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Ash Wednesday and Lent Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Ash Wednesday and Lent 2018 February 14 is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and signals Inside this issue: the approach of Easter Sunday, April 1. We will have two Ash Wednesday services: Noon and 7:30 p.m. All are welcome. Ash Wednesday and 1 Ash Wednesday marks the first day of the 40 days of Lent, a Lent roughly six-week period (not including Sundays) dedicated to reflection, prayer and Shrove Tuesday 1 fasting in preparation for the celebration of Easter. Lent ends on Maundy Thursday by Pancake Supper marking the Last Supper and Jesus’ washing the feet of His disciples. During Lent Be Saintly this Lent 2 some people fast from food or certain activities, while others may add something to their life, such as reading a daily devotional or volunteering to help others. Joani has Alexandria Ecumenical 3 produced a devotional for all of us to use for inspiration during Lent. Additionally, The Lenten Series Way of the Cross will also be available to use throughout Lent. Please pick up a copy at Spiritual Formation for 4 the church, in the narthex. Children and Youth Where do the ashes we use come from? Ashes are obtained from the burning of the Vestry HiLites 5 palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter. Palm Sunday Super Bowl Party 5 marks Jesus’ return to Jerusalem, when people waved palm branches to celebrate his arrival. The ashes, applied in the shape of a cross on our foreheads, are a symbol of A User-Friendly 6 mourning and mortality. Centuries ago, participants used to sprinkle themselves with Episcopal Dictionary ashes and repent much more publicly, but the practice fell away sometime during the Better Angels’ 6 8th-10th century before evolving into what it is today. Participants in the Ash Communications Skills Wednesday service typically “wear” the sign of the cross throughout the day as a sign Workshop of humility and in anticipation of celebrating the Lord’s resurrection on Easter. An Update from Our 7 Partner Parish in Haiti Preschool News 8 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper MASDC Visit to 9 Emmanuel Annual Giving Update 10 It’s time again for the Emmanuel tradition of celebrating Shrove Tuesday with Breakfast for Dinner. Our youth and their parents will host a delicious dinner and ALIVE! Furniture 11 party on Tuesday, February 13 in the Parish Hall. This Mardi Gras themed night will Delivery include a pancake supper, some fun for the little ones, community and conversation! Calendar 12 We hope you will be able to join us for pancakes, fruit, sausage and coffee/juice! Breakfast for Dinner will be served from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Donations are High Notes Submissions welcome to cover our expenses and support Emmanuel’s outreach projects. It is Articles for the March High always helpful for us to know how many to expect so sign-up sheets will be available Notes must be submitted to after the services on February 4, so please let us know if you plan to attend. Kelli by Friday, February 16. Page 2 H ig h N ot es Our 10 -Year Vision for Emmanuel Be Saintly this Lent Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a thriving, engaged and creative parish “They lived not only in ages past; working to educate and meet the there are hundreds of thousands still; needs of children, youth and adults; live and demonstrate our Christian the world is bright with the joyous saints values; and create a more humane and who love to do Jesus’ will. just world through community service You can meet them in school, or in lanes, or at sea, and outreach. in church, or in trains, or in shops, or at tea; for the saints of God are just folk like me, Diocesan Bishops and I mean to be one too.” (Hymnal 1982, #293) The Rt. Rev. Shannon Johnston The Rt. Rev. Susan Goff The Rt. Rev. Ted Gulick Looking to deepen your faith and strengthen your discipleship this Lent? Emmanuel Church Staff Emmanuel’s Lenten devotional, A Saintly Pilgrimage by our own Joani Peacock, may be just the support you need! Copies are available in the vestibule. Rector The Very Rev. Charles C. McCoart, Jr. Using this devotional, you may walk the forty days of Lent to: Associate for Worship and Spiritual • Learn how to be a saint. Study the Formation discipleship of selected saints of the The Rev. Joani Peacock Episcopal Church, “patient and Seminarians brave and true, who toiled and The Rev. Deacon Rick Bauer fought and lived and died for the KC Robertson Lord they loved and knew”(#293). Director of Spiritual Formation for The book A Great Cloud of Children and Youth Witnesses, from Church Publishing, Toni Buranen provides additional biographical Organist/Choir Director information on each saint. (And for Ryan Fitch those who are crazy about saints, Parish Administrator Lent Madness, an offering by Kelli Corts Forward Movement, provides a fun way to learn about other saints of Administrative Assistant Karen O’Hern the Episcopal church.) Nursery Caregivers • Pray daily with the Bible and the prayers found in the Saintly Pilgrimage Lillian Urrea devotional, to see how you may be called to be a saint, too. The devotional Natalie De Leon Santizo contains three Bible references for each day, as well as a prayer related to Sara Guzman the gifts and work of each saint. (Additional prayer resources include Emmanuel’s Stations of the Cross booklet, as well as a prayer journal Sunday Services entitled Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John, from the Episcopal Society of 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Saint John the Evangelist.) Church Office Hours • Be a saint and Do a good deed every day, recording your action in your Monday—Thursday Saintly Pilgrimage booklet. Participate at Carpenter’s Shelter. Smile and 10:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m. engage your server in the checkout line. Skip lunch and give the money to a Emmanuel Episcopal Church charitable cause. Let someone merge in front of you in traffic. Bake cookies 1608 Russell Road for a shut-in and stay for a visit. Remember, in God’s eyes, no act of Alexandria, VA 22301 kindness is too small! (And if thinking up a good deed for every day seems 703-683-0798 (phone) 703-683-6158 (fax) awfully tough, Forty Acts will send a daily suggestion right to your inbox.) [email protected] www.emmanuelonhigh.org Become a saint this Lent! H ig h N ot es Page 3 2017 Vestry Welcome Alexandria to Emmanuel on Meredith Wade (Senior Warden) Aaron Flaaen (Junior Warden) February 21st! Tom Craig · Katie Deemer · Joe Dresen Barbara Huffman · Ken Kolson Emily McNaughton · Doris Rudolph Greg Shannon · Margaret Wohler As you prepare for Lent, consider Chris Yianilos participating in the Alexandria Gene Lange (Treasurer) Sarah Kolo (Clerk) Ecumenical Lenten Series, which is held at a different church on selected Wednesday evenings Contacts for Ministry Teams during Lent. Each evening starts Worship with a short worship service at Team Coordinator: Nancy Dupree Acolytes: Kelly and Joe Dresen 6:30 p.m., followed by a simple Altar Guild: Peggy Conner supper and a speaker addressing Counters: Jim Bradley some aspect of this year’s theme. Guitar Circle: Stewart Bartley Music & Choir: Ryan Fitch Click here for information on the Readers (8:00): Suji Kelly details for each evening in the Readers and Chalice (10:30): Jerry Boykin Ushers: Bob Callahan series. Emmanuel will be taking a turn to host; our evening will be on Wednesday, Education Team Coordinators: Joani Peacock February 21. For the simple supper — which WE prepare! — Emmanuel typically Toni Buranen offers a variety of soups, bread, beverages, and cookies. Emmanuel is known Adult Spiritual Formation: Beth Boland Sunday School: Toni Buranen for its welcoming spirit, so let’s display it on the 21st! That’s where YOU come Youth: Janie Piemonte in! We need volunteers to help set up, contribute soups and cookies, serve in Preschool: Ressa Jones the kitchen, and help clean up. Please contact Beth Boland (703-538-6806) to Service volunteer. Team Coordinator: Sean Ellis Adult Summer Service Trip: Vacant ALIVE!: Sarah Orndorff Bag Lunch Program: Karen Coda Carpenter’s Shelter Breakfast: Jennifer Jones Carpenter’s Shelter: Dinner: Bonnie Lilley Church Directory Community Lodgings: Barbara Harslem Giving Tree: Sylvie Harris If you missed the January 28 Annual Meeting, Haiti: John Maass be sure to pick up the 2017 Annual Meeting Haitian Coffee Sales: Kim Scott Meals on Wheels: Katie Kelly Report and the 2018 Parish Pictorial Directory Refugee Family: Kim Scott the next time you are in church, or contact United Thank Offering: Bonnie Fairbank Karen. Yard Sale: Frank & Laura Elgin Fellowship Team Coordinator: Jennifer Jones Breakfast with St. Nick: Courtney Keplinger Coffee Hour Baristas: Elena Mazzeo Craft & Sewing Group: Gudrun Callahan Easter Egg Hunt: Eileen Gorman Prime Timers: Bonnie Fairbank Shrine Mont Retreat Shrine Mont Parish Retreat: Joe Scott Super Bowl: Gene Lange It’s never to early to plan our annual church retreat Twenties & Thirties (TnT): Leo Cruz at Shrine Mont. Our retreat is scheduled for May 4- Stewardship 6. Please put the date on your calendar and join the Team Coordinator: Adam Schildge fun! Annual Giving: Jane Kolson; Jim Bialick Building and Grounds: Dwayne Piepenburg Finance: Stewart Bartley Foundation: Jane Kolson Page 4 H ig h N ot es Spiritual Formation for Children and Youth Dear Friends, Coming Up It’s hard to believe that we are already approaching Lent. I was on the internet recently and found this awesome perspective from none other than Pope Sunday, February 4.
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