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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 16292 FM 849 P.O. Box 1766 Lindale, TX 75771 Email info@stlukeslindale.org

www.stlukeslindale.org

Sunday Worship Schedule

9:00 am - Adult Sunday School Teen Moment

Choir Rehearsal

10:00 am - Worship and Holy Eucharist

10:00 am - Youth Sunday School

11:00 am - Refreshments and Fellowship

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THE GOOD NEWS ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Lindale March 2016

Reminders from the Vicar:

Be sure to check the list of events to the right for the remaining Lenten Studies on Wednesday nights and al-so the schedule of special Easter ser-

vices. Each Wednesday night study stands

alone so come when you can. Each of the Easter ser-vices are special.

The Rev. John P. Carr

Lent and

Easter Services

March 2nd, 9th, and 16th

Wednesday nights at 6:00 pm Lenten Study Series and Light Meal

March 20th—Sunday at 10:00 am

Palm Sunday Service

March 23rd—Wednesday at 6:00 pm

Lenten Study Series and Seder Meal

March 24th—Thursday at 6:30 pm

Maundy Thursday Rites

March 25th—Friday at 6:30 pm Good Friday Service

March 26th—Saturday Morning Prayer at 11:30 am

Easter Vigil at 8:00 pm

March 27—EASTER MORNING!!

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DO YOU KNOW ??

FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR

Please be reminded that there is a flower chart on the side table in Parish Hall for anyone who would like to donate altar flowers on any given Sunday in remembrance of an occasion or person or for thanksgiving. The total cost is $25, which is the amount that the flo-

rist charges the Altar Guild. It is a wonderful way to be remembered at the al-tar and to enhance God's table. Put your check in the offering plate with “Flowers” as a memo. There are no flowers on the Altar during Lent though.

Would you like to:

Serve as Chalice Bearer? Become a part of the Altar Guild?

Read the Scriptures? Become an Usher?

Be a Greeter for Visitors? Become an Acolyte? or

Serve in Another Capacity?

Please send an email to info@stlukeslindale.org and Alice will let the appropriate ministry leader know of your interest.

The mission of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is to

GLORIFY and SERVE the Lord:

GROW His Church

MINISTER to the Community

TEACH the Word

FOLLOW the Word

as Christ has taught us.

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A Note from the Vicar: We began our Lenten series of Dinner and a Movie

with a study titled “the Crucified Life” by The Rev.

Charlie Holt which focuses on the seven last words of

Jesus from the cross, and the Series leads us to Good

Friday and Easter. The first word in the Series was For-

giveness and it sets the tone for the whole season of

Jesus had been run though a sham trial, mocked, beaten, and forced to carry the in-strument of His destruction to the top of a hill with the assistance of one other. There his tormentors nailed His hands and feet painfully to the cross and then they hung him there to die. As the two criminals with Jesus were hoisted in place beside Him, the soldiers and others began to mock Him and call on Him to save Himself if He was the Messiah. What it must have been like for the Son of God to submit to the terrors of these hu-mans is hard to imagine. These were the people who He had come to save and they were killing Him. As a final insult, the executioners were splitting up the last remain-ing belongings of Jesus and unwittingly fulfilling the prophecy about the Messiah. In His agony Jesus had not cried out in pain, He had not hurled insults at His tormen-tors or begged for mercy. His first words were, “Forgive them Father for they know not what they do.” What incredible forgiveness! Jesus spoke lovingly to ask His Fa-ther to spare these cruel men who were killing Him. Even in His last moments, Je-sus was still teaching by example to all who heard Him. Forgive them……… Could we do this? Can we do it on a daily basis for all the little slights that we encounter in our daily life? If Jesus could forgive the outrageous things being done to Him in His final hours, what does that say about how we are to respond to the challenges of our life thrown at us either intentionally or carelessly by others? One criminal mocked Jesus, even as they hung on their crosses. The second crimi-

nal called out to him, “Don’t you fear God? We are getting what we deserve, but this

man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come

into your kingdom.” This man had seen and believed. He had seen and heard Jesus

call on His Father to forgive the executioners and magistrates and he was changed

by the example of Jesus. He was saved by the cross. We too are saved by the cross

and the mercy and grace of Jesus. Jesus has shown us the way to live and now all

we have to do is do it.

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March Birthdays: Bill Bloomer (3/5) Jack Tokarz (3/16) Julian Gaston (3/13) March Anniversary: Leigh and Muff Secrest (3/2)

We are studying the Gospel of Luke in the book "Luke for Everyone" by N.T. Wright. Probably more than any other Gospel, Luke is truly for everyone. In fact, the Gospel begins with two long in-troductory sentences which describe the purpose of the author. He says,

"Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the begin-ning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excel-lent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."

Theophilus means, "lover of God," so Luke may have been writing to a real person or addressing it to all those who

will be lovers of God and who may read his account. His intent is clear. He wants us to understand that the life of Jesus is real and he came to save us by showing us the way to live.

Victor Zillmer is leading in the Study.

Join us and bring a friend to

Women’s Bible Study on

Tuesdays at 10:00 AM in the library.

We are studying Bible Women-

All Their Words and Why They Matter by Lindsay Hardin Freeman.

Each week stands alone so come when you can.

If you have questions please see Judy King.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN 2nd Saturday of Each Month

Please come and bring a friend to the ECW Annual Quiet Time on Saturday, March 12th at 10 am in the Library at St. Luke’s Church.

The Rev. John P. Carr will lead us as we look The Lord’s Prayer.

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A grand time was had by all on Shrove Tuesday, February 9th. Thanks to Marge Wan-dall for having everything READY and to Marge and Milton King for their superb cooking skills. And for all who helped serve. It was a FUN, FUN, FUN time had by all. Just some of the pho-tos as evidence.

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Easter comes early this year – March 27th. It’s my thought right now that we will sing “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” on Palm Sunday, the 20th. In Then Sings My Soul, Book 2 written by Robert L. Mor-gan, we find “When I Survey the Wondrow Cross” was written in about 1707 by Isaac Watts. “After Isaac Watts finished his college studies and returned home to South Hampton, he wrote many of his now-immortalized hymns for Above Bar Congregational Church. In 1696, Isaac, twenty-two, left home for London to become a tutor. “All the while, he was feeling a clear tug toward ministry. On his twenty-fourth birthday, July 17, 1698, Isaac preached his first sermon. The following year, he became assistant pastor of London’s Mark Lane Church. “In March of 1700, Isaac received a long letter from his brother, Enoch, urging him to publish the hymns he had written at Southampton. The letter said:

Dear Brother, In your last {letter} you {mentioned} an inclination to oblige the world by showing it your hymns in print, and I heartily wish … that you were something more than inclinable there-unto … I am very confident whoever has the happiness of reading your hymns (unless he be either sot or atheist) will have a very favorable opinion of their author … There is … a great need of a pen, vigorous and lively as yours, to quicken and revive the dying devotion of the age … Yours now is the old truth, stripped of its ragged ornaments, and appears, if we may say so, younger by ages in a new and fashionable dress.

“Isaac, however, hesitated. He had other obligations on his time. On March 3, 1702, he became Mark Lane’s pastor. The next year, 1703, the church chose Samuel Price of Wales to assist Isaac, due to the lat-ter’s fragile health. Under the preaching of these two, the old, dying church revived. The building grew too small for the crowds, and a new house of worship was built down the street. “Finally in 1707, Watts published his hymns, selling the copyright to a Mr. Lawrence, the publisher, for ten pounds. This volume was an instant success. It was enlarged and republished in 1709. “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” appeared in his 1707 book of hymns. Inspired by Galatians 6:14, it was originally titled, “Crucifixion to the World, by the Cross of Christ.” Many consider it the finest hymn in English church history, and Charles Wesley reportedly said he would rather have written it than all his own.”

Galatians 6:14 (NKJV): But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Alice Zillmer, Music Coordinator

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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Service Calendar - March 2016

Ministry Leaders

At the Altar Bob Rogers

Lectors Howard Tagg

Altar Guild Ann Harkins

ECW Sunday Refreshment

Hostesses

Ushers

Howard Pietsch

Greeters Pam Fisher

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Lay Eucharistic Minister:

Bob Rogers Server: Bob Rogers Crucifer: Charles York

Lector: Jackie Gaston Prayers: Alice Zillmer

Altar Guild: Ann Harkins Hosting: List to be emailed

Ushers: Scott Bosworth Howard Pietsch Greeter: Pam Fisher

13 10:00 am Rite II Holy Eucharist

Lay Eucharistic Minister:

Charles York Server: Julian Gaston Crucifer: Bob Rogers

Lector: Judy King Prayers: Michele Bosworth

Altar Guild: Kathy Pietsch Hosting: List to be emailed

Ushers: Richard Evans Charles York Greeter: Pam Fisher

20 10:00 am Rite I Holy Eucharist

Lay Eucharistic Minister:

Howard Tagg Server: Julian Gaston Crucifer: William Tagg

Lector: Howard Tagg Prayers: Jackie Gaston

Altar Guild: Vicki Martin Hosting: List to be emailed

Ushers: Victor Zillmer Howard Pietsch Greeter: Pam Fisher

27 10:00 am Rite II Holy Eucharist

Lay Eucharistic Minister:

Bob Rogers Server: Julian Gaston Crucifer: Elizabeth Tagg and Emma Bosworth

Lector: Elizabeth Tagg Prayers: Michelle Bosworth

Altar Guild: All AG Members Hosting: List to be emailed

Ushers: Scott Bosworth Howard Tagg Greeter: Pam Fisher

Add Pages 7 and 8 to your

refrigerator and you’ll always know

when you are serving and what’s going on at

St. Lukes Church in

March.

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

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10:00 am Holy Eucharist I & Youth Sunday School

11:15 Confirmation Class

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Women’s

Bible Study @ 10:00 Library

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Lenten

Study 6:00 pm

Light meal

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ECW Meeting

@ 10:00 a.m. Library —

QUIET TIME

Led by The Rev.

John P. Carr

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SAVINGS TIME 9:00 am—Adult Sunday School in Library Teen Moment in Office

Choir Practice

10:00 am Holy Eucharist II & Youth Sunday School

11:15 am BC Mtg

11:15 Confirmation Class

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Women’s

Bible Study @ 10:00 Library

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Lenten

Study 6:00 pm

Light meal

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School Board

Mtg 12:30

Library

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20 PALM SUNDAY 9:00 am—Adult Sunday School in Library Teen Moment in Office Choir Practice

10:00 am Holy Eucharist I & Youth Sunday School

11:15 Confirmation Class

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Women’s

Bible Study @ 10:00 Library

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Lenten

Study 6:00 pm

Seder Meal

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Maundy

Thursday Rites

6:30 pm

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Good

Friday Service

6:30 pm

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Morning Prayer

11:30 am

Easter Vigil

8:00 pm

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EASTER DAY 9:00 am—Adult Sunday School in Library Teen Moment in Office

Choir Practice

10:00 am Holy Eucharist II & Youth Sunday School

NO CONFIRMATION CLASS

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Women’s

Bible Study @ 10:00 Library

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March 2016

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

903-882-8118 info@stlukeslindale.org The Rev. John P. Carr, Vicar & Head of Congregation

Email: info@StLukesLindale.org www.stlukeslindale.org