The Parish of St. Paul’s on the Green A PROGRESSIVE, DIVERSE PARISH OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OFFERING A RADICAL WELCOME TO ALL! The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day – April 5, 2015 Phones This Week Happy Resurrection Day! Please turn them off. Holy Communion Sunday, April, 5 – Easter Day If you are here for the first time or for All are welcome to receive 8:45AM Nursery Care available until 12:15PM the first time in a while, know that you the Holy Eucharist – 9:00AM Festival Eucharist with full choir are honored guests of a living and toddlers, children, people of 11:00AM Festival Eucharist with full choir loving God. Perhaps you have come for faith and those unsure of 3:00 PM Community Dinner PH* their direction, without the glorious music and uplifting 9:00PM Compline regard to politics, race or worship offered at St. Paul's. You may orientation. Consecrated Monday, April 6 be here to be part of an amazingly grape juice is available in the Office Closed – No Noonday Eucharist diverse community, if only on this glass chalices. 7:00 pm Gala Committee Meeting, PH Easter day. You may be looking to hear Kneeling the Good News proclaimed by The majority of our Tuesday. April 7 preaching that emphasizes God’s congregation observes the No 6:00pm Eucharist Today extravagant, unconditional love for all ancient position of standing 6:45 PM Evangelism/Marketing Team, CHH God’s people. Know that, whoever you for prayer. Kneeling are and wherever you are on your cushions are available in the Wednesday, April 8 journey of faith—you are welcome here, back of the church. 11:30AM Holy Eucharist, LC and in the household of God. We hope Children 12:05PM Mid-Day Music * that you will be surrounded by song and Children through 3 years of prayer and sacrament and will return to age are welcome to find a Thursday, April 9 10:30AM ElderHouse – Offsite us soon. safe space for play in the Nursery, which is staffed 6:00PM Celtic Eucharist from 8:45AM to 12:15PM. 6:45 PM Women Mystics GR* The Chapel of the Angels, About Our Worship located on the right side of If you are here for the first time today, the church, a safe and quiet Sunday, April 12 welcome! The style of our worship is space for infants and 8:45AM Nursery Care available until 12:15PM Anglo-Catholic which draws upon ancient toddlers with their 9:00AM Solemn Eucharist liturgical practices of the Christian parents. “Busy bags” are 10:10AM Coffee Hour, PH Church. You’ll see graceful ritual and available in the back of the 10:10AM Sunday School, WC # 1 colorful vestments, hear chant and church. wonderful music, and even smell a little 11:00AM Solemn Eucharist & Baptism incense. We try not to make our worship Children’s Sermon 12:10PM Coffee Hour, PH stuffy or stodgy and, so, you might see our Activity 5:00 PM Seabury Concert Series * acolytes in sandals or sneakers! We hope Children ages 4-7 are invited 9:00PM Compline that you will come away refreshed and to gather in the center aisle renewed – and that you’ll return often. near the main door to listen to the Gospel and then follow CHH – Chittim-Howell House; GR – Guild Room; the adult leader to the Guild LC – Lady Chapel; PH – Parish Hall; N – Nursery; Room where they will WC – Warner Center; SHR – St. Hilda Room participate in a special * see inside for more details Community Easter Dinner Today! worship activity. They will Bring your favorite food and drink and return to the church at the join us for a Festive Pot Luck Dinner. Passing of the Peace. Hors d’oeuvres begin at 3:00pm, Dinner Restrooms at 4:00. Hope to see you there! Through double doors on left aisle, downstairs, and also in the Warner Center. Today’s Liturgy Prayers for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut Social Justice and Outreach Team St. Andrew’s, Kent; Emmanuel, Killingworth; Trinity, Lime This Lent, a group of parishioners partnered with the Rock; St. Michael’s, Litchfield, ECCT Joint Leadership group, Norwalk International Academy of the Norwalk Public Members of the Executive Council, Missionary Society, Standing School System. They have begun meeting with a group of Committee, and Donations & Bequests. international students to offer tutoring and support. Please consider including these persons in your prayers throughout These students are unaccompanied minors who have the week come principally from Honduras and Guatemala . They Prayers for Healing have fled the drug wars that have dominated the Central Audrey Andrew Betty Betsy and some South American towns, villages and cities. Bill Bobbi Camilla Charlie They have been taken into custody in the boarder states Christopher Clare Deneb Dorothea and are being sent to host families, relatives and friends Elizabeth Eva George Gina of relatives. In addition to tutoring, as a parish, we have Holley Janie Jennifer John collected items during Lent for this program. Your Johnny Joseph Kim Margaret support and generosity have been overwhelming! Math Mary Catherine Michael Mona Nia and English Tutoring will continue on Fridays on a Niles Phoebe Ralph Robbo rotating time schedule. You do not need to speak Spanish Sandy Sarah Sharon Shelly to help! Please contact Mary Verel for more information. Tom Tommy Tony Warren Person2Person – Food Pantry Prayers for Birthdays: This week we are seeking to collect donations of Peanut Butter. Thank you for your generous donations. Paul Hunter (4/5) David Burke (4/6) Helen Lamp (4/7) Andrew Padgett (4/7) Kara Pereira (4/7) Joy DeJaeger (4/8) Music Notes Richard Parkington Jr (4/8) Gabriella Watson (4/8) Stephen Kessler (4/9) Prianka Thakkar (4/9) Handel’s great oratorio Messiah is perhaps the most Juliane Alfen (4/10) famous of its kind in the world. Much celebrated and performed since it debuted in Dublin in 1742, churches Prayers for Anniversaries: around the world resound with the glorious strains of Jan & Rick Muldowney (4/09) this noble work, particularly at Christmas and Easter. If you have a birthday or anniversary which is not listed, please be in touch Next Sunday afternoon at 5 PM, all of Part III (the Easter with Marsha Dunn – [email protected] – so that we can update portion) plus the ”Hallelujah Chorus” our records. from Part II will be performed in concert at St. Paul’s by our combined Altar Flowers and Presence Lamp choirs, soloists and chamber orchestra. (see the back page of the worship Altar flowers may be given in memory of or to honor a particular person or leaflet for ticket information!) This morning, the choirs in thanksgiving for God’s gifts. Suggested donation is $70/vase. The Presence Lamp is the candle that burns continuously before the reserved bring you the great final chorus “Worthy is the Lamb” sacrament in the Lady Chapel. Suggested donation is $10 per week. Call followed by an extended “Amen” chorus. We are pleased (203.847.2806) or email the parish office ([email protected]) to to be joined by a brilliant string quartet gathered reserve your week for either. together by our own Sara Bennett Wolfe. Easter Blessings Thank you to all who donated flowers: the list is available in from the Choirs of St. Paul’s to all of you! the Welcome Center Hosting Coffee Hour The Presence Lamp is given in honor of Frank & Betty Minucci by their daughter, Debbie Minucci Stella and in All of us share in the hospitality provided to ourselves and our memory of Charles and Elizabeth Debus by Doris and Richard guests. You may sign up for a particular week on the sheets at Sign-Up Central in the Parish Hall or wait to be assigned. Each Burke household is asked to offer refreshments twice each quarter. Compline Hosts for nest week, April 12, 2015: Fruit and Coffee Cake: A 20-minute candlelit service of Gregorian chant with Prayers. Peaceful, private, meditative. Taber Hamilton, Lodrick Barton, Hans Bulteryst & Jimi Napoli, Sam Ferris, Bob & Ginny Green, Pat Hanley, Nancy Hill, Jennifer Pastoral Care Hudson, Maude Hunter, Helen Lamp, Gil & Miryam Latuner, If you or a family member is seriously ill or in the Cecilia Lee, Linda & Bob Turner, Gene Stenger, Lois Swartzell, hospital, our clergy and Pastoral Care Team would like to Lisa Thomas, Tom Schierloh & Jo-Anne Schultz, Edward Moran, support you. Please contact Mother Kalemkerian at (203) Fran O’Conner, Megan & Chris Preovolos, Marco & Kate 536-9259 or Lilian Revel at (203) 858-1243. Siguenza, Shannon Spence, John Van Keuren News and Upcoming Events THANK YOU! to all the volunteers who have helped to make our services so powerful and glorious over the past 4 days: Altar Ministers, Ushers, Sacristans, Greeters, Flower Ministers, Hospitality Ministers and Musicians. A special thank you to Bill & Sherrie Beke for creating the lovely garden in our Lady Chapel. Women Mystics Forum Resumes This Week – 2 Week Series – Julian of Norwich Thursday, April 9th, at 6:45 pm, in the Guild Room, following the Celtic Eucharist Jennifer Hudson will present an introduction of Julian of Norwich's "shewings" and revelations Experience "God as Mother," specifically through Julian's feminine and maternal depictions of Christ. The 3rd Annual Cecilia Gala – Back to the Prom – Saturday, April 25, 6:00pm Hurry! There are only 16 more seats available for the Gala. Danna DiElsi, a parishioner and owner of Silk Touch in Norwalk, will be taking orders for those wanting to purchase "silk" corsages and boutonniere's from her establishment, at the Gala ticket sale table.