FIRST SUNDAY in LENT [2/26/2023]

Volume 4 Number 14 The Great Litany; Holy Eucharist Rite II Link to Service Bulletin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zqEl... Lenten Offerings & Activities at St. Paul’s Pizza & Prayer Wednesdays March 1 & 15: 6 pm pizza, 7 pm Evening Prayer Evening Prayer returns to the sanctuary on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 7 pm, and we will gather for pizza, salad, and conversation at 6 pm in the Mary Atwood Room. Children’s programming will be available. RSVPs appreciated! Sign up today or call 781-324-9544 or email the office [email protected] by NOON Wednesday (so we can order pizza!) Lenten Collection for Bread of Life As we ‘clean up’ our spiritual lives in Lent, Malden’s Bread of Life ministry is in need of toothpaste and toothbrushes to supplement their food programs. Bring your donations to church any Sunday. Lenten Devotionals We are offering two this year: Renewal features reflections on the Baptismal Covenant by Episcopal writers; including St. Paul’s the Rev. Ben Crosby. And by Living Compass, Living Well Through Lent 2023: Practicing Compassion With All Your Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind. Copies are available at church or the following online links: Download our Lent devotional as a FREE PDF file in English https://shop.livingcompass.org/produc... https://shop.livingcompass.org/produc... Purchase our Lent devotional as an e-book from Amazon for .99 cents in English https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRKDQWTG Spanish https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRJWQ1VB Sign up to receive a daily email of each reflection for FREE at http://livingcompass.org/ Local Lenten Quiet Days & Offerings Lenten Quiet Day The Desert Tradition: Silence, Stillness, Solitude February 25, 2023, 10am - 2pm; Held at Grace Church, Medford The theme of wilderness is a common one for God’s people, and as we engage in Lent, we are invited to enter the desert landscape. Through silence, stillness, and solitude, the noises of life that so often drown out that still, small voice of God cease to hold sway over us. Together we will seek the nourishment we so seldom recognize because it is so far outside our comfort zone. During this day of quiet and reflection, we will journey in the desert and listen for God’s voice. Lunch is provided. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d... “A Woman’s Testimony”: The Lenten preaching series at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, on Tuesdays in Lent at 5:15 p.m.—in person and livestreamed—begins Feb. 28. This year, which marks the 100th anniversary of the first sermon by a woman at the cathedral church, five female-identifying preachers will open up the story of the Samaritan woman’s encounter with Jesus in John 4. These services will feature lamp-lighting with Taize chant. Find the full schedule here: https://www.diomass.org/event/womans-... (diomass.org) “Healing Judgment” online Lenten retreat, Saturday, March 18, 9:30 a.m.-noon: This free online retreat is open to all and aims to create a space in which to grow in self-awareness, self-acceptance and compassion for self, one another and our wounded, magnificent world. The Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, creation care advisor to the diocese, will lead this retreat, co-sponsored by the Episcopal dioceses of Massachusetts and Western Massachusetts and the Southern New England Conference, United Church of Christ. Find more details and registration here: https://www.diomass.org/event/healing... (diomass.org)