SAINT MONICA'S NEWS

Your comments and Contributions

Your comments and contributions are important. Please let us hear
from you.

1. Send your emails to: monicahartford@gmail.com

2. Comments can be made on the blog.

3. See me (Floyd Wyche) in church. I attend 8:00 a.m. service

Holy Week Services

Palm Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Monday 6:30 a.m.

Tuesday 6:30 a.m.

Wednesday 6:30 p.m,.

Maundy Thursday 6:30 p.m.

Good Friday 12 noon

Easter 6:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Easter Breakfast

The Young Adult Ministry will host a breakfast on Easter Morning

between the 6:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services. Members of the

congregation are ask to donate items that will be provided for

breakfast. Volunteers are needed to cook and setup. Any monetary

donations will go towards the YPF's trip to the U.B.E. Annual

Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

Some Thoughts on Lent

Lent is a forty day period which patterns the life of Jesus; we do not
count the Sundays; they are Sundays in Lent and not of Lent because
Sunday is the Day of the Resurrection. The term Lent comes from
the Old English word lenctern which means springtime. Lent began
on Ash Wednesday, February 17th. It is a time when the church
calls its members to a time of 'self examination and repentance
by prayer, fasting, self denial, and by reading the meditating of
God's Holy word' (Book of common Prayer). Let us all make a
special effort to make sure that our life together here a St. Monica's
improves. Let us work at genuine love, agape, and improving our
Sunday worship.

The preceding is an excerpt that is in the Bulletin of February 28, 2101.

Work Day, March 27, 2010

It is part of our stewardship responsibility to care for the things God has
given us. A year has passed since we occupied our multipurpose space.
Let us come out on March 27th and do some 'spring cleaning.' We will
clean the kitchen area; reorganize the pantry area; dust and
clean our chairs and windows where needed. Finally, we will clean
our yard and do whatever is needed to avoid junk build up.

Our First Anniversary Sunday

What a lovely day we had on Sunday, February 21, 2010. Thanks to our
Senior Warden and his band of workers who provided a lovely break-
fast, some of us had dumplings for the first time, and a lovely lunch.
It was heart warming to see all of us involved; the youngest of us to the
oldest. Our Sunday School children were eager to help with setting up
and Andre did a great job helping us with the dishes. We pray about
caring for God's creation and being good stewards of the creation and
then we turn around and use materials that defeat our prayers. One
of our newest visitors, member I dare say, suggested that we begin to
recycle. I wholeheartedly agree. I will highly appreciate if someone
can help us get recycle bins from the city. Hooray, hooray for a lovely
a lovely first anniversary Sunday in our new building. Next year we
will celebrate on Sunday, February 20th.

Upcoming Events

1. March 21 - Celebration of Aruba.

2. March 25 - Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

3. March 28 - Palm Sunday.

4. March 28 - Soprano Jessica Cain will sing a concert of spiritual and
gospel music. The concert will begin at 4:00 p.m. There will be more
information in the future.

Meetings

1. Vestry meeting on Thursday, Mach 11, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.

2. Harvest Committee meeting on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to the following parishioners:

Richard Krausz March 1; David Hickman and Denzil Ricketts
March 3; Shannon Holder March 5; Edwina Tunning and
Robert Rose March 6; Arlette Hurtle March 11; Cyrus Aimey
March 13; Camille Lawrence and Travis Samuda March 14;

Brandon Hall March 15;Dee Flowers, Cherone Levy,

Auvita McKenzie, Chantel Russell,Elroy Toppin,

and Johnsie Walker March 16; Jackie Noel and

Victoria Mitchell March 18; Mavis Blackwood March 19;

Alton Esson and Everton Stewart March 21; Samantha Myles

March 23; Cheryl Thomas March 25; Gloria Burk and

Philip Hanson March 26;Oswald Smith March 27;

Gilda Sheperd March 29; Mary Reid and

Walter Benjamin March 30;

Happy Anniversary to the following parishioners:

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Jones March 17; Cynthia & Kaye Paddyfote
March 25;

Condolence

We extend sincere sympathy to the O'Neil family and the

Ifill family on the recent death of loved ones. May they

Rest in peace.

Jeremy Ifill, Norma Ifill, Cheryl Thomas and the entire

Ifill family would like to express our deepest appreciation to

the church family at St. Monica's for your prayers, cards, and

words of comfort during these moments of sorrow and grief in

our lives. Thank you very much.