This Sunday please join us for our 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. services, followed by coffee hour in the Great Hall. Lisa Strandberg, a member of St. Paul’s McHenry, will be playing organ and piano for us at our 10:00 a.m. service. Lisa is the parish administrator for St. Paul’s and she is also an accomplished pianist and organist as, well as a music instructor. I am grateful for her willingness to be with us on Sunday.
It is time to sign up for the McHenry County CROP Walk and help us eradicate hunger in our community. Please consider joining the St. Mary’s team to walk, and/or make a donation to help us reach our goal of $1,600. All of the information is in this newsletter.
You can still purchase tickets to the “Petty Kings” for this Saturday night on the green at St. Mary’s. “The Raue Center Arts on the Green at St. Mary’s” continues with two concerts this month, and then concludes with two nights of Shakespeare on Saturday, September 4th and 11th. Please join us and invite family, friends, and neighbors. If you need complimentary tickets please contact Amy Noe in the office or Deacon Mike.
Blessings,
Rev. Fran +
Heads Up - September 5
Please make a note that on Sunday, September 5, which is Labor Day Weekend, we will offer only ONE service, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Forward-Day-by-Day
Following a shipping delay, copies of the Episcopal devotional guide, Forward Day by Day, for the months of August through October, are now available on a Narthex table, priced as marked.
Our exciting summer partnership with the Raue returns thisSaturday, August 21, with a performance by The Petty Kings, at 7:00 p.m. Get your tickets on the Raue website.
Additional Show Added! Jazz, pop, and R&B vocalist, Philip Hamilton, will be here on August 28, along with bassist, Lonnie Plaxico, and guitarist, Spiros Exaras. This promises to be a fun, energetic show. Read more about them on the Raue website.
SAVE THE DATE: There are several ways that you can help the St. Mary’s team raise money to help eradicate hunger.
You can register online to walk with our team; you have the option to walk 1 mile, or 4 miles. Check-in begins at 1:30 p.m. at Living Waters Lutheran Church.
You can go to our Crop Walk Page and make an online donation to help us reach our $1,600. Goal. (link below)
You can write a check and bring it to church, or mail it in to the church office. All checks should be made out to CWS/CROP. These checks will be turned in by our team leader, Rev. Fran. These must be turned in no later than Sunday morning Sept. 26th in order for the donation to be credited to our team.
To register for the CROP Walk, and/or to make a donation,
For those at St. Mary's who remember the Martinez family, you may recall that Ino Martinez died this past January in Savannah GA. Ino, and his wife, The Rev. Lucy Martinez, were very active here from 1984-1995. There will be a Celebration of the Life of Ino Martinez on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. Chicago time) at St. Clement's Episcopal Church, Canton, GA. Masks are required. The service will also be live-streamed on their Facebook page.
Although Ino and Dn. Lucy moved to Savannah three years ago, the service will be held at their former church in Canton GA. Ino built all 9 of the stained glass windows at St. Clements, which took 16 years. It is very fitting that his celebration be held there, so family and friends can be surrounded by his windows.
Parishioners: Margaret, Sally, Amalia, Megan, Ann, Edward, Dn. Mike, John, Kristi, John, El, Cindy, and Matthew.
Family/Friends: Sherri, step-daughter of Roseann Gibertson; Bishop-elect, Paula Clark; Leo, father of Mike Choquette; Marilyn and Tom, sister and brother-in-law of Missy Spengel; Laura, acquaintance of Mike Higgins; Carelin, friend of Jane Helmboldt; Carmen, mother of Lorraine Taylor; Dawn, step-sister of Heather Robert; Billy, brother of Catherine Carroll; Betty; Jean; Don; Millie; Nick; Tarsha; John; Pamela; 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.
Those Who Have Died(and those who mourn)
Jack, cousin of Catherine Carroll (Catherine and her maternal family)
