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MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The Rev. Martha Macgill, Rector
The Rev. T. Stewart Lucas, Associate Rector

1407 Bolton Street, Baltimore, MD 21217 (410) 669-0220
www.memorialepiscopal.org office@memorialepiscopal.org FAX: (410) 225-3695

Office & Telephone Hours: 10am-3pm (Tuesday-Friday)
Samaritan Community Outreach Ministry (410) 669-1229

CALENDAR SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF March 26th:

Sunday, March 26, 2006LENT 4

LECTIONARY : 2 Chronicles 36:14-23; Psalm 122; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 6:4-15

7:45 A.M. – Holy Eucharist, Rite One in the chapel

8:30 A.M. – Contemporary Eucharist

9:30 A.M. – Liturgy & Living: Healing and Loss, Marie Yung and Martha+ (continues)

10:30 A.M. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the church

11:45 A.M. - Coffee Hour, LPH

12:00 P.M. – Inquirer’s Class, home of Louise E. Miller

1:00 P.M. – Rehearsal for Music Man, church

4:00 P.M. – Meditation Practice Group, UPH

5:30 P.M. – Supper & Stuff, LPH

7:00 P.M. – Evening Taizé Prayer Service

Monday, March 27, 2006 -- Staff Quiet Day

4:30 P.M. – Leadership Committee, UPH

7:00 P.M. – Community: Everyman Theatre, UPH

7:00 P.M. – Music Man – Rehearsal, church

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

7:00 A.M. – Eucharist for Peace & Justice, breakfast follows, LPH

8:30 A.M. – Samaritan Community Morning Group, UPH
Samaritan Community Food Pantry by appointment

3:00 P.M. – Rehearsal for Music Man, church

4:00 P.M. - Renovations Committee, LPH

7:00 P.M. – Music Man – Rehearsal, church

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

10:30 A.M. – Bible Study, LPH

10:30 A.M. – Holy Eucharist at Memorial Apartments

12 NOON – Ecumenical Preaching Series

2:00 P.M. – Staff Meeting, LPH

4:00 P.M. – After School Program, LPH

5:30 P.M. – Holy Eucharist & Healing

7:30 P.M. – Spiritual Companions, LPH

Thursday, March 30, 2006

8:30 A.M. – Samaritan Community Morning Group, UPH
Samaritan Community Food Pantry by appointment

9:00 A.M. – Dance Class, LPH

7:00 P.M. – FINAL DRESS Rehearsal for Music Man, church

7:15 P.M. - Choir Rehearsal, UPH

Friday, March 31, 2006

7:30 P.M. – Opening Night for Spring Musical Production of Music Man

Saturday, April 1, 2006

1:00 P.M. – Matinee performance for Spring Musical Production of Music Man

8:00 P.M. – Final performance of Spring Musical Production of Music Man

FLOWERS AND AUMBRY & PEACE CANDLE CHARTS:

The roses on the back altar are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Chuck McIntosh.

The aumbry candle burns to the Glory of God and in thanksgiving for the 15 th birthday of Bryan Christopher Wiseman.

The peace candle burns this week for peace in the Middle East, especially Israel and Iraq.

CALENDAR SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SUNDAY:

Sunday, April 2, 2006LENT 5 -- Visitation of The Rev. Mary Glasspool, Canon to the Bishops

LECTIONARY : Jeremiah 31:31-Psalm51:11-16; Hebrews 5:1-10; John 12:20-33

7:45 A.M. – Holy Eucharist, Rite One in the chapel

8:30 A.M. – Contemporary Eucharist

9:30 A.M. – Liturgy & Living: Canon to the Bishops, The Rev. Mary Glasspool

10:30 A.M. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the church

11:45 A.M. - Coffee Hour, LPH

12:00 P.M. – Inquirer’s Class, home of Louise E. Miller

12:00 P.M. – Vestry meets with Canon to the Bishops, UPH

4:00 P.M. – Meditation Practice Group, UPH

5:30 P.M. – Supper & Stuff, LPH

7:00 P.M. – Evening Taizé Prayer Service

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEACE & JUSTICE SERVICE The Tuesday morning Eucharist and breakfast will be relocated to the lower parish hall for the six weeks of Lent (and possibly longer) as an experiment in enhanced accessibility. All are welcome. Please join us any Tuesday at 7:00am for the service and/or 7:45 for breakfast, fellowship, and discussion. A perfect opportunity for anyone still in need of a lenten devotion.

ECUMENICAL LENTEN SERIES: Lenten Wednesday continues, join the churches of West Baltimore at Enon Baptist Church at Noon for a service of the Word through scripture and preaching. Light lunch follows. A great opportunity to hear preaching in a variety of Gospel styles! See schedule below. On March 15th, Martha+ and Stewart+ were the preacher and liturgist respectively. The series is organized this year by Pastor Emeritus the Rev. Marion Bascom

DATE      LITURGIST                         PREACHER

March 29 The Rev. Jeremiah G. Williams The Rev. Allen Robinson

April 5 Marion Curtis Bascom                The Rev. Catherine Luckett

April 12 The Rev. Arnold Howard          The Rev. Marvis May

OTHER LENTEN EVENTS
Wednesday, March 29 at 7:30 P.M. , in the LPH

If you are a long time knitter, a new knitter, or a long ago knitter, please join us. The Spiritual Companions meet to explore a prayer shawl ministry. Call or e-mail Martha for more information. Susan Gordon Lydon:: Knitting is the simplest and most ordinary of activities, yet some how it mysteriously contains within itself the potential for expanding our conscious awareness”

Wednesday, April 5 at 7:30 P.M.

Healing in the city. All Memoralites involved in outreach are invited to come and pray for our city and share resources and ideas.

LITURGICAL DANCE ON PALM SUNDAY On April 9, Palm Sunday, we will be opening the 10:30 worship with liturgical dance. A practice will be held on Saturday, April 8 in the sanctuary. The dance will be led by two trained dancers as a processional of the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. All people wishing to participate in this form of prayerful expression are welcome to join the dance – any ages and any level of experience. Clothing will be simple. Dancing will be accompanied with singing and drums. Please contact Stephanie Hull if you would like to join the dance or the drumming. 410-462-1832 or stephaniehull@comcast.net

EUTAW-MARSHBURN SCH#11 WORKDAY --March 31st at 1 PM. This is a wonderful opportunity to work with folks from Memorial and from Brown Memorial . Eric Roberts, a Community Investment Intern with the City, has asked for volunteers to help get the school ready for the painting crew 1/4. (See Below) You will notice that the yard/sideyard needs cleaning and sprucing up too. Call Pam Fleming with questions- 410-366-6827, or Eric Roberts directly at 410-396-1654. We will need to bring our own rakes, clippers,etc.The painting and scraping tools will be provided. We can use all the volunteers we can get. "I am looking for about 7-9 semi-skilled volunteers to do some prep work on water-damaged walls in the middle section of the EMES building (we are hoping to schedule this work for 3/31 at around 1pm). The work involves scraping, sanding, spackle, and priming damaged wall surfaces in preparation for a Colltown/BELIEVE in our Schools work day on 1/4. I have attached the workplan our office finalized so that you can review the scope of the work we plan to do. If you have any gardners or green thumbs, we'd love to have them along as well to assist with the clean-up of the school's courtyard and sideyard. "

EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY (EFM) OFFERING AT MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH - BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER 2006 Education for Ministry is a program of theological study by extension from the School of Theology of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. It involves:

We will be starting a group at Memorial in September this year. If you are interested, please call Stephanie Hull at 410-462-1832 or email her at stephaniehull@comcast.net.

LISTENING HEART MINISTRIES, a non-profit group dedicated to spiritual development, seeks a full-time staff person to serve as Executive Assistant to Program Director and Trustees. Qualifications include: a desire to work in a church-related environment; proven organizational and computer skills, with expertise in Microsoft Office; a collaborative working style; ability to work efficiently and with attention to detail. For further information, inquire by email to Doris Walker: listening@verizon.net. Listening Hearts Ministries is located at the Mill Centre, Chestnut Avenue at Falls Road.

Samaritan Community: FOOD PANTRY : Adult cough and cold medication w Ibuprophen w Healthy, low-fat and low-salt non-perishables Fruits and Vegetables w Cereal w Juice, juice, and more JUICE!

PRAYER LIST: If someone you love is on the prayer list and can be removed to another section of the list OR THANKS BE TO GOD – can be taken off, please let the office know. Our prayer list is again growing long – but we never want to take off anyone off that needs to be there.

FLOWERS, AUMBRY AND PEACE CANDLE CHARTS -- REMEMBER a loved one, CELEBRATE a birthday or your favorite saint in the Episcopal calendar, or pray for PEACE somewhere: Sign up on the charts at the back of the church and sponsor the flowers, aumbry or peace candle. Donations: flowers-$35; aumbry candle-$5; peace candle-$7 for 2 weeks

Marilynn maintains the PARISH CALENDAR. When you plan an activity at the church, make sure that the SPACE and TIME you plan to use are available, and reserve them, by calling Marilynn at the church office or by email at office@memorialepiscopal.org