April 26, 2013 – 7:30pm
Parish of the Epiphany
70 Church Street, Winchester

Jacob Street, organist at Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, will play an organ and harpsichord concert April 26 at 7:30 pm at the Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester. The program Includes organ works of Johann Pachelbel, Dieterich Buxtehude, and J.S. Bach, as well as harpsichord works of Louis Couperin, Francois Couperin, and Jean-Philippe Rameau.

All proceeds of the concert will go to El Hogar in Honduras, a project of the Episcopal Church that educates street children and orphans. Our own Maureen Lavely was part of a mission team that visited El Hogar.

For more information go to www.elhogar.org

Scripture Lessons for the Fourth Sunday of Easter ~ April 21:

Acts 9:36-43
Psalm 23
Revelation 7:9-17
John 10:22-30

Hymns for this Sunday (all from The Hymnal 1982)

Opening Hymn: 645 The King of Love My Shepherd Is

Gradual Hymn: 465 Eternal Light, Shine in My Heart

Offertory Hymn: 475 God Himself is With Us

Closing Hymn: 296 We Know that Christ is Raised and Dies No More

It is not too soon to think about attending Family Camp at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center, which runs from Thursday evening, June 27 through Sunday June 30th. Louis and Jack Tompros attended last year, and highly recommend it! There is more information at church on Sunday, and you can also talk with Louis and Jack.

As of May, there will be an opening for one position on the Vestry, our governing board. Do you feel called to be engaged with leading our church in the year to come? Please speak to Tom, or to one of our Wardens, Louis Tompros or Whitney Hayden, if you have any interest or perceive that God may be calling you to this ministry. The Vestry meets on the second Tuesday of each month.

EfM is about Christian formation. It’s a small group experiential learning program for people who desire to both educate themselves more deeply in the Christian tradition, and deepen their spirituality. It began back in the 80s at the Episcopal Seminary in Sewanee, Tennessee. An EfM seminar group is facilitated by a trained mentor and meets weekly over the course of an academic year. The curriculum of readings covers four years: Old Testament, New Testament, Church History and Theology to the present day. The group worships and prays together and engages in a process of theological reflection. Theological reflection is a structured conversation by which students connect their personal lives with the insights that come from the tradition. There is a modest tuition. The diocese of Massachusetts is one of the sponsoring dioceses of EfM. Most participants love the experience, desire to finish up and graduate after four years, and come away feeling inwardly transformed and with an understanding of themselves as ministers ordained in Baptism.

Join us on Sunday April 14, 11:45-12:30, for a brief presentation by our Priest Associates and EfM diocesan co-coordinators, the Revd’s Lyn G. Brakeman and Richard J. Simeone. Hear more. Ask your questions. Consider your own interest in being part of an EfM group, starting in the fall of 2013.