Course Checks For A Lenten Journey – Week One
One way to think of Lent is that of a journey. A journey inward, however, rather than one out there. In that spirit, please accept the following “road signs” along the way. Blessings… All travelers, somewhere along the way, find it necessary to check their course, to see how they are doing. We wait until we are sick, or shocked into stillness, before we do the commonplace things of getting our bearings. And yet, we wonder why we are depressed, why we are unhappy, why we lose our friends, why we are ill-tempered. This condition we pass on to our children, our husbands, our wives, our associates, our friends. Cultivate the mood to linger. …Who knows, God may whisper to you in the quietness what God has been trying to say to you , oh, for so long a time. Howard Thurman (Deep Is the Hunger)
Psalm 25:1-10
To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.;
My God, I put my trust in you; let me not be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.;
Let none who look to you be put to shame; rather let those be put to shame who are treacherous.;
Show me your ways, O LORD, and teach me your paths.;
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; in you have I trusted all the day long.;
Remember, O LORD, your compassion and love,for they are from everlasting.
Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions;remember me according to your steadfast love and for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.;
You are gracious and upright, O LORD; therefore you teach sinners in your way.;
You lead the lowly in justice and teach the lowly your way.;
All your paths, O LORD, are steadfast love and faithfulness to those who keep your covenant and your testimonies.
As Episcopalians, we might be acquainted with the sixteenth century Anglican theologian, Richard Hooker’s, “three-legged stool.” Hooker suggested that our Anglican method for doing theology and ultimately making theological decisions must always consider three “legs” – scripture, tradition, and human reason. For just as a stool cannot stand with only one or even two legs, so too must theology stand on sacred scripture, our shared best practices and traditions, and our human ability to reason, examine, and then adapt based on changing circumstances and information.
In this upcoming Lenten season, the church asks us to stand on a different “three-legged stool” – with the legs of our Lenten stool being prayer, fasting, and alms-giving. While each leg is valuable in itself, a Lent built on faithful practice of all three will be a blessed Lent indeed.
Mark
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Ash Wednesday Service
Wednesday, February 17, 7:00 p.m.
Click here for Ash Wednesday prayers to use at home.
Click here for the service booklet for February 17
Maundy Thursday Service
Thursday, April 1, 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday Service
Friday, April 2, 7:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday Celebration
Sunday, April 4, 10:15 a.m.
You can connect to all of the services via Zoom. Click on this link to connect. If you have not used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download Zoom, go ahead and do that. When you enter the meeting you should be able to see and hear others and others can see and hear you. If you come in a little late, please listen for a moment before speaking. In order to see everyone, go to Gallery view (upper right on PCs and upper left for Macintosh). When we get started everyone except the speaker will be muted. If you are reading or playing music, please be sure to unmute yourself.
If you are connecting via telephone dial 301-715-8592 and when prompted enter the Meeting ID: 847 8600 1703 and press #, then enter the password: pray and press # again.
Prayers and Reflections for the first week of Lent
Daily reflections and scripture readings are often part of our practices for Lent. This year, you can take advantage of readings and reflections all in one place and written by persons from Saint Andrew’s, Gobin UMC and Beach Grove UMC. The daily meditations will be in the newsletter each week and go from Wednesday to Tuesday, except for Sunday. Whether you enjoy these every day, or as the Spirit moves you, may this resource be a blessing!
Click here to view the readings and the accompanying links to the scriptures for each day.
First Sunday of Lent
Sunday Worship, February 21
You can connect to the service via Zoom. Click on this link to connect. If you have not used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download Zoom, go ahead and do that. When you enter the meeting you should be able to see and hear others and others can see and hear you. If you come in a little late, please listen for a moment before speaking. In order to see everyone, go to Gallery view (upper right on PCs and upper left for Macintosh). When we get started everyone except the speaker will be muted. If you are reading or playing music, please be sure to unmute yourself.
If you are connecting via telephone dial 301-715-8592 and when prompted enter the Meeting ID: 847 8600 1703 and press #, then enter the password: pray and press # again.
Click here for the service booklet for February 21
Book Study meets next week, February 24th
Do you wonder whether Christian life and church membership still make sense in our tumultuous world? And wonder how so many people claim to be Christian and yet act so differently? If so, then please join us beginning on Wednesday evening, January 27. Join us as renowned Biblical scholar, theologian, and fellow Episcopalian Marcus Borg takes us on a thoughtful, faithful, and hopeful journey. Join us in reading and discussing Borg’s final book, Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most. Copies of this book will be available at the Parish Office beginning this weekend. Book Study dates will be: Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. on January 27, February 10, February 24, March 10 Please join us as we read and discuss Borg’s final book, Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most.
Wednesday Book Study
Starting Wednesday, February 24 • Via Zoom, 7:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting link – click here. If you are connecting via telephone dial 301-715-8592 and when prompted enter the Meeting ID: 847 8600 1703 and press #. The password is: pray.
An Afternoon with the King of Instruments
You are invited to a concert featuring our very own Albrecht von Gaudecker as one of the performers. Albrecht will be playing:
Fugue in G Major, BWV 577 by J. S. Bach — “Attende Domine” Choral paraphrase by Jeanne Demessieux — “Allegro in B Major” by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Indianapolis Pipe Organ Festival
Sunday, February 21
• View on the AGO Website at 4:00 p.m.
Annual Parish Meeting
On Sunday, February 28, we will hold an abbreviated annual meeting. At this time we will elect new vestry members and representatives to the 2021 Diocesan Convention (November 5-6). The meeting will occur immediately following the service.
Non Food Pantry Latest
Saturday, February 27
• Noon to 3:00 p.m.
There will be a drive through distribution and no lunch. Kate Berry is coordinating the distribution. We are very grateful to Martha Rainbolt, Carl Huffman, Karen Hirt Mannon, and Christiane Wisehart who have worked very hard to obtain supplies for the Non-Food Pantry. Kroger is not able to acquire enough products for us, so the items are being purchased from a variety of sources. This is much more expensive. Donations to help offset this extra cost will be gratefully accepted!
Top 3 Needed Items
Your prayers are asked for:
Heidi Beckman-Warren, mother of Thea Warren-Simpson
Beth Benedix, friend to many of us at Saint Andrew’s
Jo Ella Burns, friend of Terry Noble
Douglas Butler, brother-in-law of Claudia Butler
The family of Patty Clements, friend of Cathryn & Jim Ensley
The family of Tom Gibson, brother of Gwen Morris
The family of Micah Grimm, friend of Zac and Savannah Johnson
Mary Ellen Gurnon, aunt of Daniel & Stephanie Gurnon
Rena Hale, sister of Thea Warren-Simpson
The family of Frances Louise Hassler, mother of Suzanne Hassler
William Johnston, son of Kevin and Meggan Johnston
Keith Keysor, friend of Andy Cullison
Lisa Breese Kincaid, daughter of Bob and Mimi Breese
Grayson Lyons, great nephew of Peggy Angleton
Jill McDermott, mother of Jim & Karen Mannon’s son-in-law
Stanley Morris
Mary Mountz
The family of Nick Mourouzis
Gordon Redden
Jordan Sanders, sister of Jim Ensley
The family of Jeff Sheffler, son-in-law of Page & Narda Cotton
The family of Rogene Snook, mother of Caroline Good
The family of Pastor Daniel Stroebel, friend of Father Mark
Skip Sutton
Sydnor Thompson, brother of Harriet Moore
The family of Phyllis Wright, grandmother of Zac Johnson
The family of Eric York, husband of Christi York and father of Dunkin
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: . Saint John’s, Crawfordsville, Janet Oller, Rector.
Our companion dioceses: The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil: The Most Rev. Mauricio Jose Araujo De Andrade, Primate of Brazil and Bishop of Brasilia. The people and Diocese of Haiti and Saint Andre’s in Mithon.
GCYG
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