|
Celebrating our lives together in Christ |
NOTES FROM RECTOR PATRICK
TWOMEY
The New Common Lectionary: In the December 23 newsletter, I mentioned the
required transition to a new lectionary adopted by nineteen
participating denominations. Although the General Convention of The
Episcopal Church required that parishes adopt the new lectionary by
Advent 2007, I requested permission from the bishop to continue use of
the lectionary as printed in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer in order to
do some advance teaching about the new lectionary.
You
will find below a reprint of some material contained in the December 23
newsletter which gives some basic information about the new
lectionary. This information is copied from a website of
Vanderbilt Divinity School: http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/
It has been our custom to have pew
editions of the lectionary available in the pews along with the Book of
Common Prayer and Hymnal. At present, the new lectionary is not
printed in a similar paperback form, containing only one year of the
three-year lectionary cycle. Rather, a pew edition is available
which contains years A, B, and C. This edition is somewhat large
and rather expensive. In order to accommodate those who prefer to
read the lessons while they are being read, 25 pew editions have been
ordered and will be available on Sunday, April 27. The pew
editions will be placed in the back of the church. I respectfully
ask that you take a copy only if you intend to read the lessons.
Please return the copy to the bookcase at the back of the church.
Parish Dinner: In the
most recent newsletter I mentioned a Parish Dinner scheduled for May
23. I overlooked the fact that this is part of the Memorial Day
weekend. I would like to reschedule the meal for May 30. Please look for a sign-up
sheet on the bulletin board on Sunday, May 4. Also, I want to
advise vegetarians that a vegetarian entrée will be available,
still to be determined.
What is the Revised Common Lectionary?
The
Revised Common Lectionary is a three-year cycle of weekly lections used
to varying degrees by the vast majority of mainline Protestant churches
in Canada and the United States. The RCL is built around the seasons of
the Church Year, and includes four lections for each Sunday, as well as
additional readings for major feast days. During most of the year, the
lections are: a reading from the Hebrew Bible, a Psalm, a reading from
the Epistles, and a Gospel reading. During the season of Easter, the
Hebrew Bible lection is usually replaced with one from the Acts of the
Apostles. The lections from the Hebrew Bible are sometimes chosen from
the Apocrypha.
The seasons of the Church Year reflect the life of Christ.
Consequently, the gospel lections for each Sunday provide the focus for
that day. The other lections for a given day generally have a thematic
relationship to the gospel reading for that day, although this is not
always the case. In Ordinary Time, the Revised Common Lectionary offers
two sets of readings for the lessons from the Hebrew Bible. One set
proceeds semi-continuously, giving the story of the Patriarchs and the
Exodus in Year
A, the monarchial narratives in Year
B, and readings from the Prophets in Year
C. In the other set of readings for Ordinary Time (shown in italics
on this site) the readings from the Hebrew Bible are thematically
related to the gospel lections. Denominations or local churches
generally use either the semi-continuous readings or the thematic
readings during Ordinary Time. They do not typically move back and
forth between the two over the course of a single season.
ASCENSION MASS - THURSDAY, MAY 1, 9:30am
INTERNATIONAL DINNER – SATURDAY, MAY
3, 2008
Our Wine, Punch and Cheese will be hosted by the Seeke Family here at
All Saints at 5:30pm. After this time of all being together, you
will
break up at 6:30pm to go to the homes you have chosen for dinner.
Hans and Melinda Schultz will host
Mexican
Pam Sealy and Steve Gilling will
host Thai
Marlene, our organizer,
regrets that, due to a schedule clash, the Swedish host-home is on hold
for another year. However, there are still places to fill at the
Mexican and Thai homes. Remember to sign up for the Wine, Punch
and
Cheese as well as your host-home.
UNITED
THANK OFFERING INGATHERING
Please
bring to church (or
mail in) the UTO envelope that was enclosed in the print edition of the
newsletter (or available from the church office) with your gift of
thanksgiving enclosed on Sunday, May 11. For those who are not
familiar with UTO, we hold an Ingathering Day in Spring and Fall just
ahead of the Diocesan UTO
Ingathering at the Cathedral, Fond du Lac. Your gifts will be
added to
the collective Diocesan gatherings and from there join the national
funds which will be distributed in grants that will meet hundreds of
needs. All of this joint offering is expended. Last year it
amounted
to $2,439,342. Committee expenses are supported by designated
trust
funds.
You
are asked to give gifts
that are commensurate with your thankfulness for all that God provides
for you. Available at the tract rack are money boxes if you would
like
to encourage your children to learn to give to God in thanks.
CHANGE OF DATE
PARISH
DINNER – FRIDAY, MAY 30 AT 6PM
You
read about the second parish dinner in the last newsletter.
Fr. Patrick will be chief cook (but
not bottle-washer!) Thanks to those who have offered to help so
far. Clearing up at the end is a big job, so let’s have lots of
helpers for that department. Newcomers should try to be there, if
at all possible, so they can know and be known more quickly. The
menu sounds great. Sign-up on sheets going up on May 4.
FROM
THE PARISH NURSE
Time
to Walk the Lake !!! (No lake flies guaranteed!)
Spring
is here! Time to get out and enjoy it! Let’s take a group
walk around Lake Winnebago!
As
a way to enjoy this spring ‘rebirth’ and encourage a healthier YOU, we
are taking a ‘walk’ around Lake Winnebago. All you have to do is
get outside, take a deep breath of that wonderfully fresh warming air,
and go for a mile (or two) stroll. Enjoy the sprouting flowers,
the scurrying wildlife, the valuable stress-free time, and those
wonderful and precious few moments alone with your uninterrupted
thoughts. Sounds terrific doesn’t it!
I
will give you a ‘walking kit’ to help you along the way. All you
have to do is record each mile walked during the week when you are out
making the effort to add exercise to your life (or if you prefer
working out inside, the record every 20-minute time frame instead for a
"mile walked"). Then each Sunday when you’re at church, give the
total miles attained to me, Dolores Wiseman. I will add the miles
to the community total and keep track on the Wisconsin map how far we
get each week.
At
the end of the "walk" around the Lake, every person who has contributed
5 miles toward our "walk" gets their name into a drawing. The
winner gets a $15 Barnes and Noble gift card – so they can put their
feet up, relax, and enjoy some reading as they rest from the "walk."
|
|
|
|
|
