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1 Volume 108, Issue 3 March 2008 A Monthly Publication of St. Vincent s Cathedral Church Sunday Schedule Morning Prayer... 7:05am Holy Eucharist...7:30am Choral Eucharist... 9:00am Christian Education... 10:15am Holy Eucharist... 11:15am Evening Prayer.6:00pm Evensong is offered on select Sunday evenings at 6:00pm. Weekday Schedule Morning Prayer Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday :00am Wednesday & Saturday.... 8:40am Holy Eucharist Monday, Friday :00pm Tuesday...6:30am Wednesday :00am Thursday... 7:00pm Saturday.... 9:00am Evening Prayer Daily (except Thursday).....5:00pm Thursday :40pm Confession Saturdays at 8:00a.m.-8:30a.m. (or by appointment) Lent Confession Wednesday at 7:00pm -7:30pm Thursday at 6:30pm -7:00pm All weekday services take place in St. Mary s Chapel NEWS FROM THE OFFICE You will notice a few changes around the office in the coming weeks. Ms. Virginia Butchardis now our full time Church Secretary handling the receptionist duties and other clerical needs. Katie Bates is now on extended medical leave. Mrs. Spring Chaltas is taking over the parish administration duties with book-keeping assistance from Mr. Mike Ragsdale, the School Accountant. Spring will work in the office from 8-12 on business days. We would also like to take this opportunity thank Mary Fuller for volunteering over the past few months. She managed the administrative functions during this time and was truly a blessing. We are also looking for a director of Children s Ministries. Referrals and resumes can be left in the parish office. NOTES FROM THE PARISH Our Lenten Devotions will continue through the 5th week of Lent. March 16, Palm Sunday, begins our Holy Week observance with the traditional palm procession and Passion Gospel reading. Tickets are now available for the Seder Meal on Palm Sunday Night. Seating is limited. We will mark each of the days of Holy Week with a 7pm Mass on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Maunday Thursday and Good Friday Liturgies will take place at 7:30pm. The Easter Vigil celebrated by Bishop Iker will begin Saturday night at 8pm. Easter Sunday will follow our normal schedule of 7:30am, 9:00am, and 11:15am. Mark your calendars for April 13 th Organ Dedication, April 27 th, Bishop s 15 th Consecration Anniversary Evensong and Reception, and May 3 rd Dinner with the Dean and Dessert Auction. Watch the announcements from many of our parish organizations who have planned events throughout the Spring. In addition, Archbishop Gregory Venables, Primate of the Southern Cone, will be preaching at St. Vincent s on May 4 th. at the 9:00a and 11:15a services. NOTES FROM THE SCHOOL School enrollment for this Fall is now open. A referral fee of $500 is available to anyone who helps us enroll a new student to St. Vincent s this fall. An early registration discount is available until April 1. The School Auction and Gala takes place on April 12. Tickets are available in the School Office and the Parish Office. FROM THE DEAN There are many changes going on throughout the St. Vincent s Community. With your support and prayers, we look forward to successful St. Vincent s uses the 1979 Book of Common Prayer as its standard form of worship

2 Page 2 DEACON The most important events of March are, of course, the events of Holy Week. The liturgies of the Triduum Sacrum (the holy three days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday) are the heart of our life and worship. The Triduum is our Daytona 500, World Series, or Super Bowl, if you will. It is the most crucial time of the year for us as we celebrate the saving acts of our Lord Jesus Christ. On Maundy Thursday, we see the foot washing, the Institution of the Holy Eucharist, and our Lord s new Commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (John 13:34) On Good Friday, we walk with Jesus to the Praetorium where he is sentenced to death, scourged, takes up his cross and makes his way under the weight of our sins to Mount Calvary where he is crucified. Finally at the Great Vigil of Easter, we hear God s plan of salvation throughout the ages, walk with Mary and Martha to the tomb, and celebrate with great joy the Lord s Resurrection and victory over death. The liturgies for these three days are not three separate liturgies but, are in fact, one great liturgy that lasts from Maundy Thursday through the first mass of Easter at the Great Vigil. They all point to our salvation by the works of Jesus Christ. I cannot urge you enough to make sure that you attend these three liturgies Maundy Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Good Friday at 7:30 p.m., and Holy Saturday for the first mass of Easter at 8:00 p.m. They will move you and bless you. Please give them absolute priority in your schedules. This comes to you with my prayers and blessings for a holy Lent and with the hope that each of us, and all of us together, will be open to the transforming power of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus death and resurrection commemorated in the great liturgies of the Triduum Sacrum. With every blessing, JWJ+ Spring is upon us and we see new growth in and around the parish. With this growth comes the need for more volunteers, especially in the new Maintenenace & Service teams. As many of you may know, the St. Vincent s Community has a landscape service that cares for the lawn. In the past, St. Vincent s had lawn teams that were responsible for mowing, edging, etc. on Saturday mornings. The volunteers would Mow for Jesus one Saturday every 6-8 weeks. Now we need volunteers to join a team and give therir time in assiting in the maintenance our our parish facilities and grounds one Saturday every several weeks. This will include tasks such as changing light bulbs & air filters, touching up paint, clearing gutters, weeding flower beds, and other miner reparins in and outside of our buildings. You don t need to be a certified specialist to do these jobs. Men and women are both welcome to volunteer. Power in numbers is what we need! In addition to the teams, we are also making a list of parishners who do have special skills. Plumbing, electrical, A/ C & heating repair, painting, are some of the specialist we would like to have on hand to call on when needed. If you are interested, I will be in the courtyard with a sign-up sheets the first two Sundays in March. You may also contact the church office and leave your name and information with Mrs. Virginia. Thank you in advance for your service. God s Peace, Chad Haney

3 Volume 108, Issue 3 Page 3 Blane Nunez Bob Thornton Chad Haney Charles Dowden David Midgley Joe Graber Mike Polley Neil Rogers Robert Boyer Ron Turner Thom Murrell Van Holbrook Mission/Outreach Committee School Committee Junior Warden Building & Grounds Committee Chair & School Committee tbd Newcomers/Evangelism Committee Chair School Committee Newcomers/Evangelism Committee Fr. Hadley Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee Stewardship Committee Communications Committee Chair Senior Warden Finance Committee & Fr. Hadley Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee St. Vincent s is looking for someone to manage and develop our Children s Ministry program. This position will be responsible for all areas relating to children ages Birth to 4th grade including the Nursery, Sunday School and Children s Chapel. This is a part-time paid position with the possibility of full-time as this ministry grows. A degree in Children s Ministry or education related field is required. If you, or anyone you know, might be interested in this position, please contact Julie Kirkwood or Dean Reed through the Parish Office. Non-Elected Participants Rick Jones Treasurer Finance Committee Chair Chris Webb Tom Murrell Don Bendure Robert Boyer Susana Laird Ron Turner Alternates Liz Ward Harvey Craig Vestry Clerk Senior Warden 1st 2nd SUNDAY SCHOOL CALENDAR OF EVENTS March 9 th : Confirmation classes begin. This class is recommended for youth of at least 13 years of age. If you have questions about this class please call the office at (817) March 16 th : Palm Sunday There will be no Sunday school or Children s Chapel today March 23 rd : Easter egg Hunt! Please join us on Easter Sunday for the Easter Egg Hunt! All children, age s toddler to 5 th grade, are invited to attend. After the 9:00am service, meet in the courtyard and find the Youth members holding a sign with your child s age group on it. DON T FORGET YOUR EASTER BASKETS OR EASTER Date Preacher Cooks March 7 th Fr. Christopher Culpepper, Church Planter Crowley Cathedral Clergy March 14 th Fr. Lee Nelson, Assistant St. Laurence, Grapevine EYC

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5 Volume 108, Issue 3 Page 5 1 Ann Atkins 1 Barbara Burton 1 Jackie Coburn 2 Micah Rippy 3 Lindesay Abron 3 Parker Crook 3 Mary Shardy 4 Robert Lundin 4 Mike Watts 5 Grant Boroughs 5 Ronald Hoffman 5 John Littlefield 6 Erin Bendure 7 Jeffrey Anderson 7 Audra Grays 7 Amber Wilkinson 9 Janice Hautanen 9 Mary Monk 10 Mark Chancellor 10 Charles Cripps 10 Erica Lendl 10 Brooke Marie Panno 11 Mary Hommer 12 Steve Burton 13 Grady Gilder 13 Marjorie Hartwell 13 Carl Semler 14 Victoria Pool 15 Justin Mack 15 Edward Porterfield 16 Laura Cox 16 Porter Haney 16 Jerry Lambert 17 Warren Jackson 17 Joanne Williams 18 Carolina Armstrong 18 Eric Gilder 18 Claire Johnson 18 Sarah Kuykendall 18 Scott Swann 19 Helen Norris 20 Mary Elaine Midgley 21 Philip Keith 21 Mary Porterfield 22 Regina Swann 23 Robert Ballard 23 Ethan Norris 24 Shari Pitts 24 Wayne Price 25 Darlene Divers 25 Casey Hicks 25 Nicholas Johnson 26 Wilma Mabrey 28 Samuel Kellam 28 Michelle Murrah 28 Riley Nusbaum 29 Garrett Blood 29 John Troy 30 Liz Jordan 30 David O'Neil 30 Kayla Wigginton SVWF web-page: Go to the church website and check out the Women s Fellowship link. You will find information on upcoming events, prayers and praises, bible study blog and more. Beth Moore Bible Study-Daniel: Study continues on Sunday from 10:15-11:10 and Wednesday evenings from 7-8. It is not to late to join. Picturing the Bible: We will be taking a group to the Kimball Art Museum in early March to see the exhibit Picturing the Bible. Date and time TBD. Sunday March 30 th Cookbook Fundraiser: Local cookbook author Debbie Gore will be here selling and signing cookbook in between church services and will do a demonstration in Parish Hall at 12:30. Proceeds from cookbook sales will be donated to the St. Vincent s Auction to help offset cost of attendance for church staff. For more information on SVWF, please do not hesitate to contact us. God s Peace, SVWF Co-Presidents Lynn Kalbfleisch lvkalb@sbcglobal.net Julie Molder jkmolder@sbcglobal.net The St. Vincent s Women s Fellowship has started a new Beth Moore Bible Study entitled Daniel. This study continues on Sunday from 10:15-11:10 and Wednesday evenings from 7-8. It is not to late to join.

6 Page. 6 DEACON The Cathedral Choir is selling Easter Lilies and Hydrangeas this year for their fundraiser. Lilies are $14.00 each Hydrangeas are each for either Blue or Pink Stop by our table in the courtyard between services on Mar 2 nd, or Mar 9 th. Flower pickup is on Palm Sunday, Mar 16 th in the Parish Hall. Dinner with the Dean May 3, 2008 Parish Hall will be the site of this year's "Dinner with the Dean." Mark your calendars for this very special event. Proceeds generated from this event are used to assist Dean Reed with his travel expenses and discretionary fund. Reservations can be made beginning in April. Look for more info in the April Deacon.

7 Volume 108, Issue 3 Page 7 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 Blood Pressure Brotherhood Breakfast 3 Handbells 7:30p Unless otherwise noted below 10am Dean s Bible Study(P) Choir Practice 5:30p -Youth 7:30p - Adult 6:15p EYC 7p SVWF Bible Study (L) 7p Basic Christianity (P) Fr. Foster s Class 7:00p 7 Spring Teachers Lunch (PH) Stations of the Cross & Lenten Meal 1 8 Scout Meeting 1:00 3:00 pm (PH) 9 Mission to Mexico Breakfast 10 DOK 7:00 pm (P) Bishop Iker Meeting 10:00 3:00 Parlor Workday Handbells 7:30p BStA (PH) Fr. Foster s Class 7:00p Stations of the Cross & Lenten Meal 16 Palm Sunday 17 Spring Break 18 10:30am Mass of Colegiality Good Friday Church Office Closed 22 Holy Saturday 6:00p Seder Meal 7:00pm Holy Communion 7:00pm Holy Communion 7:00pm Holy Communion 7:30pm, Maundy Thursday 7:30pm Service Great Vigil of Easter 8:00p 23 Easter Day School Euchrist BStA (PH) Handbells 7:30p PTC 6:30 PM (L) Fr. Foster s Class 7:00p 30 12:30-2:00 Cook Book Author demo & signing 1:30 SVES Open House 31 Handbells 7:30p

8 Cathedral Staff The Right. Rev. Jack L. Iker, Bishop The Very Rev. Ryan S. Reed, Dean The Rev. Canon Richard A. Cantrell The Rev. John W. Jordan, Curate The Rev. Kerwin K. Wade, Deacon The Rev Randall Foster, School Chaplain Barbara M. Burton Katie Bates Virginia Butchard Julie Kirkwood Spring Chaltas Luanne Graham Barbara Wojnicki Sharon Mayes Lynn Buffington Music Director Parish Administrator Receptionist Children's Ministries Nursery/Deacon Publisher Parents Day Out Coordinator Vestry Facilities Manager Head of Upper School Head of Lower School Thom Murrell Senior Warden Chad Haney Junior Warden Robert Boyer Charles Dowden Joe Graber Van Holbrook David Midgley Blane Nunez Mike Polley Neil Rogers Bob Thorton Ron Turner Chris Webb, Clerk Rick Jones, Treasurer ST. VINCENT S MISSION STATEMENT: TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST KNOWN IN ALL THAT WE DO Tape Ministry Table Sunday Services, Special Celebrations, Adult Forum, Basic Christianity and Select Classes All Tapes: $1.00 From the Parish Records Transfers In David & Veronica Phillpott from St. Stephen s in Hurst, TX Richard & Helen Elmer from St. Albans in Arlington, TX Jim & Susan Merrill from Emmanuel in Southern Pines, NC April 13, :00pm The Blessing of the Organ & Dedication Recital ST. VINCENT S CATHEDRAL CHURCH 1300 Forest Ridge Dr. Bedford, TX Phone: Fax: parishoffice@sves.org Address Service Requested Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 58 US Postage Paid Bedford TX The Deacon April Deadline March 16th