ALL ANGELS BY THE SEA
WEEKLY TIDINGS
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SUNDAY SERVICES
8:00 and 10:00 am
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Palm Sunday is here.
For both services, we will begin the service in the Angel Fountain Courtyard, receive palms, and then process into the church; weather permitting, of course.
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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:
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Spring Fling!
Thursday, April 21 from 4 to 7 pm.
Outdoor entertainment will be Frank Sinatra hits performed by Tim (who sang at the Christmas Eve service) and accompanied by Dale Hooey.
Food is available for purchase at the Maine Line food truck - lobster and crab rolls, New England clam chowder, beer, wine and more. https://www.themaineline.net/
We will block off the road and enjoy fellowship, food and fun. Bring a friend!
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Altar Flowers for Sunday, April 10
are given by Ed & Ginny Upshaw in honor and love
as they celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary.
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Scripture Readings, April 10
Luke 19:28-40
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm 31:9-16
Philippians 2:5-11
Luke 23:1-43
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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.
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Update on the Crisis in Ukraine
Episcopal Relief and Development
Since we last wrote, more than two million people have been displaced after Russian forces invaded the country. We are supporting Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance) as it works through ACT member Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) to provide emergency assistance such as food, shelter, water and basic supplies to refugees and people displaced within Ukraine.
On February 27, HIA set up a refugee support point on the Ukrainian side of the border at Beregsurány, where volunteers are providing hot tea, sandwiches, refreshments, blankets and basic hygiene items for families, who often wait long hours to cross the border into Hungary. HIA is in contact with its network of churches and organizations, as well as local governments in Hungary, to coordinate cash assistance, shelter, food and medicine for people who have been displaced.
ACT Alliance is setting up similar support points at other border towns to assist people as they leave Ukraine. It is working through local partners to provide aid for refugees in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Poland.
If you can, please help us support these efforts and continue to hold the people of Ukraine in your prayers and thoughts as they face this ongoing crisis.
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LENTEN OUTREACH:
MOTHERS HELPING MOTHERS
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We will be delivering the donations to Mothers Helping Mothers on Wednesday, April 13. We will be getting a tour and hearing more about their organization. Afterwards we will go to lunch at the Ringling Grille. Please meet at the church at 10am.
There is a sign up sheet in the gallery (maximum 10 for the tour).
Every month, MHM provides Hygiene bags to their clients. And in this vein, we are asking you to bring these items to church each Sunday in Lent. As you shop for them, think of the families you are helping and pray for them.
April 10: Deodorant
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HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES |
Holy Week and Easter
Schedule of Services
Maundy Thursday
5:00 pm
Good Friday
noon
Easter Sunday
8:00 am & 10:00 am
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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.
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We Pray for our People
We pray on behalf of all whose needs of body, soul and mind are great. We pray especially for Downs IV, Holden, Brian, Jean, Tyler and Greg. Grant healing and recovery for Sandy and Paul Wood, Ginger (Marshall), Linda, Dave, Beverly, Bill, and Lisa. Give peace and strength for those going through cancer treatments, especially Jane, Downs III, Victoria, Alex, Connie and Douglas. 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 especially Mary Ann.
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April Gallery Artist
Our featured artist for April is Lynn Wilson. Please stop by and enjoy the work of this talented local artist. Checks should be written to All Angels by the Sea.
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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.
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Chancel and Handbell Choir Rehearsals
Please note the schedule for Thursday morning music rehearsals
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10:00 a.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal
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11:00 a.m. Handbell Choir Rehearsal
New members are always welcome in the choir. Contact Dale for more information: 941 896 5541, or dhooey@verizon.net.
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Men's and Women's Discussion Groups
Two housekeeping things before the introduction to the reading:
I have a clergy gathering on Tuesday so Philip will facilitate the group on Tuesday.
The Women's Group has moved from Thursday to Wednesday at 10 a.m. For those who are in choir and would like to attend, we will try it at this time spot.
The reading for this week has a thirty-year retrospect on nuclear war and how our fears ended in 1991. Unfortunately, it appears fear of a nuclear war has surfaced again. How do we live with uncertainty in uncertain times? How does our faith tradition help us in times like this?
Blessings to you all.
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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:
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Masks are highly recommended for indoor events. |
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Science
The discussion group topic for the week after Easter is a Wall Street Journal book review of After Disbelief by Anthony Kronman. According to the review, Kronman’s book makes the assertion (which sounds more like an assumption) that science has ruled out the existence of the Abrahamic God of the Bible. And, if there is a god, it is not present to us now. Nevertheless, this god will gradually emerge for us over time as long as we continue to scientifically probe the natural world with scientific exploration. According to reviewer, Kronman defines God as “the explanatory ground of everything that happens in time.” And, that as we explore the cognitive, emotional and aesthetic riches that this world has to offer, Mr. Kronman argues, we will gradually uncover the explanations underlying more and more of what happens. We will come to understand the precise physical forces that explain why, say, a flea has just landed on our shoe. And we will pinpoint the nuanced emotional forces that explain why our beloved’s way of brushing her hair from her forehead was bound to captivate us.
I think the above supposition is bad theology and bad scientific methodology. Frankly, I am growing tired of the assumptions that science has ruled out theology. Just because we have some really good theorems about physics, math, biology and geology doesn’t rule out matters of faith and belief. As my professor would say, “Comparing religion and science is like apples and engine parts.” Incidentally, the Greek etymology of the word “theorem” is this: “rem” means “I see/look” and “theo” which means God.
Humans can now split an atom, see into the far reaches of space, and create vaccines. That’s great. Yet, scientific advances do not mean that a) God of the Bible doesn’t exist; b) more scientific research will reveal God to us; and c) after much searching it has been determined that we are god.
In the discussion group article, I included some of the responses to the article.
One comment said: one cannot prove a negative.
Another respondent wrote, “If Mr Kronman wants to found the religion of reason let him follow Tallyrand’s advice: Get crucified and rise again on the third day.
Here is a response that followed:
"Get crucified and rise again on the third day" Because, of course, we have evidence this has already happened 🙄.
Here’s the deal, during Holy Week we will see two things – cable movies about Jesus and a rise in nay-sayers of God. Part of me thinks the WSJ publishing of this review is perfectly timed for those who participate in Passover and Holy Week. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, despite what the nay-sayer sarcastically wrote about the resurrection, there is evidence of Jesus’ crucifixion and of resurrection. The book, Jesus in History, shows the non-Biblical accounts of Jesus in history. To sum it up, Jesus is a historical figure in the same way we know of Plato, Cleopatra and Shakespeare. There is more evidence of Jesus’s life than that of Pontius Pilate; yet, we don’t hear people saying that Pontius never existed. A part of that history is his crucifixion. It happened. There are accounts of people seeing him alive again. As to what it all this means is certainly a matter of faith. Nevertheless, something happened in the Spring of 0032 on a windswept hill just west of the City of Jerusalem. That “something” means different things to different people; but, to say that Jesus did not exist, or that the whole thing was fabricated in the early 1800s, or that God is unknown, or we have done enough scientific research to prove God does not exist, is to say someone does not know history or science.
-Rev. Dave
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