Newsletter, Week of March 22, 2020

Newsletter, Week of March 22, 2020
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INCARNATION NEWS

The Fourth Sunday in Lent
March 22, 2020
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Priest-in-Charge

The Rev. Lynne Washington
Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock or so it seems as we wait for the green light to go back to church, to shake hands, to hug a stranger, and to Celebrate the Mass!
 
I have never been a patient person, but God has a way of challenging me in the things that I know I am weak in. This week has been filled with medical appointments. So far I have experienced at least three different MRI’s, multiple medical visits to some doctors office and I cannot forget the chiropractors office. I now possess a wrist brace, neck brace and back brace, SHAZAM! God is reminding me every day to take care of myself. My children are fussing with me as they use the language of “social distancing”, something that is foreign to me. I like people and I like being around people. One thing for sure, this time in social distancing can allow one to be creative and share with others in a different way. I read and re-read the words of Kitty O’Mearea (Wednesday’s edition of our newsletter).
 
Starting next Wednesday, weather permitting, let us try “Communion on the Go or Drive Through Communion”. Yes, I saw another Episcopal Church in Philadelphia providing communion for her members and I think it’s a good idea. It will allow you to stay in your car and be safe and it allows me to be safe. The only requirement I ask is that you pray before communion and come prepared to be in line with other members. Communion will begin at 12:15 p.m. in conjunction with our healing service. If you wish to receive unction (anointing) for healing this will also be provided.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”
 
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:35-39
 
+Daughters of the King Prayer Line is available to you in addition to the Prayers of the People. (Please see information below)
 
+Attached is a link for a tutorial on how to use ZOOM as a beginner. I am asking if you have access to a computer please try. If we are unable to use the church for a while this may be the best method to have class and Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Compline.

Zoom Video Conferencing Tutorial: Beginner's ... - youtube.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2pq4I1urXA
 
+Habits of Grace, the Presiding Bishop’s Daily Meditations
 
https://episcopalchurch.org/habits-of-grace
The Presiding Bishop is providing us with meditations during this time of uncertainty.

I am attaching ideas that will help us continue our sense of being a worshiping loving community.
 

  1. I would like to ask that we access our prayer line on Thursday’s at 7:30 p.m. Dial 1-646-558-8656 and enter code 174631818#.  The Daughters of the King (DOK) maintain the prayer line as a part of their ministry.
  2. Wednesday Noon Bible Study using Zoom: 
Zoom Instructions to get into ZOOM
https://zoom.us/j/9365699557  Click this link to be a part of Noon Bible Study.

             March 22-28, Scripture John 9:1-41 (NRSV)
             March 29, Scripture John 11:1-45 (NRSV)
 
  1. Sunday Sermon for March 22, 2020. The lessons are as follows:
          1 Samuel 16:1-13
          Ephesians 5:8-14
          John 9:1-41
          Psalm 23
           
           Look for the sermon posting on Sunday morning, Rev. LEW’s Soul Food Kitchen Table
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Rev. Lynne+

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Stay turned for more information on LENTEN STUDY on Wednesday's!  It is postponed.
If you are considering joining the Daughters of the King, a ministry of Prayer and Outreach, please contact Florence Mitchell at flomitch@gmail.com or see her after church or any member of the Daughters of the King. Discernment will begin soon.
ECW Game Day, March 21st has been cancel.
For those in need of God’s healing and wholeness:  Paulette Thompson; Adrianna Hamilton; Daryl Jones; Sandra Fouch Smith; Torrey Pointdexter; David Lawrence; Lisa Alston; Marzene Bennett; Carl Walker; Michaelle Richards; Jesse Tucker; The Wilson Family; Izola Porter; Barbara Echols ; Cheryl Moses Family; Tajuana Mitchell; Alan Edwards; Carlos Showers ; Leila Rich; Cheryl Robinson; Bobbie Frost; Valerie Kimble Williams; Paul McDaniel Jr.; Josephine Pegeese; Aristide Kientega; Ed Thigpen; John Baldwin Sr. & Family; Rev. Lynne Washington; Erica Tucker-Downs; Lin & Vicki Longino; Shirley Jackson; Iris Hamilton Family; William C. Tucker; James E. Baldwin Sr; James and Linda Baldwin; David Hodges; Jewell Cousin; Barbara Kelley; Tiran and Cameron Jackson; Sam Hudson; Marolyn Cousin; Tina Garlick; Jonathan Baldwin; Gause Family; Mark Thornton; Gwen and Wendell Stewart; Greta Howard; Peter Jacobs; Patricia Broadnax; Martha Westmoreland; Ruby Jones; Gloria Morris; Dale Williams; Mavis Dallis Family; Diana Davis; Brittany Skillern; Jervie Smedley; Robert Mullins; Carrie Pettigrew; Kara Tillman; Earl Brown Family; Pearline Goldsboro; Willie Mae McLeod; David Kelley; Carole Tucker; Shelley Jones; and Wilhelmina Jenkins.
MARCH BIRTHDAYS

Thomas Pettigrew (4th)
Marian Cobb (9th)
Shaneka Jeffers Askew (15th)
Alexis Lynn (17th)
Elijah President (23rd)
Dennis Parks Sr. (30th)
Marcia Griffith (31st)
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SAVE THE DATE!!
  • 22nd – Rose Sunday: 4th Sunday in Lent: Congregation wear Pink
ECW Meeting (Vestry Room)
Men Club Meeting (Sunday School Room)
  • 25th - Wednesday: Evening Prayer – 6:30pm
                                            Lenten Study – 7pm
  • 28th – Saturday: Vestry Leadership Meeting – Absalom Jones Center
                                         Clean-Up Day: 9:30am – 1:30pm
  • 29th – 5th Sunday Jazz Concert – 4-7pm: featuring the Joe Jennings' Neighborhood Arts Ensemble Big Band
  • Week of 29th:  Daughters of the King Discernment process starts
APRIL 2020
  • 1st - Wednesday: Evening Prayer – 6:30pm
                                            Lenten Study – 7pm
  • 5th – Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
  • 7th – Tuesday – Holy Week Noon – Mini Concerts
  • 8th – Wednesday – Holy Week Noon – Mini Concerts
  • 9th – 6pm: Agape Meal; 7pm: Maundy Thursday Service
  • 10th – 11:30am: 7 Last Words at St. Timothy Church; 7pm: Stations of the Cross - Good Friday
  • 11th – Saturday: National Association of University Women meeting: 1pm – 4pm
Holy Saturday – Easter Vigil
                             Sunday School: Dye Easter Eggs
  • 12th – Easter Day: Sunrise and 11am
                         Easter Egg Hunt
Earth Day: Blessing of the Garden
                                   
MAY 2020
  • 9th - Saturday: National Association of University Women meeting: 1pm – 4pm
  • 10th – Sunday: Mother’s Day
                                  Jazz Committee Meeting
                                  DOK Meeting
  • 13th – Wednesday, Jazz Committee Meeting – Noon
  • 17th – Jazz Mass
  • 23rd – Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Ecumenical Music Workshop (Clinicians TBA) (Fee will include music & lunch)
  • 24th – Sunday:    Celebration of the newly reinstated Daughters of the King one year anniversary
4:00, Spring Sing, Concert featuring music & participants from Saturday's workshop
ECW Meeting (Vestry Room)
  • 31st – Day of Pentecost
                         5th Sunday Jazz Concert – 4-7pm: featuring the Joe Jennings' Neighborhood Arts Ensemble Big Band
JUNE 2020
Lemonade and Cookies on the Lawn
Casual Sunday
                       Sunday School:  End of Year Cookout
  • 9th – Tuesday, DOK Phone Conference – 7pm
  • 13th - Saturday: National Association of University Women meeting: 1pm – 4pm
  • 14th – Sunday School: Graduation Sunday
  • 19th – Juneteenth
  • 21st – ECW Father’s Day Breakfast (Parish Hall)
                  Jazz Mass
JULY 2020
Lemonade and Cookies on the Lawn
Casual Sunday
  • June – August: DOK collecting school supplies
  • 4th – Independence Day (OFFICE CLOSED)
  • 12th – Sunday: DOK Meeting
  • 19th – Jazz Mass
  • 25th – Saturday: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. 3rd Annual Fundraiser, Sing, Stroke, Sip ($25 advance tickets/$30 at door)
  • 26th – Sunday: ECW Meeting (Vestry Room)
Men Club Meeting (Sunday School Room)
AUGUST 2020
Lemonade and Cookies on the Lawn
Casual Sunday
  • June – August: DOK collecting school supplies
  • 9th – Sunday, Jazz Committee Meeting
  • 12th – Wednesday, Jazz Committee Meeting
  • 15th – ZUMBA Health Festival Fundraiser: 10am – 2pm
  • 16th – Jazz Mass
  • 30th – 5th Sunday Jazz Concert – 4-7pm: featuring the Joe Jennings' Neighborhood Arts Ensemble Big Band
SEPTEMBER 2020
  • 12th - Saturday: National Association of University Women meeting: 1pm – 4pm
  • 19th – Saturday: ECW Taste of Incarnation (Parish Hall)
  • 27th – Sunday: ECW Meeting (Vestry Room)
OCTOBER 2020
  • 10th - Saturday: National Association of University Women meeting: 1pm – 4pm
NOVEMBER 2020
  • 8th – Sunday, Jazz Committee Meeting
  • 14th - Saturday: National Association of University Women meeting: 1pm – 4pm
  • 18th - Wednesday: Outreach – Holy Comforter: prepare and serve meal
  • 22nd – 5th Sunday Jazz Concert – 4pm
DECEMBER 2020
  • 12th - Saturday: National Association of University Women meeting: 1pm – 4pm
 
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