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March 31, 2007
New to St. Mary's? Welcome-we're blessed by your presence with us today. If you want to learn more about us, you'll find information to take home to read at your leisure inside the front door or on our website. Or sign up for a member visit or our newsletter, using one of the forms in the offering plate. Or just ask any of us…our church is unique, and we love to talk about it!
Holy Week/Easter Service Times…
Ely- Maundy Thursday 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday-7:00 p.m.
Easter Vigil-8:30 p.m.
Tower-Easter Sunday-10:00 a.m.
www.ecsmn.org/youth_main.html And we're still collecting new cosmetics and personal care items to benefit the women of Ready for Success, a community program supporting women as they enter or reenter the workforce. Items needed include
Wednesday Discussion: (from David Kess) We will meet as usual on April 4 at noon at the Presbyterian church to continue our discussion of PALESTINE, PEACE NOT APARTHEID. If he is available, Perry Yoder [a retired, Mennonite, Old Testament scholar] may be there to speak to references in the Old Testament that are pertinent to this issue. We may decide to continue this discussion on April 18th, or perhaps move on to a new book. Several people have expressed an interest in the book THIS I BELIEVE. Jan Hogan and I both have some familiarity with it and think it to be a good choice. Its format is much like that of THE GREATEST GENERATION, in that it is a series of interviews with well known and everyday people about their personal beliefs.
A special collection will be gathered this week for Berhanu Wedaju and his wife, who has recently arrived from Ethiopia. Look for the special collection bowl on the piano.
Bring a blanket and warm coat to the Easter Vigil! We will be gathered around the fire outside for approximately the first third of the service.
Recycle your HP, Lexmark, or Dell computer ink cartridges using the prepaid mailers on the kitchen table in the church, and at the end of each month, the church will be reimbursed from one to two dollars for each cartridge.
If you have any announcements, news, reports, good web links, or other items of interest to the church community that you would like to include in this bulletin, please e-mail or call them in to Mary by Friday. groenima@hotmail.com or 365-3364
From 101 Reasons to Be Episcopalian:
"Despite or perhaps even precisely because of our present disagreements in the Episcopal Church, I am reminded that God calls us all together because we aren't whole without each other." --Nancy A.G. Vogele
March 24, 2007
New to St. Mary's? Welcome-we're blessed by your presence with us today. If you want to learn more about us, you'll find information to take home to read at your leisure inside the front door or on our website. Or sign up for a member visit or our newsletter, using one of the forms in the offering plate. Or just ask any of us…our church is unique, and we love to talk about it!
Holy Week/Easter Service Times…
Ely- Maundy Thursday 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday-7:00 p.m.
Easter Vigil-8:30 p.m.
Tower-Easter Sunday-10:00 a.m.
Vision Meeting, Tomorrow, March 25,11:00 at Peter and Pam's (435 Sunset Road). Brunch and open discussion of the future, including future worship space. Everyone is welcome and strongly encouraged to come.
There's still time to collect new cosmetics and personal care items to benefit the women of Ready for Success, a community program supporting women as they enter or reenter the workforce. Items needed include: body care items, hair care items, shampoo, conditioner, skin care items, accessories, and cosmetics. There is a box in the church for your contributions.
If you have any announcements, news, reports, good web links, or other items of interest to the church community that you would like to include in this bulletin, please e-mail or call them in to Mary by Friday. groenima@hotmail.com or 365-3364
Plan B for pre-/post- worship treat plan: Bring homemade goodies to share as your time and inclination allows. And donate a package or two of cookies for our cookie stash for those days when nothing homemade arrives. Sam, Nick, Cole, Thomas, Sophie, and Phoebe-and Will and Paul-say thank you!
Wednesday Discussion: (from David Kess) We will meet as usual on April 4 at noon at the Presbyterian church to continue our discussion of PALESTINE, PEACE NOT APARTHEID. If he is available, Perry Yoder [a retired, Mennonite, Old Testament scholar] may be there to speak to references in the Old Testament that are pertinent to this issue. We may decide to continue this discussion on April 18th, or perhaps move on to a new book. Several people have expressed an interest in the book THIS I BELIEVE. Jan Hogan and I both have some familiarity with it and think it to be a good choice. Its format is much like that of THE GREATEST GENERATION, in that it is a series of interviews with well known and everyday people about their personal beliefs.
Next week on Palm Saturday-Join us for an Ethiopian Feast!
Wondering what that bread was that we shared for communion last week? It was injera, "a large, pancake-shaped substance of little nutritional value made from tef, a grain that is unique to Ethiopia. The tef dough is fermented for up to three days before it is cooked, the result of which is a foam-rubber texture and a slightly sour taste reminiscent of sherbet. Injera is normally served with a bowl of wat stew. the ritual is to take a piece of injera in your hand and use it to scoop the accompaniment into your mouth. If you dine with Ethiopians, it is normal for everyone to eat off the same plate."
from Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide
April Episcopal Community Services Project: We will be collecting twin bed sheet sets for the Gilfillan Center in Bemidji. The have to be replaced frequently. For information about the center and its programs, check out www.ecsmn.org/youth_main.html
From 101 Reasons to Be Episcopalian:
"This is the only church that is as lovingly loony as your family." --Mary L. Lyons
March 17, 2007
New to St. Mary's? Welcome-we're blessed by your presence with us today. If you want to learn more about us, you'll find information to take home to read at your leisure inside the front door or on our website. Or sign up for a member visit or our newsletter, using one of the forms in the offering plate. Or just ask any of us…our church is unique, and we love to talk about it!
There is a box in the church for your contributions.
Bishop's Committee will meet Saturday March 24 at 3:30. Every-one interested in the general business of the church is welcome to participate.
Wednesday Discussion The March 21 discussion of PALES-TINE: PEACE NOT APARTHEID has been postponed to April 4, with a guest speaker possible. Stay tuned!
Easter Service Times…
Ely-Easter Vigil-8:30 p.m.
Tower-Easter Sunday-10:00 a.m.
Holy Week Services :
Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm
Good Friday 7:00 pm
Where do you see our church in one year? Five years? Mark your calendars for our first Vision Meeting, Sunday, March 25,11:00 at Peter and Pam's (435 Sunset Road). Brunch and open discussion of the future, including future worship space. Everyone is welcome and strongly encouraged to come.
Education for Ministry (EFM) will now meet on Saturdays from 2-4 at the Front Porch. Schedule at motherflash.com/stmarys
New pre-/post- worship treat policy. Bring homemade goodies to share as your time and inclination allows. And donate a package or two of cookies for our cookie stash for those days when nothing homemade arrives. Sam, Nick, Cole, Thomas, Sophie, and Phoebe-and Will and Paul-say thank you!
The Wednesday Discussion Group will meet on Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 P.M. at the Vermilion Community College in lecture hall CL 104 to view the film "The Ground Truth," being shown to commemorate the four-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. "The filmmaker's subjects are patriotic young Americans--ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq--as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities."
Did you know this about Ethiopia?
"[T]he Ehiopian Orthodox Church is unique in its Jewish influence and the emphasis placed on …Genesis and the first part of Exodus…. Ethiopian Christianity developed in virtual isolation until the arrival of the Portuguese Jesuits in the 15th century and, although its fundamentals are indisputably Christian, the rituals are infused with all sorts of archaic Jewish influences…. Orthodox Ethiopians practice male circumcision a few days after birth, they hold regular fasting days, and the women are governed by a variety of menstruation taboos. The recognize both the Christian Sabbath of Sunday and the Jewish Sabbath of Saturday; and they indulge in celebratory religious dances…At the heart of Ehiopian mysiticism lies an unfathomable and…fascinating relationship between Christianity and the Ark of the Covenant."
from Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide
From 101 Reasons to Be Episcopalian:
"We leave neither our minds, nor our hearts, nor our bodies at the door." --The Late Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
If you have any announcements, news, reports, good web links, or other items of interest to the church community that you would like to include in this bulletin, please e-mail or call them in to Mary by Friday. groenima@hotmail.com or 365-3364
March 3, 2007
New to St. Mary's? Welcome-we're blessed by your presence with us today. If you want to learn more about us, you'll find information to take home to read at your leisure inside the front door or on our website. Or sign up for a member visit or our newsletter, using one of the forms in the offering plate. Or just ask any of us…our church is unique, and we love to talk about it!
There is a box in the church for your contributions.
Wednesday Discussion On March 7, 12-1 we will begin Jimmy Carter's newest book, PALESTINE: PEACE NOT APARTHEID, which deals with the historical reasons that the peace process has not moved ahead between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Discussion guides are provided, it is possible to be a part of the group even if one has not read the book. The atmosphere is casual and friendly - many different points of view are given and welcomed. Come and join us, and bring a "brown bag" lunch with you. Let Mary know if you want to be on the e-mail list for guides and schedule changes.
Education for Ministry (EFM) will meet this Sunday from 10-12 at the Front Porch. Schedule posted at www.motherflash.com/stmarys A new meeting time will be discussed at this meeting.
groenima@hotmail.com or 365-3364 Please sign up for pre-/post- worship treats. Sign-up on the fridge. St. Mary's children say thank you!
Where do you see our church in one year? Five years? Mark your calendars for our first Vision Meeting, March 24, time and place TBA. Brunch and open discussion of the future. Everyone is welcome and strongly encouraged to come.
Easter Service Times…
Ely-Easter Vigil-8:00 p.m.
Tower-Easter Sunday-10:00 a.m.
Did you know this about Ethiopia?
"Contrary to Western myth, the elevated central plateau which covers half of Ethiopia's surface area and supports the large majority of the population is quite possibly the most extensive contiguous area of fertile land in the eastern side of Africa. The deserts do exist, stretching from the base of the plateau to the Kenyan border and the Red Sea and Somali coast, but they are, as you might expect, thinly populated; they have little impact on the life of most Ethiopians…. To all intents and purposes, the fertile highland plateau is Ethiopia."
from Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide
From 101 Reasons to Be Episcopalian:
"Our Eucharistic table is not made less special if all are invited, which is contrary to the understanding that I grew up with. Adjusting to the idea that everyone is invited to this most holy meal took me some time, but it has become one of the things I love most about the Church. Understanding that the true presence in the body of Christ is strong enough to survive inside someone who might seem less worthy requires more, not less, faith in its power. I am saddened that I cannot share in communion at my parents' church, and that they will not receive in mine, but I would rather be in that position than the other way around.
Sean P. Hackett, Diocese of Bethlehem
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