A Newsletter by and for the people of Christ Church Bronxville

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Mar. 2009 VOL. LXIII, No. 6

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Children’s Formation 2

Adult Formation 3

Youth & Confirmation 4

Music at CCB 5

Parish Life 6

Vist from Bishop Tengatenga 7

March Highlights 8

At a Glance

Lenten Outreach Lent is generally viewed as

a time of self-examination, prayer and penitence in preparation for the death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. One Christian tradition that has emerged as part of Lent is for individuals to give up something as a symbolic gesture of self-denial or to take on a spiritual discipline as part of your regular routine.As you begin your own Lenten journey this year, we invite you to take on a spiritual discipline connected to Outreach at Christ Church Bronxville. In addition to our other Lenten studies and activities, Christ Church will offer a weekly outreach activity in which you and your family can participate.

(see page 3 for a list of activities)

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Children’s Christian Formation

Godly Play (Ages 3 to 1st grade)Mar. 1st Jesus and Paralytic Mar. 8th Jesus Feeds the 5,000 Mar. 15th Youth SundayMar. 22nd The Mystery of EasterMar. 29th The Synagogue and the Upper RoomSecond GradeMar. The Creed and the Trinity Mar. 8th Prayer in the EucharistMar. 15th Youth SundayMar. 22nd Easter StoryMar. 29th Easter Story

Third GradeMar. 1st SamuelMar. 8th David and GoliathMar. 15th Youth SundayMar. 22nd David and the ArkMar. 29th Solomon

Fourth GradeMar. 1st Jesus’ Last DaysMar. 8th The ResurrectionMar. 15th Youth SundayMar. 22nd The AscensionMar. 29th The Birth of the Church

Fifth GradeMar. 1st The Great Awakening and John BunyanMar. 8th John Wesley & John NewtonMar. 15th Youth SundayMar. 22nd Review of the SaintsMar. 29th C.S. Lewis

Sixth GradeMar. 1st What is Hinduism?Mar. 8th Study of HinduismMar. 15th Youth SundayMar. 22nd What is Buddhism?Mar.29th Study of BuddhismFor more information please contact:Barbara PotgieterChildren’s Christian Formationbpotgieter@ccbny.org

Church School Calendar Christ Church Bronxville Turned into a Big Top

On Friday, February 6, Taylor Hall was turned into a three-ring extravaganza as CCB welcomed the Amazing Grace Circus from Grace Episcopal Church in Nyack.

AGC is the tri-state’s only year-round, all-youth circus, and is an interactive experience. AGC youth troupe members and Ringmaster Mr. Amazing (Carlo Pellegrini) taught children of all ages how to juggle balls, balance on globes, work the rola bola, perform classic clown routines, master acrobatic adagio acts, walk on the tightwire and

perform human pyramids in their very own circus. Then, at the end of the evening, the AGC Troupe performed acts from their upcoming new show.Proceeds benefited the All Our Children initiative at the Episcopal Church’s General Convention in Anaheim this summer.Though on a Friday, the circus was part of Christ Church’s ONE Tuesday series, monthly all-parish get-togethers featuring dinner, speakers and entertainment.

-Ken RichardsonEaster Egg Hunt

Please bring your basket and join

us for our annual egg hunt on

Sunday, April 12th, at 10:30 AM.

All children through 6th grade are

invited to take part!

Midnight Run We are going on a Run on Friday March 13, we will meet in the CCB kitchen at 7:45 PM. Volunteers and donations are needed.For more informations, please contact Krista Miller at kmiller@ccbny.org or PG Costa at pg@piercosta.net.

Breakfast Run March 9th 6:45 AM For 6th – 8th graders (and others who wish to join).Meet at 6:45am and remember the time change! For more information,contact Mike Conaton at mikec@kppinvest.com.

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Nursery Care is available for babies and children too young

for Church School.

1st Week in LentMarch 1st, following the 10 AM Service

“Fish for People” and Episcopal Relief and Development Day

We are collecting cans of tuna fish for our food drive to remember Jesus calling his disciples to leave their nets and become fishers of people! Kids and grown-ups alike are asked to bring cans of tuna fish to church. They will be blessed during the 10:00 am service.

Then join us in Taylor Hall immediately following church to learn more about Episcopal Relief and Development. The presentation will focus specifically on ERD’s new partnership in Malawi.

2nd Week in LentFriday, March 6th

Movie Night at CCB Cineplex

Pizza at 6:00 PM, Showtime at 6:30 PM

Suggested Donation - $5 per person or $20 per family

Lights, Camera, Action! Join your church family for a fun night of hot dogs, popcorn, pigs, and pirouettes all to benefit CCB Outreach. As a preview of our “Pig Tales for Malawi” Bronxville-wide fundraiser effort, we’ll be showing “Babe” in Taylor Hall for our younger audience members, while upstairs in Crispell Lounge we’ll screen “Billy Elliot” for more older kids and adults.

Sunday, March 9th

Dress for Success

Working Women’s Fellowship invites the women of Christ Church to donate one gently used suit to support “Dress for Success,” an organization in Manhattan which supplies interview suits and other necessities to low-income women looking for work. A list of needed items will be distributed at today’s service and items will be collected in the Narthex and Undercroft throughout Lent for distribution in April.3rd Week in LentSunday, March 15thBring Bags Back and Breakfast RunPlease return your Food Bank donation bag to the designated table in the narthex by Sunday, March 15. Kids in 6th through 8th grades will take part in a Breakfast Run before church. And don’t forget that the Choir Musical will be presented immediately after the 10:00 am service!

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Adult Christian Formation

4th Week in Lent

Sunday, March 22nd, 11:30 AM-2:00 PM

Go “Green” and Clean with the Bronx River ConservancyImmediately following the 10 AM service, join us in Taylor Hall for a light lunch, then head over (as a group or in your own car) to a spot on the Bronx River where you can roll up your sleeves and join the members of the Bronx River Con-servancy in pruning trees and weeds. No skills or experience necessary. How long you stay is up to you!

5th Week in Lent Sunday, March 29th

Adult Breakfast Run, Assemble Goodies for Trinity St. Paul Soup Kitchen & Easter Basket Decoration Day

The Adult-Only Breakfast Run debuts today. Contact Mike Conaton at mikec@kppinvest.com. You’ll be back in time for the 10:00 AM service. Then join us in Taylor Hall immedi-ately following the service, when the Church School children will put together “goody bags” that will be delivered, along with a meal to be prepared the following week, to Trinity St. Paul’s Soup Kitchen.At the same time, everyone is invited to do their part by decorating Easter Baskets (complete with a little plant kit) for members of our community who may need a special Easter blessing.

Maundy ThursdayApril 9th, after the 7 PM service

Soup’s On for the Soup KitchenAttention all cooks! Today’s your day to help us make soup for tomorrow’s delivery to Trinity St. Paul’s Soup Kitchen. Bring an apron, and maybe a ladle, and get ready to add a pinch of salt and pepper. We will meet in the kitchen immedi-ately after the service to prepare the soup. Preparation should take no more than an hour.Good FridayApril 10th, 9 AM-12Noon Lunch to Go for Trinity St. Paul’s Soup KitchenAs Lent draws to a close, the children of Church School will finish cooking and prepare to deliver a meal and last week’s goody bags to Trinity St. Paul’s Soup Kitchen. (This event is for Church School children and their parents only, please.) Reminder - prior to March 29, we will be collecting food and supplies for the goody bags and the meal.If you are not able to cook but would like to help in the effort, please sign up to bring the supplies needed for preparing the lunch. A sign-up sheet will be located in the Narthex. all items purchased should be delivered to the church on Palm Sunday, April 5th.

Lenten Outreach

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EYCPilgrimage to the Taizé Monastery

From February 13th-22nd Krista Miller and Father Bird led the Episcopal Youth Community on their annual trip to the Taizé Monastery in France. The trip began with two fun-filled days touring Paris. The group visited famous sights such as Sacre Coeur, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, the Paris Opera and the Champs Elysee. The teens were thrilled to see these famous sights, experience French culture and get to know one another better. After the jetlag had ceased the group boarded a train for Burgundy where the Taizé Monastery is located.

Founded in 1940 by the late Brother Roger, Taizé is the spiritual home to over one hundred brothers from more than 25 nations. Their religious backgrounds range from Roman Catholic to various Protestant

traditions. Leading lives of celibacy, simplicity, spirituality and community, the brothers dedicate

their lives to reconciliation among all Christians. This strong message of love draws tens of thousands

of young people to Taizé each year.

When the EYC arrived at Taizé they were thrown into monastic life alongside 600 other young people. Every

day the group attended church three times, went to Bible study with one of the brothers and developed close

friendships with teens from all over the world. They also did their part to make sure that Taizé runs efficiently. The EYC

cleaned all of the pots and pans after lunch every day, cleaned toilets and put up many tents in preparation for the 7,000 people

who will be there for Easter.

The monastic routine of prayer, work and play over the course of the week changed each and every participant on the trip. What began as a simple cultural experience ended up being a time for the teenagers to shed stress about school and the pressures of adolescence. In the absence of those things the EYC encountered the very real presence of God. Every single teen left Taizé having a greater under-

standing of who they are, a greater sense of God in and around them and an under-standing of how important the support of religious community is. They returned to the United States with a deeper sense of their relationships with God and ready to practice their Christianity more fully at home. -Krista Miller

EYC Mission Trip to GeorgiaAugust 8th-16thRegistration and $500 Deposit Due March 1stFor Information Contact kmiller@ccbny.orgTotal Cost $800 Registration forms and a nonrefundable $500 deposit are due March 1st. Please send them to Director of Youth Ministry Krista Miller at the church. Registration forms are available for download at ccbny.org.

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4 Choirs Festival EvensongCathedral of St. John the DivineSunday March 8, 4:00pm

Following a weekend of rehearsals with three other choirs, over 40 choristers from Christ Church Bronxville will sing Evensong at our cathedral. The entire ensemble, numbering over 100 choristers, will sing an extraordinary list of repertoire including Herbert Howells’ Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Glouchester Service) and Samuel Barber’s transcription of his own music, Adagio for Strings, set to the text Agnus Dei. Evensong begins at 4:00 PM and is open to the public. CHOIR MUSICAL-ALL GOD’S CHILDRENMarch 15th 2009 Taylor Hall

For the third year in a row the choristers from Sing ‘n Ring and Voice for Life will join forces to deliver a musical. This years’ musical will explore young peoples’ lives and concerns through song, dance, and dialogue. The musical is approximately 30 minutes long and will begin shortly after the 10:00 AM Eucharist on Sunday March 15th.

Music

Spring Variety Show Date has changed

Christ Church Winter Variety ShowTBA in May! Start Rehearsing NOW!!The Third Annual All-Parish Variety Show ison! It’s back and better than ever!! Mark your calendar for the Third Annual All-Parish Variety Show. Dancing, singing, kazoos and juggling, jokes and Shakespeare and magic tricks, not to mention the CCB staff and clergy as you’ve never seen them before! Performers, start rehearsing. Audience, circle the date. For more information, contact Amy Axelson at aaxelson@ccbny.org.

Lenten EvensongSunday March 15, 5:00 PMSung by Schola Cantorum and The Christ Church Choir Music by Howells, Barber, and Phillips

Only 8 seats left on the bus to Montreal!The Christ Church Choir, Schola Cantorum, and VFL trebles are headed to Montreal on April 24-26. The tour will include seeing our new organ for the first time, two choir concerts, and sightseeing in Montreal. There are 8 seats left on the bus – if you would like to fill them up – talk to Christopher Wells. The individual cost of the trip is $400 for the three day trip.

Sponsors needed for ChoristersChoristers love Choir Tours – it’s the chance to share their talent with the rest of the world, sit on a bus with their favorite friends, have sleepovers in big cities. But choir tours also cost money! Would you consider sponsoring a chorister to go to Montreal? Or even part of a chorister? The cost is $400, but gifts of all levels are accepted.

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MarchBirthdays

1: Tracey Gilliam, Corbin Callaway; 2: Nora Hogan, Caleb Smith, Walker Smith, Sophie Feinberg; 4: Thomas Kenney, Patrick Sica; 5: Monna MacLellan; 6: Julia Castle; 7: Rosalie Frost, Ann Tighe, Catherine Bird; 8: Bradford Marvin; 9: William Kelsey, Laney Goodrum; 10: Laura Hibbler; 12: Clifford Schneider, Mary Daly; 15: Juan Buendia; 16: Susan Rooney, Courtney Cherna, Kevin Ewy, Cathleen Abboud; 17:Arthur Taylor, Gary Hayes, Beatrice Welch, Dylan O’Donoghue; 18: Barbara McKinnon, Susan Brasco, Sheldon Reynolds; 19: Mary Engelhardt; 20: Jan Gray, Emma Fursland; 21: Courtney Crystal; 22: Jayne Warman; 24: Eleanor Pennell, Andrew Sullivan, Michael Abboud, Ansley Jones; 25: Charlotte Reynolds, Ashton Minich; 26: Joseph Kratovil, Carol Bender, Owen Thomas, Hank Thomas; 28: Rocky Gray; 29: Meghan Whitney, Alina Atayan; 30: Mark Sears ; 31: Steven Ahmuty

Core Class

Parish EventsThank you Pancake CrewA special thanks to those who helped with the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper.Mike O’Guinn, Bob O’Connor, Bob Singleton, Jim Horne, Phillip Johnson,Michael Bird, Joe Kratovil, Jim Sutton, Jim Lee, Vito Mutolo and Tom and Mimi Ruhm

A special thanks to Noel Desmond and Jose Braga

Are you looking for a GREAT class?Try Gregg’s Core Class!

Gregg Cook has agreed to come up from the City to teach his Core Class!!

Tuesdays at 12:30 in the Undercroft, $30 a class

Please email or call Laura Villani lrlrvillani@gmail.com if you are interested or talk with other parishioners who are already taking this class - Shelby Goodrum and Tammy Cushman

Monday, March 16th Save the date for A Night at the Tonys, with Broadway performances and a silent auction benefiting arts educator Young at Arts Join Drama Desk award-winning Broadway Music Director Mary Mitchell Campbell and stars from the stages of the Great White Way as they perform a concert of Broadway favorites in the intimate setting of the church itself.Performers at last year’s benefit included performers from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, the Wicked Broadway Tour, La Scala and The Metropolitan Opera. Cocktails and a silent auction will precede the show. Among the prizes up for auction is a dinner prepared by Mary Ruth Rera, chef to Ralph Lauren. All proceeds will benefit the after-school performing arts programs of Young at Arts. Young at Arts, the recent recipient of an “All Our Children” grant from the Episcopal Diocese of New York and Trinity Church Wall Street, is at the forefront of filling in the arts education gaps left by the public school system. Tickets: $100 / $250. 6:30 PM Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres - 7:30 PM Performance. Tickets may be purchased online at www.youngatarts.us or by calling 914 337 3544, Ext. 124.

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Dinner with Bishop TengatengaOn Monday evening, February 23rd, the Vestry and Outreach committee welcomed the Rt. Rev. James Tengatenga, Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Malawi, to dinner at Christ Church. Bishop Tengatenga is an eloquent speaker and passionate advocate for his people. He is also a compelling leader in the Anglican Communion. Also in attendance were the Rt. Rev. Catherine Roskam, Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of New York and her husband, and Irene Mhogolo, wife of the Bishop of the Diocese of Central Tanganykia in Tanzania, home of our partnership with Carpenter’s Kids.

Rounding out the guest list were David Kalal and Susan Cotter of St. Mark’s New Canaan, whose Outreach Commission hopes to support our efforts in Malawi; John Springer and Cindy Malin, who traveled with Mo. Malin to Malawi last summer; Canon Kris Lee who runs the website for the Southern Diocese of Malawi; and Sherrye Henry of Episcopal Relief and Development. ERD is supporting Christ Church Bronxville and Love’s Harvest work in Permaculture and Women’s Empowerment in Malawi.

The evening was both moving and fun. Kids from Young at Arts kicked off the dinner with song and dance to honor the bishops. We were able to share stories and share a meal before watching Mother Malin’s video of her trip last summer (see link on CCB’s webpage). Afterwards, Bishop Tengatenga spoke at length about why he encourages partnerships like ours designed to support mothers and priests: those groups who feed and comfort, educate and inspire, galvanize groups and husband resources. Malawi is one of the more densely populated African nations with very little land, so our Permaculture efforts which maximize sustainable and wholesome food production is key to the future of all Malawi.

Stay tuned for our next Malawi partnership project: “Pig Tales,” a Bronxville-wide women’s empowerment project.

-Kate Malin

Ash Wednesday February 25th was Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting and penitence, the gateway to Lent. The ashes we received remind us of our mortality, and our coming to receive them is a sign that we will make a sincere effort to cleanse our lives of sin and put God first. Ash Wednesday calls us to put aside pride and choose humility. It calls us to acknowledge our failings and amend our hearts in the comfort of knowing that we are loved.

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Sunday, Mar. 8th 4:00 PM Four Choirs Festival Cathedral of St. John the Divine RSCM Choirs

Tuesday, Mar. 10th 5:30 PM Choir Dinner (Taylor Hall)

Friday, Mar. 13th 7:45 PM Midnight Run

Sunday, Mar. 15th 11:30 AM Choir Musical (Taylor Hall)

Monday, Mar. 16th 7:30 PM EYC Taizé Reunion Dinner with Parents (Taylor Hall)

6:30 PM YAA Benefit

Sunday, Mar. 22nd 2:30 PM Counseling Center Concert

HighlightsPalm Sunday, April 5th8:00 AM Holy Eucharist9:45 AM Procession with Palms and Holy Eucharist5:00 PM Informal EucharistMonday, April 6th7:00 AM Holy EucharistTuesday, April 7th 7:00 AM Holy Eucharist Wednesday, April 8th 7:00 AM Holy Eucharist7:00 PM Tenebrae Maundy Thursday, April 9th 7:00 PM Maundy Thursday Service 8:30 PM All Night VigilGood Friday, April 10th 12:00 PM Liturgy of Good Friday Holy Saturday, April 11th 7:00 PM The Great Vigil of Easterand BaptismsEaster Sunday, April 12thEaster Festive Eucharist-9:00 AM Easter Egg Hunt-10:30 AMEaster Festive Eucharist-11:15 AM