PALM SUNDAY & EASTER FLOWERS

+ Experience the whole of Holy Week – Showing up on Palm Sunday and then again on Easter doesn’t really allow the full experience of the main story of our faith. Without remembering and reenacting the beautiful pathos of Jesus tenderly washing his disciples’ feet and sitting through the Last Supper with his friends (Maundy Thursday), without the wrenching drama of the crucifixion (Good Friday), can you fully experience the glory of resurrection on Easter morning? Your ALLELUIAs will be all the fuller for your full participation in the events of Holy Week.

+ Lenten Food Drive and Sack Pack Collection - There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread (Gandhi). As we give thanks for our daily bread and plenty, let us remember those whose primary hunger, for physical nurture, obliviates every other desire. Give generously to our non-perishable food collection this Lent and perhaps join us (or at least contribute financially) when we prepare bags of non-perishable items for kids from Fairyland School experiencing food scarcity at home to take home over the weekend. Watch your weekly emails for more information.

Next time you’re in church, turn to the catechism at the back of the Book of Common Prayer. Find the mission of the church. You’ll see: “The mission of the church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.” If you find yourself bemoaning the current level of polarity and disunity in the world, wouldn’t this Lent be a great opportunity to do your part to reconcile things – yourself to God, yourself to another? The catechism continues, “The Church pursues its mission as it prays and worships, proclaims the Gospel, and promotes justice, peace and love.” Let this season of Lent be a season of reconciliation in your life and in the life of our church. Consider the feast of soul-feeding opportunities set before you and dig in! The new life of Easter awaits us all on the other side. Come, partake; let’s celebrate the possible with God!

Nicole Seiferth, Parish Administrator

As we do each year, the Flower Guild will have a general memorial fund for donations to remember and honor special people and groups with flowers on Easter Sunday. We will also have a few memorials available that will be in place for Palm Sunday and Easter both. You may email or call Nicole in the church office (nicole@gslookout.com or 423-821-1583) to make a gift or with any questions. Envelopes for Easter flower offerings can also be found in the pews throughout Lent.