SRCA NEWS AND NOTES

Greetings in the Name of Jesus!

This Sunday and for the next 7 Sundays we begin our worship with the acclamation, "Alleluia, the Lord is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!" Easter is not just one Sunday, it is a whole season, beginning on Easter Sunday and ending on Pentecost (June 12^th this year).

This Sunday we will have the great joy of formally welcoming 5 individuals into the body of Christ, the Church, through the sacrament of Holy Baptism. When we do so we make a solemn promise to help them in their spiritual lives, in their walk with Jesus. We are making this promise before God and to people the Lord has entrusted to us. We need take this very, very seriously. It requires us to lay down our lives for our friends in Christ, to show up and speak up so the newly baptized, so Christine, Jackson, Mitchell, Tristan, and Isaac will indeed come to know Jesus through us.

Our readings for Sunday include Acts 2:14a,22-32, Psalm 16, 1 Peter 1:3-9, and John 20:19-31. Let?s join together to worship the God we love, and to celebrate with those whom we baptize into our church family.

Blessings,

Becki+

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Rev. Becki Neumann+

Rector, South Riding Anglican Church

Office 703-961-1983

Cell 240-217-4370

Home 717-762-0924

"When it's all been said and done; there is just one thing that matters. Did I do my best to live for truth, did I live my life for You?"

SRCA NEWS AND NOTES

On Good Friday we have a dinner at Little River Elementary School at 5:30. You are invited! There is no cost, but donations for our mission work in Ghana are welcome. At 7:00 we will have our beautiful service of Tenebrae. Please come and encounter God through the music and the readings. The service lasts an hour, and nursery care is available.

On Sunday we enter into our joyous celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, our Lord! We will be so pleased to have you worship with us. Easter is a wonderful time to invite your un-churched friends and neighbors to come d see that the Lord is good! It is our hope that we will encounter Jesus in the spoken word, song, and sacrament.

Our Scripture readings Sunday include: Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, Colossians 3:1-4 , and Matthew 28:1-10. An angel and an empty tomb – what do they say to us? Be prepared to find out!

Blessings, 

Becki+

The Rev. Becki Neumann+

Rector, South Riding Anglican Church

Office  703-961-1983

Cell  240-217-4370

Home  717-762-0924

"When it's all been said and done; there is just one thing that matters. Did I do my best to live for truth, did I live my life for you?" 

SRCA UPDATE

TUESDAY: STATIONS OF THE CROSS

6:15 Soup, salad and bread supper

7:00 Stations of the Cross. (approximately 40 minutes in length)
Come and make that final walk with Jesus.

 

Maundy Thursday

10 AM until 6:45 PM - stop by the 304 and spend a bit of time with Jesus. Communion will be available. Come and go as you need to.

 

GOOD FRIDAY

Dinner 5:30 - 6:45, no charge but donations accepted toward our Ghana mission

Tenebrae 7:00 - Please plan to attend! This beautiful service will add to your appreciation of what Jesus has done for us.

 

Please RSVP for the dinner by responding to this email, indicating the number of children and adults. I know many of you have invited folks - even an estimate will help us have enough food, but not too much left over!

 

 

The Rev. Becki Neumann+
Rector, South Riding Church, Anglican
Office 703-961-1983
Cell 240-217-4370
Home 717-762-0924

"When it's all been said and done; there is just one thing that matters.
Did I do my best to live for truth, did I live my life for you?"

SRCA NEWS AND NOTES

Dear Parish Family,

Please hold Ken and Donna in your prayers and in your hearts. Ken is very weak at tis point, and Donna can use our encouragement and prayers fro strength and for peace, even as we pray for Ken for strength and healing.

As we near the end of Lent, the scripture readings point us directly to the clash between life and death. On this, the 5^thSunday of Lent, our reading include Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:6-11, John 11:1-45, and Psalm 130. We will hear the readings from Ezekiel and John in our worship. Both deal with the power of God to bring life where there is death. Ezekiel experiences a vision where dry bones are returned to life. In John we hear of the actual return to life of a man four days dead and buried.

Many of us have experienced God restoring life to parts of our emotions, minds, and spirits that have been "dead." In the midst of death, God brings life, and he longs to do that in each of us by placing his Spirit, the breath of life, within us, to bring hope and healing, laughter and joy.

I look forward to seeing you in worship Sunday morning. As we plug into the heavenly worship that continues 24/7, I pray that you will draw near to God, and that you will permit him to draw near to you!

Faithfully,

Becki+

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Rev. Becki Neumann+

Rector, South Riding Anglican Church

Office 703-961-1983

Cell 240-217-4370

Home 717-762-0924

"When it's all been said and done; there is just one thing that matters. Did I do my best to live for truth, did I live my life for You?"

SRCA NEWS AND NOTES

Dear Parish Family,

Please remember to bring your membership info forms to church tomorrow. The rate of return is a bit slow! Our records need to be updated and maintained, and we would like to begin work on a new directory.

Gail Haddock is coordinating efforts to send another round of cookies to our troops in Afghanistan. You could bring some to church tomorrow, or drop them by Gail's house on Wednesday evening to help assemble packages (talk to Gail tomorrow or email me for an address).

Youth Bible Study is next Sunday, April 10th, from 5-7 pm at the 304.

Did you know that three of our members are headed to Ghana this summer to run a reading camp for village children? These children learn to read in school, when they can get there, but they have no books or opportunity to read at home. Jackie Coates, Bruce Neumann, and I will travel to Accra in late July.

Tickets for our Good Friday supper (at Little River at 5:30) and Service of Tenebrae are now available. The dinner is by donation, with all funds going to our three missioners to Ghana to help cover trip expenses. This is a wonderful event - please take tickets and invite everyone you know! The service is especially moving - time to invite those friends and acquaintances who don't know Jesus and what he has done for us.

Sunday we celebrate the 4^th Sunday of Lent, meaning we are more than half way through the season. It?s a time to take stock of how we are fairing with our Lenten disciplines. If we have slipped a bit, or forgotten that it?s Lent and time to commit to a bit of sacrifice or discipline, let?s commit to getting back on track. God looks on the heart rather than the outward appearance, but it is important to have our outward actions reflect our heart condition of surrender and obedience to God.

The scripture readings for tomorrow include: 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41, and Psalm 23. We will be using the 1 Samuel and John readings in our worship this morning. Tomorrow's message might be called "Cardiac Care: Heart Exam 101."

I'm so glad you have joined us this morning, as we come before the Lord to worship Him in Spirit and in truth!

Faithfully,

Becki+

The Rev. Becki Neumann+

Rector, South Riding Anglican Church

Office  703-961-1983

Cell  240-217-4370

Home  717-762-0924

"When it's all been said and done; there is just one thing that matters. Did I do my best to live for truth, did I live my life for you?"