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Holy Week Photos Due TODAY!
Presentation on "service and servanthood" for the Maundy Thursday service. Where have you seen the hands and feet of Christ in our local community? Try going out on a mission with your camera to discover servants ministering to others. Your digital photos may be submitted to Stephanie Kershner at pastorstephanie@emanuelmanchester.org.
Good Friday presentation on the cross of Christ. Send your digital photos of crosses from your homes, around the community, in the church for this presentation to Ann Lovejoy Johnson at revalovejoy@gmail.com.
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Listening Session This Sunday!
Please join us for another Zoom listening session with your vestry and fellow parishioners this Sunday, March 21, from 11 -12pm.
We appreciated the honesty and courage of all those who attended and spoke at the last listening session. While the conversation was candid and sometimes challenging, it was also overdue. As we plan for the future, we want to hear more from you.
Please consider these questions:
- Between now and when we reopen the church, what specifically would you like to see St. Mary's do more of, do less of, do differently or start to do?
- What will you personally find energizing and engaging? Will you be willing to get involved?
Your views are welcome, and they are needed. You can join using the link below or simply dial in to the number provided. Hope to see you Sunday.
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Lenten Outreach Initiatives
***1 Week Left ***
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Drop-off on office porch or Saturday March 27th 12-3pm
Undie Sunday
We are seeking new: socks, underwear, bras, undershirts for all ages and in all sizes.
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Wall Out Hunger
We are seeking: non-perishable food, toiletries, personal care items, feminine hygiene products, cleaning products & paper goods
Gift Cards
Those who would like to donate to our partner school, Bennet Academy can purchase $25 gift cards to either Stop & Shop or Walmart and drop them at the office.
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Palm Pick-up & Donation Drop-off
Saturday, March 27th
Between 12-3pm all are welcome to stop by the Memorial Garden and pick up a blessed palm for Sunday's service and drop-off any final donations you have for either Undie Sunday or Wall Out Hunger. Please get all gift card donations for Bennet to the office by the 26th. This is a contactless event with a basket of palms and a table to leave donations. To make it quick and easy we suggest parking on Church Street.
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Communion To-Go
Beginning on Easter Sunday, April 4th from 8:45-9:15AM St. Mary's will offer drive-thru communion in the parking lot. More infomation to come!!
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Easter Flower Memorials
Those who would like to make memorial donations for Easter flowers can send donations to the office by March 31st.
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St. Mary's Lenten Ponderings:
Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 1 February 1975:
“In judging our progress as individuals, we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one’s social position, influence, and popularity, wealth and standard of education. ... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one’s development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others—qualities which are within easy reach of every soul—are the foundations of one’s spiritual life.”
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YouTube Worship
Sunday @ 7:30AM or later
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Coffee Hour
Join using the Sunday Service link below anytime between 9:30 & 10:00am
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Sunday,
March 21st @ 10AM
Join Zoom Meeting
or
Dial
1 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 823 2447 0555
Password: 0000
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WEEK NIGHT COMPLINE @ 7:30pm
Join fellow parishioners:
Monday: Karen A
Wednesday: paused during Lent
Friday: Sharon
This short service from The Book of Common Prayer can be found in the BCP on page 127 or you may access the prayer book online at www.bcponline.org.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 856 0827 5573
Passcode: 41Park
To dial by telephone call +1 929 205 6099
Passcode: 555650
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Midweek Lenten Worship
Wednesdays 24th @ 7:00 pm
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Join Zoom Meeting
or
Dial
1 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 885 7741 5152
Passcode: 038227
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New Book Study Begins in April
St. Mary’s parishioner and gifted lay preacher Mary Covello will lead a six week book discussion on Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s book, Love Is the Way: Holding onto Hope in Troubled Times. Meetings will be held on Zoom on six Sundays at 1 pm beginning on April 11. Interested in taking part in this series? Just email Mary at mary.covello@gmail.com.
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UPDATED CT's Vaccine Age-based Eligibility Chart
March 19, 2021: Expands to age group 45 to 54
April 5, 2021: Expands to age group 16 to 44
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State of Connecticut
CLICK HERE to access the website with current vaccine information
CT's Vaccine Administration Managment System (VAMS)
CLICK HERE to enter to create a profile and find a time slot
Connecticut’s Vaccine Appointment Assist Line
877-918-2224
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UCONN Health Center
Hartford Healthcare
Yale New Haven Health
Walgreens
CVS
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TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND OTHERS
St. Teresa of Calcutta Hosts Anti-Racist Lenten Program
Monday, March 22 (6:30--8 p.m.) -- Racism as a Lived Experience - a two-part virtual conversation, part 2.These conversations on racial awareness and healing are sponsored by New Wineskins Community of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Manchester, dedicated to nonviolence.Contact John Ryan register and receive your email invitation: jfryan05@cox.net
OneManchester Newsletter
CLICK HERE to register for this fun and fact filled weekly town newsletter
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To make a 2021 pledge to St. Mary's CLICK HERE for the form
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Ann's Zoom Coffee Shop on Fridays @ 1-2pm
Join Zoom Meeting
or
Dial +1 929 205 6099
Meeting ID: 873 0224 9184
Password: 958202
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Virtual Prayers of the People
Please take a moment to lift these names up in your prayers. Contact Rev. Ann revalovejoy@gmail.com if you would like to add a loved one.
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Mary Rolfe
Lynette Wilson
Beth Lavalette
Jenn Reguin
Donny Ballsieper
Margaret Burke
Bernie VonHone
Matt Briggs
Matthew
Lea Dubiel
Gary Jensen
Mechelle Olórtegui
Thea Michailides
Carolyn Stone
Deborah Kocsis
Alexander Tovar Olórtegui
Sylvia Rogers
Carlson Rogers
Torshia Anderson
Carlson Rogers, Jr
Llonia Jackson and family
Kelvin Rogers
Michelle Legister
Talitha Coggins
Aleesha Rogers
Walker-Young Family: Carmen, Courtnee, Emory, Morgan and Chelsea, Emrys and Erymi,
Meg Wagner
Jill
Karen Armogida
Sharon and Cornelius
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Garvin
Jack Cianfaglione
Dick Falcone
Tricia
Linda and Michael
Kiki Eglinton
Dean Fedorchak
Beanie
Summer M.
Arlyne Alexander
Ellise & Ralph Sullivan
Barbara
Joseph Bennett
Mary Barber
Helen Sisco
Stella Rose, Jess, Bill, Elsa
FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE DIED
Ruth Clement
Dotti Canon
Eleanor Hunte
Jean Cabana
Kathy Anderson
Bob Reault (pronounced
“row”)
Geoff
Jeanette Waytashak
Murial Ritchie
Michelle Darrell
Gloria Edwards
Suzanna
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Paul Pedersen
Fred Winzler
Gail Wolcott
Dolores Jones
Victor Binks
For comfort for their
families and for all who
mourn especially:
Cabana family, Norman, Denise
George
Reault Family
Alon
LouAnn, Ellie and family
George, Darrell family
Pedersen family
Mark Winzler
Wolcott family, Jesse & Jamie
Kelly Sharp
Binks Family
Thanksgiving for
Our Vestry leadership;
For our “Tech Team”:
Gene, Sarah, Beth,
Mechelle, Rev Ann
FOR THOSE SERVING
IN THE MILITARY
Darriun Bedell, Kuwait
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