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The Messenger November 2014

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The Anglican / Episcopal Church in Rogers Park since 1882

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Welcome! There is a place for you… St. Paul’s by-the-Lake is a parish family established in Rogers Park in 1882 in the Diocese of Chicago, part of the Anglican Communion of which The Episcopal Church is the American Province. Our worship to the Glory of God is catholic and sacramentally centered in the celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice of Jesus, commonly called The Mass. Our mission is evangelical: to bring all persons to the knowledge and love of God, respecting the dignity and freedom of every human being. The Liturgy Sunday: & Coffee 8:00a Sung Mass & Coffee 10:30a Weekday Masses: Monday (Rite I) 8:00a Tuesday (’28 Rite) 9:00a Wednesday (Rite I) 10:30a Thursday (Rite II) 6:15p Friday (’28 Rite) 8:00a Saturday (Rite I) 9:00a

Confession – 1st Saturdays at 9:30a Holy Unction - 1st Thursdays at 6:15p The Messenger St. Paul’s Church by-the-Lake

St. Paul’s Church by-the-Lake - November 2014 7100 N. Ashland Blvd, Chicago, IL. 60626 - www.stpaulsbylake.org – 773-764-6514 www.stpaulsbylake.org Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Ushers: Lectors: 1 8am Mass 10:30am Mass 10:30am Mass ALL SAINTS DAY 2nd J.Gramer J.Ngugi, A.Carty 2nd John Chalmers 9am Low Mass, Rt.I., Coffee 9th Alvin Collins 9th DeNa J.Hazelden, G.Fort 10am Altar Guild 16th Jenny Glick th 9:30am Confessions 16 ..J.Seiffert S.Nyirenda, A.Carty 23rd Rachel Nyirenda rd 23 ..D.McGee E.Unger, M.Vieira 30th Church School 12:00n Burmese Classes 30th 2 Solemnity of All Saints 3 4 5 6 7 8 8:00am Low Mass & Coffee ALL SOULS DAY St. Charles Borromeo, St. Elizabeth & Zachariah Octave / Feria St. Willibrord, arbp. Saints & Martyrs of the 9:30am Choir, Devotional Bible Study 8am Low Mass, Rt.I arbp. 10:30am Low Mass, Rt.I. 8am Low Mass, '28 Rt. Anglican Communion 10:30am -12 noon Nursery (names of the departed 9am Low Mass, '28 Rt. 9am Low Mass, Rt. I, Coffee 11:30am Christian Education Classes read at Mass today) 6:15pm Low Mass & Holy 10am Altar Guild 10:30am & Coffee Hour 1pm Sudanese Mass Unction Octave of All Saints 12:00n Burmese Classes ECW Coffee Hour NO Fast or Abstinence

9 Pentecost 22 proper 27 10 11 12 13 14 15 in Ordinary Time 8:00am Low Mass & Coffee St. Leo the Great, bp. St. Martin, bp. Bl. Charles Simeon, pt. Feria Consecration of Bl. St. Albert the Great, bp. 9:30am Choir, Devotional Bible Study 8am Low Mass, Rt.I 9am Low Mass, '28 Rt. 10:30am Low Mass, Rt.I. S.Seabury, Bestowal of the 9am Mass, Rt.I, & Rosary,

10:30am Nursery American Episcopate Coffee

11:30am Pageant Rehearsal 8am Low Mass, '28 Rt. 10am Altar Guild 10:30am Sung Mass & Coffee Hour 6:15pm Low Mass, Rt. II 12:00n Burmese Classes 1:00pm Sudanese Prayers Food Pantry Sunday Fast & Abstinence 16 Pentecost 23, proper 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 in Ordinary Time 8:00am Low Mass & Coffee St. Hugh, bp. St. Hilda, abbess St. Elizabeth of Hungary St. Edmund, k. Presentation of BVM. St. Cecilia, m.. 9:30am Choir, Devotional Bible Study 8am Low Mass, Rt.I 9am Low Mass, '28 Rt. 8am Low Mass, ’28 Rt. Bl. C.S. Lewis 10:30am – 12noon Nursery Care 10:30am Low Mass, Rt.I 9am Mass, Rt.I, Coffee 11:30am Pageant Rehearsal 6:15pm Low Mass – Rt. II 10am Altar Guild 10:30am Sung Mass & Coffee Hour 1:00pm Sudanese Prayers 12:00n Burmese Classes Fast & Abstinence

23 The Feast of Christ the King 24 25 26 27 28 29 Last Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Low Mass & Coffee Feria Bl. James O.S. Huntington, Feria THANKSGIVING DAY Bl. Kamehameha & Emma B.V.M. on Saturday 9:30am Choir Rehearsal 8am Low Mass, Rt. I pt. 10:30am Low Mass, Rt. I 9am Sung Mass, Rt. I 8am Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9am Low Mass, Rt. I, Coffee 10:30am – 12noon Nursery Care 9am Low Mass, '28 Rt. & Altar Guild 11:30am Pageant Rehearsal 10:30am Sung Mass & Coffee Hour 1:00pm Sudanese Prayers Fast & Abstinence 30 The First Sunday in Advent Dec. 1 Regular Events: Special Events: Legend:

8:00am Low Mass & Coffee St. Andrew, apostle Confessions- 9:30am 1st Sat. Thanksgiving Day- First Sunday of Advent- ap - apostle c – confessor k - king 9:30am Choir Rehearsal th Nursery Care- Sun. 10:30am- th (transferred from 30 ) Thursday Nov. 27 November 30th abs - abbess d – deacon m - martyr 10:30am – 12noon Nursery Care 8am Low Mass, Rt. I 12n 9am Sung Mass, Rt. I abt - abbot mat – matron St - saint 11:30am Pageant Rehearsal Dinka Prayers- Sundays at 1p 8am Mass- The Decalogue 10:30am Mass- The Great arbp - archbishop pt - q - queen 10:30am Sung Mass & Coffee Hour 1:00pm Sudanese Prayers Litany sung in Procession Bl - blessed evan - evangelist r - religious

bp – Feria - weekday n - nun

To You Who Bring Small Children to Church ....Tip of the Biretta

There you are at Mass and your child is restless. Perhaps even a little boisterous. You try to silence them, and nothing. You try to pacify them with food or toys, and nothing. To all who helped Gloria Carty with the Annual Caribbean Luncheon: Especially Eventually, you resort to the last thing you wanted to do: you pick them up, and before Esther Unger, Lillian Gunnar, Jenny Glick, Karin Roeder, David Mattock, Archie a watching audience, you make the march out of Church. All the while, you’re a little Carty, Sheriann Lammey, and the Vestry of our Parish Church. embarrassed & a little frustrated too. You might even think to yourself, “There’s no point in coming to church. I get nothing out of it because I have to constantly care for To Archie, John, Jacob & Peter for many hours of supplemental Sexton-Work my kid.” around the parish this fall. The list is too long to print here, but thank you, we I want you, both mothers & fathers, to know just how encouraging you are to so many. know we are blest with your diligent attention to the building & grounds. The little elderly woman who often sits alone beams with a smile at the sight of you To Altar Guild members, who now put in much time and effort to make our Sunday wrestling with your little one. She’s been there before. She knows how hard it can be, and Weekday Masses a reverent devotion and worship of Almighty God. and smiles because it brings back precious memories. To see young parents and their small children brightens her day, and she may have just received bad news this week To Amanda, Laura, our Sunday School teachers and our Church School students for about her health, but seeing the vitality of young ones removes, if but for a moment, her a great Harvest Festival 2014. Nice to see such enthusiasm and our children fears. expressing their faith. The older man who seems to be grouchy notices you too. He talks about children in this day have no respect. But, he sees you,a young family, in church, and you don’t miss any To the Parish Treasurer & Rector for organizing the 2015 pledge drive. gathering. Like clockwork, he can depend on the sight of your family. He has hope that To our Organist Mark Law for his talented work at both our pipe organs and the the church isn’t doomed after all, because there are still young parents who love God building of our Choir program. enough to bring their restless children to Mass. To all who helped the Rector with the Annual Pet Blessing on the first Sunday of Then there’s everybody else. Some people will honestly become frustrated by noisy children in church. They have this warped idea that reverence includes absolute silence. October each year. A neighborhood favorite. It doesn’t. When parents brought their children to Jesus, the disciples rebuked them (Matt. 19.13-15), but Jesus rebuked His disciples. He said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” The term Stewardship and You! translated “children” in Matthew and Mark is paidon. The root of the word If you have not returned your 2015 Pledge Card please do so soon so the “pedagogue” is from this word. It defined children of either an infant state, or who were Parish Treasurer can prepare a budget for next year. half-grown. When Luke wrote this narrative, he used the word brephos; which means “infants.” Luke wasn’t contradicting Matthew and Mark’s account, because Luke wrote that they All Saints Day and All Saints Sunday brought the infants “also” (Luke 18.15-17). They would have squirmed & cried. The This is the most ancient of holy days to remember the lives of Christians who have reason why the disciples rebuked the parents; and thought the children were too young been examples of great faith, courage and fortitude. to understand the blessing Christ pronounced over them. November 1st is the actual day, a Saturday this year. Mass is at 9am. Bring your children to church. “If you don’t hear crying, the church is dying.” As hard All Souls Day is Monday Nov. 3rd. Mass is at 8am. as it might be for you as a parent who’s half-asleep, keep on doing what you’re doing. All Saints Sunday is Nov. 2nd- 8 & 10:30am Masses. You are an encouragement, and you’re starting off your children’s lives in the right 10:30 is a Solemn Baptismal Mass. way.

Remember Church School starts at 11:30am on Sundays! Classes end promptly at ALL Souls Day Nursery / Child Care (under 3) available from 10:30am – 12 noon. Monday November 3rd 8:00am

Adult Devotional Bible Study begins at 9:45am Sundays in the Rector’s Office. On this day the names of the Faithful departed are read at Mass and prayed for. The Mass intention is for all faithful souls departed. You must turn in your If you would like to receive your monthly Messenger by email, names to be read at Mass that day by Sunday October 26th. Envelopes for that please email Koji Torihara at [email protected]. th purpose will be available in the Narthex beginning Sunday October 12 . Our parish E-mail is: [email protected] At the end of Mass that day there is a short service of Commendation called the of the Dead.

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Nativity Pageant Rehearsals Parish Register begin Sunday November 9th at 11:30am. Holy Baptism: If you want your child to participate in this yearly event (Dec. 21st) they must be present for a majority of these rehearsals which are during the Sunday School hour. The Next Baptismal Sunday is the Feast of Our Lord’s Baptism, Sunday January For more information speak to Jennifer Glick. 11th at the 10:30am Mass. In the Spring- The Easter Vigil: Sat. April 4, 2015.

Our Parish Prayers: ECW Holiday Bazaar & Bake Sale To for all persecuted Christians throughout the World- There continues to be opens acts of violence against Christians including Anglicans as the war breaks out in Sunday, November 16th after the 10:30am Mass many places where there is not freedom of faith & morals. Let us hold in Come get some early holiday shopping done and help your parish prayer daily at Mass and in the Rosary those brothers and sisters in Christ.

Churchwomen raise funds needed for outreach and strengthening our own parish family. Pray for the Faithful Departed Did you know ECW hosts coffee hour once a month and also pays Our prayers and sympathy to Waveney Cameron on the death of her beloved for most of the paper products used around the parish? Sister Pamela Ann Green. Buried from our parish Sept. 13th at Rose Hill

Cemetery.  May she rest in peace. Amen. And to Ethel Twist on the death of her uncle Wallace Mitchell on August 16th.  He was also Rosalie & Sandra Arnold’s cousin.  May light perpetual shine

Thanksgiving Day upon him. Amen. And to Br. Kirt and Br. Ned Gerber on the death of their dear mother Paula M. Thursday November 27th Gerber on Sept. 30, 2014. She was buried from our parish church on 9:00am Sung Mass Saturday, October 18th. May she rest in peace, and rise in glory! (Early enough to get your dinner cooked). Congratulations to: Daily Mass Joyce and Rick Franklin on the birth of their second child and first son, on Sunday st Join us Mondays & Fridays at 8am. Tuesdays & Saturdays at 9am, Wednesdays at September 21 . Mother, Dad, sister and new born son are all doing well. 10:30am and Thursdays at 6:15pm for Mass. Mon. Wed. & Sat. are Rite I. We look forward to the great day of Holy Baptism. Tuesdays & Fridays are 1928 BCP, and Thursdays Rite II. To Odunayo Kusoro and Lola Kusoro on being confirmed at the visitation of The First Thursdays- Holy Unction at 6:15pm Mass. Right Reverend John Buchanan, assistant Bishop of Chicago on Sunday October 19th. And to Lanre (Larry) Kusoro who was Baptized and made his first communion that day. May you “continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ” Prayerbook page 307. Saturday December 6th- Br. Kirt Gerber, OSB Welcome to: on Many young people visiting St. Paul’s by-the-Lake looking for a parish family What Christians need to know about Islam. and Church home in the Anglican Tradition. It is very heartening to our Sponsored by our Forward in Faith Chapter. whole parish family to see so much interest from these young people. God

Everyone Welcome! bless you and keep coming!

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