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THE WEEKLY E-PISTLE
news & update
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SERVING THIS SUNDAY
Celebrant: Rev. Matthew McDermott
Deacon: Rev. Lauren P. McCombs
Organist: Lauren Wittine
Acolyte: Louise Delafield
Greeter: Kathy Kennedy
Altar Guild: Marcy Sohn
Usher: Chantal
Epistle: Annemarie Redmond
Passion Readers:
Casey McKibben
Sarah Halsey
Marie Paine
Juliet Knowles
Intercessor: Vinie Miller
Coffee Hour: Sarah Halsey
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EVENTS THIS WEEK
HOLY WEEK
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Palm Sunday, April 13
Church Service 10:00 am
Coffee hour 11:00 am
Wednesday, April 16
Women's Spirituality 10:00 am
Maundy Thursday, April 17
Special Community Dinner & Service 6:00 pm
Good Friday, April 18
Parish Office Closed
Good Friday Service 12:00 pm
Self-led stations of the cross 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Holy Saturday, April 19
The Great Vigil of Easter at CCLA at 7:30 pm
Celebrations
Birthdays: Ed Jennings, Tim McAdam, Ellie Gardner, Stu Langs, Wesley Holthaus
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Pray for the special needs of our congregation and lift up the following individuals to God in prayer:
Remembrance
Charles Park, Margaret Carver, George Griffin
Healing
William Mack, Betsy Alexander, Mary McCann, Mark McNulty, Collins Anderson, Bruce McCombs, Caroline Huntley, Anne Wittine, Marina Bermudez, Joan Klappert, David Riggs, Alyssa Hardbarger, Tyler Britton, Dede Jamison, Catherine Aragon, George Mallinckrodt, Peggy Dubes
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For pastoral care, you are invited to reach out to:
The Reverend Matthew McDermott
Cell: (650) 269-2611, Email: mjpmcdermott@gmail.com
The Reverend Lauren P. McCombs
Cell: (650) 740-1552, Email: laurenpmccombs@gmail.com
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Photo of the Week
Beautiful Last Super Sculpture located in the Parish Library
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Holy Week Services
(Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil & Easter Sunday)
Please Click Below to See the Detailed Schedule
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An anonymous donor has donated $3,000 to Christ Church for new and existing programs such as the community dinners, dia de los Muertos celebration or to support existing or new programs.
In addition, they are providing an additional matching gift of up to $2,000 for the bike rest. Matching funds from the parish or the community will qualify for the matching gift. Make sure any matching funds are identified as matching for the bike rest anonymous gift.
We are deeply grateful for this generous gift.
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Last Sunday, we all enjoyed listening to Casey McKibben as he read the First Reading during the 10:00 am Church Service wearing his special kilt.
Did you know last Sunday, April 6th was Tartan Day?
You may ask: "What is Tartan Day"?
According to Casey McKibben, Tartan Day is the 1320 Scottish Declaration of Arbroath, a precursor of our 1776 Declaration of Independence? Did it influence our founders?
There is a great similarity in intent and content between the two declarations. Certainly, all Scots, particularly those who immigrated to America, held Arbroath dear.
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Tartan day celebrates the many contributions of Scots and Scottish Americans to the founding and subsequent development of our United States.
This is why I, Casey McKibben, a patriotic Scottish American, proudly wear my kilt on Tartan Day!
Now you know the rest of the story!
| | Help Support the Episcopal Church in the Holy Land on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday! | | |
Easter Memorials & Thanksgivings
You will find the insert below in your service bulletin this Sunday. You can leave donations in the alms basin at a Sunday service, drop them off to the Church office, or mail donation checks to the office by Sunday April 13th.
Please make sure it is clearly marked as an Easter Memorial & Thanksgiving donation with instructions on how to distribute the donation and any acknowledgements.
| | "A new commandment I give, that you love one another as I have loved you." | | |
You are invited
to this special community dinner, serving Middle Eastern fare, that starts on the patio commemorating the Last Supper.
We then process to the church for the Eucharist and stripping of the altar in preparation of Good Friday.
Please RSVP below, so we can plan accordingly
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Annual Easter Egg Hunt
Get your Easter Baskets Ready!
Our Annual Easter Egg Hunt is fast approaching, so it's time to prepare for a fun-filled family day of springtime celebrations
and treasure hunting!
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Sunday April 20th (Easter) - Singers, readers and hand-holders are needed as SpiritCare visits with forgotten Seniors at Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park (1:30 pm) and The Sequoias Memory Care/Assisted Living (3:00 pm). Easter Egg stuffers also needed during coffee hour. Contact Angela Hey.
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Until Thursday April 17: GAIA Global Health Student Nurse Scholarships:
12 RAISED! In 2021 USAID agreed to pay for 94 nurse scholarships to help support GAIA's efforts to eradicate AIDS in Malawi. They reneged. We hoped to raise funds for 10 scholarships during Lent. and thanks to your generosity, we did. We are working with several other churches and communities and hope to be able to raise funds for a few more, and there is a matching funds grant until 4/11. Signup at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094FA8AE2DA13-55901674-5morescholarships then send your check to Christ Church (with Outreach - GAIA in the information line) or send funds directly to GAIA https://www.gaiaglobalhealth.org/ And most importantly, tell everyone you know! Questions, contact Betsy Alexander or Andy Pflaum.
Collecting Hotel-sized Toiletries for Homeless Vets: We need shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes and more. Bring them to the marked green box in the church breezeway.
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Last Sunday we helped make cornbread for St Bede's Lentil Soup supper for 240
staying at Life Moves Navigation Center shelter in RWC.
Thank you everyone for your help!
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Don't Miss
Earth Day Celebration!
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The Rev. Canon Eric Metoyer
Earth Day is April 22, 2025.
There are a variety of ways to celebrate Earth Day as people of faith who believe in our role, our responsibility in care of God’s Creation.
It is also, in the wisdom of the Church, the Tuesday of Easter Week, just after our joyous celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection.
This challenge of the calendar does not offer a choice of one or the other, rather, a chance to celebrate both! Recognizing the resurrection of Jesus Christ is affirmation of the life giving ‘Way of Love’ we accept as followers of Christ, and, our stewardship of creation is part of Christian faith lived loudly in the world around us.
Mark your calendars for a special screening of Gratitude Revealed!
Light lunch to follow.
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Let's Go Hiking!
We'll be joined by members of Christ Church Los Altos
for a fun afternoon of adventure.
This hike will be beginner-friendly, and all ages and levels are welcome!
| | If you missed the wonderful performance of Ensemble Continuo Chamber Choir last mouth at CCCPVW, you may view the concert video here (we received the link few days ago!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtICbzb5QuA. | | |
Leaders in ministry at Christ Church (Vestry, Ministry Team Leaders, Staff, and anyone entrusted to work with or volunteer with children and youth or possess a key) are required to keep up with their Safe Church Training every 3 years. This requirement can be fulfilled one of two ways: a 3 hour in-person training offered twice a year or online modules assigned within a certain timeframe.
Christ Church has invited Caren Miles to offer an in-person training on campus on Sunday, May 4 from 11:30-2:30pm. Lunch will be provided. Sign-up with Jocelyn at jocelyn@ccpvw.org.
This training satisfies the required Safe Church training for those who need to maintain their 3 year certification.
If you cannot attend the in-person training on May 4, below are 2 other options in our Diocese.
- Sunday, April 6 – Noon to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s, Burlingame
- Saturday, May 17 – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – St. Paul’s, Walnut Creek
If you cannot attend any of the in-person sessions, Jocelyn will follow-up with your own series of customized online training modules to complete.
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Noise Lab Spring Registration
is officially open!
Starting this Spring from April 5th to May 31st, Noise Lab Music Workshops are continuing for families with children ages 0-4.
A Family Music Workshop will be offered Saturdays from 10am-10:45am and meet at Christ Church. Workshops are centered around fun and creativity.
For more information please visit our website or email Leslie at mynoiselab@gmail.com
Christ Church and Carillion School discounts for all workshops and scholarships available!
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Carillon Preschool
Open Enrollment 2025-2026
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The Mental Health Awareness Wall
will be Here Through Easter
Make Sure to Post a Positive and Uplifting Message!
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Being With Course
Being With is a transformative ten-week long invitation to discover faith in the context of discovering friendship. This series is based on the belief that Being With us is what God is all about, and that being with God, one another, ourselves, and creation, is the calling of our lives in turn.
Each class explores topics like essence, story, community, suffering and hope, while holding space for sharing and listening to one another’s stories. Christ Church Los Altos offered Being With for the first time in 2024 and had such a positive experience that they are offering it several times this year.
Members of Christ Church Portola Valley & Woodside are warmly invited to take part. A new cohort will begin meeting weekly via Zoom on Thursday, March 13th from 4pm - 5:30pm. We also plan to offer a summer cohort and another in the fall. If you're interested in participating, or in learning more, please email Rev. Claire
at claire@ccla.us.
| | Women's Spirituality Group | | |
Women's Spirituality Group meets on Wednesday morning from 10:00 - 11:30 remotely, on Zoom. Contact Mary Jennings at emjennings@aol.com for more information.
This week we begin “How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith” by Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde.
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Visit episcopalrelief.org/lent to sign up for outreach-oriented meditations, delivered straight to your inbox every day in Lent!
| | Support your Parish During this Lenten Season | | |
During this Lenten season reflect on the blessing of our community and how we can support its continued vitality.
Giving alms is not a onetime event. It is a state of mind that see everything we have as GIFT from GOD. What we then give as alms is a small return of what God has blessed us with in this life. Take time over this journey of Lent to lift our heads and see whether there are things that come to light that need our attention and our money. When you do this the gift you make takes on much more significance because it came through the power of prayer and inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Our goal is raising $300,000 to support our parish and its mission.
Given the size of our parish, this translates to an average of $5,000 per donor. We recognize that some can give more and others may give less, and that’s okay. Every gift, no matter the amount, is deeply appreciated and makes a meaningful impact.
This year, we’ve made it even easier to pledge:
to let us know your pledge.
Let’s come together as a community to achieve this important goal.
With Gratitude for your Generosity and Support
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For Sequoias residents rides are now provided to Christ Church Portola Valley & Woodside at 9:30 AM on Sundays with a return pickup time at 11:30 AM.
Contact the Sequoias Transportation Department at X4117 or sign up in the transportation binder.
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Forward Day-by-Day Daily Devotions
The February to April small and large format booklets are available in the church and the office, or email Chantal
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Co-Senior Wardens: Paul Lovoi, Lena Perkins
Junior Warden: Ruth Ann Wrucke
Liz Laderman
Betsy Alexander
Sarah Halsey
Andy Pflaum
If you wish to contact our vestry members, please contact Chantal
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A Request
Dear family and friends,
I create and assemble this online newsletter.
Submission deadline for this newsletter is Thursday at noon, otherwise articles may need to be published the following week.
Many thanks,
Chantal with a smile
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Book affiliate links benefit Christ Church
Christ Church Portola Valley & Woodside | ccpvw.org
Carillon School | carillonschool.org
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