Week of July 25, 2010
W O R S H I P M I N I S T R Y
Sunday Schedule: 8:00 a.m., Rite I; 10:00 a.m., Rite II
Wednesday: Holy Eucharist and Healing, Wednesday, 12:00 noon
We welcome the Rev. Dr. Peter R. Powell as preacher and celebrant today. Pete is a CHT Priest Associate and has recently retired as President/CEO of Homes With Hope in Westport.
M U S I C M I N I S T R Y
We extend deep gratitude to mother and son duo, Holly Stevens and John Bell, for their musical leadership this morning. Both are loyal CHT choristers! John will be a freshman this fall at Staples High School.
The Organ: During construction we will be without our Möller pipe organ. The organ is a very sensitive instrument that does not react well to dust and dirt. To protect it and keep it as clean as possible, the organ was closed up (pipe boxes shut and reed pipes covered) in June. We will use the piano for the time being during the organ’s “hibernation.”
P A R I S H L I F E
We are looking for picture-filled magazines! They will be used by Kerith and the Church School teachers for making collages for Elementary and Middle School ages. Examples: National Geographic, Time, Cosmopolitan, etc.
Aquarium: The Preschool is giving away an aquarium with cabinet. Please contact Moira O’Connor at 226-4616 or moconnor@chtwestport.org.
JustFAITH: Are you interested in exploring the social justice tradition of our Christian faith? Consider taking part in a new Christian formation program called JustFAITH that will be offered at CHT this fall. The 30-week, intensive program includes readings, videos, conversations about challenging topics, personal interaction with the disadvantaged, and a look at the intersection of spirituality and Christian activism. Churches across the country have successfully offered JustFAITH for inspiration and to activate ministry. The program will run from the end of September through June. Please see any member of our Faith in Action group for more information – Wynne Abrams, Maggie Feczko, Wanda Steinke, Dawn Sullivan, Ginny Wagenseller.
If you require handicapped parking and are having difficulty finding a parking spot for services during construction, please contact Ginny Wagenseller at the church office, 227-0827.
CHT’s Got Talent! Are you a closet ventriloquist? Are you ready to take your cabaret act out of the shower, your band out of the garage? Are you ready to channel your inner rock star? Then we have the event for you! This fall on November 7, CHT is producing its first fabulous, sure-to-be-legendary Talent Show to benefit the 2011 choir pilgrimage! Put November 7 on your calendar now – it will be a night to remember! We are announcing this early to give you, the talented people of CHT, a head start in putting your acts together. We are looking for talent of all ages and varieties; express your interest early as space will be limited. So, grab your duet partner, your flute or your dancing shoes and let’s get ready for CHT’s Got Talent! Details will be announced in the next few months; entry forms will be available September 1. Contact Deborah Herbertson at deborah@barlowhill.com with questions.
Vacation Bible School at Trinity Church, Southport: Trinity Southport invites those who would normally participate in VBS at CHT to join them for VBS August 23-27. Ages 4-10 years (4’s must have PreK experience). $45. Registration forms are in CHT church office or call Wendy Steinfeld at Trinity (203) 255-0454 x309.
Camp Washington: Camp Washington, a unique ministry of our Diocese, is set in Litchfield County on 300 acres of woods, pond and open areas. Most programs are filled to capacity, but there are some spaces still left in the following: Middle Camp 2 (ages 12-15), Aug. 1-6; Outreach Leadership Camp (ages 13-16), Aug. 8-13; Children’s Camp 3 (ages 7-12), Aug. 8-13; Theater Week (ages 13-17), Aug. 15-21. For more information and to register, contact the camp at www.campwashington.org; 860-567-9623; camp@campwashington.org.
See the summer Parish Press on the CHT website, chtwestport.org.
H E A L T H M I N I S T R Y
The Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will meet Wednesday, July 28, from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Westport Senior Center.
F A I T H I N A C T I O N
Backpacks: Each year Westport’s Department of Human Services invites Westport client families who meet financial eligibility guidelines to come to Town Hall to select new backpacks and school supplies for their children. This program has grown over 400% in the past years, now serving over 216 Westport children. If you would like to help a child start off the school year with new school supplies, you may either make a donation payable to “Families in Need Fund” memo line: “Backpacks” and mail it to Department of Human Services, 110 Myrtle Avenue, Westport 06880, or drop off NEW backpacks and school supplies to the Department of Human Services in Room 200 at Town Hall any time during regular business hours. Any questions may be directed to Margaret Pinheiro at 341-1050 or humansrv@westportct.gov.
Food for Gillespie: During construction, we are not collecting food for Gillespie, but you may take non-perishables directly to 45 Jesup Road, behind Restoration Hardware.
E D U C A T I O N
Christ & Holy Trinity Preschool offers visiting tours for the 2010-11 school year. There are openings in several classes for next year. Please call Moira O’Connor at 226-4616.
New Foundations of Faith Project Update 7/20/2010
Finance/Cash Flow:
We expect that monthly construction invoices will average $250,000 over the next six months, peaking in September and October at around $300,000. The Capital Campaign funds already contributed will cover projected invoices until mid-December, when we will begin drawing down on a bank line of credit to pay invoices going forward. As we have stated in recent weeks, contributions made this summer and fall can help us push back the time when we will need to start racking up interest charges.
If you have not already done so, please create a schedule for converting your outstanding Capital Campaign pledges into contributions. A schedule of equal monthly or quarterly payments can help us minimize interest payments to the bank. Please be aware as you plan your contribution schedule that we will be able to avoid significant financing expenses if we can retire our bank borrowings before year end 2012.
Thanks for your continued support!
Sunday, July 25:
• Car Parking: Please use the Sconset Square parking lot or the Baldwin parking lot next to the CHT lot.
• After Service Fellowship: Will be held on the terrace outside the Vestry/Music Room wing. If it rains it will be held in the Vestry Room.
• Bathrooms: The ground floor of the church building is closed until Thanksgiving due to construction, therefore the available bathrooms are at the end of the Cloisterway (next to the Chapel), in the church office, or in Mackenzie.
• Music: During construction, we will be without our Möller pipe organ. To protect it and keep it as clean as possible, the organ has been temporarily closed up (pipe boxes shut and reed pipes covered).
Construction - Weeks 6 and 7 (July 21 – July 28):
Stage 1: The cost of this phase is $685k and includes all the site work and refurbishment of the ground floor (Parish Hall and Undercroft).
Work Schedule:
Internal:
• Currently waiting before starting work on the ducts and sprinkler system while we obtain pricing to add central air conditioning to the Undercroft area. This decision will be made by July 23.
External:
• Work on the underground drainage continues and is now scheduled to be completed during the week of July 25. A short delay has been caused due to a calculation error on one of the drainage plans.
• Work on the foundations is due to start later this week.
• Following the installation of the drainage the car park will be finish graded in preparation for paving
Comments: Plantings - By now, our parishioners and everyone else who visits downtown Westport is familiar with the disrupted look of our parish property – something akin to a moonscape! We promise that this unsettled picture is temporary, and that that the completed building project includes a significant number of trees to be planted this fall and next spring. Twenty Sugar Maples will be planted along Church Lane and Elm Street, and throughout the new car park area. Additionally, groupings of White Pines, Serbian Spruce, Honey Locust, and Khousa Dogwoods will be strategically planted, for a total of 40 trees. Included amongst the new plantings is one Liberty Elm, to be centered in front of the courtyard that will face Church Lane. Elms were once a fixture in a New England town like ours before they were largely lost to blight. This blight-resistant Liberty Elm variety, with its wonderful branch formation, will eventually become a majestic natural presence and help frame our newly completed courtyard and building. Our refurbished parish property will be a place of natural beauty and solace, and a meaningful contribution to the entire community, all in keeping with the goals of our building project! Thank you for your patience as we complete the outdoor part of our transformation.
Meeting Room Assignments:
• All reservations must be made as usual through the church office.
• The Vestry Room will be available until December 31, 2010; otherwise all meetings will be in Mackenzie.
Preschool: Closed for the summer vacation. Updates for parents and staff will be circulated in August.
Steering Group: The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 16, 2010. Good progress is being made regarding kitchen equipment, decoration of refurbished first floor, and tree plantings. Longer term issues include facility charges, decoration, and usage.
Safety: Only authorized visitors are permitted on the site and they must report to the Scott Marlow, Site Supervisor. His office is on the 2nd floor of Mackenzie. All visitors must wear safety hats which are available from the church office.
Thank you for your generous support and understanding during the construction phase.
Respectfully,
Robert Cavello (Owners Rep), John Cleary (Sexton), Tim Davies (New Foundations of Faith Chair), Louis Fuertes (Treasurer), Sue Ryan (Director of Church Administration) and Dawn Sullivan (Chair of the Plantings & Courtyard sub-group)
Church Project Office
T H E R E A D I N G S
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Collect
Traditional
O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy, that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Contemporary
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrew Scripture: Genesis 18:20-32
Then the Lord said, “How great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin! I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know.” So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Then Abraham came near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” And the Lord said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will forgive the whole place for their sake.” Abraham answered, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” Again he spoke to him, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” Then he said, “Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” He said, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” Then he said, “Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak just once more. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”
Psalm 138 Confitebor tibi
1 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; *
before the gods I will sing your praise.
2 I will bow down toward your holy temple
and praise your Name, *
because of your love and faithfulness;
3 For you have glorified your Name *
and your word above all things.
4 When I called, you answered me; *
you increased my strength within me.
5 All the kings of the earth will praise you, O Lord, *
when they have heard the words of your mouth.
6 They will sing of the ways of the Lord, *
that great is the glory of the Lord.
7 Though the Lord be high, he cares for the lowly; *
he perceives the haughty from afar.
8 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe; *
you stretch forth your hand against the fury of my enemies;
your right hand shall save me.
9 The Lord will make good his purpose for me; *
O Lord, your love endures for ever;
do not abandon the works of your hands.
Gospel: Luke 11:1-13
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.’” And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’ And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
I N S E R V I C E T O D A Y
Hospitality Dorothy McAteer, Tessa Bachmann, Bev Hennemuth,
Diane Jamieson
Greeter 10:00 a.m. Carol Walsh
Verger 10:00 a.m. John Lupton
Acolytes 8:00 a.m. Cappy Kuhn
10:00 a.m. Caroline Sullivan, Madeline Stickley
Ushers 8:00 a.m. Dick Fincher, Doug Fincher, Ryan Fincher, John Fincher
10:00 a.m. Tom Hacala, Race Minnar
Music 10:00 a.m. John Bell, Holly Stevens
Ministers of Communion
8:00 a.m. Doris Stevens
10:00 a.m. Ralph Yearwood, Bob Galan
Altar Guild Patti Brasfield, Sally Galan, Cappy Kuhn, Dency Mann, Doris Stevens, Barbara Wagner
