Greetings!
Mark your calendars now for Tuesday, February 25th, at the Buehlers’ home for our annual pancake supper before the beginning of Lent.
Want to know a bit about Shrove Tuesday (or Fat Tuesday, as some call it)? Beth has provided a bit of history for us.:
Shrove Tuesday, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, is the vigil for the start of Lent. It is a day of repentance and is the last day for celebration prior to Lent. Shrove Tuesday originated in the Middle Ages and became a day of feasting to use up perishables such as meat, eggs and milk that traditionally would not be eaten during Lent fasting. In English tradition, Shrove Tuesday is known as Pancake Day! So come feast with us on Shrove Tuesday, February 25th at the Buehler’s home. Continuous flipping of pancakes from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Stop in for a few minutes or the whole evening and please bring friends!—
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Join us at St. Augustine’s on Wednesday, February 26th, for the Ash Wednesday service and the beginning of the six weeks of Lent.
The service will begin at 7:00pm at the Ellsworth Chapel at Central College.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, since early days Christians have observed with great devotion the time of our Lord’s passion and resurrection and prepared for this by a season of penitence and fasting.
By carefully keeping these days, Christians take to heart the call to repentance and the assurance of forgiveness proclaimed in the gospel, and so grow in faith and in devotion to our Lord.
I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy word.
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Lent: Prayer, Fasting, Mercy
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There are three things by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at the door, fasting obtains, mercy receives. Fasting is the soul of prayer, mercy is the lifeblood of fasting. Let no one try to separate them; they cannot be separated. If you have only one of them or not all together, you have nothing. So if you pray, fast; if you fast, show mercy; if you want your petition to be heard, hear the petition of others. If you do not close your ear to others you open God’s ear to yourself.
When you fast, see the fasting of others. If you want God to know that you are hungry, know that another is hungry. If you hope for mercy, show mercy. If you look for kindness, show kindness. If you want to receive, give. If you ask for yourself what you deny to others, your asking is a mockery.
—Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 43
For those who are able, Ash Wednesday is a fast day in the church.
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From Shrove Tuesday to Easter
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We are approaching a blessed and penitential period in the life of the church. To access the dates from Shrove Tuesday to Holy Week to Easter,
click on
EVENTS
here or in the toolbar on the website.
You can also find the next five upcoming dates at the end of this email.
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The Shroud of Turin: Jesus' Burial Shroud?
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The Shroud of Turin is believed by many to be the burial shroud of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In 1988, carbon dating of samples from the Shroud concluded that it dated to 1260-1390 A.D. and could therefore not be Christ’s authentic burial shroud.
But Joe Marino, an internationally-known researcher who has studied the Shroud for more than 40 years, and his late wife, Sue, made a discovery that casts doubts on the validity of samples used to carbon date the Shroud.
On March 11 at 700pm, in Ellsworth Chapel at Central College Presbyterian Church, Joe will share the history of the Shroud of Turin and why he believes that the image on this cloth is that of our Lord Jesus Christ.
St. Augustine’s is sponsoring this presentation,
which is free. Invite friends and family. It's a great form of Lenten meditation!
Admission is free.
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What's Fellowship without Something Sweet???
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Sharon Madama is asking for volunteers to sign up to provide snacks for fellowship hour. This is a job that has fallen on just a few and we all need to step up and help out because the few are getting worn out.
Sharon asks that you text her (see the church roster in last week's church newsletter for the numbers) to sign up. She will also have a sign up sheet available next Sunday. On behalf of Sharon, thank you in advance for your generous cooperation and on behalf of the parish, I want to publicly thank Sharon for shouldering this work (along with the Quayle women and St. Ann honey, among others). God bless you. Fr. Kevin
Church snacks don't have to be baked goods. Carrots and dip, sliced apples and peanut butter, salsa and chips - all will work to support our fellowship after church.
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SERMONS FOR THE BODY AND SOUL
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Go to the
iTunes store - or wherever you get podcasts - and subscribe to our podcast,
Changed by God to Make a Difference for God.
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DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE A CHANNEL?
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St. Auggie's is on YouTube
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Yes, we have a channel of our very own. You can
click here to go to the channel,
where you will find music from our own St. Augustine's folks.
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Events
Shrove Tuesday
February 25 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Ash Wednesday
February 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm EST
Stations of the Cross
March 6 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST
Shroud of Turin
March 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Stations of the Cross
March 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
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BIRTHDAY
Feb. 19
Dot W.
Doug H.
Feb. 23
Sharon M.
ANNIVERSARY
Feb. 11
Benjamin and Wendy W.
If we do not have your birthday/anniversary listed, please let Kathy Darling or Fr. Kevin know!
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