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WORSHIP SERVICES AT ST. TIMOTHY'S

+ Holy Eucharist is celebrated each Sunday at 8 AM (said service) and 10 AM (sung service). The 10 AM service is also shared via Zoom for those who are physically unable to attend in person.

+ Wednesdays there is an in-person Holy Eucharist at 10AM, using the traditional-language rite. This service is followed by tea and conversation in the parish library.

+ Current masking policy: All persons may wear a face mask as a health tool. Some persons (especially those in higher-risk groups) should wear a mask. However, no one must wear a mask. The parish provides good quality face masks for those desiring them. 

+ We have an upgraded HVAC air handling system to maximize the safety of our indoor environment.

+ We encourage vaccination for all eligible persons to prevent communicable disease at church or elsewhere.

+ Please contact the parish office for more information, and to be added to our Zoom invitation lists.

Lent at St. Timothy's

Ash Wednesday | March 18th

+ 10 AM: Holy Eucharist (said)

+ 7 PM: Holy Eucharist (sung)
with Bishop Akiyama preaching and presiding

Thursdays during Lent

6:30 AM: Holy Eucharist (said)
In a revival of classic Lenten practice, this simple Holy Eucharist service is an opportunity for those seeking a heightened observance during Lent or an additional time for quiet, contemplative, yet communal, worship. Following the service, those who wish can join together for a simple breakfast nearby.

Fridays during Lent

7 PM: Stations of the Cross
We will once again be using the form of the Way of the Cross and employing short readings from Blessed Julian of Norwich. Parishioners are encouraged to attend at least one of these services in Lent. It is one of the best ways to come to a deeper understanding of the Love of God found in the Passion

HOLY WEEK AT ST. TIMOTHY'S

PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 29

  • 8 AM: Blessing of Palms & Holy Eucharist (said)
  • 10 AM: Palm Procession & Holy Eucharist (sung)
    The 10 AM service will be available via Zoom

MONDAY & TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, MARCH 30 & 31

7 PM: Antecommunion
Confessions following

WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, APRIL 1

7 PM: Tenebrae

THE HOLY TRIDUUM

One Liturgy Spread over Three Days
All Episcopalians are to join together for worship if physically able to do so. (Main services in underlined bold text)

MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 2

7 PM: The Maundy Thursday Liturgy
Prayer Watch following until Noon Good Friday
The first part of the Holy Triduum, which does not conclude until the end of the Great Vigil of Easter, this service commemorates Christ’s command to love each other as he has loved us, and his commandment to “do this in remembrance of me” by sharing in the Holy Eucharist. The Holy Sacrament is then removed to the Chapel and the altar is stripped in recollection of Christ’s arrest and being mocked. We then leave in silence as the lights are lowered.

The Prayer Watch at the Altar of Repose in the Chapel now begins, lasting until noon Friday, in remembrance of Jesus’s words in the garden of Gethsemane, when he asked his disciples to spend an hour in prayer with him. Parishioners sign up to take an hour in prayer in the chapel before Christ in the Holy Sacrament. A member of the parish will be at the church all night to let people in and walk them to their cars.

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 3

Noon: Stations of the Cross

7 PM: Good Friday Liturgy
The Good Friday Liturgy is the most solemn service in the Church Year. Its starkness points to the truth of both human brokenness and God’s complete identification with us in our need. The highlights are the Great Silence at the start, then the reading of the Passion Gospel according to St. John, the Solemn Collects (intercessions for all humanity), the bringing out and veneration of the Good Friday Cross, and the Communion from the Reserved Sacrament, brought from the Altar of Repose in the Chapel. Once more, we leave in silence.

Good Friday is marked by as complete a fast as health allows, from sunrise until at least 3 PM, the traditional hour of Christ’s death upon the cross.

HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 4

10 AM: Little Tomb Service of the Burial of Christ
The morning service is a short, spare gathering at the now-denuded altar where we hear of Christ’s hasty burial and contemplate his lying in the tomb, even as God the Son has descended to Hades, there to liberate those long held by the Evil One. A glorious sermon from the very early Christian period is read and prayers for those who have died are offered.

EASTER EVE

Saturday, 9 PM: The Great Vigil of Easter,
followed by the Agape Feast
The Easter Vigil is the heart of our life as a parish and as a people. It is our main Easter service. It must be experienced, not explained, but it consists of the lighting, blessing, and sharing of the New Fire, the great song before the Paschal Candle (The “Exsultet”), the readings of the Old Testament prophecies, Renewal of Baptismal Vows, the Proclamation of the Resurrection, the great Easter Homily of St. John Chrysostom, and the First Eucharist of Easter. This is the high point of the entire Church Year. The Vigil is followed by a grand feast, to which all are invited. Come and see!

EASTER DAY, APRIL 5

11 AM: Holy Eucharist (said, with hymns) in person & online
The Easter Day Eucharist at St. Timothy’s is quite a bit simpler than the Vigil. However, it is a joyous celebration and includes the beautiful, ever-new account of Mary Magdalene meeting the Risen Christ in the garden. With this Eucharist, our celebration of Easter Day concludes…but the Great 50 Days of Eastertide has just begun.

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+ Alleluia. Christ is Risen!
Word from the Rector
 
Holy Week and Easter: Reports from God's Kingdom

Alleluia! Christ is risen!

Each Holy Week is a journey into the Kingdom of God in an intentional and prolonged way. The long services night after night, the fasting, the focus, the upending of schedules---all contribute to an alteration of our life so we may be truly open to God's presence and work in us.

I have heard from a number of people of various ages that this year's Holy Week had a particular intensity. For some it was the fruit of a much more intentional and rigorous Lenten observance. For others it was the contrast between the cynical, chaotic, and frequently vile atmosphere in politics, media, and the mass culture and the purposeful, beautiful, and holy content of worship and community in the church. For a number of  the youth it was the opportunity to hear the church's teaching about the dignity of Christian personhood in a society based on lies and manipulation (as well as to have a  wonderful evening of feasting and dancing at the Agapé Feast!).

Authentic Christianity offers an alternative society to a world soaked in malice, fear, and anxiety. In the words of the Exsultet, life in Christ "restores innocence to the fallen and joy to those who mourn." It "casts out pride and hatred and brings peace and concord." That is perhaps what, in our day, marks out the unique power of true liturgical experience: a journey into the Kingdom of God for an extended sojourn, a placed consecrated to meaning and dignity rather than fostering fear and malignity. This is the raw experience of the presence of God---not just more words about God. It is a tremendous gift to share with others called to it.

I have long felt that one of the Episcopal Church's great gifts is the full and intentional living of its liturgy, calendar, and ascetical life. The pity is that most parishes ask so little from their people, keeping the light under a bushel basket rather than placing it on a lamp stand for all to see.

The rising generation of young people are not satisfied with the tepid, bland, and timid practices of past decades. They desire a robust engagement with the full array of the church's life and teaching rather than mere club membership or a diet of pap doled out by purveyors of feel-good spirituality. The large numbers of young people making their way to churches which offer true transformation and serious, daily practice of the faith are testimony to this.

When the screen is parted at the Easter Vigil and we stand to proclaim the resurrection, what we experience is something so powerful, so hopeful, so true that it cannot be contained within the church's walls. It is a light which must go out into the world. We are the messengers bearing the report of what we have experienced. We are the light-bearers, swift and eager to share the message that Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life."

In the risen Christ,

Brandon+

The Week Ahead...

 Thursday in Easter Week, April 9

  • 7 PM: Women's Bible Study, Zoom

Friday in Easter Week, April 10

  • No fasting during Eastertide
  • Here is a blog posting from Fr. Brandon about Fridays in Eastertide

Saturday in Easter Week, April 11

  • Prayers for the the Departed in Christ, traditionally said on this day
-- All Saint's Days are superseded by the primacy of Easter Week--

  
+ Sunday, April 12: Second Sunday in Easter 
Commonly called Low Sunday or Thomas Sunday
 
+ 8 AM: Holy Eucharist (said). In-person.

+ 9:50 AM: Godly Play and nursery open

+ 10 AM: Holy Eucharist (sung).
In-person and online.
We commence singing the joyful Anglican Chant setting of the Pascha nostrum at the Eucharist this Sunday--one of our parish's great customs. 
We will be blessing the items for our Lent Outreach Project at this service.

+ Coffee Hour following the 10 AM Liturgy

Monday, April 13: St. Mark the Evangelist (transferred)

  • The parish office is closed on Monday.

Tuesday, April 14: Zenaida, Philonella, and Hermione, Physicians, c. 100, c.117; Edward Thomas Demby, 1957, and Henry Beard Delany, 1928, Bishops

Wednesday, April 15: Damien, Priest, 1889, and Marianne Cope, Monastic, 1918, of Hawaii

  • 10 AM: Rite I Holy Eucharist
  • 7 PM: Catechumenate
  

Prayer Requests from this Parish: Sandy Noble, Kevin Witt, Martina Sierra, Liz McClure, Dale and Jeanné Cannon, Alexandra Foote, Howard & Pat Klopfenstein, Br. Matthew Tenney, nOGS, Juanita Rivera, Scott Kohl, Mary Anne McMurren, the Teeters family, Rorey DeWitt, Rich Zorko, Mike Martin, Julie Pannell, John Hanson, Julia Smith, Kerrie Harwood, Family Promise, Salem for Refugees, Mending Wings Youth Ministries. For the diocese of Iran and the people of the Middle East. For those who serve in the armed forces and for their families. For the maintenance of our civil liberties and all who labor to protect them. 

For the Departed: Stan Lester, Tristan Wrosch, Joyce Erovick

For Those who Mourn: Carol Tatman, The Wrosch Family, Karla Erovick

For Those with Birthdays Next Week: David Tatman, Skip Padrick, William Glennen

In the Anglican Communion: The Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola

In the Diocese of Oregon: St. Bede, Forest Grove
+ Observing the Great 50 Days of Easter
  • No fasting during this season
  • Invite Fr. Brandon to bless your home
  • Invite others to your home for Agape hospitality (especially, invite someone new to the parish to your home and extend the range of your hospitality)
  • Keep your Easter decorations up for the full season
  • Plan on attending the two special midweek Eastertide liturgies:  Stations of the Resurrection (7 pm, Wednesday May 7) and the Feast of the Ascension (7 pm, Thursday May 29)
  • Say the Pascha Nostrum from Morning Prayer daily (BCP p. 83)
  • Begin emails to Christian friends with "Alleluia! Christ is risen!"
  • Use the Easter Table grace (below) at meals
  • Say the "Regina Coeli" in the morning, at noon, and in the evening.
The Easter Table Grace (as used at the Agape Feast)
Blessed are you, O Lord our God; you have given us the risen Savior to be the Shepherd of your people: Lead us, by him, to springs of living waters, and feed us with the food that endures to eternal life; where with you, O Father, and with the Holy Spirit, he lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen, Alleluia!
Scam Alert - Email spoofing and phishing
 
We are yet again seeing scam emails being sent out which appear to be from Fr Brandon's email address.  These emails often seem to focus on needing help with something urgent and discreet.  Urgency is a typical technique in a scam email, so be wary whenever you receive a communication that makes you feel this way. These emails are not being sent from Father Brandon and use a technique called spoofing.  CLICK HERE for some helpful information on this topic - what it is and how to spot it - sent from the Diocese.

Please also do not respond to emails requesting a pdf or electronic version of the Parish Directory.  Forward all these requests to the Parish Office and Emma will attend to them. 
Thank You!

Our Holy Week, Easter services and Agape Feast were the work of many hands and too many to mention by name. We especially thank Janine Stephens and the Acolytes and Lectors; Deb Cowgill and the Altar Guild; Pamela Filbert and the Flower Committee; Jeff Swartwout and the Choir; Steve Cowgill and the Ushers; the Agape Feast coordinators, Amy Divelbiss, Amy DeWitt and Sandy Noble, and all those that worked to set up the church, serve food and clean up after the event; and everyone who worked with our parish leaders. We also thank the parishioners who colored Easter eggs, gave contributions for Easter flowers, brought food for the feast, attended the Holy Week and Easter services, and made merry at the Agape Feast!
After Ten Forum
Sunday, April 19: Fireside Room

An interview and conversation with Shep and Sharon Earl.

Sharon grew up in Congo in the midst of upheaval. Shep and Sharon lived and worked in Kenya during tumultuous times. We will explore the ways they lived in hope, during some very fearful times. Their experiences can help us as well.

NOTE: Coffee and tea will be available in the Fireside Room.
Family Promise

Our next Family Promise rotation (serving families experiencing homelessness) will be Tuesday April 21st and Wednesday April 22nd.  More details about what St Timothy's will be providing and sign-up sheets will be available soon. Please contact Steve Cowgill if you have any questions or would like to learn more about St Timothy's involvement in this ministry. You can also learn more about the amazing work of Family Promise here.
Stations of the Resurrection
Wednesday, April 22, 7 PM

This unique service, offered only once this season in conjunction with the Catechumenate, retraces the events of the Great 50 Days of Eastertide, showing the motion and energy of Resurrection – both as found in Holy Scripture and in the life of the Church.  All are invited!

Diocesan Renewal Gathering
Saturday, June 6
Hosted at St Timothy's!

All are invited to this year’s Renewal Gathering on Saturday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Timothy’s, Salem. This annual event brings together Episcopalians from across the diocese for a day of learning, conversation, and fellowship.

Our featured preacher and speaker will be the Rev. David “Kawika” Jackson of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi, who will lead reflections on the theme E Komo Mai: The Role of Hospitality from a Judeo-Christian Perspective. Through scripture and conversation, participants will explore the biblical call to welcome the stranger and how that call shapes our life together as Christians today.

The gathering will also feature the annual diocesan basket raffle, with parishes invited to contribute themed baskets.

Registration is $20, and you can learn more and register on our website HERE. All are welcome!
An Easter Blessings
 
Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, working among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  Mission Statement of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
We gather to experience the Holy Trinity through Scripture, worship, study, and fellowship. Receiving and reflecting God’s love and grace, we are sent out to love and serve our neighbor, see the Christ in others, and share the Gospel by the example of our everyday lives.
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St. Timothy's Parish Office Hours:
 Tuesday & Thursday, 9 AM - 3 PM
Wednesday, 9:30 AM - 3 PM
Friday, 9 AM - 3 PM via telephone/email/text
The Parish Office is closed on Mondays

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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7416; Salem, OR 97303
Email: mail@sainttimothys.org
Phone: 503-363-0601

Rector's Days Off:
Fridays and on Saturday mornings
Please contact Fr. Brandon on his days off if you have an emergency.
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LENT AND HOLY WEEK AT ST. TIMOTHY'S

+ Stations of the Cross are held every Friday evening at 7 PM during Lent. Join us for the Litany of Penitence from Ash Wednesday and short readings from Blessed Julian of Norwich.

HOLY WEEK

+ Palm Sunday: March 24
8 AM: Blessing of Palms & Holy Eucharist (spoken) 
10 AM: Palm Procession & Holy Eucharist (sung). 

+ Monday, March 25 & Tuesday, March 26
7 PM: Evening Prayer
 
+ Wednesday, March 27
7 PM: Tenebrae Service

THE HOLY TRIDUUM

One Liturgy Spread over Three Days  (Main services in bold text)
+ Maundy Thursday: March 28 
7 PM: The Maundy Thursday Liturgy 
Prayer Watch following until Noon on Good Friday 
 
+ Good Friday: March 29
Noon: Stations of the Cross 
7 PM: Good Friday Liturgy 
 
+ Holy Saturday; Easter Eve: March 30 
10 AM: Little Tomb Service of the Burial of Christ
9 PM: The Great Vigil of Easter, followed by the Agape Feast 
 
Easter Day: March 31 
11 AM: Holy Eucharist (said, with hymns)

HOLY WEEK AT ST. TIMOTHY'S

Palm Sunday
8 AM: Blessing of Palms & Holy Eucharist (spoken)
10 AM: Palm Procession & Holy Eucharist (sung)

The 10 AM service begins with the Liturgy of the Palms in the Parish Hall, with Palm Procession to the Nave, followed by the Dramatic Reading of the Passion Gospel of St. Matthew and Holy Eucharist. This is a “hybrid” liturgy: both in-person and online.

 

Monday & Tuesday in Holy Week
7 PM: Ante-communion, followed by confessions

We will not celebrate the Holy Eucharist during the period from Palm Sunday until Maundy Thursday. On these two days the evening service will be the first part of the Eucharist, including the readings for these days, but ending after the Lord’s Prayer.

 

Wednesday in Holy Week
7 PM: Tenebrae

Tenebrae, a service of shadows and darkness expressive of the gradual desertion of Christ by those around him, marks a decisive turn in Holy Week and serves as a contemplative portal into the mystery of our redemption which will be our focus in the coming days. This is a service unlike any other in the Church Year and forms the entrance into the heart of Holy Week.

 

THE HOLY TRIDUUM
One Liturgy Spread over Three Days

All Episcopalians are to join together for worship if physically able to do so. (Main services in underlined bold text)

 

Maundy Thursday
7 PM: The Maundy Thursday Liturgy
Prayer Watch following until Noon Good Friday

The first part of the service, which does not conclude until the end of the Great Vigil of Easter, this service commemorates Christ’s command to love each other as he has loved us, and his commandment to “do this in remembrance of me” by sharing in the Holy Eucharist. The Holy Sacrament is then removed to the Chapel and the altar is stripped in recollection of Christ’s arrest and being mocked. We then leave in silence as the lights are lowered.

The Prayer Watch at the Altar of Repose in the Chapel now begins, lasting until noon Friday, in remembrance of Jesus’s words in the garden of Gethsemane, when he asked his disciples to spend an hour in prayer with him. Parishioners sign up to take an hour in prayer in the chapel before Christ in the Holy Sacrament. A member of the parish will be at the church all night to let people in and walk them to their cars.

 

Good Friday
Noon: Stations of the Cross
7 PM: Good Friday Liturgy

The Good Friday Liturgy is the most solemn service in the Church Year. Its starkness points to the truth of both human brokenness and God’s complete identification with us in our need. The highlights are the Great Silence at the start, then the reading of the Passion Gospel according to St. John, the Solemn Collects (intercessions for all humanity), the bringing out and veneration of the Good Friday Cross, and the Communion from the Reserved Sacrament, brought from the Altar of Repose in the Chapel. Once more, we leave in silence.

Good Friday is marked by as complete a fast as health allows, from sunrise until at least 3 PM, the traditional hour of Christ’s death upon the cross.

 

Holy Saturday

10 AM: Little Tomb Service of the Burial of Christ

The morning service is a short, spare gathering at the now-denuded altar where we hear of Christ’s hasty burial and contemplate his lying in the tomb, even as God the Son has descended to Hades, there to liberate those long held by the Evil One. A glorious sermon from the very early Christian period is read and prayers for those who have died are offered.

 
Easter Eve
Saturday, 9 PM: The Great Vigil of Easter,
followed by the Agape Feast

The Easter Vigil is the heart of our life as a parish and as a people. It is our main Easter service. It must be experienced, not explained, but it consists of the lighting, blessing, and sharing of the New Fire, the great song before the Paschal Candle (The “Exsultet”), the readings of the Old Testament prophesies, Renewal of Baptismal Vows, the Proclamation of the Resurrection, the great Easter Homily of St. John Chrysostom, and the First Eucharist of Easter. This is the high point of the entire Church Year. The Vigil is followed by a grand feast in the Parish Hall, to which all are invited. Come and see!


Easter Day
11 AM: Holy Eucharist (said, with hymns)
A “hybrid” liturgy: both in-person and online.

The Easter Day Eucharist at St. Timothy’s is quite a bit simpler than the Vigil. However, it is a joyous celebration and includes the beautiful, ever-new account of Mary Magdalene meeting the Risen Christ in the garden. With this Eucharist, our celebration of Easter Day concludes…but the Great 50 Days of Eastertide has just begun.