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The Fledgling--Week of February 17, 2023
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It's almost Lent, which seems hard to believe (unless you strictly go by the weather, which seems convinced it's April, and not mid-February.)
Lent means Lenten disciplines--that old tradition of giving up something we like for Lent, as a way of drawing closer to God. In ancient times, this wasn't as much of a choice--people would give up rich food mostly because they couldn't afford it all year, and so setting aside part of the year where you didn't eat butter, sugar, or fancy foods was a great way to make sure your supplies lasted the year long. We, however, are overflowing with choice. We have so much that it is paradoxically difficult to decide what to do without, even for a short while.
The more pressing question is: will what we choose as a Lenten discipline bring us closer to God? For some people, the sting of giving up chocolate for a time does just that! For others, the imposed scarcity of doing without something they really like reminds them of their dependence on God. For some, taking on a new routine of prayer brings them closer to God. For others, reading a different spiritual book, or taking up a new type of prayer, or discipline of kindness--these can all bring you closer to God.
The key, though, is that whatever you do for Lent needs to be about God, and your relationship with God. What does that relationship need in this season? Do you need to do more intentional listening? More seeing-God-in-others? More connecting with where others have experienced God?
Whatever it is, may we all have a fruitful and blessed journey with God this Lent.
If you have an announcement for the Fledgling, send it to the office by Thursday morning for inclusion on Friday. Bulletin announcements should be into the office by Wednesday morning.
- If you know of someone who would like to receive the Fledgling, please send their email to the office.
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Prayer for the week
O God, who before the passion of your only begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Readings for this week
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Have you had coffee/tea/hot cider with Mtr Megan? Send me an email and we'll set up Skype/Facetime and chat! It's fun (I promise) and we can still meet while we're staying safe right now.
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IMPORTANT: Games Night has been cancelled this month. We'll see you next month on March 10th!
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Schedule this week:
Daily Morning Prayer: Monday--Thursday 9:30am on FB and YouTube
Adult Education: 9:15am in Parish Hall and on Zoom
Sunday Worship: 8am Rite 1 and 10:30am Rite 2
Episcopal 101: Join us following the 10:30am service. Grab some coffee and snacks, and head to the Chapman room!
Ash Wednesday, February 22: Rite 2 Eucharist with imposition of Ashes at 8am and at 7pm.
Drive Thru Ashes from 3pm-5pm in the parking lot
NOTE THE TIME CHANGE FOR THE EARLY SERVICE.
Lenten Series: Dinner with Loaves and Fishes at 5pm (Doors open at 5pm, hot food service at 5:30) Class begins at 6:15pm in the Nave.
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Christian Education
Adult Education resumes with a new book. We are now reading Jesus and John Wayne, by Kristin DuMez. Join us in person or via Zoom with Chapter 9 THIS week.
CW: This book discusses difficult topics at times, and includes descriptions of child abuse, and racist and homophobic violence. Please take care of yourselves.
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Miss the Annual Meeting? Catch up now by reading the packet, here. Sincere apologies for the faulty Zoom link that was shared--somehow the link became corrupted and it failed to work. As soon as we have minutes from the Annual Meeting, these will be sent out in the Fledgling as well. --Mtr. Megan
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Historical Moment
In celebration of our 200th year, which began in April, we are perusing the various records of the parish to offer up different tidbits of our past. In a previous post, I cited Ernestine Cottrell as the first woman elected to the vestry here. I was properly corrected--indeed, it was Hope Kirkpatrick who was the first, and Ernestine was the second. Ms. Kirkpatrick was elected in the Annual Meeting of 1964 on the third ballot. In this same meeting, the following (entirely unrelated) report was filed by the Adult Class by Mr. F. Barron Freeman.
"Twenty-eight registered for the tenth year of the Adult Class, this fall, to undertake a close study of Evelyn Underhill's Worship during the first term, and an analysis of some non-Episcopal commentaries on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans during the second term. Average Attendence was good (about 21) until mid-December when we made the mistake of announcing an examination."
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