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Palm Sunday: Procession & The Passion • March 24

9:45 AM Procession of the Palms

10 AM The Passion & Holy Eucharist

* There is no This Little Light on Palm Sunday

Bulletin for Palm Sunday March 24, 2024

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Children’s Chapel in the undercroft for youth (Children 5 & under must be accompanied by an adult.)

Easter Egg Coloring after the service on the lawn

Maundy Thursday • March 28

5:30 PM Family Service with Foot Washing & Eucharist (This service is appropriate for children of all ages, especially toddlers.)

Bulletin for Maundy Thursday March 28, 2024

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7:30 PM Foot Washing, Choral Eucharist & Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday • March 29

12-3 PM A contemplative service in 3 hours: the Passion, the Cross, Music & Silence

Bulletin for Good Friday March 29, 2024

 

Parish Clean Up Day • March 30

10 AM - 1 PM Come help clean the church and grounds in preparation for Easter Sunday


Easter Sunday • March 31

8 AM Eucharist with Hymns

10 AM Choral Eucharist

* There is no This Little Light on Easter

Egg hunts & Coffee Hour follow both services



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Newsletter Blog 2024-01-06

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Coming up at Holy Apostles

 

Annual Meeting
January 21 after the 10 am service

The Mothers will give their annual address during the 10am service; following the service in the undercroft will be the presentation of the approved 2024 budget, a review of the 2023 financials with a time for questions and answers.  Two members of the Vestry will also be elected. 

 

All are welcome and encouraged to participate – the vitality and growth of our parish are dependent on your engagement! If you have a question for the meeting you are invited to share it with our wardens, Peter Saghir and Ann Mellow.

 

Vestry Classes

 

2025

Karan Merry

Ann Mellow

James Topping

 

2026

Chelse Haynes

Zack Parkman 

Peter Saghir

 

2027 - Class to be elected. Two positions.

 

Nominations:

Emily Hursh

Audrey Whitworth

 

Bios:

Emily Hursh has attended Holy Apostles for about six years now. She’s a doula, and an aerialist, and loves cooking, playing the ukulele and guitar, and learning more about birth. She was received into the Episcopal Church here at Holy Apostles in 2018.

 

Audrey Whitworth is a long-time parishioner at Holy Apostles, currently on the Vestry and formerly Co-warden. She splits her time between Windsor Terrace and Ulster Park, NY with her partner George and enjoys spending time with her son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Meredith and grandchildren Liam and Jane.


Pledge Update

2024 Annual Giving Campaign

Our 2024 annual giving campaign has reached new heights!  We are currently at 60 pledges totaling $220,100 towards our $250,000 goal.  To make your pledge today, click here.

 

Once you've set up your pledge, you can set up recurring payments here.  Please make sure to update your giving if you haven't already done so.


Outreach with PS 15
 

Bring in Food Gift Cards

Migrant families staying in the Brooklyn Motor Home do not have access to kitchens or cooking facilities. We would like to get families $25 dollar gift cars to fast food style restaurants (you can buy these type of gift cards at Walgreens). Restaurants to consider are places like Chipotle, Chik-fil-A, McDonalds, etc. 

 

Reader Support

Read one on one with students at PS 15 during the school day. Provide these children this basic opportunity and get to spend some time connecting with others. Email to express interest.  


1st Community Dinner & Evening Prayer 2024
In January: 10, 17, 31

Wednesday January 10

Dinner 5:30 Chicken parm, penne, garlic bread

Prayer 6:35

 

Click here to sign up for dinner.


Easter and Holy Week Choir
Starts Sunday, February 4

Join Music Director Kevin Devine starting February 4, Sundays after church from 11:30-1 pm to rehearse music for Holy Week and Easter. Easter is on March 31st this year.

Please email Kevin with any questions here.


Sign up to Read

Join in to our worship by signing up to be a reader. Read one of the Scriptures or the prayers of the people. Sign up here


Sign up to Host Coffee Hours

We need hosts for coffee hour after the 8:30 and 10 am services. It’s easy: bring a baked good, some fruit, or even some savory bites. Feel like it will be overwhelming? Don’t worry, you can do this. Instructions are found on the signup genius page for both the 8:30 and and the 10 am service.  

 

To sign up to host coffee hour, please click here.


Prayer List
 

 

We pray for our January birthdays: Brenda Alleyne, Ellen Correa Golay, Gwendolyn Daring, Glenn Jussen, Isaac Miles, Carol Oliver, and Nikki Waller.  

 

We pray for Ruth Klein suffering with arthritis in her neck and back making her daily activities difficult and painful.

 

We pray for our neighbors at PS 15

 

To add your prayer to the prayer list, please email here.

 



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Newsletter Blog 2023-12-23

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Coming up at Holy Apostles


Christmas is Coming!

Fourth Sunday of Advent 10 am service with Christmas Pageant

Christmas Eve Service begins with a choral prelude at 4 pm and a 4:30 start time to the service itself.

Lessons and Carols on December 31 at 10 am (only one service this day)


Pledge Update

There’s still time to pledge! To date we have received 59 pledges totaling  $217,100 towards our goal of $250,000. This is amazing! Thank you to everyone who has pledged so far to our common ministry at Holy Apostles. If you haven’t yet pledged and would like to do so, you can pledge online on Realm: here.


Outreach with PS 15


Give a Family Christmas

By now you should have received your assignment for gifts. If you have not or if you have any questions you can contact Meredith Roberts here. Gifts are due December 10-17.

Bring in Food Gift Cards

Migrant families staying in the Brooklyn Motor Home do not have access to kitchens or cooking facilities. We would like to get families $25 dollar gift cars to fast food style restaurants (you can buy these type of gift cards at Walgreens). Restaurants to consider are places like Chipotle, Chik-fil-A, McDonalds, etc.

Reader Support

Read one on one with students at PS 15 during the school day. Provide these children this basic opportunity and get to spend some time connecting with others. Email Alyson Campbell here to express interest.


Community Dinner & Evening Prayer

Resumes Wednesday January 10


Sign up to Read


Join in to our worship by signing up to be a reader. Read one of the Scriptures or the prayers of the people. Sign up here.


Prayer List

 

We pray for our December birthdays: Geddes Golay, John Golay, John Harvey, Billy Lopez, Olga Oliver, Max Thorn, and Audrey Whitworth.

We pray for the repose of the soul of Gail Ley, aunt of Ben Tyszka, and we pray for her family during this time of grief.

We pray for Kerri, Dennis and Luca Coucci, friends of Audrey Whitworth undergoing health issues.

We pray for Charlie Christ, friend of Emily Blair, in the hospital.

We pray for our neighbors at PS 15

To add your prayer to the prayer list, please email here.


 



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