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 Sunday   04/01     Easter Sunday      9:00am   Nursery provided      9:00am  T aizé Worship – Sanctuary      9:30am Choir Practice - Sanctuary   1 0:30am Worship Service with Communion -   Sanctuary   10:45am Children’s Sunday School - Sunday School Rooms  1 0:45am No Youth Sunday School - Youth Stay in Sanctuary   11:45am Fellowship - Vaughan Fellowship Hall  11:45am Decorating the Flower Cross - Courtyard     4:00pm Covenant Community - Bradow Room                   Food Bags Due   Monday 04/02   12:15pm Monday Lunch Group - Hoffmann Room  Tuesday 04/03   9:30am Office Staff Meeting - Pilgrim House   6:30pm Life and Faith in Raleigh - O’Malley’s Restaurant & Pub Wednesday 04/04      9:30am Tai Chi – Vaughan Fellowship Hall   6:00pm Bible Study - Pilgrim House   7:30pm Choir Practice - Sanctuary Thursday 04/05     5:30pm CUCC Staff Meeting - Pilgrim House   7:00pm Deacons Ministry Meeting - Hoffmann Room Saturday 04/07     9:30

Dear Friends,  Welcome to Holy Week! As many of you know, it is usually the night that brings the shadows of fear, and the light of day--the promise of new life, in this great big precarious world. You might know that we experienced a break-in at our home a few weeks ago, and ever since then, though it happened in broad daylight, I find falling asleep to be, but a dance between my lived and perceived reality; the tension between what I know and what I fear. What I know is that a thief has been here, has discovered that we have  nothing  of value to steal, and so will not be back anytime soon. What knows me, and tries to control me is the pitch of darkness that lends cover to the thief in the night that prowls outside my home, seeking to steal, kill and destroy...                             As we have journeyed together these last 40 days, with light putting us to bed and the darkness greeting us in early morn, we have perceived that all things are not as they seem. The truth is that o

The following is a list of the Lectionary for the entire week of Holy Week: Holy Week Year B First reading Psalm Second reading Gospel Monday of Holy Week March 26, 2018 ART  --  PRAYER Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 36:5-11 Hebrews 9:11-15 John 12:1-11 Tuesday of Holy Week March 27, 2018 ART  --  PRAYER Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 71:1-14 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 John 12:20-36 Wednesday of Holy Week March 28, 2018 ART  --  PRAYER Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 70 Hebrews 12:1-3 John 13:21-32 Maundy Thursday March 29, 2018 Holy Thursday ART  --  PRAYER Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Good Friday March 30, 2018 ART  --  PRAYER Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Psalm 22 Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42 Holy Saturday March 31, 2018 ART  --  PRAYER Job 14:1-14 or Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24 Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16 1 Peter 4:1-8 Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42 Italicized readings, complementary to the standard reading, may be used with, or in place of it