THE SHEPHERD’S LLAMADA DEL CALL PASTOR The Newsletter of Good Shepherd Boletín de noticias de la Iglesia Episcopal Church - Sun Prairie, WI Episcopal del Buen Pastor Volume 11, Issue 4 FREE April 2007 Holy Week and Easter at Good Shepherd April 1 - Palm Sunday - Liturgy of the Palms at 8:00 a.m. and 10 a.m. Wednesday in Holy Week - Healing mass at 6:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday - 7:00 p.m. Mass followed by all night prayer vigil Good Friday - 12:15 liturgy with holy communion (40 minutes) 7:00 p.m. liturgy with holy communion and choir Holy Saturday - 9:00 a.m. liturgy April 8 - Easter Sunday - Easter liturgy at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt! Children are invited to participate in the annual Easter Egg Hunt after the 10:00 a.m. mass Easter Sunday morning. The hunt will be held outside weather permitting, but inside only if the weather doesn't cooperate. THE SHEPHERD’S CALL: The Newsletter of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Pastor’s Pen La Pluma del Padre t happened so fast. It seems like we were just cel- ucedió tan rápidamente. ¡Parece acabamos de ebrating Christmas, and we look up and its Holy Week celebrars Navidad, y nosotros miramos arriba y su Iand Easter! The days and weeks are speeding along, Seek Santos y Pascua! Los días y las semanas and like it or not Easter is here. Much like any other holi- apresuran por, y como ello o no Pascua está aquí. Mucho day season or date on the calendar, it comes along at a que quiere cualquier otras vacaciones sazonar o fechan en certain time whether or not we have prepared for it or are el calendario, vienen en un cierto tiempo si o no hemos ready to celebrate it. When it’s Christmas season, we preparado para ello o estamos listo para celebrarlo. hope that we don’t find ourselves at 5:00 p.m. Christmas Cuándo es la temporada de Navidad, nosotros esperamos Eve with all our shopping to do. At Easter,we hope that que nosotros no nos encontremos en 5:00 de la tarde. La we do not find ourselves at 5:00 p.m. on Easter eve with a Nochebuena con todas nuestras compras spirituality that has not been examined or prepared for para hacer. En Pascua, nosotros Easter. We do this preparation throughout the Season of esperamos que nosotros no nos Lent, and especially through Holy Week. We begin on encontremos en 5:00 de la tarde en la Palm Sunday with Jesus’ triumphant entry into víspera de Pascua con una Jerusalem. We walk with him through the Last espiritualidad que no ha sido Supper (Maundy Thursday) and watch and examinada ni ha sido preparado pray with him in the garden of Gethsemane para Pascua. Hacemos esta (the all night vigil). We stand with him as preparación a través de la he is examined by Pontius Pilate and Temporada de Cuaresma, y wrongfully accused, beaten and especialmente por Semana crucified (Good Friday). We Santa. Empezamos en Domingo mourn with others who loved de ramos con Jesús' la entrada him as we stand at the tomb and triunfante en Jerusalén. Andamos ponder the meaning of the events con él por la Ultima Cena (el of the cross (Holy Saturday). We jueves Santo) y el reloj y oramos rejoice at his conquering of death con él en el jardín de Gethsemane and resurrection from the dead (Eas- (la toda la noche vigilia). Nosotros ter Sunday). The events happen so fast that we nos paramos con él como él es can miss them if we are not careful. But these events are examinado por Poncio Pilatos e injustamente acusado, too important to miss. They are critical in our salvation golpeado y crucificado (Viernes Santo). Lloramos con los story, and they are too important to just let them pass by. otros que lo adoraron como nosotros nos paramos en la I invite you to enrich your celebration of Easter by partici- tumba y reflexionamos el significado de los acontecimientos pating in the Holy Week liturgies. By going from Palm de la cruz (el sábado Santo). Nosotros nos regocijamos Sunday to Easter Sunday and not participating in Holy en su conquistar de la muerte y la resurrección del muerto Week, you rob yourself of the rich spiritual experiences (Domingo de Resurrección). Los acontecimientos suceden that Holy Week offers. There can be no Easter without tan rápido que nosotros los podemos perder si nosotros the agony in the garden, the Last Supper, and the painful no somos cuidadosos. Pero estos acontecimientos son events of Good Friday. It happens quickly - the Passion demasiado importantes perder. Ellos son críticos en nuestra of our Lord is an intense few days that have so much mean- historia de la salvación, y ellos son demasiado importantes ing. They are a few days that are easy to miss - days in permitirles apenas pasar por. Yo le invito a enriquecer su which it is easy to be busy or occupied with other things. celebración de Pascua por tomar parte en las liturgias Don’t let them sneak up on you or get away from you. Santas de la Semana. Yendo de Domingo de ramos a Make Holy Week a priority so that Easter Sunday can be Domingo de Resurrección y no tomando parte en la an even better spiritual gift. Lent means “Spring” - a time Semana Santa, usted lo roba del espiritual rica experimenta of renewal and refreshment, a time of new life. Easter esas ofertas Santas de la Semana. Puede haber no Pascua celebrates that new life given to those who believe in Christ, sin la angustia en el jardín, en la Ultima Cena, y en los and who truly appreciate and embrace the great sacrifice acontecimientos dolorosos de Viernes Santo. Sucede Continued on page 3 Continua en página 3 2 April 2007 © 2007 Good Shepherd Church, Sun Prairie, WI THE SHEPHERD’S CALL: The Newsletter of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church “Pastor’s Pen,” cont. from p. 2 “La Pluma del Padre,” cont. de p. 2 he made for us. It is that sacrifice we commemorate dur- rápidamente - la Pasión de nuestro Señor es un intensos ing Holy Week, and Holy Week which truly allows us to pocos días que tienen tanto significado. Ellos son unos realize what Christ has done for us. May this special time pocos días que son fáciles de perder - días en los que es be a blessing to you, and may you find a greater love for fácil de estar ocupado u ocupado con otras cosas. No Christ in your life as you celebrate these events. permítales mover furtivamente arriba en usted ni huir de usted. Haga la Semana Santa una prioridad para que Domingo de Resurrección pueda ser un regalo mejor espiritual constante. Medios de cuaresma "Saltan" - un Prayer Quotes tiempo de la renovación y el refresco, un tiempo de nueva You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but vida. Pascua celebra esa nueva vida dada a los que creen you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. en Cristo, y en que aprecia sinceramente y abraza el gran -- A. J. Gordon sacrificio que él nos causó. Es eso sacrifica conmemoramos durante la Semana Santa, y la Semana Santa que permite I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three sinceramente nosotros darse cuenta de lo que Cristo ha hours in prayer. -- Martin Luther hecho para nosotros. Puede este tiempo especial es una The story of every great Christian achievement is the bendición a usted, y le puede encuentra un amor más history of answered prayer. -- E. M. Bounds grande para Cristo en su vida como usted celebra estos The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man acontecimientos. or woman in this world is the talent of prayer. --Alexander Whyte Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thou- sand blessings. --Chrysostom Thanks to The Ven. Prayer is the supreme way to be workers together with Archdeacon Charles God. -- Wesley L. Duewel Zellermayer Prayer is the master strategy that God gives for the Special thanks to Archdeacon Chuck defeat and rout of Satan. -- Wesley L. Duewel Zellermayer for his recent visit to Good Prayer is God's ordained way to bring His miracle Shepherd Church. The special collection power to bear in human need. -- Wesley L. Duewel for that day was given to his discretionary fund, which to- Walking with God down the avenue of prayer we ac- talled over $200.00. Thanks to all who gave generously. quire something of His likeness, and unconsciously we become witnesses to others of His beauty and His grace. -- E. M. Bounds The first and last stages of holy living are crowned with praying. -- E.M. Bounds Join us for Monday night Bible Study The Monday night bible study continues every Monday night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - even throughout the Summer. The current study is of The Acts of the Apostles and is scheduled to conclude on April 23. Beginning April 30, we will start a study of the book “Facing Your Giants” by Max Lucado. Participants are asked to purchase this book which is available on line at amazon.com or at any Christian bookstore. There is also an optional study guide. Plan to join us for this exciting study! © 2007 Good Shepherd Church, Sun Prairie, WI April 2007 3 THE SHEPHERD’S CALL: The Newsletter of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Shoe Shed Open Every Saturday is Huge Success! Shoe Shed has been very busy lately.