Christ Church Chronicle 3-23-25

March 23, 2025

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OUR PARISH MISSION

Christ Church exists to show everyone God loves them unconditionally.

We do that by EXPERIENCING, EMBRACING, AND EXTENDING

God's love.

There are several ways to give to the mission of Christ Church:

you can mail in your pledge, place in the Sunday offering,

give online, or text GIVE to (850) 403-6673.

We experience God's love (Worship)

Sunday 10:30 AM service streamed on Facebook Live or YouTube

Click here to listen to last week's sermon.

**An email is sent on Saturdays with links for Sunday worship and Christian Education.

In-Person services on Sunday at 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM

In-Person service on Wednesday at 12:00 PM

We embrace God's love (Study/Formation)

Adult Christian Education Offering

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

Sundays ~ 9:30-10:15 AM ~ Rm. 31 of Education Bldg.

Christians believe God is always good no matter what the circumstances. In the second section of this book, which Lewis titles “Book Two,” he examines his reasoning for believing in this always good God and God’s always good intentions for the world. Recognizing the ways God intervenes, and God’s strategies is the focus for this session. For more information contact Dick Hooper or David Starling.

We extend the love of God (Outreach/Parishioner Support)

Ministry Opportunities & Ways to Serve

What does it mean to be the Church? The Church is not a building, but a community of people and there are many opportunities where you can share your gifts within our community. How is God leading YOU to serve in new and exciting ways at Christ Church? For a full list of ministry descriptions, please click here; for ministry survey, click here.

HAPPENINGS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Choral Evensong

Sunday, March 23

Palm Sunday

Sunday, April 13

Easter Sunday

Sunday, April 20

CHORAL EVENSONG AT CHRIST CHURCH

Sunday, March 23 ~ 5:00 PM

On Sunday, March 23 at 5:00 PM, the Christ Church choir will sing Choral Evensong, one of the oldest and most beautiful liturgies in the Anglican tradition. Music will include the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in F by Harold Darke; “They that go down to the sea in ships” by Herbert Sumsion; Anglican Chant by Jason Hobratschk, modeled on a 14th-Century rondeau by Guillaume de Machaut; and congregational hymns, including the beloved Navy Hymn. Choral Evensong will be followed by a festive reception. Please come take part in this quintessentially Episcopal experience, and invite a friend!

2025 MARCH MADNESS —

THE GAME IS ON!

March Madness is back this year! This year, all proceeds for March Madness will go to support Bright Bridge Ministries — a local ministry to support our neighbors in need. The competition is on between four desserts, each with a theme from our Lenten Study, Bearing Fruit. The dessert that has the most donations will be served at Bright Bridge ministries after Easter when we go to provide lunch to the residents of the shelter, along with anyone in the community and individuals who do not have permanent housing. Bright Bridge will match all donations made during Lent as part of their campaign to renovate their South Wing to double occupancy. Donation forms are available on the information table in the Foyer or you may give online here (choose "Outreach").

NEW CHRIST CHURCH PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

COMING SOON!

We are thrilled to announce the creation of a new pictorial directory for Christ Church! This directory will help us strengthen our connections, match names with faces, and celebrate our shared community in Christ. For more information about updating your contact information and submitting photos, please click here.

CELEBRATING THE EUCHARIST Ad Orientem IN LENT

Honoring the original architecture of New Christ Church, the Celebrant will celebrate Eucharist ad orientem, “to the East,” during the season of Lent. “But that’s north!” you may say. For more information, please click here.

INTERCESSORY PRAYER DURING SUNDAY WORSHIP

There is power in having someone pray with and for you. During the season of Lent, we will offer this form of short prayer during communion in our chapel. After you receive communion, you may come to the chapel, tell a prayer leader your name and what you would like prayers for that day, and the prayer leader will pray a short prayer for you.

CHURCH PRAYER SHAWLS

A few prayer shawls have been placed on a stand just inside the front doors of the church that may be used during services. If you are a bit chilly or just want something to hold, pick up a prayer shawl to use. It is the hope of the Prayer Shawl Ministry that these items, prayerfully made, will offer comfort and a sense of well-being to the borrowers and they will feel God’s love and peace.

YACC (YOUNG ADULTS OF CHRIST CHURCH)

Tuesdays ~ 6:30-8:00 PM ~ Odd Colony

We gather in the back room at Odd Colony. Please contact Rev. Katie with any questions.

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY

Thursday, March 20 ~ 9:30 AM ~ Old Library

Newcomers always welcome; instructions provided for those who wish to learn!

For more information about the Prayer Shawl Ministry, please click here.

MOM'S BIBLE STUDY

Fridays ~ 8:30 AM ~ New Library

**Please note that we will not meet this week due to spring break.**

Come weekly for fellowship, conversation, and Bible Study, as your schedule allows! Please contact Rev. Katie with any questions.

EPIC BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, April 2 ~ 3:00 PM ~ Old Library

The Epic Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 3:00 PM in the Old Library on the second floor of the Christian Education building. The April book discussion will be The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. Upcoming reads: May (Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier); June (In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez). Please click here to be added to the email list for updates, and/or join our Facebook group (EPIC Bookclub of Christ Episcopal Church).

NEW ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OFFERING

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

Sundays ~ 9:30-10:15 AM ~ Rm. 31 of Education Bldg.

SUNDAY CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES

8:00 AM – Worship with Nursery available. The Nursery is available for children ages infant through 3 years old. Special books, age-appropriate activities, and a snack are offered.

9:30 AM – Sunday School is available for children and youth. The Nursery is available for children ages infant through 3 years old.

10:30 AM – Worship with Nursery available. The Nursery is available for children ages infant through 3 years old. This service also includes Children's Chapel during the sermon, designed especially for children ages 5 years old and up. Children are invited to follow the cross down the main aisle during the sequence hymn and will return during the peace, just in time to have communion with their families.

STAY CONNECTED WITH

CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRY!

Children and Family Ministry (CFM) has two ways to keep our families connected with Christ Church during the week. CFM is on Instagram, @cckidspensacola, and shares what is happening on Sunday mornings & ideas for how to keep faithful conversations happening during the week. CFM also has a bite-sized weekly email with the "5 Things" our families need to know for the week – Sunday reminders, save the dates, and more. Would you like to be added? Email Victoria to be added to the list!

EPISCOPAL YOUTH COMMUNITY NEWS

For the current EYC newsletter, click here.

CHRIST CHURCH POPs

Join Christ Church for POPping sermons and conversations! Here we will share the Preaching Of the Parish as well as conversations with People Of the Parish and Partners Of the Parish. Each week we will alternate between past sermons and interviews.

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christ-church-pops/id1727616547

CHRIST CHURCH NAMETAGS

To request yours, please sign up online here. Nametags may be picked up from the information table in the Foyer the Sunday after your request is submitted.

ALTAR FLOWER DEDICATIONS

Each week our worship service is enhanced with beautiful fresh flowers. After the Sunday services, the altar flower arrangements are reworked into smaller arrangements. These arrangements are delivered to members of our parish family that are unable to attend a Sunday service. The altar flowers are a memorial, a thanksgiving for an anniversary, a birthday, a new birth, or a thanksgiving for God's blessings. The donation is listed in the weekly bulletin. Forms to participate in this ministry are available here and on the information table in the Foyer.

CARE IN COMMUNITY

Christ Church is here for you. There are many ministries to love and support the people who are the church. If you are interested in assisting with staying connected to our church family, please email Rev. Katie or call her at the Parish Office, 850-432-5115. It is easy to feel alone or disconnected, so reach out to one of the priests or someone at the church to say hello. Contact Rev. Katie if you or anyone you know has any needs. If you have a pastoral emergency, please call our pastoral care emergency line to speak directly with one of the priests: (850) 462-5137.

BIRTHDAYS & WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

FOR THE PARISH FAMILY

We would like to give thanks for these special days and to add your name to the published prayer list in the Chronicle. Please print your name on the calendar on the information table in the Foyer. The calendar is checked weekly before the prayer list goes to print.

PRAYERS FOR OUR PARISH FAMILY

I. For Those in Need. Including the poor, the unemployed, the lonely, the hungry, the homeless, the abused, the sick and dying, and those who grieve. For those suffering in body, mind, or spirit—including Members: Allison Mitchell, Rex Wyers, Joan White, Danny Deaton, Kay Mitchell, Gail LeRoy, Connie Miller, Madeleine Orbik, Kathi Wright, Mary Stitt, The Rev. Jandy Watkins, Marian Hughes, Dee Whisenhunt Family & Friends: Chris Bridwell, Albert Elebash, Frances, Yvonne & Bill Hardy, Dennis Konopatzke, Brodie Lewis, Lorenzo Dominic, Wyatt Jack, Regina Noonan, Yvonne Parsons, Pru, Hal Major, Scott, Kelly Currin, Rob Wilmer.

II. For Those in the Armed Forces, especially—Erik Barton, Stewart Bova, Blake Busse, Morgan Cochran, Danica Roark Domokos, Pierce Fiveash, Sam Gaston, Robert Geiger, Sterling Gilliam III, Mitchell Harless, Benjamin Jensen, Joshua Justin, Art Lantigua, Hillary Leonard, Ben Mathis, Kathryn Martin, Sean McAbee, Tony Miller, Riley Nofziger, Austin Ordway, Gavin Harris Patterson, Kyle Roberson, Peter Shelton, Evan Valdyke, Wesley Valdyke, Jake Willstatter; and all those who serve this nation in harm’s way.

III. For All who have Died. May their souls and the souls of all the departed rest in peace—Janie Pace Clark, Lynda Creed, Edmund Gaines, Bill Johnston, Phyllis Kreiner, Sylvia Love.

IV. In Thanksgiving. For those in our parish celebrating birthdays—Jennifer Edge, Donna Waters, Lucy Waters, EJ Wright—and anniversaries.

To submit a prayer request, email prayer-request@christ-church.net and let us know if this is for the public prayer list or for our confidential intercessory prayer list. You may also fill out the prayer request form online at our website (found on the Pastoral Care page under “Ministries”). All published prayer requests on this list also go on the confidential intercessory prayer list. Please note that names remain on the prayer list for 4 weeks and on our confidential intercessory prayer list until you ask to be removed. Please resubmit your request if you or a loved one needs to remain on the list. This helps keep our prayers current. Names in bold print indicate new additions to the prayer list.