ALL ANGELS BY THE SEA
WEEKLY TIDINGS
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SUNDAY SERVICES
8:00 and 10:00 am
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This Sunday is Easter Sunday!
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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Scripture Readings, April 17
Isaiah 25:6-9
Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-17
1 Corinthians 15:20-26
Luke 24:1-12
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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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Episcopal Relief and Development: Ukraine
Episcopal Relief & Development is working with The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, the Diocese of Europe, the Anglican Alliance and United Society Partners in the Gospel as the churches prepare to mobilize on potential immediate and long-term responses to assist Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania, Hungary and other parts of Europe.
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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PICTURES OF THE WEEK
MOTHERS HELPING MOTHERS
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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, 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
Men's Discussion Group is on Tuesdays at 10:00 am.
The Women's Group is on Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
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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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Life
NASA reveals a discovery on Mars. 3-billion-year-old rocks show organic molecules. The rocks were on the bottom of what most believe to be an ancient lake bed similar to Florida’s shallow Lake Okeechobee. This is a big discovery.
I have a friend, Lucas, who is an astrobiologist. He probably knows a lot more about this discovery than I do. Lucas told me in seminary that one difficulty in being an astrobiologist is determining what life is and is not. Once we can define life we then can look for things that meet that definition in space. He bases his view of life entirely on Earth; he believes we can only define it based on what we know. And one thing we know about life is that it makes more life. Life begets life, if you will.
We have a hanging plant in our backyard. One day, a shoot of some unknown weed was seen three inches above the flowers. We wanted to see what it would do so we left it alone. It kept growing until it was touching the hook holding the entire flower pot. We didn’t plant it but it must have come in from somewhere. Lucas would call this life. A bunch of grass is growing in the most unlikely place, next to the curb at the corner of 1st and L Street. I’ve been watching it for months. It is now a three-foot wide swath of five-inch tall grass growing amongst a sea of concrete; cars run it over probably six times an hour. That’s life. We know it’s life because it is begetting in a most inhospitable place.
Back to Mars, an astrobiologist associated with the latest finding said that she’s fascinated by the idea that life never really got started there. It would not take long for any alien probe to find life on Earth. Even if the probe landed at the bottom of the deepest ocean, it would find life. In the middle of Death Valley, it would find life. Even if it landed in the boiling hot sulfur lakes in Yellowstone, it would still find life. That is because life is abundant and it grows in the most unlikely places. Nevertheless, we have spent billions of dollars and countless hours looking for life on Mars and have yet to find it like we can most anywhere on earth.
I would never say we should give up on Mars. A fascinating piece of evidence shows seasonal methane gas increases in the Martian atmosphere. On Earth, methane is produced by organic, living matter. If you’ve ever been around a cow pasture, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Notwithstanding, methane can also be produced geologically so even this piece of evidence raises doubts.
For me, theologically speaking, I believe that there is life out there because God is a God of Life. I also believe, as science has shown, God uses the same DNA building blocks in all of life. Scientists can take a DNA strand from a salmon and implant it into a strawberry to make it transport better from the farm to the table. We’re made from all the same stuff. I believe that God’s fingerprint is in the DNA of all life and therefore, if/when life is found on Mars, it comes from the same source. Life is abundant on Earth. God is the master of abundance. God created all things. Therefore, when astro-biological life is found, we will find it in abundance.
-Rev. Dave
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