St. Cyprian Church Late Winter / Early Spring 2018 Rev. Dr. William J. Promesso Pastor 734-283-1366 x111 [email protected] March 2 Stations of the Cross Hearts and Ashes 4 Day of Eucharist Adoration; Praise & Lent began on February 14. This conjunction of Ash Wednesday and Worship with Valentine’s Day was a good opportunity to consider love. God’s love Benediction 11 Pancake Breakfast is shown in a willingness to become human, endure earthly life, be Soup Supper rejected, suffer and die for us. Our love for God is expressed in our 16 Stations of the Cross worship and service, but especially in our efforts for self and societal 18 Blood Drive improvement. We don’t wear ashes as a sign of our holiness, but as Parable Project: Take 2 24 Communal Penance a reminder to ourselves (and the people we encounter that day) 28 Book Club that we publicly admit we have work to do as disciples of Jesus Christ. April 21/22 Hospitality Weekend The resurrection of Jesus is our motivation throughout Lent. We 25 Book Club are motivated and energized to work hard to become better 26 LG Salad Luncheon 29 Soup Bowl Painting because we want to rise to new life with Christ. It’ll be a new life if we follow through on our Lenten sacrifices and it’ll be improved if May we stick with our commitment to love more deeply, fully and 6 Pancake Breakfast completely. I’ve got my own stuff to work on, so I’m walking with 19/20 Pentecost Hospitality you on the journey. Weekend 30 Book Club When you come to church throughout this season, you’ll be faced June with a cross of ashes circumscribed by a large heart. This is our 2 Golf outing symbol for a Lent that started on the day we celebrate love. We are sinners, but we are loved. We love imperfectly, but we are working July to improve. May your Lent be successful and may your heart swell 14 Rummage Sale 28 “Christmas in July” with the knowledge that you have prepared well to rise with Christ Concert & Pig Roast on Easter. Save the Date! All the Lord’s best, September 16 Parish Picnic Fr. Bill Mason Koch Director of Worship & Music 734-283-1366 x120 [email protected] After finally getting through the Christmas background and rehearsal, this is another season, I can’t believe how I have been a part great way to serve the parish community. of this wonderful parish for 7 months already! Time flies when you are having fun! Hymns, Homilies & Hospitality is a simple way to describe the Worship Commission. The Here is a little update on the Music & Worship Worship department oversees a lot of what side of the Parish. goes on in the church, including: art & environment, music, lectors, ushers, greeters The Liturgical Choir has been going strong and and all other liturgical ministries of the parish. still welcoming new members, which is such a This is a wonderful, vibrant group of people. great feeling. Having so many wonderful They enjoy sharing new thoughts and ideas on voices to assist with the liturgy is a how to enhance our weekend liturgies and tremendous help and spiritually uplifting. I place of worship! We meet on Tuesdays, hope more of you join this wonderful group of about 6 times a year. This is a great way to get people. There is no musical background involved and help your parish grow! We are needed, just a love of singing — and a sense always looking for additional members to join of humor helps! this team. Along with the choir, our Instrumentalists Aside from all the details about Music & Ministry has grown and added a nice dynamic Worship, we have improved many different effect to the music at Mass. Anyone who plays things throughout the parish this year! Here an instrument and has the ability to read are a few of the things you may have missed… music may join this wonderful ministry! We are always looking for more people to share First, our church PA system had a blown their gifts and talents. I would like to get more amplifier that left 3 or 4 of the ceiling speakers instrumentalists to help accompany at the unpowered, with no sound. With some 5pm Mass, so if you or someone you know is research and a little bit of time, the interested please contact me for more maintenance staff and I worked together to information. order and install a new amplifier, which saved the parish a lot of money because we didn’t The Hand Bell Choir had a delayed start. We have to contract out to a company. Now, all are now working on rehearsals and making the speakers work in the church! music ring! The goal is to have them play and accompany at Easter Sunday Mass and a few Second, the PA system in the social hall was of the weekend Masses up to Pentecost. Next very outdated and needed to be replaced. year we plan to start our rehearsals in the fall With more research and help from a church as usual. volunteer, Bill Eluskie, we took care of ordering and installation of the new PA Also, our Cantor Ministry has grown! We have system in the social hall. I would like to thank gained a few new cantors to help assist with the St. Cyprian Ladies Guild and the singing and leading our congregation in song Riverview Knights of Columbus who helped at all weekend Liturgies. This is a big help. pay for the Social Hall PA system. This was a Worship & Worship Music Ministries Although this requires a little more musical tremendous help! Finally, the Church music area had a very bare and empty corner. It was pretty much used for storage — storage that everyone could see. Sacred Triduum Along with the dream that Fr. Bill had about The three days of the passion, death, and possibly putting a pipe organ façade there one day, I quickly went to work on drafts and resurrection of Jesus Christ as counted from sketches. With a little bit of planning and help sunset to sunset. from some friends and church volunteers we developed a functional storage space and decorative pipe organ façade that now fills the corner and enhances our Worship Space! I’d like Holy Thursday, March 29 to especially thank Jeff Evans, Bill Eluskie, Aaron Kalanecki, Carl Baltesiewich and Gary Ennis. Mass of the Lord’s Supper This dream would not have come to reality 7:00 pm without their help! Thank you for everything! Reception of Holy Oils See you in church! Washing of Feet & Eucharistic Feast Mason followed by Adoration until Night Prayer at 10:00 pm Good Friday, March 30 Save the Date! The Passion and Death of Christ Christmas in July 1:00 pm The Passion according to John Summer Concert Veneration of the Cross Holy Communion & Pig Roast Holy Saturday, March 31 Saturday, July 28 Blessing of Easter Foods 6:00-10:00pm 11:00 am in church At Market Center Park The Easter Vigil Liturgy 8:30 pm Featuring Light & Word Initiation & Eucharist Easter Sunday, April 1 The Resurrection of the Lord And the holiday music of 9:00 am & 11:00 am Trans-Siberian Orchestra Kim Switzer Director of Christian Service & Outreach Ministries 734-283-1366 x114 Lent is a time of reflection, repentance, and by the USCCB with prayers and activities. We renewal. I cannot help but think of Jesus' gathered on February 13th to make care cards Great Commandment, "You shall love the Lord to be sent to those in need of comfort. With your God with all your heart, and with all your creativity and busy hands 200 cards were soul, and with all your mind... You shall love made. your neighbor as yourself." It really is so simple yet so complex. At the Soup Supper on March 11th we will be asking for signatures for the Offering of Jesus, help us to live Your words. May we Letters. Our Spring American Red Cross Blood enter into the deeper meaning of our faith; to Drive will take place on March 18th from 8:00 experience an ongoing process to change us AM - 2:00 PM. Please come and donate the from within making us more like You. We need gift of life; the need is great. We will be asking You, Christ, for You forgive our sins and change for donations of pork roasts for an Easter meal us. May You use us to make the world a better for our pantry clients. place that seeks to live for You every day. Thank you for your continued support of our One of the most beautiful things is when you Parish Pantry. Your donations are see God through the people around you. I needed! Thank you to ALL of the volunteers have seen that through YOU. There were 470+ who keep our ministries going: Christian gifts distributed and 10 families adopted from Service Commission, Welcome Committee, our Giving Tree this past Christmas. I am so weekly Pantry, monthly USDA, Communion to thankful for the many smiling faces that came the Homebound, Crafters, All Saints Soup to help and for your generosity that you Kitchen, Blood Pressure Screening, Pantry continue to show. It is so wonderful to be a Garden, Recycling, and those who volunteer part of a parish where parishioners come to their time and talents at our Christian Service you and ask, "Where can I help?" You show up events.