ALL ANGELS BY THE SEA

WEEKLY TIDINGS

April 6, 2023

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES

Good Friday

April 7, 2023

12:00 noon

 

Easter Sunday

April 9, 2023

8:00 am and 10:00 am

To live-stream - go to AllAngelsLBK.org, click on the "All Angels Enter Here" picture and you will be routed to our YouTube channel.

Zoom - go to https://zoom.us/j/5955701807 and watch and listen live. Be sure to stick around after the service for our coffee hour chat-with-your-neighbor time.


The bulletin can be found on the All Angels Website: 

AllAngelsLBK.org or at the following link: 

Bulletin for Easter Sunday, April 9

Scripture Readings for April 9, 2023


Jeremiah 31:1-6

Psalm 118:19-24

Acts 10:34-43

John 20:1-18


Click Here for the Readings

Easter Flower Dedications

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A Prayer for Peace Among the Nations (BCP 816)


Let us pray in this time of conflict for the countries of Russia and the Ukraine,


Almighty God our heavenly Father, guide the nations of the world

into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them

that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become

the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Last Sunday's Service

PRAYERS

Centering Prayer

Centering Prayer invites you to pray with them, every day, at 8 am, wherever you are. When you enter into prayer at 8 am (Eastern), you will know that others are praying at the same time. 

We Pray for our People

Hear the prayers of all who cry out to you for help. Especially we pray for the needs of Downs IV, Holden, Barbara, Anne, and Victoria. For those going through cancer treatments, especially, Margaret, Bill, Downs III, Victoria, Alex, Connie, Douglas, Georgiana, Frank and Gerta. Visit and comfort all who are under the care of skilled nursing, especially Timothy, Barbara and Kim. Be near to all who are in hospice care. 

A BRIDGE BETWEEN ALEX AND DAVE

Podcast: A Bridge Between Alex and Dave


Episode 19: He is Risen

PARISH ACTIVITIES

Spring Fling


Join us for our Spring Fling

April 20th at 5:30

in the Parish Hall


The sign-up sheet will be available on Sunday or you can email marialove@allangelslbk.org 

April Gallery Artist

Our featured artist for April is Frances Powers. Please stop by and enjoy the work of this talented local artist. Checks should be written to All Angels by the Sea.

Office Volunteers Needed

If you have spare time and want to volunteer to answer the office phone especially Tuesday and Wednesday, we need you! There will be a sign up calendar on the Gallery table. Times needed: approximately 9:30-12:30. Please write your name on the day you can volunteer. 

Choir News

Choir practices are on Thursdays at 10 a.m. 

New members are always welcome.


Join the Handbell Choir. Rehearsals on Thursdays at 11:15 am. There is a sign-up sheet on the table in the Gallery. Former ringers and new ringers are most welcome. Come and be part of the Music Ministry at All Angels – ALL ARE WELCOME!

Men's and Women's Discussion Groups

Thanks for a wonderful combined discussion group session yesterday. And, thank you for being patient and understanding when we moved the microphone so that all could hear and participate. 

This next week we are back to our regular schedule. We will be discussing the article Jesus is the Question. The author, an episcopalian, asks good questions about Jesus and his questions for us. Did you know the first thing Jesus says in the John's Gospel is a question? I'd like to know what you think about this and whatever else enters into the conversation. 

Lastly, Tom Crawford alerted me to a fascinating (and depressing) article in the WSJ about the burnout rate for medical doctors. It's not the type of article for us to discuss but I think it is well worth a read.

Here is the link to the (hopefully free) article: WSJ Article


For those in person, I'll have the coffee ready. For those on line, here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/5955701807


Jesus is the Question

Coffee Hour Hosts Needed

One of the most important things we do is gather after the service for coffee hour. If you are interested in hosting, the sign up sheet is on the Gallery table. If you would like help, sign up and we will find someone to show you how it is done. 

Online Giving

If you would like to give to the offering plate electronically, you can find the online giving link on our All Angels website by clicking the link below:

AllAngelsLBK.org

REFLECTION

Tracking

 

My brother, Tom, who lives in Seattle, is a volunteer wild-animal tracker in the Cascade Mountains. I am not sure how he heard about this volunteer opportunity but initially he didn’t think he could do it.

 

Washington State was a unique place to grow up in. State law requires Pacific Northwest (PNW) Indian curricula, even in private colleges. Unlike many other tribes in the continental U.S., who spent most of their time hunting and migrating, the PNW Indians had it relatively easy. In western Washington, there are no poisonous animals and food grows abundantly. They had a rich diet of salmon, trout, berries, roots, mushrooms, apples, rabbit, and elk. The abundant food sources and the extremely low danger of being poisoned, eaten or invaded, allowed the indigenous people to spend time creating art. If you are ever in the Northwest, I would highly recommend spending a day at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (Canada) which is the world’s foremost center of history of the First Nations people of the Northwest. The art the indigenous people created is stunningly beautiful and tells a story of their relationship with the land and dependence on nature. They would create elaborate plays and performances that were equal parts worship and education. Everything the indigenous people created for shelter, comfort and warmth was art. They had no separation of art and utility.

 

Back to my brother, we were taught that the indigenous people could track every animal species in the region (including whales). Tom thought that because he wasn’t taught how to track as a child, he wouldn’t be able to do now. But, surprise; he can, especially in snow! He is a part of a volunteer team that tracks migrating patterns of various species who live in the Cascade Mountain range. In 1956, Interstate 90 cut a line through the Cascades and inadvertently blocked migratory patterns. I-90 is the longest interstate freeway in the U.S. It connects Seattle to Chicago, Cleveland, Rochester and Boston. On Snoqualmie Pass, migratory animals used to cross the two-lane highway at night with ease. Nowadays, it is a major freeway that is one of the most important trucking routes in the world. (Seattle is the primary shipping port to the Asian Pacific) There are no longer any safe times to cross I-90.

 

Tom’s group is tracking migratory animals and where they would prefer, and attempt to, cross I-90. The plan is for the department of transportation to create over/underpasses on Snoqualmie Pass so elk, deer, bears, wolves, coyotes, small mammals, frogs and even bobcats can safely cross where they want to and not where humans think they should.

 

This project gives me hope. Like the Everglades restoration act that is reversing the effects of Hwy 41, this project is restoring habitats as well as allowing for human progress and achievement. It’s not where environmentalists win and commerce loses (or vice-versa), it is a volunteer project to help all involved. The over/underpass projects also include art. Like the native people of the land that have no separation of art and utility, the projects blend the natural beauty of the land so that it is pleasing to those driving and natural for migrating animals.

 

I track Jesus through my life, the lives of our parishioners and in our community. I look for his footsteps to see where he has traveled and where he prefers to cross. My hope is to help build bridges or underpasses so that his life and grace may flow freely through my life, your life, and the life of our community. And, in the case of I-90, it’s not that one group wins at another group’s loss. When we track Jesus through our lives, it is not at the loss of independence or freewill, rather, it is following where he wants us to go in love and forgiveness for ourselves and others. Like the Easter lily, that is both pleasing to the eye and has a fragrant smell, the art and utility of tracking Jesus is full of beauty and the sweet-smelling fragrance of grace. 

 

-Rev. Dave


Video: Connecting Wildlife Habitat Under and Over I-90