Newsletter – April 3, 2026
News from Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, Eau Claire, WI
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 Cathedral Calendar | Website | Donate | Facebook | Liturgical Calendar | Contact  IN THIS ISSUE • April 3, 2026 Easter Egg Hunt ~ Easter Sunday, April 5th Holy Week Services Information Lent and Holy Week Schedule 2026 Sign up to help with Easter Sunday Continental Breakfast 2026 Altar Flower Calendar is Back! Join Us for Potluck Sunday ~ April 12th Introducing Thursday’s Table Yard sign fundraiser ~ECW Plant, Pie and ice cream social Prayer Shawl Ministry April Meeting Join the Brew Crew Today! Bible class ~ Wednesday’s @ 9:30 am Chippewa Valley Street Ministry Journal ~ March 18, 2026 In-person Worship this Sunday at 9am (Zoom & FB Live) Intercessions Follow Us on Social Media Kwik Trip Cards Fundraiser VANCO Easter Egg Hunt ~ Easter Sunday, April 5th  Holy Week Services Information  Lent and Holy Week Schedule 2026 Sign up to help with Easter Sunday Continental Breakfast Click Here to access the Sign Up Genius!  2026 Altar Flower Calendar is Back! Join Us for Potluck Sunday ~ April 12th  Introducing Thursday’s Table Sign up today at this SignUpGenius link Questions? Reach out to Fr. Tyler Richards at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 715.835.3734.  College students are curious, and endeavoring to cram a great deal into their still developing brains. Many college students are also perpetually underfed. Beginning on Thursday, April 9th, Christ Church Cathedral is beginning a new program to change this unfortunate truth.Thursday’s Table is a new weekly dinner ministry, meeting every Thursday at 7:00 PM through May 7th. We’ll gather eight to ten college students around a table for a simple, home-cooked meal and a little genuine community. Nothing elaborate, nothing fussy. Tacos, spaghetti, lasagna. Real, home-cooked food, made with care.That is precisely where you come in! Each Thursday, we need a few generous souls to make the evening happen: someone to provide the main dish, someone for a side or salad, someone to bring a dessert, and someone to arrive a little early to help set up and welcome the students when they walk through the door.Signing up takes about ninety seconds, check out the Signup Genius link. Your cooking skill level is irrelevant. Your willingness to show up for a young person who is far from home matters enormously. Yard sign fundraiser ~ECW Plant, Pie and ice cream social  Prayer Shawl Ministry April Meeting  Join the Brew Crew Today!Click here to sign up!  Bible class ~ Wednesday’s @ 9:30 am\ Chippewa Valley Street Ministry Journal ~ March 18, 2026Chippewa Valley Street Ministry Notes March 18, 2026 We have had some busy evenings while we’ve been out since our last journal. We’ve provided for needs, met new people, and have encountered spring-like weather, only to return to wet and cold weather. We’ve learned over the years not to fall for Fool’s Spring and leave our winter gear in the van and available until the threat of cold weather is gone.  This person arrived with one shoe and declined any shoes from us. It was drizzling out this evening.. We’re observing what appears to be an increase in the number of people exhibiting mental illness symptoms over the last few months. We’re not sure what contributes to the cycles of what we see, if anything, but there certainly seems to be periods when we see more people struggling than not. We encourage safety, but conversations can be challenging when it’s unclear what someone is perceiving or understanding. The symptoms increase a person’s vulnerability as they navigate not just how to get from place to place but to get their basic needs met in a safe and appropriate manner. . This person found a unique way to carry water bottles.The unhoused in our community routinely face uncertainties. For instance, one day last week was in the 50°-60° range, and this week’s winter storm arrived. Some people cannot stay at the shelter, so they need to find a safe place to get out of the weather. Safety, in general, is an uncertainty, and this is especially true for women and those with health and/or mobility issues. It takes skill, perseverance, and knowledge of resources to continue moving forward. Thank you for your support of the street ministry and the people we serve. We appreciate you! Blessings,CVSM Staff Something to think about as we enter Easter …. ..By North American standards, Jesus could be considered neither a successful person, nor could he be considered morally respectable. He identified with the prostitutes and drunkards, the unemployed and the poor, not because he felt sorry for them, but in order to reveal God’s judgment against social and religious structures that oppress the weak. Jesus was born like the poor, he lived with them, and on the cross he died like them. James H. Cone – Theologian In-person Worship this Sunday at 9am (Zoom & FB Live)  Join us for the Rite II Holy Eucharist Service with The Very Reverend Brother Tyler C. Richards, OCS, at 9 a.m. at the Cathedral, or watch this service livestream via Zoom (instructions & link below) or on our Facebook page (to find us on Facebook type in @cathedralec).There is a link embedded in the middle of the invitation. To use this link, you have to download the free “Zoom” app to your smartphone, tablet, or computer. If you have that app on your device, all you have to do is click the link on the email and you will automatically connect. (Be sure to allow the app to access your camera and microphone, if requested.If you don’t want to use the app, or are using a device that can’t download the app, you can go to the website for Zoom: https://zoom.us On the upper right hand side of your screen, there will be a tab titled “Join a Meeting.” Click on that tab and you will be prompted to enter a “Meeting ID or Personal Link Name.” The “Meeting ID” can be found toward the bottom of the invitation. I’ve highlighted it in red to be easier to find. In the case of this meeting, the ID is: 924 746 7996. Just enter those digits without a space or dashes and click enter. From there, you’ll be prompted to allow access to your camera/microphone. If you don’t have access to a smartphone/tablet/computer with a camera and microphone and want to join the meeting as a phone call, there is a number listed just above the Meeting ID that you can call. That will connect you to the meeting with audio only. Those numbers are in red in the invitation. For this meeting, the best number is: 1 312 626 6799Join Zoom Meeting click here to join the meeting https://zoom.us/j/9247467996 Meeting ID: 924 746 7996 Password: 814057One tap mobile +13126266799,,9247467996# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,9247467996# US (New York)Meeting ID: 924 746 7996 Password: 814057 Find your local number: click here Click here to access the Sunday service bulletin. Click here to join our Zoom live for any of our services. Intercessions • For those in need of healing, guidance, and comfort: Elliot, Dick, Sue, Claire, Qualine, Ken, Holly, Bonita, Ann, Jim, Jany, Mary, Jeff, Judy W., Norma, Paul, Catharine, Mike, Gene, Jackly, Kalicia, Sandy, Dana, Bill, Wendy, Chloe, Marianne, Charles, Susan, Kris. • Diocese of Wisconsin Cycle of Prayer: Pray for St. Katherine’s, Owen; Campers and Staff attending EpiscoWisco Summer Camp. • Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Pray for the Church of the Province of South East Asia. • Thanksgiving for answered prayers: Courtney, Spring. • June Birthdays: 14 Phillip Reyes 17 Rick Allison 18 Eve Hass 20 Jay Ray Blodgett Quinten Moore • June Anniversaries: 14 Douglas & Ellen Faulkner 20 Keith & Ann Hanson Follow Us on Social MediaClick the links here!Youtube Facebook Instagram  Kwik Trip Cards Fundraiser  VANCOClick here to make your donation online   Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral510 S. 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