Lenten Study 2023:

Sense and Sensibility – A Lenten Exploration

Sundays, 9:15am-10:00am

“Embodiment is the art of being present in our body as we experience life.” (openfloor.org)

“Lent is often a season given to denial of physical pleasure and sensation, but we’re already denied these by a

cultural atmosphere saturated with visual images, noise and air pollution, violence, and processed foods that dull the senses. The physical senses play an integral role in the human capacity for emotion and feeling. Overstimulation in the physical senses gradually erodes one’s ability to feel emotion. Yet empathy―emotional identification and connection with others―is crucial to liturgical engagement, especially in the highly dramatic practices of the signal events of the Christian Year.” 

“Sam Portaro proposes to restore our ability to participate emotionally in the Lenten journey by revisiting the five physical senses―one per week―in Lent. The discipline of a 40-day preparation for Easter suggests the importance the Church places on this seasonal retelling of the central acts of Christian redemption. Sense and Sensibility encourages the reader to renew a relationship with the physical senses that is a prerequisite to a deeply attuned engagement with the biblical stories read, taught, and liturgically re-enacted in the rites of Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter.”

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Lent 1 (February 26): The Sense of Touch

Lent 2 (March 5): The Sense of Sight

Lent 3 (March 12): The Sense of Smell

Lent 4 (March 18): The Sense of Sound

Lent 5 (March 26): The Sense of Taste

Palm (Sunday April 2): Holy Week

Location: Ross Room and via Zoom

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86492004593?pwd=R0M1aXBPKzFkTXdjbEdDaEhOZ2hnZz09

Meeting ID: 864 9200 4593

Passcode: 032087

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Thank you to Sheila Cooper, Shannon Pullaro, Wendy Benjamin, Carlos Garcia, Mark McMahon and to all those who participated in making Shrove Tuesday a wonderful success.

Lent Madness is back! The 40-day competition of historical saints, created by Scott Gunn and Tim Schenck, includes celebrity bloggers, weekly videos, a lively social media conversation and the Eastertide awarding of the Golden Halo. Read more about Lent Madness HERE.

Please contact Penny Gordon for a copy of this year’s Saintly Scorecard and bracket. You can pick up the booklet and participate in the congregational challenge for a free-will offering to Laundry Love.

Christ Church 280th Anniversary Celebration & Activities

Christ Church is celebrating its 280^th Anniversary from 1742 to 2022. Please be aware that the following events will take place from February 2023 through June 2023.  We expect bonding, fellowship and financial support from all Christ Church New Brunswick (CCNB) members and the Ecumenical community at the planned events.

Events Planned February 2023 through June 2023:

• June 3^rd 2023 - Main event - Musical recital at CCNB by Dr. Cho from 4-5 pm – Admission $40.00 - followed by a reception with refreshments in the auditorium (5:30-7:30 pm), with an invited guest speaker. 



• June 25, 2023 - Summer Barbecue at CCNB.

Other Activities:

The Youth expressing the History of Christ Church at

multiple 10.30 am services

A fundraising activity for the event featuring a virtual slide show of Ads from Church members and the Ecumenical and business communities will be shown at the organ recital and reception. Details to participate in the fundraiser will be sent in emails.

You still have time to complete your Pledge Certificate for 2023. You will find the link HERE.

The Tuesdayers' Next Book: 

"Zealot: Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth"

Sifting through centuries of myth-making, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most enigmatic figures by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against the historical sources, Aslan describes a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction. He explores the reasons the early Christian church preferred to promulgate an image of Jesus as a peaceful spiritual teacher rather than a politically conscious revolutionary. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity. The Tuesdayers invite you to join our discussion. We meet weekly over Zoom HERE on Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. For more information contact Jonathan Clark at im4canoes@yahoo.com.

Partner with Episcopal Relief & Development to provide support to people affected by the deadly earthquake along the border between Turkey and Syria. Visit episcopalrelief.org today to make a contribution to the

Turkey-Syria Earthquake Response Fund

Anti-Racism Training

In 1967 The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. asked, “Where do we go from here, chaos or community?” Fifty years later The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry answered, “The opposite of community is unacceptable.”

The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey offers the next presentation of its 20-hour online Anti-Racism Training beginning Tuesday January 31. This training includes 5 consecutive Tuesday Evening discussion sessions via Zoom, 7:00-9:00 PM on January 31, February 7, 14, 21, and 28, plus a followup discussion on March 28, as well as reading, listening, and writing assignments each week. Learn more and register at https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0015-0007-8b00bec63f394312b271c3d3cb4fa7fa  Please share this link and encourage others to participate in this training. There is a $100 nonrefundable fee for this course (although you may apply for the fee to be waived in special circumstances).

Forward Day by Day booklets (large and regular print) for February, March, and April have arrived. Please contact the office to have a copy mailed to your home.

Prayers requested for:

Arnold, Christine, Dale, Doreen, Fred, Hugo, Jacqueline, Joy, Karl, Larry, Mary, Penelope, Sarah, Timothy, Winsome, and Winston.

Christ Church Ministry: WomenSpirit

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: we pray for The Scottish Episcopal Church

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: The Rev. Heath Dewrell

Birthdays: Tessa Dennehy, Penelope Lattimer, Kira Kozachek, Hugh Pemberton, Daryl Phills.

The flowers at the Lectern: are given by the Miriam W. Lampen in memory of J. Oliver Lampen and by Dr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Macdonald in memory of Gavin James Macdonald.