Mary of Magdala LIVE Sunday Service - Sunday at 5pm
Jesus, life of my soul,
Help me to look at being known as a gift to celebrate
rather than as an enslaving yoke to fear.
May your knowing set me free!
—Macrina Wiederkehr
This Sunday's presider for our live and virtual service is Father Michael Nicosia assisted by Deacon Jane Reina and Deacon Rosean Amaral, the lectors are Cindy Cloyd and David Cloyd.
Please have food and drink accessible for the shared blessing during the liturgy. If you have a candle, join us as a community celebrating together by lighting your candle at the beginning of the service.
Readings for this week are: Acts 8. 5-8, 14-17, Psalm 66, 1Peter 3. 15-18, John 14. 15-21.
Zoom Phone Link for audio only
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9 900 6833
Meeting ID
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821 8257 0568
Zoom will be open 15 minutes before and after the service for community chat and connection (Click
here
for information on the ZOOM 'chat' feature and general zoom instructions.)
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Family Housing Network - Volunteers Needed
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Our Mary of Magdala community is invited to help our homeless families again, the week of
May 31
st
to June 5
th
, at the Foothills Unitarian Church, 1815 Yorktown Avenue.
Foothills Unitarian Church has graciously offered the use of their facilities until further notice. CDC precautions, masks and socially distancing are implemented to keep everyone safe from Covid-19. We are looking for volunteers to serve as:
- Evening hosts: 1 or 2 people to share meal 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Mon. June 1
st
or Fri. June 5
th
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- Cooks: prepare, serve meal, clean up,. 5:30-7:30 Tues. June 2nd or Thurs. June 4th
-- food can be dropped off, and 1-2 people stay to serve and clean up
- Overnight hosts: people to spend the night from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m; no night is assigned at this time, the needs are for any night that week.
We are so appreciative of all who have generously offered to help in the past, and thank you ahead of time if you are able to volunteer again. Please contact Jean Christen at
christenj322@gmail.com
(970-225-2131) or Lynne Barnes at
lynne2820@gmail.com(phone
: (970-223-2820) to volunteer or to get more information
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Introducing Online Giving -
Contributing via a Digital Collection Basket
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In partnership with WeShare, Mary of Magdala has created a
"digital collection basket."
Click
here
to contribute online.
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Mary of Magdala, ECC is extremely grateful for all those who have contributed virtually via online banking and checks mailed into the office. We are happy to announce we have met all our monthly expenses for the first 4 months of this year!
Prior to our current challenge the Leadership Council was planning to launch an annual Stewardship campaign along with presenting a new budget for 2020-21. Discussions are still in process to determine options but in the interim, the Council has partnered with
WeShare, a company dedicated to helping Catholic parishes remain financially 'vibrant' via an online giving program.
If this is a convenient option for you, and you are able to contribute at this time, visit our private and
secure webpage to make a one-time or recurrent contribution via debit/credit card or directly through your bank account.
Thank you, thank you to all for your generous support!
Your Leadership Council
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Community Prayer Requests
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For the family of Edwin White, brother-in-law of Deacon Jane. For Father Jim, Colleen and all the residents who have been exposed to Covid-19. For the peaceful repose of the souls of Bill, Greg, and Calvin - friends of Deacon Rosean. For the continued recovery of Father Don Sutton - ECC Priest
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Rosemary - Fr Michael's mother. Dani - Niece of the Cloyds. Mary Crosby – parishioner. Chris Bachman, friend of Lisa Jones. Ruth Parker, sister of Dori Carroll. Lynne Barnes and family.
Joanne Gallagher - parishioner. Becky Orsi and family. John Nystrom and family. The Dunn Family. Leo Six – father of Michael Six. Dorothea Grimm, Lauren Roob, Mike Gudim, Kim Speaker, Margie Weitz, Suzanne King, Robert Browell
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We Welcome (and need) Your Voices!
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We welcome your voices! If you feel inspired, we would love to hear from you. Send us a few sentences or a paragraph with your feelings and sentiments. These will be used to compose our current story, the story of God's people, in a time of uncertainty. Our regional newsletter, The Journey Shared, will be filled with pieces of these stories from members of all our regional churches.
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Questions to consider (or use one of your own! )
- How are you experiencing the living God among us?
- Are you turning from the idols of our world?
- Or are you substituting new idols for the old?
- How is the Spirit moving in your lives at home or in your community?
- How does it feel to be Church in this new way?
- What does it mean to be the Body of Christ?
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Interested in further discussions of
Eucharist in the time of CoVid-19? Here is an interesting article on perspectives and opinions of 'virtual communion' and the Catholic Church.
Article in the Boston Globe - April 20, 2020
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RECENT RECORDINGS
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Sunday, May 10, Service reco
rding available
here***
For all bulletins, reflections during our hiatus from celebrating together, visit our webpage
here
and for other videos
,
here\
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Please contact us with questions, concerns and ideas for
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Come Join us for our next service on Sunday - May 10, 5:00 p.m.
Link information above.
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Just a few of the members who attended our recent Zoom service
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Call is automatically forwarded to a real person!
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