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April 18: Good Friday
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Readings for The Great Vigil of Easter – Saturday 19APR 8pm
THE SALVATION READINGS
At The Liturgy of the Word
At least two of the following Lessons are read, of which one is always the Lesson from Exodus. After each Lesson, the Psalm or Canticle listed, or some other suitable psalm, canticle, or hymn may be sung. A period of silence may be kept; and a suitable Collect, such as those on pages 288-291 of the Prayer Book, may be said.
Genesis 1:1-2:4a [The Story of Creation]
Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18, 8:6-18, 9:8-13 [The Flood]
Genesis 22:1-18 [Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac]
Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 [Israel’s deliverance at the Red Sea]
Isaiah 55:1-11 [Salvation offered freely to all]
Baruch 3:9-15, 3:32-4:4 or Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6 [Learn wisdom and live]
Ezekiel 36:24-28 [A new heart and a new spirit]
Ezekiel 37:1-14 [The valley of dry bones]
Zephaniah 3:14-20 [The gathering of God’s people]
At The Eucharist
Shout Outs: Week of Palm Sunday
To Bob Kalicki and our good friend Gary Lackey who braved the tollways and brought back to St. Nicholas 2 vans full of food for the pantry. From all who benefit from our pantry and all of us at St. Nicholas…God bless you!
To Claudia Boyle who picked up this month’s supply of Jarosch’s baked goods…sweets delivered by a sweetheart!
To Hal and Steve for setting up the church for Palm Sunday…all looks lovely.
To Hank for putting up the old St. Bede’s Gate and wooden wall unit in the church entry way. It is all so beautiful, Hank!
To our Bishop’s Committee Members: Jessica Tamaski, Penny Mandziara, Kristen Jacobs, Thelma Malecek, Mike Golden, Neal Setchell, Bob Kalicki, Bob DeHaven, Steve Raftery and our treasurer Ray Malecek who all give 100% in their collective efforts at improving our church.
To Hank Mandziara and Bob DeHaven who continue moving forward working on the boiler situation and installation of the stained glass windows. Great work, guys.