Wednesday, April 1

No Bible Study

10:30 am - Yoga - Parish Hall

11:45 am - Centering Prayer - Chapel

5:30 pm - EYC - Youth House

No Manna Meal or Programming

Thursday, April 2 - Maundy Thursday

10:30 am - Senior Sistas - Library

6:00 pm - Maundy Thursday Service - Church

Friday, April 3 - Good Friday

12:00 pm - Good Friday Service - Church

5:00 pm - Stations of the Cross - Indoors and Outdoors

Saturday, April 4 -

Holy Saturday & The Great Easter Vigil

9:00 am - Holy Saturday Service - Church

5:30 pm - Easter Vigil - Church

Sunday, April 5 - Easter Day

8:00 am - Holy Eucharist Rite I - Church

No Faith Forum

No Godly Play

10:00 am - Nursery opens

10:30 am - Holy Eucharist Rite II - Church

Refreshments following both services

Easter Egg Hunt following the 10:30 am Service

Flowering the Cross

We will flower the cross on Easter Day! Bring flowers and greenery with you on Sunday to participate! Please place your flowers on the cross before you enter for services. We will process the cross inside during the 10:30 am service.

Stations of the Cross

Good Friday, April 3

5:00 pm

Please join us for Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. If you would like to read at one of the stations, please visit this link. There are two parts per station available.

Office Closure

The church office will be closed on Monday, April 6. Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, April 7.

Women's Retreat Sign Up

There are still spaces available for the Women's Retreat, held on April 24-26 at Camp Beckwith. Visit this link to sign up, or visit our website to sign up. Sign up deadline is April 8!

Christopher's Concerts

St Christopher’s Concert series is kicking off on April 9th. For a full list of bands and concert dates, visit this link!

We need help in the concessions area, located in our kitchen! If you are interested in helping and learning more about available shifts, please contact Brenda Elebash (850) 207-1394.

Epps Food Truck

We have an opportunity on Wednesday, April 8 at 8:00 am to help at Epps Christian Center. Epps will receive a large shipment of food for distribution and they need help unloading the truck. Epps is located at 2300 N. Pace Blvd. If you are interested, please contact Jen+ (850) 433-0074.

Art Gallery Opening

Would you like to share your beautiful artwork with others in our St. Christopher's family? We are opening a small art gallery in the St. Christopher's Library in mid-April. All artists in all mediums are invited to join us. Contact: Sammie Tucker, (850) 291-6397 or Kyrah Drasheff, (850) 202) 257-8455.

Upcoming Services

Mark your calendars! We have two themed Sunday services coming up.

Sunday, April 12 - Holy Humor Sunday

Sunday, April 19 - Earth Day Liturgy

More about Holy Humor Sunday:

Many American churches are resurrecting an old Easter custom begun by the Greeks in the early centuries of Christianity - "Holy Humor Sunday" celebrations of Jesus' resurrection on the Sunday after Easter.

For centuries in Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant countries, the week following Easter Sunday, including "Bright Sunday" (the Sunday after Easter), was observed by the faithful as "days of joy and laughter" with parties and picnics to celebrate Jesus' resurrection. Churchgoers and pastors played practical jokes on each other, drenched each other with water, told jokes, sang, and danced.

The custom was rooted in the musings of early church theologians (like Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and John Chrysostom) that God played a practical joke on the devil by raising Jesus from the dead. "Risus paschalis - the Easter laugh," the early theologians called it.

In 1988 the Fellowship of Merry Christians began encouraging churches and prayer groups to resurrect Bright Sunday celebrations and call it "Holy Humor Sunday," with the theme: "Jesus is the LIFE of the party."

All are encouraged to wear costumes, fun wigs, & silly shirts to church! We will sing special songs during worship for the occasion. Come enjoy the fun!

Special Ministries Camp

Help Sponsor A Child!

Special Ministries Week at Camp Beckwith will be June 28 - July 1. The camp week is specifically designed for the children from low income families in Mobile and Pensacola. The cost per child is $300. If you would like to sponsor a child this year (in any monetary denomination), please mail in or drop your offering in the plate on Sundays. Be sure to notate who the sponsorship is from and place Special Ministries Camp in the memo line of your check.

Children's News

Notes from Alice Ann Ferguson

Children and Families Minister

We will see you this Sunday for Easter! We will not have Godly Play. The Easter Egg Hunt will follow the 10:30 am service. Be sure to listen for announcements during the service to direct you where your child's age group will meet! Refreshments will be in the Parish Hall after both services!

VBS dates are June 1-5. Please save those dates on your family calendar. We will be sharing a Google enrollment form, and more info, after Easter. Adult and teen volunteers needed!

Questions? Email Alice Ann Ferguson, Children's Minister

Youth News

Notes from Andie Trahan

Youth Minister

April 1: 5:30 pm - Youth House: Chick-fil-A dinner and go over Easter Vigil and Easter Egg Hunt

April 2: 6:00 pm Maundy Thursday - Please come to the service and support our Olivia in her first Solo 

April 4: 4:00 pm Easter Vigil - Practice Easter Vigil

Parents Corner

Please save the Dates:

Senior Sunday May 10

Helping with Concessions at Christopher's Concerts - TBA

Diocesan Emails

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