April 2015

Volume 61 Issue 4

St. Giles

Episcopal Church

Northbrook, Illinois

Inside This Issue

Rector’s Reflection 2

Vestry/Staff/Hours 2

Birthdays &

Anniversaries 3

Lectionary Readings 3

Music Notes 3

Notes from St. Bedes 4

Calendar 6

Photos 7

Our Schedule

Sundays

Morning Prayer—8:30 AM

Holy Eucharist — 10:15 AM

3rd Sundays of the Month

Healing & Anointing

at both services

Thursdays

Evening Prayer — 4:30 PM

(prayer room, ed. bldg.)

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in Holy Week - March 30, 31- April 1, 7:00 p.m.

Simple celebrations of Holy Eucharist in the Prayer Room. Maundy Thursday, April 2 – 7:00 p.m. We begin with Eucharist in the nave, followed by a simple agape meal, then return to the nave for the stripping of the chancel. Incense will be used. Good Friday, April 3, Stations of the Cross, 12 noon – retrace the journey of Jesus from his trial to the cross with fourteen brief episodes interspersed with prayer and meditation. Proper Liturgy, 7:00 p.m. – Reading of the Passion according to John, veneration of the cross, communion from the reserved sacrament. Holy Saturday, April 4 – 10:00 a.m. (Note time change!) The Proper Liturgy for Holy Saturday, a brief liturgy of readings and prayers, will be read in the nave. The Great Vigil of Easter, April 4 – 8:00 p.m. This is the most important service of the Church year! We hear the story of God’s saving actions throughout history in lessons from the Hebrew scriptures presented in ―readers’ theatre‖ format, and mov- ing from darkness into light, proclaim with joy Jesus’ resurrection. We renew our Baptismal Covenant and celebrate the first Eucharist of Easter. There is no other liturgy like this one! Begins outside; incense will be used. Sunday of the Resurrection, April 5 – 10:15 a.m. We celebrate Jesus’ resurrection with a festive Eucharist, special music, full sermon, and a beautifully decorated church. Incense will be used.

Good Friday Offering:

This year St. Giles will once again participate in The Episcopal Church Good Friday Offering for the work of the gospel in the Land of the Holy One. As Christians in this area suffer more and more persecution, offerings from parishes around the church will support ministries of healing, feeding, and teaching among the dioceses of the Anglican/Episcopal Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. In the words of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, ―It is the work of shalom and salaam, building peace in the hearts of suffering individuals and communities.‖ Envelopes will be available beginning Palm Sunday, March 29, and donations will be collected through April 12. Please consider a generous donation for the sake of our brothers and sisters in the Middle East, and always, always keep them in your prayers.

We feed people — body, mind, and spirit.

Come as you are.

HOLY WEEK & EASTER LITURGIES

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St. Giles

Episcopal Church

3025 Walters Ave.

Northbrook, IL 60062

Phone: 847-272-6622

Fax: 847-272-7664

www.saint-giles.org

Office Hours Monday: By appointment

Tues-Thurs: 9 AM - 2 PM

Friday: Office closed

Diocese of Chicago

The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee,

Bishop

The Rt. Rev. C. Christopher

Epting, Assisting Bishop

Vestry

Chris DeWitt, Sr. Warden

Martha McGuire, Jr. Warden

David Hall

Jan Hutchins-DeWitt

Mary Reid

Ronnie Seiler-Raskin

Nancy Stoddard

Anne-Marie Williams

Kathie Heidenfelder, Clerk

Gloriann Harris, Treasurer

Ned Libby, Bookkeeper

Tom Page, Parish

Chancellor

Staff

The Rev. Cynthia J. Hallas

Rector

The Rev. Belinda Chandler

Priest Associate

The Rev. Charles Hensel

Assisting Priest

Jim Brown

Director of Music

Cathy Leimbeck

Parish Administrator

admin@saint-giles.org

April 2015

Rector’s Reflection: Group Norms

At our February vestry meeting, I proposed that the vestry adopt a set of group norms to guide our conversations, and they agreed. Here they are:

Vestry Group Norms

1. Timeliness is crucial. 2. No individual should dominate the conversation or hijack the meeting; no in-

dividual should be so reluctant to speak that a valuable insight or opinion goes unheard.

3. No matter how excited are about your idea, please do not interrupt another. 4. When criticism or feedback is in order: be honest, be charitable. 5. Keep to the topic. An anecdote may be amusing; an idea may be interesting; a

memory may be lovely; but if none of these are pertinent to the discussion, please save them for another time.

6. Do not allow yourself to get ―triangled‖, i.e. becoming the anonymous bearer of (usually unpleasant) news. Speak for yourself, and only for yourself, and not on behalf of unnamed ―others‖. Encourage direct communication at all times.

7. The world and the culture, including the church, are not anything like they were even 10 years ago; old methods no longer work. We all know this, even if it distresses us. Finding ways to be the faithful, dynamic body of Christ in our own time is much more valuable to the parish than lamenting the past.

8. With very few exceptions, vestry meetings are open to anyone who would like to attend and observe. If a non-vestry member wishes to discuss some-thing with the vestry they must let me know by the Thursday afternoon prior to the meeting. That allows the rest of the vestry to be apprised of it when the agenda is sent out, and also allows for items not actually requiring vestry attention to be referred to others as appropriate.

9. The vestry has its own unique role and is not a ―committee of the whole‖. Allow other individuals and groups to do their jobs, as they must allow you to do yours.

The vestry also agreed that such guidelines are helpful not only for our meetings, but for any groups in the parish, and are useful in establishing clear communica-tion and transparency. The Group Norms will be posted in the multipurpose room, where most of our groups’ meetings take place. I encourage you to review and make use of them as appropriate to your particular team. -Cynthia+

Northbrook Interfaith Sunday is April 19 – St. Giles to Host Kick-off!

The Community Relations Commission of the Village of Northbrook and the Northbrook Clergy Association present Interfaith Sunday on the third Sunday in April. This year, St. Giles will host the kick-off program, scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Pick up your passport and then, from 1-4 p.m., travel throughout Northbrook for tours of our various houses of worship and give thanks for the tremendous reli-gious diversity that characterizes our community. Following your tour, enjoy pizza at the Village Hall, 1225 Cedar Avenue, from 4-5:30.

St. Giles will need several volunteers to work in shifts to host our visitors that afternoon. Please speak with Cynthia if you are interested – it’s a great way to meet and greet our neighbors!

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April Lectionary Readings

April 5 - Easter Day

Acts 10:34-43

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Mark 16:1-8

April 12 - 2 Easter

Acts 4:32-35

Psalm 133

1 John 1:1-2:2

John 20:19-31

April 19 - 3 Easter

Acts 3:12-19

Psalm 4

1 John 3:1-7

Luke 24:36b-48

April 26 - 4 Easter

Acts 4:5-12

Psalm 23

1 John 3:16-24

John 10:11-18

April Birthdays & Anniversaries

Birthdays:

6 Belinda Chandler

7 Susie Hall

10 Elizabeth Hanzel

11 David Hall

13 Nancy Anderson

Ruth-Ann Kirkwood

16 Anne-Marie Williams

Anniversaries:

19 Mitch & Melly Schwartz

27 Linda & Dan Jariabka

MUSIC NOTES: Music for Holy Week and Easter

The Choir will be offering a variety of wonderful special music during the week, including Anton Bruckner’s Chistus factus est on Palm Sunday, Ubi caritas by Maurice Duruflé on Maundy Thursday, God so loved the world by Stainer on Good Friday, John Rutter’s Christ the Lord is risen again at the Easter Vigil, and Mozart’s Regina Coeli, accompanied by string orchestra on Easter Day.

Evensong and Organ Recital on May 3rd

The Choir will be leading Choral Evensong on Sunday, May 3 at 4:00. Special music will include Howells’ Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale), Ave Maria (Parsons), and Evening Hymn (B. Gardner). Following Evensong at 4:45, students from the Music Institute of Chicago will perform a variety of works on our splendid Hellmuth Wolff organ.

This is a wonderful occasion to invite friends to St. Giles.

Walk Through the Prayer Book – Easter Season

Beginning on April 12, the Second Sunday of Easter, we switch to Eucharistic Prayer C, which we will

use throughout the Great Fifty Days. Like many rites of the Eastern church, it calls for extensive

responses from the congregation (most of which come from scripture), and has no specific seasonal

prefaces. It focuses on both creation and on humanity’s fall. Its reference to ―the vast expanse of

interstellar space, galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses….‖ has led some to dub it ―The Star Wars

Prayer‖! Nevertheless, its theology is sound, reminding us of our Christian responsibility and mission

as it asks God to ―Deliver us from the presumption of coming to this table for solace only, and not for

strength; for pardon only, and not for renewal.‖ The prayer was drafted by 20th century liturgist Howard

E. Galley, but elements of it hark back to the 1549 prayer book.

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History Lesson...

The Story of Christianity: A Chronicle of Christian Civilization from Ancient Rome

to Today by Jean-Pierre Isbouts (call number 270/ISB) was published by National

Geographic this year. It is a large volume (it measures 9 ½ by 11 inches and

contains 367 pages) that looks like a coffee-table book but isn’t. Coffee-table

books are big on style and small on substance; this one is big on both. The

author was born in the Netherlands and lives in California, where he teaches at

Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara. His other books include In the Footsteps of Jesus and Who’s Who in the Bible. He is also a screen writer and film

director.

Being a product of National Geographic, the book is lavishly illustrated with maps, reproductions of

paintings, and color photos of scenery, sculptures, buildings, and artifacts. There is also a time line at the

bottom of each page, taking us from 50 B.C. (or, as the book puts it, B.C.E.) when ―Caesar and Pompey

compete for control of Rome‖ to 2013 when ―Pope Francis I is elected pontiff and vows to dedicate his

papacy to fighting poverty.‖ In between, are such events as those of 4 B.C. (―Putative date of birth of

Jesus‖), 30 A.D. (―Jesus is tried and crucified‖), 325 (―Opening of the Council of Nicaea‖), 1517 (―Martin

Luther nails a copy of his Ninety-Five Theses on the castle church at Wittenberg‖), and 1535 (―The Act

of Supremacy declares Henry VIII to be the supreme head of the Church of England‖).

Sidebars – little tidbits of text and photos in boxes next to the regular text – are frequent and informa-

tive. Here are some sample topics: Tithes and Taxes, The Pharisees, The Second Temple, Paul’s Epistles,

Gregorian Music, Dante’s Divine Comedy, The Printing Press, Ignatius of Loyola, Revival Church Archi-

tecture, The Evangelical Movement. (The printing press? Yes. It produced one of the cornerstones of the

Reformation: affordable Bibles in the local language.)

The book’s text begins with the life of Jesus, adding some interesting details to the familiar story

(especially about Herod, taxes, Jewish burial customs, and the role of the Romans in Galilee and Judea).

Chapter 2 is about the early Christians and how the religion, despite some internal conflicts, spread

throughout the Roman Empire. (Because of the primitive forms of transportation in those days, how did

it spread so widely so quickly? Part of the answer, the author tells us, lies in the high quality of the Roman

roads.) The next chapter deals with the Byzantine Empire, and we then move forward through the Middle

Ages (including the Crusades) and the Reformation, followed by the Age of Discovery, the Age of Enlight-

enment, and, finally, the modern world. Although the text is highly readable, it does contain a few flaws

caused by timid copy editing. (Example: because of ambiguous wording, the author gives the impression

that the Nicene Creed is used only by Roman Catholics.)

The best way to tackle this book is to go through it in three stages. First, look at the pictures and read

the captions. (But be patient: sometimes the captions are hard to find.) Then read the sidebars and check

the time lines. Finally, read the text. If you use the conventional reading method, one complete page at a

time, you run the danger of losing track of what’s going on.

-Doug Downey

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Thoughts on Stewardship

During December, when we were asked to reconsider our pledges for 2015, a couple of people mentioned

to me that their giving had now reached the point where they really felt the sacrifice, or maybe even the

―pain‖ of their giving. Not knowing what else to say, all I could do was say ―thank you‖. But their words are

still in my mind today.

Then, as I was printing the material for one of our Thursday evening prayer services, I found a feast day in

our calendar on February 3rd, honoring the Dorchester Chaplains. Methodist minister George L. Fox,

Reform-Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, Roman Catholic priest John P. Washington, Reformed Church minister

Clark V. Poling served together on the U. S. Army troop ship, the Dorchester. On February 3rd, 1943, the

Dorchester was torpedoed by a German submarine. The torpedo knocked out the Dorchester’s electrical

system, leaving the ship dark. Panic set in among the men on board, many of them trapped below deck. The

chaplains sought to calm the men and organize an orderly evacuation of the ship, and helped guide wound-

ed men to safety. As life jackets were passed out to the men, the supply ran out before each man had one.

The chaplains removed their own life jackets and gave them to others. They helped as many men as they

could into lifeboats, and then linked arms, and saying prayers and singing hymns, went down with the ship.

―As I swam away from the ship, I looked back. The flares had lighted everything. The bow came up high and

she slid under. The last thing I saw, the four Chaplains were up there praying for the safety of the men. They had done everything they could. I did not see them again. They themselves did not have a chance

without their life jackets.‖ -Grady Clark, survivor

Why would I connect these two completely different experiences in my mind? Maybe it is because both

stories are about sacrifice. Why do we make sacrifices? I think it’s because God’s love is so incredibly

strong. I think these sacrifices are ―markers‖ for that love. Like buoys that mark the water’s depth below,

they are a sign of what stirs our hearts. The Dorchester chaplains died happily, because they found a way to

express their gratitude for God’s love. Thanks to St. Giles, we also know that love.

-George Miller

Spring is here!

As the days grow longer and the temperature rises,

we all look forward to a spectacular Spring.

Flowers are certainly beautiful but vegetables are a lot

tastier! Now is the time to start pre-planting seeds

for your summer salads, and plots are available in our

Garden of Feedin'. It is a great place to have some

exercise, enjoy social contact face-to-face, and grow

vegetables to eat and share. Contact Jim Brooks for

more details.

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ST. GILES EPISCOPAL CHURCH • APRIL

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

On Sundays, Cam-

panella Choir uses

the educ. Building

2:30 -4:30 PM, and

the church 5:30 -

8:00 PM

1

Campanella

Choir,

5:30 - 8:00 PM St. Giles Choir,

7:30 PM

2 Maundy

Thursday

7 PM:

Proper Liturgy &

Agapé meal,

stripping of the

chancel

3 Good Friday

12 Noon:

Stations/Cross

Proper Liturgy,

7 PM

4 Easter Eve 10 AM: Proper Liturgy

8:00 PM: Great Vigil, Light-ing of the New Fire, First Eucha-rist of Easter

5 Easter Day

10:15 AM:

Festive Choral

Eucharist with

special music

(One service only)

6

Easter Monday

Office Closed

7

Yoga Class 9 AM

Campanella

Choir,

5:30 - 8 PM

8

Campanella

Choir,

5:30 - 8:00 PM

9 Yoga Class 9 AM

Evening Prayer,

4:30PM (Prayer Rm)

Campanella Choir, 5:30-7:00PM, Educ. Bldg.

St. Giles Choir,

7:30 PM

10

Office

Closed

11 Campanella

Choir 9 AM - 3 PM

Overeaters Anonymous 11 AM – 12:15 PM

Campanella

Concert 6-7:30 PM

12 2 Easter Second Sunday

8:30 AM: Morning Prayer

9AM: Breakfast

10:15 AM: Holy Eucharist

13

Office Hours

by Appoint-

ment

14

Yoga Class 9 AM

Campanella

Choir,

5:30 - 8 PM

15

ReVive Pick-up

Campanella

Choir, 5:30 - 8:00 PM May Bells Submissions Due

16 Yoga Class 9 AM

Evening Prayer,

4:30PM (Prayer Rm)

Campanella Choir, 5:30-7:00PM, Educ. Bldg.

St. Giles Choir,

7:30 PM

17

Office

Closed

18

Campanella

Choir 9 AM - 3 PM

Overeaters

Anonymous

11 AM – 12:15 PM

19 3 Easter 8:30 AM: Morning Prayer

9:15 AM: Youth Formation

10:15 AM: Holy Eucharist & Bap-tism

Interfaith “kick-

off” 12:30 PM

20

Office Hours

by Appoint-

ment

21

Yoga Class 9 AM

Campanella Choir,

5:30 - 8 PM

Vestry Meeting,

7:00 PM

22

Campanella

Choir,

5:30 - 8:00 PM

23

Yoga Class 9 AM

Evening Prayer,

4:30PM (Prayer Rm)

Campanella Choir, 5:30-7:00PM, Educ. Bldg.

St. Giles Choir,

7:30 PM

24

Office

Closed

25

Overeaters

Anonymous

11 AM – 12:15 PM

26 4 Easter Healing/Anointing

8:30 AM: Morning

Prayer

9 AM: Formation

10:15 AM: Holy

Eucharist

27

Office Hours

by Appoint-

ment

28

Yoga Class 9 AM

Campanella

Choir,

5:30 - 8 PM

29

Campanella

Choir,

5:30 - 8:00 PM

30 Yoga Class 9 AM

Evening Prayer,

4:30PM (Prayer Rm)

Campanella Choir, 5:30-7:00PM, Educ. Bldg.

St. Giles Choir,

7:30 PM

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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT NIGERIA BUT

WERE AFRAID TO ASK. Please join us the Sunday after Easter,

April 12, for the second presentation in our International Series at

Second Sunday Breakfast. The Okoli Family will present about

Nigeria! If there's something you're curious about, let them know

beforehand. Please try and arrive by 9:00 for breakfast so we're

settled by 9:15 for their remarks. (The choir needs to leave for

practice at 9:30.)

Photos courtesy of John Hanzel

A few photos from Huw

William's presentation of

Wales and his Welsh break-

fast treats...

St. Giles Church

3025 Walters Avenue

Northbrook, IL 60062-4399

www.saint-giles.org

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