Services
for this coming Sunday, April 12th and the Second Sunday of Easter, will be at
8 o'clock (Prince Room) and 10 o'clock (Parish Hall). Each will be followed by
a coffee hour. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.
Readings
for this Sunday: Acts 4:32-35,
Psalm 133, 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20: 19-31
A reminder for all who are interested: The
Diocesan Lay Leadership Institute will
be held on Saturday, May 9. The registration deadline is April 15. The event is
held at Rundlett Middle School in Concord, NH. New details have been posted to the diocesan website.
All current or potential wardens and vestry members are invited to attend.
A group of us from St. Andrew’s will be attending. Questions? Talk to Carol
Tubman.
Profound thanks to all who contributed so generously in time, talent, and spirit to our Holy Week and
Easter services: Altar Guild members, Bernice, the choir, Val (who played harp
for Maundy Thursday), Deb (in the office, who rolled so graciously with the
complexities of bulletins), all lectors and those who served at the altar, the
DeGroot family (for so generously making their log home available to us for the
Easter Vigil), Carol Tubman and Chris Mills (for hosting the delicious Dinner
Bell Easter feast), and all of you who by your prayer and presence journeyed
from Ash Wednesday, through Lent and Holy Week, to the joy of Easter.
Special
thanks to Duane for capturing so much of this in pictures!
MAUNDY THURSDAY
GOOD FRIDAY
THE EASTER VIGIL AT THE DEGROOT'S HOUSE
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| Gathering in the dark |
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| Kindling the Easter fire |
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| "Sanctify this new fire..." |
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| Lighting the Paschal Candle |
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| Passing the light |
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| The Exsultet |
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| "Rejoice, heavenly hosts and choirs of angels, and let your trumpets shout salvation!" |
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| "We thank you, Father, for the water of baptism. In it we are buried with Christ in his death. By it we share in his resurrection." |
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| We splash water! |
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| "The Peace of the Lord be always with you!" |
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| "You are sealed by the Holy Spirit in baptism and marked as Christ's own for ever!" |
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| He broke bread, gave it to his friends and said, "Take. Eat." |
THAT EASTER DAY WITH JOY WAS BRIGHT!
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| Our Parish Hall sanctuary |
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| "May God, who through the water of baptism has raised us from sin to newness of life, make you holy and worthy to be united with Christ for ever. Amen. |
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| Your worship space transformation team |
EASTER DINNER FEAST. THANK YOU, CAROL, CHRIS, & DAVID!
Food for thought and meditation in this Easter
season…
From Cesar Chavez: “It is my deepest belief that only by giving our
lives do we find life and joy.”
What enables you to give your life and joy to others?
What enables you to give your life and joy to others?
Living God,
long ago faithful women proclaimed the good news of Jesus’ resurrection, and
the world was changed forever: Teach us to keep faith with them, that our
witness may be as bold, our love as deep, and our faith as true. Amen.
Easter
blessings,
Heidi+
Heidi+
