THIS WEEK AT ST. ANNE’S

WELCOME If you are a guest and visiting us for the first time, please join us for Hospitality Hour following the service.  We are so blessed to have you here.

ANNE’S CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION PROCESS The actions St. Anne’s has taken to date in its process of Conflict Transformation have been: Listening Sessions moderated by our ECR consultant Bob Gross; a number of training/learning sessions in which Bob taught/refreshed for us the listening and communication behaviors that are most effective to transform conflict, and that facilitate communication across human differences; and finally a worship service on June 17, 2025, that ritualized our gratitude for shared ministry, laments about our failures with one another, and an articulation of our hopes for ourselves and our community of St. Anne’s going forward. With Vestry leadership and communal prayer, we will continue to integrate these practices into our lives and into our worship. Beginning with this weekend, and for the following six weeks until we observe the 75^th Anniversary of the founding of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, we will integrate our conflict transformation process more particularly into our Sunday worship at all weekend Services in the following way. 

On each Sunday, we will incorporate a special prayer in our Prayers of the People related to our prayer to God to transform, in the power of Christ’s Spirit, whatever conflicts are assailing the members and the community of St. Anne’s. Each Sunday we will particularize our attention as follows on some aspect of conflict/failure/sin, and our choice to release whatever hurt is related to it into the heart of God’s mercy and grace:

July 6 – My patterns of communicating/refusing to communicate that inflict wounds, failures of communication, on others

July 13 – My judgments about others and their behaviors that “harden my heart” in my relating with them

July 20 – My refusals and indifference to engage others around conflicts/mutual failures/sin

July 27 – Our communal foci on our wants/needs that crowd out our responses to others’ needs

August 3 – Our pre-occupations that effect inaction toward the needs of others and our community

August 10 – Our fears that drive our failures to love God, our neighbors, our selves

Each person will be invited to write on special “flash paper” their experiences of hurt, woundedness, failure related to the focal conflict/failure/sin (see dates below), and then to place that paper in the container at the front of the church.  Fire taken from the Easter Candle will then ignite the papers, flashing the release of these experiences from our hearts into the heart of God’s Forgiving-Love. Our prayer then will be that we will carry the flash-effect of God’s Forgiving-Love into our relationships with all whom we encounter. 

SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE We went over edits to the Parish Profile. A graphic designer was hired to polish it up for publication. We will be working on the OTM at our next meeting on 7/13.

JULY OUTREACH OF THE MONTH – HABITAT FOR HUMANITY This month we are supporting Habitat for Humanity.  You may give monetary donations to assist with the cost of current build by writing a check to St. Anne’s and write Habitat on the memo line. You can also make donations of items to the Habitat Re-Store.

MORNING PRAYER, EVENING PRAYER and MID WEEK HOLY EUCHARIST will not be celebrated July 7 or 8 as Fr. Joe will be out of the office on these dates.

SAMS & ECW MEETING Monday, July 7 at 6:30 at Butch and Sonda Schapson’s home. Contact Butch or Sonda for directions.

JULY 8 – 11 the parish office will be closed as Fr. Joe and Carol Bianchini will be serving with the Diocesan Sr. High Mission Team in the Calumet Episcopal Ministry Partnership Parishes. In case of an emergency, Fr. Joe will have his cell and Carol will have access to voicemail and emails.

VISITS WITH FR. JOE If you would like to schedule a meeting with him, you can call the office or may also Fr. Joe directly at 847-363-7572. Blessings and thank you!

ON-GOING EVENTS – REFLECTIONS BIBLE STUDY Meets on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. in the parlor to study the readings for the upcoming Sunday.

UPCOMING EVENTS – ST. ANNE’S DAY on Sunday August 10 at 9 a.m. for a Celebration of Holy Eucharist followed by Hospitality Hour.

ANNE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF MINISTRY Join us as we celebrate on Saturday, September 27 beginning at 4:30 p.m. followed by dinner. “The Church’s one Foundation is Jesus Christ Her Lord”. Please save the date and plan to attend.

THE BEACON Items in need are nonperishable food items, hygiene products and cleaning supplies. No perishable or glass items please. To support the outdoor pantry, the school lunch debts, Retired Tigers or our community garden, please write a check to St. Anne’s and specify which ministry on the memo line. The Food Ministry is now helping our 78 neighbors at Retired Tigers Senior Housing. We are now delivering healthy, fresh foods and hygiene products twice each month. The upcoming issue of the Visitor will have more information about ways you can join this ministry! 

2025 FLOWER CHART To sponsor altar flowers, please sign up on the chart in Rose Hall. Flowers are $40 per arrangement, there are two per Sunday. Flowers may be given in memory, celebration or in thanksgiving. An envelope will be sent to you to fill out the information. The new chart is posted on the bulletin board in Rose Hall.

Please note-in trying to keep the prayer list updated, names have been removed.  If you would like names to reappear on the list, email office@stanneswarsaw.org. Thank you!   

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana and the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis  For more information about the Episcopal Indiana Reunification Discernment Discussions please go to this link: https://www.episcopalindiana.org/