On the Feast of the Epiphany – our second parish feast day – we read that the Magi, transformed by their encounter with the Christ child and warned of Herod’s evil plans, return to their own country by another way. This is a good image for our annual journey together through Lent. Returning year af- ter year to the source of our salvation – the mercy and love of God made flesh in Christ – we are invited to take a new direction; an uncharted path; another way. The diocese is in the midst of calling a new bishop for the first time in twenty years. It is exciting. The bishop is the chief pastor of the church and has “oversight” of the whole (which is what the Greek word “episcope” means). Our new bishop will chart a course for the diocese for many years to come. And yet the journey is not primarily the bishop’s. The bishop reminds the Church that through the Sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, the Body of Christ comprises all the people of God together. There are no out- casts and no outsiders. Each person, united with all the others in the one Ris- en Christ, has a unique role to play in living out the Church’s mission to share this good news with all. PARISH NOTES Lent 2016 Returning, by Another Way The Rev. Rodger Broadley Worship Schedule see calendar for add’l days & times Tuesdays 5:45pm - Contemplative Prayer 6:30pm - Evening Prayer with Holy Eucharist First Fridays 7:00pm - Prayer Around the Cross Sundays 9:00am - Spoken Holy Eucharist 10:00am - Future Church Discussion 11:00am - Holy Eucharist with Choir in this issue: We consider the future of the church We hear about the search for our new bishop We learn about the many ways to go deeper during Lent through conversation and prayer We are reminded about park- ing on Sundays We say thank you to all who beautified the church for Christmas e e e e e The ashes provide a stark physical reminder that “we are dust and to dust we shall return.” Although a principal focus of Lent is penitence, the reason is not to discourage us but to make us more mindful of our dependence on God revealed in Christ for life and salvation. Ash Wednesday with Imposition of Ashes February 10 12:10pm and 7:00pm continues on page 4
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On the Feast of the Epiphany – our second parish feast day – we read that the Magi, transformed by their encounter with the Christ child and warned of Herod’s evil plans, return to their own country by another way. This is a good image for our annual journey together through Lent. Returning year af-ter year to the source of our salvation – the mercy and love of God made flesh in Christ – we are invited to take a new direction; an uncharted path; another way. The diocese is in the midst of calling a new bishop for the first time in twenty years. It is exciting. The bishop is the chief pastor of the church and has “oversight” of the whole (which is what the Greek word “episcope” means). Our new bishop will chart a course for the diocese for many years to come. And yet the journey is not primarily the bishop’s. The bishop reminds the Church that through the Sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, the Body of Christ comprises all the people of God together. There are no out-casts and no outsiders. Each person, united with all the others in the one Ris-en Christ, has a unique role to play in living out the Church’s mission to share this good news with all.
PARISH NOTES
Lent 2016
Returning, by Another Way
The Rev. Rodger Broadley
Worship Schedulesee calendar for add’l days & times
Tuesdays5:45pm - Contemplative Prayer6:30pm - Evening Prayer with Holy Eucharist
First Fridays7:00pm - Prayer Around the Cross
Sundays9:00am - Spoken Holy Eucharist10:00am - Future Church Discussion11:00am - Holy Eucharist with Choir
in this issue:
We consider the future of the church
We hear about the search for our new bishop
We learn about the many ways to go deeper during Lent through conversation and prayer
We are reminded about park-ing on Sundays
We say thank you to all who beautified the church for Christmas
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The ashes provide a stark physical reminder that “we are dust and to dust we shall return.” Although a principal focus of Lent is penitence, the reason is not to discourage us but to make us more mindful of our dependence on God revealed in Christ for life and salvation.
Ash Wednesdaywith Imposition of AshesFebruary 1012:10pm and 7:00pm
continues on page 4
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Lenten Activities
About Lent
Additionally
Sundays in Lent
Tuesday Evenings at 7 pm
Evening Prayer
The season of Lent developed over the centuries. Initially a period of preparation for baptism at the Easter Vigil, it be-came an opportunity for the entire Christian community to renew its faith through prayer, penitence, self-denial, and by reflecting on foundational Christian tradition and theol-ogy. By returning each year to the “basics” Christians may deepen their faith and respond with their lives in gratitude for God’s saving love made flesh in Jesus Christ. Faith finds in the past a foundation on which to build the future. What this might mean for us as a parish and as individual Christians is our theme this Lent.
PRAYERS FOR HEALING AND RECONCILIATION will be offered during the 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist on each of the Sundays in Lent.
On Sundays Daniel Smith and Joey Klinger, our two sem-inarians, will facilitate a discussion of Future Church/Chal-lenges and Opportunities for Mission. Human beings are hun-gry to know the future, perhaps because deep down we know it will always come as a series of surprises – some welcome; some not. Our faith affirms that our lives are safe-ly in the hands of God, but the trip from here to there may well be harrowing one. The challenges to the Church – our parish, The Episcopal Church, and the world-wide Chris-tian churches –are all around us. But there are great oppor-tunities for mission and for growth – numerical and spiri-tual – as well as for reinvention. Lent is the right time to ask what our tradition, history, and theology have to say about the relationship between the ancient Church and the Future Church. The conversations will be held in the Blue Room lounge downstairs from 10 a.m. to 10:45 on each of the five Sundays in Lent.
For generations of Episcopalians Verna Dozier (1918-2006) was a unique voice of encouragement to the lay members of the Church to accept the authority given them in bap-tism and to live out their faith wherever they found them-selves. An African American lay woman born and educated in segregated Washington D.C. she struggled against overt racism, “polite” sexism, and unacknowledged clericalism to carve out a place among Episcopal scholars, teachers, and theologians. Her books are remarkable examples of the in-tegrative, multi-sourced, and reality-based thinking which is a hallmark of Anglicanism. Focusing on the study of the Bible, she is able to make the scriptures relevant, nay, es-sential, to the work of social justice and the reclamation of the priesthood of all believers. Among her many books her personal favorite was The Dream of God: A Call to Remember (1991) which will be the parish’s book for Lent. Convenient-ly it has five concise and largely independent chapters, mak-ing it possible to read and discuss one chapter a week on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Copies are available for free in the narthex in the back of the church. We hope to set up an online forum for parishioners who might not be able to get to the Tuesday evening sessions for a chance to share their reflections on the book.
Monday through Thursday at 6:30pm in the Chapel
On Tuesday evenings Evening Prayer includes Holy Eucha-rist and is preceded by Contemplative Prayer at 5:45 p.m. `
Wednesday Evenings at 6:30 pmOur Senior Seminarian has previously introduced us to wor-ship from Holden Village during Lent and Advent. Dur-ing this Lenten Season we will again be engaging in prayer from Holden Village. In the past we have sung and enjoyed Holden Evening Prayer. For this Lent we will be engaging in Holden Prayer Around the Cross. This service differs from evening prayer in that it focuses on the cross, on the bur-dens we carry, and how the cross can help us bear them. This setting is different from Taize Prayer Around the Cross (first Friday of every month) which focuses more on a medi-tative service while Holden Prayer Around the Cross has more readings, more song, and less silence. Holden Prayer Around the Cross also uses meditations and readings be-yond scripture. It is also unique in that there are many dif-ferent settings that focus on topics from healing to creation. We will be using their Lenten liturgy. There will be med-itations, scripture, and singing. If you have found Hold-en Evening Prayer fulfilling you should also find Holden Prayer Around the Cross to be a fulfilling worship experi-ence. Holden Prayer Around the Cross will be held three Wednesdays in Lent on 2/17, 3/2, and 3/16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Furness Chapel.
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The Election of the Next Bishop of PennsylvaniaOn Saturday, March 12, the Diocese of Pennsylvania (which com-prises only the five county region) will gather in convention at the Cathedral, 38th and Chestnut to elect its first bishop in almost twen-ty years. All the details are available on the diocesan website www.diopa.org or the election site www.bishopsearchdiopa.org Three delegates from each of the diocese’s 135 parishes will cast one vote per parish. Our delegates are Mike Krasulski, Coy Smith, and Chris Van Wyk with Mary Ellen Desmond, Chuck Pukanecz, and Brandon Sargent as alternates. The slate of five names has been published with biogra-phies and essay answers to two questions. The nominees will travel around the diocese the week of Feb 14 to speak at six different ven-ues. (Unfortunately there will not be a Center City venue.) If you would like to attend one of the meet and greet events, get in touch with the office and we’ll arrange car pools. Note: Bishops in The Episcopal Church are elected in a rep-resentative democratic process. (This is not the case in much of the rest of the Anglican Communion in which bishops are appointed by an often secretive selection committee.) Each parish – there are 135 in our diocese – has one vote. And each member of the clergy – priests and deacons and resident bishops – has one vote. The two “houses” – the parishes and the clergy – vote separately but must ultimately elect the same nomi-nee. The nominee must be elected by an absolute majority, not a simple plurality. These two requirements – that the parishes and clergy must agree and that the nominees must receive a majority to be elected means that the balloting can go on for awhile. (Histori-cally there have been elections which took several days, although in recent decades three or four ballots is more common.) For the past year Rodger co-chaired the Bishop Search Committee which pre-pared the slate and is available to answer additional questions you may have about the process, the election, or the role of the bishop.
The Reverend W. Frank AllenRector, St. David’s Church, RadnorDiocese of Pennsylvania
The Reverend Canon Daniel G. P. GutierrezCanon to the OrdinaryDiocese of Rio Grande (New Mexico & Western Texas)
The Reverend Canon John T. W. HarmonRector, Trinity Church Diocese of Washington (D. C.)
The Reverend Martha N. MacgillRector, Emmanuel ChurchDirector, Kaleo RetreatsDiocese of Maryland
The Right Reverend Dean E. WolfeBishop of the Diocese of Kansas
NOMINEES
Meet the CandidatesThursday, February 18Church of Good Samaritan, Paoli, 6pm to 10pm
Friday, February 19Trinity, Ambler, 6pm to 10pm
Saturday, February 20 African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, 8am – 12pm
Saturday, February 20All Saints, Torresdale, 3pm to 7pm
Celebration of Bishop Dan’s MinistryApril 30Church of the Good Samaritan, Paoli, 4pm
Consecration of the New BishopJuly 16New Covenant Church, Germantown
KEY DATES
http://diopabishopsearch.com/
for more information:
The Next Bishop of the Diocese
music scheduleFeb. 7 Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence E. Bairstow
Feb. 10 Bless the Lord, O my Soul Ippolitov-Ivanoff Lead me, Lord S. Wesley
Feb. 14 Go Down Moses arr. R. Allain
Feb. 21 Hide not thou thy Face R. Farrant The Lamentation E. Bairstow
Feb. 28 Sicut cervus G. Palestrina Lord, for Thy tender mercy’s sake R. Farrant
Mar. 6 Bless the Lord, O my Soul Ippolitov-Ivanoff
Mar. 13 Since by Man came Death (Messiah) G. F. Handel Drop, drop, Slow Tears R. Graham
Mar. 20 Hosanna to the Son of David D. Halls Go to Dark Gethsemane T. T. Noble Morning Glory, Starlit Sky B. Rose
Mar. 24 Drop, drop slow Tears O. Gibbons Peace I leave with You M. Glandorf Tantum ergo Sacramentum M. Duruflé
Mar. 25 Surely He hath borne our Griefs (Messiah) G. F. Handel Crucifixus 8 A. Lotti Adoramus te, Christe O. Lassus
Mar 27 O Sons and Daughters J. Ossewaarde Mass Setting Wm. Mathias Alleluia R. Thompson Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) G. F. Handel
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This year’s theme for Lent is to return by ways that remind each of us of the role we play in what God is doing. You are the Church. It is not just a cliché. It is the truth. Participate in this year’s Lenten offerings. Pray at weeknight evening prayer. Share with others where the future Church might need to be found and how we might get there. Investigate Holy Scripture with the Biblical scholar Verna Doz-ier and discover again your own voice and your own path to serve Christ in the world. And while doing this, spend time looking around you here at Saint Luke and The Epiphany and see the multiplicity of unique gifts of those who journey with you; finding, together, another way.
Easter Day Invitation, 1931
Another Way, cont.
A Note on ParkingAlthough not required by the Parking Authority, you should pick up an Attending Saint Luke and The Epiphany placard in the back of the church to display on your dashboard if parking on the street on Sundays. “Opposite” side (eastside) parking in front of the church fills up quickly. BUT we also have permission to park on 13th Street between Lombard and Spruce as well as along the south side of Pine Street between Juniper and 12th. Most Sundays those spaces are wide open. The placard will help remind the police that the church has received permission to park.
Future Church: The Challenges and Possibilities for Mission.The book of Hebrews tells us “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (13:8). In many ways, the same statement can’t be made about Jesus’ Body, the Church. The world is changing; America is changing. Fewer people are attending services at Protes-tant churches (including the Episcopal church), many churches are struggling financially, and more and more Americans are identify-ing themselves as having no religious affiliation. Yet, as we learn each day through the Resurrection of Christ, all is not lost, and God has promised to remain with us. During this Lenten season of reflection, repentance, and hope, our class will gather for learning and discussion about the past of Saint Luke’s, its identity today, and what being a member of Christ’s changing Body might look like in the future. Together, we will talk about some of our concerns, fears, and hopes for the future and discern some opportunities for growth and enrichment in the midst of change. Each week we will delve into questions like how the church and community should interact, and how the church as a whole can continue to learn and grow. We will also delve into the history of Saint Luke and The Epiphany in week two of the course with the help of our resident historian and archivist Michael Krasulski. We hope you will join us for this class that will help us discern our calling in this world and how we can continue to pursue that call into the future. The class, facilitated by Senior Seminarian Joey Klinger and Seminar-ian Daniel Smith, will be held in the Blue Room between 10:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. The class will be held every Sunday in Lent on 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/6, and 3/13. You do not need to attend every class ses-sion to participate in this course.
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21 second sunday in lent9:00 & 11:00amsee page 2 for more information
27 third sunday in lent9:00 & 11:00amsee page 2 for more information
14 first sunday in lent9:00 & 11:00amsee page 2 for more information
Pancake Supper on Feb 9 from 6 to 7p.m. Pan-cakes, sausages, applesauce – all for $5. Flip-
pers, servers, and clean up crew are al-ways needed and welcome. Arrive about 5 p.m. if you want to cook and before 6 p.m.
if you want to serve or help clean up.
SHROVE TUESDAY
Upcoming BirthdaysFEBRUARY 1 Darryl McMillan5 Michael Cell 6 Linda Boyce Jonathan Jones9 Harry Zaleznik10 Chuck Lentz Sophia Ortiz11 Welton Brisbon Red Hawk13 John DeMelas14 Albert Keenan17 William Bishop Tony Rodriguez25 John Marotta Suzanne Oles29 Quoc Nguyen
MARCH1 Stephen Quinn4 John Pellicane7 Lori Ortiz10 Ron Spinelli17 Armand Cusano19 Tony Cardoso 21 Tom Copestick Greg Hastings24 Rachel Anthony John Vollmer27 Russell Elliott Jane Moore31 Margaret Cook Arlene McGurk
APRIL2 Joshua Reeder4 Joey Klinger7 Joe Donahue John Simpson9 Sheila Carson12 Ken Dorsey13 Ricardo Liriano14 Arlene Amari15 George Dobosh17 Kate McKenna24 Robert Cox Daniel Potoczniak26 Matt Rader27 Jim Boyd29 Rick Dickson
A Birthday Lunch for parishioners born during March and April will be an-nounced soon. Lunch is at the Rectory (336 S. Camac St.), across from the
church. Please consider attending, it’s a great way to meet new people in a more relaxed setting. Bring a friend!
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Christmas Photos
Thanks once again to all who had a part in making the church shine over Christmas. Thanks especially to Dar-rell Doebler, Mike Palage, Mike Doyle with additional thanks to George Do-bosh (not pictured) for decorating, polishing and sprucing up the church. We extend eternal thanks of course to our sexton Victor Psoras whose dedi-cation and hard work make things possible.
Clergy & Staff
RectorThe Rev. Rodger C. Broadley
Senior SeminarianJoey Klinger
SeminarianDaniel Smith
Organist & ChoirmasterJonathan M. Bowen
Parish AdministratorLinda Boyce
SextonVictor Psoras
Asst. SextonMichael Doyle
Vestry
Rector’s WardenMary Ellen Desmond
Accounting WardenIsaac Manning
SecretaryMichael Krasulski
Don DuclowJohn MarottaBill MulherinKathryn RosseBrandon SargentCoy SmithMary Jane Stone BushAnthony TrosclairChris Van Wyk
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