Prayer for Christ Church
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Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for Christ Church Parish. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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King Ethelbert
February 25, 2016
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Lenten Program
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The People of the Stations
This Lenten season we will be taking a look at the people who populate the Stations of the Cross. Join us at 9am on February 28, March 6, and March 13 to hear and discuss people like Pontius Pilate, Simon of Cyrene, Veronica, the Women of Jerusalem, and Joseph of Arimathea.
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Stations of the Cross
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Every Friday in Lent
Stations of the Cross will be offered
every Friday in Lent, beginning on February 12 at 6 p.m. The Christ Church Stations are beautiful and haunting, and they serve to remind us of the sacrifice Jesus made on our behalf. Remember that each one of us can walk the Stations on our own as well, in private devotion. Please plan on joining us.
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Lenten Altar Guild Prep Day
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Saturday, March 12, 9am
A Lenten preparation day will be held on Saturday morning, March 12, starting at 9:00. We will prepare for Holy Week as well as polish items to be used during the Easter season.
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Bordentown 5K Water Station
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Saturday, March 19
Our parish will once again have a water station set up in front of the church. We need volunteers to fill cups and pass them out to thirsty runners. Please let Fr. Matt know if you can help minister to the runners.
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UTO Boxes
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The Christ Church ECW challenges you to show your thankfulness this Lent season! By placing an offering in your United Thank Offering box each time you are thankful for something, your gratitude goes on to help the mission and ministry of the Episcopal Church where fund are needed the most. Extra blue UTO boxes can be found on the front table at the church entrance and on the table outside the church office. We will be collecting the contents of the UTO boxes on Mothers' Day, on Sunday May 8, 2016. More about the United Thank Offering can be found at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/united-thank-offering.
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
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The church will be purchasing tickets for the July 2 Trenton Thunder game at 7 p.m. There will be fireworks after the game. All church school teachers and students are free. Each student may bring one friend. All other adults and children over 12 years of age pay the group rate of $8.00 each.
This year one church school student will be picked to throw out the first pitch! There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in front of the church office. If you have any questions, please contact Andy Law at 298-9171.
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Bishop Van Duzer Scholarship
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Applications are being accepted now for 2016 Van Duzer Scholarships. High school seniors going onto college or other recent high school graduates who will be entering their first year of study at an accredited post-secondary school are eligible to apply. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2016. You'll need to complete an application form and a number of other items, so it'll be helpful to start early if you plan to apply. Application forms are available in the parish office.
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Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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Every Thursday!  Join us at the Farnsworth House to have some fun and raise money for our city's fire companies.
From 5pm to 10pm any beverage purchased (even coffee and other soft drinks) will result in a $1 donation to Consolidated Fire Association or Hope Hose Humane. See you there!
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Upcoming Events
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March 4-5: Diocesan Convention
March 12, 9am: Altar Guild Easter Prep Day
March 19: 5K Water Table
March 23, 7pm: Sung Stations of the Cross w. Vox Fidelis
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The Propers
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For Sunday, February 28
This Sunday is the Third Sunday in Lent
OT: Exodus 3:1-15
Psalm 103:1-11NT: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Collect: Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Serving This Week
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For Sunday, February 28
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
10am: Mary Ellen Carty & Andy Law
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
10am: Kate Williamson & Susan Preston
Acolytes:
5:30pm: Julia Peterson 8am: Richard Trout, Wayne Voorhees, and Alex Vigh
10am: Mary Ellen Carty
Altar Guild:
Preparation: Vinnie Stout
Linens: Anne Lyon
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Quote of the Week
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"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
- Blessed Mother Teresa
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Church Schedule
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The Week of February 28, 2016
Saturday, 27 February :: George Herbert, Priest, 1633 · 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 28 February :: The Third Sunday in Lent
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 8:00 a.m. - Church School (Church & Classrooms)
· 9:00 a.m. - Adult Education: The People of the Stations
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 11:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Nursery) · 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall) Monday, 29 February :: Lenten Feria
· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 1 March :: David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, 544
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel) · 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Wednesday, 2 March :: Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672 · 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Ave Regina (Lady Chapel) · 6:00 p.m. - Tai Chi (Parish Hall)
· 6:30 p.m. - Rosary (Lady Chapel)
· 6:50 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
· 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Thursday, 3 March :: Lenten Feria
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel) self-led
· 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass w. Anointing (Lady Chapel)
Friday, 4 March :: Lenten Feria
Special Devotion
· No MP or Low Mass - Diocesan Convention
· 6:00 p.m. - Stations of the Cross (Church)
Saturday, 5 March :: Lenten Feria
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 6 March :: Rose Sunday
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 8:00 a.m. - Church School (Church & Classrooms)
· 9:00 a.m. - Adult Education: The People of the Stations
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 11:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Nursery)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
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This (Past) Week in Church History
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February 18, 1546: German reformer Martin Luther dies in Eisleben. In one of his pockets he had placed the beginning of a projected manuscript against Roman Catholics. In another pocket was a slip of paper reminding him, "We are beggars, that's the truth".
February 18, 1688: Quakers in Germantown, Pennsylvania, issue America's first formal protest of slavery.
February 19, 843: Empress Theodora reinstates icons once and for all in the Eastern churches, effectively ending the medieval iconoclastic controversy. A council in 787 had allowed the veneration of icons, but opponents of images still controlled most of the government and much of the church leadership. The controversy continued, however, and was one of the reasons for the Great Schism between Catholics and the Orthodox in 1054.
February 19, 1401: William Sawtrey, an English priest who followed the teachings of John Wycliffe, is burned for heresy, becoming the first "Lollard" (critic of the church) martyr in England.
February 19, 1812: Congregational missionaries Adoniram and Ann Judson set sail from Massachusetts for Calcutta, India. From there, they went to Burma and became two of the most famous American missionaries of their day. February 20, 1469: Thomasso de Vio Cajetan, the most learned of the Roman Catholic dignitaries sent to silence Martin Luther in the early years of the Protestant Reformation, is born. He was also one of the cardinals who convinced Pope Clement VII to reject Henry VIII's request to divorce Catherine of Aragon.
February 20, 1895: Abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the first African-American to hold high political office, dies. After escaping to freedom in 1838, he became the most prominent black abolitionist. Critical of the "Christianity of this land," which accepted (or at least tolerated) slavery, he considered himself a devotee of "the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ".
February 21, 1173: Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket three years after the Archbishop of Canterbury's martyrdom at the hands of King Henry II's knights.
February 21, 1801: John Henry Newman, Anglican leader of the Oxford Movement, is born in London. The movement sought to reform the Church of England in a "high church" direction, but Newman left the church in 1845 to become a Catholic-a choice he explained in his Apologia pro Vita Sua (1864).
February 23, 303: Diocletian begins his "Great Persecution," issuing edicts that call for church buildings to be destroyed, sacred writings burned, Christians to lose civil rights, and clergy to be imprisoned and forced to sacrifice. The following year he went even further, ordering all people to sacrifice on pain of death.
February 23, 1455 (traditional date): Johannes Gutenberg publishes the Bible, the first book ever printed on a press with movable type. February 23, 1685: George Frederick Handel, composer of the oratorio "Messiah," is born. He died in 1741, having spent the last six years of his life in total blindness.
--taken from Christianity Today
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Abbess, 704
Benedictine abbess, also called Eustreberta. She was born in 630, the daughter of the Count Palatine Badefrid and St. Framechildis, near Therouanne, Artois, France. Faced with an unwanted marriage, Austreberta went to St. Omer, who gave her the veil, the symbol of the consecrated virgin. She also convinced her family that she had a true vocation. Austreberta entered the convent of Abbeville, Port-sur-Somme. In time she was elected abbess and helped reform the convent of Pavilly. She was famed for her visions and miracles.
-from Catholic Saints & Angels
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Charlotte Norcross, Bob Bernard, Pat Temple, Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Gloria Jones, Kelley Gilger, Sister Gussie, Nancy Biocco, Michael Chahanovich, Lori Forenson, Michael Vaughan, Zachary Forsberg, Jack Young, Carol Pfieffer, Maria Stout, Emma Carver, Gloria Garfinkle, Clare Biagini, Rita Haney, Irene Fithian, Michelle Miloscia, Michael Cook, Charles St. George, HollyJones, Wade Ronin Sipler, Bill Webb, Carlton Jones, Jim Tucker, Roxie Clark, Sister Angela, Dee Watkins, Hans Ruhlandt, Helen Gardiner, and Dick Gher.
and those who have long term illnesses: Barbara Fusco, Stella Eichinger, John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, Kevin Kintner, Arthur Jukes, Dixon Leavers, Robin Kintner, John McCoy, Gary Rutherford, Jane Humble, Charles Martin, Lyza Lyon,The Rt. Rev. George Councell, Michael Slaper, Alice Ward Carriger, Karen Campbell Hillman, Carla Douglas, Ryan Murray, William Sweeney, Justin McCafferty, Zachary McCafferty, Jeanine Walker, Mario Batist, Robert Ackerman, Paul Wesley Morrison, Kelly Bergen, Bill Yale, Hannah McNinch, Gabe Fresco, Fr. Ted Anderson, R. Loraine Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Mackenzie Sutter, Daniel Applegate, Alma Poksay, Roberta Cash, Patti Beddia, Jennifer Vigh Daniels, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Jim Tranter, Jonathan Okeson, John O'Malia, Eileen Cantwell, Jean Greenwood, Shaun Neiderman, Cheryl Leavers-Morrow, Morgan Ackerman, Carol Boggs, Mary Dallman, and Patricia Dixon.
those in military service: Ben Skarzynski, USMC; Col Kelly Scott, USAF; Neil Gerrish, USNG; Abbygale Albert, USN, James F. Preto, USNG, Frank L Blades Jr, USA, and Chris Neal, USN.
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