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eNews NEWS FOR OUR PARISH COMMUNITY April 11, 2019

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Inside this Issue (Download pdf here) Upcoming Events

Consecration of 4th WTN Bishop

Take Note

Directories are in!

MTAM Help Needed

Easter Week Hours

Children & Youth

Episcopal Youth Community

Choirs

Holy Week and Easter

Observing Holy Week & Easter

Holy Week & Easter Services

Palm Cross Making Event

Make & Take Holy Week Boxes

Easter Flower Deadline

Overnight Prayer Vigil Sign-up

Egg Filling Fun

Easter Crafts & Egg Hunts

This Sunday's Schedule

Holy Week and Easter

Observing Holy Week and Easter What will we do at Grace-St. Luke’s?

There are five primary liturgies of Holy Week-Easter.

Each is portrayed with different emphases and perspectives in all four Gospels: Palm/Passion Sunday; The Triduum (Maundy Thursday/Good Friday/Easter Vigil), and Easter Day. In each one, we are invited to journey alongside Jesus prayerfully as we participate liturgically in the final days of his life – the days leading up to the great Paschal Mystery celebrated in the death and resurrection of Jesus. Additionally, we will offer other ways to participate: Noon Eucharist on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday; A Community Service of Forgiveness and Healing on Wednesday night; and an all-ages appropriate Stations of the Cross immediately after the Good Friday Noon Liturgy. Follow this link for more: www.gracestlukes.org/news/observing-holy-weekand-easter-at-grace-st-lukes/

Palm Sunday (Apr. 14) Blessing of The Palms and Procession 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

Palm Cross Making with GSL Heart and Hands Fellowship This year on Palm Sunday, join the ladies of the GSL Heart and Hands Fellowship for a time of learning about the tradition of Palm Cross Making. The Parish Hall will be set up with work stations, supplies, and instructors to lead us through this ancient practice. GSL parishioner Charles Chandler will also host an exhibit of intricate Palm Crosses he has created. Folks of all ages, experience, and craft skills are welcome!

Join us in Trezevant Hall for breakfast at 8:45 a.m. followed by the Parish Hall Forum from 9:3010:20.

To listen to past Parish Hall Forum classes, visit www.gracestlukes.org/forum-videos.

To view this Sunday's full schedule: see below.

Palm Sunday Children’s Make & Take Holy Week Boxes (Apr. 14) Our Palm Sunday children’s tradition continues this year with a special Make & Take craft to enrich your family’s observance of Holy Week.

Before the 10:30 service, we hope you’ll stop by the Children’s Table in Trezevant Hall and put together a Holy Week Box with your child, or make one for a cherished grandchild, niece, nephew, or neighbor. (If you have a box from three years back, feel free to make another for a friend or replace missing parts if needed.) Once assembled, the Holy Week Box will contain all the objects a child needs to recreate and ponder the events leading up to Jesus’ death and the celebration of his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Nursery and Catechesis Parents: Your children are encouraged to attend the Parish Hall Forum with you to make Palm Crosses and Holy Week Boxes. Nursery children should be picked up by parents and returned when finished. Atrium children should start out with parents in PHF, and then taken downstairs to the Catechists and signed into the Atrium.

Easter Flower Deadline (Apr. 12) If you would like to make a donation in honor of or in memory of a loved one for Easter flowers, you may send a check to the church office (ATTN: LUCY) listing the names of those you would like remembered. These names will be listed in the Easter leaflets if received before April 12. For your convenience, you may also pay online at www.gracestlukes.org/onlinegiving/. Select the "Make a donation for altar flowers" link under "Memorials and Honoraria."

Egg Filling Fun For Everybunny! (Apr. 13) Easter Day will be here soon, and if you have an Easter Egg hunter in your life, we’d love to have your help filling the eggs for this year’s festivities! Parents and children should report to Trezevant Hall on Saturday, April 13, from 9 to 11 a.m. for fun and fellowship as we join together to prepare the eggs for our annual Easter Day egg hunts. We’ll have all the eggs and goodies to keep your paws busy, all we need is YOU! Hope to see you there!

Sign Up TODAY for Overnight Prayer Vigil (Apr. 18-19) On Maundy Thursday, sign up in advance to “watch and pray” for at least one hour. The Reserved Sacrament will be encircled by greenery to signify a garden; meditation books will be available; a special door code will be provided to watchers to access the chapel through the parish house entrance. A priest will end the vigil at 7:30 a.m. on Good Friday by officiating a 15-minute prayer service to which all are invited. Vigil sign-up: www.tinyurl.com/OvernightVigil2019

Children’s Easter Day Celebration Craft Fun beginning at 8:45 a.m.

Egg Hunts for Toddlers – 5th graders beginning promptly at 9:30 a.m.

Schedule of Holy Week & Easter Services The Nursery is available for all services except the 5:30 service on Palm Sunday and the noon Eucharists.

Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, Apr. 14

Blessing of The Palms and Procession 8 a.m. (begins in the nave at the baptismal font) 10:30 a.m. (begins in front of the church) 5:30 p.m. (begins in the chancel) Holy Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, Apr. 15-17, Noon Holy Communion in the Chapel, 30-minute service without music Holy Wednesday, Apr. 17, 6 p.m.

A Community Service of Forgiveness and Healing, 6 p.m., 45-minute liturgy amid an array of candles, will hold sacred space and time for worshippers to receive prayers for healing and the option of anointing with holy oil, meditative music, Holy Communion, and to reflect on God as forgiveness and hope.

Maundy Thursday, Apr. 18, 7 p.m.

Maundy Thursday Service with optional Foot-washing, and the Stripping, Washing, and Anointing of the Altar, 7 to 8:30 p.m. followed by an Overnight Prayer Vigil in the Chapel. Sign up in advance or after the liturgy to “watch and pray” for at least one hour. The Reserved Sacrament will be encircled by greenery to signify a garden; meditation books will be available; a host will be at the door to assist watchers arriving and leaving; a priest will end the vigil at 7:30 a.m. with by prayers for Good Friday. Vigil details above.

Good Friday, Apr. 19, Noon

Service of Music & Meditations, Noon. One-hour service includes a reading of the Passion, hymns, music for choir and organ, meditations by the Reverends Katherine M. Bush, Meredith Jane Day, Amy M. George, and Ollie V. Rencher, Communion from the Reserved Sacrament, and the Solemn Collects before a clergy-led Stations of the Cross at 1:00 p.m. beginning at the Chancel Steps.

Holy Saturday, Apr. 20, 7 p.m.

The Great Vigil of Easter with Holy Baptism Easter Day, Apr. 21 Holy Eucharist, 8 & 10:30 a.m. (No 5:30 p.m. service)

Take Note

The Directories Are In & Available for Pick-up Sunday If you had your pictures made for the directory, stop by the table in Trezevant and pick yours up this Sunday morning between services and during Coffee Hour. If you did not receive your free 8x10 yet, those will also be available. Directories for those who did not have a picture made will be available at a later date for a small fee. Also, all are welcome to pick up an updated "Guidebook." If you miss us this Sunday, stop by the church office Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Easter Week Office Hours Please note: There will be no 5:30 Eucharist on Easter Day. The church office will be closed Monday, April 22 - Wednesday, April 24. There will be no Wednesday noon Eucharist on the 24th.

More Than A Meal Help Needed HELP WANTED: Dishwasher for More Than a Meal. Hours, Sundays 3:30 to 5 p.m., for next 5 weeks while PHD (Professional Hobart Dishwasher) Earl recovers from broken foot. See Betty in kitchen for OJT. Payment: Gratitude and love.

Upcoming Events

The Consecration of the Fourth Bishop of West Tennessee (May 4) God willing and the People consenting, the Reverend Phoebe Alison Roaf will be ordained and consecrated a Bishop in the One, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church and Fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee Saturday, May 4, at 11 a.m. at Hope Church, 8500 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis. Chief Consecrator: The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church. The Bishop and Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee request your prayers and presence. A reception will follow..

Children & Youth

Sunday Morning Classes To view this Sunday's class schedule, see below.

Episcopal Youth Community EYC, Apr. 14: Special Friends Easter, 5 p.m.

Biscuits and Bible: Middle Schoolers are invited to join us in the Red Room Wednesday mornings at 6:45 a.m. for Bible study, prayer, and Chick-fil-A breakfast! For more information, email Addison Combs (acombs@gracestlukes.org).

Children's Choirs GSL’s two youth choirs, St. Cecilia Choir and Canterbury Choir, rehearse on Wednesdays. Rehearsal times are 4:30–5 p.m. for St. Cecilia Choir (for boys and girls in SK–2nd grade) and 5–6 p.m. for Canterbury Choir (for boys and girls in grades 3–6). Both choirs meet in the choir room at GSL and are under the direction of Music Associate Debbie Smith. For more information, contact Debbie at 901-299-9313 or email her at dsmith@gracestlukes.org.

This Sunday at GSL

Join us for worship, formation, and fellowship April 14.

8 a.m. – Holy Eucharist 8:45 a.m. – Delicious home-cooked breakfast.

9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for adults (details above) 9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for children" (see above for changes to this week's schedule) Nursery

Infant Room (Newborn–Walking) Toddler Room (Walking–Potty Training) Little Lambs Room (Potty Training–Atrium Ready) Location: Church Nursery with the Nursery Staff Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Atrium I 3–6 year olds: Pre–K, JK and SK Location: Atrium I (Green Room) Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Atrium II 6–9 year olds: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade Location: Atrium II (Purple Room)

Project Purpose 4th–5th Grade Location: Yellow Room 9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for youth Rite 13 6th–8th Grade Location: Red Room J2A 9th–12th Grade Location: Red Room 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Following the 10:30 service – Coffee Hour Nursery – The nursery is available from 7:30 a.m. through the end of the 10:30 service 5:30 p.m. – Holy Eucharist Episcopal Youth Community (details above).

More about Christian Formation at GSL

Children: www.gracestlukes.org/sunday-school

Youth: www.gracestlukes.org/youth-formation

Adults: www.gracestlukes.org/sunday-morning/

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