This Sunday we will observe the First Sunday in Lent with our 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer worship service on Zoom. At 10:30 a.m. we will hold our Annual Parish Meetingon Zoom. A link for the Annual Meeting will be sent out to parishioners by email on Friday, along with a link to download the annual report. Please note that you may get a hard copy of the Annual Report of 2020 from the church office if you wish. At the Annual Meeting we will elect our new Vestry members, Churchyard Committee members, and our delegates and alternate delegates to Diocesan Convention. We will also review our budget for 2021 and celebrate the ministry of the past year. I hope that you will join us for this important event. Please remember we do not have in person worship this Sunday, February 21.
Each Wednesday night in Lent, beginning February 24, we will be praying Compline together on Zoom at 8:00 p.m. Compline is essentially a bedtime prayer, a prayer traditionally said as the final prayer of the day. It is one of the oldest prayer services that we have in our Book of Common Prayer and it comes out of the monastic tradition of praying the hours The schedule and links can be found in this newsletter. I hope you will join us for this time of prayer.
See you on Sunday,
Rev. Fran +
Worship on Sunday, February 21 - Annual Meeting Sunday
To participate by phone only: 312-626-6799; meeting ID: 826 0737 1151
If you are participating by phone, you can access the same service document that Zoom participants can see. Click here to view the service on your computer. (The Zoom link, phone number, and ID will remain the same every Sunday.)
10:30 a.m. Annual Parish Meeting
The Zoom link and annual meeting report will be emailed separately to parishioners tomorrow (Friday, February 19).
Upcoming Worship Services
Sunday February 28
8:00 a.m. in-person Eucharist
9:00 a.m. Zoom Morning Prayer
10:30 a.m. in-person Eucharist
Sunday March 7
8:00 a.m. in-person Eucharist
9:00 a.m. Zoom Morning Prayer
10:30 a.m. in-person Eucharist
10:30 a.m. live-streamed service on YouTube
LENTEN COMPLINE
You are invited to join us at 8:00 p.m., every Wednesday in Lent, for Compline. The dates and Zoom link are listed below. The link will remain the same every week.
To participate by phone only: 312-626-6799; meeting ID: 810 0340 3496
If you are participating by phone, contact the Parish Office and we will get a copy of the service to you.
Lent Devotional Resources
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17, and the Living Well Through Lent 2021 resources are now available on the Living Compass website. There you will also find the annual Lenten Devotional, which you may download at no cost. (An e-book version is available through Amazon for 99 cents, or free if you have a Kindle Unlimited membership.) You may also sign up to receive daily readings via email, join the Facebook discussion group, and access all past daily readings.
Easter Flowers
The Easter Flower Chart is now posted in the Narthex. If you would like to help underwrite the flowers used for lilies for Easter Sunday (April 4), please sign your name, and the intention of your gift (in thanksgiving, honor, or memory of someone). The requested donation is $20, and checks may be made payable to St. Mary’s (note “Easter Flowers” on the memo line). You may also send a check to the parish office with the donation information.
Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Information
The McHenry County Department of Health has opened a call center to enroll residents without internet access, for the COVID-19 vaccine, and to streamline residents' access to accurate information. You can reach the call center between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 815-334-4045.
MCDH has also launched a COVID-19vaccine locator page to help residents become aware of vaccine opportunities in McHenry County. The State of Illinois is also partnering with retail pharmacies such as Walgreens and Jewel-Osco, to provide COVID-19 vaccinations. Information about where and how to schedule an appointment with these pharmacies is available atcoronavirus.Illinois.gov.
Regional hospitals are inviting patients who are 65 and older to receive the vaccine. Please look for these direct communications from your healthcare provider’s health system about the option to receive the vaccine at their clinics.
Co-Wardens Steve Brooks (1/21), and Mike Higgins (1/22)
Treasurer, Cate Williams
Stacy Cook, Amy Koegel (1/21)
Heather Horeled, Lorraine Taylor (1/22)
Cheri Dudek, Dorothy Nyberg (1/23)
We Pray For
Parishioners: Bill; Betsy, Cindy, Gail, Heather, Matthew, Emmett, Kristi, Elizabeth, Glenice, Shirley, and Margaret
Family/Friends: Tarsha, niece of Rev. Fran Holliday and Eileen Flynn; John, brother of the late Gladys Dockery; Billy, brother of Catherine Carroll; Danny, friend of the Choquette family; Leo, father of Dn. Mike Choquette; Pamela, daughter of Sharon Duffy; Terry, and his family/friends Sarah, Deb, Joe, and Will; Millie; Susan; Ted, Jeff, Tom, Nicholas (infant) and his family; Billy, Mark, Chris, Sarah, Douglas, Tom, Mark, Andi, Greg, Wayne, Scott, Sue, Sarah, Dave, Brynn, Neil and Des, Kyle, Rick, Sylvia, Jess, Joanne, Lauren, Lynn, Kay, Saul, Brian, Sarah.
Those Who Have Died
Don, relative / friend of the Meter family
Those Who Mourn
Chuck Meter, and his cousin, Mary Beth
Those Serving in the Armed Forces
Jeremy, son of John & Carolyn Kuykendall
Thanksgiving for Healing and Recovery
Nick, nephew of Catherine Carroll, and his mother, Katherine
