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THE CHURCH
OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Episcopal
ORLEANS, MA
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All of It
The moment the palms arrive, Lent begins to shift into Holy Week for me. They showed up this week, to my relief, in their unmistakable narrow box. Any church professional knows the receiving protocol. Open the box. Do not open the inner plastic bag. Store in a cool place, optimally refrigerated.
"Palms," the head of an altar guild once warned me ominously, "can go from supple to spiky overnight if left out. Scratch someone's retina, waving those things around in church if we're not careful!"
"Supple to spiky" is not bad shorthand for a good deal of the liturgical energy in Holy Week. On Palm Sunday itself, the exhilaration of the opening liturgy yields to an animus and a concluding grief that is jagged and unresolved. The Maundy Thursday liturgy arcs from the tender act of washing other's feet to Holy Eucharist -- and then gets stripped bare and collapses, bereft, into darkness.
Like Holy Week and Easter, Christmastide also holds within it a stupefying variety of energies and narratives. Boxing Day is on the Feast of Stephen, the church's first martyr. December 29 invites us to recall the state-sponsored murders of the Holy Innocents. Our church's two greatest festival seasons are complicated, it seems, for a simple reason: Jesus assumed our flesh to share in all of it. The supple and the spiky. The bright and the dark. The joyful and the bereft. "Good Friday" is "good" because on this day, our own failings and a responding divine love are made known to us in the starkest terms imaginable.
The meaning of Easter, the bright blinding power of the proclamation, is somehow less if you haven't sufficiently marinated in the abject darkness and dislocation of the days preceding. My hope today is that you can be with us for as much of Holy Week as possible -- because He came to share all of it.
Faithfully,
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HOLY WEEK & EASTER
EVENTS & SERVICES
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PALM SUNDAY
March 24 10:00 a.m.
Procession begins in the courtyard followed by
Holy Eucharist
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AUTHOR EVENT - JAMES CARROLL
SUNDAY MARCH 24 AT 3:00 IN PARISH HALL
LETHAL TEXTS IN HOLY WEEK: An Unfinished Reckoning with Antisemitism. Sunday, March 24 (Palm Sunday) at 3:00 pm, Parish Hall. Join us at the beginning of Holy Week for a talk by James Carroll, columnist, historian, and author of many books including Constantine’s Sword, An American Requiem, Christ Actually and The Truth at the Heart of the Lie. Focusing on Christianity’s often violent efforts to convert, marginalize or demonize Jewish people, he will examine with us in particular the texts at the heart of Holy Week and Easter liturgies.
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HOLY WEEK
Monday March 25 - Church is open 10:00 - 3:00
for private prayer & meditations.
Tuesday March 26 - Friday March 29 as follows:
Daily Labyrinth Walk in Parish Hall 10:00 - 3:00
Wednesday March 27 - Stations of the Cross in Church 10:00 - 5:00
Thursday March 28 - Maundy Thursday Eucharist 7:00 in Church
Friday March 29 - Good Friday Liturgy 12:00 in Church
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Meditation and
Labyrinth Walk
Photos by
Kate Paradise
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Do this in remembrance
of me.
Luke 22:19
Stations of the Cross
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Father, forgive them for
they know not
what they do.
Luke 23:34
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GOOD FRIDAY WALK
UNITED PEOPLE FOR KIDS
Supporting Local Families and
Children with Special Needs
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To my Church Family at Holy Spirit:
After 39 years, many of you know our story, and what has been accomplished through United People for Kids thanks to you, your kindness, and generosity.
Praise God that he allowed us to meld our love of Jesus in the honoring of his sacrifice with his life of love and service in aiding families on the Cape with special needs kids.
We would love to have you join us on our Walk. Each step that we take will be echoing the love of Jesus and what he has done for us in his sacrifice on the cross.
Please share the flyer/information >(created by our daughter Katy) and invite your friends and family to join us.
Blessings and God’s peace!!
Rich Weeks.
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EASTER VIGIL
and EUCHARIST
SATURDAY MARCH 30
7:00 p.m.
Meet outside the
North Entrance to begin the service and procession.
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SUNDAY MORNING EUCHARIST SERVICE
10:00 A.M.
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In-person worship at the church with music
followed by Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall.
Church School starts at 9:45 in the lower level of the Parish Hall.
Visitors are always welcome!
On the fourth Sunday of each month, children worship in church with their families.
If you are unable to join us in person, you may watch the service on
your Smart TV or another device.
Use this link to reach our YouTube channel:
Then select the service from Upcoming Live Streams option.
You can also view past services.
https://www.youtube.com/@churchoftheholyspiritorleans
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TUESDAY MORNING LECTIO DIVINA AND PRAYERS
(Formerly Healing Service)
Lectio Divina is a monastic mode of prayer, contemplation, and Bible study,
and all are welcome to experience this with us.
10:00 a.m. via ZOOM
A Zoom Meeting invitation email is sent on Monday mornings.
It includes links to the Zoom service and Service Bulletin and Readings.
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HOLY EUCHARIST and PRAYERS FOR HEALING
Thursdays at 11:00 am in the Church
Join us for a simple service of weekday Holy Eucharist
with a short meditation.
Private prayers for healing available after the service conclude
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This issue of Together is coming to you prior to the March Vestry meeting, so no news on that topic.
Patrick’s classes on Faith Fundamentals have been a great learning experience for all of us – but sadly, they have come to an end. He has sent us an email gift of all the colorful slides he used to illustrate his talks -- a big thank you to Patrick for all the knowledge he shared with us, as well as the opportunity for gathering together.
What we (some of us) are lacking, are the recipes for all the delicious soups we received as gifts throughout the course. If any of you chefs wish to share your soup recipes, we can collate them and share them with interested members.
Last week we had an interesting discussion with two members, John Lemly and Mary Sherman, from the Creation Care Justice Network in the Diocese. Patrick has registered us as participants in the pilot program they are running as part of the Episcopal Path to Creation Justice. As a kick-off even, some interested parishioners are car-pooling to an Earth Day Celebration on April 20, at St. Mark’s Church in Southborough, with speakers Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of Braiding Sweetgrass), Mary Evelyn Tucker and Bill McKibben. If you are interested in joining us please let us know, and get registered here: https://www.diomass.org/event/earth-day-2024.
The Rev. Donna Foughty (Rector at Christ Church, Harwich) and The Rev. Anne Koehler led us in a Labyrinth walk on Saturday, March 16, which was well-attended by both parishes. It was wonderful to see the Labyrinth full of motion, weaving together like a murmuration of starlings! Photos from the presentation are below.
We are about to enter Holy Week, and we hope to see many of you at all the very meaningful services, listed elsewhere in Together.
We have updated the Vestry photo board, with some new photographs and changes to the assignments for Affinity Group Liaisons. Please get to know your Vestry members!
And remember that Easter is quickly followed by the Deanery Confirmation Service and Reception on April 13 at 10:30 a.m. here, at CHS, with Bishop Alan Gates presiding. We have quite a number of parish members being confirmed or received. So, please come and support them.
Thank you for your support and prayers.
Celia Calhoun and Priscilla Isner, Co-wardens
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March 16 Labyrinth Instructional Presentation led by the Rev. Donna Foughty
Photos: Kate Paradise
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We have a number of exciting and important deanery and diocesan events coming up. Please read on and mark your calendars.
NEW! The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Massachusetts announced on March 15, the approved preliminary slate of four nominees for election as the 17th bishop diocesan of the Diocese of Massachusetts. Candidate information can be accessed here
- The next Cape & Islands Deanery Assembly is on Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 pm (Zoom).
- This will be followed quickly by the Deanery confirmation service hosted here at The Church of the Holy Spirit on Saturday, April 13 at 10:30 am.
- Next up are Diocesan Meet & Greets (conversations with those nominated to be our next bishop) that take place throughout the diocese the week of May 6-11.
- On Saturday, May 18, delegates and clergy convene to elect our next diocesan bishop.
- Thursday, May 30: Cape & Islands Deanery Assembly with the election of officers.
- Saturday, October 19 marks the consecration of our new Diocesan Bishop at Trinity (Copley) Church in Boston.
Questions about any of the above? Please contact Kate Paradise or Cris Harter, Deanery Representatives/Delegates to Convention. Thank you.
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Despite the chilly wind and rain, we had 21 people at our March luncheon and enjoyed a warm and joyful time.
Come join us on April 4, the first Thursday of the month, when we will meet again.
This date is the week after Easter.
Please mark it on your calendar and come join us.
Come to the Parish Hall a little before 12 noon, so you have time to meet and greet people. Bring your own sandwich or salad, and the rest is provided.
Volunteers for April are: Dessert, Dilys Smith; Chips, Nancy Ludewig; Paper Goods, Andi Stubbendick; and Table Decorations, Diana Crighton.
Remind each other and invite others. We gain strength in community.
Fay Cole, Convener
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We had a busy Februray and March and confirmation classes well underway. Confirmati
on will be held at Holy Sprit on Saturday, April 13 at 10:30 with Bishop Gate officiating.
We have been blessed to reconnect with students we hav not seen in a while
First Holy Communion classes are planned and wil begin in mid-April.
The youth have been participating in the services every 4th Sunday of the month and taking their roles with pleasure!
We had a chance to walk the small Labyrinth. It was created by a few of the parishioners here ad is a smaller model of the large one that will be avialble in the Parish Hall during Holy Week. Brook Skea led us in the endeavor and shared a bit about the history of the Labyrinths. We will be looking for spirals everywhere now!
Holy Week and Easter are fast approaching. We will be participating in church on both Palm Sunday and Easter. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt following Sunday Easter Service. All are wlecom to participate and contribute. (There is a basket iin the entry room of the chruch with plastic eggs to fill... no peanut items please!)
Also after the Easter Service, the Thompson family and a few loyal helpers will be creating a delicious fare of Eggs Benedict for those wishing to join us in the Parish Hall.
A glimpse into the future delights us with a visit again in May to the Barbara Harris Camp (Details below) and then on to the Summer with Soar and Explore led again by Ruth Campbell and Parishioners who are willing to share their talents with the youth on those Sundayas. More to come ... stay tuend.
Easter Blessing to you all.. The Church School and Youth Group Teams
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< Labyrinth Lessons
with Brooke
< Walking the special Labyrinth made for our Church School
> Godly Play Lesson with Ruth on the
"Journey Through Lent
and The Faces of Easter"
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CHS YOUTH EVENT
Join us for a weekend of work (and play!) as we complete various projects around BARBARA C. HARRIS CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER in
GREENFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
BCH Center – A ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
ALL AGES, STAGES, AND ABILITIES ARE WELCOME!!!
Bring yourself, your family & friends, your church, or your youth group to BCH for the day on Saturday, May 11, or stay over to Sunday, May 12.
The CHS Church School families who went last year HAD A BLAST!
Please see Matt Thompson for details. Click here for flyer and 2023 photos.
Weekend Schedule:
Friday:
- CHS team arrives Friday evening and helps us prep the camp for Spring and Summer.
Saturday:
- Gather for breakfast in the Dining Hall starting at 8 am and then break off into project groups for the morning.
- Gather back at lunch and then either begin new projects for the afternoon, or continue the morning's project.
- The workday will end before dinner, and we'll celebrate our time together with a campfire and reception that evening.
Sunday morning:
- Breakfast will be at 8 am,
- Followed by a closing Eucharist service which will wrap up our time together.
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Bring us your tired, your poor, your huddled items yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shelves and closets.... and we will sell them at our Rummage Sale !!!!! | |
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April 6 is our first Garden Party, so get the tools and gear ready! Winter clean-up, trimming ivy, and clearing old growth from our plentiful gardens are the tasks at hand. Please meet in the back parking lot for assignments.
Remember to bring your own tools (rake, clippers, bucket or tarp), dress for the weather, and even if you don’t know a rose from a weed, we can teach you!
You don’t have to be a gardener, just come with your good spirit, gloves, and tools. Refreshments provided! See you then!
Contact Ann Pike-Paris with questions, 508-255-3583
Brian Ridgeway & Ann Pike-Paris
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CHS Spring Harbingers
Photos by: Brian Schnetzer and
Celia Calhoun
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A sensitive plant in
a garden grew,
And the young winds
fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light.
And closed them beneath
the kisses of Night.
And the Spring arose
on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love
felt everywhere.
And each flower and herb
on Earth’s dark breast
Rose from the dreams
of its wintry rest.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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A thankful welcome to Jenn Gale,
the new Food for Kids director!!!
Greetings CHS family :) Over the past month as the new Food 4 Kids Director, I have met with staff, sites, volunteers, and the steering committee to ensure a smooth transition. These conversations will continue over the next couple of months, including meeting with the Vestry.
Exciting news for this summer -- we will be adding hot lunches once/week and offering a lunch pick up from the church for families whose kids aren't enrolled at the sites we serve.
We have 5 returning staff for the summer and have hired one additional. That said, we still have 5 open PAID positions and need your help! Please help us fill them by passing this news along to someone in your network.
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Site Manager: Oversee the F4K team, collaborate with Operations and Kitchen Managers, responsible for meeting MA state mandated regulations. $24/hour, May- end of Aug between 8:30am - 2 pm
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Operations Assistant: Assist Operations and Kitchen Managers on various daily tasks. $18/hour, mid-June thru August 6:30am - 2:00pm
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Site Liaison: Deliver and serve free meals to one or two of our community sites. $18/hour, end of June - mid-Aug between 10am-2pm
Visit our website food4kidscapecod.org for more information or reach out to
Jenn Gale at jenngale@food4kidscapecod.org or 719-640-3041.
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Food 4 Kids Featured in Bishop's Annual Appeal!
Food 4 Kids, CHS's summer feeding and literacy program, is featured prominently in the 2024 Bishop's Annual Appeal as a recipient of Diocesan support. If you haven't yet seen the writeup, click HERE -- both to read about F4K and to learn about other ministries across the Diocese.
Please support the appeal as you are able via a link you'll find on the final page of the online brochure.
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CO-SPONSORED HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
HOUSE IN BREWSTER UPDATE
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Saturday, March 9, was a Team Work Day for CHS volunteers.
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., the twelve-member team gathered at the work site in Brewster. Greeted and registered by Habitat Registrar, Jen Marlin, the team gathered work gear and waited for assignments.
Shingles signed by CHS folks were on-site and ready for exterior walls, wrapping the house in prayers and good wishes. At 10 a.m. Patrick led devotions, part of the Habitat workday.
Meg Nemitz delivered snacks, and lunch was served by Habitat. Smiling faces proclaimed a sense of accomplishment.
CHS team folks who worked on March 9 are: Ben Ballard, Dave Blanchet, Chuck Dow, Sarah Gregory, Rich Gregory, Walter Morgan, Brian Schnetzer, Brooke Skea, Brian Skea, Brendan Sweeney, Donna Tavano, and Frank Tavano. The next workday will be sometime this summer.
Meanwhile, Bob Collins is making bookcases for the home. Jean Collins, Fay Cole, Carol Fitzgerald, Jay Haun, Priscilla Isner, Ann Pike-Paris, Brenda Ridgeway, Gail Binney Sterne, Andi Stubbendick, and Donna Tavano are making five quilts for the family members. Margaret Anne Heuss will embroider the quilts with a blessing.
Please keep the Habitat Build in your prayers of thanks for the CHS volunteers.
For more information, contact Tom Dewing or Doug Fromm, Habitat coordinators for The Church of the Holy Spirit.
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You may have heard that the Center for Disease Control is considering a change to the “5-day isolation” guideline for COVID-19 infection. This potential plan is based on higher population immunity, more tools to combat respiratory viruses, and lower rates of severe illness. We have come a long way over 4 years!
CDC plans to drop five-day covid isolation guidelines - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/02/13/covid-isolation-guidelines-cdc-change/
Please check out the CDC’s current Respiratory Virus FAQs and Prevention Guidance in the links below, to include COVID-19, flu and RSV. And as always, take good of yourselves and each other, particularly those who are at higher risk of severe illness. Stay home and away from others until at least 24 hours after symptoms improve and you are fever free. Then take added precautions for 5 days “such as taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and/or testing when you will be around other people indoors.”
Respiratory Virus Guidance Update FAQs | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html
About Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses When You’re Sick | Respiratory Illnesses | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html
Just a reminder, Aid Kits are located at each transept entrance of the church (including the AV booth), stocked with cough drops, life savers, water and juice in case a need arises during services.
Look for a blue lidded box with a Red Cross label,
and please help yourselves.
We on Health Ministry are always glad to hear from you with any health topics of interest. Reach out anytime with questions or suggestions!
Chair, Meg Nemitz
Other Health Resources:
Barnstable County Human Services: www.bchumanservices.net (Comprehensive website
with multiple resources on the Cape)
Councils on Aging
Orleans: 508-255-6333Brewster: 508-896-2737 Chatham: 508-945-5190
Eastham: 508-255-6164 Harwich7: 508-430-7530 Wellfleet: 508-349-0319
Yarmouth: 508-398-9866 Truro: 508-487-2462
VNAs of Cape Cod
Hyannis: 508-957-7400Falmouth: 508-495-5716So. Dennis: 508-957-7400
Cape Cod Hospital Social Services Department
508-862-5501
Cape Cod Healthcare Newsletter: Go to this link: https://www.capecodhealth.org/
First page has a free sign up.
Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line
Call or text: 833-773-2445 (BHHL)
Online chat: masshelpline.com
Alzheimer’s Family Support Center alzfamilysupport.org (508)896-5170
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SPRING IS HERE!!!!!
Gladly and gratefully receiving your SPRING clothing donations!
Please..........................
NO WINTER clothing, men’s suits, worn boots & shoes.
Brown paper shopping bags with handles are always needed!
Drop off your donations in the bins located on the first floor of the Parish Hall
by the elevator any time the Parish Hall is open.
The shop is open every Monday & Wednesday -- 10 to 1. Drop in an time to help!
COME SEE - COME SHOP - COME VISIT - THANK YOU
Sharyn Laughton & Suzy Gray - Co Directors
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NAUSET REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE
The donations our wonderful parishioners donated at The Epiphany Trope were recently delivered by Gray to the school nurse, Meghan.
We also set up an account from monetary donations that will enable us to continuously shop for what the students need.
We will gratefully receive your donations to fill a need for more water bottles from the dollar store...BPA free are always in high demand as the high school is under construction, and they only have filling stations and no drinking fountains.
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The CHS Gallery is one of two art galleries on the church campus.
(Galley West is the other)
The CHS Gallery features art by Church of the Holy Spirit members
in the Reception Room on the East Side of the church.
It is open Monday - Thursday, 10 - 3, and Sundays after church.
Bring a friend - sit on the sofas - feel the joy of the art on display.
During the week, you may enter through the side door from the campus courtyard.
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Easter Sunday will be the last day to view CHS `artist and photographer,
Kate Paradise's "Crossing Thresholds", interesting, beautiful, thought-provoking photographs taken on her journeys to Iona and Iceland.
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CHS Gallery Artist for the month of April is
Pia MacKenzie
View, enjoy, purchase Pia’s extraordinary art!
Paintings Past & Present
Taking a break from showing my latest collages, I am sharing some paintings from years past, and a couple of new ones I have been working on this Winter. A few are in Oil on canvas and others in Acrylic on paper.
The Acrylic paintings are mostly from a series I did where I took small black and white photos from the newspaper and imagined the scene in color.
Images in some of the oil paintings are composed from my collages.
My recent inspiration comes from the many objects and family photos I cleared from my mother's house since her passing a year ago (April 11). So, on various levels, the themes of the exhibit are: memory, continuity, creation, and reflection.
I do consider myself primarily a painter who dabbles in collages but it's been a while since I exhibited these works on canvas and paper.
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Calling all CHS artists………
Two months are still “open” on the CHS GALLERY 2024 calendar.
Sign up to show, sell, exhibit your art/craft for one month.
The sign-up poster is in the gallery window by the door.
Curators: Sharyn Laughton & Gail Binney Sterne
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THREE NEW SPRING ART SHOWS COMING TO CHS!
CHS GALLERY
Pia MacKenzie opens in April
Gilbert Olivera & James O’Reilly opens in May
Monday - Friday - 10 to 3 & Sunday after church service.
GALLEY WEST ART GALLERY
SPRING show opens May 8 at 10:00
See details below.
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SAVE THE DATE AND JOIN US
OUTREACH SUNDAY, MAY 19
There will be a guest speaker (TBA) at the service from one of our charitable agencies. An Outreach Fair will follow the service in the Parish Hall where many of the local agencies that we support financially will be available for our parishioners to meet and learn about the wonderful work they do for the needy on the Cape.
We hope you will plan on staying to meet them.
Chip Bechtold, Outreach Committee
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NAUSET INTERFAITH COUNCIL (NIA) | |
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Voices of Immigrants
Join us to learn about migrants who seek a better future.
The Refugee Support Team of Nauset Interfaith Association is excited to offer this series, with speakers from the largest groups of migrants who live with us on Cape Cod. The stories of immigrants provide us with an opportunity to increase our understanding of the immigration process and its challenges. Please join us to learn:
❖ Why they chose to flee their countries
❖ How they journeyed to the USA.
❖ Their experience of the immigration process
❖ How we can be a more welcoming and helpful community.
March 23, Saturday, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Eastham United Methodist Church
3200 Rt. 6, Eastham, MA
Hear from Jamaicans: Bishop Donovan Kerr and Pastor David Brown
April 13, Saturday, 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Brewster Ladies Library
1822 Main St., Brewster, MA
Hear from Haitians: Jean-Claude Butter
Haitian Community Members
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OUR BELLADONNAS BELL CHOIR | |
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On Saturday, March 16, the Belladonnas participated in the Cape Cod Spring Ring at the Harwich Community Center. Seven bell choirs from all over New England came to be led by David Harris, founder of the Raleigh Ringers, a spectacular nationally famous community bell choir.
After hours of intense practice, the group of over 70 ringers performed a concert for appreciative friends and family.
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Did you know our pastoral care ministry will coordinate an occasional meal delivery to those in need to make life a little easier?
If you would like to volunteer to provide a meal for 1 or 2 people on occasion, or to learn about this ministry, contact Patrick or Michele Puzo.
If you are unable to attend one of our Eucharist services and would like to receive communion at home...or...
If you are in need of a pastoral visit...or...
You or a family member has been admitted to a medical facility (hospital, skilled care, etc.)...or ...
You want to request prayers for you or a family member or friend...
Please call the church office at (508)-255-0433
or email pastoralcare@chsorleans.org
There is also an Intercessors group that offers confidential prayers. Please email your request to intercessors@chsorleans.org
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SUNDAY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | |
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On March 10, we began to discuss a new book entitled The Fractured Kingdom by Jean-Pierre Isbouts (2023) Here's a description:
“Brilliantly tracing Jesus’s vision for the 'Kingdom of God' from its origin up through modern times, Dr. Isbouts leads us to a possible antidote for the fiercely partisan moment in which we find ourselves: the Our Father. Then taking readers on a historically exhilarating tour of the Lord’s Prayer, The Fractured Kingdom shows us why the only doctrine Christians agree on might be our last hope for forging a more equal, compassionate, and loving society. What results is an eminently readable and undeniably essential work that addresses some of the most pressing issues now confronting communities of faith around the world.”
This book has also been recommended by Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry.
Please join our discussion on Sundays after the service, or after the program following the service. We meet in the Fireplace Room. If you would prefer to join us on Zoom, please contact Brooke Eaton-Skea. Thank you!
Brooke and Brian Skea
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All are welcome to join us for Centering Prayer during which we sit together in silence for 30 minutes. Our sessions have moved indoors for the winter.
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN IT GETS DARK EARLIER, we will meet as follows:
-Mondays at 3:00 pm in the sanctuary of the Federated Church on Main Street in Orleans
-Thursdays at 3:00 pm at CHS in the Reception area/gallery.
Contact Brooke Eaton Skea if you want to learn more about Centering Prayer.
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Galley West Art Gallery is now closed.
Our four-show 2024 season will open on Wednesday May 8, 2024.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS TO ENTER
Galley West Spring Show
Entry Period: March 8 - April 8
Show Dates: May 8 - June 15
If you are a year round or seasonal artist from one of the
8 Lower/Outer Cape Cod Towns, you are eligible to enter our shows.
Our website has the 2024 gallery schedule with key dates and instructions on how to enter. www.galleywestartgallery.com
If you have questions about the gallery or entering a show, please contact the gallery at contact@gwagart.com
Sue Sasso - Managing Director & Sharyn Laughton - Creative Art Director
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HUGEL TERRACE PROJECT
SATURDAY, MARCH 23 8:30 - 12 NOON
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Join Peter Jensen and Lynn Van Norman to learn more about the terracing work in progress near our Monument Road entrance. Hugel Terraces capture and retain water and mitigate road runoff and have become a fixture here on our property as part of our creation care ministry. Working is ‟not required" at this session but you will learn more if you do. Gloves and work attire recommended.
Co-sponsored with Terra Firma and Orleans Conservation Trust. Save a space via an email to terrafirma.lynn@gmail.com.
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Many of you have shared how much you enjoy the photos in each Together edition that highlight events at the parish. Many are taken by our parish photographer, Kate Paradise, while others come from many of you.
If you have some photos of events you attended, or just took a photo of something special you saw while at church that could be shared with others, send those to Sue Sasso. They need to be sent as jpg/j[peg format and the largest "size" your device will support.
If the photos include people, please make sure you get their permission to be included in our newsletter and provide their names. Sue Sasso
Example above of a fun photo of Matt Thompson and Patrick titled Boys and their New Toaster welcoming our new multi-slice toaster that is used every Sunday during coffee hour and will do overtime for the Easter Sunday Eggs Benedict Brunch.
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QUOTES TO LIVE BY AND PONDER | |
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A life with love will have some thorns....
but a life without love will have no roses. Dr. Seuss
Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together.
Woodrow Wilson
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BIRTHDAYS ~ ANNIVERSARIES ~ REMEMBRANCES | |
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IF YOU WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR BIRTHDAY OR
ANNIVERARY LIST, PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE
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BIRTHDAYS
Richard Paris 3.23 Mary Hammatt 3.25 Keith Silva 3.25
The Rec. Sue Lederhouse 3.26 Paul Colwell 3.28 Joan Kirchner 3.30
William Brown 4.1 The Rev. Nancy Miller 4.3 Brendan Sweeney 4.6
Elizabeth Thompson 4.9 Cregg Sweeney 4.12 Nancy Ranscht 4.13
Nancy Ludewig 4.15 Benjamin LaBranche 4.15 Ruth Campbell 4.17
The Rev. Anne Koehler 4.19 The Rev. Darwin Price 4.22 Virginia Lucil 4.23
Ian McLaughlin 4.24 Earle Bailey 4.24 Robert Hubby 4.26
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Martha & Richard Williams 3.21 (58 years)
Deborah & Kevork Meguerdichian 3.25 (51 years)
Barbara & Philip Sousa 4.16 (70 years!!!)
REMEMBRANCES
Gordon Hampton 3.22.04
Deni Jacobson 3.23.18 Harold Lockwood 3.23.90
Victor von Schlegell, Jr. 3.23.08 Kenneth Dennis 3.24.99
Amy McDonald 3.24.22 Robert Thorley 3.25.15
Joan Gironda 3.26.20 Marjorie Burling 3.27.02
Paul Perry 3.28.04 Patrician Nickerson Flor 3.30.21
Frances Pike 3.31.99
Frank Hutchings 4.02.03 Jack Potter 4.02.14
Elizabeth Gorczyca 4.02.15 David Clarendon 4.03.20
Deirdre Ellen Maguire 4.04.11 Elizabeth Simmons 4.04.15
Sally Casale 4.05.17 Sarah Hyslop 4.05.22
Murray Rust 4.06.10 Robert Pearston 4.07.91
Bob Winter 4.07.19 Margaret Goyette 4.09.07
Joyce Johnson 4.09.14 Patricia Beatrice Gray Becker 4.11.09
George Webbere 4.11.14 Margaret Lovis Williams 4.11.96
Charles Spiegle 4.11.23 Dorothy Vivian Ravizza 4.12.23
William Felt 4.13.99 Margaret Bell 4.14.77
Edward Brown 4.14.04 George Leistensnider 4.15.03
Merton Stevens, Sr. 4.15.75 Agnes Rogers 4.15.98
Ed Racely 4.16.19 Ernest LaFrance 4.17.22
Lynn Wildman 4.19.22 Marilyn J. Hampton 4.20.08
Donald E. Pelrine 4.20.19 Christopher White 4.21.10
William Brewster Nickerson 4.22.64 Robert Burrill, Jr. 4.23.15
Marge Farrell 4.23.21 Donald F. Vecchione 4.24.15
Ruth Costa 4.25.04 Richard Powell 4.25.06
Jean Trimble 4.25.19 Helen Jones 4.27.16
Hope Fox 4.27.20 Bill Kirkby 4.27.21
Enis G. Smith 4.28.16 Tamiko Nagao 4.28.06
Katharine Howard 4.30.03 Derek W. Oakes 4.30.13
Sally H. Fasick 4.30.15 Susan Stevens 4.30.22
RECENT DEATHS
Helen Richardson 3.14.2024
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Watch over thy children, O'Lord, as their days increase.
Bless and guide them wherever they may be
keeping them unspotted from the world.
Strengthen them when they stand.
comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall.
And in their hearts, may thy peace, which passes all understanding,
Abide all the days of their lives.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
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To contact Patrick Ward
email him at pward@chsorleans.org
or
Call the parish office and
leave a message with the answering service.
508-255-0433
Make sure your message includes how Patrick can respond to your call.
CENTERING PRAYER: We are meeting in the sanctuary at the Federated Church of Orleans on Mondays, and the Reception Room at CHS on Thursdays. DURING WINTER MONTHS we meet inside at 3:00 p.m.on both days. We do not meet on holidays.
SUNDAY'S GLIMPSE OF THE GOSPEL: The Gospel speaks to us today personally and as a community. Join us Sundays at 8:45 a.m. to delve into the Gospel and pray for one another. We meet in the Fireplace Room and via Zoom. Please contact Tom Dewing for the Zoom link.
WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER GROUP: The CHS Morning Prayer Group prays on Wednesdays at 9.00 a.m. from the comfort of their own homes. To receive the coming month's scripture readings for Wednesdays, call or text 508-241-0357.
WHEN THE CHS PARISH OFFICE IS CLOSED, please feel free to drop off any items or pledges in the black mailbox outside of the office door in the courtyard. The office is open Monday - Thursday 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
IT'S TAX SEASON.... DO YOU NEED HELP FILING YOUR TAXES?
Tax Aide on Cape Cod has volunteers trained and IRS certified to help you complete and electronically file your returns. Holy Spirit members, Diana Crighton and Donna Bailey, are Tax-Aide volunteers. Diana will be at the Orleans COA, and Donna will be at the Eastham Senior Center and the Chatham Community Center. Please contact your local senior center to make your no cost tax preparation appointment.
UPDATED PARISH DIRECTORY: We no longer include member's personal contact information in our communications. Stop by the when the parish office is open to pick up a copy of our updated Parish Directory...or call the Parish Office and we will snail-mail you a hard copy of the current Parish Directory so you can "stay in touch."
CHS WEB SITE UPDATE: To live stream or watch recorded services later, please go to our web site holyspiritorleans.org and click on “VIEW ONLINE”. To download the Sunday Service Bulletin, select “CLICK HERE FOR SUNDAY SERVICE BULLETIN”
SPACE USAGE FORMS: PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE by phone or email office@chsorleans.org with respect to scheduling meetings.
FEELING PINCHED AND STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET because of the pandemic's impact on your life? Please contact Patrick Ward. Funds are available through the Discretionary Fund.
PRAYER REQUEST: Please call the office with your prayer requests at 508-255-0433 and leave a message. They will remain on the CHS Public Prayer List for 4 weeks. If you need them to be on the list for a longer period, please let us know.
PRIVATE INTERCESSORY PRAYER: The CHS Intercessors is a small group of CHS members who are committed to pray regularly for your concerns. If you need private prayer for any reason, please call the Parish Office or you can email the group at intercessors@chsorleans.org Someone will contact you. ALL requests will be held in confidence.
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THE APRIL TOGETHER ARTICLE DEADLINE
MONDAY, MONDAY APRIL 22 - 6:00 P.M.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
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CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS
Details on each event are included in articles above.
- Saturday March 23 - Hugel Terrace Workshop: 8:30 am to 12 CHS Campus
- Sunday March 24 - Palm Sunday 10:00 Start in Courtyard
- Sunday March 24 - James Carroll Event: Lethal Texts in Holy Week 3:00 PH
- Monday March 25 -Friday March 29 Holy Week activities - See Above
- Saturday March 30 - Easter Vigil 7:00 p.m. Meet at Church North Entrance
- Sunday March 31 - Easter Sunday 10:00 a.m. followed by Brunch
- Monday/Tuesday April 1 & 2 - CAMPUS CLOSED
- Tuesday April 2 - National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day - REALLY!
- Thursday April 4 - Ladies' Luncheon 11:45
- Thursday April 11 - Red Cross Blood Drive - Parish Hall 8:00 - 2:30
- Saturday April 13 - Deanery Confirmation at Holy Spirit 10:30
- Monday April 15 - Patriots' Day
- Wednesday April 17- Massachusetts Income Tax Filing deadline (IRS and MA)
- Monday April 22 - TOGETHER article deadline 6:00 p.m. FIRM!
PARISH OFFICE IS CLOSED ON FRIDAYS
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DIOCESE of MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNICATIONS
Stay informed and connected to the Episcopal Diocese of MA
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Sue Sasso, Together Editor
Kate Paradise, Parish Photographer
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