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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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Word from the Rector...

Prayers for Peace: this Sunday at 9:15

In light of the war we have entered; the loss of life in United States armed forces personnel and in Iran (especially those killed at the girl's school in Minab); Jesus's teaching that we must pray for our enemies; and the consequences such a war can bring: I am inviting people to come to church this Sunday to pray for peace between the 8 & 10 AM Eucharists. These prayers will begin with the Great Litany---our greatest and most comprehensive intercessory prayer---and will continue with additional prayers from Anglican sources as well as time for silent prayer before concluding.

Christianity has taken a wide range of views on war. In the earliest period, and due to our Savior's violent death at the hands of the civil authorities, most Christians held views we would today associate with pacifism. The story of St. Martin of Tours refusing to kill while serving in the Roman army is a good example of this attitude---one that many Christians continue to hold today.

However, this was not the only view of war in Christian history. St. Augustine of Hippo posited the idea of a "just" war --- one that met certain criteria differing from wars of aggression and empire. Various other approaches have been taken (including the glorification of war) by Christians over the centuries, some more and some less truly Christian in intent.

Pope Leo IV has recently remarked that, for Christians, there can be no such thing as a "holy war." Only peace is holy. While we may have various views on the necessity of war or the conditions in which Christians may participate, we always pray for peace. That alone is the condition God views as desirable and normative for his children, and it is peace that Christ gives to his disciples in the Upper Room before his arrest, shares with us at every Eucharist, and makes possible for us in his final victory over sin and death as shown in the conclusion of the Book of Revelation. In that spirit and with that understanding we will gather this Sunday to pray.

The Episcopal Church & the War in Iran & the Middle East
Here is the letter from our Presiding Bishop on the start of the current war.
A communiqué from the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East.
Follow this link to the Episcopal News Service's page on the topic.
This article by Bp. Fitzpatrick of Hawai'i, who is on the Church's Taskforce on Pacifism and Just War (and who has a son serving in the US Army), is an excellent summary of the question of whether the Iran conflict (as far as we are able to tell, given the myriad rationales provided by the administration) meets the criteria for a "Just War."
Here is an article on the Episcopal Church's chaplain ministry in the Armed Forces, as well as other current events related to chaplaincy in this conflict.
A brief reflection piece on the Church's teaching about war and our struggle to accept it.

BLF+

The Week Ahead...

+ All days in Lent outside of Sundays are fast days

Thursday, March 12: Gregory the Great, Bishop and Theologian, 604

  • 6:30 AM: Holy Eucharist, in the chapel
  • 7 PM: Women's Bible Study on Zoom

Friday, March 13: James Theodore Holly, Bishop, 1911

  • 7 PM: Stations of the Cross
Saturday, March 14: Ferial day in Lent
  • Prayers for those who have died are traditionally offered on Saturdays. Here is more information on this practice, along with prayer resources.
 
+ Sunday, March 15:
The Fourth Sunday in Lent | Laetare Sunday
 
+ 8 AM: Holy Eucharist (Said). In-person.

+ 9:15 AM: Great Litany and Prayers for Peace. 
In-person.

+ 9:50 AM: Godly Play & nursery open

+ 10 AM: Holy Eucharist (Sung). In-person & online

Following the 10 AM Service:
+ Coffee Hour in the narthex
+ After Ten Forum in the Fireside Room. 
The topic is Vestments: An Aid to Worship, led by Pamela & Fr. Brandon Filbert. Grab some coffee and goodies  and head to the Fireside Room for an opportunity to learn about vestments, their colors and seasonal use.
Monday, March 16: Ferial day in Lent
  • The parish office is closed on Mondays.
Tuesday, March 17: Patrick of Ireland, Bishop and Missionary, 461
  • Crafts and Conversation 
Wednesday, March 18: Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Theologian, 386
  • 10 AM: Rite I Holy Eucharist in the Chapel
  • 7 PM: Catechumenate on Zoom

Prayer Requests from this Parish: Dale and Jeanné Cannon, Alexandra Foote, Liz McClure, Howard & Pat Klopfenstein, Juanita Rivera, Scott Kohl, Mary Anne McMurren, the Teeters family, Rorey DeWitt, Br. Matthew Tenney, nOGS, 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 for all who labor to protect them. 

For Those with Birthdays Next Week: Matthew Tenney

In the Anglican Communion: The Anglican Church of Kenya

In the Diocese of Oregon: St Thomas, Dallas
Thursdays in 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 in 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
The Rector's Corner
From the Archives...
A mid-lent post from Fr Brandon's Blog

Midwinter spring is its own season

Sempiternal though sodden towards sundown,

Suspended in time, between pole and tropic.
 
- from ‘Little Gidding’ (No. 4 of “Four Quartets”) by T.S. Eliot

This Sunday forms the transition in the Lenten Season from the focus on our own need for repentance to Christ’s work of bringing about our reconciliation with God. Thus, it turns our attention from our sin (which can become a sort of obsession if we are not careful) towards God’s love. Like Eliot’s ‘Midwinter spring,” we have come to a moment that is between two seemingly opposite things: Ash Wednesday and Easter Day… yet this moment is but part of a reality of which both Holy Days partake. 
Lent Outreach Project
 
We are continuing to collect jars of peanut butter (any kind) and cans of tuna (again, any kind) during Lent. These are two of the "Top 5“ foods that the Food Bank deems most useful. Our gifts will be blessed on the Second Sunday of Easter, April 12, and transported to the Food Bank. There are collection containers, as well as a display of cans/jars to show our current progress, in the narthex.
Watch at the Altar of Repose
Maundy Thursday - Good Friday,  April 2nd - 3rd
 
The Watch at the Altar of Repose begins after the Maundy Thursday Liturgy, and continues until noon the next day. Parishioners sign up to take an hour in pairs for this watch, in the presence of the Holy Sacrament, allowing us to answer affirmatively Christ’s question to his disciples that night: “could you not watch with me one hour?” 

The sign-up schedule for this all night vigil is on the narthex table.

We hope to have hosts at the church throughout the night to open doors and walk people to their cars if desired. If you would like to volunteer as a host and provide additional security during the night please contact the Parish Office. We still need two hosts to take the 9 PM – 12:30 PM and 4 AM to 7:30 AM shifts. 

The Agape Feast after the Easter Vigil is one of this parish's most distinctive and enjoyable traditions, rounding out the celebration of the night of Christ's Resurrection with great joy. This year we have the added blessing of hosting in our newly renovated Parish Hall - essentially completing our move back into this space. 

We will be serving a few catered dishes (Chicken and Lamb Kabobs, Ham, Mac-n-Cheese, Hot Cross Buns, dinner rolls) and asking parishioners to provide hearty side dishes and desserts. Donations can also be made towards the cost of catering (place in the offering plate with the memo "Agape").

Help is also needed with set-up and clean-up (this is truly one of the events where many hands make light work!). All sign-up sheets are in the narthex, with more information. Please consider how you can help us with this event, and let us all prepare to savor that Most Holy Night with true and abiding love, one for another.
Zoom Recording of Last Week's Sermon

Sunday, March 8
 Passcode: 4?w#5+WK

Links will be valid for two weeks.
The Lectionary Readings for this past Sunday can be found here.
Healthy Hoover Kids
Friday and Saturday, March 20-21
 
Saturday, March 21 will be our distribution day for the thanksgiving break food boxes for families in need at Hoover Elementary. We will be looking for volunteers to:

➢Shop ahead of time (you will have a specific list or item)
➢Set up organizing tables the day before (Friday March 20)
➢Prepackage produce the evening before (Friday March 20)
➢Pack boxes the day of (starting at 1 PM on Saturday)
➢Deliver boxes to families (Saturday afternoon)

We will be contacting people who have helped out in the past, but we also welcome new volunteers at any time. See Elizabeth Gaupo, or look for a sign-up in the narthex. If you can’t volunteer but want to help out, we will need donations of:

➢1-dozen size egg cartons (NOT 18-count)
➢Medium size cardboard boxes to pack food

Thank you!  Elizabeth Gaupo | gaupos4@comcast.net | 503-798-8411
Poetry Group
The Poetry Group meets next Sunday, March 22, in the Adult Ed room following the 10 AM liturgy. All are welcome! Bring some poetry, or come along and listen to what others have to share.
 
Men's Group
 
The next Men’s Group will meet Thursday, March 19th at 6 PM.  We usually share a meal together, followed by a time of discussion led by the host around a particular theme or topic, and ending with Compline. If you would like more information please contact Ron DeWilde, Steve Cowgill or Chuck McFerron. Newcomers are always welcome!
 Prayer for a Renewed Heart

O Lord,
you have mercy on all.
Take away my sins,
and mercifully kindle in me
the fire of your Holy Spirit.
Take away my heart of stone
and give me a heart of flesh,
a heart to love and adore you,
a heart to delight in you,
to follow and to enjoy you,
for Christ’s sake. Amen.

Source: Ambrose, d. 397
  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,  8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Wednesday & Thursday, 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Friday, 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM via telephone/email/text
The Parish Office is closed on Mondays

Parish Office Contact Info
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.