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Easter Memorial Flowers

There is a sign up sheet in the Narthex for Easter
EVENT/MEETING SCHEDULE Memorial Flowers. If you would like to give a
memorial, please clearly print your name and the
Sunday, March 21, 2010 name(s) for the memorial in the boxes on the
Spoken Holy Eucharist Rite I 8:00 AM sheet. Use a second box if necessary. You may
Holy Eucharist Rite II w/ Music 10:00 AM enclose your donation in the envelope provided
Check the Narthex for several sign-ups for Holy Week! and drop in the offering plate, mail, or hand
deliver to the church office.
This Week (Mar 21-27)
Sun Hope for Housing Card Sales BIBLE STUDY NEWS
Sun Confirmation Class 12:15 AM
The Monday night Bible study group will start a
Mon Yoga class 6:00 PM
new study on Handel’s Messiah and the Bible.
Wed Morning Worship 7:00 AM
This study has 6 sessions which focus on the
Wed Evening Prayer 6:00 PM
Lenten Texts and will use some audio of the
Wed Soup Supper 6:30 PM
Messiah. The study will begin on Monday, March
Wed Lenten Book Study 7:00 PM
22nd at 7PM in the Sickles Room. To join this
Thur Evening Prayer 6:00 PM
group, please let one of the current members
Thur Choir Practice 7:00 PM
know or contact Kristin Hartness Law, so that a
Fri Girl Scout Meeting 5:30 PM
book can be ordered for you. Kristin can be
reached at 508-892-0260 or Kristin@kjlweb.com
Next Week (Mar 28 - Apr 4)
Mon Morning Prayer 9:00 AM ALTAR FLOWER MEMORIALS
Mon Yoga class 6:00 PM Remembering loved ones through altar flower memorials is
Tue Morning Prayer 9:00 AM a long-standing tradition at St. Luke’s.
Wed Morning Worship 7:00 AM
Wed Evening Prayer 6:00 PM Here’s how it works: If you would like to sponsor altar
Wed Lenten Soup Supper 6:30 PM flowers to commemorate a loved one or to offer thanks,
please contact our parish administrator, Lisa Antaya. You
Wed Lenten Book Study 7:00 PM
can coordinate with her the week the flowers will be on the
Thur Morning Prayer 9:00 AM
altar, and designate the name and wording of the
Thur Maundy Thursday Meal & memorial/thanksgiving. We have many opening available
Service 6:00 PM after Holy Week.
Fri Stations of the cross 12:00 AM
Fri Childrens’ Good Friday Service 4:00.PM Each donor is asked to send $35. to cover the cost of the
Fri Good Friday Service 7:00 PM flowers. Checks should be made payable to St. Lukes’s
Sat Great Vigil of Easter 7:30 PM Church with a note in the memo section saying “Altar
Flowers.” Checks can be placed in the offering plate or
EASTER EGG HUNT! mailed to the office.
Sponsored by our Acolytes Keep in mind that altar flowers gifts are not for memorials
Easter Egg Hunt will be held after the 10 a.m. only. Parishioners also designate flower gifts as a way of
Service on April 4, Easter Sunday. expressing appreciation or thanksgiving.
Remember to bring a basket or bag for your children
to place the eggs they collect! Our Servers:
Sunday 3/21
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church—921 Pleasant St. Worcester, MA 01602
(508)756-1990
Rector: rector.stlukes@verizon.net
Parish Administrator: stlukeac@verizon.net
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and the Middle East, both in prayer and in support.
LEM: 8- Jay Whearley
10- Barbara Groves Each year since 1922, special offerings collected
Acolytes: Kelly L., Jonathan H, Caitlin L. during Holy Week from across our church have been
sent in aid of the church in the Middle East; this
Ushers: Phoebe Moulin, Katie Schmalz collection has become known as the Good Friday
Prayers of Offering.
The People: Mary Hicks
Lector: John Zeugner The province of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem
Greeters: 8- Janet McClure and the Middle East covers an enormous area - the
10- Connie Cooney southern Mediterranean coast from Algeria through
Coffee: 8- David Vogel to Lebanon and Syria in the east and down to the
10- Elizabeth Lynch Persian Gulf and the Horn of Africa - and yet it is
Altar Guild: Team III one of the smaller provinces of the Anglican
Teachers: Ellen & Kirsten M. Communion in membership. Outside of the Holy
City, the countryside is overwhelmingly Islamic and
Jewish, and even in Jerusalem the dominant
Sunday 3/28 Christian traditions are Greek Orthodox, Roman
Catholic and Armenian Apostolic. Yet, Anglican
LEM: 8- Andrew Boyd bishops staunchly maintain a visible Anglican
10- David Vogel presence throughout the Middle East, which
Acolytes: Rafisa R, Drew L, Jonathan H. includes Israel, the Palestinian National Authority,
Jordan, Egypt and the North African countries,
Ushers: Chrissy Pole, Anna Schmalz Saudi Arabia, the island of Cyprus, Ethiopia and
Prayers of Somalia, and both Iraq and Iran. The entire region
The People: Jane Griesbach is fertile ground for numerous ministries, which are
Lector: Claudia Girling being conducted in very difficult circumstances each
Greeters: 8- The O’Reillys day. In addition to assisting Anglican parishes and
10- Roger Moulin missions, support received through the Good Friday
Coffee: 8- Groves Offering translates into operating hospitals, schools,
10- Arnold/Warren orphanages and many other programs accomplished
Altar Guild: Team I for the benefit of all people in the province,
Teachers: Kristin & Jennifer Christian, Jewish and Muslim alike.

Your support for the Good Friday Offering is

SANCTUARY CHAIR RECANING
There are 15 sanctuary chairs at Saint Luke’s that
need recaning . We have already had 5 parishioners
donate the funds needed to cane 6 of
them.
If you’d like to donate to this project, the
cost is $95. per chair.
essential to a continued Anglican witness in Jesus'
homeland. As you walk with Christ from Palm
Sunday through Holy Week toward his final victory
at the Resurrection, may every blessing be yours.
Faithfully in Christ, Bishop Scruton

GOOD FRIDAY OFFERING

As Lent approaches, it is most appropriate that we again

turn our attention to the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church—921 Pleasant St. Worcester, MA 01602
(508)756-1990
Rector: rector.stlukes@verizon.net
Parish Administrator: stlukeac@verizon.net