Our partners in ministry at St. Martin's Episcopal Church are once again calling us to help young scholars in our neighborhood. Can you help with this outreach effort? We are collecting school supplies for elementary and middle school students in the Austin neighborhood. Anna Clissold has placed collection boxes in the parish hall to gather donated items. Needed are backpacks and school supplies such as copier paper, pencils, pens, crayola crayons, Kleenex boxes, hand sanitizer, liquid hand soap, post-it notes, 5-star spiral notebooks, and index cards. Other school supplies not listed here are needed and most welcome. Please donate and be generous. Thank you!
Attention Wiggle Worship families! This Sunday's Small Group is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., right after Wiggle Worship. We have opened up more spots and can run two groups simultaneously if we get enough sign-ups. We will provide child care and a pizza lunch for your children and snacks for you. Please join us! LINK HERE to RSVP.
Our final scheduled in-person small group will be held on August 14 12:30 p.m. @ St. Christopher’s. LINK HERE to sign up.
August 27, 6 pm: LOAVES AND FISHES DINNER
Saturday, August 27 at 6:00 is the date set for our first Loaves and Fishes dinner event. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Becky Dunlavey by August 7. Once we know who is attending, we'll send a Sign-Up Genius so you can sign up for appetizers, side dishes, desserts, and drinks. (For space reasons, this event is adults only, but if you need babysitters, we have some excellent ones we can recommend!)
If you volunteered to host a future event, thank you and know that we'll be in touch with you soon to firm up the calendar for the rest of 2022-23. And we anticipate that we will still need a few more hosts, so if you would like to volunteer to host but have not yet done so, please email Becky Dunlavey.
Christa Creps joins St. Christopher's Staff as the Musician for Children and Families
Christa is a classically trained singer who started her career singing opera and ended up touring the world in her punk rock folk band Puerto Muerto. They were small, but mighty. After her son was born, Christa stopped touring, but met many interesting people at her meal program Community Dinners which she started in 2013. Christa is always seeking out the raw, the uncomfortable and the beautiful in life and is looking forward to a beautiful future with the people of St. Christopher's. As the Musician for Children and Families," Christa's initial priorities will be to:
Sign up HERE for coffee hour!
Spring is here and coffee hour is back! Please consider choosing a day to host. You can share the slot with another person, and there will be folks available to give guidance if it's your first time. Items will be available in the kitchen freezer, or you can choose to bring something different.
COVID MITIGATIONS
As of March 1st, the Diocese of Chicago lifted all COVID mitigations except continuing to refrain from the use of the common cup at Communion. The diocese has given authority to each parish to set COVID guidelines that work within each congregation's context. On Tuesday, March 22, the vestry voted to implement the following COVID mitigations:
Attention Wiggle Worship families! This Sunday's Small Group is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., right after Wiggle Worship. We have opened up more spots and can run two groups simultaneously if we get enough sign-ups. We will provide child care and a pizza lunch for your children and snacks for you. Please join us! LINK HERE to RSVP.
Our final scheduled in-person small group will be held on August 14 12:30 p.m. @ St. Christopher’s. LINK HERE to sign up.
August 27, 6 pm: LOAVES AND FISHES DINNER
Saturday, August 27 at 6:00 is the date set for our first Loaves and Fishes dinner event. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Becky Dunlavey by August 7. Once we know who is attending, we'll send a Sign-Up Genius so you can sign up for appetizers, side dishes, desserts, and drinks. (For space reasons, this event is adults only, but if you need babysitters, we have some excellent ones we can recommend!)
If you volunteered to host a future event, thank you and know that we'll be in touch with you soon to firm up the calendar for the rest of 2022-23. And we anticipate that we will still need a few more hosts, so if you would like to volunteer to host but have not yet done so, please email Becky Dunlavey.
Christa Creps joins St. Christopher's Staff as the Musician for Children and Families
Christa is a classically trained singer who started her career singing opera and ended up touring the world in her punk rock folk band Puerto Muerto. They were small, but mighty. After her son was born, Christa stopped touring, but met many interesting people at her meal program Community Dinners which she started in 2013. Christa is always seeking out the raw, the uncomfortable and the beautiful in life and is looking forward to a beautiful future with the people of St. Christopher's. As the Musician for Children and Families," Christa's initial priorities will be to:
- Begin building relationships with children, youth, and parents
- Liturgical music exploration and lead for 9:30 Rite III service
- Enhance fall Sunday School curriculum with music component
Sign up HERE for coffee hour!
Spring is here and coffee hour is back! Please consider choosing a day to host. You can share the slot with another person, and there will be folks available to give guidance if it's your first time. Items will be available in the kitchen freezer, or you can choose to bring something different.
COVID MITIGATIONS
As of March 1st, the Diocese of Chicago lifted all COVID mitigations except continuing to refrain from the use of the common cup at Communion. The diocese has given authority to each parish to set COVID guidelines that work within each congregation's context. On Tuesday, March 22, the vestry voted to implement the following COVID mitigations:
- The wearing of masks is optional.
- Mask wearing is required when the Presider is at table consecrating the elements. Masks must be worn by the Presider and by the LEMs (lay Eucharistic ministers) when distributing bread and wine.
- Once received, bread and wine may be consumed immediately.
- Weather permitting, increased ventilation in the sanctuary is strongly encouraged. Open windows and open doors.
- As the seasons cooperate, the 9:30 am Wiggle Worship service will be celebrated outside.
- If you are experiencing cold symptoms or may have been exposed to COVID, you are encouraged to wear a mask or stay home.