February 21, The Second Sunday of Lent

 Daily Scripture Readings;  bookofcommonprayer.net/daily_office.php

See the different options.  There is full morning and evening prayer.  There is also the option of the readings only.  There is also an app for receiving the daily readings by email, or on a mobile device

 Sunday Scripture Readings:  bookofcommonprayer.net/lectionary.php

Set it for 1979 Contemporary, and the Bible version used in Church is Revised Standard Version

Coffee Hour Needs: 

We need people to volunteer for Coffee Hour on the following Sundays:

7:45 Liturgy:  February  28

10:15 Liturgy  February 21, 28

Anglican Rosary:  Saturday, February 20,  9:00 a.m

The Anglican Rosary devotional group meets Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. in the Church.  Everyone is welcome.

 Emmaus Road

Emmaus Road resumes it’s reading of  Marilynne Robinson’s book, The Giveness of Things, on Monday, February 22.  , in the Parish Hall Living Room.  Anyone is welcome to join in.  The book is readily available at Vroman’s in Pasadena.  For Monday February 15,  we will read chapter 5,  “Awakening.”

 Das Boot:  Working on the Boat that is Church of the Angels

Fr. Bob did some safety repair work this week.   Filling in a possible hazard on the Church patio.  

 Repairing and replacing anti-slip tape on the stairwell leading up to the loft.

Food For Thought

Two interesting articles. 

 1.  From the Anglican Theological Review,  “Class Matters.”  This was a talk given by Barbara Ehrenreich, at the Trinity Institute Conference in 2015.  This is a conference put on annually by Trinity Parish Wall Street.  The theme of last year’s conference was, “The Common Good.”

 2.  From The New York Times  last Sunday,  “Death, the Prosperity Gospel, and Me.”   This is an article by a who is a historian of that particular American spin on Christianity, the Prosperity Gospel.   You’ve seen it on TV.   The author has stage 4 cancer, and reflects on her situation in light of what the Prosperity Gospel promises.

 Getting Ready for Easter

Below is the schedule for Holy Week and Easter.   This is to give you a heads up as to what will be happening. 

 From the Schedule you can see we’re going to need help for the various activities.

 For Easter itself

Contributions toward decorating the Church for Easter

Making Breakfast Food for the Easter Breakfast

 Reflective Dinners in Holy Week:   We need people to volunteer to be on a Meal Team for each evening. 

 Holy Saturday:  We need people to help set up the Parish Hall for the Easter Breakfast

Setting up tables and chairs

Making decorations

Some Food Preparation

Stuffing Easter Eggs

 Easter Day

Helping to set out the food

Helping with clean up

 We’ll Put Sign Up Sheets Out beginning on the Third Sunday of Lent

Liturgies for Holy Week and Easter 2016

March 20  Palm Sunday  7:45 & 10:15 a.m.  Liturgy of Palms and Holy Eucharist

 March 21  Monday in Holy Week  6:00 p.m.

Reflective Dinner: and Gospel of St. John: Parish Hall

 March 22  Tuesday in Holy Week  6:00 p.m.

Reflective Dinner:  and Gospel of St. John: Parish Hall

 March 23  Wednesday in Holy Week  6:00 p.m. 

Reflective Dinner and Gospel of St. John: Parish Hall

 March 24  Maundy Thursday  7:00 p.m. 

Maundy Thursday Liturgy,  Foot washing and Holy Eucharist

March 25  Good Friday  12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Good Friday Liturgy  Mass of the Pre-Sanctified

March 26  Holy Saturday   8:30 a.m.  Altar Guild and Friends Prepare Church for Easter

 Other Times  Set up Parish Hall,  Prepare Easter Breakfast, Prepare Easter Eggs

March 27  Easter Day  5:45  a.m.  The Great Vigil of Easter 

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd,  Easter Egg, Hunt  Parish, Easter Breakfast

10:15 a.m.       Holy Eucharist