The Second Sunday
after the Epiphany
January 20, A.D. 2008
637 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60605
312.922.1426 info@gracechicago.org
Please learn more about us by visiting our website: www.gracechicago.org
Welcome!
• Welcome to Grace Church! All are invited to receive communion at God’s altar here. Although there are customary postures (such as standing and kneeling) in Episcopal worship, you are invited to sit at any point, according to your needs and comfort. A restroom is located to the left of the altar along the windows, or off the large room on the street level. If you would like to receive a gluten-free communion wafer, please notify the usher. If for any reason you do not wish to receive one of the elements of communion (the bread or the wine) please signify that intention by keeping your hands gently folded on your chest.
• Sunday Sunday School for our young people each the second and fourth Sundays of the month at 10 AM! (Oct – May) and other times as announced.
• You are invited following the 8 AM service to join in a pay-as-you-go coffee/breakfast together at Blackie’s (corner of Polk and Clark). Please gather around the font after worship and we’ll all step out together.
• Please join after the 10 AM service in our Coffee/Tea/Juice Hour on the ground level of GracePlace.
• Jon Dumpys is the seminarian intern for The South Loop Episcopal-Lutheran Campus ministry for the academic year 2007-2008. More information from slcministry@gmail.com and the website www.southloopcm.org.
Parking
We have purchased parking for your use on Sunday morning between 7:30am and 2:30pm and for other evening worship events as announced! Please use the parking spaces nestled around Jones College Prep (Harrison and South Plymouth Court) that say PERMIT PARKING OR VISITOR PARKING. Do not park in the spaces marked “I-Go Cars” or the handicapped space (unless you have the credentials to do so).
Sundays at a glance
Sunday, Jan 20 |
Sunday, Jan 27 |
Sunday Feb 3 |
Sunday, Feb 10 |
Sunday, Feb 17 |
THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY |
THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
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THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY Seminarian Elizabeth Molitors begins her field education here at Grace |
THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF GRACE CHURCH! Watch for more details! |
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
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Prayer Requests
• Prayers, please, . . . for rector Ted facilitating a silent retreat this weekend; Jeff Lee, the bishop-elect of our diocese and for his consecration on February 2 at 1 PM; for the birthdays in January of Doreen (4), Maureen (4), Robert (7), Mary (8), Louise (13), Julia (17), [Tom ’s Ordination Jan 22, 1996], Tyler (24); for the students in the South Loop; for those who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq.
• Welcome to R. Cotton Fite, our guest preacher and presider this morning! Cotton has been a pastoral counselor on the staff of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital for almost 30 years.
• Events marking the consecration of our new bishop.
Friday, February 1, A pre-consecration reception for the bishop-elect at the Church of the Atonement on Chicago’s North Side on this evening. Church of the Atonement is located at 5749 N. Kenmore Avenue, and the reception runs from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Beverages and hors d'œuvre will be served for a mix and mingle gathering. Although the event is open to all, reservations must be made in advance and there will be a charge of $20 per person. Checks payable to Church of the Atonement, should be sent by the deadline of January 21 to: Mrs. Connie Silvester / 1102 Timber Lane / Lake Forest IL 60045. Please include attendee name(s), the name of your parish, and your email address so that we may confirm your reservation. Limited parking is available across the street from Church of the Atonement, and nearby. Information on alternative parking will be available when you arrive at the Church. Any questions can be directed to Colin & Connie Silvester at 847-234-3015.
Saturday, February 2: The Consecration of the Bishop: Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the House of Hope Arena in Chicago’s Pullman district. The service begins at 1 PM. As the arena holds 10,000, all clergy and lay members are enthusiastically invited to participate. Because of security policies at the facility, this will be a ticketed event. Rector Ted has obtained four tickets – ask him for some! Volunteers will be needed for the liturgy of consecration. If you are interested in serving as an usher, greeter, acolyte, thurifer, eucharistic minister, chorister, please let us know. We'll do our best to accommodate all who wish to participate. Please contact Elaine Caldbeck at administrator@bishopforchicago.org. Include your name, church, phone and email address.
Sunday, February 3: The Welcoming and Seating of the Bishop. At St. James Cathedral, 4 PM, during a service of Evensong, with reception following.
• Grace Women's Group is open to all women who attend Grace Episcopal Church. You are warmly welcomed to join us as we support one other on our spiritual journeys. We intend to create a nurturing, creative space for the group so that we can envision new leadership roles that we, as women, can bring to Grace Church. The standing meeting time is the second Saturday of the month, 2-4 PM. The next meeting: Saturday, February 9, 2-4pm at Mary Lou's. Please contact Louise LeBourgeois if you are planning to attend or would like more information.
• You can now make your gifts and pledges to Grace Church via credit card or automatic draft from your checking account. Go to www.parishpay.com or call 1-866-PARISH1. It takes only three minutes to get an account up and running. Our vestry hopes that using parishpay for your contributions will smooth out our regular cash flow, especially in summer months. Vestryperson Tom can answer technical questions about sign-up; there is more information on the usher’s table.
Layreaders at our 8 AM Services
First: Baker Second: Kondla Third: Jankowski Fourth: God’s pick Fifth/Sub: Curtis
First Sundays: Miller (lead), Housten, Novickas, the Wilsons
Second Sundays: Callis (lead), Carrelli, Thompson, Walls
Third Sundays: Hudson (lead), Bivins, Dahlenburg, Heacock
Fourth Sundays: Manning (lead), Purkey, Kimbowa, Jenkins
Fifth Sundays in 2007: Apr 29 Team Four / Jul 29 Team One / Sep 30 Team Two / Dec 30 Team Three
Presider and Preacher: Fite
Director of Music: Maas
Our Choir: awaiting the movement of the Holy Spirit
Altar Linens/Bread Baker: D. Baker/J. Jankowski
Free Trade Coffee at Coffee Hour: Dally
Facilitators of Ministry at Grace Church
Albert – Sexton
Kim – Lay preacher
Ted - Rector, ordained preacher
Plas and Zola – Assistant Sextons
Jeff – 12th Bishop-elect of Chicago
Sunny – Priest-in-formation
Wayne – Director of Music
Bill – 11th Bishop of Chicago
Tina – Bookkeeper
Victor – Asst. Bishop of Chicago
Katharine - Presiding Bishop
Al – Office Volunteer
Rowan – Archbishop of Canterbury
The Vestry of Grace Church
Class of 2008 - Kim (Warden) and Tom (Clerk)
Class of 2009 - Doreen and Susan
Class of 2010 – Wendy (Warden) and Maureen
Treasurer – Doreen
Jon - Campus Ministry Intern
Shae - Peer Minister
James - Columbia College, Faculty Advisor, SCLM Board Co-Chair
Maureen - Grace Vestry liaison, SCLM Board
Sam - Brent House Chaplain, retired, SCLM Board
•We believe in God who is within, around and beyond us.
We claim God's power to transform and sustain us as agents of justice and peace in the world.
•We are committed to the ministries of the laity and the clergy through Biblical preaching, life-giving sacraments and congregational prayer. We claim our vocations and commit ourselves to leadership in worship, participation in the life of the church, and individual and communal transformation through spiritual discipline and action.
•We welcome and affirm inclusive, diverse, community.
We celebrate the gifts of individuals of all ages, races, abilities, ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations.
We support each other on our life-long spiritual journeys.
We seek to be inclusive in our language, attitudes, and actions.