LITURGY OF THE WORD AND WEEKLY READINGS

Sing Hallelujah To The Lord
Sunday, April 27, 2014: Second Sunday Of Easter
First Lesson: Acts (2:14a, 22-32)
Psalm 16, page 599, BCP
Second Lesson: Peter's Epistle (1:3-9)
The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To John (20:19-31)
Sunday, April 20, 2014: Easter Sunday
The Lighting of the Paschal Candle
The Exultet: Page 286, BCP
Reading: Exodus (14:10-31, 15:20-21; Canticle 8, Page 85, BCP)
Reading: Ezekiel (36:24-28; Canticle 9, Page 86, BCP)
The Renewal of Baptismal Vows: (Page 292, BCP)
First Lesson: Acts (10:34-43)
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, Page 760, BCP
Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle: (1 Corinthians 1519-26)
The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Matthew (28:1-10)
Sunday, April 13, 2014: Palm Sunday

First Lesson: Isaiah (50:4-9a)

Psalm 31:9-16, Page 623, BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Philippians (2:5-11)

The Passion

Sunday, April 6, 2014: Fifth Sunday In Lent

First Lesson: Ezekiel (37:1-14)

Psalm 130, Page 784, BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Roman 8:6-11)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To John (1:1-45)

NEWS AND EVENTS

St. Monica's Website

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Directions To St. Monica's

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Annual Walk Against Hunger
Sunday, May 4, 2014 is Foodshare's 31st Annual Walk against Hunger. Every member is asked to make a personal donation and then ask friends, family, colleagues and neighbors to donate. If you cannot walk, please be a "Spirit Walker." Walk forms are available in the narthex. Thank you for your continuous support. For additional information, see mavis Blackwood or Stephanie Lightfoot at the 8:00 a.m. service. Denzil ricketts or Pat Nelson at the 10:30 a.m. service.

Horace V. Davidson Scholarship Announcement
The Horace V. Davidson Scholarship Committee is asking each parishioner to contribute to the Scholarship Fund. The applications are now available. There are two scholarship, one for first time applicants and one for continuing students. The deadline for first time applicants is May 15th. The deadline for continuing students is June 1st. Both applications are available in the Narthex and must be returned to the church office on or before the deadline dates. We thank you for your continued support of our young people.
Birthdays And Anniversaries In April

Happy Birthday to:  Winston Barnaby and Greta Jordan 1st; Kishaunana Lightfoot 2nd;  Elvida Montgomery 3rd; Ijeoma Nwazojie 6th; Kylee Lightfoot 8th; Carmen Garvey and Justin Hall 10th; Nicole waters 11th; Donna Ricketts 13th; Maureen Anderson 19th; Hattie Henry 21st; Norma O'Neil 22nd; April Carter, Joan Jones, Denzil Ricketts and Andre Krauz 23rd; Julio Anderson 26th; Ingrid Dupuy and Norma Ifill 28th.

Happy Anniversary to: Nicholas and Marie Harvey 26th.
In Memory For April

In Memory of: Florence Mursell, Mary Countryman and Earl Eyrich 1st; Audrey Martin and Thomas Owens 4th; Carrie Bobcock 5th; Anna fish 6th;  Wilfred Jaell 8th; Phoebe smith and mabel Ramsey 12th; Marie Williams, James Boulden, Silver Gardner and George Sadler 13th; clinton Dowen 16th; Mabel Mitchell 17th; Theodore Canigen, James Weeks and Emma Walker 18th; Silas Hill 20th; Norman Leyhon 21st; Joseph Pannell 23rd; Lillian Brewster and William Seymour 24th; Richard Bailey 25th; Raymond Countryman 26th; Gertrude Elliott, Muriel Callender and Victoria Naraine 29th; Christine Lambert 30th.

Clergy

The Rev. Charles Davidson

Vestry Members

Carol Anderson, Cyrus Aimey (Junior Warden), Veronica Airey-Wilson, Joyce Asiedu, Winston Barnaby, Walter Benjamin (Senior Warden), Marie Brown-Harvey (Secretary), April Carter, Evelyn Green, David Hickmon, A. Bates Lyons, Joseph Noel, Evelyn Stewart, Terrie Thomas.

Music

Rochelle Holder - Youth Choir

Nathaniel Baker - Music Director/Organist

Rector Emeritus

Canon Cyril Burke

Email

monicahartford@gmail.com

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Maundy Thursday
From the earliest times, the week before Easter (Holy Week) has been a period of very special services. Maundy Thursday is the name given to the fifth day of the week in the English tradition-or Holy Thursday in the Roman tradition. The word maundy comes from the Latin word mandare or "commandment" because this is the day that Jesus, at the Last Supper, gave his disciples "a new commandment, that you should love one another" (John 13:34). Jesus demonstrated the spirit of this commandment by washing his disciples' feet, so there may be a ceremonial foot washing at this service. Jesus humbled himself to serve others, as we also should learn to do so. At the end of the service the altar is often stripped and left bare so that the church on Good Friday is barren of all ornamentation.
Source: Christopher L. Weber, Welcome to Sunday (harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing 2003) pp. 50, 52.

THE BOOK CORNER   

Letters To Malcolm

By C. S. Lewis

This book by C. S. Lewis offers something his other books do not. Rather than being a work of fiction or an exploration of his thoughts on religion, this is an intimate exchange of letters between C. S. Lewis and his longtime friend, Malcolm Muggeridge. They discuss the nature of prayer, among other things, and the letters give us a glimpse into Lewis at his most thoughtful. He's not attempting to entertain or to present his case to an audience. He's exploring, with a friend, the most intimate feelings he has about religion. His frustrations, his most sublime moments communicating with God, his feelings of inadequacy and much more are revealed in the form of letters to a dear friend. We can put ourselves in

Lewis' place and travel the paths he travels, much as we would if we were writing letters. This is Lewis at his most accessible. He is not the Lecturer, the professor or the famous novelist. He's a man on the same search as the rest of we Christian.  

Muggeridge is a perfect foil. More of a curmudgeon and skeptic, he nevertheless responds to Lewis' questions and wonderings with respect and sincerity . Along with the Screwtape Letters, I find this to be one of Lewis' finest books about religion.

Review by Sue