St. Alban's Episcopal Church
The Weekly Red Door February 21, 2021
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Our vision for St. Alban's is to be a spiritual home
to share God's grace through worship, service, faith, and love. We welcome all and strive to promote justice, peace, and love in our communities
by following Jesus.
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Come!
Worship, Learn, Care, Connect
with us
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Sunday Worship
The First Sunday
in Lent
February 21, 2021
10:15 a.m.
Holy Eucharist
Rite II
On Line Service
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Studying the Scriptures
Our Lessons this week are:
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Service of Healing
YOU ARE ALL INVITED
The next service will be held on ZOOM on
Monday, February 22 at 1:30 PM
You are invited to join the Pastoral Care leadership team (Father Devin, Eileen Becknell and Ernestine Ujah) for a monthly service of healing. We will meet on the fourth Monday of the month on ZOOM from 1:30 to 2:30 for a service using A Public Service of Healing. Those of you who attended the Healing Service some years ago may recognize this service. (The ZOOM link is included below.)
We will have the service and then will have a time for fellowship and discussion, sharing experiences, thanksgivings,questions, concerns and ideas or just come to offer and/or receive support. Please join us when you can.
We will be praying especially for our school children and teachers at this coming session and have invited Amy from the Columbus Early Learning Center and Kayla
from St. Alban’s to share with us the impact of COVID-19 on children, their families and teachers.
Topic: Service of Public Healing February 22nd
Time: Feb 22, 2021 01:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 859 4794 2012
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Meeting ID: 859 4794 2012
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“Every time I feel the spirit moving in my heart, I will pray.”
This Lent we at St. Alban’s will open ourselves to the Holy Spirit moving us towards God’s vision of a Beloved Community.
For our annual Lenten series, we will be using A Lenten Bible Study based on six African American Spirituals, Plenty Good Room by Marilyn E. Thorton.
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“This unique short-term Bible study combines an in-depth look at Scripture, American history, and the music and lyrics of six African American spirituals. The six-session study provides biblical, social, and historical analyses of the spirituals: 'Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit," "This Lonesome Valley," "Bow Down on Your Knees," "Plenty Good Room," “Ain't Dat Good News," and "Were You There?"
Sessions will be held on Zoom Wednesdays in Lent at 7:00pm starting on February 24th.
We have been invited to share a session or two with our friends at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Dublin who are using the same Bible study.
Here is how you can get involved!
- Mark your calendars. All are welcome. Do not worry if you cannot make all the sessions.
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Purchase Plenty Good Room by Marilyn E. Thorton. There are copies available in the St. Alban's office for $7.50. If you would like to purchase one, simply come to the church during normal office hours and request a copy. We have limited copies available so please call ahead. The book is also available on Amazon.
We hope you will join us starting February 24th!
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Youth & Family Worship
Exciting news!
The new service has a name!
The 3:33 Service
an interactive service for all ages.
The name draws our attention to
the Trinity which gathers us,
the address where we gather physically,
and
the time at which we gather
We hope you will join us on
Zoom, February 28th at 3:33 pm.
Topic: The 3:33 Service
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Questions?
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Two New Ministry Opportunities
Live Services Ministry
We have been streaming worship services because of the COVID19 pandemic. We have discovered that this form of worship offers us a new way to reach people. We plan to continue to stream services as long as the pandemic makes that necessary but we plan also to continue this practice even when we are able to gather again in person.
We are beginning to create a group of people to evolve and support the Live Services Ministry. This ministry will include covering our Wednesday Morning Prayer service and our Sunday services, as well as any other service that is to be recorded or done live. We hope to have at least 3-4 people who can monitor the services, run the streaming software(OBS) and monitor Facebook/YouTube chats. No prior experience is required.
If you are interested in leading or supporting this important ministry, then please reach out to Fr. Devin([email protected]) and/or Janet Lewis([email protected]). Thank you for your interest, we are eager to hear from you.
Compline Ministry
Would you like to be part of the online Compline leadership team? We need someone who would be willing to lead Compline on Facebook once every other month on the 2nd Monday of the month.
Never done a Facebook live video? Worry not! We will walk you through it.
If you are invested or would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Kayla at [email protected].
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CARING AND SHARING
Each month we highlight a specific organization. We do so to allow members of the parish to offer financial support directly to organizations that "speak" especially strongly to them. This week we feature some information about our February organization:
Procter Scholarship Fund
From Amy Boyd, Procter Center, Executive Director
Dear Friends:
Procter is gearing up to welcome folks back to Procter this summer. We don’t know exactly what that is going to look like yet, except to say that we will follow all CDC, State and American Camp Association ( ACA) guidelines.
Family Camp will be the primary program with an emphasis on the farm. Families will be able to go up to the farm and get their “hands dirty” as they help plant, weed and harvest from the bountiful vegetable garden. There will also be chores to do with the pigs and chickens. All the usual camp activities such as pool and lake swim, canoeing, games, crafts, campfire and more will be in full gear. Come and enjoy the fresh air, wide open space and fellowship at Procter.
As we welcome families back to Procter we know there will be financial need now, more than ever. Your contributions will help families come and enjoy a peaceful, spiritual and fun-filled weekend at Procter Summer Camp.
Also this summer, your church family can come and enjoy a day on the farm and lunch at Procter. The plan is to offer this on Saturday mornings. Stay tuned for more details.
Thank you for your continued support of Procter and people that we serve.
Blessings and Peace,
Amy R. Boyd
Executive Director
Donate on line:
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Our Prayer List
Christians are encouraged to engage regularly in prayer. Examples include prayers of petition for healing, for well-being or for peace in our communities and the world. We should also offer prayers of gratitude and celebration for our many blessings. Each week we offer a Prayer List which includes prayers of petition & prayers of gratitude, celebration and thanksgiving. We specifically invite all to offer these prayers of gratitude too. They may be prayers for weddings, anniversaries, the birth of children or any of our many blessings. If you want a person or an event included in our prayer list please email Ernestine Ujah. Click on her name to send an email.
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Pastoral Care
Contact Information
For immediate pastoral care emergencies call or text the Rector, The Rev. J. Devin Rodgers at (330) 831- 4815.
Anyone in the parish may use this email if they or someone they know has a pastoral care concern. All calls and emails are confidential.
PLEASE NOTE: Unless you notify the church or one of the Pastoral Care leaders, we do not know if a parishioner is ill or in the hospital and needs/wants prayers, visits or assistance of any kind. We want to help. Hospitals do not notify the church.
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Care & Connect
Financial Stewardship and Giving
We are grateful for the many ways God blesses our congregation and enables us to serve. If you would like to give a financial gift to St. Alban’s you may do so with the QR code above. Simply open the camera app on your phone, hold it in front of the QR code, and it will guide you to our online giving form.
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Sunday
10:15 am Worship
Holy Eucharist
4:15 pm Equipping the Saints gathering
Meeting ID: 873 7405 1415
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The 3:33 Service
Youth & Family Worship
Begins February 28th
Every Monday e-Compline 8:00 pm
live-stream Facebook page HERE
Healing Service
4th Monday each month; 1:30 pm
(next service: February 22)
on Zoom
Every Wednesday, Morning Prayer
Other Opportunities for Worship
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