All are welcome Sundays at 9:00am in person or online
Ash Wednesday
Join us for Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion on February 18th, 12:00pm and 7:00pm
BLESSING THE DUST
All those days
you felt like dust,
like dirt,
as if all you had to do
was turn your face
toward the wind
and be scattered
to the four corners
or swept away
by the smallest breath
as insubstantial—
did you not know
what the Holy One
can do with dust?
...
Let us be marked
not for false humility
or for thinking
we are less
than we are
but for claiming
what God can do
within the dust,
within the dirt,
within the stuff
of which the world
is made
and the stars that blaze
in our bones
and the galaxies that spiral
inside the smudge
we bear.
—Jan Richardson
from Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons
janrichardson.com/books
We are a Christian community of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Chicago. We are located in Gurnee, IL.
We strive to live out our core values:
Annunciation is a place...
To be included
To be honest
To be challenged
To be empowered
To find hope
And all saying, "I will, with God's help."
