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Christ Church Cambridge The Episcopal Church in Harvard Square. Zero Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138-3631 phone (617) 876-0200 fax (617) 876-0201 www.cccambridge.org Staff The Rev. Joseph O. Robinson Rector The Rev. Jeffrey W. Mello Assistant Rector The Rev. Karen B. Montagno Associate Priest Stuart Forster Director of Music & Organist Elisabeth (Buffy) Gray Sabbatical Music Director Tanya Cosway Interim Parish Administrator Dona O’Donnell Financial Administrator Jerry Kucera, Hernan Moya, Ron Wilburn, Sextons The Rev. Benjamin King Episcopal Chaplain February/March 2008 Leaflet at Harvard Volume LXXVI, No. 2 Officers & Vestry A different look for the Leaflet… Karen Mathiasen Senior Warden Sally Kelly Junior Warden Lent through Easter is the busiest time of the year for church offices, especially this year Mark MacMillan Treasurer with changes in staff, construction in the office, and work to upgrade many of our Tanya Cosway Asst. Treasurer communications. Recognizing how important communication is at this time of year, your Jude Harmon Clerk Interim Parish Administrator begs your indulgence as we simplify our format for the next Amey Callahan few editions of the Leaflet. You’ll still find out what’s happening at CCC and how you Timothy Cutler can be involved, including education and mission activities, events inside and outside the Timothy Groves parish, and the Holy Week schedule. You can read about recent events and messages Peggy Johnson from the Rector and the Wardens. The Liturgical Rota for March will be mailed out Samantha Morrison Nancy Sinsabaugh under separate cover. Wendy Squires Mimi Truslow Normally we would begin with a message from the Rector. In this edition, we include Christopher Wolf Members Joe’s address to the parish from the annual meeting. Due to its length, we’ve chosen to put this in the center section of the Leaflet as a tear-away. If you weren’t able to attend Seth Lancaster this important event in our parish life, you’ll find Joe’s address a wonderful summary of Joyce Walker what we’ve accomplished and our challenges moving forward. Diocesan Delegates Louise Ambler Whether you’re newly arrived at CCC or have been here for years, be part of the Church Archivist excitement that is Christ Church Cambridge and sign up for one of the many activities you’ll find here, through the end of Lent and into the Easter Season. If you have news for the April Leaflet , please email [email protected] by March 20 th . Tanya Cosway Lent & Holy Week at Christ Church Cambridge The Sundays of Lent February 24, March 2 and 9 Holy Eucharist at 7:45 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Adult Education and Sunday School at 9:00 am. The Wednesdays of Lent Holy Eucharist at 12:10 p.m. The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday March 16, Holy Eucharist and Liturgy of the Palms at 7:45 and 10:15 a.m. The service begins with a Procession of Palms in joyful remembrance of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Way of the Cross with Eucharist Monday, March 17, and Tuesday, March 18, at 7:00 p.m. Sung Tenebrae Wednesday, March 19, at 7:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday March 20, at 7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist with Choir, recalling Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet and their last meal together. Good Friday March 21 Way of the Cross at 11:15 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy at Noon and 7:00 p.m. Evening service with Choir. Holy Saturday Saturday, March 22. Annual Schmidgall Memorial Easter Egg Hunt at 5:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Saturday, March 22 The Great Vigil of Easter with Choir at 7:00 p.m. The service starts with the lighting of the New Fire, and moves to the first Eucharist of Easter. Easter Day Sunday, March 23 Festival Eucharist with choirs at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., followed by an Easter lunch at 12:30 p.m. Adult Inquirers’ Class, Spring 2008 A series of Monday evening classes led by the Rector and Assistant Rector began Monday, February 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish House Library, and it is not too late to join. The series is open to all who would like to learn more about the history and theology of the sacraments in our faith tradition, and to those who wish to be confirmed or received in The Episcopal Church. Classes will be held on consecutive Monday evenings (with some exceptions due to the church calendar in Lent). Meeting nights are February 25, March 3, 10, 31; April 7, 14, 21, 28; and May 5, 12, and 19. This year, Confirmation for all parishes in the Alewife Deanery takes place here at Christ Church on Saturday, May 31, at 10:00 a.m. Information and registration forms are in the Church Office. Joe Robinson & Jeff Mello Discover the Altar Guild & Join in our Easter Preparations With the many newcomers and recent additions to our congregation, we would like to repeat the Altar Guild’s invitation to men, women and older children to share with us in this service, both at Sunday services and other occasions. Currently, the Guild is hard at work preparing for Lent and Easter. Lois Bennett co-ordinates the Lenten floral offerings and Susie White will co-ordinate the Easter flowers. If you would like to be trained for this rewarding work, contact Webb Brown at [email protected] , 617-923-0057, or Summer Akimoto at [email protected] or 781-391-9891. Our next work day is Saturday, March 8, and everyone is invited. We’ll undertake the usual silver and brass polishing, plus additional work putting the cleaned covers back on the pew cushions. Mark your calendars, plan to help, and bring a friend. See you at 9:30 a.m. in the Rector’s Reception Room. Part of decorating the Church for Easter is building a flower-filled Cross. Families are asked to bring flowers for the children in their families. Extra flowers will also be available. We offer an annual opportunity to honor or memorialize loved ones by contributing to the Flower Fund . This is an open invitation to make memorial gifts, not only for flowers on Sundays, but for vestments, linens and a great variety of other items which need refurbishing or replacement. Names will be listed on an insert in the order of worship for Easter services on March 22 and 23. Forms for dedications for these donations are available in the pews on Sundays, at the parish office and on our website (www.cccambridge.org ). Checks with forms may be placed in the offering plate or mailed to the Parish Office: Christ Church Cambridge, Easter Flowers, Zero Garden Street, Cambridge 02138. The deadline for submitting names is Tuesday, March 18 at the Parish Office. If you have any questions about making such a gift, speak to the clergy or one of the Altar Guild co- chairs, Webb or Summer. Webb Brown & Summer Akimoto Easter Egg Hunt – Youth & Eggs Needed! The annual Schmidgall Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday, March 22, at 5:30 p.m., prior to the Easter Vigil service. Please bring a dozen white, uncooked eggs per child to the Church on Thursday, March 20, or on Good Friday, March 21, before 7:00 p.m. Donations of additional cartons are welcome and will ensure enough eggs for visiting children to hunt. The egg hunt only happens with the help of CCC High School and Junior High School youth. Please come to the kitchen following the Good Friday service to dye eggs and share dinner with fellow egg dyers. Then come to the cemetery on Easter Saturday at 4:00 p.m. to prepare the graveyard and hide the eggs . Please invite your Senior and Junior High School friends to join in the fun! David Bliss Lenten Series at Harvard On Wednesday evenings in Lent, The Rev. Dr. Ben King, Episcopal Chaplain at Harvard, and Jon Page, Epps Fellow, are hosting a series on “Jesus the Enigma: Who is Your Jesus?” The discussions explore different images and understandings of Jesus. Each meeting begins at 8:00 p.m. in the Pusey Room at Harvard’s Memorial Church. • February 27 “The Black Christ”. The Rev. Hurmon E. Hamilton, Jr., Senior Pastor, Roxbury Presbyterian Church • March 5 “Why Bother with the Hypostatic Union?”. The Rev. Dr. Sarah Coakley, Norris- Husle Professor of Divinity, Cambridge University • March 12 “Jesus: The Rock of the Ages”. The Rev. Dr. Gordon P. Hugenberger, Senior Minister, Park Street Church, Boston • March 19 “The Cross of Christ and Our Images of God”. The Reverend Dr. John Randall Sachs, S.J., Academic Dean and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Weston Jesuit School of Theology Lenten Practices for busy families: • With teenage children, give up television for one night a week and replace it with a Family Devotional Night . Start collecting articles, scripture, poems, anything that calls to you, and keep in a binder. Read a piece as a Family Devotion and talk to your kids about where they see God . Share where you see God in the selection. If you are looking for additional material, some teens like the book Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul . The stories are short but relate to teens. Ask your teens to read the newspaper themselves and find articles for family discussion. Keep all of your materials in your binder, and if you keep adding each year it would be a great family keepsake that you can send with them when they leave home.