April 2010
"Palm Sunday ... reminds us
that at the moment of what seems to be the height of Jesus'
public acceptance also begins the process of His public
betrayal, His public failure, His public abandonment. Only in
the mind of God is Jesus any longer a success, it seems." -
Sr. Joan Chittister, from her book The Liturgical Year
The walk that we take during
this Holy Week is one of great contrasts. We
start on Palm Sunday with the joy and triumph of the new King,
striding in on a donkey just as the kings of old.
We move to the shared meal and last moments between Jesus
and his disciples on Maundy Thursday, where we hear of God’s
idea of discipleship. We then move to the
cross on Good Friday, where we find the King who rode in on
glory, dying on the cross.
This week is one of drama,
of a story that is central to the Christian faith and central to
each of our lives. It is the story of how far God will go for
us, and how much God is willing to give up to fix what is broken
and heal what is sick. Come and hear the
story!
Holy
Week
Maundy Thursday- 7:30pm
Good Friday- 7:30pm
Easter Sunday- 10:45am with
Sunday School at 9:30am
Please plan to join us!
Easter
Cleanup- Saturday, April 3rd at 10:30am
To get our building looking
great for our Easter worship celebration, we need some help
getting things fixed up. We need help on a
variety of things, including putting out flowers, polishing the
pews, changing the lights, along with some general cleanup.
We will begin at 10:30am, and will have coffee and some
snacks.
Budgeting
Support Group- Sunday, April 11th at 6:30pm
This group comes out of a
workshop led by Al Cowell, the local Thrivent Financial
representative, who taught us the merits and benefits of
learning to keep a budget. For support, we will meet to hear how
one another is doing in the process as well as offering advice.
Anyone is welcome, and we will have the workbook from the
workshop available as well as some other Thrivent materials.
Please come out and enjoy!
Fellowship
Night- Friday, April 16th at 6:30pm
Our activity this month will
be decorating bags for children in Bosnia who attend Friendship
Camps, where they will hear about the love of God in this war
torn country. Come out and show your
artistic side!
Community News
Franklin Park Clean-up-
Friday, April 2nd from 6:30-7:30pm
Our neighborhood will gather
around Franklin Park on Friday, and work to clean it up as
spring begins! Come out, bring your gloves
and trash bags, and support this area!
Franklin Park Easter Egg
Hunt- Saturday, April 3rd from 10am to 1pm
There will be a community
Easter Egg hunt open to everyone this Saturday in Franklin Park
for ages 12 and under. Bring your basket and
join the fun!
Thrivent Smorgasbord Dinner-
Saturday, April 24th
St. Paul’s Lutheran in
Raritan will host a smorgasbord dinner that will be supported by
Thrivent. The meal includes chicken,
sauerkraut, Swedish meatballs, and kielbasa.
The cost of the meal is $14 a person, and the proceeds go to
support St. Paul’s ministries. If you have
any questions, please contact Dick Cooper.
Feel free to check out St.
Bart's calendar
here or go to the website homepage
here.
We are also on
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