Please join us tonight for our first Lenten Soup, Supper & Study evening as we delve deeper into the scriptures of Holy Week. We are using the book and DVD, "Entering into the Passion of Jesus" by Jewish Scholar Amy-Jill Levine, to guide our learning and discussion. Our pot luck soup and salad dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by our program. We will end around 8:15 p.m. with Compline. This program runs for five consecutive Thursdays in Lent beginning tonight (March 5) and wrapping up on Thursday April 2. Please attend the sessions that you are able to attend and sign up in the Great Hall to bring soup, salad or bread for the dinners.   Consider joining us for compelling conversation and deeper learning about these scriptures that shape who we are as Christians and the people of God.

Please consider giving a donation to our flower fund as we prepare to decorate our altar for Easter. The sign-up sheet and envelopes are in the back of the church and you can give us the name(s) of those whom you would like remembered. We will print the list in our Easter bulletins.

Services for our dear friend and parishioner, Judy Thornton , will take place at Davenport Funeral home, located at 419 Terra Cotta Ave in Crystal Lake .   Visitation will be held on Friday March 20 from 4:00-8:00 p.m.  and Saturday March 21 from 9:00-11:00 a.m., with a service beginning at 11:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to a lunch following the service at the Crystal Lake Country Club. Judy Thornton was a member at St. Mary's for almost 50 years. She was very active and generous to this community with her, time and resources. She was a friend to many and very much a part of the fabric of this church and will be greatly missed. Please continue to pray for her husband Ted, daughter Katie, and son Buzz.  You can read the full obituary here.