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Easter 2020 the Angelus a Publication of the Church of Our Saviour Easter 2020 THE ANGELUS A Publication of the Church of Our Saviour Dear Faithful of the Church of Our Saviour, A Pastoral On April 2, Bishop Wright came out with an additional directive in light of Governor Kemp’s order to “shelter Update to in place” for the state of Georgia. His directive for us is as follows: “Brothers and sisters, in response to the most COVID-19 recent directive of Governor Kemp calling for a statewide shelter in place beginning Friday, April 3, and lasting until April 13, I am hereby directing all members of The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta to comply, effective immediately. This specifically includes no longer assembling to record or live stream worship from a church sanctuary or campus. All worship should now be offered by individuals from home.” In response to the Bishop’s directive, I have made provisions to ensure that the Sacrifice of the Mass would not be interrupted during this time. Beginning this past Sunday, April 5, Palm Sunday, I live streamed the Mass from the Rectory. While it is certainly not the Lady Chapel, nor our beautiful Nave, I remain convinced of the need of the faithful to have an opportunity to worship and adore our Lord in the Sacrament of the Altar, and to make a true and faithful Act of Spiritual Communion during this time of pandemic. I will do everything in my power to ensure that the Mass is celebrated with great integrity, reverence, honor, and in accordance with the rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer. Yesterday, April 5, was the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday. As part of the Mass, I blessed the Palms and will keep them so that they can be distributed to the faithful once we come together again. Further- more, I asked the faithful to cut branches or other greens, and hang them from your front doors in THE SEASON Table of Holy Week and Easter Overview 4 Contents Special Days this Season 5 THE CHURCH Spirtual Communion 6 United Thank Offering 7 DEADLINE FOR Christian Formation 8 THE NEXT ISSUE The next issue of the Angelus, PARISH LIFE focusing on Pentecost I, will Looking Back & Looking Forward 10 be published on May 25. Deadline for articles is Wednesday, April 29. Readings for Easter 12 © 2020, The Church of Our Saviour. All rights reserved. oursaviouratlanta.org solidarity with Christians across the Nation and the world who celebrate, welcome, and adore Christ our King and Our Lord. I invite you to take a picture of your greens and share them on our Facebook page. In light of these recent directives, I will be modifying the schedule for Holy Week and Sacred Triduum, but I will be leading these liturgies in some capacity from my home chapel. I will send out further direc- tion and information on Holy Week in the next day or two. Until I release the final schedule of Holy Week and finalize the liturgies, I will continue to offer Morning Prayer via Facebook Live at 8:30am and Compline at 8:30pm every day during our isolation, and the Rosary at 1:30pm on Fridays – I invite you to these occasions of prayer and devotion. Note, If you would like a Rosary, please send me an email with your name and address and I will get it in the mail to you so that you can pray along. Next, I can’t stress enough to you the importance of your continued financial contribution and support of the Parish. I encourage you to explore and consider the options available to you for fulfilling your finan- cial obligation to the parish by means of our online portals. The quickest and easiest way to give online is by going to: onrealm.org/coosatl/give. This option allows you to make a single contribution or to set up a reoccurring payment that drafts from a bank account or credit card. Another way you can give, is through our text giving service. You can do this by texting “COOS $100” (or any dollar amount) to 73256. Should you have any questions or need assistance with any of these methods, please reach out to me or our treasurer, Brian Mullaney ([email protected]), as both of us are available to assist you in this matter. In all of this, I want to express my profound gratitude to those who continue to give faithfully to the mission, vision, and ministry of the Church of Our Saviour. I also want to express how proud I am of this parish! The amount of positive feedback I have received from our live stream liturgies and Masses has been wonderful and most welcomed. I am immensely proud of the flexibility, adaptability, and understanding that many of you are demonstrating during this time. It is safe to say that this experience has not been easy for any of us, but we are adapting and persevering through it and I am proud of each of you for your role. Lastly, I continue to beseech your prayers for my family, myself, and the parish. I pray for each of you daily. Please know I continue to remain available for you and to you in the midst of our separation. Should you need anything, from groceries, a listening ear, or another voice to hear, I remain available to you. Please do not hesitate to call or text me on my cell, 678-538-5549. As we go through the holiest week of the Christian calendar, let us continue to keep our eyes fixed upon the One who has conquered death and the grave. The One who is seated at the right hand of God Almighty, and let us remember that God is faithful. Therefore, let us diligently seek His face, plead for mercy, and cling to those comforting words from St. Julian of Norwich, that “all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” Stay safe, God bless you, and Keep the Faith! Grace and Peace, Fr. Chris A NOTE ABOUT FACEBOOK LIVE: You do not need a Facebook account to access the live-streamed services on Facebook. When it’s time for a service simply click here and it will take you to the Facebook page. If a dialogue box appears asking you to sign in, look for the line that says “not now” and click on it, or if you have the choice, simply close the dialogue box. That will take you to our Facebook page. Wait until you see a video box appear (it might be in the page’s lower corner) and click on it. It will enlarge the video picture and you’ll see the service when it begins. We look forward to “seeing” you at Mass! 2 | EASTER 2020 THE SEASON All activities, meetings, and worship, are suspended for What Does the foreseeable future. In keeping with the governor’s and mayor of Atlanta’s current “shelter in place” order, our This Mean office and campus are closed. My care for each of you will not be interrupted in the midst for the of this situation – I am available. The best way to get in touch with me is to call or text my cell phone (678-538-5549) or send me an “… I ask Church of email at [email protected]. Our Saviour? To ensure our members are receiving that everyone my communications and updates, I ask that everyone make sure they are make sure they signed up for the parish’s eBlasts. Everyone can subscribe by visiting our website at oursaviouratlanta.org. This will ensure that communication, news, and updates are signed up are being broadcast to as wide a population as possible. Continue to pray! Pray without ceasing and make frequent Acts of Spiritual for the parish’s Communion. For more information regarding this, I encourage you to use a resource from The Armed Forces Prayer Book, which is included on page 6. eBlasts.” by Brian Mullaney Contributions We are people of faith. Despite the disappointment of not gathering for Holy Week and celebrating in person the joy of Easter, we look forward. And, in the meantime, we adapt; after all, adaptation has ensured the church has thrived for the past two millennia. Father Miller is exploring and fostering new ways of our maintaining community: celebrating mass while live streaming on Facebook; leading Com- pline and Morning Prayer in this same way; and meeting with the Vestry, Executive Committee, and other groups using Zoom. More is to come, as the parish engages in an online environment for teaching and learning. It is not the same as being present in person; but it will not be endless, and we are together in the meanwhile. Thankfully, we haven’t faced a global pandemic of this sort before—and hopefully we will not again in any of our lifetimes! However, given this, we don’t have experience in managing a disruption of this kind. Wherever possible, we are minimizing costs. However, our obligations for major expenses, including our diocesan assessment and debt service, continue. And most importantly, the Vestry has committed to minimizing any financial disruption in the lives of the staff who faithfully serve us and to continuing to pay them. To do this, I ask you to continue to give. And, as you are able, I ask you to extend your giving to include the Good Friday Offering, the United Thank Offering, and St. Vincent’s Fund. The Good Friday Offering supports the work of the Church in Jerusalem, the UTO offering directly supports ministry and mission through the world, and St.
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