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FROM THE RECTOR
Our Holy Week services continue tonight with the Maundy Thursday liturgy at 7:00pm. You will need a bowl of water and a towel for the handwashing, and a piece of bread and something to drink for the Agape Meal.
For Good Friday you will need a cross or crucifix for the veneration of the cross. If you would like to watch a video of the stations of the crossed filmed along the Via Delorosa (way of the cross) in Jerusalem, please go to this link:
For the Great Vigil you will need a bowl of water, a candle, a bell to ring and a piece of bread and something to drink for the Agape Meal.
Please check your email for a corrected version of the Triduum bulletin – there are a few pages you need to print to have all the content for the Great Vigil.
Easter morning will be livestreamed from the church and will include the Eucharist. The usual Zoom link and Facebook links will provide access. At the end of the service everyone is invited to come to the church parking lot to pick up individual Communion kits.
Special thanks to the Altar Guild this week as they continue to prepare the church for our services. They have been cleaning and moving all the sacristy contents from the sanctuary back into the sacristy. The sanctuary is looking more like its beautiful self, though items from the prince Room are still in some of the pews. I hope to see you at some or all of our services this week
Holy Week Online Service Schedule
Maundy Thursday Liturgy of the Day 7:00 pm
Good Friday Liturgy of the Day 7:00 pm
Holy Saturday The Great Vigil 8:00 pm
Easter Day The Holy Eucharist 9:00 am
Check your email for the Zoom log in information.
Or you may watch any of the services on Facebook live at:
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A video from St.
George's College, Jerusalem
Walking the Way of the Cross
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Dear Friends, The final
historical events of Christ's passion took place in Holy Week. We are
pleased to be able to share with you a film of the liturgical walk marking
Jesus's last hours in what we know as the Stations of the Cross. The link
for this is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZo04Aw2swA.
Join us in recalling the final events in Christ's life as Dean Richard Sewell, JulieAnn Sewell, Canon Don Binder, Chris Binder, and Saleem Kasabri walk the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem.
These are fourteen moments from Jesus's condemnation to death by Pilate, to his burial in a cave tomb. Many churches do a version of this during Holy Week, walking from station to station with readings and prayers. This evokes the actual places (or stations) in the Holy City, which you can experience virtually in this film. We hope that it will enable you to walk and pray as if you were in Jerusalem with us.
All of us at St George's College send joyous Easter greetings to you from the Land of the Holy One!
Blessings, The Very Rev'd Canon Richard Sewell
Dean, St. George's College, Jerusalem |
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May God bless you in this holiest of weeks,
Caroline
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SACRED SPACE
Because our Holy Week worship will take place online, here are some suggestions for creating a sacred space in our homes for Holy Week.
READINGS FOR SUNDAY
Sunday, April 4th
Easter Day
Year B
COLLECT
Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.READINGS
Acts 10:34-43
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Mark 16:1-8
Click below to see the readings:
PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER
One thing we can always do while we stay at home is to pray for each other! We would like to keep our prayer list up to date and publish it each week in the Thursday Memo. Please email Deb at office@standrewsinthevalley.org with any updates.
This Week We Pray for
Health and Wholeness for: Dave Stryker, Diana Riley, John Maloy, Brittany & Connor Cromwell, Frank, Amy, Judy Grace, Jeannette Mead, Margaret, Mary Ireland, Jean DeThomas, Terri Hooper, Martin, John McGowan, Sue Huckman, Steve Thompson, Joan Marshall, Marilyn Cloran, Gabriele and Bob Wallace, Dave Appleton, Carolyn Boldt, Angela B., Tom, Carolyn Jarvis, Peg Patenaude, Joyce Humphrey,
For those who are homebound: Joyce Gendron, Marge Hagerup, Elizabeth Pease, Brian & Sara Kelley, Elizabeth Wiesner, Audrey Berry.
For those who have died: Kitty Lou Booty, John Whitcomb, Doug Crapser.
For our First Nation people and those in this country who are living in impoverished areas of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans and the inner city areas populated by some of our poorest citizens.
For all those who are on the front lines serving communities during these difficult times.Updating the Prayer List
Please let Deb know when a person can be removed from the prayer list. Thank you.
DID YOU KNOW?
On April 1, 1700, English pranksters begin
popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by
playing practical jokes on each other.
Although the day, also called All Fools’ Day, has
been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins
remain a mystery.
Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day
dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the
Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who
were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year
had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of
March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes.
These pranks included having paper fish placed on
their backs and being referred to as poisson d’avril (April fish),
said to symbolize a young, “easily hooked” fish and a gullible person.
April Fools’ Day spread throughout Britain during
the 18th century. In Scotland, the tradition became a two-day event, starting
with “hunting the gowk,” in which people were sent on phony errands (gowk is a
word for cuckoo bird, a symbol for fool) and followed by Tailie Day, which
involved pranks played on people’s derrieres, such as pinning fake tails or
“kick me” signs on them.
DINNER BELL
No DINNER BELL until further notice.
Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
We cannot meet at this time, but KNIT ON!
If you have any questions, please call Lin Frank at 323-0402.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Gethsemane
The grass never sleeps.
Or the roses.
Nor does the lily have a secret eye that shuts until morning.
Jesus said, wait with me. But the disciples slept.
The cricket has such splendid fringe on its feet,
and it sings, have you noticed, with its whole body,
and heaven knows if it ever sleeps.
Jesus said, wait with me. And maybe the stars did, maybe
the wind wound itself into a silver tree, and didn't move,
maybe,
the lake far away, where once he walked as on a
blue pavement,
lay still and waited, wild awake.
Oh the dear bodies, slumped and eye-shut, that could not
keep that vigil, how they must have wept,
so utterly human, knowing this too
must be a part of the story.
~ Mary
Oliver, from Thirst, p. 45
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
Food pantry continues to serve the communities needs
New Hours
Alternating Wednesdays
12-4 pm
Next Food Pantry: April 14th
Any questions call 603-960-4067
Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag
Program
Benefiting Month: May 2021
FROM Deb IN THE OFFICE
RESOURCE SHELF
Please feel free to come by and pick up
resource items from the shelf
outside the Parish Office door.
Forward Day by Day booklets
Episcopal News
Annual Reports
and other items added occasionally
APRIL BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
If you do not see your birthday or anniversary listed, please make sure Deb in the office has an information sheet on file for you.
2 Ellen Keith
3 Christine Mills
14 Audrey Berry
17 Sara Kelley
24 Dave Adams
26 Todd Horn
28 Peggy Cannon
Anniversaries
8 Christine & Bob Mills
16 Peter & Trudy Thompson
19 Marty & Marilyn Cloran
19 Dave & Pat Adams
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