ST. BEDE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1609 Elm St. Forest Grove, OR
The Presentation of our Lord Feb 2, 2020
By the Rev'd Marlene Mutchler
If you have ever read Leviticus, you might be amazed at the carnage. There are a lot of rules about making appropriate sacrifices and offerings. Burnt offerings, meal offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, trespass offerings. Sacrificing for this and for that. Offering the first fruits of the field. Offering sacrifices for things I would never have thought of, like for having a child for instance. The temple was essentially a slaughterhouse in Jesus’ day. I am told that there was a special channel on the altar to allow the blood to drain away. Once, when reading through Leviticus for my Hebrew Scriptures class, I was stunned by the bloodbath portrayed. What an amazing amount of gore there must have been in the temple...
CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS
March 2020
1 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary
2 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
4 Holy Eucharist, 10am, Chapel
Lenten Soup Supper, 6pm, Fellowship Hall
5 Evening Prayer, 5pm, Chapel, followed by Pub
Fellowship at Old Town Vault
6 Stations of the Cross, noon, Sanctuary
7 Brotherhood of Saint Andrew, 8am, Fellowship Hall
8 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary
9 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
11 Morning Prayer, 10am, Chapel
Lenten Soup Supper, 6pm, Fellowship Hall
12 Evening Prayer, 5pm, Chapel, followed by Pub
Fellowship at Old Town Vault
13 Stations of the Cross, noon, Sanctuary
15 Stitchery, 9am, Fellowship Hall
15 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary
Pastoral Care Meeting, after church
All worship services and meetings below that take place at the church are canceled or moved to a virtual format through 4/14 until further notice as precautions against the coronavirus pandemic.
16 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
17 BAC, 6:30pm, Fellowship Hall
18 Holy Eucharist, 10am, Chapel
Lenten Soup Supper, 6pm, Fellowship Hall
19 Evening Prayer, 5pm, Chapel, followed by Pub
Fellowship at Old Town Vault
20 Stations of the Cross, noon, Sanctuary
21 Brotherhood of Saint Andrew, 8am, Fellowship Hall
22 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary
23 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
24 Food Bank, 4pm, All Saints Church, Hillsboro
25 Morning Prayer, 10am, Chapel
Lenten Soup Supper, 6pm, Fellowship Hall
26 Evening Prayer, 5pm, Chapel, followed by Pub
Fellowship at Old Town Vault
27 Stations of the Cross, noon, Sanctuary
29 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary
30 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
SERMONS
The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1, NRSV). Do you remember the first time you left your parents’ home? Most of us may have been in our early teens or twenties. I can well see this tender time of transition - of hopefulness and trepidation, of the call of the open road and the unseen potholes in it - because my own kids are navigating the leap from the nest. Abram, soon to be Abraham, was an old man by the time he
was called from his father’s house...
At St. Bede's we offer spiritual formation for adults and children alike.
Sunday Adult Forums Sun 9am
New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton, Upper Room
Weekly Lectionary Discussion, Chapel
Godly Play Sun 9am
Monday Bible Study Mon 2:30pm
Wednesday Class: Way of Love Wed March 4-April 1, 6pm
M A R C H
MESSAGE FROM OUR VICAR
For our second annual community Palm Sunday Walk, instead of walking all together, we offer a self-guided walk to the various churches in Forest Grove, with prayers along the way. We will have sheets available with a map to guide you.
Please come walk and pray with the Christian community in Forest Grove.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner & Game Night, February 25, 2020
CURRENT NEWS
We strive to know Christ more deeply and bring others to his redeeming grace.
EDUCATION & FORMATION (**Canceled through April 14**)
EVENTS
Forest Grove Palm Sunday Community Walk Sun April 5, self-guided in the afternoon
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