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For months now, getting into Grace Episcopal Church on East First Street has been a challenge to say the least. Parishioners, parish and preschool staff as well as students, parents and visitors have gritted their teeth to get through the dust and heavy machinery that has torn up the street in the church's front yard.
Despite the mess, the church has continued to look outward in its outreach. Besides supporting local causes like HCS Family Services (best known as The Food Pantry), Family Shelter Services and at this time of year, the Cathedral Shelter program, the church has offered help to such places in perilous need as Pakistan and Sudan. In September, the church hosted Zaheer Pervaiz Khan, Pakistan's consul general to Chicago. He discussed the devastating floods in Pakistan this summer, and Grace Church members and friends came out to learn more about the nation, its disaster and to support it with contributions.
Next week, Bishop Joseph Garang Atem of Renk, Sudan will return to the church to discuss the progress of churches and schools the Anglican Church is building there. The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Lee, bishop of the Chicago Diocese, will accompany the African bishop, who is known as Bishop Joseph. Brad Summers of Hinsdale, a Grace Church member and leader in the church's outreach efforts, said that the church has more than a dozen outreach efforts and that such diversity of scope is typical.
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