Great Vigil of Easter • Personal Practices, Spiritual Growth • Q1

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Volume 1, Issue 2, Pentecost 2016
• The Great Vigil of Easter
• Personal Practices,
Spiritual Growth
• Q1 2016 Parish Financial
Report
• Clebrating Communion
Enrichment
Photo by Robin Maghielse
Ordinary Time
The Reverend Drew Van Culin
With Pentecost just behind us, we have
begun the longest season of the Christian
year. Throughout the coming twenty-six
weeks, no Principal Feast will be celebrat-
ed and green will be the seasonal color for
the frontal and other hangings around the
church. Over these six months we will
hear story upon story of Jesus’ life as he
walked among his disciples, teaching them
about life as followers of his way.
A close look at the Gospel lessons for the
coming months provides a hint to the
meaning behind the name of this season –
Ordinary Time. On the surface of things
taught it, we join the disciples of ages past
it may appear that “ordinary” relates to the
in building up of a new kingdom of saints
character of these stories and season; that
struggling and striving to live lives worthy
is, that they come from the “ordinary” life
of Christ our Lord.
of Jesus. And that is certainly true. Over
these coming months we will hear nothing It’s tempting for all of us to take these
of the miraculous birth nor of the glorious summer months of ordinary time as a
Resurrection of our Lord. time of retreat and respite, even from the
Church and the deepening of our faith.
But there is more. Look further and we
will see in these stories an early primer of Yet, they are meant for just the opposite.
Christian faith as taught by Jesus himself. These ordinary days are intended for our
As he walks with his disciples and engages on-going formation as disciples of Christ
of the crowds who gather around him, we and followers of the Way.
see through Jesus’ teaching what faith and
So don’t be a stranger this summer!
discipleship mean to him. We will hear
Rather, let’s learn together and friends and
who this message is for: women and men,
followers of Christ.
Gentiles and Jews. We will hear, too, what
Grace and Peace this summer,
it costs: sell everything and follow me.
We will be reminded as well of the true
grounds of faith: gratitude.
Over the course of these several weeks,
the foundations of a new community will
be set out before us, a community (re-)
ordered on and toward God. And it is
here that we find the root of Ordinary
Time. Here in these months, as we hear
again the meaning of discipleship as Jesus
2 Christ Church Grosse Pointe/Pentecost 2016
As our annual Antiques, Garden and Design Show comes to a
close, we look back with immense gratitude to those who led the
way for 32 years. Thank you to everyone who made the Show an
incredible success for so many years!
CHAIRMEN
1985 Wendy Jennings & Susie McMillan 1995 Patty Fox, Nancy Ross, Susan Heinen & 2007 Christine Alcantara & Mary Herring
1986 Wendy Jennings & Susie McMillan Gioconda McMillan 2008 Scottie Knight & Nancy Osborn
1987 Wendy Jennings & Susie McMillan 1996 Gioconda McMillan & Nancy Ross 2009 Scottie Knight & Nancy Osborn
1988 Wendy Jennings & Susie McMillan 1997 Pamela Partridge & Linda Sloane 2010 Scott Hanoian, Cyndee Harrison,
1989 Wendy Jennings, Susie McMillan & 1998 Robin Albrecht & Kathy Godslave Kirsti Juergens & Robin Maghielse
Mary Anne Zinn 1999 Lynne Cameron & Candace Sweeny 2011 Nancy Osborn & Ted Sweeney
1990 Wendy Jennings, Susie McMillan, 2000 Penny Soby & Julie Sutton 2012 Nancy Osborn & Ted Sweeney
Suzanne Nicholson & Mary Anne Zinn 2001 Hadley Mack French & Jackie Gray 2013 Betsy Creedon & Karyn Weir
1991 Wendy Jennings, Susie McMillan, 2002 Pat Wenzel & Jackie Gray 2014 Dana Deimel & Colleen Fitzgerald
Suzanne Nicholson & Mary Anne Zinn 2003 Suzie Brock, Jackie Gray & Emily Tennyson 2015 Colleen Fitzgerald & Patsy Gotfredson
1992 Susie McMillan, Patty Fox & Susan Heinen 2004 Jackie Gray & Tina Griffin 2016 Patsy Gotfredson & Jennifer Fozo
1993 Betsy Creedon & Karyn Weir 2005 Jackie Gray & Libby Candler
1994 Betsy Creedon & Karyn Weir 2006 Libby Candler
HONORARY CHAIRMEN
1985 Mr. & Mrs. Ferdinand Cinelli Mr. & Mrs. John Lord Booth II 2006 Mr. & Mrs. John Gray
1986 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Ford III 1997 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Valk 2007 Mr. & Mrs. Frederic DeHaven
1987 Mr. & Mrs. Hugo S. Higbie 1998 Mr. & Mrs. Thayer McMillian 2008 Mr. & Mrs. George Zinn
1988 Mr. & Mrs. William C. Ford 1999 Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Alandt 2009 Ms. Libby Candler
1989 Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Williams 2000 Past Chairs 2010 Penny Soby & Julie Sutton
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon T. Ford 2001 Mr. & Mrs. Frederic DeHaven and 2011 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Birgbauer
1991 Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Wiener Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maycock 2012 Betsy Creedon & Karyn Weir
1992 Mr. & Mrs. William Y. Gard 2002 Mr. & Mrs. Henry French and 2013 Mr. & Mrs. David Perez
1993 Ms. Elizabeth P. Candler The Rev. David Greer 2014 Mr. & Mrs. Garland Knight
1994 Ms. Moonyeen Fitch & Ms. Sue Kinnaird 2003 Mr. & Mrs. William C. Ford 2015 Mr. & Mrs. Dick Beadle
1995 Mr. & Mrs. John Nicholson and 2004 Mrs. Wilber Hadley Mack and 2016 Mr. & Mrs. John Lord Booth II
Mr. & Mrs. George Zinn Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Schrashun
1996 Mrs. John Lord Booth and 2005 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Ford
Christ Church Grosse Pointe/Pentecost 2016 3
A Letter from Your Vestry
Mark Lorenger and Karen Kienbaum
61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard Friends, The Vestry is continuing our follow-up with
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 regard to the 2016 Stewardship Campaign.
What a wonderful Easter season! Holy
Church Office (Hours: 9 am - 5 pm) The Vestry began this follow-up with a tele-
week, The Rev. Sam Portaro’s presence and
Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] thon in February and we continue to reach
www.christchurchgp.org preaching, our Easter music, Lenten Mad-
out to those of you for your 2016 pledge.
ness, Quiet Night, Prayer Labyrinth, our
Please help us in our efforts to complete
Pastoral Emergencies: youth flowering the cross, our Easter bou-
our 2016 Stewardship Campaign and more
313-885-4841, ext. 4 quets and our opportunity to support our
importantly - our commitment to God and
brothers and sisters in Flint with our Easter
The Rev’d Andrew Van Culin, Rector appeal offering of $14,212 and 500 gallons our church. Prayerfully, consider pledging
[email protected] to Christ Church. As of May 31st we have
of water directed toward the Diocese of
313-885-4842 seen progress in reaching families who have
Eastern Michigan and the Episcopal Relief
The Rev’d Areeta Bridgemohan, Curate renewed their pledge. We thank everyone
and Development Fund. What an amazing
[email protected] who has pledged. Please see the new Mis-
outpouring of both water and financial
313-885-4841 ext. 121
sion Giving Update on page 8 with all the
support given by all of you.
Maryann DeAngelo, Rector’s Assistant pledging households.
[email protected] Thank you everyone for making this Easter
Your Vestry is here to serve you. Please feel
313-885-4841 ext. 107 season extra special. One of giving, sharing
free to contact any one of us.
Rick DiLoreto, and loving one another, especially those in
Director of Communications and Marketing need! So thank you again. Faithfully,
[email protected]
Our commissions, committees, guilds and Mark Lorenger, Sr. Warden
313-885-4841 ext. 115
task forces are moving forward with mem- [email protected]
James Gray,
bership and meetings. We are not quite
Worship and Events Coordinator Karen Kienbaum , Jr. Warden
[email protected] finished with all of the formation just yet [email protected]
313-885-4841 ext. 103 but will be soon.
Scott Hanoian,
Associate for Worship and Liturgy, Water of Life Thank You
Director of Music and Organist
[email protected]
313-885-4841 ext. 102 The Rev’d Drew Van Culin
The Rev’d Vicki Hesse, Associate for Parish
Life and Christian Formation Thank you to all who participated in the
[email protected] 2016 Easter Appeal: Water of Life, Water
313-885-4841 ext. 116
for All!
Peggy Karson, Accountant
Over 200 households participated in the
[email protected]
313-885-4841 ext. 110 2016 Easter Appeal, supplying more than
500 gallons of water and over $14,000 to
Dexter Kennedy, Assistant Organist
[email protected] support the relief efforts in Flint. Every
dollar and every bottle of water has been
The Rev’d Canon Ron Spann
directed to the water relief efforts of the
Director of the Spirituality Center
[email protected] Diocese of Eastern Michigan.
313-885-4841 ext. 113
This great gift of life-giving water and our
Robert Szadek, combined financial support are one way
Director of Facilities and Maintenance
that we as a community have lived more
[email protected]
fully into our baptismal vow “to seek to
313-885-4841 ext. 109
serve Christ in all persons, loving our
Diane Ward,
neighbors as ourselves.”
Associate for Finance and Administration
[email protected] With Gratitude,
313-885-4841 ext. 111
Drew
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Counting Money at Christ Church
Ed White
Every Monday (sometimes Tuesday when to know some wonderful ladies, some of
the church is closed on Monday) two or whom I knew by name only before. Due to
more people meet at Christ Church to tally having lost some volunteers to death and
the money from the weekend services. It’s to winter relocation we need to add to the
easy work and doesn’t take much more roll of counters. We each only count about
than a fifth grade math mastery to do. one time a month.
(Some people might question how did I
This is a fun, mostly social event. It helps
qualify?) We tally the loose collections
Peggy, our Accountant, to prepare to take
by service and keep track of pledges and
the money to the bank. Anyone interested
special gifts separately.
in volunteering for this ministry please
We are treated to free coffee, and some- contact Peggy Karson at pkarson@christ-
times other nourishment. During the time churchgp.org or 313-885-4841, ext. 110.
I’ve participated in this ministry, I’ve come
Quarterly Contribution Statement
Peggy Karson
Every quarter a contribution statement is where goods or services are received by be recorded to the current years pledge
sent out to each contributor, either via a the donor. When this occurs, you will see fund. If you would like a donation given
secure link to the email address that we on your statement a notation that reads to a specific fund, such as DeHaven or All
have on file, or by regular mail. These “Gift for Item of Value” and will show Saints, please indicate that on either your
quarterly statements will show the pledge the donor’s tax deductible value for the check memo or on a note.
Water of Life Thank You amount for the year (if a pledge was made donation.
As always, please feel free to contact me
by the contributor) and all donations given
You will also notice on your statement the 313-885-4841, ext. 110 with any questions
to Christ Church. Most donations are
“Fund Description” where your gift was or concerns regarding your contribution
given with no return of goods or services;
placed. Please note that unless other- statement. Thank you for your continued
however in some instances, such as the
wise specified by the donor, all gifts will support of Christ Church.
Antiques Show, a donation may be made
Outreach Funding Grants Awarded for 2016
Rev’d Areeta Bridgemohan
The outreach funding ministry seeks to Front Porch $3,000; Habitat for Human- bones, to send over 500 gallons of water
respond to God’s call to serve those in ity $5,300; Hope Community Outreach to Flint. City Year Detroit also received
need by providing financial support to and Development $4,500; Mariner’s Inn $6,875 from the Gifts and Greens fund-
agencies doing great work in our com- $3,000; The Lakehouse $4,500; Ruth Ellis raiser in 2015.
munity. This year, the outreach funding $4,500; Wellspring $2,500.
Thank you for helping us extend Christ’s
ministry received a total of 23 applications
In addition to these grants, we also sent love and to live into our baptismal call to
for outreach funding. We awarded grants
$14,212 to the Episcopal Diocese of seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving
to 9 groups. Below is a list of the successful
Eastern Michigan for their relief efforts in our neighbours as ourselves.
applicants:
response to the Flint water crisis. We also
For more information go to
Buckets of Rain $4,500; Crossroads $4,500; were able, through the support of Fish-
www.christchurchgp.org/grants
Christ Church Grosse Pointe/Pentecost 2016 5
I Thirst - Easter Day 2016
A Sermon preached in Christ Church, Grosse Pointe, Michigan by The Reverend Andrew Van Culin, Rector
In the Name of God, Father, Son, and Holy While any one of these images and words and a Florida room for the cold of winter.
Spirit. from Jesus’ last hours of life surely provides These now are the basics of our lives, and
us a pathway into the mystery and mean- with them come untold anxieties.
Less than 48 hours ago Christians across
ing of this festive day, it is the last of these,
the globe gathered to hear again the tragic We thirst for a peace which this world can-
those final words of distress uttered by a
account of Jesus’ arrest and betrayal, and not give. We thirst for a quietness that even
parched and thirsting man strung out to
the agony of his crucifixion and death. darkness does not provide.
die, that ought to catch us up today.
Some gathered on mountainsides under the
We thirst, too, I am convinced, for some-
stark shadow of three crosses as if bystand- On the surface of things they seem so for-
thing more in our relationships. We long
ers to that gallows event; others walked eign to us. In a society today in which fresh
for something in our relationships that
the streets of their towns and communities water is conveniently bottled and readily
social media can never fill. We thirst, do we
retracing, as it were, his unfaultering steps at hand on nearly every corner of our lives,
not, for such substantive love in our rela-
that led to Golgatha, that hallowed place who would fault us for thinking that all
tionships, not only with a spouse or partner,
called a skull; some, no doubt, read this that thirsts for water are the cut flowers and
but with our friends and community, a
story again in silence, perhaps even a bit beautiful gardens that decorate our lives
love in which the reality of our life not only
hidden from others, to privately consider and our homes.
is known, but is received with grace and
again Jesus death for betrayer and disciple
But pause for but a little while, be still long affection. In a world of carefully cultivated
alike; still others, by far the largest number,
enough for the distractions of our mind personas – profiles, in today’s vernacular –
would have been too busy with the ordi-
and phones to subside, and we will begin to in a world in which we constantly Photo-
nary demands of life to have to have done
remember again just how thirsty we are. shop the images of our selves that others
much than reflect for a moment or two in
see, ensuring that only the beautiful or
the business of life to remember a gift once
There is no doubt in my mind that, in spite
flattering or touching images are presented
and always given.
of the beauty of our lives, our thirst runs
for comment and likes, we yearn, we thirst
deep. We thirst, do we not, for calm waters
Others, of course, gathered in simple for so much more.
of rest? In the frenzied life of work and
churches such as this, to quietly listen to
families, lives that take us from our bed We thirst for those true friendships in
and retell the sacred story, making their
to our car, to offices and to meetings, to which we have been laid bare. We thirst
own solemn procession to the foot of
rushed meals and even more hurried con- for those embracing and transforming
the cross to offer themselves, for the first
versations with those closest to us, before and life-giving relationships in which our
time or perhaps the thirty third time, in
we sink again into our beds with racing imperfections and inadequacies, not only of
repentant gratitude for the one laid down
minds . . . we thirst. body, but of our skill and even of our per-
before us.
sonality and temperament, are known yet
We thirst desperately, however, for rest from
Regardless of how we may have spent forgiven on account of love and affection.
more than simple business. We thirst, too,
these last days, whether we watched or
do we not, for a rest from the pervading We thirst for a depth of relationship that is
heard or read, or simply remembered
anxieties of our life. We thirst from a rest not found in any number of Facebook likes
again the account of Jesus passion and
from the fear of our ever-present mortality or friends. We thirst for a love capable of
death, there are likely to have been a few
presses upon us with greater weight each loving all of us, a love capable of receiving
points of particularly familiar remem-
and every passing day. We thirst, too, for us not only in our youthful beauty, but even
brance: a crown of cruelly woven thorns,
rest from the anxieties that stem from our in our failures and unsightliness.
a cocks crow and a friend’s sorrow and
ever present desire to succeed and from a
shame, a jeering crowd and an acquiescing
We must consider ourselves fortunate if
society that has perverted our understand-
governor, and, of course, a wooden cross
that is all for which we thirst; if all that we
ing of the necessities of life. Where the
and a few last words:
lack is peace and love.
basics of life were once clean water, healthy
• Father, forgive them, for they do not
food, and safe lodging, today they include
Sadly, however, there are too many in our
know what they do.
a well-stocked bar, a pantry that will see us
• Today you will be with me in paradise world who thirst, too, for the basic needs of
not only through winter but spring summer
• Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. life: for clean water and healthy food; for
and fall as well, and house that will includes
• I thirst. good education and the safety to be publi-
a multi-car garage, a guest bedroom or two,
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cally their true selves – be it the expression ferent life, to live a life – and to invite others merely because we are Christians, though it
of their faith or their sexuality; there are to know and live this life as well – we are is fundamental to our life of faith – we are
those who thirst every day for a world free called to live a life that aspires not simply called because we are bound to one another
of violence and terror, be it in the privacy of to success and acquisition, but to a life that as tightly and as closely as a sister is to a
their homes or along the roads and alleys of overflows with Love, pouring itself out into brother, to meet the needs of the suffering
their communities. the world. We are challenged to live with, and dispossessed in our society. Whether
to share and to make real, that same Love it is water for family in Flint, or a thirsty
Tragically, we live a world that is parched and
that loved us first, to form relationships on child in country far from here, the thirst our
gasping for the waters of basic human life.
the firm foundation of love and affection, to sisters and brothers have for the basic needs
develop relationships that receive another of life are ours to meet.
As Jesus hung upon that cross so long ago,
not merely in our youthful beauty, but even
parched and gasping himself, he uttered a
I thirst, says Jesus. The world thirsts with him.
in our failures and unsightliness. This is to
word that is among the most human words
love as God loves us.
of all, “I thirst.” May we drink today from the waters of life.
And yes, we are called to provide water
And this morning is God’s response, and May we serve those same waters of life
in all its forms to those who thirst for the
like so many things with God, there are tomorrow.
basic needs of life. We are called – not
two parts.
God, of course, commits to doing God’s
part. You will notice that, at the center of
our life this morning – and every Easter
morning for that matter – lies the Baptismal
font, a font filled with a water no quick-
stop convenience store sells. To a thirsty
world, God offers water from a spring of
life that quenches a thirst that transcends
our bodies. Here in the waters of Baptism
we are promised, first, a relationship unlike
any other. We are promised a relationship
with love as its foundation, a relationship
that promises love not only in our childlike
innocence, but even through the pain we
cause throughout the course of our life; a
Love that offers forgiveness and mercy even
in the face of our betrayals of self and one
another, and ultimately of God. Here in our
baptism we are invited into a different life,
freed from the desperate frenzy by which
we vainly strive for immortality and success,
and so in our baptism we are invited to rest.
Here in our Baptism we are invited to rest,
confident in God’s promise to meet death in
all its forms with life.
But there is our part, too. We are part of
God’s response today. Crazy as it sounds,
you are part of God’s plan to quench the
thirst of this world. You, individually, and
we as a community, are called to live a dif-
Christ Church Grosse Pointe/Pentecost 2016 7
2016 Annual Mission Giving – Thank You!
Diane Ward
While our annual mission of giving
never ends we want to thank those
who have committed to the support of
Ministries here at Christ Church with a
pledge. As noted, the list is a continual
living breathing document. The names
listed below are members who have
pledged as of 6/1/2016.
Mrs. Miriam Abdullah Ms. Diane De Santis Mr. & Mrs. Walter Jacques
Mrs. D. Luanne Ahlbrand Mr. Michael DeFillipi & Mr. David Gerdis Mr. Basil Johnson
Ms. Heather Albrecht Mr. & Mrs. D. Frederic DeHaven Mr. & Mrs. Robert Johnson
Ms. Katherine Anslow Mr. & Mrs. George Detwiler Mr. & Mrs. A. David Jones
Ms. Lynn Anslow Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Ian Jones
Mr. Joel Anyim Dr. Ann & Mr. Ken Eatherly Mr. & Mrs. Brian Juergens
Mrs. Barbara Arrigo Mr. Steven Fehniger Ms. Barbara Kennedy
Dr. & Mrs. Eric Ash Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ferrara Ms. Karen Kienbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Bachand Mr. & Mrs. Ed Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. J. Peter King
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bamford Mr. & Mrs. James Fitzgerald Mr. Robert Kingscott & Mrs. Susan Mara
Mr. & Mrs. Sandy Baruah Mr. & Dr. James Flom, Jr. Mrs. Judith Kling
Mr. Jeffry Bauer Mrs. Shirley Fortune Mr. & Ms. Garland Knight, III
Dr. Richard Baumgarten & Dr. Cheryl Wesen Mr. & Mrs. John Fowler Ms. Doreen Kohr
Mr. & Ms. Richard Beadle Mrs. Hadley French Mr. & Mrs. Michael Labadie
Ms. Lois Bendler Mr. & Mrs. David Gaskin Mrs. Mary Ledyard
Mr & Mrs John Benson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Gaspar Mr. & Mrs. Keith Leibbrand
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Best Mr. Charles Gibson, Jr. Ms. Lynda Loch
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Birgbauer Dr. Richard Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Jason Lorence
Mr. & Mrs. Brad Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Edward Gotfredson Mr. & Mrs. Mark Lorenger
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Blair Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Greening Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Lynch
Mr. Karl Boeckler & Mrs. Lori Mouton Boeckler Mr. Stuart Grigg Mr. & Ms. Keith Mackenzie
Ms. Antoinette Book Mrs. Heather Hakim Mr. & Mrs. Edwin MacKethan, III
Miss Terry Book Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hall Mrs. Alexandra Mackey
Mr. & Mrs. John Booth, II Mrs. Stephanie Hampton Mr Brian & Dr Lisa MacLean
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bowe Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hanoian Mr. & Mrs. Thomas MacMillan
Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton Mrs. Elizabeth Hardwick Mr. & Mrs. George Maghielse
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Bradley Ms Susan Harper Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mason
Ms. Sidonie Brown Mrs. Ruth Hatcher Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mathews
Mrs. Constance Browning Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Healey Mrs. Marion Maurer
Miss Libby Candler The Rev’d Hesse & The Rev’d McCullough Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Maycock, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David Chaklos Mr. Mark Higbie & Mrs. Gretchen Knoell Mr. & Mrs. Ted McConnell
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Chan Mrs. Laurence B. Higbie Mr. & Mrs. John McCormick
Mr. & Mrs. William Collison Mr. & Mrs. Mark High Ms. Bonita McCoy
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Constant Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hix Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth McIntyre
Mrs. Ann Cooper Ms. Hope Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Donald McKnight
Mr. & Mrs. Gaylord Creedon Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Hopper Mrs. Jeanne McLeod
Mr. & Mrs. D. Kerry Crenshaw Mr. & Mrs. Henry Hubbard Mrs. Lucinda McMahon
Mr. & Mrs. William Cudlip Mr. & Mrs. Julius Huebner Mr & Mrs James T. McMillan, II
Mr & Mrs Paul D’Angelo Mr. & Mrs. Peter Huebner Ms. Kim McNulty
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Darlington Mr. Daniel Hughes Mrs Joseph M. Mengden
Ms. Karen Davenport Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Hurley Mrs. Maxine Metzen
Ms. Mary Jean Davis Ms. Lynnette Iannace Elizabeth Nardine
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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Nealssohn Mrs. Lynn Schneider Ms. Charlene Vickers
Mr. & Mrs. John Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Schrashun Mr. & Mrs. James Vogt
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Newton Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Schuetze Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey vonSchwarz
Mr. & Mrs. George Nicholson, III Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Semple Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wachter
Dr. & Mrs. Peter Nickles Ms. Penelope Slough Mrs. Beverly Walsh
Ms. Wendy Niven & Mr. Anthony Sperling Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Smith Mr. & Mrs. Brendan Walsh
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Oldham Mr John Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Walters
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Ollison, III Mr. & Mrs. John Spain Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Walton
Mr. & Mrs. Blair Osborn The Rev & Mrs Ron Spann Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Wardwell, II
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Partridge Mr. & Mrs. James Spica Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Warren, III
Mr & Mrs Robert Payne Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stallings Mr. & Mrs. John Warren, Jr
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Peabody Mr. Samuel Stanley Mrs. Constance Waterman
Mr. & Mrs. William Peattie Mr. & Mrs. Jan Starr Mrs. Lynda Webster
Mr. & Mrs. David Perez Mr. & Mrs. Frank Stellingwerf Ms. Karyn Weir
Mrs. Ursula Persidskis Mr. & Mrs. George Sutton Mrs. Sally Wheeler
Mr. Jeremy Peters Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Sweeney, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Whims
Mrs. Elizabeth Pethick Mr. Theodore Sweeney, III Mrs. Harriett Whitaker
Mr. & Mrs. George Port Mr & Mrs Donald N. Sweeny III Mr. & Mrs. Edward White
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Porter Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Swickard Mr. Walter White, Jr.
Mr & Mrs Dennis Powers Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Tennyson Mr. & Mrs. Colin Wilkinson
Mrs. Sara Ralph Mr. & Mrs. David Tobbe Mr. James Williams
Mr. & Mrs. David Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Allan Torp Ms. Kathy Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Reich Mrs. Geri Touscany Mrs. Katharine Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Renaud Mr. & Mrs. Richard Trost Mr. Thomas Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. John Renick Miss Elizabeth Trost Mr. & Mrs. Peter Wong
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Rentenbach Miss Katherine Trost Mrs. Margaret Woodford
Mr. & Mrs. Ross Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Charles Turner Mr. & Mrs. John Woodhouse, Jr.
Mr Bruce Rockwell Mr. Edward Turner Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Worrell, Sr.
Mrs. Bonnie Romer Mr. & Mrs. Jud Utley Mr. Donald Wray, Jr. & Dr. Arlene Rozzelle
Mr. & Mrs. Brendan Ross Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vallee Mrs. Helen Young
Mr. & Mrs. Burton Rudolph The Rev’d & Mrs. Andrew Van Culin Mrs George H. Zinn, Jr.
Mr. Charles Ruifrok The Rev’d Samuel Van Culin Mr. & Mrs. Luther Zinn
Ms. Helen Santiz Mr. & Mrs. John Van Osdol
Mrs H. R. Schemm Mrs. John Van Zile
Thank You!
The Rev’d Drew Van Culin, Mark Lorenger and Karen Kienbaum
To every volunteer and every support- erous support of so many, without whom Christ Church – to bring God and people
er of Christ Church, Thank you! The our ministry would flounder. together to know and live the good news
wonderful season that is past was made of Jesus Christ, I and the Wardens thank
So, for all that you have done and given
possible by the countless hours and gen- you!
in support of God’s mission here at
Christ Church Grosse Pointe/Pentecost 2016 9
Bridges Over Troubled Water:
The Role That Faith Communities Can Play
In Community Development
The Rev’d Areeta Bridgemohan
On my journey from public health into Sector Studies, a research center housed at more intensive and we had limited project
ordained ministry, I have wondered how Ryerson studying the non-profit sector in resources (which is probably why at the
these two passions would intersect with Canada. It was a wonderful collaboration; time of this research interviewing clients
one another. During my second year of as we got to know each other we learned hadn’t been done very much!).
seminary, an opportunity came across my more about our respective traditions (Paul
A key part of any research project is to
path to participate in a research project. and myself are Anglican and Agnes is
look at the existing relevant research.
The project focused on the role of faith in Jewish) and explored our perspectives on
Aside from the observation that few
community development initiatives. Our faith and social change.
studies sought to give voice to the recipi-
work recently got published in an article
The research project consisted of five ents of these partnerships, other insights
in The International Journal for Public
case studies. Each case study looked at a emerged from the literature. The literature
Theology. I would love to share some of
‘successful’ partnership that comprised a represented faith communities as groups
our findings and reflections with you in
mix of faith groups and sectors (public and that preferred to work in isolation, lacking
this edition of Crossings.
non-profit). The partnerships were iden- the desire and perhaps the capacity for
The research project was led by an Angli- tified as ‘successful’ by trusted individuals partnering with other organizations in ef-
can priest, The Reverend Paul Maclean, known to the research team. Two of the fecting social change. In fact, the literature
who managed a consulting non-profit, case studies focused on partnerships that tended to depict churches (most of the re-
in collaboration with a Business School sought to address food insecurity in their search looked at Christian churches in the
professor, Dr. Agnes Meinhard, at Ry- neighborhoods. U.S.) as providing a strong bonding poten-
erson University. The primary clients of tial for its members. However, they were
We interviewed as many key leaders as
Paul’s consulting organization consisted of not depicted as facilitators for creating
possible in each partnership. We explored
non-profits and churches. Agnes was the community outside their own member-
the possibility of interviewing service
Director of the Centre for Voluntary ship. Our research sought to counter this
recipients, which the literature identified
understanding of the church with positive
as a gap in these kinds of studies. However,
examples of how faith communities
it was not feasible as the Research ethics
process would have been considerably
10 Christ Church Grosse Pointe/Pentecost 2016