Annual Reports Available
If you were not able to pick up an annual report at the parish meeting, paper copies are available on the information tables at church. Or you may email the parish office to request an electronic copy.
Mark Your Calendars for the Fish Fry – April 4
The sixth annual Lenten fish fry (benefitting South Suburban PADS) will be held Friday evening, April 4, in the undercroft. Watch for more information as the date gets closer.
Have a Heart and Make a Valentine
Join our teens in making Valentines for seniors at local assisted living facilities. Stop by our craft table in the undercroft during coffee hour February 2 & 9 and create your own message of love and caring. No artistic talent required... just a loving spirit and five minutes time.
Calling ALL Junior High Kids
All Junior High kids (including current confirmands and their mentors): Please join the high school teens on Sunday, February 9, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. to make more Valentines for seniors. Feel free to bring friends. Fun, kindness and service hours all rolled into one good time! Call Dee McManamy or Shirley Reilly with any questions!
Yarn Ministry
The yarn ministry will meet Monday, February 3, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Guild Room.
Gospel Concert March 9
Grande Prairie Singers present “I Remember When the Stars Fell,” featuring music of the era of slavery in our country, 4:00 p.m., Sunday, March 9, at Faith United Protestant Church in Park Forest. Selections include “This Little Light of Mine,” “Deep River,” “My Lord, What a Morning,” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Don't miss this inspiring concert! See Bob or Betsy Burgwald for tickets.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Reflection for February 2
When they were gathering the tools to go to the village for the customary gravediggers’ drinks, Ruttledge asked Patrick Ryan, ‘Does it make a great difference that his head lies in the west?’
‘It makes every difference, lad, or it makes no difference.’
‘In what way?’
‘You should know, lad,’ he said…
‘The world is full of things I don’t know,’ Ruttledge said.
‘He sleeps with his head in the west… so that when he wakes he may face the rising sun.’ Looking from face to face and drawing himself to his full height, Patrick Ryan stretched his arm dramatically towards the east. ‘We look to the resurrection of the dead.’
The shadow from the abbey now stretched beyond the open grave, but the rose-window in the west pulsed with light, sending out wave after wave of carved shapes of light towards that part of the sky where the sun would rise (That They May Face the Rising Sun, a novel by John McGahern).
‘In what way?’
‘You should know, lad,’ he said…
‘The world is full of things I don’t know,’ Ruttledge said.
‘He sleeps with his head in the west… so that when he wakes he may face the rising sun.’ Looking from face to face and drawing himself to his full height, Patrick Ryan stretched his arm dramatically towards the east. ‘We look to the resurrection of the dead.’
The shadow from the abbey now stretched beyond the open grave, but the rose-window in the west pulsed with light, sending out wave after wave of carved shapes of light towards that part of the sky where the sun would rise (That They May Face the Rising Sun, a novel by John McGahern).
Friday, January 24, 2014
Announcements for January 26
New Vestry
At the annual parish meeting, the following individuals were elected to join the vestry: Bill Bestow (Senior Warden); Diane Walsh-Madden (Junior Warden); Nichole Dailor, Ted Stone, and Hans Zigmund (three-year terms); Bob de Oliveira (filling a vacancy for a two-year term). Continuing on the vestry are: Gale Michael, Mark Moxley, Stephen Hofer, Patti Pohrte, and Jim Whitfield.
Annual Reports Available
If you were not able to pick up an annual report at the parish meeting, paper copies are available on the information tables at church. Or you may email the parish office to request an electronic copy.
High School Youth Group
The high school youth group will resume on Sunday, January 26, at the new time of 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. We will be creating valentines that will be given to the residents at a couple of our local senior living centers. Please bring your friends. We will provide snacks!
Yarn Ministry
The yarn ministry will meet Monday, February 3, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Guild Room.
At the annual parish meeting, the following individuals were elected to join the vestry: Bill Bestow (Senior Warden); Diane Walsh-Madden (Junior Warden); Nichole Dailor, Ted Stone, and Hans Zigmund (three-year terms); Bob de Oliveira (filling a vacancy for a two-year term). Continuing on the vestry are: Gale Michael, Mark Moxley, Stephen Hofer, Patti Pohrte, and Jim Whitfield.
Annual Reports Available
If you were not able to pick up an annual report at the parish meeting, paper copies are available on the information tables at church. Or you may email the parish office to request an electronic copy.
High School Youth Group
The high school youth group will resume on Sunday, January 26, at the new time of 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. We will be creating valentines that will be given to the residents at a couple of our local senior living centers. Please bring your friends. We will provide snacks!
Yarn Ministry
The yarn ministry will meet Monday, February 3, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Guild Room.
Reflection for January 26
Homelessness
We lie in our beds in the dark. There is a picture of the children on the bureau. A patch of moonlight catches our clothes thrown over the back of a chair. We can hear the faint rumble of the furnace in the cellar. We are surrounded by the reassurance of the familiar. When the weather is bad, we have shelter. When things are bad in our lives, we have a place where we can retreat to lick our wounds while tens of thousands of people, many of them children, wander the dark streets in search of some corner to lie down in out of the wind.
Yet we are homeless even so in the sense of having homes but not being really at home in them. To be really at home is to be really at peace, and there can be no real peace for any of us until there is some measure of real peace for all of us. When we close our eyes to the deep needs of other people, whether they live on the streets or under our own roof—and when we close our eyes to our own deep need to reach out to them—we can never be fully at home anywhere (Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking).
We lie in our beds in the dark. There is a picture of the children on the bureau. A patch of moonlight catches our clothes thrown over the back of a chair. We can hear the faint rumble of the furnace in the cellar. We are surrounded by the reassurance of the familiar. When the weather is bad, we have shelter. When things are bad in our lives, we have a place where we can retreat to lick our wounds while tens of thousands of people, many of them children, wander the dark streets in search of some corner to lie down in out of the wind.
Yet we are homeless even so in the sense of having homes but not being really at home in them. To be really at home is to be really at peace, and there can be no real peace for any of us until there is some measure of real peace for all of us. When we close our eyes to the deep needs of other people, whether they live on the streets or under our own roof—and when we close our eyes to our own deep need to reach out to them—we can never be fully at home anywhere (Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking).
Friday, January 17, 2014
Announcements for January 19
Annual Parish Meeting This Sunday
The annual parish meeting will be held this Sunday, January 19. Loaves and Fishes will serve lunch following the 10:00 service, followed by the meeting. Please plan to attend.
Martin Luther King Day Service
For the first time this year, the South Suburban Interfaith Ministerial Association will be offering a service in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The service will include music, prayer and readings from the works of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. In addition to congregational songs, The HF Inspirational Voices choir will be singing. Everyone is welcome. Monday, January 20, 10:00 a.m. at B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom/Congregation Am Echad, 1424 183rd Street in Homewood.
Parish Office Closure
The parish office will be closed Monday, January 20, in commemoration of Martin Luther King Day.
Parish Videos
The video “Light Shines in the Darkness” shown at the Feast is now online on You Tube here. A video highlighting the altar guild’s work decorating the church for Christmas is also available here.
From Wally Hein
Fellow parishioner Wally Hein will be preparing 2013 Federal and IL/IN tax returns. Wally is an experienced tax preparer with many years of experience. His fees are reasonable. New clients receive a $35 discount and existing clients receive a $25 referral fee. Contact Wally to receive his Tax Practice Resume.
The annual parish meeting will be held this Sunday, January 19. Loaves and Fishes will serve lunch following the 10:00 service, followed by the meeting. Please plan to attend.
Martin Luther King Day Service
For the first time this year, the South Suburban Interfaith Ministerial Association will be offering a service in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The service will include music, prayer and readings from the works of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. In addition to congregational songs, The HF Inspirational Voices choir will be singing. Everyone is welcome. Monday, January 20, 10:00 a.m. at B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom/Congregation Am Echad, 1424 183rd Street in Homewood.
Parish Office Closure
The parish office will be closed Monday, January 20, in commemoration of Martin Luther King Day.
Parish Videos
The video “Light Shines in the Darkness” shown at the Feast is now online on You Tube here. A video highlighting the altar guild’s work decorating the church for Christmas is also available here.
From Wally Hein
Fellow parishioner Wally Hein will be preparing 2013 Federal and IL/IN tax returns. Wally is an experienced tax preparer with many years of experience. His fees are reasonable. New clients receive a $35 discount and existing clients receive a $25 referral fee. Contact Wally to receive his Tax Practice Resume.
Reflection for January 19
For the Parish
Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for this parish family. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within your holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen (Book of Common Prayer, p. 817).
Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for this parish family. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within your holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen (Book of Common Prayer, p. 817).
Friday, January 10, 2014
Announcements for January 12
Vestry Budget Meeting
The vestry will meet at 11:15 a.m. this Sunday, January 12, to finalize the 2014 budget. (Rescheduled from last Sunday due to weather.)
Annual Parish Meeting
The annual parish meeting will be held next Sunday, January 19. Loaves and Fishes will serve lunch following the 10:00 service, followed by the meeting. Please plan to attend.
Sunday School Schedule: All Classes Resume This Week
The youth Confirmation class, Children’s Sunday School classes and the adult Living Faithfully class resume this Sunday following the Christmas break.
Martin Luther King Day Service
For the first time this year, the South Suburban Interfaith Ministerial Association will be offering a service in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The service will include music, prayer and readings from the works of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. Everyone is welcome. Monday, January 20, 10:00 a.m. at B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom/Congregation Am Echad, 1424 183rd Street in Homewood.
Parish Videos
The video “Light Shines in the Darkness” shown at the Feast is now online on You Tube here. A video highlighting the altar guild’s work decorating the church for Christmas is also available here.
Reflection for January 12
Epiphany is a season of wonder and discovery--to travel in search of something or someone we're looking for, and our only way of recognizing Christ in it is, "We'll know it when we see it." It's a pretty inefficient and sometimes confusing and tiring way to go about things--sometimes it even comes with danger should our search be fruitful, choosing to go home another way--but when we discover Christ in it, our weariness almost instantly turns to joy (Maria Evans, in a reflection on the hymn “We Three Kings,” posted at Episcopal Cafe).
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Weather Update for Sunday, January 5
Services WILL be offered this morning, January 5, as usual at 8:00 and 10:00. However, please be extremely cautious about driving. Do not try to drive unless you are confident and comfortable that it is safe. (Stay home and make snow angels for your Christmas worship!) Even if you are scheduled to serve in some capacity this morning, do NOT feel obligated to get to church. At 5:00 a.m., it is still snowing and roads around the church have not been recently plowed although they undoubtedly will be later this morning.
Please pray for everyone who must work or travel today.
Today is the twelfth day of Christmas. Celebrate Christ's birth in our lives!
Friday, January 3, 2014
Announcements for January 5
Vestry Budget Meeting
The vestry will meet at 11:15 a.m. this Sunday, January 5, to finalize the 2014 budget.
Celebrate the Epiphany
The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated on the Feast of the Epiphany, Monday, January 6, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Christmas Thank You’s
Thank you to Michael Soto and the choir and to the altar guild for your glorious work for the Christmas services. Thank you to director Pat Smith Huntoon and the children of the parish for a great Christmas pageant. Thank you to all of the liturgical ministers (lectors, acolytes and lay Eucharistic ministers) for your participation in the special services. And thank you to everyone who contributed to the Christmas flowers and decorations. A listing is included in this Sunday’s service leaflet.
2014 Offering Envelopes are Available
Please pick up your 2014 offering envelopes in the undercroft.
Sunday School Schedule: No Sunday School This Week
Children’s and adult Sunday School classes will NOT meet this Sunday, January 5. They will resume next Sunday, January 12. Youth worship WILL meet this Sunday, beginning as usual at 10:00 a.m. in the Youth worship chapel.
Looking Ahead: Annual Parish Meeting
The annual parish meeting will follow the 10:00 a.m. service on Sunday, January 19.
The vestry will meet at 11:15 a.m. this Sunday, January 5, to finalize the 2014 budget.
Celebrate the Epiphany
The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated on the Feast of the Epiphany, Monday, January 6, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Christmas Thank You’s
Thank you to Michael Soto and the choir and to the altar guild for your glorious work for the Christmas services. Thank you to director Pat Smith Huntoon and the children of the parish for a great Christmas pageant. Thank you to all of the liturgical ministers (lectors, acolytes and lay Eucharistic ministers) for your participation in the special services. And thank you to everyone who contributed to the Christmas flowers and decorations. A listing is included in this Sunday’s service leaflet.
2014 Offering Envelopes are Available
Please pick up your 2014 offering envelopes in the undercroft.
Sunday School Schedule: No Sunday School This Week
Children’s and adult Sunday School classes will NOT meet this Sunday, January 5. They will resume next Sunday, January 12. Youth worship WILL meet this Sunday, beginning as usual at 10:00 a.m. in the Youth worship chapel.
Looking Ahead: Annual Parish Meeting
The annual parish meeting will follow the 10:00 a.m. service on Sunday, January 19.
Reflection for January 5
I remember as a little boy hearing that our reality might be nothing more than a dream God was having. Wow, I thought, I hope God didn't eat cabbage for dinner, because my grandmother said if you eat too much cabbage you will have bad dreams. Doing theology does not require special training. It comes naturally to us all when we wonder about the sacred and try to fit the pieces of our thoughts about God into a workable pattern. Take some time to imagine God. Rules are for games. Dreams are for religion. And don't eat too much cabbage. (Bishop Steven Charleston, Posted on Facebook, December 31, 2013).
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