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Preparing for Easter

Easter Egg Dying on Palm Sunday

We will be dying eggs after the service on Palm Sunday.

Candy for the Egg Hunts

This year will have Egg Hunts following the 8am and 10am services. We need donations of individually wrapped bite size pieces of candy AND volunteers to stuff the plastic eggs. Please drop donations in the back of the church

Parish Clean Up Day

Saturday, March 30th 10am – 1pm

Join us as we ready the church and grounds for Easter morning. Please email the Mothers.

Eastertide

Origami Doves

Saturdays April 6, May 4, 10-12noon and Sundays, April 21 & 28 after the 10am

This Eastertide, we will be making 500 origami doves that will grace the sanctuary for Pentecost. We need at least 20 people who are willing to make 20 doves each! Please let us know if you are able to make doves. You can show up on Saturday, April 6 and May 4 during crafting 10-12, or after church on April 21 & 28 to make your doves.

50 Days of Mark

This church year, most of our Gospel readings are from the Gospel of Mark. We rarely get to hear or read together a Gospel in its entirety. This Eastertide we will read the 50 Days of Mark, a day by day breakdown of the Gospel with a reflection. We will have both an online and in person weekly meeting to discuss the Gospel. Interested in spending the 50 days of Easter reading Mark in 50 days? Sign up in the back of the church or Email the Mothers. Cost per book is $15 (we already have ordered them!)

Baptism Class Next Baptism Date: The Feast of Pentecost May 19th

If you are interested in baptism for yourself or a family member, our next schedule baptism date is on the Feast of Pentecost, May 19th. Please email or speak to the Mothers. Baptism class will take place during Eastertide.

Sound Healing

Sunday, April 28th @ 6pm

Join us this Eastertide for a very special offering with Molly Watman, co-owner of Brooklyn Herborium and trained sound healer. Sound Healing is branch of the meditative therapeutic arts meant to deepen experience, manifest creation, explore the mind, transform consciousness, and invoke healing. Similar to radio waves which can be heard but not seen, when it comes to energy, most of us can’t see it, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t working. Come experience relaxation, physical healing, emotional clearing and spiritual connection through the vibration of sound coupled with coherence and intention from you and your practitioner! Please sign up in the back of the church.Donation $20.

Grown Up Game Night

Sunday, May 5th 5pm – 7pm

Games aren’t just for kids – in fact this night, they aren’t for kids! Mark your calendars for our grown-up game night this May. More details to follow. If you are interested in helping to organize or have a game to suggest, please contact Peter Saghir.

Career Discernment Group

Are you thinking about making a career change or in the midst of a job change? We will offer a multi-week career discernment group starting in Eastertide. The group is meant to offer space to explore where God may be calling you in in your career (it is not mean to be a job seeking and networking group). If you are interested, please email Mother Kimberlee.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 14th. On this day, we are asked to commit ourselves "to observe a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word." (BCP 265) This commitment is done individually with the understanding that we are in community and is meant to be relational – because it is meant to deepen and renew our relationship with God and each other.

Below we offer descriptions of the Lenten offerings and ask you to formally make a commitment to a Lenten practice. Set an intention for yourself, make a commitment for Lent – when we are intentional with our Lent commitment we can truly explore what it means to turn our hearts back to God.

We invite you to take the next 2 weeks to pray about what spiritual practice(s) you would like to commit to this Lent. If you have any questions, please let us know.

Make your Lenten commitment Here.

Daily Reading/Listening/Praying/Reflecting on the Lenten reflections

For the past few years, parishioners have engaged in reflecting on a piece of scripture and offering their thoughts in the form of a daily Lenten reflection that gets emailed out that you can read or listen to. As a practice, this would mean to commit to reading or listening to the daily scripture and reflection and spending some time with it yourself.

An Exploration of the 10 Commandments

8pm Mondays on Zoom in Lent Feb 19, 26, March 4, 11, 18, 25

At the beginning of each Sunday service in Lent, we recite the 10 Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, right before the confession of sin. Curious about how the 10 Commandments are still relevant in our lives today? Join us for an exploration of them through the lens of God’s grace and forgiveness. Each session will last approximately 1hr 15 min. Click here to buy the book on Amazon.

Contemplative Prayer

7am Tuesday mornings beginning February 20th through March 19th

Every Tuesday morning in Lent we will engage in the ancient prayer of Lectio Divina at 7am via Zoom. In Christianity, Lectio Divina is a traditional Benedictine practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's Word. It does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the Living Word that reveals its relevance in our lives today. We will pray seasonally relevant scripture. No previous experience necessary. Sessions will last approximately 30 minutes

Evening Prayer

Wednesdays 6:35pm in person

Join us for Evening Prayer, part of the Daily Office found in our Book of Common Prayer.

Ukranian Eggs

Thursdays at 10 am during Lent beginning February 29th.

Join the Mothers for the ancient spiritual practice of Pysanky, aka Ukranian egg-dying using wax and special dyes. No previous experience necessary. Bring your lunch and spend time exercising your creative muscles during this meditative practice.

Stations of the Cross Icon writing class with Fr. Regan O'Callaghan

6 Sundays at 4pm via Zoom starting February 25. Cost $100 for the 6 sessions to cover supplies.

Space is limited.

Art has long been a spiritual practice, especially the ancient practice of Icon writing. Join Regan O'Callahan for 5 Sundays in Lent where you will create your own mixed media Station of the Cross with painting combined with collage. Supplies will be provided and distributed prior to February 25.

Regan O’Callaghan is an artist/priest presently living in France but originally from New Zealand. Previously he lived in the United Kingdom where he studied art and religious studies including the technique of icon writing (painting). In 2001 Regan was ordained into the Church of England. He combines his religious ministry with art, leading many art projects and workshops as well as painting a number of commissions including icons for Saint Paul’s Cathedral London and Sherborne Abbey, Dorset. He believes in a ministry of encouragement where art is the facilitator. Today Regan’s art practice has built on the technique of icon writing combining contemporary themes with traditional techniques. He is also inspired by the natural environment and humankind's relationship/connection with their surroundings.

Sing in the Choir for Holy Week & Easter

Rehearsals Sunday following the 10am service.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord! Singing is a form of prayer to God. Commit to joining the choir this season to sing during Holy Week and Easter. (older youth - 4th grade and up - are welcome to join the choir after a conversation with Kevin.)

Giving Up something

Traditionally, we hear of folks, or maybe we have, given up chocolate or meat or alcohol for Lent. This practice aims to go deeper to reflect on what is getting in your way to being closer to God - is it gossip? envy? anger? jealousy? etc. This practice asks you to spend some time before Lent begins to figure out what might be getting in the way of a closer relationship with God and committing to "giving it up" for these 40 days.

Let us be mutually encouraged with a Lenten Friend

Lent can be intimidating! But take heart; we are not alone. We travel through the wilderness of Lent with the One who knows the wilderness well, the One who endured it, the One who created it. We have an opportunity again this Lent to travel with a friend, a Lenten friend. Once you have selected your practice and filled out the form, the last question will be, do you want a Lenten Friend who will travel these 40 days with you. The Mothers will get you started with your first meeting and then you will be encouraged to set a weekly time to talk to your Lenten friend so that you might be mutually encouraged.

Shrove Tuesday

5:30pm Shrove Tuesday BBQ with hot dogs, s’mores and burning of last year’s palms (no sign up required) Volunteer sign up will be available 2/4.

Ash Wednesday Services

5:30pm Family Service with Imposition of Ashes, Homily & Eucharist

6:30pm Lent-il Soup Silent Dinner (sign up will be required) - Please note this is a contemplative dinner and is not suitable for young children

7:30pm Ash Wednesday Liturgy with Special Music

Coming up at Holy Apostles

Christmas is Coming!

Join us for community caroling on Friday, December 22 at 5 pm

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.

Giving to Music, Greens and Flowers

Fill our church with the delights of the season. We take great joy in decorating the church with all of the festive greens, lights and flowers.

We also augment our choir with professional singers to enhance the sounds of the season.

Please consider contributing 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.

Evening Prayer

Wednesday December 20th 6:35 pm

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 thanksgiving for the birth of Marlow, for their parents Emmett and Nicolette and their sibling Cyprus.

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

We pray for our neighbors at PS 15

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