Weekly Announcements
Schedule for Sunday, May 28
8:00am Worship (Sanctuary) 10:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
God's Justice Survey of Interest. The God’s Justice group formed this fall in response to a September sermon that asked the question: As a church with an abundance of time, talent, and treasure, how can we use our resources to align with God's justice in the community? Criteria for a good option that emerged:
1) addressing a group that has been marginalized 2) available and willing community partners 3) opportunities for relationship-building (more than financial/goods assistance) 4) possibility for a 3 to 5 year commitment. On May 21 the group presented two options after church: Building Community with Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Support LGBTQ Youth and their families. Whether or not you heard that presentation, we would like to gauge your interest in the two options. The survey below includes a summary of the options and will be open until May 31 for your feedback. Typically our surveys receive around 100 responses and we hope for a similar level of engagement. Wear Red for Pentecost. This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost when Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to the disciples. It is considered the birthday of the church, and traditionally, people wear red. We will have a baptism this Sunday and the sermon at the 10am service will be inclusive of children so there will be no separate children's chapel.
Cleaning Buckets for Sheridan. The packing team would like to ask the congregation to join us in a different kind of summer packing. With all the graduations, travel and activities going on in June, we have decided to have buckets available in the Narthex for people to sign out, take and fill, then, bring back to church. The buckets will be available starting Sunday, June 4, and we have a goal to fill 110. Please sign your name and phone number on the clipboard, take a bucket and fill it with the items listed on the paper inside. Return it to the church under the round table by June 25th (the last Sunday in June). The packing team will add a cleaning towel and deliver 60 of the buckets to our partners at Shepherd Community Center, to be given to the seniors at their senior center, and 50 buckets will be delivered to our partners at Sheridan for distribution from their Sunflower food pantry. Cleaning supplies are expensive and necessary for daily use. These items are not covered by SNAP, (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The items needed in the buckets are full sized items: one bottle of glass cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, multi-purpose cleaner and dish soap. Thank you so much for considering
Welcome our new Seminarian Corey Irwin. Starting June 7, Corey Irwin, will join St. Christopher's as a summer ministry intern. He is a native Hoosier and is coming from Virginia Theological Seminary.
Compassion Packing Team. Thank you to everyone who helped pack 100 hygiene kits for Wheeler Mission last Sunday!
VOCE Vocal Jazz program. VOCE (Voices of Choral Excellence) a premier vocal ensemble in Carmel, IN presents our annual fundraising program of VOCAL JAZZ. The theme is: Broadway Classics: Old & New. The program features classic Broadway songs you’ve loved from: West Side Story, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Les Miserables, Rent, Carousel, Spamalot, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, and many more. Brenda Iacocca is the Managing Director. St. Christopher’s members, Angie Bethel and Stephen McEwan and Brenda and have several solos in the program. Please come and support great local musicians and great local music! Tickets are available at www.fishersmusic.com/tickets.
Save the Date
• May 24, 11:30am | Young at Heart Luncheon
• May 28, 8:00 & 10:00am | Pentecost •June 11, 11:30am | Packing for Shepherd and Sunflower Pantry •June 12, 6:30pm | St. Christopher's 4C's (Prodigy Burger) •June 13, 7:00pm | Becoming Beloved Community (Parish Hall) •June 19, 6:30pm | Women's LIFT Group (Bru Burger) |