Saint James the Great Anglican Church Smiths Station, Alabama A Mission of the Anglican Province of America

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1 Saint James the Great Anglican Church Smiths Station, Alabama A Mission of the Anglican Province of America Fr John Klein can be reached at (334) / kleinjw@tigermail.auburn.edu Newsletter #5 April 12, 2017 Traditional, orthodox Anglicanism Catholic and Evangelical for modern people. Holy Week and Easter Schedule Maundy Thursday 7:00 PM (ET) The Eucharist will be celebrated remembering the Last Supper, the altar stripped in preparation for Good Friday, Psalm 22 recited, and a Watch for One Hour kept at the Altar of Repose symbolic of the Garden of Gethsemane s prayers and betrayal.

2 Good Friday 7:00 PM (ET) The Solemn Liturgy with the Passion Narrative read in parts, Solemn Collects sung, Veneration of the Cross, and Holy Communion from the Pre-sanctified Hosts of the Maundy Thursday Mass. Holy Saturday & The Great Vigil of Easter 8:00 PM (ET) After dark falls, we will light the New Fire, carry the Paschal Candle into church, read the Old Testament Prophecies, and celebrate the first Eucharist of Easter with a return of Alleluia. Easter Day: 11:00 AM (ET) In all its festive glory we sing the triumph of Christ - his rising from death and the victory over Satan, sin, and the grave - we rejoice with all God s people in the Risen Christ.

3 The Bishop Suffragan s Visitation on Palm Sunday We began outdoors with the Blessing of Palms and Procession singing All Glory Laud and Honor. Inside, The Passion Narrative was read in parts, Bishop Chandler Holder Jones preached and then administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to our four candidates. Many gifts to the church, which we have made or given, wwere blessed including the Altar give by Serene Ruth Lai. The Eucharist was sung and the choir sang beautifully their motet O Rest in the Lord by Mendelssohn from Elijah. Supper followed with the blessing of three pieces of art in the parish hall and the Dedication of the Palladian Window in memory of Dagmar Mason. The congregation of Saint Matthias Church in Dothan joined us, and it was a special treat to have Fr. Geordan Geddings from St. Bede s Anglican Church in Birmingham as well. Bishop Chandler Holder Jones confirms Ruth Alleyn Francis

4 Jessica Hughes Hill (left) and Linda Wilkins Klein Stand smiling beside the picture that they gave. Ours is a happy congregation with stability and orthodoxy. All three of those qualities are underrated. We simply don t fight about or vote on the latest conflicts and postures of the secular world. We do pray for people and the planet. We have established, new for our culture, but very ancient patterns in faith and practice. We know that we are a tiny minority in North America, but we are also completely cognizant that our conviction is infallible: We believe in him who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. If one believes in some parts of the Gospel and rejects others, then they are not believing the Gospel but themselves. Eduardo Bonnin, co-founder of Cursillo, once said, Christ and I are an overwhelming majority! I believe that s the way we think at St. James. We may be traditional, small, old-fashioned, and anglophiles too, but as one priest told us, We are proudly Anglican. We are happy and proud to be so too. Fr Klein

5 Father Klein s Pilgrimage to the Holy Land January 31 February 9, 2018 Join me on a journey to Jerusalem and the holy sights of our Lord s ministry next year. The package price - including airfare on Delta Airlines, four star hotels, breakfast and dinner daily, all entrance fees, a trained guide and Father Klein as the spiritual director of the pilgrimage - is $ per person. There will also be some airport taxes and gratuities to the driver. This is a ten day religious pilgrimage in a traditional, orthodox Anglican manner. We will pray Morning and Evening Prayer daily, celebrate the Eucharist at major holy sites including the Sermon on the Mount site and the Garden Tomb, and sing sacred hymns in the holiest settings. We will even carry a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa as we walk the Way of the Cross. More information will follow, but for the itinerary at present please copy and paste:

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7 Birthdays: Don Bowman (April 1 st ) Catherine Thornburg (May 9 th ) Jessica Hughes (June 15 th ) Carmen Mosley (June 19 th ) St Matthias Dothan Schedule (CT) April 13, Maundy Thursday Fr Geddings April 14 Good Friday at noon - Fr Klein, April 16 Easter Day 5:00 PM Fr Geddings. ΑΩ God has landed on this enemy-occupied world in human form. The perfect surrender and humiliation was undergone by Christ: perfect because He was God, surrender and humiliation because He was man. C. S. Lewis