Dearly Beloved,
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!
There are so many people to thank for another powerful and moving Holy Week, and for our glorious Easter celebrations.
The Altar Guild for scenery changes: from Palm Sunday red to Maundy Thursday white to Good Friday black; and from the Palms of Palm Sunday, to the Stripping of the Altar and the Garden of Repose on Maundy Thursday, to the Flowers of Easter.
Jim Collins and our choir for their magnificent music throughout the week, and for Easter's brass quintet, featuring our own Jim Swager.
Palm Sunday narrators (Lisa Halpin, Ingrid Roberts, Carol Hirsheimer) and actors (Chief Priest: Carol Porter, Aurora Raimondi, Jim Mortell; Jesus: Charlie Porter, Nick Raimondi, David Schaper; Disciples: Curt and Mary Keller, Elizabeth Woo, David and Tina Reynolds; Peter: Paul Maraist, Scott Schaper, Rob Cunningham; Judas: Dan Aberson, Chloe Seghers, Hans Royal-Hedinger; High Priest: Mary Maraist, Kate Baddeley, Normand LaJoie; Servant Girl: Marcia Bazzoni, Kristi Leimbeck, Dot Elliott; Pilate: Cynthia Brown, Ashley Babcock; Tom Elliott; Centurion: Al Bazzoni, (unknown), Beverly Laurell).
Watchers: Dori Carlson, Andrea Bozzano, Dave Schulz, Kathie Heidenfelder, Pat Miller, Pat Auch, Paul Maraist, Mary Maraist, Diane Jones, Meredith Potter, and Dorthea White.
Bulletin Stuffers Addie LeSueur, Carol Hirsheimer, Genevieve TenEyck, and Mary Maraist.
Liturgy of Water and Light: Meredith Potter, Sharon Henley-Gramer, Fran Cook and Mary Keller.
Balloon Brigade: Diane Jones, Claire, Ellie, and Kathy Christenson, Leigh Stewart, Mark Leimbeck, Melly Peterson, and for Helen and Dennis Lietz who prepared all the ribbons beforehand;
Easter Egg Hunt: Barbara Schaper, who organized it, Derek Hill and Philip Lovacheff who stuffed the eggs, Aurora Raimondi and Scott Schaper who hid the eggs, and Luke Peterson who, with Derek and Scott helped the children hunt for the eggs, and Mike Hill who helped stuff eggs and supervise the older children's egg hunt― there were 11 children ages 2 through 1st grade, and 6 children 2nd -5th grade, with 150 eggs for each group!
Thanks also to David, Matt, and Scott Schaper, who have worked long and hard on removing the pews from the new choir area, and the hazardous bolts which secured the pews to the floor. Thanks also to David and John Craig who are working on bringing electricity to the southwest corner of the nave.
Standing in the Gospel: The High School Sunday School Class Food Drive Lenten Service Project
Our High School students topped last year and collected 210 pounds of non-perishable food and miscellaneous items.
The West Deerfield Township Food Pantry was delighted to receive this generous donation from St. Gregory's, and Julie Morrison is grateful for their support.
Preschool News
Our latest check from Target totaled $111.34. Thanks to all those who participate in the Take Charge of Education program. To date we have received $341.85!
Art works by our preschool children were displayed at the Deerfield Public Library from April 2 to 14.
News from Susan Dun in Doha, Qatar
I have been keeping up with the newsletters etc. and miss all of you every time I see them. We have just finished our opening ceremony for Northwestern University in Qatar which was a crazy huge event. The students are amazing to work with and Doha is pretty neat too. I wasn't complaining about the 50 degree winter when I was reading about the snow you had but we'll get ours in the summer! We will be home in June and July—the kids will stay through most of August but I have to be back as our school starts mid August. Please tell folks I said hi and am looking forward to seeing them this summer.
The Bishop's Visitation
Our new Bishop, Jeffrey Lee, will be making his first Episcopal Visitation this Sunday, along with his wife, Lisa Rogers Lee. Lisa, who is an accomplished singer, will be joining The Gregorys at the Nine O' Clock Service, and the Choir at the 11 am service as they reprise their beautiful Easter Anthem.
The Bishop will preach and celebrate at all three of our services, and he will also be at the Adult Forum for our "By-Title-Only" Quarterly Meeting.
Mark these Dates!
Sunday, April 26: Special Sabbatical Committee Adult Forum with results from our Church Assessment Tool [CAT] Survey, presented by Susan Czolgosz.
Sunday, May 17: Master Plan Committee 6:00 pm Potluck and Presentation by Jim Stone
Faithfully yours,
"We are ambassadors for Christ, God appealing to the world through us." 2 Corinthians 5:20
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