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If you need help with Zoom links, or didn't receive the church's email on Thursday, please contact Eric or Jen. For security reasons, we're not putting the links online.
Vestry Meeting Tuesday Night
The next regularly scheduled vestry meeting will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 PM on Tuesday, June 15. Voting members of the parish are welcome at all vestry meetings, unless the vestry goes into executive session. Agenda and credentials to attend are available by contacting the wardens, Jenn Urso and Deb Maue.
SAVE THE DATE: July 17 is DONUT DAY at Pilgrim. More info soon.
Where We Worship
The vestry has approved a schedule for scaling down some of our mitigations, dependent on the progress of our area's recovery. Please read the updated protocols here. The highlights are that we are still requiring masks indoors (and during Wiggle Worship outdoors), but are gradually pulling back other mitigations. Sign up, wear your mask, and join us on Sunday!
This Sunday, June 13, a few things will be different. First, we are experimenting with reusable bulletins at 10:30. The parts of the liturgy that stay the same week to week will be printed in one booklet we'll keep using until mid-July (unless this experiment is a total failure, in which case we'll abandon it quickly), while an insert that updates every week will contain the parts that change. Second, our current regathering plan allows us to sing, masked, at 10:30 this Sunday. This week we are continuing to wear masks during the liturgy, to sign up in advance, and to sit distanced from each other in the church and at Wiggle Worship on the lawn. The vestry will meet Tuesday night and will make decisions, in conversations with new guidance coming from the diocese, on how to gather during phase five. As always, your patience and flexibility are greatly appreciated!
NEEDED FOR THE MAKUEBO FAMILY
A Bike Trailer suitable for hauling children ages 6 and 8 and/or for transporting groceries. If you have one to donate contact Gretchen Straw.
New or Lightly-Used Children’s Spring/Summer Clothing Girl’s sizes 7-8 (shoe: child’s 12); girl’s size 9-10 (shoe: youth 4) & boy’s size 12-14 (shoe men’s 7.5). If you have clothing to donate contact Emily Culbertson.
Thursday Nights at 8:00 pm: Night Owl Lectionary Bible Study
Continuing Thursday, we'll hold a weekly Zoom bible study on the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday. No real preparation is required, but you can find the texts we'll be discussing next week here. We'll publish the link in the weekly email next week. Want a bible study but don't want to stay up late? Email Eric and if there is some demand, we'll add a midday bible study, too.
Pastoral Care Ministry Food Team—Volunteers Needed
Eric has asked Pastoral Care Ministry members to lead a group of volunteers able to prepare and deliver meals for Parishioners in need. Alexandra (Alex) Baig, Kathie Gillies and Jackie Pingel have agreed to lead the effort. They plan to use an on-line sign-up sheet to quickly inform everyone whenever meals are needed. With this system, we hope to expand involvement in Pastoral Care and lighten the burden of clergy and others, now shouldering so much of the work. This Ministry is a great opportunity to stay involved with St. Christopher’s.
To add your name to our list of volunteers, please contact:
Kathie Gillies at (708)613-1106 or katharinegillies@gmail.com
Just as important, if you or someone you know needs meals, do not hesitate to contact Kathie. We do not want to overlook anyone.
Invitation from St. Martin's
Zoom worship makes enjoying the company of our near neighbors even easier. St Martin's, our partner church, welcomes visitors and would especially love to have St Christopher's folks join them any Sunday at 10:00. For a Zoom link, just contact St Martins.
Give Online
No offering in person? No problem! You can give online and set up a recurring gift here. Help keep our doors open, even while they're "opened" unconventionally during this time. Don't worry if you can't give online. We are continuing to check the mail, and a mailed check will work just fine.
SUNDAY SCHOOL is suspended until further notice
If your child is 3 years old, they are eligible for Sunday School! Glitter pens have arrived, and Ms. Alex's homemade Ark is ready for action. The youngest kids have fun learning traditional Bible stories, which [somehow] always relate back to PawPatrol.
Youth groups meet EVERY Sunday at 9:15 am
All parents and youth are encouraged to partake in reminders through the Remind app.
Healing prayer available Sundays
We offer healing prayer in the chapel most Sundays (at 8:00 and 10:30) during communion. To receive healing prayer, simply take communion as usual and then duck into the Mary Chapel where Deacon Sue and other prayer ministers will be waiting with holy oil and the prayer book. Of course, receiving communion is not a prerequisite for receiving healing prayer. If you feel called to take a leadership role in this ministry, please talk to Deacon Sue or Father Eric so that a rota schedule can be set up for this healing ministry.
If you need help with Zoom links, or didn't receive the church's email on Thursday, please contact Eric or Jen. For security reasons, we're not putting the links online.
Vestry Meeting Tuesday Night
The next regularly scheduled vestry meeting will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 PM on Tuesday, June 15. Voting members of the parish are welcome at all vestry meetings, unless the vestry goes into executive session. Agenda and credentials to attend are available by contacting the wardens, Jenn Urso and Deb Maue.
SAVE THE DATE: July 17 is DONUT DAY at Pilgrim. More info soon.
Where We Worship
The vestry has approved a schedule for scaling down some of our mitigations, dependent on the progress of our area's recovery. Please read the updated protocols here. The highlights are that we are still requiring masks indoors (and during Wiggle Worship outdoors), but are gradually pulling back other mitigations. Sign up, wear your mask, and join us on Sunday!
This Sunday, June 13, a few things will be different. First, we are experimenting with reusable bulletins at 10:30. The parts of the liturgy that stay the same week to week will be printed in one booklet we'll keep using until mid-July (unless this experiment is a total failure, in which case we'll abandon it quickly), while an insert that updates every week will contain the parts that change. Second, our current regathering plan allows us to sing, masked, at 10:30 this Sunday. This week we are continuing to wear masks during the liturgy, to sign up in advance, and to sit distanced from each other in the church and at Wiggle Worship on the lawn. The vestry will meet Tuesday night and will make decisions, in conversations with new guidance coming from the diocese, on how to gather during phase five. As always, your patience and flexibility are greatly appreciated!
NEEDED FOR THE MAKUEBO FAMILY
A Bike Trailer suitable for hauling children ages 6 and 8 and/or for transporting groceries. If you have one to donate contact Gretchen Straw.
New or Lightly-Used Children’s Spring/Summer Clothing Girl’s sizes 7-8 (shoe: child’s 12); girl’s size 9-10 (shoe: youth 4) & boy’s size 12-14 (shoe men’s 7.5). If you have clothing to donate contact Emily Culbertson.
Thursday Nights at 8:00 pm: Night Owl Lectionary Bible Study
Continuing Thursday, we'll hold a weekly Zoom bible study on the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday. No real preparation is required, but you can find the texts we'll be discussing next week here. We'll publish the link in the weekly email next week. Want a bible study but don't want to stay up late? Email Eric and if there is some demand, we'll add a midday bible study, too.
Pastoral Care Ministry Food Team—Volunteers Needed
Eric has asked Pastoral Care Ministry members to lead a group of volunteers able to prepare and deliver meals for Parishioners in need. Alexandra (Alex) Baig, Kathie Gillies and Jackie Pingel have agreed to lead the effort. They plan to use an on-line sign-up sheet to quickly inform everyone whenever meals are needed. With this system, we hope to expand involvement in Pastoral Care and lighten the burden of clergy and others, now shouldering so much of the work. This Ministry is a great opportunity to stay involved with St. Christopher’s.
To add your name to our list of volunteers, please contact:
Kathie Gillies at (708)613-1106 or katharinegillies@gmail.com
Just as important, if you or someone you know needs meals, do not hesitate to contact Kathie. We do not want to overlook anyone.
Invitation from St. Martin's
Zoom worship makes enjoying the company of our near neighbors even easier. St Martin's, our partner church, welcomes visitors and would especially love to have St Christopher's folks join them any Sunday at 10:00. For a Zoom link, just contact St Martins.
Give Online
No offering in person? No problem! You can give online and set up a recurring gift here. Help keep our doors open, even while they're "opened" unconventionally during this time. Don't worry if you can't give online. We are continuing to check the mail, and a mailed check will work just fine.
SUNDAY SCHOOL is suspended until further notice
If your child is 3 years old, they are eligible for Sunday School! Glitter pens have arrived, and Ms. Alex's homemade Ark is ready for action. The youngest kids have fun learning traditional Bible stories, which [somehow] always relate back to PawPatrol.
Youth groups meet EVERY Sunday at 9:15 am
All parents and youth are encouraged to partake in reminders through the Remind app.
Healing prayer available Sundays
We offer healing prayer in the chapel most Sundays (at 8:00 and 10:30) during communion. To receive healing prayer, simply take communion as usual and then duck into the Mary Chapel where Deacon Sue and other prayer ministers will be waiting with holy oil and the prayer book. Of course, receiving communion is not a prerequisite for receiving healing prayer. If you feel called to take a leadership role in this ministry, please talk to Deacon Sue or Father Eric so that a rota schedule can be set up for this healing ministry.
News outlets for St. Christopher’s
Communication happens in a variety of ways at St. C's and we are always delighted to hear from parishioners who have skills they want to put to use in the following areas of ministry:
Communication happens in a variety of ways at St. C's and we are always delighted to hear from parishioners who have skills they want to put to use in the following areas of ministry:
- Weekly email updates - usually sent out on Thursdays - let people know what's going on in the coming week
- Visit our presence on Facebook at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
- Peruse our annual report.
- Update your Online Donation information
- Read our Parish Profile.
- Read about our first 100 years.
- Read a recent Service Leaflet
