In This Issue

Women's Group Meeting

Youth Group News

Thanks from OAR

Philadelphia Mission Trip

Dungannon Mission Trip

Dominican Republic Mission Trip News

Monday Book Discussion Group

Relay for Life

Requiem on Good Friday

Easter Flower Dedications

VBS Registration is Open!

Help!!!

Sunday Services
Times

Rite I: 7:45 a.m.

Rite II: 9:00 a.m.

Rite II: 11:15 a.m.

Come Just as Your Are: 5:00 p.m.

Mark your Calendar!

Healing Prayer Group

April 3,

10:00-12:00

Women's Group Meeting

April 5

St. Anne's Youth Group

April 6

Thirst and Theology

April 9

St. Anne's Theater Series: Arguendo

April 12

Monday Book Group Discussion

April 14

Holy Week

Events & Services

Tenebrae

Wednesday, April 16

7:30 p.m.

Agape Dinner

Thursday, April 17

at 6:15 p.m.

followed by

Maundy Thursday Service

at 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday Noon Service

Friday, April 18

Noon

followed by

Stations of the Cross

1:00 p.m.

Good Friday Evening Service

featuring

Requiem

by John Rutter

7:30 p.m.

Pascal Dinner

Saturday, April 19

6:30 p.m.

followed by

The Great Vigil

at Sunset

Easter

Sunday, April 20

Services at 7:45, 9:00 and 11:15.

Easter Egg Hunt between 9:00 and 11:15 services

No 5:00 p.m. service

Helping Hands

The Helping Hands Leader for April is Connie Pettinger. Please call or email the Church Office should you or someone you know need a

Helping Hand.

703-437-6530

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Contact Info.

1700 Wainwright Dr.

Reston, VA 20190

703-437-6530

fax: 888-467-8179

stannes@stannes-reston.org

The Readings for April 6, 2014

Ezekiel 37:1-14, Psalm 130, Romans 8:6-11, John 11:1-45

April 2, 2014

Update from Cuba

The eight members of our Cuba Mission Team arrived in Cuba Friday night. We spoke with Jim this morning. The mission team is doing well. The Bishop of Cuba is sending them out to different communities to work and to meet people. On Sunday Jim preached at Bermeja. We will be sure to keep you updated as we learn more. The group will be returning on Sunday, April 16.

Holy Week Schedule

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday on April 13. Please note the Holy Week schedule on the sidebar at the left. If you have any questions, please contact the Church Office.

Women's Group Meeting

Explore the Costs and Benefits of New Medical Treatments with Holly Peay, who will present her views and lead a discussion at the St. Anne's Women's Group this Saturday, April 5 at 8:30 a.m. in the Library. Mrs. Peay works with families who have a child with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. She is the Principle Investigator of the DuchenneConnect PCORnet and one of Father Jim and Kay's multi-talented children.

Please click here to sign up to bring something to this event. We look forward to seeing you!

Youth Group News

The next SAYG meeting is this Sunday, April 6 from 6:15-7:15 p.m. in the Library. There are two other April events to note. Please join us on Easter morning, April 20 at 8:30 a.m. to help us hide the eggs for the St. Anne's Easter Egg Hunt. And, join us again on Sunday, April 27 from 6:15-7:15 p.m. for a tie-dye extravaganza. Don't forget to bring your own prewashed plain white t-shirt! Questions? Please contact Rev. Laura.

Thanks for Making a Difference through OAR

Fairfax County OAR was overwhelmed by the awesome generosity of the St. Anne's congregation this winter. Those of us who collected the coats thought you were pretty terrific as well! OAR has asked us to "Please thank the congregation for 'making a difference' through OAR." St. Anne's donated roughly $2,000 worth of coats to provide a warm start for those who are beginning a new life after prison. I believe it's our best drive yet! One of our volunteers, Clifton Poole, suggested we ask you all one more time - now that, hopefully, the cold weather is behind us - to look as you go through your spring cleaning for any other coats you might want to give. The box will still be in its place in the Narthex for a week or so more. OAR can accept coats all year long, and you can always check out the OAR website: www.oarfairfax.org. We thank you for showing how much you care.

-- Jackie Wooldridge

Philadelphia Mission Trip

The annual Philadelphia Mission Trip, on which we provide summer activities for children and youth at a Philadelphia homeless shelter, is scheduled for June 28-July 3. This trip is for rising 9^th graders through rising college freshmen. You may sign up on the clipboard in the narthex or email Rev. Laura directly with your interest. Sign up and $100 deposit are due by Sunday, April 13. Please make checks payable to "St. Anne's Episcopal Church" and put "Philadelphia" in the memo line. Please note that your space is not reserved until we receive your deposit; space is extremely limited for this trip! Questions? Please contact Rev. Laura.

Dungannon Mission Trip

The annual Dungannon Mission Trip is one in which we join other Episcopal churches from Region V to repair substandard housing and help those in need in Appalachia. This trip for rising 9^th graders and up is scheduled for July 26 - August 2. You may sign up on the clipboard in the narthex or email Rev. Laura directly with your interest. Sign up and $125 deposit are due by Thursday, May 15. Please make checks payable to "St. Anne's Episcopal Church" and put "Dungannon" in the memo line. Questions? Please contact Rev. Laura.

Dominican Republic Mission Trip News

We need to finalize the members of Team DR 2014 by this Sunday, April 6. The team will leave on Saturday, July 12 and return on Tuesday, July 22. There will be three required planning meetings starting in early May. The trip is open to people age 16 and older. The cost is $950. Team projects will include Vacation Bible School and some sort of construction work. While knowledge of Spanish is helpful, it's in no way required. Please contact Martha Furniss if you are interested.

Monday Book Discussion Group

The Monday Book Group Discussion will be meet on April 14 at 9:30 in the Library, to discuss In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta Ahmed. On May 19, the Book Group will be meeting at Caf� Montmartre in Lake Anne Plaza to discuss Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination by Joyce Appleby. All are welcome!

Put on Your Walking Shoes: Relay for Life

St Anne's outstanding Grateful Living team has entered the organizing stage for the Saturday/Sunday, May 17-18 Relay for Life [American Cancer Society] at South Lakes High School. Please join the team by donating, participating, and walking. Sign-up and donating is easy, just click here to St. Anne's Relay for Life Page. For more information please contact Ray Walser, (703-402-8369).

Choir to Perform Requiem on Good Friday

At the 7:30 p.m. Good Friday service, St. Anne's Choir and Orchestra will perform John Rutter's Requiem. "This is one of the best-loved and most widely performed choral works of the twentieth century. The texts are from the Missa pro Defunctis, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Psalms. The seven sections form a meditation on the themes of life and death: prayers on behalf of all humanity, psalms, personal prayers to Christ, and in the central Sanctus an affirmation of divine glory." (from Oxford University Press) This special Good Friday service will blend the Passion of Christ from John's Gospel with Rutter's Requiem. Please plan to join us!

Easter Flower Dedications

Easter is April 20. We are now accepting Easter Flower Dedications. To make a flower dedication, please either fill out the dedication on the clipboard in the Narthex or email the Church Office. A $35 contribution is requested, please include "Easter Flowers" in the memo line. This contribution can be placed in the collection plate or dropped off in the Church Office.

Vacation Bible School Registration is Open!

The website for St. Anne's Vacation Bible School 2014, Workshop of Wonders, Imagine & Build with God, is open! We are going to have a wonderful time! Our dates are Monday, July 21 through Friday, July 25 from 9:15 am to 12:15 pm. Our VBS is open to 4-year-olds through rising 5^th Graders. Click here to register. The cost is $50 per child or $30 per child if a parent is able to volunteer during the week of VBS. (Unfortunately, you will not be able to pay online.) Once you have registered your student (and volunteer :-) please mail a check, made out to St. Anne's for the appropriate amount, with VBS 2014 in the memo line. Mail to: St. Anne's, Attention: Susan Allen, 1700 Wainwright Drive, Reston, VA 20190. Please contact Susan Allen with any questions. We can't wait to see all of you!

Help!!

The person who for years has quietly and without fanfare washed and ironed our acolyte robes has recently moved away. We are in need of someone to wash and iron some of our robes -- approximately 5 to 10 robes -- every two weeks. If you would be able to help with this activity, please contact Susan. Thanks!