March 2018 Newsletter - Epiphany Lutheran...

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March 2018 March 2018 March 2018 March 2018 ———— Epiphany’s NewsletterEpiphany’s NewsletterEpiphany’s NewsletterEpiphany’s Newsletter

Epiphany Lutheran Church

200 Dalhousie Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2Z1

(204) 269-2661 www.epiphanychurch.ca

Epiphany Lutheran Church:

Our Vision: To make Christ known through a caring Christian community that has an active, vibrant

worship and ongoing learning that inspires faith and service in all people.

Our Mission: Encouraging Spiritual Growth, a Community for All

THE PRACTICE OF PAYING ATTENTION

I have some binders at home that are full of music I’ve played over the past thirty or so years. If you thumb through you’ll see little hand scrawled notes in my own non-musical language about things like arrangements (“AABACA with that chunka-chunka thing B4 last A”), dynamics (“LOUD! shhh...”), solo bits (“start on that B deedly dee thingy”), and powerful endings (“babadee bap bap bap!”). It’s not complicated or technical, but it works. With practice, each little note to myself gets repeated and repeated until it all begins to come a little more naturally. There’s one particular note that appears often: “PAY ATTENTION, PAUL!”. I need that note because I’m pretty good at looking around aimlessly, and wandering and wondering, and getting lost, and needing to find my way

back….

So here’s a suggestion for this year’s Lenten discipline: practice paying attention. Here are few things that happened when I gave it a try: I saw some beautiful things (check out the ice hanging on a pine tree just outside the church door if you get a chance), I heard some interesting sounds (you may or may not like ravens and crows, but they can make the weirdest sounds if you just stop to pay attention), I realized some things I haven’t noticed before (for example, snow is rarely white; it’s blue or light or dark grey or….it all depends on the angle of the sun and the time of day). I’ve noticed some disturbing things (why didn’t I make eye contact with the cashier at the Co-op while he handed me my change?), and seen some refreshing scenes (three people at the communion rail sort of chuckling together at something, much like anyone might be doing at a dinner party hosted by a good friend). I’ve even noticed smells that I don’t usually notice, like the smell of wet not-quite

-spring air.

It’s not much, but maybe paying attention would be a good Lenten discipline, a good practice that would make it easier to notice what’s going on around us. We might even begin to notice what we might not otherwise see: the cashier at the store, the person on the boulevard with the “Every little bit helps” message written on cardboard, the stunning return of birds after yet another miraculous migration (surely such things are not “normal”?), the spring flow of melting snow in the Red and the Seine and the alley behind your house. We might learn to see more deeply these people, this world, this creation that Christ died to save; these people, this world, this creation that will rise to

new life just as surely as we will celebrate Christ’s new life at the end of this month.

An uncomplicated Lenten practice: Pay attention. Pay attention, and see and hear all the chunka-chunkas and B-deedly-dees and babadee bap bap baps and the “wow, would you look at that!”s

that fill this good world that our God has made.

A blessed Lent and springtime be yours.

Pastor Paul

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Birthdays and Anniversaries! During Children's Corner time of the last Sunday Service each month, we will invite forward anyone who is celebrating a birthday, anniversary or any other special occasion like a graduation, birth, commemoration of a loved one's birthday to make a donation to "our little Noah's Arc" birthday bank. Donations will be used to support the next Youth Gathering.

Epiphany Bible Study (ELW)

Tuesday March 6, 7:00 pm

The Women's Bible Study (ELW) group will be meeting on the 6th of February. Join us, as it is a great time for women to connect. See

you then...

CLAY 2018 – Thunder Bay, ON

August 15 – 19, 2018

Stories are the diverse threads that God weaves

together to form the tapestry of our lives. They can

be ancient, personal, intimate, and can help us find

meaning and purpose. We gather stories from each

other and from our surroundings.

Join youth from across Canada at threads, where

we will learn how to discern our God-given stories.

Epiphany Breakfast at Smitty’s

Wed. March 21, 9:00 am

Come on out to Smitty’s on Pembina at Kirk-bridge every third Wednesday of the month. Feel free to bring a friend too and enjoy time

Epiphany Office closing at 11:00 am on March 16

Epiphany Office Closed - Fri. March 30

The office will be closed Friday March 30, 2018. If there is an emergency, please email Pastor Paul at [email protected]

GIVEAWAY EVENT – 2018

Clear your closets! Purge your basement! Clean the

garage! Tell your neighbours! Mark your calen-

dars! Epiphany will be holding the Fourth Annual

Giveaway Event on October 27, 2018. Storage

Room #1 is open now and goods may be brought in

at any time. This has been a very successful com-

munity event in the past and we have appreciated

all the donations from the Epiphany Family and

Friends. It is an excellent opportunity to open our

doors to the community and for all of us to practic-

es reusing and recycling, and we look forward to

your support once again.

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Annual Meeting - March 4, 2018

Our annual meeting is going to be on March 4, 2017, after worship. The meeting will be

in the lower level followed by a potluck lunch!

Join us for some food and

fellowship!

Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion – March 25, 10:00 am.

Maundy Thursday - March 29, 5:30 pm

at Church of the Good Shepherd & Trinity United

Good Friday - March 30, at 10 am.

Easter Sunday - April 1, at 10 am

Easter

Easter, also called Pascha (Greek/Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, pre-ceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

The week before Easter is called Holy Week, and it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper, as well as Good Friday, commemorat-ing the crucifixion and death of Jesus. In western Christiani-ty, Eastertide, the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the fiftieth day, Pentecost Sunday. In Orthodoxy, the season of Pascha begins on Pascha and ends with the coming of the fortieth day, the Feast of the Ascension.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter

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Soul Sisters Brunch Soul Sisters Brunch Soul Sisters Brunch Soul Sisters Brunch ---- Saturday, May 12thSaturday, May 12thSaturday, May 12thSaturday, May 12th

Mark your calendars for the return of our Soul Sisters Brunch being held on

Saturday, May 12th. Our theme is Mending Your Broken Heart.

Proceeds from the Brunch will support our youth a#ending the CLAY

gathering being held in Thunder Bay this August.

We are always looking for new planning commi#ee members to help

organize this wonderful event. A planning mee+ng

is being held Thursday, March 15th at 7 pm at Monica Deck's 1115 Scurfield Blvd. Hope to see you

there! This is a FaithLife Sponsored EventThis is a FaithLife Sponsored EventThis is a FaithLife Sponsored EventThis is a FaithLife Sponsored Event

Thanks, Gale Schultz and Monica Deck

Wednesday, March 7 & 21 , at the church at 7:00 p.m.Wednesday, March 7 & 21 , at the church at 7:00 p.m.Wednesday, March 7 & 21 , at the church at 7:00 p.m.Wednesday, March 7 & 21 , at the church at 7:00 p.m.

Religion scholar Diana Eck is director of the Pluralism Project, which seeks

to explore religious diversity in North America. Eck shows why dialogue

with people of other faiths remains crucial in today's interdependent

world--globally, na+onally, and even locally. She reveals how her own en-

counters with other religions have shaped and enlarged her Chris+an

faith toward a bold new Chris+an pluralism

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God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Benares together. The book is God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Benares together. The book is God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Benares together. The book is God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Benares together. The book is

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World Day of Prayer

Friday March 2, 2:00 pm

The World Day of Prayer is being hosted by Mary Mother of the Church (85 Kirkbridge Dr) on Friday March 2, 2018 at 2:00 pm. Come out and observe a common day of prayer as

women from many traditions come together and affirm their faith in Jesus Christ, share their hopes and fears, their joys and sorrows, their opportunities and needs.

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My name is Adam Krentz and I am 12 years old. I’m in a family of four consis+ng my mother (Rowena), my

father (Kelly), my brother (Jonathan) and me.

I play hockey and soccer. I love playing with my friends and swimming in the pool in our backyard. Last sum-

mer I went to Europe for 4 months. We went to 16 countries and 36 ci+es. I loved it there but when it was

+me to come home I was ready.

My brother and I don’t always get along but when push comes to shove we’ve got each other’s back. My fa-

ther and I have a great rela+onship, we go on walks when it’s warm which is rare because we live in Winni-

peg. We play hockey a lot together and my father and mother both show up to almost all of my sports

games.

My mother is such a sweet and tender person. We both share something my brother and father don’t like,

we love shopping together. I bake with her some+mes and I love her dinners! God blessed me with an amaz-

ing family! I love going to church to just feel connected with God and my family’s lost ones. When I have a

family of my own one day I will take them to Epiphany Lutheran Church so they can feel connected like I do.

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