Soar Up Up and Away
At Summer
Auction
Saturday, July 19
5:30 p.m. Silent Auction;
7:30 p.m. Live Auction
Light Buffet
and Spirits included
Tickets, $30
Call 945-2832
for additional information
Come and bid on more than 100 prizes, including:
Cape Cod National Seashore and Eastward Ho! Golf outings
Lebanese dinner for 8 in cozy Chatham home
Lobster dinner for 8-10
Personal trainer sessions/ membership in Chatham Health
Club
Claire Murray rugs
Trip to Grand Cayman Islands (Aug. 30-Sept. 6)
Masquerade dinner party on Halloween
Two pound lobsters for eight
10 pounds of cod from Chatham Fish Pier
“Seashore” stoneware platter
Numerous paintings by local artists
Gift certificates from local merchants
Boat cruises with lunch to sea the seals
One pie a month for a year
Nantucket lightship “Sand Pail” basket
Airplane tours over the Cape & Islands
Red Sox tickets
Gift certificates to Academy Ocean Grille, Orleans Inn, and
Joe’s Beach Road Bar and Grille
Chatham Glass platter
Family portrait by Richard Ervin photography
Duet Table at Orleans Pops
Wool Indian carpet
Membership with Cape Cod Museum of Art
Roundtrip taxi to Logan or Green airport
Dinner for two at the Chatham Bars Inn
Dinner for six at the Chatham Beach Club
Items from Chatham Jewelry and Forest Beach Jewelers
Pottery
Tickets to Cape Cod Symphony, Harwich Junior Theatre, Cape
Playhouse and The Fantasticks
A Day in the Life of a Fisherman with 10 pounds of fish,
too!
Theme baskets
Artistic rendering of St. Christopher’s
Original cigar box purse
Museum passes
Silk flower arrangement
Dinner for two at Twenty-Eight Atlantic
Parishioners join fishing families
at
first Blessing of the Fleet
Braving gale-force winds and cold, stinging rain, St. Christopher's joined area
fishing families to celebrate Chatham's first Blessing of the Fleet. As his
drenched chausible whipped in the wind, Rector Brian W. McGurk led a service
coordinated with the Women of Fishing Families (WOFF) for their second annual
Maritime Festival. Members of St. Christopher's choir and Uncommon Band huddled
in the fish-smelling processing room at the Fish Pier until it came their turn
to brave the elements and perform for the 100-plus people attending. Lewis
Masson played poignant airs on the bagpipes. As part of the service, Brian
blessed each boat at the pier with holy water sprinkled from an evergreen
branch, then read aloud the names of all the boats and their captains in the
Chatham fishing fleet.
The event was featured on the front of the
local section of the Cape Cod Times. The article, along with a slideshow of
pictures taken by photograhper Steve Heaslip, may be found on the Cape Cod Times
website by
clicking here.
A video of the event, also shot by Steve Heaslip, is available at the Times'
CapeCast site, by clicking here.
Now hear this!
Semons by Bishop Barbara
Harris,
Rector McGurk, available in audio
Digital
audio (or podcast) versions of recent sermons at St. Christopher's, including a
recording of Bishop Barbara Harris (left), who spoke on 'Anglicanism and the
Spirit of Inclusion' during her visit to Chatham, are now available on our
Sermons page.
There you can also find sermons by our own Rector Brian McGurk and Assistant
Rector Gail Smith.
Just
updated
See Latest
issue
of
Soundings
The May issue of Soundings
has just been updated.
Featured in Soundings:
- Rector Brian McGurk to lead Chatham's first Blessing of the Fleet.
- Brian reflects on five years at St. Christopher's; timeline shows how far
we've come.
- Nan and Jerry Hardison, missionaries to Kenya, visit St. Christopher's.
'Anglicanism & Inclusion'
theme for programs
Offerings by School of Theological
Inquiry
Bishop Barbara Harris will be the highlight speaker
as St. Christopher's new School of Theologial Inquiry
offers programs, services and discussions to explore our
Easter Season theme, "Anglicanism and the Spirit of Inclusion.' The season's slate includes
a Sunday Seminary talk and sermon by Bishop Harris on April 20, panel
discussions, a forum, book discussions and Bible studies. Watch for a schedule
to be posted on our new STI page
in the near future.
Listen
to Evensong
Digital audio
available
Hear the beautiful Requium by Handel, recorded at
our last Evensong service, featuring Barbara Buffa as soloist and a string
section accompaniment by clicking here.
Building
Plans Unveiled
See video of the architect's
presentation
The building and renovation program for St.
Christopher's entered an important final phase when the latest design and
landscape plans were presented by architect Dan Barton and Building Committee
Chairman Bruce Wood at a recent Forum at the church. To see a vdeo of their
presentation, a rendering of the plans, and additional information on the
ongoing capital campaign, visit our Forward in
Faith page.
Mission to Maseno
Kenya trip was emotional and
a
building block for the future

By Tim Weller
“So how was the trip? What was it like?”
Straightforward questions asked by caring friends,
family and neighbors. But for the three of us, questions to avoid on those
first days back from Kenya.
Call it rude. Call it self-absorbed. Call it what you
want. We called it self-preservation.
In our own personal ways, Brian, Jamie and I struggled
when we returned from Kenya. Brian struggled to conduct services. Jamie
struggled to hold back the tears. I struggled with people and
withdrew.
What did we take away from it?
First, that your prayers, your money, your compassion
are making a difference.
(To see the complete story, click on the Aid to Africa
page link here.)
NOW HEAR THIS!
Listen to sermons
from services
Podcasts (digital audio recording) of
recent sermons delivered by our Rector Brian McGurk and The Rev. Gail Smith at
St. Christopher's worship services are available at the
Sermons web page. A digital media player (such as RealAudio or Windows Media
Player) is required to hear the podcast.
Hear The Rev. Brian McGurk remember
the people he met in Africa by clicking here.
Rector McGurk's Christ the King sermon
can be heard by
clicking here.
You can listen to the sermon for the
Blessing of the Animals service by clicking
here.
Listen to Bishop Shaw's April 29 sermon via St. Christopher's podcast!
Click here
welcome
Welcome
to St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church! We are delighted that you are
visiting our parish website. Whether you are a member of our community or simply
“passing through,” we cordially invite you to avail yourselves of our various
programs and ministries.
In this website you will find a
schedule of our worship services and programs. We would be pleased to have you
join our parish family. For we strive to be just that — a family, working
together, sharing our various skills and talents to serve the true head of our
household – our Lord, Jesus Christ!
The Rev.
Brian W. McGurk,
Rector, St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
St.
Christopher's Mission
We welcome all persons to the warmth
and beauty of the Anglican tradition.
We spread the love and grace of God in Christ.
We reach out to serve our communities as a compassionate neighbor.
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