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Contact Us…

E-mail [email protected] Phone (405) 341-3855

St. Mary’s School (405) 341-9541

Head of School Pamela Dockter

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March 2018

Facebook.com/stmarysedmond

The Head of this Church Jesus Christ

Bishop Rev. Edward J. Konieczny

Rector Rev. Dr. Mark D. Story

Assisting Priest (retired) Rev. Jim Hunkins

Deacons Rev. Nancy Bridges

Rev. Bill Hesse

Administrative Assistant Debbie Griggs

Bookkeeper Kay Zumwalt

Children’s Formation Director Lisa Jones

Nursery Director

Youth Minister Donna Costello

Youth Minister Chris Hand

Youth Minister David & Jill Youngblood

Youth Minister Roger Webb

Praise Ensemble Elizabeth Bolt

Chris Rathbun

Chris Weigand

Guy Nembhard

Chancel Choir Dr. Karl Nelson

Organist Betsy Banks

Senior Warden Dewayne Crunk

Sr. Warden elect Andrew Smith

Junior Warden Mike Ryan

Chancellor Tom Ferguson

Treasurer J.R. Rounsavall

Saturday, March, 31 8:30 p.m. Easter Vigil (Nursery available beginning 8:15 a.m.) Sunday, April 1 7:30 a.m. Rite I liturgy with Chancel Choir 8:45 a.m. Rite II liturgy with Praise Ensemble 10:00 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt 11:00 a.m. Rite II liturgy with Chancel Choir (Nursery available beginning 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.)

March 25—Palm Sunday 7:30 a.m. Gather in the Parish Hall at 7:20 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Gather at Shannon Miller Park at 10:20 a.m. (Nursery available beginning 10:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.) Thursday, March 29— Maundy Thursday 7:00 p.m. Holy Communion 8:00 p.m. The Watch begins in the Chapel (Nursery available beginning 6:45 p.m.) Friday, March 30 12:00 p.m. Good Friday service 7:00 p.m. Our youth will present the Stations of the Cross.

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Weekly Worship Schedule

7:30 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Eucharist Liturgy/Rite I 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Eucharist

Contemporary Liturgy 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Eucharist

Choral Liturgy (Nursery available from 8:30 to 12:30)

Morning Prayer

Monday—Friday

at 9:00 a.m.

325 East First Street, Edmond, OK 73034 Phone: (405) 341-3855

Mission Statement We are called to proclaim

Jesus Christ as Lord to form our lives into the image of Christ to serve our neighbors in the name

of Christ to invite our neighbors into fellowship with Christ.

We seek to be formed into the image of Christ. This is done through spiritual for-mation, and at St. Mary's we strive to offer something for all ages.

Sunday School (10:00 to 10:45)

Fr. Mark’s class meets in the Library at the west end of the building. Introduction to a Gospel

Wired Word meets in the room in the middle hallway bathrooms.

Looking at current events from the Gospel perspective

The Seekers meets in the middle room of the west hallway. Cultivating a more personal relationship with Christ

Children’s Formation gathers in rooms upstairs in the west hallway.

The basics of faith with snack, Scripture, and Prayer

Youth meet in the Canterbury House, west end of the playground. A great group learning to live out Faith in their daily life

Thursday Mornings (when scheduled)

Bible Study from 9:30-11:30 in the middle room in west hallway.

Wednesday Nights Youth Group worship together and discuss the depths of faith

Meet in the Canterbury House by the playground

Chancel Choir 6:30 pm—8:00 pm

Meets in the Choir room

Friday Nights The 1st Friday of each month is Men’s Dinner: (March will be on the 9th)

Sign up sheet is by the T.V. in the Parish Hall.

The 2nd and 4th Fridays each month: singles group (Whole in One) 5:30 PM in the Library followed by dinner out together

*The Church also hosts a women’s bridge group, Scouts, UCO’s Pre-School for the Hearing Impaired, Ryan’s Case which is a number of volunteers who make pillow cases for patients at OU Children’s hospital, a group that meets for Thai Chi, and there are many additional opportunities to support, serve, learn, and grow in the

love of Christ.

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Building Excitement: How God will transform this land into our church home!

DAILY LENTEN STUDIES “A Journey With Luke” FEBRUARY 11—APRIL 1

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Wednesday Night Lenten Soup and Studies

“A Journey with Luke”

March 7—Luke 13:1-21—Broccoli Cheese Soup March 14—Luke 16:19-31– Squash Soup

March 21—Luke 20:1-47—Tomato Basil Soup

Ministry Blanket

Monthly Events………..

The games are the 2nd Thursday of each month in the Parish Hall. All women are welcome. For more information, call Carol Cleveland (405) 340-8246.

The meetings are the 2nd & 4th Friday of each month at 5:30 p.m. All singles are invited to join us. For more information, call Nancy Bridges, 405-833-4761. or [email protected].

The UCO Food Pantry especially needs canned beans, canned fruit, baby diapers and femi-nine hygiene items. Just a dollar or two of grocery store items truly helps a family in need.

Flowers for the Altar sign up sheet and forms are posted in the North hallway across from the kitchen. Sign up dates are available. Please sign your name on the date and fill out the form if you would like to place flowers on the altar, In Memory of , In Thanksgiving for and/or a special occasion. Please fill out a form and turn into the office or place in offering plate. Please keep this ministry alive by donating, Sixty dollars or more. For more information con-tact, Diane Wilson. (405) 509-0784 or [email protected]

The blankets that we provided this year are fleece blankets that carry great meaning, for each knot in the fringe symbolizes a prayer. One-by one the knots are tied by individual parishion-ers at the end of each service. One-by one the blanket recipient is lifted-up to God by a caring congregation. A blanket is freely and reverently offered to anyone in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Community. A donation of $10 is accepted for those outside the community. We re-spectfully accept all inquiries regarding this Ministry in care of Mary Lambert at [email protected].

*The Church also hosts Scouts, UCO’s Pre-School for the Hearing Impaired, Ryan’s Case for Smiles which is a number of volunteers who make pillow cases for patients at OU Children’s hospital, a group that meets for Tai Chi, and there are many additional

opportunities to support, serve, learn, and grow in the love of Christ.

Men’s Dinner

Men’s Dinner occurs the first Friday of every month at 7:00 pm. For March it has been moved to Friday, March 9th, Parish Hall. Sign– Up sheet in the Parish Hall.

Ladies’ Bridge Game

Altar Guild

UCO Food

Pantry

Whole In

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Emmanuel Chapter Daughters of the King Each 2nd Sunday of the month, the Emmanuel Chapter of the Daughters of the King meet in the Library after the 11 am service. A light lunch is served. All women who are interested in the Order of the Daughters of the King are welcome to visit to learn more about the Order. Reaffirming the promises made at Baptism and Confirmation, a Daughter pledges herself to a life-long program of prayer, ser-vice and evangelism. She receives support in this commitment from a worldwide community of like-minded women. All Daughters everywhere make the same prom-ises upon their admission to the Order: · To obey the two Rules of The Order: the Rule of Prayer and the Rule of Service. · To offer at all times loyal aid to our clergy and parish to spread Christ’s kingdom. · To wear faithfully the cross of The Order. · To work for the purposes of The Order as God may give us the opportunity. Each 4th Monday of the month the DOK meet for Evening Prayers in St. Luke’s

Chapel, St. Mary’s at 6:00 p.m. All are invited.

For more information on becoming a member, call Katie Plotkin (316) 250-7796 or

Carol Smith at (405) 757-9042

"Come one, come all, we're opening up enrollment for EARLY THREES for the 2018-2019 school year! If your child will be 2 1/2 (and potty trained) by September 1st, 2018, we'd love to have them join us at St. Mary's School! This two day class on Tuesdays and Thursdays will be a perfect introduction to our early childhood program. We will, of course, still offer our regular 3-day and 5-day preschool classes for those that will be 3 by September 1st. For more information, please contact the admissions office at 341.9541 x103 or visit www.smesedmond.org and fill out an inquiry form. We hope to see you soon!”

St. Mary’s Episcopal School Early Threes……………………….

http://www.smesedmond.org

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St. Mary’s Garden News

Easter Flowers 2018

Remember a loved one on the Altar, Easter, April 1, 2018

Given by (Name): ______________________________________

Current address: _______________________________________

Telephone number: ____________________________________

Email: ______________________________________________

In Honor of: __________________________________________

In Memory of: ________________________________________

In Thanksgiving for: ____________________________________

Please print neatly on this form and return to the office or mail with your dona-

tion to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 325 East First Street, Edmond, OK. 73034.

In the alternative, you may fill out the pew envelope and place it in the offering

plate. Please make checks payable to: St. Mary's Episcopal Church and on

the memo line, print: "Easter Altar Flowers".

For more information, contact Diane Wilson at 405-509-0784 or email, dshel-

[email protected].

DEADLINE TO HAVE YOUR NAME INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL

EASTER BULLETIN IS:

Palm Sunday, March 11, 2018

Attention: St. Mary’s will not have any Sunday Altar Flowers during the

Lenten Season, February 14, 2018 – March 24, 2018. Please contact Diane

Wilson if you have any questions or special requests during this time pe-

riod.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Announcing our third trip to the Oklahoma City Regional Food Bank. Come and have some fun helping others 1 out of 6 people in Oklahoma have limited access to food, so let’s help. When - April 28th 9:30AM – 12:00Noon You can meet us there or we will meet at St Mary’s at 8:45AM and caravan there. Where - Oklahoma City Regional Food Bank - 3355 S Purdue Oklahoma City, OK 73137 Number of Volunteers needed– 40 Contact: Christopher Hand 316-253-7570 (cell) Job Sorting and packing food (although we will do whatever is needed)

Spring Break UCO and Edmond Public Schools

March 19—March 23

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Thursday Bible Study 9:30-11:30am

Room 2 This one is going to be a little different, but full of fun! It is called FAST TRACK: Genesis to Revelation. The quickest Way to Understand the Bible A little more info: theses are the session headings: The beginning: Trust me. Genesis-Exodus The Conquests: Don't give up. Exodus-1 Samuel The Monarchs: Stop running and return to Me. 1 Samuel-1 Kings The Predictions: keep God first. 2 Kings-Malachi The Doubts: facing adversity. Job, Ruth, Lamentations, Psalms The Christ: God's greatest gift. Matthew-John The Church: a new Mission. Acts-Thessalonians The End: Never give up. revelation, Daniel, Matthew 24 For more information contact Anne Winzenread [email protected]

Hog Dogs for the Homeless

A huge crowd today.. it's the end of the month and they have less money. Some men asked me for blankets and bedrolls which I did not have. They are actually sleeping outside in this cold. Their needs are real. One man said he had a new baby so he was given a blanket made by the children in Sunday school. There were many more men than women today so men's clothing, shoes, jackets, hats and gloves are the biggest need in the winter. They also request blankets, pillows, backpacks and bedrolls. Thank you for your very generous donations. The Homeless are poor and grateful to receive your gifts. Carole Harrington

March Birthdays…………….

3/1 Saxon Vandagriff

3/2 Karl Nelson

3/3 Sundy B. Corbin

3/8 Bob Everson

3/9 Ward Johnson

3/10 Richard L. Fentem

3/14 David Youngblood

3/15 Maddox Baker

3/15 Cecilia Gould

3/16 Brian Fields

3/17 Allison Coffman

3/17 Keith Gage

3/17 Dennis Weigand

3/18 Julie Durrell

3/19 Owen C. Jones

3/21 Frances Bryan

3/21 John D. Felder

3/22 Greg Griffith

3/22 Dave H. Hampton

3/23 Thomas K. Smith

3/26 Brian Starkey

3/27 Jacob D. Arthurs

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