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Dear Friends in Christ,We are moving ever deeper into Lent.

Ever closer to Holy Week and Easter. During Holy Week, we take part in our church’s richest and most beautiful liturgies including the Triduum, the three holiest days, of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Great Vigil of Easter. Then, on Easter Sunday, Christ Church will be resplendent as we celebrate with joy Christ’s resurrection and our hope of everlasting life in him.

In the early days of the church, Christians were known as “People of the Way.” We are pilgrims, people on a journey, people on the move. The shape of our worship and the structure of our calendar reflect this. Lent is a wilderness journey within that structure, and if we consider the “bookends” of Lent, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, we find there, in the prayers in our prayer book, a model for Christian worship and Christian life.

On Ash Wednesday, we pray together the Litany of Penitence and confess our sinfulness on our knees before God. The focus of this set of prayers is ourselves. We turn inward and ask God’s mercy for our faults and failings. The Litany is a long list confessing the ways in which we fall short, missing the mark as people of God. We confess our unfaithfulness, our self-indulgent appetites, our anger, our waste and our lack of concern for others. Then we pray that God will forgive and restore us so that we may be used to show forth God’s glory in the world.

We might anticipate the same kind of inward focus for the prayers of Good Friday, since forgiveness of our sins is directly linked to Jesus’ death on the cross. However, something has changed. Throughout our Lenten journey, we have become increasingly aware of our dependence on God and our call to turn away from our self-centeredness and reorient ourselves toward God. Our Good Friday liturgy and prayers reflect this change as we stand together at the foot of the cross and pray the Solemn Collects. For this set of prayers, we turn

outward and face the world. The bidding announces that God sent Jesus his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that, through him, it might be saved. And because of Christ’s mission, together we pray a long list of prayers for the needs of the world and the mission of the church.

We pray for the Church, for all nations and people of the earth, for those in authority and for the specific needs of those who suffer. We pray for God to comfort those in misery and need and for those who have lost their faith or who have never heard the good news. This movement from inward to outwardly directed prayer positions us, the faithful, as poised to take over Jesus’ ministry on the day of his death and become the body of Christ in the world.

Over the last weeks and months, the people of this parish have been looking inward to determine what we are doing well, where there is room for improvement and where we are falling short. We have been considering and praying about what Christ Church is to us: a place rich in history, music, fellowship, worship, education, formation, and a pastoral presence at times of joy and sorrow. But this internal examination is only the beginning of our journey. The time has come to make the turn of Holy Week. To face the world, flush with the joy of Easter morning and the promise of new life, and imagine how Christ Church is being called to “let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made…Jesus Christ our Lord” (BCP p. 280). Already, new things are happening at Christ Church. Join us as we celebrate our life together and live out our mission in the world.May you have a blessed Holy Week and Eastertide.

--Mo. Kate Malin*** for more on the Triduum liturgies, see

This Is the Night: Suffering, Salvation and the Liturgies of Holy Week by the Rev. Dr. James W. Farwell

April Easter Edition 2007 VOL. LXII, No. 2

At a Glance

Christian Formation ..............p.2

Music.....................................p.3

Center for Spiritual Growth ..p.2

Adult Forums ......................p.10

Birthdays ...............................p.4

Photo Album .........................p.5

Calendar ....................... p. 5 & 6

April Highlights ................. back

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A Newsletter by and for the people of Christ Church Bronxville

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ANGLICAN WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT:This meeting of Anglican delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was the most powerful meeting to date. Not only did we lobby for the rights of girls (which was our UN focus), but networked with each other to further our various ministries, marking our ten days together with prayer, conversation, hard work, and above all our commitment to stay in communion with one another. Please see our state-ment. Hondi Brasco

From the Anglican Women gathered at the 51st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

March 3, 2007

In the name of God, Saviour, Redeemer, and Giver of Life.

We, the women of the Anglican Communion gathered in New York as the Anglican Consulta-tive Council delegation to the 51st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, and as members of the International Anglican Women’s Network representing the diversity of women from across the world-wide Anglican Communion, wish to reiterate our previously stated unequivocal commitment to remaining always in “communion” with and for one another.

We remain resolute in our solidarity with one another and in our commitment, above all else, to pursue and fulfi ll God’s mission in all we say and do.

Given the global tensions so evident in our church today, we do not accept that there is any one issue of difference or contention which can, or indeed would, ever cause us to break the unity as represented by our common baptism.

Neither would we ever consider severing the deep and abiding bonds of affection which characterize our relationships as Anglican women.

We have been challenged in our time together by the desperately urgent issues of life and death faced by countless numbers of women and children in our communities. As a diverse delegation, we prayerfully refl ected on these needs.

We thus reaffi rm the conclusion of the statement presented by our delegation to this year’s Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women:

This sisterhood of suffering is at the heart of our theology and our commitment to transforming the whole world through peace with justice.

Rebuilding and reconciling the world is central to our faith. Amen.

Please call (973) 543 4641, ext. 9 for more information. website: www.csjb.org.

Here is a link to the article that was written about the statement: http://www.epis-copalchurch.org/3577_83098_ENG_HTM.htm from the Episcopal News Service.

-Hondi Brasco

April SCHOOL CALENDAR

Apr. 1st, 9:45 AMNo Children’s Chapel Church School at 10:00 AM

Apr. 8th, 9:45 AMEaster/No Church SchoolEgg Hunt Following the Service

Apr 15th, 9:45 AM Children’s Chapel and ChurchSchool

Apr. 22nd, 9:45 AM Children’s Chapel and ChurchSchool

Apr.29th, 9:45 AM Children’s Chapel and ChurchSchool

PRE-K THROUGH GRADE ONEApr. 1st Ressurection EggsApr. 8th Easter/No Church SchoolApr. 15th Jesus is Risen:

Appearance to Mary MagdaleneApr. 22nd The Good Shepherd

and the Lord’s SupperApr.29th The Circle of the Holy

EucharistSECOND GRADEApr. 1st Lent: Part 3Apr. 8th Easter: No Church

School/Egg HuntApr. 15th The Liturgy-Part 3

Review of the Liturgy so farPrayer: Prayers of the People, Lord’s Prayer

Apr. 22nd The Liturgy-Part 4Confession, The Peace, The Offertory

Apr.29th Eucharistic Prayer ATHIRD GRADEApr. 1st David(Part 1)

-David is chosen to be King-David and Goliath

Apr. 8th EasterApr. 15th David (Part 2)

-David, King of Israel-The Ark Enters Jerusalem

Apr. 22nd Solomon-Solomon is Anointed-Solomon’s Wisdom-Solomon’s Temple

Apr.29th Elijah- King Ahab and Elijah-The Prophets of Baal-Elijah is Taken Up into Heaven

Center for Spiritual Growth

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MusicApril

SCHOOL CALENDAR (CONT.)FOURTH GRADEApr. 1st The Birth of the Church

-Pentecost-Peter’s First Miracle

Apr. 8th EasterApr. 15th The Early Church

-Anaias and Sapphira-The Apostles are Persecuted-Stephen, The First Martyr

Apr. 22nd The Growth of the Church-Saul’s Conversion-The Gospel for All People-Peter’s Escape

Apr.29th, Paul’s Journeys (Part 1)-Overview of Paul’s Journeys-The First Missionaries

FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE Apr. 1st People of the

Denominational Church Era-John Wesley-John Newton

Apr. 8th EasterApr. 15th The Modern Chuch

-Overview of the global church-Ecumenism-Vatican II-Missions

Apr. 22nd C.S. LewisApr.29th, History of the Episcopal

Church

MUSIC AND FLOWERS FOR EASTER

Would you like to give thanks for or remember someone this Easter? If so, please use an Easter Remem-brance envelope to enclose your gift and indicate whether it benefi ts the glorious music or beautiful fl owers this Easter. Envelopes are in the Narthex.If you are out of town, you may call the Parish Of-fi ce (914-337-3544) The Deadline is Friday, April 5th for names to be included in the Easter bulletin.

EASTER DAY CHOIR SCHEDULE: Primary choir – 8:30 AM rehearsal for 9:00 AM service Sing ‘n ring – 8:30 AM rehearsal for 9:00 AM service Voice for life trebles – 10:00 AM rehearsal for 11:15AM service Schola Cantorum – 10:00 AM Rehearsal for 11:15 AM service Christ Church Choir – 8:30 AM Rehearsal for 9 and 11:15 AM service, breakfast served between services.

CHRIST CHURCH BRONXVILLE SINGS AT NOTRE DAME, PARIS FRANCE

Christ Church Bronxville’s Schola Cantorum, an elite group of 18 audi-tioned high school vocalists, recently performed at Notre Dame in Paris during a weeklong tour of France. The choir also performed during two services at the American Cathedral and concluded by spending four days at the monastery at Taizé, a monastic community that welcomes youth from around the world to join in three

daily prayer services featuring meditative melodies and silence. Schola Cantorum’s broad repertoire was fully represented in the three Parisian

performances. The performance at Notre Dame on Tuesday February 20, one of Paris’ most prestigious venues for choral singing, consisted of American works by Craig Philips, Richard Shephard, and traditional American spirituals along with pieces from the standard choral repertoire by Bruckner, Goudimel, and Tallis.

During the morning service at the American Cathedral, Sunday February 18, the choir performed two settings of American Spirituals by Alice Walker and William Dawson. The anthem “Transfi guration” by Craig Philips featured this group’s versatil-ity with contemporary American music. “Open for Me the Gates of Righteousness” by Richard Shephard was featured during evensong. This work, commissioned for Christ Church Bronxville, was performed last December by Schola Cantorum and Christ Church’s acclaimed Voice for Life Trebles for the Episcopal Charities Dinner at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC.

CHARIS CHAMBER VOICES returns on Saturday, April 28th at 8:00PM for their Spring Concert.

CHOIR FESTIVAL Our Voice for Life choristers joined forces with choristers from Trinity Church (New Haven) on Saturday and Sunday (March 10th and 11th).

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

April: 1:Mary Leferovich, Robert Rabsey, Steven Tighe; 3: Brian Seirup, Nancy Schaefer; 4: Steven Ahmuty, Tacey Carroll, Benjamin Yeager; 9: Isabelle Beit, Alexandra Sorensen, Richard Thaler; 10: Wil-lem Bender; 12: William Folberth; 13: Ian Holland, Bailey Wood; 14: Annabelle Duval; 16: Avery Ar-chibald, Ara Atayan, Elliott Bates, Anna Foley, Lauren Harrington; 17: Millicent Mahood, Phyllis Sharp, James Tao; 18: Andrea Bates. Mat-thew Behrens; 19: Leonard Cronk, Frederic Hawkins , Phyllis Sch-neider, Warren Wang; 23: Meghan Rossini, Christopher Atayan; 24: Peter Bruton, John Dean; 25: Pat-rick Noone; 26: Richard Ball, John Bevan; 27: Neely Ewy, Stephen Jones, Hannah Potgieter, Cody Watson; 28: Ashleyn Morse; 29: Edward Barr; 30: Stanley Clarke

Easter Egg Hunt

SUNDAY, APRIL 8TH 10:15 AM

MUSIC (cont.)

MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEKSome of the most profound musical settings fi nd their place in Holy Week. At Christ Church, you will notice the stark contrast of this music from our regular repertoire. Notably, the organ is not used from the end of the Palm Sunday Mass until the great Easter Acclamation at the Great Vigil of Easter (Saturday) when the organ is turned on and the choir bursts into the fi rst Gloria of the season. Through attending, praying, and listening, to the solemn liturgies of Tenebrae, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and The Great Vigil of Easter, one fi nds even greater meaning in The Day of Resurrection.Palm Sunday: Procession with Bells into the Church singing “All Glory Laud and Honor” The Passion according to St. Luke, chanted with choral responses Drop, Drop Slow Tears – Orlando Gibbons The Passion ChoraleTenebrae: plainsong psalms, responses, and canticles led by The Christ Church CamerataMaundy Thursday: Choral Eucharist with Antonio Lotti’s Missa Brevis A new commandment I give unto you – Richard Shephard led by The Christ Church Choir and Schola CantorumGood Friday: The Passion according to St. John, chanted with choral responses Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 8-part Stabat Mater a-cappella anthems during the veneration of the cross led by the Christ Church CamerataThe Great Vigil of Easter: The Exsultet Communion Service in F – Harold Darke This is the day the Lord hath made – Gerald Near Haec dies – William ByrdEaster Day Brass Quintet Prelude including Bach’s My Spirit be Joyful for Brass and Organ Charles Villiers Stanford – Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem for Choirs, Brass, and Organ Haec Dies – William Byrd

Easter Hymns arranged for Congregation, Choirs, Brass, and Organ including “Jesus Christ is Risen Today,” “He is Risen!” and “The Day of Resurrection”

Young at Arts is currently holding regis-tration for the following classes for 4 and 5 year olds. For more information visit their website www.youngatarts.usClasses for the Spring Mini-Session: May 2 – June 8Music and Movement6 Wednesdays, 12:15 – 1:15 PM $72Come and join us as we explore the world of music and movement in a fun atmosphere. Activities include: singing, dancing, games and exercises to increase

rhythmic awareness. Students are exposed to a wide range of musical styles and ap-proaches and learn skills that provide an excellent basis for those who might go on to learn an instrument or take part in a drama or dance class.Story Time / Play Time!6 Fridays, 12:15 – 1:15 PM $72Come along as we meet our familiar friends Miss Spider, Curious George, Eloise and more! We will read familiar children’s stories and use them both as inspiration and a springboard for dramatic expression and creative movement.

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Special Events Album in and Around Christ Church Bronxville

BRINGING THE BIBLE TO LIFE-FAMILY EVENT

CHRIST CHURCH BRONXVILLE YOUTH AND SCHOLA CANTORUM SINGERS PERFORM IN BRONXVILLE HIGH SCHOOLS “LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS”

Congratulations to the Christ Church Youth and Schola Cantorum members who participated in the Bronx-ville High School’s fantastic production of “Little Shop of Horrors!”

CAST LIST

Thomas DawsonMaria DevlinLee FabiaschiMeg Gourd

Lauren HarringtonWill Howard

Marianna ManganielloLorenzo SeirupCoco Vonnegut

Kathryn WhitneyMary Connors

Charlie Sorensen

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April 2007----- Sunday, April 01, 2007 ----- Palm Sunday Holy Eucharist I 8:00 AM (Lady Chapel)Palm Procession/Choral Eucharist 10:00AMChurch School 10:00 AMInformal Eucharist 5:00 PMInquirers’ Class 6:00 PM

----- Monday, April 02, 2007 ----- Monday in Holy Week HE 7:00 AM

--Tuesday, April 03, 2007 ---Tuesday in Holy Week HE 7:00 AMAA Women 9:45 AM (Con-ference Room)VFL Rehearsal 4:30 PM(Choir Room) Sing N Ring Rehearsal 6:15 PM

----- Sunday, April 08, 2007 ----- Easter Easter Service 9:00 AMEaster Egg Hunt 10:15 AM Easter Service 11:15 AM

----- Monday, April 09, 2007 ----- Easter Monday/Offi ce Closed

--Tuesday, April 10, 2007 ---NO REHEARSALS AA Women 9:45 AM (Con-ference Room)

----- Sunday, April 15, 2007 ----- Holy Eucharist I 8:00 AM (Lady Chapel) Church School/Chapel 9:45 AM Choral Family Eucharist 10:00 AMCounseling Center Concert 2:30 PMInformal Eucharist 5:00 PM

----- Monday, April 16, 2007 ----- YAA Piano,MT 1 2:00 PM (Choir Room,Taylor Hall) Confi rmation Class 7:30 PM (Crispell Lounge and Conference Room) Krista Miller Dancers (rehearsal) 8:00 PM

---Tuesday, April 17, 2007 --AA Women 9:45 AM (Con-ference Room) YAA Piano, MT 2:15 PM (Choir Room,Taylor Hall) VFL Rehearsal 4:30 PM(Choir Room) Sing N Ring Rehearsal 6:15 PM Krista Miller &Dancers (rehearsal) 8:00 PM

----- Sunday, April 22, 2007 ----- Holy Eucharist I 8:00 AM (Lady Chapel) Church School/Chapel 9:45 AMChoral Family Eucharist 10:00 AMInformal Eucharist 5:00 PM

----- Monday, April 23, 2007 ----- YAA Piano,MT 1 2:00 PM (Choir Room,Taylor Hall) Confi rmation Class 7:30 PM(Crispell Lounge and Conference Room)

----Tuesday, April 24, 2007 -AA Women 9:45 AM (Con-ference Room) YAA Piano, MT 2:15 PM(Choir Room,Taylor Hall) VFL Rehearsal 4:30 PM(Choir Room) Sing N Ring Rehearsal 6:15 PM

----- Sunday, April 29, 2007 ----- Holy Eucharist I 8:00 AM (Lady Chapel) Church School/Chapel 9:45 AMChoral Family Eucharist 10:00 AMYAA Recital 4:00 PM Informal Eucharist 5:00 PM

----- Monday, April 30, 2007 ----- YAA Piano,MT 1 2:00 PM (Choir Room,Taylor Hall)Handbell Session 7:00 PM (Un-dercroft) Confi rmation Class 7:30 PM (CrispellLounge and Conference Room)

Holy WeekPALM SUNDAY – April 1st8:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist – Rite I10:00 A.M. Family Eucharist – Rite II5:00 P.M. Informal EucharistThe offi cial title of this Sunday is The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday. In its current form it confl ates two historic Sundays – Palm and Passion Sunday and as a result is has a very distinctive and meaningful nature.The fi rst part of the service is the Lit-urgy of the Palms, which precedes the Eucharistic liturgy. The distribution, blessing and carrying of Palm Branches into the church celebrates Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem.The principal part of the service, which directly follows, is centered on the solemn proclamation of the Pas-sion Gospel. In the dramatic change from Palm to Passion Sunday we are reminded how quickly we can abandon our promises to God and our focus on God’s role in our lives. The eucharist that follows maintains a very peniten-tial atmosphere, setting the tone for Holy Week and our making the way of the cross with Christ. The service ends in silence.MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK — Holy Eucharist at 7:00 A.M.TENEBRAE – Wednesday of Holy Week – April 4th at 7:00 P.M.The name Tenebrae (which is the Latin word for darkness or shadows) has for centuries been applied to the ancient monastic night and early morning services of the last three days of Holy Week. In the current Episcopal Tradi-tion these services are abbreviated and occur only on Wednesday evening. The most striking feature of Tenebrae is the gradual extinguishing of candles and other lights until only a single candle remains – a symbol of our Lord. Toward the end of the service this candle is hidden, illustrating the appar-ent victory of the forces of darkness.Then, at the darkest moment of the service, a loud noise is made, symbol-izing the earthquake at the time of the

MAUNDY THURSDAY – April 5th at 7:00 P.M.Maundy Thursday marks the beginning of the Triduum, or three holy days before Easter. The name Maundy Thursday is derived from the Latin mandatum novum, “new commandment,” found in John 13:34. Maundy Thursday celebrationsalso commemorate the institu-tion of the eucharist by Jesus “on the night he was betrayed.” Once everyone has received communion, a member of the clergy and two acolytes process the reserve sacra-ment to the Lady Chapel. There, volunteers keep vigil

with the sacrament in one hour shifts until the service on Good Friday. We do this in remembrance of our Lord’s request to his disciples to stay awake with him in the Garden of Gethsemane. ( Please look for the sign up sheet in the narthex.) We need at least two parishioners per hour. At the conclusion of the service the lights are dimmed and the altar is stripped and washed. Any decorative elements left in the sanctuary are then removed from the church. The tone is set for Good Friday.

Resurrection (Matthew 28:2). The hid-den candle is restored and by its light all depart in silence.At heart Tenebrae is an extended musi-cal and prayerful meditation upon the events in our Lord’s life between the Last Supper and the Resurrection.

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April 2007---Wednesday, April 04, 2007 ----- Tenebrae Holy Eucharist 7:00 AMVFL 2:30 PM (Choir Room) Tenebrae 7:00 PMAA Mtg. 8:00 PM (Taylor Hall)

----- Thursday, April 05, 2007 ----Maundy Thursday Wm. Spirituality 9:30 AM AA Women 1:30 PM (Conference)Christ Church Choir 6:00 PM Schola Cantorum Rehearsal 6:00 PMMaundy Thursday Service 7:00 PM

-- Friday, April 06, 2007 --- Good Friday Good Friday Services 12:00 PMMidnight Run 7:45 PM

-Saturday, April 07, 2007 The Great Easter Vigil The Great Vigil 7:00 PM

--- Wednesday, April 11, 2007 ----- NO REHEARSALS Holy Eucharist 7:00 AM SHA!cappella 7:00 PM (Choir Room) AA Mtg. 8:00 PM Taylor Hall)

----- Thursday, April 12, 2007 ----- NO REHEARSALS Wm. Spirituality 9:30 AM (Conf.Room) HE&Healing 11:00 AM (Lady Chapel) AA Women 1:30 PM (Conference) Bronxville Adult Ed. Meditation Class 6:00 PM (Crispell)

-- Friday, April 13, 2007---First Friday Film 6:00 PM(Taylor Hall)

--- Wednesday, April 18, 2007 ----- Holy Eucharist 7:00 AMMother’s Morning Fellowship 9:00 AM (Library) YAA Pre K/K 11:45 AM (ECFCC) YAA Piano, Voice 1:00 PM (Choir Room,Taylor Hall,Chapel) VFL 2:30 PM (Choir Room)Primary choir rehearsal 3:45 PM (Choir Room) SHA!cappella 7:00 PM (Choir Room) Parish Visitors 7:30 PM (Crispell)AA Mtg. 8:00 PM (Taylor Hall)

----- Thursday, April 19, 2007 ----- Wm. Spirituality 9:30 AM (Conf.Room) HE&Healing 11:00 AM (Lady Chapel) AA Women 1:30 PM (Conference) VFL Rehearsal 4:30 PM (Choir Room) Schola Cantorum Rehearsal 7:00 PM Christ Church Choir 7:30

--Friday, April 20, 2007 ---YAA Piano, MT/Or-chestra 2:45 PM (Choir Room,Taylor Hall) Krista Miller & Dancers 7:30 PM (Taylor Hall)

-Saturday, April 21, 2007 Krista Miller & Dancers 7:30 PM (Taylor Hall)

--- Wednesday, April 25, 2007 ----- Holy Eucharist 7:00 AMMother’s Morning Fellowship 9:00 AM (Library) YAA Pre K/K 11:45 AM(ECFCC) YAA Piano, Voice 1:00 PM (Choir Room,Taylor Hall,Chapel) VFL 2:30 PM (Choir Room) Primary choir rehearsal 3:45 PM(Choir Room)SHA!cappella 7:00 PM (Choir Room) AA Board Mtg. 7:00 PMAA Mtg. 8:00 PM-10:00 PM (Taylor Hall)

Thursday, April 26, 2007 ----- Wm. Spirituality 9:30 AM (Conf.Room) Bible4Beginners 9:30 AMHE&Healing 11:00 AM (Lady Chapel)AA Women 1:30 PM (Conference) VFL Rehearsal 4:30 PM (Choir Room)Schola Cantorum Rehearsal 7:00 PM Holocuast Memorial service @ Luterans 7:30 PMChrist Church Choir 7:30 PM(Choir Room)

--Friday, April 27, 2007 ---YAA Piano, MT/Orches-tra 2:45 PM (Choir Room,Taylor Hall)

-Saturday, April 28, 2007 Charis Concert8:00 PM

GOOD FRIDAY – April 6th at 12 NoonGood Friday is the Friday before Easter Day, on which the church commemorates the cruci-fi xion of Jesus. It is a day of fasting and special acts of discipline and self-denial. The liturgy of the day includes John’s account of the Passion Gospel, a ritual form of intercession known as the Solemn Collects (dating from ancient Rome), and devotions before the cross (com-monly known as the Veneration of the Cross). The eucharist (because it is a joyful event) is not celebrated in the Episcopal Church on Good Friday, but Holy Communion is adminis-tered from the reserved sacrament. The form of this service was in place and widely practiced by the end of the fi fth century in Jerusalem.During the Good Friday liturgy, children will participate in the Stations of the Cross begin-ning in Taylor Hall. They will then move upstairs to join their parents for the Veneration of the Cross.

EASTER SATURDAY – The Great Vigil of Easter – April 7th at 7:00 P.M.The Easter Vigil is the liturgy intended as the fi rst celebration of Easter in The Book ofCommon Prayer (pp. 284-95). It is also known as the Great Vigil. The service beginsin darkness, between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter, and consists of four parts: The Service of Light (kindling of new fi re, lighting the Paschal Candle, the Exsultet); The Service of Lessons (readings from the Hebrew Scriptures interspersed with psalms, canticles, and prayers); the Renewal of Bap-tismal Vows; and the eucharist. Through this liturgy, the Church has reinstituted an ancient practice of keeping the Easter feast.

EASTER SUNDAY –April 8th at 9:00 A.M. and 11:15 A.M.The Feast of the Resurrection celebrates our Lord’s triumphant victory over sin anddeath. This celebration also ushers in the Easter Season which lasts through Pentecost,50 days later.EASTER EGG HUNT – April 8th following the 9:00 A.M. service (around 10:00 A.M.)

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SAVE THE DATE!PROGRESSIVE

DINNER

This year’s annual progressie Din-ner will be held on Saturday, May 5th, 2007 . For anyone who has not attended, this is a delightful eve-ning wherein all adult parishioners , meet at one house for cocktails from 6:00-7:30 PM. Then we all go off to various smaller groups for intimate dinners at the homes of other parishioners who have offered to be hosts. At the end, we all convene at one house to have desert at around 9:00-9:30 PM. It is so nice to have a social evening in each other’s homes. One sees friends and always gets to meet someone new as a bonus!

This year Paige and Art Nagle have AGAIN graciously offered to have the cocktail party at their lovely house and garden. Their party was so lovely and such fun and we are thrillled and grateful for their won-derful hospitality!

We have the same good fortune as Betsy and Bill Goodell have also graciously offered to host the dessert party yet again! They gave such a beautiful party last year in their lovely house. We are thrilled! Please let me know if you are able to host one of the dinners. Just let me know how many people you would like to have and we will send along that number to you! You only need to serve a main course. Starters and deserts are taken care of! You can reach me at 337-5662 or you can also e-mail me at [email protected]. We need 12 dinner hosts. I look forward to hearing from you!

(Adapted from an essay by Garrison Keillor)We make fun of Episcopalians for their blandness, their excessive calm, their fear of

giving offense, their lack of speed and also for their secret fondness for macaroni and cheese. But nobody sings like them. If you were to ask an audience in Des Moines, a relatively Episcopalianless place, to sing along on the chorus of “Michael Row the Boat Ashore,” they will look daggers at you as if you had asked them to strip to their under-wear. But if you do this among Episcopalians, they’d smile and row that boat ashore and up on the beach! ....And down the road!

Many Episcopalians are bred from childhood to sing in four-part harmony, a talent that comes from sitting on the lap of someone singing alto or tenor or bass and hearing the harmonic intervals by putting your little head against that person’s rib cage. It’s natu-ral for Episcopalians to sing in harmony. We are too modest to be soloists, too worldly to sing in unison. When you’re singing in the key of C and you slide into the A7th and D7th chords, all two hundred of you, it’s an emotionally fulfi lling moment. By our join-ing in harmony, we somehow promise that we will not forsake each other.

I do believe this, people: Episcopalians, who love to sing in four-part harmony are the sort of people you could call up when you’re in deep distress. If you are dying, they will comfort you. If you are lonely, they’ll talk to you. And if you are hungry, they’ll give you tuna salad!

•Episcopalians believe in prayer, but would practically die if asked to pray out loud. •Episcopalians like to sing, except when confronted with a new hymn or a hymn with more than four stanzas. •Episcopalians believe their rectors will visit them in the hospital, even if they don’t notify them that they are there. •Episcopalians usually follow the offi cial liturgy and will feel it is their way of suffering for their sins.

•Episcopalians believe in miracles and even expect miracles, especially during theirstewardship visitation programs or when passing the plate.

•Episcopalians feel that applauding for their children’s choirs will not make the kidstoo proud and conceited.

•Episcopalians think that the Bible forbids them from crossing the aisle while passingthe peace.

•Episcopalians drink coffee as if it were the Third Sacrament. •Episcopalians feel guilty for not staying to clean up after their own weddingreception in the Fellowship Hall.

•Episcopalians are willing to pay up to one dollar for a meal at church. •Episcopalians still serve Jell-O in the proper liturgical color of the season and •Episcopalians believe that it is OK to poke fun at themselves and never take themselves too seriously.

•And fi nally, you know you are a Episcopalian when: -It’s 100 degrees, with 90% humidity, and you still have coffee after the service. -You hear something really funny during the sermon and smile as loudly as you can. -Donuts are a line item in the church budget, just like coffee. -When you watch a Star Wars movie and they say, “May the Force be with you,” and you respond, “and also with you.”

And lastly, it takes ten minutes to say good-bye . . . .

Contributed by Arthur Taylor

Garrison Keillor on Episcopalians

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HappeningsCHANGE IS AFOOT AT CHRIST CHURCH!

The vestry, staff and clergy are grateful for the thoughtful refl ec-tions and candid opinions voiced by parishioners at our Annual Meeting and through the all-parish question-naire—about what we’re doing well at Christ Church and where we need to grow and improve. As a direct result of your input, we have already imple-mented some changes, with more to come.

•The Parish Offi ce is now open on Fridays from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

•Discussions with the Diocese and Region II are in full swing about how to hire a half-time priest, with a start date in September, to focus on teen youth programs, college chaplaincy and facilitating Diocesan-wide events.

•The fi rst “Working Mothers’ Fellowship,” a spin-off of “Mothers’ Morning Fellowship,” will be offered for working mothers on Thursday March 22nd with regular dates to follow.

•Christ Church is actively exploring a partnership with San Andres, St. Mark’s and St. Paul’s churches in Yonkers to expand our defi nition and experience of mission and outreach.

Plans are well underway for a small group of parishioners to travel to Malawi, Africa this sum-mer. The response to this proposed transformational journey from Christ Church has been overwhelm-ing and we are nearing our goal of ten travelers ready for a journey to the heart of Africa they will never forget. The members of the GAIA Interest Group (or GIG) have been meeting regularly throughout the year and there are many activities planned so that the whole congrega-tion can get behind this wonderful

effort in mission. More to come from the Rev. Kate Malin on that topic!

Our own journey was inspired by the efforts of Dr. Don Thomas, Board member of GAIA (Global Aids Interfaith Alli-ance), who put together two groups of travelers in June and July of 2006. This summer our own merry band hopes to bring a variety of life experiences and skills to focus on the incredible poverty and needs of Malawi and to make lasting connections with a place very different from our comfortable existence in Westchester, NY. We plan to visit hospitals, clinics, schools and a variety of Aids Service Organizations in order to understand the needs of the people in their battle to fi ght HIV/AIDS, pov-erty and lack of education.

Some of our members plan to share music, song, and prayer, others medical skills and even engineering experience. All of us can reach out to the children and orphans of Malawi and simply read or sing songs with them. Each traveler hopes to bring a second suitcase fi lled with supplies for orphans, schools, villages and hospitals (that is the safest way to bring assistance in the third world). Please look out for the many exciting ways that you can be involved and ALL are welcome to join us at our next GIG meeting on Friday April 20th to continue planning this important and life altering venture. Help us become a voice for our brothers and sisters that have no voice.

--Dr. Etta Eskridge and the Rev. Kate Malin

“GENTLY USED” CLOTHING SALE COMING UP IN JUNE

The second major event to fund Christ Church’s Transformational Journey to Malawi and other parish-wide mission efforts will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 1st and 2nd. Mark your calendars for this sale of gently used men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, boutique items and other goodies. On Friday Night, we will host a preview of the sale with music, wine and cheese. As you start Spring Cleaning, please put aside those items you might wish to donate. We will begin accepting donations after Easter. For more information, and to volunteer for the sale, please contact the Rev. Kate Malin at [email protected].

FAST FOR MALAWI PLEDGE CARDS

If you are partici-pating in the Fast for Malawi effort to support Christ Church’s Transfor-mational Journey to Africa this sum-mer, please send in your check for the equivalent dollar

amount of your fast during Lent made out to Christ Church Bronxville with “Fast for Malawi” in the memo line, or drop your pledge in an offering plate on Palm Sunday or Easter. If you didn’t participate in the fast but would still like to make a contribution, it would be most welcome.

TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY TO MALAWI FROM CHRIST CHURCH

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ADULT FORUMS IN APRIL•There will be no scheduled forums on April 1st (Palm Sunday) or April 8th (Easter Sunday).

•On Sunday April 15th, help us welcome Fr. Matthew Moretz, curate at St. Paul’s, Yonkers. Matthew is part of a ministry team seeking to “re-plant” St. Paul’s by focusing on evangelism, children, and new members. He will talk about this effort as well as his video web log “Father Matthew Presents”featured on the popular website YouTube (www.youtube.com/fathermatthew).

•On Sunday April 22nd, join us for a “Vision Awareness” Forum about the current and future ministries of Christ Church.

PRAYER DURING HOLY WEEKFor Bronxville area residents, this year’s Holy Week is both a time for prayer and for many a

time for much needed family vacations. Finding the time for church during your ski trip or swim-ming at the beach may be diffi cult. One easy way to meet that challenge is through family prayer. Easy times for prayer are in the morning, in the evening and also during meals when family mem-bers tend to be under one roof.

A nice way to begin prayer is with one of the following responses. During Lent you can follow the response by saying all or part of the given Lenten litany. The Easter prayer is particularly ap-propriate when said over an Easter feast.

Christian Formation: Upcoming Sundays at Christ

ChurchNURSERY

Located on the third fl oor of the Child Center, this resource is staffed by two loving and caring professionals from 9:45 A.M. to noon each Sunday so that parents can take full advantage of the Adult Forum after the 10:00 A.M. service. Parents are also welcome and encouraged as extra volun-teers.

FIRST FRIDAY FILMS DATE CHANGE

The fi rst Friday of April is Good Friday, so the First Friday Film will be moved to the following Friday, April 13th. For a change of pace, we will be screening the black comedy “Beetlejuice.” Di-rected by Tim Burton, Beetlejuice is the story of recently deceased newlyweds (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who fi nd them-selves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful New England farm-house. Their peace is disrupted when a yuppie family, the Deetzs, buy their house. Too nice and harmless as ghosts, all their ef-forts to scare the Deetzs away are unsuccessful. The couple turns to another ghost, “Beetlejuice” (Michael Keaton) for help and they are led on a series of wildly bizarre afterlife exploits. The fi lm’s hilarious supporting cast includes Catherine O’Hara, Jef-frey Jones and Winona Ryder. We meet in Taylor Hall for fellowship and refreshment at 6:30 pm, the fi lm at 7:00 and some low-key theological refl ection at 9:00.

Adult Forums are held in Taylor Hall, immediately following the 10:00 AM service.

In the Morning Lord open our lips.

And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to

the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

on Easter add Alleluia

In the EveningO God, make speed to save us.O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is

now, and will be for ever. Amen.on Easter add Alleluia

Create in us a clean heart, O God.and renew a right spirit within us.Create in me a clean heart,O God and renew a right spirit within me.Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving –kindnessIn your great compassion blot out my offenses.Renew a right spirit within me.Wash me through and through from mywickednessAnd cleanse me from sin.Renew a right spirit within me.

For I know my transgressionsAnd my sin is ever before me.Renew a right spirit within me.Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure;Wash me, and I shall be clean indeed.Renew a right spirit within me.Give me the joy of your saving help againAnd sustain me with your bountiful spirit.Renew a right spirit within me.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and tothe Holy Spirit.Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a right spirit within me.

Easter PrayerBlessed are you, O Lord our God; you bring forth bread from the Earth and make the risen Lord

to be for us the Bread of life: Grant that we who daily seek bread which sustains our bodies may also hunger for the food of everlasting life, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lenten Litany

It can also be meaningful to offer personal prayers that are refl ective of the Holy Week journey at Christ Church. On Palm Sunday we remember Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. On Tenebrae the candles in Christ Church are slowly put out. Light some candles in your home or hotel and have your children blow them out one by one. The Lord’s Prayer would be a wonderful offering on Maundy Thursday. Maundy Thursday is the day that Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper. On Good Friday we remember Jesus’ death on the cross. Have your children draw a cross and refl ect on the meaning of Jesus’ death. It may help to pose questions such as “I wonder how Jesus’ fam-ily felt when he died”. On the Saturday of Holy Week we refl ect on Jesus in the tomb. Spend a few moments in silence. Finally on Easter Sunday celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. Use your family mealtimes to rejoice in the food of everlasting life, Jesus Christ.

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Hosted by the Village Lutheran Church

Each year, the villages of Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe gather to commemo-rate the Holocaust. This year marks the 16th consecutive year of community coopera-tion to remember the atrocities of that dark time, to honor those who stood up against oppression and hatred in the

past, and to commit ourselves to combating ignorance, intolerance and violence in our world today. The Commemoration is organized by a committee comprised of Jewish and Christian clergy, concerned citizens, public school offi cials and civic leaders. Each year a different faith congregation hosts the event and one of the public schools provides some of the music. An art and essay contest is held in the locals schools and the winning students are recognized in a ceremony held prior to the Commemoration.

This year, the theme is “It Starts With One,” and the keynote speaker will be Ms. Yvette Rugasaguhunga, a 26 year old survivor of the Rwandan genocide who lost her grandmother, her father and four siblings. She came to the United States in 2003, is a senior at Manhattanville and has spoken around the metro area.

The service begins at 7:30 pm in the Sanctuary, with a reception to follow.

“WORDS AND BIRDS” ART EXHIBIT AT GENERAL SEMINARY

A solo exhibit of mixed media collage paintings by Caroline Coolidge Brown (who presented her work in an Adult Fo-rum in Taylor Hall during Advent) in the St. Mark’s Library of the General Theological Seminary.This exhibit will be on view April 27th - May 24th, 2007 A Reception will be held on Friday, April 27th from 5 - 7 pmIf you would like to join a group from Christ Church, please contact the Rev. Kate Malin at [email protected] from the exhibit will be on view at the artist’s website, www.CarolineCBrown.com, after March 15th.

16TH ANNUAL HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION THURSDAY APRIL 26TH

Taylor Hall Presents

Christ Church’s Children’s Chris-tian Formation Coordinator Krista Miller will present her company, Krista Miller + Dancers, in Yaihee: An Evening of Dance. Miller’s dances have been described as “idiosyncratic and mysterious” and evoking both the “demonic and the Godly simultaneously”. Her chore-ography employs religious imag-ery, exaggerated character, facial expressions and props to highlight the importance of performed move-ment versus that of the every day. Krista’s movement echoes martial arts, ballet, hip-hop and often in-cludes idiosyncratic outbursts that are decidedly Miller’s own. Performances will take place in Taylor Hall Friday, April 20th and Saturday, April 21st at 7:30pm. Tickets are a suggested donation of $15. For reservations call Krista at the Church 914-337-3544 X103 or e-mail [email protected].

“A VARIETY OF GIFTS” ART EXHIBIT AT TRINITY WALL STREET

Don’t miss this exhibition of visual arts by members of the NY chapter of ECVA (Episcopal Church and Visual Arts). The exhibition is hosted by the parish of Trinity Church-St. Paul’s Chapel in the Trinity Museum, in Trinity Church (Broadway and Wall Street). On view April 1st - June 5th, 2007 with an Opening Reception Sunday, April 1st, from 1 - 4 PM..

Young at Arts is holding auditions for its summer musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for students who will be going into the 5th - 9th grades. Contact Young at Arts at [email protected] or 914 562 1938 for more information.

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Sun. Apr. 1st-Palm Sunday8:00 AM Holy Eucharist – Rite I10:00 AM Palm Procession/Choral Eucharist – Rite II5:00 PM Informal Eucharist6:00 PM Inquirer’s Class

Mon. Apr. 2nd-Monday in Holy Week; 7:00 AM Holy Eucharist

Tues. Apr. 3rd-7:00 AM Holy Eucharist

Wed. Apr. 4th-Tenebrae; 7:00 AM Holy Eucharist; 7:00 PM Tenebrae

Thurs. Apr. 5th-Maundy Thursday; 7:00 PM Maundy Thursday Services

Fri. Apr. 6th-Good Friday; 12:00 PM Good Friday Services; 7:45 Midnight Run

Sat.Apr. 7th-7:00 PM The Great Vigil of Easter

Sun. Apr. 8th-9:00 A.M Easter Service; 10:15 AM Easter Egg Hunt; 11:15 AM Easter Service

Mon. Apr. 9th Easter Monday/Offi ce Closed

Tues.Apr. 10th-No Rehearsals

Wed. Apr. 11th-No Rehearsals

Thurs. Apr. 12th-No Rehearsals

Fri. Apr. 13th-6:00 PM First Friday Film (Taylor Hall)

Sun. Apr. 15th 2:30 PM Counseling Center Concert

Wed. Apr. 18th-7:30 PM Parish Visitors Meeting (Crispell Lounge)

Fri Apr. 20th-7:30 PM Krista Miller and Dancers Performance (Taylor Hall)

Sat. Apr. 21st-7:30 PM Krista Miller and Dancers Performance (Taylor Hall)

Sat. Apr. 28th-8:00 PM Charis Concert

APRIL HIGHLIGHTS

HOLY WEEKPalm Sunday – April 1st 8:00 AM Holy Eucharist – Rite I10:00 AM Palm Procession/Choral Eucharist – Rite II5:00 PM Informal Eucharist

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week — Holy Eucharist at 7:00 AMTenebrae – Wednesday of Holy Week – April 4th at 7:00 PMMaundy Thursday –April 5th at 7:00 PMGood Friday – April 6th at 12 PMEaster Saturday – The Great Vigil of Easter April 7th at 7:00 PMEaster Sunday – April 8th at 9:00 A.M. and 11:15 AM