The Wood Between the Worlds

by Fr. Casey

We are entering once more upon the holiest of weeks. It is our honor and duty as Christians to return to Jerusalem in mind and heart to walk the Way of the Cross with Jesus. I hope you will be able to journey the whole way and will allow yourself time to pause on each holy stone in the path to Calvary. For everything in the story of Jesus Christ builds toward and culminates in the Passion. Christ crucified and raised is ever and always the fullness of the Gospel.

This Sunday, and throughout the week, our eyes will be turned directly at the cross. For most Episcopalians, this is not a common direction for our gaze, as we tend to spend more time and imagination on the hillsides where Jesus taught than on the hillside where he died. But we must go to Golgotha with him, for it was always his destination. He did not intend merely to preach the Sermon on the Mount, but to live it, and love of God, love of neighbor, and love of enemy find their fullest expression in the self-emptying sacrifice of the cross. It is in his arms stretched wide that we can finally see the extent of his yearning to draw the whole world to God.

Among our sisters and brothers in Christ, there is a propensity to condense the meaning of this week into a simple theory of atonement. But reducing the cross to a single meaning is...

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In this E-news:

• Transfiguring Our Foundations Sixth Year Progress
• Palm Cross Making
• Palm Sunday & Holy Week Schedule
• Lend a Hand for Holy Week
• The Passion Experience for Families & Small Children

• Help Us Break The Fast
• Church Offices Closed
• EMF Baseball Outing
• Bingo Night Save the Date
• A Question for You
• Calling all VBS Volunteers

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As we approach the much-anticipated renovations made possible by the Transfiguring Our Foundations campaign, we are providing an update on the progress of the Sixth Year opportunity to sponsor interior furnishings.

Click here to learn more and participate

Palm Cross Making

It's your once-a-year opportunity to join us for palm cross making in the Vestry Room tomorrow, Saturday March 23, from 10:00am - noon. Drop by to help make the little crosses that are passed out on Palm Sunday. All materials and instruction are provided. It’s simple and fun to do.

Sunday is Palm Sunday

This Sunday is Palm Sunday and we embark on the last leg of our journey with Christ to the Cross and the mystery of Easter. Holy Week offers many opportunities to grow deeply into one’s preparation for the joy of Easter.

Palm Sunday | March 23 & 24*

M/T/W Noon Eucharist | March 25-27

Passion Experience for Children | March 27 | 6pm

Tenebrae | March 27 | 7pm

Maundy Thursday | March 28*

The Watch | March 28-29

Good Friday | March 29*

Holy Saturday | March30 | 8:30am

The Great Vigil of Easter | March 30 | 8pm

Easter Day | March 31*

* denotes multiple service times.

View the webpage for info on Childcare & Livestreams



Lend a Hand for Holy Week

Holy Week requires the help of the whole community. You can sign up to get involved in the Tower Cloister or online!

• Open Door will host the Maundy Thursday Soup Supper. There are opportunities to help prepare and serve food.

• Bring loaves of bread and/or bottles of wine for Maundy Thursday (March 28 | 7:00pm). The bread is donated to Austin Street Center, and the wine is uncorked after the Great Vigil.

• Keep watch for an hour before the Blessed Sacrament through the night between Maundy Thursday and Good Friday (March 28-29).

Help Us Break The Fast

Every year, following the Great Vigil of Easter, the parish celebrates with what is fondly known as the Break the Fast party, a parish-wide potluck brimming with food and conviviality.

Beginning this Sunday and running through Maundy Thursday, there will be a signup table in the Gathering space. All food and drinks are provided through parishioner contributions. You can also sign up online via the button below.

We welcome gifts to help pay for paper goods, cutlery, additional food, flowers and some of the decorations. If you cannot attend, or if bringing deviled eggs is just not your thing, you can still participate through a contribution - no amount is too small. On the Dedication Form select Break The Fast.

Church Offices Closed

Please make note that the Church Offices will be closed on Good Friday and on Monday and Tuesday following Easter Day. Offices will reopen on Wednesday, April 3. If you have an urgent pastoral need, you can contact clergy two ways: Call 972-233-1898 and press option 9 or click here.

Outreach Successes

Easter Drive for Gateway of Grace. We are pleased to share that this year's drive to support Gateway of Grace’s Easter Egg Hunt for refugee families was a tremendous success. Thanks to your generosity, we collected over 200 individual snack bags, 50 Easter baskets, and over 700 candy-filled eggs. Transfiguration has a long history of supporting Gateway families. On behalf of the Outreach Committee and the families whose Easter celebrations will be blessed by this drive, thank you!

Clothes Horse Donations for Austin Street Center. From time-to-time, our Clothes Horse receives more donations of clothing than we can use. When this happens, St. Hilda’s and our Outreach Committee work together to donate some of the excess to Austin Street Center. This week, Austin Street thanked us for a record-setting donation of clothing for their clients. Special thanks to all who bring their gently-used clothing to support the Clothes Horse, as well as Austin Street.

EMF Baseball Outing

Episcopal Men’s Fellowship invites you to join them to watch the Frisco Roughriders play Corpus Christi Hooks in Frisco on April 9. The game starting at 6:35pm. Tickets are $27 per person and space is limited.

Bingo Night!

Save the Date

Join us for BINGO Night in the Parlor on April 13 at 6:30pm. Proceeds benefit the Youth Pilgrimage to Scotland this summer. Mark your calendars for a fun night with lots of food, fun, and prizes.

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