Dear Friends, April 18, 2011
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES:
+Holy Week began yesterday with the celebration of Palm Sunday. Rev Denise's sermon included the theme from Jesus' declaration - "Yet not what what I want, but what You want". To review this and other sermons weekly, please use this link/cut&paste:
http://ascensionroch.blogspot.com/
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+On Thursday, April 21, the Maundy Thursday service will be held at 7 PM. Besides the celebration of the Eucharist we will participate in the traditional "Washing of the feet". +Following the service we will observe the all night vigil up to the Good Friday service at noon on Friday, April 22nd. [Please call the office - 458-5423 - if you wish to participate in the silent vigil for a period of an hour between Thurs evening and Friday Noon. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend some silent time in reflection, prayer and study and to reflect on the sacrifice that this Holy time represents. Security will be provided in the Church throughout the night.]
+On Good Friday, April 22, an ecumenical Stations of the Cross walk at 8:45 AM, @
+Our first Easter Celebration is Saturday Evening, April 23 at 7 PM. This is the first time in a very long time that we have celebrated this most holy service at Ascension. We will raise up all of the traditions of this blessed service: fire, bells, music and celebration. The choir will be participating. There will be a festive reception following the service.
+The traditional Easter Celebrations are Sunday, April 24th at 8 and 10 AM.
Please call friends and family to be present with you in church this week and on Easter Sunday.
Jr. Warden Nancy Lennox announced yesterday that the Search Committee and the Vestry have approved the call of a Priest-in-Charge for the parish, pending completion of the national church hiring procedures, now under way. We thank the Vestry and Committee and look forward to full details soon.
Please keep in your daily prayers all those in need of healing, and those who serve in our military forces. And our Search Committee and Vestry. To assist in our spiritual life, Forward Day by Day booklets are $.85 each in the back of the Church [Tower Room].
If we want to grow and share God's prosperity of faith, we must love God, love our friends and then speak openly to them. A congregation grows starting with each faithful person. God will help us share the Bread of Life.....God will help us live into our Baptismal Covenant of sharing His word and our lives and resources [which is the true Meaning of Life]. We never know how ready a friend may be to hear a word of encouragement in faith. We never know when God will bring someone to speak to us, and enrich our own life.
WOMEN'S GROUP: For the May 5th meeting at noon, a presentation by the Wende Clinic on Women's Breast Health. This is the second presentation in their series on Women's Health. For this interesting program, the Group has invited the women of the Cathedral Community to participate. Also - bring a friend or relative for this event. Salad and dessert luncheon will be provided before the presentation. Those willing to contribute a salad or dessert should let Jan Wills know, 621-3900.
ALMOST LAST CALL!! CHICKEN AND BISCUIT DINNER: Gourmet diners - and chefs - are preparing for our dinner on Saturday, April 30th. The menu for this home-cooked Chicken and Biscuit Dinner includes tender chicken in gravy, home-baked biscuits, mashed potatoes, vegetable, salad, cranberry sauce and homemade desserts. The cost is $9.00 for adults, $4.00 for children aged 6 to 12; under 6 will eat free. Patty Frasca invites additional help on clean-up. If you would like to volunteer, please let Patty know, 315-986-5726 or cell 585-615-6790. Also, if you are willing to make a homemade dessert, please call her or Joan Swan.
DON'T FORGET - Our Ascension Piecemakers Quilt Group is offering a stunning queen-size quilt. This quilt would be a handsome addition to any decor! Coupons are $2 or 3 for $5. All proceeds will go to the Bell Tower Restoration Project. You can see the quilt and get more details each Sunday at Coffee Hour.
TIME TO MARK CALENDARS! There are two delicious dinners upcoming this spring....and one is just around the corner!
Saturday. April 30th, 2011 CHICKEN & BISCUIT DINNER
Friday. June 3rd, 2011 LOBSTER DINNER
PLEASE MAKE NOTE!!!
As we prepare for this season of the Resurrection, please remember those in need of our help. The MEEK food cupboard asks your continuing donations of food [put items in back of church/Tower Room], and also seeks volunteers to assist in this ministry. Please call Jan Wills 621-3900 if you can assist as a volunteer.
Coffee Hour after the 10 AM Sunday service is a wonderful opportunity to greet friends, old and new, and catch up on news. There are opportunities to host Coffee Hour in the weeks ahead. Won't you help this ministry? If not sure how to host, you may call
Please phone or visit a friend who is not able to get out or whom you've been meaning to contact. There are many who would love a call and an invitation to church or an inquiry as to when you might pay a visit. We can invite friends to accompany us to church - and take them out for brunch afterward!
To beautify our worship, in upcoming weeks there are opportunities for altar flowers. Will you take up this ministry to the glory of God and to our spirits? To donate, please contact Laurie Phillips, 865-2802 or email LBP@rochester.rr.com
+ EASTER LILIES: Thanks to your generosity, orders for 45 lilies have been placed. Tip of the hat to you all, and to Laurie Phillips for leading this ministry!!
If we wish to learn the true Meaning of Life, grow as Christians and share our love of God, we need to know the stories of the Bible. Thursday Bible Study is in the Library at 9 AM. Please 'Come and See'. The Lenten season is a time for careful reflection on Jesus’ teachings and how we model our faith to family, friends and all whom we meet. God’s Word guides such a process. Much food for thought and often refreshments to share. The study is of the Gospel Lesson for next Sunday, found below.
The Rochester Interfaith Jail Ministry asks your ongoing help - by donating through
Dear Lord, those we visit in prison are often like Lazarus, and their families like Martha and Mary. We pray that your love for them will bring them to new life and change their grief into hope through their faith. Amen.
There is God's work for each of us when we see new people on Sunday or at an event. Let's introduce ourselves and make them welcome. An invitation to chat at Coffee Hour is a great ice-breaker. So is sitting with a new person and guiding her/him in the materials, if this is their first time with us.
Do you have a pocket card to hand to a friend who asks about Ascension? Cards are on the table in the back of the church. Please take a few, and be ready to share. We have pocket crosses in the table drawer to hand to those who answer the call to "Come and See"..
MUSIC: The anthem for next Sunday is the masterwork of John Ireland Greater Love Hath No Man see link/cut&paste. Let this music inspire your heart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc4RUeKzddg
If you have a new or better email address for yourself, or know someone who might like to receive this weekly e-letter, please send in that information.
For a treat for yourself, friends and loved ones please see the recipe below - and make extra for someone in need of your kindness.
Blessings and all good wishes,
Dyson
D. Dyson Gay
585-671-0364
dysongy@aol.com
Sweet Easter Quick Bread
Prep Time:
45 Min
Cook Time:
1 Hr 30 Min
Ready In:
2 Hrs 15 Min
Original Recipe Yield 2 - 9x5 inch loaves
Ingredients
- 1(12 ounce) bottle beer
- 1 pound dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/8 cup baking powder
- 1.5 cups raisins
- 1.5.cups candied mixed fruit
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 9x5 inch loaf pans.
- In a large saucepan, combine beer, sugar and butter over medium-low heat. When the ingredients melt into each other remove from the stove top and let cool. When the mixture is cool, mix in beaten eggs and vanilla extract.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, raisins and mixed fruits. Stir beer mixture slowly into the dry mixture, incorporating and mixing as you go. Pour mixture into the prepared loaf pans.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 90 minutes or thereabouts.
GOSPEL FOR EASTER SUNDAY
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John 20:1-18
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes.
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, `I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
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Matthew 28:1-10
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, `He has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to
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