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Schedule:
Sundays
7:30 AM Morning Prayer
8:00 AM Holy Eucharist
10:00 AM Choral Eucharist
 
2nd Sundays
11:15 AM Service for Healing & Anointing
 
Thursday
11:00 AM Holy Eucharist
On the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month there is a service for healing & anointing after the 11 AM service.
 
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
5:00 PM Evening Prayer
 
Monday through Friday
7:00 AM Morning Prayer
 
Welcome to Christ Church New Brighton

Christ Church offers many opportunities to deepen and enliven our faith. We do this in a variety of ways: In our worship, in our service, in our fellowship, and through education.

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The Reverend Charles H. Howell, rector of Christ ChurchFor the next two Sundays our supply priest will be the Rev. Rhoda Treherne-Thomas. Mother Rhoda is well known at Christ Church, but, perhaps, many are unaware of what an interesting life she has led.

Mother Rhoda was born in Wales but moved to the United States and attended high school in New York. She received her bachelor's degree from Smith College, attended the Teacher's College at Columbia University, and did PhD work at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She served as a missionary of the Episcopal Church in Jordan for eight years, and after returning to the States joined the Order of St. Mary at their house in Peekskill, NY. After leaving the order she taught at Hunter High and the Spence School.

After the Episcopal Church approved the ordination of women, Mother Rhoda began preparing for the priesthood, which she always felt was her true vocation. She has served parishes in the Bronx and lower Westchester. She came to Staten Island to serve as priest-in-charge of St. Simon's and, luckily for us, never left. Currently she is priest associate at St. John's, provides pastoral care assistance at St. Paul's, officiates at the Protestant service at Carmel Richmond, and is a at chaplain at Staten Island University Hospital.

It's a pleasure to welcome Mother Rhoda back to Christ Church.

Fr. Chuck

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Thank you for a wonderful performance!
Maryland State Boychoir
The Maryland State Boychoir sang at the ten o'clock Eucharist on Sunday, July 12, 2010, at Christ Church New Brighton. They were outstanding. Click here for pictures of the event (all photographs are © 2010 by Ed Craig, Staten Islandm NY.
For more information about the Maryland State Boychoir, visit their website.
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Christ Church New BrightonThe Rev. Charles H. Howell, Rector, Christ Church New Brighton

The Reverend Charles H. Howell, Rector of Christ Church New Brighton.Fr. Chuck was born in 1962 in LaGrange, Illinois, the son of an Episcopal priest, the Rev. Joseph A. Howell, and the late Georgia Howell. He grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Chuck received an AB degree from the University of Chicago where he majored in the History of Religions and minored in Russian language and literature.

Chuck worked in the Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston as a social worker for the Department of Public Welfare. Chuck met his soon-to-be wife, Liz, in Boston and they were married at St. Luke’s and St. Margaret’s on October 1, 1988.

Chuck graduated from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1995 and accepted a call to Grace Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He served Grace Church for 11 years, the last 8 as rector. While at Grace Church, Chuck helped found Sudanese Grace Church, a mission congregation composed mostly of Sudanese refugees, and served as its first vicar. In September 2006, Chuck began his ministry as the tenth rector of Christ Church New Brighton.

Chuck and Liz have a charming young daughter named Georgia and a fierce guard dog named Flopsie (don't let the name fool you).

Contact Fr. Chuck.
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Christ Church New BrightonThe Rev. John H. Walsted, Rector Emeritus

The Rev. John H. Walsted, Rector Emeritus of Christ Church New BrightonBorn in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fr. Walsted was educated in Massachusetts and Oregon and took his B.S. from the University of Oregon in Eugene in 1956. He had switched his major from Architecture to History when he discovered in himself a vocation to the priesthood and began to prepare for seminary.

He received his theological degree from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California, and was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood in 1959 in the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. He served parishes in Salem and Portland, Oregon, before entering the Order of the Holy Cross in 1963.

Fr. Walsted left the Order of the Holy Cross in 1977 and came to New York City where he has lived since. From 1982 until his retirement in 1994 he served as priest-in-charge and Rector of Christ Church, Staten Island. A noted iconographer, he has completed several hundred icons for churches and private collections throughout the world.

Contact Fr. John.

 

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Christ Church New Brighton

Christ Church New BrightonChrist Church Lay Staff

Cathy Romano Dorothy Thompson Ron Mazzucco Beth McLean Tom Sarff
Cathy
Romano

Office & Administrative
Dorothy
Thompson

Treasurer
Ron
Mazzucco

Ombudsman
Beth
McLean

Financial Secretary
Tom Sarff
Organist & Choirmaster
 
Paul Smith Shirley Elfers Sheila Hewitt, Sunday School Director Lisa Rhoades Beth Johanning-Hayes
Paul Smith
Verger
Shirley Elfers
Altar Guild Director
Sheila
Hewitt

Sunday School Director
Lisa
Rhoades-Nygard

Godly Play Director
Beth
Johanning-Hayes

Treble Choir
 
    Ian Riddick, Sexton & Maintenance Technician.    
    Ian
Riddick

Sexton & Maintenance
   
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Youth Group
 

Last Sunday eight of our youth participated in Youth Art Project: Tragedy in the Gulf, sponsored by Trinity Church Wall Street. The youth of Trinity Church and Christ Church have turned their imaginations to creating scratchboard art in response to the challenge: 'How would I solve the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and other ecological assaults on Planet Earth?" Nathan Fitch, guest artist, leads the group in this exciting project. The resulting works will be displayed at Trinity Church and may be printed in booklet form for our congregations and sent to our elected leaders and representatives in Washington.

The Youth Art Project meets weekly on Sunday mornings at Trinity Church July 25, August 1, 8, and 15.

The Christ Church youth will meet at the ferry at 8:45am on Sunday morning and walk from South Ferry to Trinity Church. After the class, they will attend services at Trinity Church and return on the 1:00 pm ferry. Parents are responsible for dropping off and picking up their children at the ferry. Each trip to Trinity Church will be chaperoned by two adults. Each youth must have a signed permission slip and give it to one of the chaperons.

This is a wonderful opportunity for our youth to engage creatively with a contemporary issue; to receive free art lessons; to enjoy each other's company; and to meet new friends. Please let Denise Rompilla (718-720-3656) know as soon as possible your student plans to participate.

 
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Upcoming Events Schedule
 
  • Knitting Group
    Thursday, August 5th, 3 PM in the Vestry Room.
 
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Sunday Service Participants Schedule
 

Service Participants for Sunday, August 1st
Altar Guild: Nick Dowen, Laura Kennedy, David Wood
Server at 8:00 am: John Watson
Greeter: Laura Craig
Ushers: Dan Wood, David Wood, Henry Kennedy
Jr. Usher: Jabari Archer
Lector: Togba Porte
Epistoler: Patrick Wigmore
Intercessor: Beth Johanning
Chalice Administrant: Hueldine Webb
Crucifer: Malik Archer
Acolytes: Hugo McIntosh & CJ Brown
Verger: Paul Smith
Counters: Lester Blair & Elizabeth Gattullo
Coffee Hour: Deborah Lindsay & Helpers

 

Prayer List

The following individuals have requested our prayers:

Christina Artica, Robin Beveridge, Shirley Black, Willie Black, Jr., Gregory Brown, Marguerite Bruce, Jose Cacatian, Rose Caniglia, Inez Colborne, Mary Cunning, John Daggan, André David, Roseline Dundas, Marlene Elia, Phyllis Fichtenholtz, Glendon & Vasta Jantzi, Ryan Johnson, John Kehoe, Martha Keucher, Kathleen MacDonald, William Marcus, Donna & George Marlak, Elizabeth Mazzucco, Hugo McIntosh, Sr., Monette McIntosh, Andrew Menkes, Carey & Kenneth Nelson, David Nygard, Sam Pirozzolo, Dorothy Rapp, Geraldine Reeves, Ruth Richards, Dorothy Rivera, Meg Rowan, Bendu Sherman, Ann Sohm, Elise Weiser, Imogene Wood.

For the preservation of the Gulf of Mexico and for guidance for those working to contain the oil spill.

Give thanks to God for the following individuals who are celebrating their Birthdays this week: Keith Eppinger (18), Sydney George (19), Oliver Simpson (20), Sarah Kanner (21), Charlotte Hewitt (22), Sheila Swigert (23), Marie Mantz (24).

We pray for the soul of Ian Smith in whose loving memory the Altar Flowers have been given today.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, The Rt. Rev. Edwrd Pacyaya Malecdan, Prime Bishop elect. In the Diocese of New York, we pray for Katharine our Presiding Bishop, Mark and Catherine our Bishops and The Congregational Development Commission.

We pray for the continued growth of the Carpenter's Kids Program.

THANK YOU

Thank you to Valerie Quinlan, Janet Schneider, and Laura Napolitano for organizing and hosting last Sunday's luncheon.

Thank you to the Maryland State Boychoir for their presence and glorious music at the 10:00 service last Sunday.

Thank you to the youth group of St. Bartholomew's Church, North Augusta, SC for hosting our youth group at a SI Yankees game.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

Ron Mazzucco, who was elected chair of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Staten Island University Hospital.

Ed on Laura Craig on the birth of their grandson John Vincent Craig, the son of Vincent and Candice Craig.

Sheila Hewitt on the baptism last Sunday of her nephew, Stephan Miles Hewitt, the son of Chet and Laura Hewitt.

Alice Pyne on the baptism last Sunday of her granddaughter, Ariane Onike Efua Manteau, the son of Michael and Juah Manteau.

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