Acts of the Apostles 2:1-21 is read in several different languages simultaneously, to illustrate the scripture passage: “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.” (Acts 2:4)
In the past we’ve had speakers in Spanish, French, Italian, Latin, German, Greek, Norwegian, and even Russian! Any language is welcome!!!! If you are interested, please contact Amy in the office. She will get you a copy of the reading in your preferred language, or you may use your own foreign-language Bible if you have one.
On Sunday, May 30, (Trinity Sunday; Memorial Day weekend) we will have only ONE IN-PERSON SERVICE, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The 9:00 a.m. Zoom Morning Prayer will NOT be held on this day. Please make a note of the changes for this day.
Share Your Graduate News
Parents/Grandparents: If there is about to be a new graduate in your family, we’d love to share the good news! Please let us know all about your graduate (Junior High, High School, College, Grad School), the school they’re graduating from, and the school (or job) that will be the next step. You may include other information as well, such as scholarships or awards received. A simple write-up can be submitted to the Parish Office.
We will include all of our graduates’ information in upcoming newsletters. If you have a photo of your graduate that you’d like to share, please send that to the office as well. Thanks!
2021 Flower Chart
The 2021 Flower Chart is now posted. Parishioners are encouraged to select a Sunday closest to a significant date in one’s life, i.e. the anniversary of the death of a loved one or friend, a birthday or wedding anniversary, or perhaps on the occasion of blessings received, and underwrite that Sunday’s flowers. Donation amount is $30. There are donation envelopes under the chart, and the donations may be placed in the offering plate, or brought to the parish office. Thank you!!
Confirmation Class for Youth 6th Grade and Up
Rev. Fran and Dn. Mike will be holding confirmation classes at St. Mary’s for youth, 6th grade and up. If your son or daughter wishes to attend the classes please contact Rev. Fran. She will be in contact with the Bishop’s Office to determine when the Waukegan Deanery Confirmation service will be scheduled in 2021. For now, let us know if you’re interested. More details will follow.
Adult Inquirers’ Classes
The Adult Inquirers’ class prepares adults who wish to be Confirmed or Received into the Episcopal Church. (Those adults who have been confirmed in the Roman Catholic or ELCA Lutheran faiths, do not need to be re-confirmed, but are “received” into the Episcopal Church by the Bishop.) This class is open to any adult wishing to learn more about the Episcopal Church, even if they do NOT wish to be confirmed or received. The classes promise to be engaging, fun, and informative. Please let Fran know if you are interested or have any questions. More details regarding the schedule of classes will be posted as the information becomes available.
Crystal Lake Food Pantry Information
Volunteers are needed for the next St. Mary’s date at the Food Pantry tomorrow, Friday, May 7. Shifts times are 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or 12:30 –2:30 p.m. If you’d love to help, please contact Cate Williams.
Co-Wardens Steve Brooks (1/22), and Mike Higgins (1/23)
Treasurer, Cate Williams
Heather Horeled, Lorraine Taylor (1/22)
Cheri Dudek, Dorothy Nyberg (1/23)
Stacy Cook, Doug Murphy (1/24)
We Pray For
Parishioners: Roseann, El, Cindy, Saphire, Betsy, Heather, Matthew, Emmett, Kristi, Elizabeth, Glenice, Shirley, and Margaret
Family/Friends: Russ, missionary in Chile; Sasha, Ed, and Adilyn, daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter of Cheri Dudek; Bishop-elect Paula Clark; Millie, mother of Jim Krueger; Julia, daughter of Heather Horeled; Jim; Marilyn and Tom; Madeline; Tarsha; John; Billy; Danny; Leo; Pamela; Millie; Susan; Ted, Jeff, Tom, Nicholas (infant) and his family; Mark, Chris, Sarah, Douglas, Mark, Andi, Greg, Wayne, Scott, Sue, Sarah, Dave, Brynn, Neil and Des, Kyle, Rick, Sylvia, Jess, Joanne, Kay, Brian, Sarah.
