Transformation

Have you noticed something unusual in the nave during Lent this year?

It started off as a mysterious tree limb hanging from the rafters in front of the altar on the first Sunday in Lent. On the Second Sunday in Lent, the branch sprouted a round woven object like an eyeball. On the Third Sunday in Lent, more woven circles popped out and now, it seems to be turning into something else entirely . . .wait till you see what it has become this week! And, God-willing, the week after that and the week after that and the week after that...

While keeping an eye on this collaborative art installation that is continually growing and changing into something brand new, we might consider how God is guiding and transforming us during Lent this year.

What are we being called to let go of and what are we inviting in? Is there a holy metamorphosis taking place that we might embrace? Are we being invited to "die to self," to let God take the lead so that we might unfold into the people that God intended?

What would it look like to earnestly pray, Thy will be done?

I love the Eugene Peterson translation of Luke 9:25 in The Message Bible: "What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you?"

Cathy Sterling and Tinnin Leskera have been guiding our children in the Godly Play classroom each week during Lent to create together this wondrous work of art, which ultimately, is a Lenten story unfolding before our eyes.

All of you are welcome to join us in the children's loft to weave each Sunday during Lent (from ~9:50 - 10:30am). Also, this Sunday we will have weaving kits available in the narthex (lobby) for you to take home and weave. If you'd like for your creation to be part of our larger work, bring it back to church before Palm Sunday (April 2) and give it to Cathy, Tinnin, or me.

Remember, each and every one of us is and is a part of this beautiful story.

DeSha Thomas
Parish Life and Children's Program Minister
CD weaving by Charlotte Birger.
Community Circle
Sundays, 8:45a in Casey Hall

Join us every Sunday for a time of fellowship and exploration. 
Each week a different member of our community will bring a different topic and then make space for conversation and sharing as together we encourage one another in the life of faith.

During the Season of Lent, we will continue reading together a wonderful book entitled,
“The Whole Language” by Gregory Boyle. It is available from online booksellers in hardcopy and electronic formats. Join us as we journey together through this provocative and challenging book. We will use this book as catalyst for our community-wide listening for where God will lead us in the coming days.
We warmly invite you to journey with us for what promises to be a very rich opportunity for spiritual growth and new relationships. Childcare will be available. All are very welcome.
Practicing Compassion
with all your Heart, Soul, Strength and Mind

Lent is a time for introspection and self reflection,
a time to reflect on the core of what it means to live a Christian life in the midst of great change and uncertainty. When facing change and uncertainty, practicing compassion becomes more central to that life so that we are freer to both receive and share the healing love of God.

We invite you to pick up a copy of this wonderful Lenten daily resource as together we journey through the season of Lent toward more health and wholeness.
Copies are available in the Narthex (back of the church).
Godly Play
Children’s Ministry every Sunday, 9:50a

Our children gather in the Loft upstairs from the narthex (church lobby) for a time of exploration and wonder called “Godly Play.” Parents and guardians are invited to sign in upstairs and children rejoin their families during the Offertory. 

During Lent, we’re working on a collaborative ongoing art project for the nave led by Cathy Sterling and Tinnin Leskera. Cathy will join Godly Play again this Sunday to complete the CD weaving with our children. Tinnin will join us March 26 to introduce the final part of the project. Families are welcome to stay and participate with the children! Many thanks to Pikes Peak Weavers Guild for donating the yarn.

If your children haven’t joined us yet, they are most welcome, and we look forward to meeting and getting to know them. 

Contact DeSha Thomas desha@chapelcos.org

Nursery

For children 0 - 3 years.
9:30am - 11:30am Sundays
Upstairs in the Nave, across the hall from the Loft. 

Fourth Sunday in Lent
March 19, 2023

8am Holy Eucharist
10am Holy Eucharist

In person in the Nave or online

All are very welcome!
The Zoom link for all online Sunday services is
Password: 866351
You can also connect to this time of prayer with a regular phone line by calling 
+1 253 215 8782 and entering the Meeting ID: 967 321 9751
Easter Sunday
April 9, 2023
8am and 10am

Easter Vigil
Saturday, April 8, 7pm

Good Friday April 7, 12pm

Maundy Thursday April 6, 6pm

Palm Sunday April 2
8am and 10am
Our Shared Stewardship
Pledging for 2023
We invite you to make a pledge to Chapel of Our Saviour for 2023. The operating budget that makes possible the mission and ministry of this community of faith is derived entirely from your generous giving throughout the year. Pledge forms are available in the narthex (back of the church). For more information about pledging and membership at Chapel of Our Savior contact our Senior Warden, Susan Garsoe sgarsoe@msn.com
Thursday Morning Prayer
Thursdays 8am
Join us in St. Mary Chapel in the Allen House for a short and lively service of morning prayer. Then stay for coffee, goodies and conversation. All are very welcome.
CA Recovery Meeting
Thursdays at 12pm, St. Mary Chapel
For more information contact DeSha Thomas desha@chapelcos.org
Food Pantry
Every week, Chapel of Our Saviour collects food to support the D2 food pantry located at Stratmoor Hills Elementary School. This ministry is a part of our long-time and on-going partnership with Westside CARES, our local homeless advocacy organization. We invite you to bring food on Sundays from the list below. You can put the food in the colorful baskets in the back of the church when you come for Sunday services. Our children then bring those baskets to the altar as we present our offerings to God.

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