"Established in 2014 from over 200 years of faith in Christ!"
The Third Sunday of Lent
March 23, 2025 9 am Service
We're now about halfway through Lent. On this Fourth Sunday in Lent, our worship includes the Litany of Penitence from the Ash Wednesday Liturgy. This is a good set of things to help us think about parts of our lives that can become even more what we and God want them to be.
The first lesson tells of God's People arriving in the Promised Land. The Gospel is one of the most important parts of the Bible to help us know of God's love for us, the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
We'll talk about all this Sunday.
We'll hold in-person and live-streamed worship. Tune in!
Our new equipment allows us to live-stream worship this Sunday!
Bulletin Link
You don't need to have a Facebook account to watch our service.
You can watch on a desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
Power up your device and open either the Facebook app or your browser [e.g., Internet Explorer, Google, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.].
A few minutes before 9:00, go to the Church's page on Facebook [Warning: There seem to be two separate pages, so go to the one which has last Sunday's streaming service saved on it]; OR
If you're using your browser, go to this URL [location] on your device
Viewing our streaming worship at 9:00 a.m.:
Facebook link
Please wear your name tag each Sunday to be ready to
welcome visitors and newcomers.
Updated worship customs at Resurrection:
The Cup (Wine) at Communion--People can receive in one kind (bread only) or in two kinds (bread and wine). We will be using the common cup.
Intinction (dipping your bread in the wine) is NOW allowed;
please follow instructions as announced.
Coffee Hours have resumed on Sundays.
The Peace--It's OK to touch now.
Vestry met February 13. Important actions include:
Fr. Tom Wand announced his resignation
as Priest-in-Charge effective June 30. He cited declining heath as among reasons. The Vestry accepted the resignation with regret.
POST-HOLIDAY CLEANUP IN THE CEMETERY WILL BE NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 9 [After Church].
It will be a good Lenten service project for all.
IMPROVEMENT IN LIVESTREAMING CAPABIITY OK'D BY VESTRY
The Vestry approved an added internet connection and the funds to cover the additional cost. The installation has been made.
FACEBOOK MATERIALS NEEDED
We need more pictures, notices, short descriptions, etc., to convey the liveliness and zest of our parish. If you have this kind of material, please send it to Jill Graham (email address on the back of every Sunday bulletin).
7:30 Service Every First and Third Sunday Each Month:
We will celebrate a 7:30 service each first and third Sundays of the month. The upcoming Sundays are March 16, April 6, 13 (Palm Sunday), and 20 (Easter Day).
Notebook in Narthex for Prayers of the People:
A notebook is in the Narthex for parishioners to enter names for intercession, thanksgiving, or prayers for the faithful departed. Please enter the first name of those you wish remembered.
Signup Sheets for Worship Help & Other Service Opportunities
are now available at our worship services. Chances to help are diverse, as are the skills needed to help out. Sign up today.
Parish Office Hours
will be Mondays from 9-1 (unless a different day is listed in the bulletin for counting). Best to call the Church Office, leave a message for Dawn to get back to you, and arrange a mutually convenient time to meet.
WAWA HOAGIE SALE: Our Wawa Hoagie coupon fundraiser continues! We are selling coupons at $4.50 each for a Wawa “shorti” hoagie, of which we keep a small profit from every sale. The coupons can be used at all area Wawa’s and have no expiration date. If you are interested, please see Rosemary Bezuidenhout or contact the office.
Updated worship customs at Resurrection:
- The Cup (Wine) at Communion--People can receive in one kind (bread only) or in two kinds (bread and wine). We will be using the common cup. Intinction (dipping your bread in the wine) is now allowed; please follow instructions as announced.
- Coffee Hours have resumed on Sundays.
- The Peace--It's OK to touch now.
The Eucharistic Visitors program has been reactivated. If you would like to visit or be visited, please speak with Fr. Wand or Jude Winters.
Milly Butler Has Moved Milly Buter has new contact information. She would be quite joyful to be in contact with her friends in the parish. Please call the Church Office for her new address and phone number.
Food Pantry Ministry Evolving to Meet Changing Conditions
As the needs of the hungry in our area change, and the best way to help the food pantries we assist changes along with that, we are adjusting how we ask for your support. We will continue gratefully to accept offerings of money from parishioners, but we will be adding an option to make a food donation at the Church as well. Starting now, our Outreach Coordinator, Leigh Oppelt, has listed in the bulletin the items in particular need at the programs we are assisting.
NOTE CHANGES!
Right now that list is:DELCO Food Pantry: Canned fruit or chicken; canned soups, stews and chilis; any noodles & spaghetti sauce; cooking oil or spray; toilet paper & paper products.
Kensington Food Ministry: single serve snacks [i.e. chips, cookies, crackers, etc.]
Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD)--More Sad News:
We've talked a number of times about the fact that Episcopal Relief and Development, our Church's disaster relief agency, often operates in the background, working through local dioceses or other agencies who are established in the area. Our work tragically has been in the news once again. In Gaza City is a hospital founded and funded by the Anglican Churches around the world. We all have a faith family connection to the appalling loss of life there. After bombing carried out by both sides on the hospital, it has remained a place of refuge for those displaced by the warfare and bombing by the Israeli Army (IDF). This week, the IDF has ordered the hospital to shut down and to expel all those who have been sheltering there. Remember those killed (and their families), and the hospital’s reopening in your prayers and support ERD for rebuilding.
Readers/Intercessors Needed for Worship Services
With the installation of the new camera, audio, Internet, and streaming equipment, worship is no longer a solo by the Priest celebrating. Parishioners are needed to read lessons and lead prayers--two per service [and two for every 7:30 service!]. If you can help, please contact Helen Dunlap or leave a message at the Church Office.
ERD: A Good Way To Help Victims of the LA Fires
Episcopal Relief & Development [ERD] is already hard at work through and with the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles to aid those whose homes and lives have been devastated by the fires in the area. You can give either by writing a check made out to the parish, with ERD on the memo line, or going to https://support.episcopalrelief.org/ and making your donation there.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore."
[II Cor. 13:14]
(The Rev.) Thomas C. Wand
Priest-in-Charge
Resurrection Episcopal Church, Rockdale
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