Wednesday, March 25, 2015

ONLINE PARISH NOTES
Sunday 29 March 2015 (Palm Sunday)

Pietro Lorenzetti, Jesus Enters Jerusalem, c. 1320

FROM THE RECTOR

This Sunday we celebrate two distinct liturgies. We begin in the Lady Chapel with the Liturgy of the Palms, commemorating our Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. After a Procession, we continue with the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, including the powerful and moving singing of the Passion Gospel by the Schola Cantorum. Make a good beginning of Holy Week by joining us. I look forward to seeing you there.  -- Fr. John D. Alexander


THIS SUNDAY'S READINGS

 Palm Sunday, Year B (Revised Common Lectionary)

Liturgy of the Palms 
Mark 11:1-11

Liturgy of the Passion


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Bring your bells – Traditionally, bells are rung at the beginning of the Gloria in excelsis at the liturgies of both Maundy Thursday and Easter Vigil. If you have a bell at home, please bring it and join in.

Vigil at the Altar of Repose – There is a signup sheet in the narthex for the Vigil at the Altar of Repose, which begins on Maundy Thursday, April 2nd, after the completion of the 7:30 pm Liturgy, and ends at midnight. Come watch with Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane.

Good Friday Parking – We’ve arranged for emergency no parking on Good Friday (April 3rd) on George Street from Hope to Brown Street to allow space for parishioners arriving for Mass. We are providing dashboard signs for you to put in your car so you won’t be ticketed, which are available today in the narthex. You may also get one from an usher on Good Friday.

Easter Vigil Reception – Trays of ready-to-serve savory and sweet treats are needed for the reception following Easter Vigil (April 4th) in the Library. If you can prepare something, please contact Cory MacLean at 421-6702, ext.1, or via email at office@sstephens.necoxmail.com.

Acolytes and servers – Please check the schedule of Holy Week and Easter rehearsals below and make sure to attend the rehearsal for any service at which you are scheduled to serve.

Parish Retreat – Our annual parish retreat is scheduled for Friday 24 April through Sunday 26 April at Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham, Massachusetts. Deacon Buck Close will be giving the meditations. The cost is $140 per person. To reserve a place on the retreat please write a check for $70 payable to S. Stephen’s, with the notation “Retreat” in the memo line, and give (or mail) it to Father Alexander so that he receives it no later than Friday, April 10. (If the retreat is canceled this deposit will be refunded to you.) Don’t miss this opportunity to get away for some Eastertide quiet time with our Lord!


FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Joyce Alexander, Nicholas Andrews, Patricia Barnes, Jonno Boyer-Dry, Patrick Brown, Townsend Cass, The Rev. Norman Catir, Andrea Dassori, Marion Dry, Sue Farley, Hannah Flanagan, Kaitlyn Flanagan, Mary Flanagan, The Rev. Gus Franklin, The Rev. Harrington Gordon, Kate Henwood, Davaughn Hooks, Bernice Howe, The Rev. Dr. Richard Cornish Martin, Angela Rose, Sally Saunders, Rhoda Steinhart, The Rev. Edwin. S. S. Sunderland, The Rev. Henry Turnbull, The Rev. James Verdelotti, Richard Viti, and Dianne Werner.

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Mary Weis (29 March 1993), Charles John McCloughan (30 March 1998), Elizabeth Kershaw (31 March 2007), Richard Sherman Nutt (1 April 2006), and Roy Sumner Bent, Sr. (4 April 1986).

Anglican Cycle of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church in Jerusalem - (Jerusalem & Middle East): The Rt. Rev’d Suheil Dawani.


THE SUNDAY ROTA

Coffee Hour – Klara and Karl Benziger

Ushers – S Brazil, E Drew, L Verdelotti

Lector – M Johnson

Servers – MC-R Noble, SD-B Rose, Thurifer-R Armidon, Crucifer-W Dilworth, Torches-L Hooks, V Johnson


THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S 

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Wednesday 1 April Acolyte Rehearsal (for Maundy Thursday) 7 pm
Friday 3 April Acolyte Rehearsal (for Good Friday) 10 am
Saturday 4 April
Orchestra Rehearsal 12 pm
Reception (following the 7:30 pm Easter Vigil)
Sunday 5 April Acolyte Rehearsal (for Easter Day) 9 am


EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Saturday 4 April Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm


LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

Sunday 29 March 
THE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION: PALM SUNDAY (R)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Liturgy of the Palms and Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Passion 10 am

Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Holy Week, Year One

Monday 30 March 
MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Tuesday 31 March 
TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEEK (R)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Wednesday 1 April 
WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Thursday 2 April 
MAUNDY THURSDAY (W)
Maundy Thursday Liturgy 7:30 pm
Vigil at the Altar of Repose (until midnight)

Friday 3 April 
GOOD FRIDAY (Violet this year only)
Good Friday Liturgy 12 noon
Confessions following until 3 pm

Saturday 4 April 
EASTER EVE (V/W)
The Great Vigil of Easter with Holy Baptism 7:30 pm
(Reception following)

Sunday 5 April 
THE SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION: EASTER DAY (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass of the Resurrection 10 am


NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS

Easter Sunday, Year B (Revised Common Lectionary)
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