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Wednesdays in Lent
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Where & When
Date:Next meeting Wednesday, March 13
Time: 19:30
Location: Rectory
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Book Study - In the House of the Lord
Each Wednesday in Lent there will be a Book Study at 7:30 PM at the Rectory. We will be reading and discussing Henri Nouwen's In the House of the Lord. Books will be provided and everyone is welcome. Dates: March 13, March 20. See you there!
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Thursdays in Lent
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Where & When
Date: Next dinner on Thursday, March 14
Time: 19:30
Location:Undercroft
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Dinner and Compline
On Thursdays during Lent there will be a FREE DINNER at 7:30 PM followed by Compline. Various groups in the parish will be sponsoring and preparing dinner.
Schedule
March 14 - Youth
March 21 - Ushers
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Safeguarding God's Children
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Where & When
Date: Saturday, March 16
Time: 10:00-14:00
Location: Undercroft
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Training Day - Saturday, March 16, 2013
The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe has a program in place to train vestries , parish staffs, and all workers with children and youth about appropriate and professional behavior. The Rev. Jana Johnsen of Wisbaden, Germany, a professional trainer in this field, will lead an all day workshop to educate and inform us of policies and procedures. Everyone is invited to attend. Please contact the Church office.
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Adult Forum
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Where & When
Date: Sunday, March 17
Time: 10:00
Location: Undercroft
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Safeguarding God's Children
This coming Sunday, March 17, the Rev. Jana Johnsen of Wisbaden, Germany, a licensed child protection trainer, will discuss the policies and procedures of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe regarding appropriate and professional behavior in working with children and youth. Grab a cappuccino and join us in the Undercroft at 10:00 AM.
Note: Art historian Elaine Ruffolo, originally scheduled to speak on the topic of Michelangelo this Sunday, will be rescheduled.
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Book Reading
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Where & When
Date: Thursday, March 21
Time: 16:30-17:50
Location: CLL in the Undercroft
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Children's Lending Library
The Children's Lending Library will hold an English Language book reading in the Library from 4:30 to 5:30 PM on Thursday, March 21.
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Holy Week and Easter
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Holy Week and Easter Day Schedule
March 24 - Palm Sunday: Sunday of the Passion
9:00 - AM Eucharist in Chapel
11:00 - AM Blessing of Palms and Procession
March 25 - Monday in Holy Week
7:30 - PM Eucharist
March 26 - Tuesday in Holy Week
7:30 - PM Eucharist
March 27 - Wednesday in Holy Week
7:30 - PM Eucharist
March 28 - Maundy Thursday
7:30 - PM Eucharist, Washing of Feet and
Stripping of the Altar
March 29 - Good Friday
7:30 - PM Good Friday Liturgy and Adoration of the Cross
March 30 - Easter Vigil
7:30 - PM First Mass of Easter followed by Agape Feast
March 31 - Easter Day: Feast of the Resurrection
9:00 - AM Eucharist in Chapel
11:00 - AM Festive Eucharist
12:00 Noon - Easter Egg Hunt
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Baptisms at the Easter Vigil
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Where & When
Date: Saturday, March 30
Time: 19:30
Location: St. James
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Next Occasion for Baptism
The next occasion for Baptism will be at the Easter Vigil on Saturday, March 30 at 7:30 PM.
If you or anyone you know would like to be baptized, please contact the Church Office.
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Italian Cooking Lessons
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Where & When
Dates : Wednesdays,
April 3, 10, 17 & 24
Time: 18:30 - dinner
Location: Undercroft
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St. James Fundraiser
As a main fundraising event for the Church, St. James will be offering a series of four cooking lessons in April, featuring the cuisine of the various regions of Italy. Renowned Florentine chef Maria Paola Giannone ( http://www.paolagiannonechef.com) will conduct the lessons in Italian, but her assistant chef, St. James' Antonietta Ferraioli, will be available to translate. Following each lesson, participants will enjoy the fruits of their labor with a scrumptious three course meal, drinks included.
The lessons will be on Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17, and 24 beginning at 6:30 PM.
The minimum donation to participate in all is €110, or €30 per class.
Reserve soon to guarantee your spot!
Contact:
Antonietta Ferraioli
Tel. 055 8723804 or 333 5997154
Email: ferraioli.a@virgilio.it
St. James Office
Tel. 055 294417 (Tues.-Fri. 9:00-1:00)
Email: office@stjames.it
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Quirky Quilters
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Where & When
Date: Fridays
Time: 9:00-12:00
Location: Meeting Room
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Join the Quilting Group!
If you love to quilt or want to learn, join the Quirky Quilters at St. James on Friday mornings in the Meeting Room from 9:30-12:00.
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Easter Flowers
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Call for Donations
All who would like to make a donation for the Easter flowers may do so in the envelopes provided on the pews, or contact the Church office. Donations may be made in memory of a loved one or as a thank offering.
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Episcopal Church offers Lenten Resources, Meditations
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Volunteers Wanted
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Lend a Hand in the Church Office
Volunteers are needed to help with folding bulletins. A small time commitment would make a big difference! If interested, please contact the Church office.
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Weekly Food Drive
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Where & When
Date: Sundays
Time: 9:00 & 11:00
Location: Church
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Help the Hungry
Every Sunday in Church, the St. James Foodbank is collecting donations of food. Please support this important ministry by donating any of the following items: canned tomatoes, canned beans, 1 liter packages of long shelf life milk, 500 gram packages of pasta, 1 kilo packages of rice, 80 gram and 160 gram cans of tuna, coffee, crackers, small boxes of juice, merendine.
The shopping cart will be at the back of the Church, waiting to be filled!
Grazie di cuore!
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St. James' Townhouse Available for Bookings
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Come Stay in the St. James' Townhouse
St. James' Town House, in the heart of Florence, is the perfect place to stay with friends or family. We are centrally located near the train station, the Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, and many other favorite places to visit. We accept reservations for a minimum of 1 week and a maximum of 3 months. Your stay with us is considered a donation to St. James Church. Contact us for availability and further information. Everyone is Welcome at St. James' Town House! St. James' Town House is a three story apartment with its own entrance on via Bernardo Rucellai, next to the church rectory and part of the parish complex. It is a spacious 3-bedroom, 3-bath apartment, furnished with antiques, including a beautiful 1826 John Broadwood fortepiano, and overlooking the church and the rectory garden. It is fully equipped with linens for both bed and bath, along with kitchen supplies. There is satellite television that includes many English language programs, a washing machine, microwave oven, and iron. The bedrooms and living room are air conditioned. Off- street parking within the grounds of the church for one car. |
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Italians in London: Fraom Caesar to Forte
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Where & When
Date: Wednesday, March 13
Time: 18:00
Location: British Institute, Lungarno Guicciardini 9
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Lecture at the British Institute by Francesca Centurione
Donna Francesca Centurione Scotto is the author of the delightfully informative Italiani a Londra: da Cesare a Forte, published by Maria Paccini Fazzi Editore. We hear so much about the English in Florence, in Venice, in Rome: this talk considers the other side of the coin.
All are welcome.
Library and Cultural Centre
Palazzo Lanfredini
Lungarno Guicciardini, 9
50125 Firenze
Tel: 055 2677 8270
Email: library@britishinstitute.it
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Where & When
Date: Wednesday, March13
Time: 20:00
Location: Lungarno
Guicciarding 9
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Talking Pictures at the British Institute - Zeffirelli Series
The British Institute of Florence will have a showing of Franco Zeffirelli's "Jane Eyre," based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte, on Wednesday, March 13, at 8:00 PM.
This is the ninth screening in the Institute's Talking Pictures - Franco Zeffierelli series, shown each Wednesday through March 20 in the Sala Fiamma Ferragamo at the Harold Acton Library.
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Charity Art Auction
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Where & When
Date: Saturday, March 16
Time: 15:30
Location: Via Santo Spirito 27
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Help the Children
A Charity Art Auction to benefit the Help the Children Fund and sponsored by the Amerigo and America project, will be held on Saturday, March 16 in Via Santo Spirito 27, from 3:30 PM on, preview 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
It will feature works by 19th and 20th century Tuscan artists including F. Bernardini, Romano Stefanelli, Luigi Falai, Elizabeth Chaplin, Ennio Pozzi, Marcello Tommasi, Sergio Scatizzi, Enzo Faraoni, Piero Dorazio, Adriana Pincherle, Chiti Batelli, Saetti and others.
After the auction there will be a lottery with several paintings as prizes.
RSVP to esterdileo@gmail.com
http://www.helpthechildrenflorence.org/it
http://www.helpthechildrenflorence.org/en
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Organ Concert
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Where & When
Date: Saturday, March 16
Time: 17:30
Location: Waldensian Temple, Via Micheli
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Robin Walker for the P.M. Vermigli Protestant Cultural Center
On Saturday, March 16, Robin Walker will hold an Organ Concert at the Waldensian Temple in Via Micheli at 5:30 PM.
Program:
J. Blow (1649 - 1708) The Old 100th
H. Purcell (1659-95) Voluntary on the Old 100th Z.721
D. Buxtehude (637 - 1707) Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott BuxWV 184
J. Zwart (1877 - 1937) Ein Vaste Burg is onze God
J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 717 (manualiter), 711 (bicinium), 713 (plenum)
F. W. Markull (1816 - 1887) Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
F. Frahm (b.1964) Vom Himmel hoch
G. Böhm (1661 - 1733) Vater unser im Himmelreich
F. Mendelssohn-B (1809 - 1847) Sonata VI Chorale and variations, Fugue, Finale (Andante)
For information contact:
Pastor Alison Walker
Methodist Church
055 288 143
www.firenzechurch.com
Robin Walker's page:
www.theorganist.com
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Young Adult Gathering in Berlin
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Where & When
Date: May 17-20
Location: City Hostel Berlin, Glinkastraße 5
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We Believe, I Doubt - Finding God in Your 20s
Career, Romance, Independence, God - whether you grew up in or outside of Christianity, many of us make some of our most important decisions in our 20s. Hang out for three days in Berlin with other 20-somethings from the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. We'll experience the city together and talk about how faith fits into our lives. Both skeptics and saints are welcome.
May 17-20, 2013
City Hostel Berlin
Glinkastraße 5
Accommodation and breakfast cost provided
For ages 19 to 29.
For registrations or more information contact Rebecca Döbler: rdoebler@students.uni-mainz.de
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Hymn 149
Words by Thomas H. Cain (b. 1931)
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St. James Church, Florence
Via B. Rucellai, 9
Firenze, Italy
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