Heavenly Holy Week, Beloveds!
There's not much to say during the Triduum that the liturgies we enact together don't do so much more eloquently. So let us continue to enter the mystery on this Good Friday and on through Resurrection Sunday!
Come My Light
Come, my Light,
and illumine my darkness.
Come, my Life,
and revive me from death.
Come, my Physician,
and heal my wounds.
Come, Flame of divine love,
and burn up the thorns of my sins,
kindling my heart
with the flame of thy love.
- Dimitrii of Rostov
Deep love and joy,
Mo. Nikki+
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PEEPS Bible Story Diorama Contest - DUE TODAY!
Have you been wondering what happens to all those colorful marshmallow PEEPS you see in the stores these days? Does anyone really eat them? Could they have some greater purpose? Well now they do. You can enter our Bible Story PEEPS contest and wake up your creative genius from its pandemic slumber.
Contest Rules:
- Start with a cardboard box no larger than 2' x 2' x 3'.
- Use paint, markers, paper, cloth or other disposable props to create a scene from the Bible using Peeps.
- Make your characters (peeple and animals) out of Peeps and dress them to fit the Bible story you have chosen to represent. Melt, mold or glue the Peeps and other props in place as necessary.
- Submit a card with your entry with the name(s) of the artists and the title. Extra credit will be given for using "Peep" in your title. (All clean puns accepted.)
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Entries are due in the Parish Hall by Friday April 15 before the office closes (4:30PM).
- The winner in each category (Individual, Family and Group) will be announced Easter Sunday Morning and will receive a chocolate bunny chocolate and have a donation made to the Athens Food Bank in their honor. Get to work, PEEPLE! Show off your Bible knowledge! Be creative, artistic and competitive! And have fun!
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If you have flowers and/or flowering trees in your yard/garden right now and are willing to share, the Flower Guild would love to have them for the Easter altar on Easter morning! Please leave them by the sacristy door (back of sanctuary) by 10AM on Saturday, April 16. Thank you!
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We will be having a coffee hour reception on Easter morning after our (1) service at 10AM! However, coffee hour folks need your help in providing the food. If you attend and are able, please bring a finger food to share! The church will provide a cake, coffee, water, & lemonade. There will be a sign-up sheet in the narthex for people who are willing to help clean up afterwards!
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Children's Ministry: Four Easter Announcements
- We will have "The Flowering of the Cross" just outside the entrance to the church building. Children are encouraged to attach a flower to the cross as your family enters for worship. Flowers will be provided, but you are welcome/encouraged to bring a flower from your yard to add to the variety.
- Children are invited to take part in the worship service by carrying bread to the front as part of the offerings of the people.
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Following the service there will be an Easter Egg Hunt for all children under 6th Grade. Preschoolers will hunt in the playground area; Elementary students will hunt along the Memorial Garden behind the Christian Education Building. Bring an Easter Basket to collect eggs with. Kids will "hunt" empty plastic eggs. When the hunt is over, they will bring them to the courtyard and exchange them for a prepared bag of candy and other goodies from the Children's Ministry.
- There will be no Children's Sunday School, as well as no Children's Church this Sunday. We want the whole church family to be gathered in the nave as together we celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord.
See you Sunday!!
Mr. Doug
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Welcome to
Adult Spiritual Formation
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Adult Spiritual Formation group is still on a break this Sunday! We will resume on April 24 with our exploration of the Gospel of Luke in the 4th Chapter. All are welcome in the Parish Hall from 9:15 to 10:15. Bibles are available but feel free to bring your own favorite.
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Wanted: Bread Bakers !
You may have noticed we no longer are using Styrofoam wafers during Communion. Lane Norton and Brad Hankins have been baking bread for us to use as Communion bread. If you enjoy baking and have 2 hours a month you would like to smell fresh baked bread, consider joining Lane and Brad as we eliminate Styrofoam from our environment. Each baker would supply bread one Sunday per month. If you are interested, contact Brad via email or 706 255-2313.
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Now that we are back to worshiping in person (yay!), Saint Gregory's is in need of volunteers to serve as ushers during our 10:30AM service. Additionally, we need a kind soul to serve as a coordinator for the ushers. If you would like to volunteer, and/or coordinate, please contact Anna Hiers, vestry liaison to the Worship Committee, via email or @ 706-340-9799. Training will be provided.
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Coffee Hour!
Join us in the Christian Education building on Sundays after both the 8AM and 10:30AM services as our weekly coffee hour resumes! Grab a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, and a light snack. Come get to know some of the St. Gregory community! If you are able to host or bring a baked item for a future coffee hour, contact Melissa or Catrina to sign up. A sign up sheet will also be posted at the event.
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Athens Area Emergency
Food Bank
Athens Area Emergency Food Bank is in specific need of boxes of macaroni and cheese! Please help us fill the little red wagon!
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easter this year
dioramas
a new fun thing
alleluias
in church to sing
a flowered cross
a sermon spoke
good news to share
with easter joke
an anthem sung
with all to hear
god’s love for us
has conquered fear
a hunt for eggs
for candy sweets
baskets full with
chocolate treats
alice mohor
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The Flower Guild invites you to help us adorn the nave in celebration of the resurrection of Christ. We would welcome more hands for the Easter Workday Saturday, April 16 10:00-1:00. Whether you are adept at floral arranging or are willing to "tote and fetch", you will be welcomed with open arms!
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GOOD FRIDAY, April 15
12pm Good Friday Liturgy
7pm Good Friday Liturgy (& live-streamed)
THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER, April 16
8:30pm Festival Eucharist & Choir
(also live-streamed)
starts outside with the lighting of the Paschal Candle
Please bring noisemakers, pots, pans, cowbells, airhorns, drums for the
Great Noise to ring in Easter!
EASTER DAY, April 17
10am Festival Eucharist & Choir (also live-streamed)
followed by an Easter Reception
*(please bring a finger food if you’re able!)*
& Easter Egg Hunt for children
**(please note only 1 service on Easter morning)
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Instructions for Live Streaming
- Just go to the St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church
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Near the time for service, underneath our channel logo, you will see our video for that day, with the word ‘live’ on it. The page will look like this:
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If you don’t immediately see the video that says ‘live’, (for instance, if you opened YouTube before the service begins) keep refreshing it. To ‘refresh’ go up to the top of your screen and on the left or right of the web address you will see this image (little curvy arrow to the right -->). Click on it to ‘refresh.’
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When you see the video square that says ‘live’, click on it.
Welcome to worship!
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Meeting Opportunities
Parish community offerings via Zoom or in person:
*Spring Hatha Yoga Class (Jan 10 – May 30, 2022) in person Mondays, 6:00-7:00 PM, Parish Hall or Zoom Passcode: 509230
The class is free, donations to the church are welcome
*Please bring a yoga mat*
Stacie Court hosts "Let's Chat!" for women of the parish. The days and time vary, and not everyone can join every time, but everyone is welcome to join whenever they can! Email Stacie!
Book Club first Friday of the month @ 7PM ongoing for the foreseeable future. Email Lois Alworth if you are interested in participating.
Lectionary Discussion Group via Zoom, every Thursday at 6:00pm. Email Ken Taylor if you are interested in participating.
*Threads of Prayer is back in person, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month @1PM! We'll meet outside if the weather is good and inside the Christian Ed building if the weather is bad. Email Annette Bates if you are interested in participating. All knitters and crocheters welcome!
* group(s) now meeting in person
Other groups have been meeting via Zoom as well, so if you've got a group already meeting in Zoom rooms, and want to widen your circle, let Kendall know so we can get the word out there!
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See what's happening on our social sites:
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