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February 1, 2013 Vol. 53 No.2

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On Tuesday, February 12, Christ Church will hold its fi rst annual Mardi Gras Celebration from 5:30-8 PM in the Great Hall. On the Night before Ash Wednesday, it is customary to hold a feast that is the End of Feasting during Lent as we await Easter Sunday and our celebration of the Risen Christ. This is an event designed for families and will include a myriad of children’s activities. It is also designed to eat delicious food! We will have a New Orleans style menu which will feature a shrimp boil, jambalaya, red beans and rice and more. There will also be kid-friendly items as well. We will begin to wind down the evening at 7:15 with a Mardi Gras parade (to Mardi Gras Mambo) culminating in the burning of the palms. Everyone is encour-aged to dress in costume (or at least a festive mask) and parents can bring (decorated) wagons to pull their youngest members in the parade. Cost is $12 per adult, $5 per child with a $35 family maximum. 175 tickets will be sold. They can be purchased on Sundays or at the parish offi ce during the week.

Mardi Gras Celebration - February 12

Starting on Wednesday, February 20 and continuing through Wednesday, March 20 at the Church on the Hill, we will hold our annual Lenten series. “The Bible in Five Classes” will be this year’s topic, led by our rector, Christopher Powell. 2/20: Overview; 2/27: The Torah (the fi rst fi ve books of the Old Testament); 3/6: The Rest of the Old Testament; 3/13: The Gospels; 3/20: The Rest of the New Testament. We gather at 6PM for Eucharist followed by dinner at 6:30. Class is from 7 until 8:15. A children’s program will also be offered.

Wednesday Nights in Lent

This Lent, we will offer Noonday Prayers at the Church on the Hill at 12:10 PM with a medita-tion from one of our local Episcopal Clergy. They will all be refl ecting on the question, “Since seminary, what have I learned about Jesus?” Participants include Jason Parkin, Rector of Holy Comforter in Kenilworth; Jeannette Defriest, Rector of St. Luke’s in Evanston; Lisa Senuda, Rector of St. James’ in Northfi eld; Kristin White, Rector of St. Augustine’s in Wilmette; and Elizabeth Jameson, Priest in Charge of St. Elisabeth’s in Glencoe. The Friday schedule will be 12:10 Noonday prayers and Meditation followed at 12:35 by simple lunch of soup and salad. We’ll be fi nished by 1PM.

Noon Fridays in Lent

Faith & Practice Lineupfor February

February 3 The Theology of Football (A real topic) Christopher Powell

February 10 Shakespeare and Faith Todd Trubey

February 17 The Very Reverend Roger Ferlo Dean, Seabury/Bexley Hall

February 24 The Rev. Dr. Minka Sprague Associate Rector, St. James’ Episcopal Church, Jackson, MS - Former New Testament Professor

Ash Wednesday ServiceSchedule - February 13

7 AM - Holy Eucharist with Ashes Chapel, 470 Maple

9:30 AM - Holy Eucharist with Ashes Chapel, 470 Maple

7:30 PM - Choral Holy Eucharist with Ashes - Church on the Hill, 784 Sheridan

Teddy Bear Sunday Set for February 10Please bring a new (or gently used) teddy bear to be blessed at all three Sunday services (8 AM, 9:30 AM & 6 PM). After the services, the teddy bears will be donated to the Department of Children & Family Services as gifts for abused or displaced children. Let’s bring lots of teddy bears to make it a special day for many needy kids!

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Christ Church Book Group

Meets on Monday mornings from 10-11 AM in the McClain Room of Church House. The group is currently reading The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, A Spirituality for Real Life by James Martin. Please feel free to join the group at any time. Questions? Contact Melissa Durbin,[email protected]

Friends in Faith

Meets on Monday mornings from 11 AM to 12 noon in the Lea Room. The group starts with silent meditation then focuses on a weekly spiritual passage and ends with prayers for those on our parish prayer list. This group is led by lay leaders.

Holy Caffeine (Note new day)

Meets on Thursday mornings from 9:30-10:30 AM at Caffe Buon Giorno (566 Chestnut, Winnetka) for Bible study. The group is currently exploring the Book of Luke. Led by the Rev. Christopher Powell - [email protected].

Faith Explorers Bible Study

Meets on Tuesday nights from 7:30-9 PM in the Lea Room at our Church House, which is con-nected to the Church on the Hill on Sheridan Road. A lively way to investigate your faith with the Rev. Heath Missner. This group is currently studying Ephesians. Questions: Contact Heath Missner - hfi [email protected].

Women’s Bible Study

Meets on Thursdays from 9:30-11 AM in the Library of the Parish House at 470 Maple Street. Led by the Rev. Jeanne Stewart. We are currently reading Thomas Shaw’s Conversations with Scripture. Questions: contact Jeanne - [email protected].

Weekday Opportunities to Enrich Your Faith

Bon Appétit on Sundays

February 3 (no Dinner on Superbowl Sunday)

February 10Spinach and Arugula Salad with Lemon VinaigretteGumbo (contains sausage and shrimp)RicePraline Cookies

Kid’s Option – Pigs in blankets and orange wedges

February 17Kale Salad with pecans and cranberriesBraised Chicken with PeppersRoasted Root VegetablesRolls with butterWhite Cupcakes

Kid’s Option – Baked drumsticks

February 24Watercress Salad with Clementine & Jicama with Cilantro VinaigretteTurkey ChiliBroccoliCornbreadOatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kid’s Option – Chicken Tenders

Our menus just became super kid-friendly and are now available for take -out. Chef Carrie has now added more kid-friendly dishes to our Sunday Dinner offerings and is always happy to whip up a grilled cheese or PB&J upon request! Sunday dinner is about being together with friends and family.

So please plan to join us in the McClain Room at 6:40pm on Sundays! You are most welcome even if you are unable to attend the service.

Too busy to stay? No problem! You can still eat our professionally and deliciously prepared meals by stopping by the McClain Room around 7pm (please no later than 7:30pm) to purchase take out meals with all the trim-mings at the same low price of $10 per per-son, $30 maximum for a family. What could be easier? (Delivery, we know, but we aren’t quite there yet!)

February Menus

The Spiritual Bereavement Circle is an opportunity to explore loss through our faith. How does the loss of a loved one touch our faith? How do we understand through our faith the emotions surrounding loss? How might we lose touch with our faith, or grow in our faith, through our loss? What role does a community of faith play in our healing? Please join us on Monday evenings to share in this exploration. We meet bi-weekly. We are currently using Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s On Grief and Grieving as a starting point for discussion. Please feel free to join in at any time, regardless of whether or not you have done the reading! Please call Jeanne (847-446-2850) or Deacon Heath (847-853-9263) with any questions. The group meets at the home of Sherry Gormanous, 632 Melrose Avenue in Kenilworth. Rides to and from Sherry’s are available.In February we will meet on the 11th and the 25th.

Spiritual Bereavement Circle Now Meeting Bi-Weekly

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Dear Christ Church:

The physicists say there is a force we all must reckon with.

They say it holds planets in their orbit, turns stones to burning churning masses of orange goo. This force is said to pull the water out of the clouds, and drive it to the roots of the fl owers that need it or to hold my head to the pillow when I fi nally lay down to sleep. Without it the oceans wouldn’t caress the sands so lovingly, the hands of the pianist wouldn’t bother to strike the keys in hopes the hammers will fall on their strings. I have been taught that without it we wouldn’t be able to hold our babies or dance with our children.

Of course, I am new to Christ Church but I am not new to the forces that hold community together. I have seen you connected to this place and this worship space. Your stories bring a smile to my face because the characters are new but the themes are old and familiar. Your children greet me with the kind of smiles only innocents will show the welcome stranger. My curiosity is piqued when I see you rummage through a pile of one man’s trash and turn up a treasure. The reluctant youth mingle with their bustling baby brothers and sisters and I rejoice over your large families and the hopes you have invested in their bright futures.

Nathan and I ask each other, what is it about this place? What is their reason for such kind-ness? Why are they surprising and comforting to us at the same time? What is holding them together and pulling us toward them?

The physicists say your molecules are simply destined to collide with mine eventually and they are right but perhaps the very thing they call gravity is what I have learned to call Love, put in place by a Creator who knows that without it I fl oat away from all that would capture my heart.

These so-called Children’s Ministries are not just for folks who have yet to reach a certain age. My job, in fact, my calling, is to serve the unborn, the child-like, the maternal impulse in each little girl and the paternal aspects of each big brother whether he is nine or 90 years old. We were all children once and hopefully we haven’t let go of fond childhood feelings and memo-ries. I hold on to mine while I can, turn them over in my mind and wonder what they can teach me, what they can teach the children in our midst.

Our connections to our past are also our connections to the present: each other, and to the future: our children. This force that pulls the tears from our eyes as readily as it pulls raindrops from clouds is the force that we all must reckon with. How lovely it has been these last two months to share its glories and quandaries with you!

To many more, Abigail

A Refl ection on “The First 60 Days” by Abigail Vizcarra Perez, Director of Children’s Ministries

Received from A Just Harvest:

“Thank you, Christ Church Winnetka, for your faithful service at A Just Harvest’s Community Kitchen in 2012! We are so grateful for your donation of time and food on the second Tues-day and fourth Saturday of every month.

Many hands make light work, and Christ Church Winnetka’s contribution - along with 35 other partners – made it possible for us to serve 54,339 meals in our dining room in 2012. This is an increase of 1.3% over 2011.

Although the number of meals we served in our dining room reached a plateau in 2012 following three consecutive years of increases, it seems people’s need for emergency food has not leveled off. The amount of bread, pro-duce and non-perishable food A Just Harvest distributed to people in need rose sharply in 2012. We received so many calls from people seeking emergency food that David Crawford, our Director of Food Services, began encourag-ing people to pick up food Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday nights - even if they weren’t staying for dinner.

In 2012 A Just Harvest distributed 128,863 pounds of food during the dinner hour – up 134% from 2011. A Just Harvest also passed on 66,900 pounds of food - up 150% from 2011 - to other organizations in Rogers Park and Edgewater. Much of this food was donated by the Hunger Resource Network, the Jewel in Edgewater and the Whole Foods in south Evan-ston. A Just Harvest also distributed 100,250 pounds of food via the ProduceMobile.”

We’d like to share the following letter from A Just Harvest and to personally thank all of our wonderful Christ Church volunteers who have dedicated their time, energy, resources and unending compassion toward a very needy Chicago population. Find out how YOU can make a difference by signing up to help. Go to the Outreach page of our web site: www.christchurchwinnetka.org.

Questions? Please ask us! Tika Walsh (walshfi [email protected]) & Deb Emry ([email protected])

Make A Difference: Volunteer at A Just Harvest

Our Second Annual St. James’ Jackson/Christ Church Winnetka Bike Trip is starting to form. The trip runs from Saturday, June 30-Saturday, July 6. We ride Sunday through Friday. We will cycle about 70 miles a day through the beautiful scenery and mountains of Vermont and surrounding states. Ages 21 and over (with a little wiggle room for college-age kids). We sleep in Episcopal churches along the way. This is my 20th year leading a trip like this. An excel-lent way to get in shape by training for this event. Cost is $875 inclusive of everything except travel to and from Albany, NY, where we start and fi nish. Last year, we had eighteen riders and we had more fun than anyone could describe. Reply to Christopher at [email protected] for more information or to register.

Start Peddling: 2nd Annual “Cycling with Christopher” Trip


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The QR Queue

Use your smart phone to scan these QR codes for quick access to these web pages:

Faith & Practice Audio

Christ Church Home Page

Christ Church Calendar

Rummage News

Yes, we sort year-round! And we have fun year-round! Please join us in the West Building when your schedule permits. Monday afternoons from 12:30 - 3 PM and Thursday mornings from 9:15-11:30 AM.

Weekly Sorting Opportunities Await

Do you have furniture in good shape looking for a new home? Call the offi ce today to be put on the pick up schedule for February 25 - (847-446-2850).

Monthly Furniture Pick Up

We are no longer accepting TVs and computer monitors with tubes (a.k.a. the fat ones). They simply do not sell any longer. We can only accept TVs and computer monitors with fl at screens. As it is a new IL state law that you may not put electronics in the trash, the Village of Winnetka will accept your tubed TVs and monitors at the Village Yards on Willow Road onTuesdays from 10 AM to 12 PM and on Thursdays from 1-3 PM.

No Longer Accepting Tubed TVs & Monitors

Saturday Sorting - February 9We will resume our once a month Saturday morning sorting opportunity this month. Please stop by the West Building to help us sort through the Rummage Mountain between 9 AM and 12 PM. (Please note that the use of capital letters refers to the size of our unsorted items. We can really use your help!)

As always, we will be collecting food on a weekly basis for the New Trier Township Food Pantry on Elm Street in Winnetka. This month’s focus will be on cooking oil, olive oil, canned spaghetti, cookies, crackers and granola bars. Please bring your donations to church on any Sunday and place them in the basket at the back of the church. During the week you may also deliver your donation to the church offi ce (470 Maple). If you would like to assist with this ministry, please contact Jetta Boschen via e-mail at [email protected].

On-Going Food Drive for NT Food Pantry


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Lunch Bags to Feed the HungryOn Sunday January 20, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, our Faith & Practice time was spent packing 150 lunches to be used at A Just Harvest in Chicago. The whole parish came together in the spirit of giving to make sandwiches, decorate lunch bags and fi ll them with healthy snacks. The McClain Room was a blur of activity. Thanks go to event organizers Beth Anaclerio and Suzie Peregrine.

THE PARISH PAPER OF CHRIST CHURCH (UPS 421-300)Published semi-monthly by Christ Church, 470 Maple Street, Winnetka, Illinois 60093Periodicals postage paid at Winnetka IL 60093

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The Parish Paper is published twice monthly from September to June, by regular mail the fi rst of the month, and electronically for the mid-month issue. It is published monthly in July and August.

The deadline for submitting information or articles for the nextissue is Feb 5. Please submit materials to Charlotte McGee, editor, at [email protected] or the Parish Offi ce, 470 Maple, Winnetka, IL 60093

Weekly Worship Services

Sunday: 8 am - Holy Eucharist (on the hill) 9:30 am - Holy Eucharist & Young Children’s Liturgy of the Word; 10:40 Church School, Faith & Practice 6 pm - Sung Compline & Holy Eucharist

Wednesday: 9:30 am Holy Eucharist (Chapel)

Christ Church Winnetka, IL 60093

Church On The Hill & Church House784 Sheridan Road

Parish House & Offi ce, Mailing Address, Rummage & Chapel470 Maple Street

(O) 847-446-2850 - (Fax) 847-446-8640 www.christchurchwinnetka.org

Clergy & Staff

Rector: The Rev. Christopher Powell, ext. 33 [email protected]

Associate Rector: The Rev. Jeanne Stewart, ext. 27 [email protected]

Deacon: The Rev. Heath Missner [email protected]

Organist & Choirmaster: Richard Clemmitt, ext. 22 [email protected]

Director of Children’s Ministries: Abigail Vizcarra Perez, x36 [email protected]

Parish Administrator: Molly Ethridge, ext. 23 [email protected]

Bookkeeper: Cathy O’Brien, ext. 28 [email protected]

Admin. Assistant: Rena Kowalski, ext. 21 [email protected]

Parish Paper Editor: Charlotte McGee, ext. 35 [email protected]

Rummage Coordinator: Charlotte McGee, ext. 35 [email protected]

Facilities Manager: Jim Caldwell, ext. 31

Organ Associate: Jay Peterson

Primary Choir Director: Elizabeth Clemmitt

Sextons: Mario Ruiz, Steve Tracy

Vestry

Lisa Kerpan, Senior Warden ‘14Bob Lind, Junior Warden ‘15

Phil Adams ‘16Chris Cahill ‘15Shay Craig ‘15Anne Driscoll ‘16Julie Flood ‘ 14Nancy Free ‘16

Jerry Hufton, Treasurer ‘14Nicholas Anaclerio, Chancellor ‘14

Susie Sprowl,Clerk ‘14

Jim Henderson ‘15Jim Jaworski ‘16

Kathleen Lloyd-Jones ‘14Doug Peterson ‘14

Jenny Smith ‘14Kevin Walsh ‘15

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