Holy Monday Liturgy Tonight at 7pm

 

A Collect for Monday in Holy Week

Lord, you bring us into being and let our lives touch your heart: may the fragrance of our worship draw us closer to your open heart and free us from our clinging to the things we can control; through Jesus Christ, the passion of God. 

(from Prayers for an Inclusive Church by Steven Shakespeare)

Bread Needed for Maundy Thursday

 

We need 5 people to volunteer to bring 2 loaves of bread - small roundish loaves- for the Maundy Thursday meal. If you can help, please contact Carol Reese at worship@allsaintschicago.org.

Easter Egg Hunt Assistance Needed

 

All Saints' Holy Saturday Egg Hunt 

Saturday April 23rd 10am to Noon (rain or shine!)

Ages 0-8 (older children are welcome to come and assist)

 

There will be Easter craft projects for the children as we gather. Egg Hunting will begin promptly at 10:50 - Don't be late! A light lunch will be served after the hunt.

Please RSVP to Andrea Garland (egghunt@allsaintschicago.org) with names and ages of children so we can plan for eggs needed and food.

 

ALSO Clyde plans to be away so we REALLY NEED HELP to make this a success:

1.Donations of boiled/dyed eggs and hotdogs, buns, chips, raw carrots, cookies

2. Helpers for the morning to set up

3. Helpers during the morning to help with craft projects and hunting

4. Help with clean up around noon so the parish hall is ready for (Easter Sunday)

Volunteers contact Polly Tangora for more details (polly@allsaintschicago.org or 773-878-7118).

 

Holy Week and Easter at All Saints'

 

On Tuesday (7pm) we'll have the opportunity to ask for anointing and prayers for healing.

 

On Wednesday (7pm), through a series of contemporary readings we'll be invited to reflect on our complicity in such systemic sins as war, environmental degradation, and consumerism.

 

On Thursday we'll gather at 6:00 pm in the parish hall to share a simple soup supper and remember the night before Jesus died.  Following our dinner we'll wash one another's hands or feet and then move to the sanctuary to pray as some of us strip away all of the ornaments and decorations of our sacred space. We will end our time in complete darkness.

 

Following the service you may sign up for confession or conversation with Bonnie from 9 to 11 that evening.  Or for confession or conversation with Fran from 1 to 3 on Friday afternoon.  We'll also have the option of staying, praying all night long in either the sanctuary or the Reading Room.

 

On Good Friday morning, we will begin this most solemn day with Morning Prayer at 7:00.  At noon we'll have the Stations of the Cross.  From 1 to 3 the sanctuary will be open for prayer and meditation and at 8:00 in the Evening our young people will lead our evening Remembrance of Christ's Death.

 

On Saturday morning we'll have a simple service at 9:00.  Then we'll jump ahead for just a moment with our Community Easter Egg Hunt (rain or shine) from 10:00 am to Noon.  At 8:00 on Saturday evening we will gather around the sacred flame to begin our Easter Vigil.  This amazing worship service will offer each of us a glimpse into our Holy Scriptures and God's saving works in a most memorable fashion.  (Bring Bells to ring.)

 

Then on Easter Sunday morning at 8,9 and 11 o'clock we'll remember and celebrate Christ's life-giving resurrection from the grave (Again bring those bells to ring).