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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 • • • • • •

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Wednesday (Rite I) 10:30 am Thursday (Rite II) 6:15 pm Friday (1928 Rite) 8:00 am Saturday (Rite I) 9:00 am Confession Saturday & Sunday at 9:30 am Holy Unction monthly first Thursdays at 6:15 pm FROM THE -IN-CHARGE A creed, of course, is not the same as the reality and mystery that it describes. God is much more than what we can say about him! Still, the Nicene Creed provides an indispensable starting point and guide for understanding the true What Do We Believe? and living God as he has revealed himself to us. A Commentary on the Nicene Creed Part 1 of 10    We recite the Nicene Creed each week at Mass, but how often do we reflect on what we are saying, or even understand it? Over the course of a year, I am offering some thoughts and explanations on this important Christian text, piece by piece. SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE Faithfully, Fr. Kemp+ The search committee at St. Paul’s is the group in charge of receiving and interviewing candidates for a new rector to succeed Fr. Heschlē. It has been busy “I believe…” with several tasks. What does it mean to believe (in) something? We use the word in a surprising The 11-member committee, chaired by Dave Roeder and Jenny Glick, has number of ways, from “I believe it will rain,” to “Believe in yourself!” But surely drafted and circulated a survey of parishioners about their backgrounds and we are not always using this phrase to mean the same thing. priorities for a new rector. The answers are being compiled and will form part of our Parish Profile, a description of ourselves and our community that will tell The word “creed” comes from the Latin credo, literally, “I believe.” In the Nicene interested candidates about us. We hope to have our Parish Profile complete by Creed we express our belief or faith in God as he has revealed himself in Christ, early August so our church’s vacancy can be officially posted by our diocese. We by the power of the Holy Spirit. This means a couple of things. On the one then start collecting applications! hand, we are claiming that we hold certain statements or articles as true (we will unpack these specifically in future parts). This means that we hold the statements By the rules of the Episcopal Church, the congregation has a substantial say in made in the Creed to be true, to express reality, not just our imagination or the choice of a rector. Through the survey and small-group discussions held desires. On the other hand, we are claiming belief or faith in this reality. In other during coffee hour in July, you have given your views to the search committee, words, we are trusting our lives and our existence to the God that the Creed which hopes to recommend one candidate to the vestry. It’s the vestry’s to describes. either endorse that candidate to the Bishop of Chicago or ask the committee to make another choice. The Bishop then accepts or rejects the vestry’s candidate. You probably cannot see this at Mass, but during the Creed the priest stands with his hands held apart, in what is known as the orans (praying) position. It is Thank you for the guidance you have given our committee. If you have any the same posture the priest takes during the Gloria, the Prayers of the People, questions about the process, please ask any committee member. They can be and the Canon of the Mass. What this tells us is that the Creed, this expression spotted by their name tags at church. We don’t do this often; St. Paul’s has had of belief, is also an act of prayer and worship. We are, in other words, submitting only four rectors in the last 92 years! So we want to get this right. Please keep our minds and our wills to the reality of God as he has revealed himself—which your committee and St. Paul’s in your prayers as we build on our history of the Creed expresses in a series of propositional truths. mission and worship in Rogers Park. When we recite the Creed, we say, “I believe,” but this does not mean that it is just my personal religious opinion. Rather, by saying “I believe” together, we are professing that this is the Church’s faith that has been passed down through the generations. Yet in saying “I believe,” each of us also claims the Church’s faith as our own.

UPCOMING HOLY DAYS AND FALL EVENTS Caribbean Luncheon Sunday, September 29 12:00 pm in Banner Hall Solemnity of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ For tickets, see any vestry member (prices TBA). Please invite your friends (Anticipated) and relatives. This is a major parish fundraiser for our budget, and helps us Sunday, August 4 “keep the lights on.” To help with cooking, setup, or clean-up, contact Masses at 8:00 & 10:30 am Gloria Carty.

Assumptiontide Walsingham Day    Saturday, August 17 9:00 am Mass with rosary (Luminous Mysteries) and sprinkling. A Continental breakfast will follow. PARISH NOTES OF INTEREST

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary Sung Mass vs. Solemn Mass: What and Why? (Transferred) You may have noticed that the 10:30 Mass has been “dressed down” a bit since Sunday, August 18 Fr. Heschlē’s retirement. This is because we have been celebrating it as a Sung Masses at 8:00 & 10:30 am Mass rather than a Solemn Mass. So what is the difference, and why the change? A Solemn Mass is the “highest” form of celebrating the Eucharistic liturgy. Blessing of the Backpacks There is more chanting, more incense, and more pomp and ceremony. A key Sunday, September 1 characteristic is that there are three “sacred ministers,” i.e. the Celebrant (priest), All children and youth are invited to bring their backpacks for a special a Deacon, and a Subdeacon. Centuries ago (and still today in the Eastern blessing during Mass. Orthodox tradition), a Subdeacon was a “minor order” in the church (distinct from the “major orders” of Bishop, Priest, and Deacon); today that role can be filled by a lay person, but it still requires some training and practice. Church School Registration Sunday, September 8 A Sung Mass has less ceremony than a Solemn Mass, but still uses music, Registration forms are available in the narthex. A hot dog “picnic” at 10:30 incense, and a full array of altar servers. The “sung” part, by the way, refers to am coffee hour kicks of our Church School year. portions of the Mass itself (e.g. Kyrie, Gloria, Preface and Sanctus, etc.), not the hymns that are inserted throughout. Church School Begins Historically, the norm at St. Paul’s was to do a Sung Mass at 10:30 most Sundays, and to celebrate major feasts with a Solemn Mass. During the past couple of Sunday, September 15 years, we have been blessed with the presence of seminarians and additional 11:30 am in the atrium clergy to fill the roles of Deacon and Subdeacon, and this has allowed us to make th All children ages 4 - 8 grade are welcome. High Schoolers may teach or Solemn Mass the norm each Sunday. At present, however, we are stretched a bit assist. This year’s theme will be the life and teachings of the Apostle Paul. thin on clergy and trained as Subdeacons, and this makes it difficult to commit to Solemn Mass every week. For this reason, we will return to our earlier practice of having Sung Mass most Sundays. We still plan to celebrate Solemn Mass on major feasts and special occasions. PARISH REGISTER TIP OF THE BIRETTA…

To Archie and Gloria and all who helped with the Father’s Day BBQ. The food Holy Baptism and fellowship were both excellent! Diane Kisokolo Bamlango s June 23, 2019 daughter of and Lea Bamlango To Rosalie Arnold, Sandra Arnold, and their families, and all who helped with the lovely reception for Bishop Lee’s visit on Corpus Christi. May she continue forever in the risen life of Christ. To Joyce Franklin, the vestry, and everyone else who helped with Fr. Heschlē’s The next Baptismal day will be Sunday, November 3, the Solemnity of All . retirement party. What a wonderful celebration of his 26 years of ministry in our To schedule a Baptism, see Fr. Kemp, the Priest-in-Charge. parish. To Jeff Nichols, Joyce Franklin, and Laura & Nordell for putting Our Parish Prayers X R.I.P. together the slideshow and photo album for Fr. Heschlē’s retirement party. Gloria Jeffries s May27, 2019 To all who have helped with the setup and cleanup for the many parish Warren s June 6, 2019 luncheons and receptions in May and June. We are fortunate to have so many active and hardworking people in our parish family. May they rest in peace and rise in Glory! X May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. To Mark Law and the choir for another year of beautiful music! To Amanda Torihara and all who assisted her with Vacation Bible School. This Recently Buried in our Parish Resurrection Garden week-long event of Christian Education for our kids is a lot of fun… and also a Joseph Warren s 1916-2019 lot of work to plan and lead! Thank you, Amanda, for your commitment to the children of our parish. X Rest eternal grant unto him O Lord, and may light perpetual shine upon him. To John Ngugi and our Burmese youth for many hours of work weeding, landscaping, and cleaning up the churchyard.    To Dave Roeder, Jenny Glick, and the other members of the search committee for all their time spent over the past few months in creating the Parish Survey, meeting with parishioners, and compiling the responses. With God willing, the next Messenger will be published in October. Contributions to God’s help they will find a good fit for our next rector. content are welcome and encouraged. Announcements need to be submitted by September 15. They may be submitted in writing to the parish office, or emailed To our Altar Guild, Altar Servers, Ushers, and Lectors for service to God’s to [email protected]. Altar. The Parish Office & Rectory phone number is 773-764-6514. Visit our new web site at www.stpaulsbythelake.org

SUMMER EVENTS AT ST. PAUL’S BY-THE-LAKE

Burmese youth weeding our churchyard, led by John Ngugi Baptism of Diane Kisokolo Bamlango, with Bishop Lee

Sudanese youth, visiting from Michigan with their priest Corpus Christi procession with Bishop Lee

Fr. Kemp, Fr. Heschle, and Jonathan Dreslinski before Fr. Heschlē’s retirement mass Fr. Heschlē’s retirement mass

Fr. Heschlē distributing gifts to children during his retirement mass Statue of St. John Vianney, a gift from the whole parish in honor of Fr. Heschlē ST. PAUL’S CHURCH BY-THE-LAKE – AUGUST 2019 7100 N Ashland Blvd, Chicago, IL 60626 | www.stpaulsbythelake.org | 773-764-6514

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Lectors Ushers 1 2 3 10:30a Mass 8:00a8:00 am Mass Mass 10:30a10:30 Massam Mass St. Joseph of Arimathea St. Peter’s Chains St. Nicodemus, m. 4 – Emmanuel Lemi 34 – J. GramerReh J. Ngugi, A.4 –Carty J. Ngugi, A. Carty Lammas Day (transferred) 11 – Antonio Morales-Pita 11 – J. Reh 11 – J. Hazelden, S. Nyirenda 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I, 18 – Rachel Nyirenda 1108 – – M. M. Paw Paw 18J. – Hazelden,S. Nyirenda, A. S. Carty Nyirenda 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II and 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. Coffee Hour 25 – John Chalmers 25 – J. Seiffert 25 – J. Ngugi, M. Vieira Holy Unction 9:30a Confessions Fast & Abstinence 10:00a Altar Guild 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SOLEMNITY OF THE St. Oswald, k. & m. THE TRANSFIGURATION Bl. John Mason Neale, pt. St. Dominic, pt. & f. Feria St. Laurence, m. & d. OF OUR LORD JESUS TRANSFIGURATION OF 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I CHRIST 10:30a Low Mass, Rt. I 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Coffee Hour (anticipated) 9:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9:30a Confessions 10:00a Altar Guild 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour 10:30a Solemn Mass & Coffee Hour 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Mass ECW Coffee Hour Fast & Abstinence 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pentecost IX St. Hippolytus, pt. & m. Bl. Jeremy Taylor, bp. Bl. Maximillian Kolbe, pt. THE ASSUMPTION OF THE St. Stephen of Hungary BVM on Saturday Proper 14 in Ordinary Time & m. BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I 9:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. Bl. John Myrick Daniels, 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I with 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour m. 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II Rosary and Sprinkling, 10:30a Sung Mass & Coffee Hour Continental Breakfast 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Prayers 10:30a Low Mass, Rt. I 9:30a Confessions 10:00a Altar Guild Food Pantry Sunday Fast & Abstinence 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SOLEMNITY OF THE St. Helena, q. St. , Bl. of Smolensk, Queenship of Mary St. ST. BARTHOLOMEW, AP. abt. abt. ASSUMPTION OF THE 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I, BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 9:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 10:30a Low Mass, Rt. I Coffee Hour (transferred) 9:30a Confessions 10:00a Altar Guild 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour 10:30a Solemn Mass & Coffee Hour 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Prayers Fast & Abstinence 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Pentecost XI Feria Bl. Thomas Gallaudet & St. , Beheading of St. John the Bl. Charles Grafton, bp. St. Aidan, bp. Henry Winter Syle bp. Baptist Proper 16 in Ordinary Time 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I, 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour 9:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 10:30a Low Mass, Rt. I 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II Coffee Hour 10:30a Sung Mass & Coffee Hour 9:30a Confessions 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Prayers 10:00a Altar Guild Fast & Abstinence Regular Events Special Events Legend Confessions: Saturdays & August 17: Walsingham abs – abbess c – confessor m – martyr Sundays 9:30a Prayer Cell Mass with abt – d – deacon mat – matron Note: Religious Education Rosary (Luminous ap – apostle evan – evangelist n – nun Classes will be on Summer Mysteries) and Sprinkling arbp – archbishop f – friar pt – priest break from May 26 to Bl – blessed feria – weekday q – queen September 8 bp – bishop k – king r – religious ECW – Episcopal Church Women St – ST. PAUL’S CHURCH BY-THE-LAKE – SEPTEMBER 2019 7100 N Ashland Blvd, Chicago, IL 60626 | www.stpaulsbythelake.org | 773-764-6514

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pentecost XII Martyrs of New Guinea Bl. Phoebe, deaconess Bl. Paul Jones, bp. Bl. Boris & Gleb, m. Feria Eve of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Proper 17 in Ordinary Time 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I 9:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 10:30a Low Mass, Rt. I 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II and 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour Holy Unction 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I, 10:30a Sung Mass & Coffee Hour Coffee Hour, Altar Guild 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Mass 9:30a Confessions ECW Coffee Hour Labor Day Fast & Abstinence 8 9 19 11 12 13 14 Pentecost XIII St. Constance & Her Bl. Alexander Crummell, Feria Bl. John Henry Hobart, bp. St. , bp. & m. Holy Cross Day Proper 18 in Ordinary Time Companions, The pt. Martyrs of Memphis 10:30a Low Mass, Rt. I 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I, 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I 9:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. Coffee Hour, Altar Guild 9:45a Choir Rehearsal 9:30a Confessions 10:30a Sung Mass & Coffee Hour 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Mass Food Pantry Sunday Fast & Abstinence 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pentecost XIV St. Ninian, bp. St. St. Edward Pusey, pt. St. Theodore of Tarsus, Bl. John Patteson, bp. & m. ST. MATTHEW, AP. & EVAN. St. Lambert, bp. & m. Ember Day arbp. Ember Day Ember Day Proper 19 in Ordinary Time 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour 9:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 10:30a Low Mass, Rt. I 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I, 9:45a Choir Rehearsal Coffee Hour, Altar Guild 10:30a Sung Mass & Coffee Hour 9:30a Confessions 11:30a Church School 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Prayers Fast & Abstinence 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pentecost XV Feria Our Lady of Walsingham St. Sergius, abt. Bl. Lancelot Andrews, bp. St. Vincent de Paul, pt. St. Wenceslas, m. Proper 20 in Ordinary Time 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I 9:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 10:30a Low Mass, Rt. I 6:15p Low Mass, Rt. II 8:00a Low Mass, ’28 Rt. 9:00a Low Mass, Rt. I, 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour Coffee Hour, Altar Guild 9:45a Choir Rehearsal 9:30a Confessions 10:30a Sung Mass & Coffee Hour 11:30a Church School 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Prayers Fast & Abstinence 29 30 Pentecost XVI ST. & ALL Blessing of the Backpacks Church School Caribbean Luncheon Proper 21 in Ordinary Time ANGELS (transferred) Sunday, September 1 Sundays at 11:30a Sunday, September 29 8:00a Low Mass & Coffee Hour 8:00a Low Mass, Rt. I 9:45a Choir Rehearsal Children may bring their backpacks September 8: Registration After the 10:30a Mass 10:30a Sung Mass & Coffee Hour for a special blessing during Mass September 15: Church School begins Tickets on sale from vestry members 12:00p Caribbean Luncheon 1:00p Sudanese Dinka Prayers Regular Events Special Events Lectors Ushers Legend Confessions: Saturdays & Sundays at September 1: Backpack 10:30a Mass 8:00a Mass 10:30a Mass abs – abbess c – confessor m – martyr 9:30a Blessing 1 – Alvin Collins 1 – D. McGee 1 – J. Ngugi, A. Carty abt – abbot d – deacon mat – matron Church School: Sundays at 11:30a September 8: Church School 8 – Jenny Glick 8 – J. Gramer 8 – J. Hazelden, S. Nyirenda ap – apostle evan – evangelist n – nun Registration 15 – Emmanuel Lemi 15 – J. Reh 15 – S. Nyirenda, A. Carty arbp – archbishop f – friar pt – priest September 15: Church 22 – Antonio Morales-Pita 22 – M. Paw 22 – J. Ngugi, M. Vieira Bl – blessed feria – weekday q – queen School begins 29 – Rachel Nyirenda 29 – J. Seiffert 29 – J. Ngugi, A. Carty bp – bishop k – king r – religious September 29: Caribbean ECW – Episcopal Church Women St – saint Luncheon