Palm Sunday 2015 Bulletin

St. An

nes Episco

pal Chu

rch

711 H

enderson Dr

Jacksonville, NC 28540

Office: 910-347-3774

FAX: 910-347-5051

E-mail: stan

nesjaxn

c@ou

tlook.com W

ebsite: stannesjacksonville.ecdio.org

Th

e Presid

ing B

ishop

of the Ep

iscopal Ch

urch

The M

ost Rev. K

atharine Jefferts Schori

Th

e Episcop

al Diocese of E

ast Carolina

Bishop: T

he Rt. R

ev. Robert S. Skirving

Website: w

ww

.diocese-eastcarolina.org The Clergy

Th

e Min

isters

The Laity of St. A

nnes

Sup

port Staff at St. A

nn

es Charles Coakley, Pianist

Anne Lyon, Parish A

ssistant stan

nesjaxn

c@ou

tlook.com

R

uth Hochstrasser, Sexton

Kim

Stewart, Financial Secretary

St. A

nn

es Parish

Day Sch

ool Pam

ela Banta, D

irector (910) 347-0755

wjbplbarb@

gmail.com

stan

nesdayschool@

gmail.com

VEST

RY

Serving through 2015 Jim H

amilton, - jham

ilton23@

ec.rr.com

Robin Jones - credopu

ngo@

gmail.com

K

athy Morgan - bm

organ3@

ec.rr.com

Serving through 2016 Devon H

olson - dmcholson

@hotm

ail.com

Lindsay Russell

Kendra W

arlick kfbilli@yahoo.com

Serving through 2017 Jr. W

arden, B

uddy Garrett - m

edexam@

ec.rr.com

Sr. Warden

, Jim O

wens - jow

ens@

ec.rr.com Jean M

ullen - Clerk of V

estry Ann W

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arch 29, 2015 H

oly Eucharist, R

ite II 8:00am

and 10:00am

Welcom

e!

A

s a comm

unity of faith, the mem

bers of St. A

nnes Episcopal Church are called to w

elcome all people.

We are com

mitted to follow

ing our Baptism

al vows as w

e seek to serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves

and respecting the dignity of every human being.

A

s you

enter

this h

oly space, an

d b

efor

e wo

rsh

ip begin

s, T

ake a m

om

ent fo

r q

uiet prayer

and

reflectio

n.

TH

E CE

LE

BR

AT

ION O

F TH

E HO

LY E

UC

HA

RIST

Palm

Sun

day

Th

e litur

gy of th

e palms

We w

ill gather in front of the church for the Blessing of the Palm

s. Celebrant B

lessed is the King w

ho comes in the nam

e of the Lord. People Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. Celeb

rant Let u

s pray.

Assist us m

ercifully with your help, O

Lord God of our salvation, that w

e may enter w

ith joy upon the contem

plation of those mighty acts, w

hereby you have given us life and imm

ortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A

men

. M

ark 1

1:1-1

1 W

hen they were approaching Jerusalem

, at Bethphage and B

ethany, near the Mount of O

lives, Jesus sent tw

o of his disciples and said to them, "G

o into the village ahead of you, and im

mediately as you enter it, you w

ill find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, `W

hy are you doing this?' just say this, `The Lord needs it

and will send it back here im

mediately.'" T

hey went aw

ay and found a colt tied near a door, outside in the street. A

s they were untying it, som

e of the bystanders said to them, "W

hat are you doing, untying the colt?" T

hey told them w

hat Jesus had said; and they allowed them

to take it. T

hen they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. M

any people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. T

hen those who w

ent ahead and those who follow

ed were shouting,

"Hosanna!

Blessed is the one w

ho comes in the nam

e of the Lord! B

lessed is the coming kingdom

of our ancestor David!

Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

Then he entered Jerusalem

and went into the tem

ple; and when he had looked around at

everything, as it was already late, he w

ent out to Bethany w

ith the twelve.

The Celebrant then says the follow

ing blessing: T

he Lord be with you.

People A

nd

also with

you.

Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People It is righ

t to give him

than

ks an

d p

raise. It is right to praise you, A

lmighty G

od, for the acts of love by which you have redeem

ed us through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. O

n this day he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in

triumph, and w

as proclaimed as K

ing of kings by those who spread their garm

ents and branches of palm

along his way. Let those branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant

that we w

ho bear them in his nam

e may ever hail him

as our King, and follow

him in the w

ay that leads to eternal life; w

ho lives and reigns in glory with you and the H

oly Spirit, now and

for ever. Am

en.

1

H

oly God,

Holy and M

ighty, H

oly Imm

ortal One,

Have m

ercy upon us.

As w

e enter in

to Holy W

eek, may w

e walk T

he Way of the Cross.

Is there a high school senior in your household? If so, please call the church office and let us

know! W

e will be honoring our seniors later this Spring.

NEED

ED: T

eens to help hide eggs for the Easter E

gg Hunt next Sunday.

If you would like to help, be at church by 9am

. H

iding the eggs is almost as m

uch fun as looking for them!

There are small green collection boxes in the N

arthex and the Adm

in. Offices m

arked H

arvest for Hospitality. A

t the 2

01

5 D

iocesan Con

vention

, a resolution

was p

assed

askin

g each d

iocesan h

ouseh

old to give $5

0 in

sup

port of th

e camp

aign.

Th

is dollar am

oun

t symb

olizes the average farm

work

ers labor to h

arvest two ton

s of sw

eet potatoes. T

he goal for The D

iocese of East Carolina is $100,000.

Place your contribution in the box or bring it to the church office. Thank you for your

generosity. You can find more inform

ation on this program at harvestforhospitality.dionc.org

Lenten Offering

for Millennium

D

evelopment G

oals

We take advantage of our access to clean drinking w

ater. Most of us go

to the faucet and get a glass of clean fresh water several tim

es a day and never give the first thought to the im

portance of water. W

e have become

so accustomed to having it, w

e rarely think about what our lives w

ould be like, if w

e had to struggle to find water that w

as even halfway safe to

drink. Sadly, in many other countries across the globe, this a problem

that is all too real. T

hey are forced to drink water from

rivers, streams,

watering holes, and other w

ater sources that are more than likely diseased or polluted.

They are forced, often tim

es, to bathe and cook with this sam

e dirty water.

At th

e recent con

vention

of the D

iocese of East Carolina th

e Millen

niu

m D

evelopm

ent

Goals Com

mittee gave a 5

gallon b

uck

et to each con

gregation en

couragin

g them

throu

gh

the season

of Lent to ask

peop

le to place th

eir coins or b

ills into th

e bu

cket. A

t the en

d of

Lent all m

onies w

ill be retu

rned

to the d

iocese and

sent to Ep

iscopal R

elief and

D

evelopm

ent for th

eir clean w

ater initiatives. P

lease be gen

erous in

your resp

onse.

Ou

r bu

cket is located

on a tab

le to your righ

t as you exit th

e chu

rch.

D

ont forget to feed

your H