The Apostles Post26238 North Highway 59

Wauconda, Illinois We are a welcoming, compassionate community seeking to grow in Christ and

express God’s love for all, through worship, fellowship, service and prayer.

FROM THE VICAR'S DESK (M. C. Gillette)I might be physically absent from Church of the Holy Apostles right now, but you remain in my heart and

on my mind; and I pray the same can be said in reverse. Most of you realize I am on sabbatical at the moment. Some of you are aware of more particular details. But I thought I would take the opportunity, this month and next month, to talk a little about where I (hope I) am as you read this and what I (think I) should be doing. So – assuming you are reading this when it is sent, and not, say, in February 2018, know that I am somewhere in the Palestinian Territories. Perhaps I'm even at Peter's Place in Taybeh, the only remaining all-Christian town in Palestine, having a glass of the fine beer they brew there, as I was when this picture was taken in 2012.

I had not planned on returning to Israel/Palestine in my sabbatical year, but I was asked to do so, accompanying a group of women generally interested in peace and justice issues as chaplain to the 'Women's Witness Tour 2' – WWT2 for short. As chaplain, I am

responsible for many things, probably the most obvious one of which is preparing and leading worship. In preparation for this responsibility, I put together a (48-page) worship booklet containing everything from 10-minute meditations on the bus going from point 'A' to point 'B" to regular Eucharist services. As you might imagine, crafting a worship 'suite' – worship opportunities specifically oriented to particular locations and events on particular days – for 25-30 strong-willed, highly opinionated, activist women of various religious traditions (and none) is an engaging challenge. Add to this the unique issues related to conducting worship in this part of the world at all – everything from simply getting the booklets through customs in Tel Aviv (will, for example, some official decide they contain something which might be perceived as anti-Semitic or – and it is not the same thing – anti-Israeli?) to considering what type of service can be conducted where (even in Christian settings, for example, my ordination as a woman might well be considered illegitimate and my attempts to celebrate the Eucharist, therefore, scandalous at best or even blasphemous) – and you see that being 'chaplain' in this context is beer-worthy. Beer worthy and really wonderful!

The Women's Witness Tour-2 is not only interested in tourism, but also in engaging matters of women's rights. A focus of the group is conversation with women who are trying to live their lives in the midst of what is often a political, religious, and cultural 'perfect storm.' So, for example, the group speaks with Jewish women trying to gain approval from the ultra-orthodox rabbis who control the Western/Wailing Wall to pray in public – with Christian women dealing with unaddressed domestic violence – and with Muslim women dealing with the dual burdens of political occupation and religious (Jewish and Muslim) fundamentalism. To be in this place, speaking with these women, about these matters – is truly a life-changing experience. Here is what my itinerary looks like as I write (it being a given in this part of the world that plans change hour by hour):Friday-Saturday, 23-24 May = Travel DaysSunday-Monday, 25-26 May = Planning Team Preparation DaysTuesday, 27 May = Group Gathering In Bethlehem

6:00 Welcome and Orientation 7:00 Evening Prayer

Wednesday, 28 May = Bethlehem 7:30 Optional visit to Church of the Nativity 8:00 Breakfast

JUNE 2014

8:30 Opening worship 9:30 Meet with Bethlehem Fair Trade Association, and the Palestinian women involved 11:30 Travel from hotel to Aida Refugee Camp 12:00 Lunch at Lajee Center, Aida Camp: The Refugee Story and Lajee Center programs for women

and girls. Walking tour of the camp 5:30    Talk by Vera Baboun, professor at Bethlehem University and Mayor of Bethlehem: Gender

issues in Palestine. 7:00    Dinner at hotel.    8:00 Evening Prayer and Group Reflection Overnight at Manger Square Hotel

Thursday, 29 May = Hebron = Urban experience of occupation 9:00 Depart for Hebron   Meditations on the bus 9:30 Old City tour (including Ibrahimi Mosque) with Walid abu Alhalaweh at Hebron Rehabilitation

Center focusing on women’s work in Hebron 1:00  Lunch and session at Hebron Women’s Cooperative with founders Nawal Slemiah and her

sister Layla 3:00 Return to Bethlehem – Visit Hebron glass factory en route 5:30 Visit home of Hind and Bassam Khoury Prayer before leaving for dinner 7:00  Dinner Overnight at Manger Square Hotel

Friday, 30 May = Christian presence in the West Bank and in Israel 7:30 Optional visit to Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem 9:00 Depart with luggage for Taybeh 9:45 Visit Bedouin community outside Jerusalem 12:30 Lunch at Peter’s Place in Old City of Taybeh, Tour of Taybeh 2:30 Worship at ruins of old St. George’s 3:00 Depart for Nazareth along Jordan Valley Road 7:00 Dinner and overnight at Villa Nazareth Hotel

Saturday, 31 May = Nazareth 8:00 Morning Prayer 8:30 Visit to Basilica of the Annunciation 10:30 Visit to excavations at Sisters of Nazareth convent 11:30 Free Time: Lunch and Visit to Old City market 3:00 Meetings with Arab women in the Knesset Overnight at Villa Nazareth Hotel

Sunday, 01 June = Sea of Galilee Quiet Day = Tour of Holy Sites / Reflection and Prayer 8:00 Leave Nazareth for Mt. of Beatitudes Morning Meditations on the bus Visit Tabgha, Primacy of Peter, and Caperanaum 12:00 Lunch: at Mt. Beatitudes Hotel 2:15 Walk down Mt. of the Beatitudes 3:00 Check in to Pilgerhaus 5:30 Eucharist 6:30 Dinner and Overnight at Pilgerhaus

Monday, 02 June = Northern West Bank = Places of renewal and hope 8:00 Depart for West Bank Meditations on the bus 10:00 Jenin Refugee Camp, Freedom Theater, Church of the Ten Lepers 12:00 Nablus, Old City – talk with Mayor 2:00 Deir Ballout Women’s Center 4:00 Home Stays or 4:00 Exit West Bank for those not doing Home Stays, return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight

at Knight's Palace. Tuesday, 03 June = Ramallah

8:30   Depart for Ramallah from Jerusalem (and Nablus for those having done home stays) 9:30 Meetings with women at the Friends International Center of Ramallah 12:00 Noon prayers, followed by free-time lunch 1:30 Meeting with Women's Legal Services leaders 4:00 Return to Jerusalem

5:00 Sabeel Jerusalem Dinner 7:30 Evening prayer Overnight at Knight’s Palace

Wednesday, 04 June = Jerusalem 7:00 Visit to Haram/Temple Mount 8:30 Visit Church of the Resurrection, Western Wall, tour of Old City 12:00 Lunch on Papa Andreas’ rooftop 1:00 Free Time Dinner at hotel 8:00 Evening Prayer

Thursday, 05 June = Jerusalem 9:00 Meet with Israeli women working for peace and justice 11:00 Meet with Kids4Peace women: Jewish, Christian and Muslim 1:00 Mt. of Olives, Church of All Nations, meet with leaders of YWCA programs for children and

youth, visit to Yad Vashem and Israel Museum 6:00 Closing Eucharist and Group Reflections 7:30 Dinner at Nafoura in the Old City Overnight Knight’s Palace

Friday, 06 June = DepartureDepart as travel plans require. For those leaving late or remaining behind, standing with Women in Black during their 1:00 – 2:00 Watch.

UPCOMING SERVICES – CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES – JUNE 2014

Sunday 01 June9:30 a.m.

Sunday 08 June9:30 a.m.Day of Pentecost

Sunday15 June9:30 a.m.Trinity Sunday

Sunday22 June9:30 a.m.

Sunday 29 June9:30 a.m.

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7th Sunday of Easter (A)

Day of PentecostWhitsunday (A)

1st Sunday after PentecostTrinity Sunday (A)

2nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7 (A)

3rd Sunday after PentecostProper 7 (A)

FIRST LESSONActs1:6-14

RESPONSEPsalm 68:1-10, 33-36

SECOND LESSON1 Peter4:12-14, 5:6-11

GOSPEL

FIRST LESSONNumbers11:24-30

RESPONSEPsalm104:25-35, 37b

SECONDLESSONActs2:1-21

GOSPELJohn20:19-23

FIRST LESSONGenesis1:1-2:4a

RESPONSECanticle13

SECOND LESSON2 Corinthians13:11-13

GOSPELMatthew 28:16-20

FIRSTLESSONGenesis21:8-21

RESPONSEPsalm86:1-10, 16-17

SECOND LESSONRomans6:1b-11

GOSPELMatthew

FIRST LESSONGenesis22:1-14

RESPONSEPsalm13

SECOND LESSONRomans6:12-23

GOSPELMatthew10:40-42

John17:1-11

10:24-39

SOME CHURCHY STUFF (M. C. Gillette)In this monthly article, we look at terms and definitions of things you might see or hear around church. Nothing fancy here – these entries are out of the Armentrout/Slocum An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, sometimes supplemented by me, and sometimes simply copied directly. If something in particular piques your interest, let me know, and we’ll deal with it in more depth.

CHANT, CHANTING. Singing liturgical prose texts to the rhythm of speech. The term is from the Latin word 'cantus,' meaning 'song.' Since ancient times, psalms and canticles (a non-metrical song used in worship with a text from any part of the Bible except the psalms), prayers, dialogue, scripture, and other liturgical texts have been sung to many types of melodic formulas. For Anglicans, the most familiar types of chant until recent times were plainchant and Anglican chant. Since the 1950s, many other chants have been introduced, based on the rhythms and stresses of modern speech. The most famous are the psalm tones composed by Joseph Gelineau for the Psalter in French, in the eight Gregorian modes. (Indeed – you knew all about these, did you not? Anyway, it is beyond my ability to try to simply explain 'modes.' Suffice it to say that for something that seems so simply on the surface, chanting is an exceptionally complex discipline with lots of rules.) The 20th century has also witnessed a revival of plainchant, including its Gregorian, Ambrosian, and Mozarabic families, and interest in Slavonic and other eastern chants.

MOZARABIC

GREGORIAN AMBROSIAN

IN OUR PARISH LIFE

LOBSTER AND PIE SALE: Our annual Lobster and Pie sale is Saturday 14 June, the day before Father's Day. Pies (hand-made by a local in-home baker) must be ordered by 01 June or delivery on 14 June cannot be guaranteed.  The pies freeze very well, and are available in 4 flavors:  Apple, Blueberry, Mixed-Berry, Strawberry.  The price for each pie is $16. Lobsters must be ordered by 10 June as they are shipped in from the East Coast.  Lobsters are 1.5-pounds each.  Live lobsters are $18 each; cooked lobsters are $20 each.  Cooked lobster meat, removed from the shell, also freezes very well. Live lobsters and pies may be picked up at Holy Apostles at any time between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday 14 June. Cooked lobsters are available from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. -- the order form asks folks to choose a pick-up time window.

SHAWL MINISTRY: Here is the summer schedule through September. As Auction Dinner is earlier this year, it is going to be more challenging to get a really nice supply of shawls and hats ready for our October cancer awareness event, as many of you also make items for the auction dinner. If possible, maybe those who are able can begin knitting and crocheting a bit earlier- as always we will just do the best we can. Again, thank you for all you do!June 9, Monday 7 p.m.June 24, Tuesday 1 p.m.July 14, Monday 7 p.m.July 29, Tuesday 1 p.m.August 11, Monday 7p.m.August 26, Tuesday 1 p.m.September 8, Monday 7 p.m.September 23, Tuesday 1 p.m.

WAUCONDA/ISLAND LAKE FOOD PANTRY: The milk jug count for April was $96.12. In April the food pantry served 260 families which totaled 705 individuals.  Eleven families were new to the pantry. Please keep them in your prayers. There is a sign-up sheet in Lincoln Hall if you are interested in volunteering on Saturdays between 10 AM and 12 noon. If you have any questions please contact Rick or Marsha Fedor or email fedor711@comcast.net.

FARMERS’ MARKET: As most of you know, Holy Apostles has had a table (every other week) at the Wauconda Farmer's Market for the last several summers.  The purpose is simply to be a presence in the community, chat with folks who happen by, and collect for the Food Pantry and Diaper Bank.

Since Mtr. Martha is gone this summer, the Wauconda/Island Lakes Ministerial Association (WILMA), of which she is the Convener, has decided to take the table this summer.  The purpose will be essentially the same.  (The folks at LoveINC have volunteered to put together a flier with everyone's service/contact information on it, so the outreach will be a bit more ecumenical, but it's still about being present and friendly.)  The difference is that, rather than having to 'staff' the table the entire season, we as a congregation will only have to staff it for 3 weeks; and those three weeks will be in conjunction with our friends at Fusion Church (the folks who worship here on Sunday evenings).

A sign-up sheet will be available in Lincoln Hall for our 3 weeks, so please be looking for it.   The market season is 26 June to 09 October.  We need to be set-up (equipment is in Mtr. Martha’s office, it takes 20 minutes or so to get it organized on-site) and ready to go by 3 p.m., and breakdown starts at 7p.m.  Our dates are: -- Thursday 26 June  (first date of the season)

 -- Thursday 21 August -- Thursday 04 September

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: We are very excited to announce our selections for 2014! The Book Group normally meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm, rotating among members' homes. We enjoy lively conversation, good food and wine, and outstanding fellowship. All we are missing is you! Please contact Lisa Earley if you would like more information. Here is what we are reading this year: June 24 - The Deep End of the Ocean (Jacquelyn Mitchard) at the home of Julie ZuidemaJuly 22 - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer) at the home of Lisa Earley        August 26 - I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb) at the home of Judi DuraSeptember 23 - Movable Feast (Ernest Hemingway) at the home of Barb BarrieOctober 28 - In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez) location TBD November 25 - Empty Mansions  (Bill Dedman) location TBDDecember 23 - Divergent (Veronica Roth) location TBD

SUMMER TESTIMONIES:Fellow parishioners will be sharing their personal faith testimonies during the 9:30am services this summer. Those scheduled are:June 22- Chris DeignanJuly 27- Geoff CooperAugust 24- June KramerSeptember 14-Alicja Kukaszewicz- Southall

SAVE THE DATE FOR “WELCOME ALL” PICNIC! This year’s Ecumenical Picnic will be held at Holy Apostles on Sunday, August 17 beginning at noon. More information will be forthcoming soon.

WHITE CANDLES: As you encounter sales before and after Christmas, please remember we are always in need of white (preferably unscented) pillar candles of all shapes and sizes, and tea lights, for our Taize services. Thanks!

AROUND OUR DIOCESE:Crosswalk to a Safe SummerJune 8, 3-5 pm at Messiah & St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church and nearby Avalon ParkJoin CROSSwalk and hundreds of Chicagoans for a gathering in the South Side Avalon Park community to hear young people’s stories about the impact of violence, why employers are partnering with CROSSwalk to hire young people, and music by Verbal Kwest. Ellen Lindeen from St. Michael’s is coordinating a carpool.

F all 2014 Volunteer Chaplain Training September 6 - December 6

Bishop Anderson House (BAH) has announced that its Fall 2014 Volunteer Chaplain Training will be held at Church of the Holy Spirit, Lake Forest. This 13-week course will be offered on Saturday mornings, September 6 through December 6 through from 9 - 11 am. Volunteer Chaplain Training provides lay leaders with skills that enable the pastoral ministry within a congregation to reach its fullest potential. Volunteer chaplains are trained to share in the responsibility of caring for those in hospitals, the home-bound, the elderly and all in need of comfort. Students are recommended by congregational leaders or professional chaplains. In addition to the course work, each person will spend 2 hours each week at a field site, which is determined by the student and supervisor. BAH staff will be involved in their usual capacity as teachers, joining faculty members from the Illinois Medical District. The Rev. David Kyllo, of Zion Lutheran will serve as class administrator and faculty member. For more information, contact Cheryl Holt. Application is open through June 30.

JUNE 2014 (See page 3 for Service Schedule.)

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Food Pantry 10am-noon

8 97:00pmShawl Ministry

10 11 12 13 14LOBSTER PICK-UP 11:30-1:30Food Pantry10am-noon

15 16 17Bishop’s Committee7:00pm

18 19 20 21Food Pantry10am-noon

223:45pmWauconda CareCenter Service

23 241:00pmShawl Ministry___Book Group7:30 pm

25 26Wauconda Farmer’s Market3-7 pm

27 28Food Pantry10am-noon

29 30

June Birthdays June Anniversaries

June 12 Johnna Bradfield June 03 Jim and Angie PinderJune 12 Kieran Groble June 12 Ed and Judi DuraJune 17 Angie Pinder June 26 Lisa Earley and Mike GrobleJune 30 Lucy Reed

FROM: Church of the Holy Apostles 26238 North Highway 59 Wauconda, Illinois 60084