The First Sunday in Lent
February 21, 2021

9:15am Joyful Noise with Communion@Home via zoom
with coffee hour to follow


10:30am The Great Litany & Eucharist via zoom/livestream
with coffee hour to follow

(No public worship at Church during Covid-19 pandemic)
This Sunday, February 21, 2021
The First Sunday in Lent

9:15am Joyful Noise Service via zoom
 - story, music, prayer with coffee hour to follow
We offer this service of songs, a story and prayer for our littlest members and their families. This short 15 minute service will be followed by a coffee hour time. Join the zoom gathering by using this link: Joyful Noise  password: 2020.

10:30am The Great Litany & Eucharist via zoom/livestreamed
with coffee hour to follow
To join us via zoom: Sunday 10:30 Eucharist Zoom password: 3900
*** By using this link, you agree that we may record and stream your audio and video (if you activate them) ***
OR you can participate via livestream. In this medium, there is a 25 second delay, and it will also be available later on-demand.
Go to the parish website http://www.transfig-sm.org at 10:30am
Coffee hour (via zoom) follows the service.

To download or print the bulletin for Eucharist click here: 

Contribution and Virtual Offering Plate
We are thankful to parishioners who pledge and are mailing their checks directly to the Transfiguration office, or have set up auto payment from your bank. It is very helpful that we continue income at this time as we seek to create connections to each other and maintain parish life. If you are not a pledger at Transfig, please do use our ‘virtual offering plate’ on the front page of our website to make a contribution to our work as you are able.

Happy Birthday
Kate Ridgway on Monday, Ella Longnecker on Friday.
Wednesday Lenten Series
Life Transformed:
The Way of Love in Lent

Dear Friends in Christ,
As we move into Lent, we are offering a new Lenten Series that uses The Way of Love as a Lenten framework. We will take a journey through Lent to Easter and reflect on God’s loving actions. Like the Easter Vigil, we will walk through our salvation history as reflected in Holy Scripture.
 
The series starts on February 24th at 7pm and should last for an hour. The following is a brief outline of the series.

Feb. 24 - TURN: Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ (Romans 6:3-11)
Mar 3 - PRAY: Israel’s Deliverance at the Red Sea (Exodus 14:10-15:1)
Mar 10 - LEARN: Learn Wisdom and Live (Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6)
Mar 17- BLESS: A New Heart and a New Spirit (Ezekiel 36:24-28)
Mar 24 -REST: The Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
Mar 31 -WORSHIP: The Gathering of God’s People (Zephaniah 3:12-20)

During each session we will have a brief check-in, show a short video and read the recommended text, sit in quiet meditation and reflect on what we saw, heard and read, and end with a discussion.

Join us on Wednesday evenings:
Transfiguration zoom, password 3900
 
 
I hope you will be able to join us and participate in this rich, Lenten series.
 
Blessings,
Bob+
Readers! Join us in reading and discussing 
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
When: Saturday, March 20 
Time: 3:00-4:30pm

From the back of the book: In Morrison’s bestselling first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.

Here is the link to purchase the book at a local, independent bookstore in San Mateo: https://shop.reachandteach.com/book/9780307278449

We had so many great recommendations! Thanks to all who recommended books. The next book we will read will be Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging; Edited by Jennifer Rudolph Walsh and will discuss it after the Easter holiday.
Rector Search Survey
The first part of our search process includes writing a parish profile, and in order to do that well, we need to get a sense of what the congregation believes are our current strengths and what vision we have for the future. We are very committed to listening to everyone who wants to share ideas and have been working hard to figure out the best way to do that despite pandemic restrictions.

Thanks to all who have already completed the survey!
If you have not yet had a chance to do so, please help us by going to this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/transfigrectorsearch

This is the first step in our listening process. This Sunday will be another opportunity for small group and individual conversations during coffee hour. Your thoughts matter to us!
Faith Formation
Faith Lab (Youth Group)
Sundays
4:30 pm in the Faith Formation zoom room
Our Faith Lab youth gather on Sundays at 4:30pm in the Faith Formation zoom room. Questions or for password, email michele@transfig-sm.org

C.O.W. (Community of Wonder)
Mondays
4 pm in the Faith Formation Zoom Room
C.O.W.(Community of Wonder) gathers on Mondays at 4pm in the Faith Formation zoom room. Questions or for password, email michele@transfig-sm.org
This Week in Parish Life 
Sunday, February 21
The First Sunday in Lent
9:15am - Joyful Noise Service - via zoom: story, music, prayer with coffee hour to follow
Joyful Noise zoom password: 2020
10:30am - Zoom/Livestream Liturgy: Great Litany & Eucharist -with Zoom coffee hour to follow
10:30 Liturgy zoom password: 3900
Simultaneous Livestream:  http://www.transfig-sm.org
To download or print the bulletin for Eucharist click here: 

4:30pm - Faith Lab (Youth Group), Faith Formation zoom
For link email: michele@transfig-sm.org

Monday, February 22
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)
4:00pm - C.O.W. (Community of Wonder), Faith Formation zoom
For link email: michele@transfig-sm.org

Tuesday, February 23
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)
10:30am - Staff Meeting via zoom

Wednesday, February 24
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)
9am - Morning Prayer
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)
10:30am - Gospel Preview
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)
7:00pm - Lenten Series: Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent via zoom
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)

Thursday, February 25
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)
1:30pm - Staff Planning Meeting via zoom
4:00pm - Parish Care Committee (PCC) via zoom

Friday, February 26
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)

Saturday, February 27

Sunday, February 28
The Second Sunday in Lent
9:15am - Joyful Noise Service - via zoom: story, music, prayer with coffee hour to follow
Joyful Noise zoom password: 2020
10:30am - Zoom/Livestream Musical Eucharist -with Zoom coffee hour to follow
10:30 Liturgy zoom password: 3900
Simultaneous Livestream:  http://www.transfig-sm.org

4:30pm - Faith Lab (Youth Group), Faith Formation zoom
For link email: michele@transfig-sm.org

Clergy Support during the pandemic
If you wish to speak to any of our clergy please note their phone numbers and email below and reach out to them or call the church office for assistance. We are not able to meet in person as per Diocesan instructions unless it is a matter of life or death, but we ARE delighted to talk to you about any pastoral concerns. If a pastoral situation occurs that is a matter of life or death please reach out to one of our clergy as noted below.  

Staff
Interim Rector: The Rev. Bob Kossler
415 309-9118 - bob@transfig-sm.org
Director of Music: Matthew Burt
650 283-7512 - matthewb@transfig-sm.org
Director of Family Ministry: Michele Maia
510 816-4324 - michele@transfig-sm.org
Operations Manager: Noreen Huey
650 341-8206 - office@transfig-sm.org
Deacon: The Rev. Hailey McKeefry-Delmas 
650 201-6139 - hailey@cyberdeacon.com
Parish Office 650 341-8206
Transfiguration Episcopal Church
3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, CA 94403