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This Week
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There will be no "Great Wednesday" dinner and classes this week but we will have Wednesday Noon Bible Study and the 6 PM Healing Eucharist. "Great Wednesday" dinner and classes will resume next week.
 This year, Hal Gordon will once again lead the Stations of the Cross every Friday at noon from March 8 through April 12 in the Nave of Palmer. The Stations of the Cross is an ancient devotion by which believers may symbolically walk with Christ on the road to Calvary. Come join us. It will enrich your Lent and make your Easter all the more joyful.
DAUGHTERS OF THE KING (DOK) MEETING
 All Palmer Women Invited! Our March meeting is this Saturday from 9-10:30 AM in the Family Room. Sue Howard will lead our study of Part One of the book "Called" by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton. We will discuss what it means for each of us - lay or ordained alike - to pursue The Divine Call. This is a wonderful Palmer source for fellowship with other women, and we welcome any Palmer woman to attend!
FAITH FORUM THIS WEEK:
Observing a Holy Lent: What's Grace Got To Do With It? This Sunday Morning at 10 AM in St. Bede's Chapel
Lent, more than any other liturgical season, is
vulnerable to extremes. Some of us delight in the flagellation of the season with our ascetic disciplines, while others, in rebellion against the strictures of penance, flaunt Lent as if it were one long Mardi Gras. Funnily enough, both extremes belie a yearning for forgiveness and a fear to see ourselves as we really are. This Lenten series seeks to explore what Lent might be for us if God's enduring forgiveness were the seedbed, the launch point, for gracious self-examination. Join us as guest conveners and Palmer clergy introduce us to a Lent characterized by grace in pursuit of holiness. This week we welcome The Rev. Canon Joann Saylors and Nick Puccio.
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Upcoming Palmer Events
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Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved
by Kate Bowler
 "What does it mean to die in a society that insists everything happens for a reason?" This is the question that motivates Kate Bowler's writing as stage IV colon cancer interrupts her life, just as it is taking off. A professor of American Christianity at Duke Divinity School, Bowler weaves her research interest in the prosperity gospel into the experience of diagnosis, treatment, and the loss of certainty that comes to enrich her faith. Riddled with wit and honesty, Everything Happens for a Reason invites us to consider our own mortality and the God who companions us through it. Join us for this lively discussion every Wednesday night beginning March 20 in Lent at 7PM in A202. You can read her NY Times op-ed on the experience by clicking here or click here to listen to a podcast with The Rev'd David Wantland who will be leading the discussion group.
SAFEGUARDING GOD'S PEOPLE CLASS
 The next Safeguarding God's People class is March 23 at 9 AM. Are you a ministry leader at Palmer? Are you a Eucharistic visitor or Stephen Minister? If so, or if requested by your ministry leader or clergy, you need to take a Safeguarding class! There is a new online recertification option for those who are currently certified and up for renewal. Please contact safeguarding@palmerchurch.org to start your certification or learn more about the recertification process.
PALMERS ASSISTING RE-ENTRY (PAR)
An informational meeting about Palmer's newest social justice initiative, Palmers Assisting Re-entry, will be held on Wednesday, March 20 at 5:30 pm in room A201. PAR will support persons exiting prison as they seek to successfully re-enter society. Learn more about Palmer's newest social justice initiative and how you can get involved. Questions? Contact Cathy Troisi,
ctroisi@gmail.com
, 713-854-5980.
BRAZOS BOOKSTORE PRESENTS:
Patton Oswalt -
Michelle McNamara's
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
 Brazos Bookstore presents Patton Oswalt, reading from and discussing his late wife Michelle McNamara's true crime
thriller,
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
. He will be in conversation with Michael Hagerty.
This event will take place on Tuesday, March 26 at Palmer. This is a ticketed event. Doors open at 7pm. the event starts at 7:30pm. Click here to learn more or purchase tickets.
LIVING COMPASS LENTEN MINI-RETREAT
 Come join us in the midway through Lent on Saturday, March 30 from 9 AM - 1 PM in St. Bede's Chapel. Lunch is included. It will be led by John Wallace and the Rev. Liz Parker.
We will use the Living Well Through Lent 2019 booklet (freely available at Palmer; online as a pdf) and the theme is Forgiveness. Please RSVP to John,
jbwtex31@gmail.com
, if you are attending or may attend.
SAVE THE DATE: SERVE SUNDAY IS MAY 5
 Mark your calendars for our next Serve Sunday, May 5. There will be opportunities for every Palmer to participate and our goal is 100% participation! If you would like to get more involved with planning or preparations, please contact Kelly Williams,
kellymrush@yahoo.com.
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