2014 is promising to be a year of change.
However one thing never
changes and that is
God's unfailing love for us.
Christ Episcopal Church Annual Parish Meeting Report for January 26, 2014
Weekly Worship Times
Sundays:
Holy Eucharist at 8:00 am (Rite I)
Sunday School at 9:20 am
Holy Eucharist at
10:30 am (Rite II)
Mondays:
Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm,
First Monday of the month Healing Hands follows
Tuesdays:
Men's Prayer Breakfast at 7:30 am,
1st and 3rd Tuesday of month
Wednesdays:
Holy Eucharist at 5:30 pm
Thursdays:
Holy Eucharist at 10:00 am
followed by Bible Study at 11:00am and Community
Lunch at 12:00
Choir Practice 7:00 pm
Saturdays:
Women at the Well 10:00 am,
1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
Sunday Afternoon Musicale - Cancelled due to death in the Parish. Will be rescheduled in the Fall.
The musicians of Christ Church will once again present a Sunday Afternoon Musicale on July 13th, at 3:00 p.m. Please mark your calendars and invite your friends and family for this casual and entertaining program
Lay Ministry
We have Lay Eucharistic Visitor teams to ensure our home bound families receive regular Communion and ministerial visits. If you are in need of healing, counseling, a home visit, Communion or prayers, please contact us (608-784-0697) so we can reach out to you. We wish you a joyful and prosperous year in 2014.
2014 Confirmation
10 Confirmands were confirmed by Bishop Jay Lambert on Mother's Day. 9 teenagers and one adult became the largest Confirmation group in more than decade.
One teen was both baptized and confirmed on the same day. Her younger sister was also baptized on Mother's Day.
A few weeks later 2 other young adults were baptized.
We are blessed with teens who are firm in their faith and reach out as a team to help our greater La Crosse and International community.
Monday Afternoon Bridge
Most Monday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. a group assembles in the undercroft of the church to enjoy two hours of casual, friendly bridge. We are retired people who enjoy fellowship and camaraderie. This bridge session is social rather than extremely competitive. No partner is needed to join the fun. If it should happen that we don’t have the right number of players, we take turns playing and kibitzing. People from several different churches join in the fun and contribute a free will offering in gratitude to the church for its generous hospitality. Our church treasurer, Bob Weathers, reports that as of May 25 the group has contributed $258 to the Rector’s Discretionary Fund.
If you or someone you know have Monday afternoons free, like to play bridge, and enjoy pleasant companionship, you are invited to join us.
For more information talk to Vivian Andresen, Nancy Gansen, Grace and Peter Hammond, Barbara Trane, or George and Cindy Waltershausen.
FEED THE KIDS PROGRAM
We meet every Tuesday at 9:45 AM at the Salvation Army to make sandwiches to be delivered to area children who may not otherwise get a lunch meal. Please join us!
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Learning about Altar Guild
Fellowship Potluck on
Ministry Sunday
Teens enjoying the moment
Father Patrick was awarded the prestigious silver cross of St. Augustine
in church at the 10:30 service Rose Sunday. Diocese of Eau Claire Bishop
Ed Leidel presented Father Patrick with the award on behalf of
the Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan) who bestowed the award in absentia.
Archbishop Rowan is retiring, and was unable to travel from London to La
Crosse to present the award personally. He asked Bishop Ed to present it
on his behalf with best wishes. The award was given to Father Patrick
for his evangelism and outreach, particularly seeking and
serving Christians who live in poverty and persecution in the far flung
corners of the world. This culminates an active life long career of
Father Patrick who consistently seeks and serves those in need locally
and globally.
press
release
Close
up of Award
A Message from the Senior Warden:
It is my honor and privilege to announce that Father Patrick has been
awarded the Doctor of Divinity honorary degree from Nashotah House. The
Nashotah Board of Trustees grants this degree to those whose life and
work demonstrate the ideals for which Nashotah House is known, and upon
which she was founded. In honoring Fr. Patrick, Nashotah House brings
honor upon herself for the faithful commitment and trust shown. This
Doctor of Divinity Degree will be awarded at the Commencement to be held
on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Nashotah House.
Go to Nashotah House
"Beauty
Meets Substance"
as published in the Living Church, November 18, 2012
Christ Church, La Crosse, WI
A Vital Church with a Rich Past and An Exciting Future