Weekly Newsletter for June 19, 2025 |
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Fall on your knees… and riseKathryn Kinjo Duncan
And I will rise when He calls my name, no more sorrow, no more pain. I will rise on eagle’s wings. Before my God fall on my knees and rise. I will rise.
Listen to Chris Tomlins’ original here Listen to Craig Courtney’s choral arrangement here
While I admit I’m not typically drawn to contemporary Christian music, when I came across the choral arrangement of Chris Tomlin’s “I Will Rise” that we’ll be singing this Sunday, I was immediately hooked.
I love the idea of falling on your knees in order to rise, and the way the music (through its repeated ascending scales) echoes that imagery.
I think it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of constant one-upmanship, of the idea that we must always be striving to do more and be bigger and better than others around us. But when we recognize that we are all God’s children – perfectly imperfect, humble in our limited understanding, learning from our failures… that is when we discover that we can practice resurrection every day by working together to lift each other up.
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Join us for Sunday morning worship online at 9:30am
Meeting ID: 842 861 148 Passcode: 414299 |
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Sunday bulletins are posted online every Saturday morning. |
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| June 29: LGBTQ+ Pride Mass-on-the-Grass & Pride Picnic!
We’re just starting the conversation, but let’s celebrate our willingness to learn more and to be more inclusive! On Sunday, June 29 we’ll have an outdoor Eucharist with a hands-on prayer practice to honor wherever you are on this journey, as well as fabulous music and a picnic to follow.
How to prepare: Plan to wear your rainbow colors that Sunday!
While StGs and the coffee brunch hosts are providing most of the items for the picnic (sandwiches, chips, veggies, beans), we still need a few more! Please contact Debbie Kinjo via the button below to sign up, or add your name to the sheet in the Sign-Up Center! Four salads (like pasta salad, potato salad, green salad, fruit salad, etc) Three desserts (like cookies, bars, cake, etc)
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| LGBTQ+ Resources
As requested by many of you at the Rector’s Roundtable earlier this month, Pastor Dan curated some resources for your further study. All of these resources can be found in the email he sent out on Friday, June 13 at 8am!
There will be more opportunities for learning, reflection, and discussion on this topic in the months ahead. |
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| Pastor Dan on Sabbatical
Pastor Dan is on a short sabbatical from June 17th through the 23rd. For general matters, please leave a message for Anita at the usual church phone number (847.945.1678) or at anita@stgregoryschurch.org.
For pastoral emergencies, please call 847.929.9986, and Rev. Kristin Saylor will answer. |
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| Next Community Meals: THIS SUNDAY, June 22
Community Meals needs your help next Sunday, June 22nd, 12 noon - 3pm in Waukegan. No experience or special skills are needed. Please add your name in the Sign Up Center, or email Barb via the button below. |
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| Would you like to chat with Pastor Dan?
If you’d like to schedule a time to chat with Pastor Dan about anything, please use this link that will connect you directly to his calendar. You can also use the blue button under “Helpful Links” at the bottom of every weekly newsletter.
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| Better Neighbors Project: Follow Up
Big, big thanks to everyone who has participated so far in providing feedback for the Better Neighbors Project. The results of the survey and our small group discussions show strong support for continuing to explore our options for selling some portion of our land and property.
Next step: The Vestry is now working to get appraisals for the Rectory house and the land we are discerning. Based on the small group discussions, we are also collecting usage data on the Labyrinth and gathering some other information. We will give another update after our next Vestry meeting on June 23. |
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| New Door Installation Complete!
The full installation of our brand new front door is now officially complete: with full wheelchair accessibility via a button inside and outside to open it! Thank you to an anonymous donor for making this possible, and Peter Holtz for facilitating the entire process. |
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| Midweek Prayer Every Wednesday | 8:00am
Need a midweek spiritual boost? Join a lovely small group of folks who gather online every week for spiritual renewal and to pray intentionally for everyone in our community who is in need. |
| | Meeting ID: 750 552 357
Password: 587299 |
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| Common Threads Second Tuesday of the month | 7:00pm
Bring a new or ongoing craft project to work on while you enjoy fun and fellowship with other parishioners. Whatever your craft - whether your medium is knitting, embroidery, painting, calligraphy, etc - and whatever your skill level, all are welcome! We meet in the Parker Room. |
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| Book Club3rd Wednesday of the month | 7:00pm
July 16:
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second-class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.
Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels. |
| | Meeting ID: 817 1184 3180
Passcode: 893734 |
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For healing in mind, body, or spirit: Lyle TenEyck, Stuart Milligan, Jacob Gramer, Elizabeth Hamilton
In thanksgiving for… Bev and Ron Falbe’s 89th and 90th birthdays!
For the departed… Carla Rizzo
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Announcements are for church-related matters only. Deadline for announcements is Monday at noon. Please send announcements to Kathryn Kinjo Duncan. |
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