The 176th Anniversary

of

Christ Church Detroit

The Feast of Pentecost

May 23, 2021 2:00 p.m.

In protection of everyone’s health and safety from COVID-19, we humbly ask that everyone in attendance completes a brief wellness questionnaire, found on paper from an usher or by smartphone at this QR code.

You might already have completed the questionnaire by web link before arrival.

We also ask that if you begin to experience symptoms or receive a positive diagnosis following your visit to Christ Church Detroit, you immediately inform the church by contacting [email protected], [email protected], or 313-259-6688.

This questionnaire also will be used for contact tracing if necessary.

We thank you sincerely for doing your part to protect everyone.

In peace, Christ Church Detroit

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The mission of Christ Church is to be a diverse, inclusive community, which, through its lively worship of Jesus Christ and witness in His name, serves the Christ in all persons and shines a beacon of hope throughout the heart of Detroit.

Christ Church was founded on May 29, 1845 by members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (now Cathedral) who sought to build a second Episcopal congregation in Detroit. The following May, the cornerstone of the original building was laid, on the same site where the current ones (constructed 1860-63) are now. Christ Church is the oldest Protestant church in the city of Detroit at its original location.

The pandemic that we currently are experiencing, however, underscores that a church is not only a location; it is a people; it is a way of life; it is a response to the Spirit.

And so, we look and listen for the Spirit moving among us. We trust that the Holy Spirit is as present today as it was 176 years ago, and every day before, between, and to come.

Christ Church strives, today and always, to be a beacon of hope through our outreach, worship, and hospitality. We are a contemporary, open and affirming, multi-racial, multi- ethnic congregation, enlivened by the Holy Spirit to serve Christ in the world around us. Some of us were born into the Episcopal Church, some were received into it as adults, and some of us are just discovering or exploring it now. We are straight and LGBT, single, married, divorced, and remarried, with and without children. We hail from all over Detroit and the metro area, and across the Canadian border. We cling to one another because prayer and worship strengthen us in our daily lives, and because together we have found community, acceptance, mission, and love. We hope you, too, will find a home among us.

Today we celebrate the 176th birthday of Christ Church!

To God be the glory.

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WELCOME

OPENING ACCLAMATION BCP 355

Bishop Alleluia. Christ is risen! People The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!

There is one Body and one Spirit; There is one hope in God’s call to us; One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism; One God and Father of all.

COLLECT OF THE DAY BOS 216, adapted

Bishop The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Let us pray.

O Lord God of Israel, the heavens cannot contain you, yet you are pleased to dwell in the midst of your people, and you moved our forebears to found Christ Church of the City of Detroit 176 years ago, and to build and tend these houses of worship, learning, and love. Bless and continue the work begun through them, that we also may seek you and be found by you, and that we, too, may share our faith for generations yet unborn; to the glory of your Holy Name. People Amen.

READING Ephesians 2:13-14a,17-22

Lector A reading from Ephesians.

Now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ, for he is our peace. He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.

The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

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CHARLES C. TROWBRIDGE STONE

On Sunday, May 25, 1845, after services at St. Paul’s – which, founded in 1824, was the first Episcopal parish in Michigan and was still the only Episcopal church in the Detroit area – Mr. Charles Christopher Trowbridge, a member of St. Paul’s, asked Bishop Samuel McCoskrey, who was also the rector at St. Paul’s, to meet with him and his friends that afternoon at 3 o’clock. The bishop agreed and when they gathered, they told McCoskrey “that St. Paul’s was getting too crowded and Detroit needed a second Episcopal church, perhaps out on Jefferson Avenue at the edge of the city where so many prominent people,” including themselves, had moved. The bishop gave them his blessing, and an organizing meeting was scheduled for later that week.

At the organizing meeting, Charles Trowbridge was appointed senior warden, and he remained in that position for the next thirty-eight years (which speaks both to his leadership ability and the fact that rotating terms did not begin until 1943!) until his death in 1883. At that time, a fellow citizen spoke of his kindness, faith, and integrity: “The best sermon preached in Detroit was Charles C. Trowbridge walking down Jefferson Avenue.”

He had married Catherine Sibley, the eldest daughter of Solomon Sibley, Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, whose family home was beside the church, and so, Trowbridge’s public, spiritual, and family life – and that of his many loved ones – crafted our parish’s foundations.

1860 CHAPEL CORNERSTONE

Our parish’s first building was a wood frame church built on Jefferson Avenue on this same lot in early 1846 and dedicated on May 31st, Pentecost, of that year: 175 years ago today, liturgically speaking. It was designed by Montgomery C. Meigs, who also helped build Fort Wayne and would go on to help engineer the Arlington National Cemetery, part of the U. S. Capitol, and other prominent places in Washington, D.C. Bishop McCoskrey “’consecrated the edifice to the worship and service of Almighty God’ in the company of clergy and laity.” Just five years later, in May 1851, it became necessary to enlarge the building. Yet by February 1860 when the fourth rector, Benjamin Paddock, arrived, it was clear that a new, even larger structure was needed.

So, the cornerstone for this Chapel was laid eight months later in October 1860, and the Chapel was dedicated in June 1861. It cost $5,706 to construct – nearly twice as much as the original wooden building – and “became the most popular place in Detroit for weddings” until 1903, when it was greatly reduced in size as the main chancel was expanded into it. More on that later.

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1885 CHURCH HOUSE STONE

As Erv Brown, our 15th rector, writes in his history of our parish, “perhaps one of the greatest monuments to Charles Trowbridge was the construction of the Church House on Woodbridge.” Fellow founders Sidney D. Miller and Henry Ledyard were the prime movers in erecting this building,” which contained an assembly hall, library, classrooms, offices, and meeting rooms. It was used so much and in so many ways that in 1901 it was enlarged and remodeled to include more large rooms – including a gym and locker room – steam heat, and electricity.” Church House was the “front door” and hub of activities in the immigrant – especially Syrian – community, as health programs, job training, social functions, English and Bible classes, and worship were held here.

In June 1912, “a playground was opened next to Church House on Woodbridge and for many years, until it was closed in the middle of the 1930s, it served as one of the centerpieces of the social services ministry of Christ Church. Thousands of young people not only had fun, but also experienced the love of Christ through this ministry of the church.” It included swings, a slide, parallel bars, a maypole, a baseball diamond, a pool, and a boxing program.

In 1944, Church House and the land where the playground had been located were sold for $6,500, and this money was used to renovate the Ledyard Gymnasium so it could hold the various activities that had been in Church House. By 1955, Church House still stood, “but it had fallen into disrepair and there was concern that it was a safety hazard. The Vestry voted in December 1955 to buy the property back for $25,000 and spend $3,000 to tear it down.” This also cleared the way for a larger parking lot, which, of course, still exists.

1924 LEDYARD MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM CORNERSTONE

The expansion of buildings “to meet expanding programs continued on Pentecost, June 8th, 1924, when the cornerstone was laid for the Ledyard Memorial Gymnasium,” a gift of the family of the former senior warden, Henry Brockholst Ledyard (1844-1921), of whom it was said by then- rector Dr. William Maxon, “His devotion to his parish throughout many years was conscientious and helpful in many practical ways. Always concerned of the financial welfare of Christ Church, he provided for a continuance of that interest by leaving $10,000 to the endowment fund.”

“When the gym opened that November, replacing the gym in the basement of Church House,” it immediately was in constant use, with basketball, music lessons, dances, and the continuation of the boxing program. In 1976, in fact, Bob Watson, former boxer, would call Christ Church “the cradle of amateur boxing in Detroit”. After closing for several years during the Great Depression, it was restored and reopened in 1945 as Ledyard Hall, the name change conveying the increasing types of uses, including Sunday School classes, Vacation Bible Schools, and later, Tuesday night volleyball, the popular For Singles Only group, and Syrian-American dinner dances, or the Hafli.

Erv Brown writes, “It would be impossible to quantify all the benefits to Christ Church that accrued over the years of athletic programming, but there can be no doubt that many young lives were touched during all those years, and many people carried with them always the memory of a church that cared enough to meet people where they were.” 6

COLLECT BOS 242, adapted

Priest Let us pray.

O God the Creator and ruler of all things, your reign grows like a mustard seed into abundant life: Bless those who have planted and continue to tend the new life of your Church, that it always may be a place of welcome; a refuge of healing and health; a school for souls, minds, and bodies; and a life-giving spring; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ, our strength and salvation. People Amen.

The Crucifer leads the Congregation into the Atrium.

RESPONSORY PRAYER

Reader Let us pray.

O Christ the Rock, on which your people, as living stones joined together, grow into a spiritual house, People Strengthen your Church.

Reader O Christ the Vine, of which your people are the branches, People Gather your Church.

Reader O Christ the Head of the Body, of which your people are the members, People Grow your Church.

MEMORIAL HALL & ATRIUM

The first structure that connected buildings on our campus was Christ Church Memorial Hall, which was dedicated on May 22, 1960, and joined Ledyard Hall to Sibley House. It created the kitchen, Cary Lounge, and what is now the nursery but originally was parish offices. It also connected and expanded the basement – aka Lower Level – to house the entire Christian Education department all on one floor.

In 2005 as a result of our most recent capital campaign, Memorial Hall was adapted and expanded into this Atrium, which seamlessly connects Sibley House, Ledyard Hall, and the church, and provides physical accessibility with a ramp and a lift.

COLLECT BOS 243, adapted

Priest Let us pray.

Jesus Christ, you go before and behind us, you are our light and our shield: guide our path, be our clear sight, lift us up in your Gospel joy, and bless the work we do in your name and honor, for you are our Beloved, and our life made new. People Amen.

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READING Ephesians 3:5-9

Lector A reading from Ephesians.

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.

The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

ST. ANDREW’S ALTAR

This altar was a gift from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on the Wayne State campus, after it closed in 1988. Some of our members were originally members of St. Andrew’s or other Episcopal congregations that have closed, especially Epiphany and St. Columba’s on the east side, and most recently, Trinity. Our support of and gratitude for the Diocese of Michigan dates back to our founding; Charles Trowbridge, for example, served for decades as a delegate to diocesan and general conventions, and many of our members carry such legacy forward today. We understand that as Christians, particularly Episcopalians, in Detroit, we share a common purpose; together we water and plant, and God alone gives the growth.

MOTHERS’ & CHILDREN’S GARDEN

The garden where we now stand, including beautiful plantings, was created to remember loved ones who have gone before us, especially those whose names you see on the plaques and the stones, and to remind us that we are never alone, but united in memory and faith.

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SIBLEY HOUSE

Sibley House was built in 1848 by Sarah Whippell Sproat Sibley, widow of Justice Solomon Sibley, for herself and her two daughters. The Sibleys and Trowbridges and their relatives and friends were all founding members of Christ Church and influential leaders in Detroit.

In 1919, Christ Church began to rent and then purchased the house from Miss Sarah Sibley, and the home expanded its important purposes. From 1919 to 1940, it served as the Neighborhood House under the direction first of Miss Mary Elizabeth “Kitsy” Trowbridge and then Miss Margaret Wilson and several deaconesses, providing shelter, hospitality, and education to those in need of warm food and conversation. “In reply to the question, ‘Who comes?’, Miss Kitsy replied, ‘It would be easier to say who does not come.’” The Neighborhood House served several hundred individuals each month.

Over the years, Sibley House has also provided space for outside groups, from relief organizations during World War II to the Opera MODO nonprofit today, as well as for parish offices, and has served from time to time as a rectory. In 1978, Sibley House was transferred to a nonprofit corporation, controlled largely by the Vestry, which broadens opportunities for its care.

RESPONSORY

Reader Arise, O God, maintain your cause. People Do not forget the lives of the poor.

Reader Look down from heaven, behold and tend this vine. People Preserve what your right hand has planted.

Reader Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. People Let your faithful people sing with joy.

The Crucifer leads the Congregation through the Courtyard gate to Jefferson Avenue.

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READING Genesis 28:10-15 Common English Bible

Lector A reading from Genesis.

Jacob left Beer-sheba and set out for Haran. He reached a certain place and spent the night there. When the sun had set, he took one of the stones at that place and put it near his head. Then he lay down there. He dreamed and saw a raised staircase, its foundation on earth and its top touching the sky, and God’s messengers were ascending and descending on it.

Suddenly the Lord was standing on it, saying, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will become like the dust of the earth; you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. Every family on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants. I am with you now, I will protect you everywhere you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done everything that I have promised you.

The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

CHURCH BUILDING

In 1861 after the Chapel was completed, architect Gordon Lloyd turned his attention to constructing this main church building. He directed the demolition of the original wooden church, and on July 16, 1861, Bishop McCoskrey laid this cornerstone, just sixteen years after he had given his blessing upon the congregation’s founding.

Today, above this cornerstone, we see new masonry that has been repaired and replaced these past several months. Over great lengths of time, stones deteriorate from cumulative effects of wind, rain, and pollution, and the replacements made now should last at least another century. We literally see before us legacies upon legacies. As we have inherited this magnificent building, which continues to burnish as beacon of hope in the heart of Detroit, it is upon us to tend it for those who gather here a century from now.

READING Genesis 28:16-17 Common English Bible

Lector A reading from Genesis.

When Jacob woke from his sleep, he thought to himself, “The Lord is definitely in this place, but I didn’t know it.” He was terrified and thought, “This sacred place is awesome. It’s none other than God’s house and the entrance to heaven.”

The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

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RESPONSORY

Reader You will bring them in and plant them, O Lord, People in the sanctuary you have established.

READING Hebrews 10:19-23

Lector A reading from Hebrews.

Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through the flesh), and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.

The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

The Crucifer leads the Congregation into the Church, as the Organist improvises upon the hymn “The Church’s One Foundation”.

READING Ephesians 3:10-11

Lector A reading from Ephesians.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.

The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

SANCTUARY

Countless worshippers have found their way into this sanctuary since it opened in April 1863. How many prayers have these walls absorbed? How many prayers have these windows passed along through their light? How many burdens has this floor carried? How many souls have been encouraged and inspired simply by being here? How many hearts have found Christ through prayer, beauty, music, and one another?

The wooden beams underneath this floor, all largely original, have sustained gradual water damage. That is why the floor is sagging in many places and pews are roped off for safety. Repairs should take place this summer. Let us pray for those who will help restore our floor and foundations to their fullness, and let us keep this place always in our hearts and prayers.

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CHANCEL

The original sanctuary went only as far back as where the freestanding altar is now. There were no choir stalls; in fact, the choir sat in the nave. At the turn of the twentieth century, the Anglican choral traditions we now love were becoming popular in America, including here in Detroit. Our rector at that time, Dr. William Maxon, led the way for the expansion of the chancel as it is now, which literally provided for the growth of our music ministry.

Music had been of primary importance for our congregation since day one, when an excellent organ was installed inside the original wooden chapel. In 1903, the chancel expansion also provided for a full-size pipe organ. In 1978, the organ was replaced by the current Casavant, yet some of the original pipes are still in use.

We give thanks for our visionary clergy and talented music directors, including (but not exhaustively) Melvin Zeidler, Mac Johns, Joanne Vollendorf “JoVo” Clark, Richard Householder, Ed Maki-Schramm, Katrina Van Maanen, and all who praise God with heart and voice.

COLLECT BCP 291

Bishop Let us pray.

O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. People Amen.

As the Crucifer leads the Congregation back to the Woodbridge Avenue Lawn, the Organist improvises softly, and all are welcome to visit places of meaning and interest, such as the Columbarium or Choir Room, on the way.

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LORD’S PRAYER

Bishop Let us pray in the words our Savior Christ has taught us. All Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

Bishop The Gifts of God for the People of God.

Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.

All are invited to receive the Sacrament in one kind. If you desire a blessing instead, cross your arms over your chest.

The Sacrament is administered with the following or other words

The Body of Christ, the bread of heaven.

CARILLON MEDITATION

POST COMMUNION PRAYER

Bishop Let us pray. All Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen. Amen.

The Bishop blesses the People.

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DISMISSAL BOS 222, adapted

Priest Go forth now in the Name of Christ. Go into Detroit, and Grosse Pointe, Hamtramck, Royal Oak, Troy, Dearborn, Birmingham, Grosse Ile, Huntington Woods, Pleasant Ridge, Ferndale, Rochester, Macomb, Shelby Township, Bloomfield Township, and Clarkston [and other places]. Go into your own neighborhoods. Go into unknown lands. Go into digital spaces. Go where God’s name is well know and where it has yet to be known. Go to those who welcome you and to those who reject you. Go forth into the world and share the Good News of God’s love. Alleluia, alleluia! People Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia!

CARILLON VOLUNTARY

All historical citations and information are from Christ Church, Detroit: A Beacon of Hope by The Rev. Ervin A. Brown, 15th Rector, published in May 1995 on the occasion of the parish’s sesquicentennial anniversary in thanksgiving for the lives and ministries of those who have made Christ Church a continuing beacon of hope in the heart of Detroit, especially The Rev. William D. Maxon, 10th Rector.

ASSISTING IN TODAY’S LITURGY

Bishop The Rt. Rev. Bonnie A. Perry, XI Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan Rector The Rev. Emily Williams Guffey Associate Rector The Rev. Anthony Estes Director of Music Dr. Edward Maki-Schramm Acolytes Miss Brenna Ald, Mister Owen Guffey, Miss Elizabeth Maher, Mr. Jim Fleming Acolyte Coordinator Mrs. Cathy Berlage Sacristan Ms. Liza Parkinson Floral Iconographer Mr. Richard Thomas Ushers Mr. & Mrs. Roger & Mary Basse, Mr. Jon Miller, Mr. Anthony Mitchell, Mr. & Mrs. Patrick & Betty Warner Administrators Ms. Beth Ann Tesluk, Ms. Sarah Tribelhorn Facilities Manager Mr. KaClarence Haynes

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