St. Bride's Church
621 N. Sparrow Road; Chesapeake, VA 23325  
  (757) 420 - 7033
May 5, 2021
St. Bride's is open for in-person worship.
The congregation must be masked and distanced.

PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE.
REMAIN SOCIALLY DISTANCED, ESPECIALLY AFTER MASS,
NO MATTER HOW GLAD YOU ARE TO SEE EACH OTHER.

We know that some people are not yet able to participate in person.
We will continue to live-stream our services.
That may be found by Googling St. Bride's Anglo-Catholic.

Current Mass times are
9:00 am Wednesday, Low Mass
11:00 am Sunday, High Mass

The absent members of the congregation will be remembered in prayer.
The Rosary Group will begin meeting in-person this Thursday.
The group meets from 7:00 PM until 7:30 PM. The Mysteries are prayed in rotation according to the church season. Currently we are praying The Glorious Mysteries.
Beginners Welcome!
Mark your calendar for Thursday, May 13
The Feast Of The Ascension
Mass will be at 7PM. Isn't it wonderful that we can celebrate Ascension Day
in church and with our own priest.
See you on the 13th.
Live streamed and in person
PARISH PICNIC SCHEDULED
We will have a parish picnic on May 16th following the 11AM Mass.
Hot Dogs, Burgers,Rolls,Drinks and Chips and Dessert will be provided.
The fun starts after Mass with Fr. Jesse manning the grill!
Save the Date
June 3
Corpus Christi
Mass 7PM
Live streamed and in person
The Diocese has approved choir practices, as long as the singers are masked and
socially distanced. We are looking for some strong voices to join the choir.
If you have friends and family who are singers, please let Ralph know.
We will be happy to give them a call.
NO PRACTICE THIS WEEK!
Do you ever feel as if you don't know what's going on at church? According to our statistics 48-51% of people we send the Sanctus Bell and the Lectionary to open them each week.
HELP US BOOST OUR NUMBERS!
Have you been watching St. Bride's on the livestream?
We can get statistics of how many people are watching.
Here are some recent number of views.
Easter Vigil, 77; Easter Sunday, 65; St's. Philip and James, 29; and last Sunday, 27.
Keep reading weekly for other interesting statistics.
Our first cookout for our 20/30 age group was held May 1.
Seven people attended Mass and there were 9 at the cookout.
Everyone seemed to have a great time.
Here is proof.
St. Bride's is looking for some additional Ushers.
Current responsibilities will be assisting attendees during the filming of Mass, and ensuring that the participants are socially distant. Ushers will also be responsible for pushing the button on an I-phone (provided) to begin recording the Mass, and stopping the recording following the Mass.
Please see or call Mary Lovell if you are interested.
Happy May Birthday!

May 2 - Brandon Consolvo
May 7 - Ralph Spoettle
May 16 - Ryan Gower
May 17 - Maddie Tsou
May 18 - Martha Scott
May 28 - Ryan McCoy
Happy May Anniversary

May 27 - Roy and Darlene Corson
OFFICE HOURS – PLEASE CALL BEFORE COMING
Geralyn will be in the office Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 9am -1pm.
Geralyn will be out of the office Monday May 3.

Mary Lovell's office hours: Wednesday 9-11.
Please call Mary Lovell at 757-237-2503, if you need anything! 

Fr. Jesse's regularly scheduled days off are Tuesday and Saturday.
Appointments available.
In case of emergency, call Fr. Jesse at 1-386-566-1967