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The Memorial Church of St.Luke, the Beloved Physician

150 Years of Ministry1861-2011

1946 Welsh RoadPhiladelphia, PA 19115215.969.3645 (office)[email protected]

www.stlukesbustleton.webs.com

SERVICESSundays:10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharistwith musicFollowed immediately byrefreshments and fellowship inthe parish hall.

Wednesdays:7:30 p.m. Healing Eucharist

ACTIVITIESAdult Forum- discussion:Lenten Study: Spiritual

Discipline and PrayerMondays-7:00p.m.

Contemplative PrayerWednesdays 6:45 p.m.in the church office

Inside this issue:

Birthdays............................... 4Calendar................................9Fish Fry Photos.....................5Help Wanted..........................6H. House Book Drive.............7

News...................................3,4Prayer Requests......................4Rectors Message................1,2Reminders.............................2Sunday School Funnies.........6Those Who Serve..................3Trivia......................................8Welcome Visitors.................. 2Word Puzzle..........................8

The Winged OxThe Winged Ox is the Ancient Symbol ofSt. Luke, the Beloved Physician

A Newsletter for the People of The Memorial

Church of St. Luke, the Beloved Physician April 2011 Issue 126

Chronos and Kairos

In the Greek language, the language in which the New Testament is written,there are two words used to denote time: Chronos and Kairos. I say thatthese are two words for time but thats not quite right because they meandifferent things. Chronos is time as we ordinarily think of it. It is the time inwhich we spend most of our time. One thing follows on another as onemoment passes into another. You might think of the hands of a clockrotating around the faceeach movement of the second hand is amovement from instant to another. Chronos is like that phrase were all

familiar with from daytime television: it is like sands through the hourglass.In contrast, Kairos is an altogether different sense of time. It is significant

time; it is time that cannot be measure by a clock. It is time that may bepermeated or saturated with meaning; it is a time when God breaks into theworld. Not surprisingly, in the New Testament there are several referencesto Kairos because there are several occasions on which God breaks through

into the events and lives of the authors of the New Testament. So Kairos isa thin time, if you will. The Celtic peoples often spoke of thin places; thatis, places where the divide between heaven and earth is thin. These areparticularly sacred places because they are places where we can come intoclose contact with God. Kairos is the temporal equivalent of thisphenomenon. Kairos is a time when the space between Gods time and ourusual time collapse into one another, and we have an opportunity toexperience God immediately.

Perhaps we have had the experience of Kairos. It may have been a personalor family eventthe birth of a child, the death of a loved one, etc. Theseare times when Gods grace seems to break through in order to fill our liveswith meaning. These occasions cannot be measured by a clock. There is toomuch significance. This is also the time that we enter when we fullyparticipate in the Eucharistic liturgy or other sacramental rites. Time isqualitatively different on such occasions because God has entered into therite to lend it new meaning and to allow the events of these times totransform our ordinary experience so that our very person is transformed.

Of course, Holy Week and Easter are particularly momentous occasions ofKairos. They are episodes where God has broken through the time ofhistory to make time itself, and our experience of it completely different. Infact, as a consequence of the Christ resurrection on Easter, the Churchbegan to see the meaning of Sunday itself in a completely new light. It was

both the first day of the week and the eighth day of the week. In otherwords, Sunday became the beginning of the work weekthe beginning ofChronos after the Kairos of the Sabbath rest observed by our Jewishbrothers and sisters. But it also became the eighth day, which is to say, anentry into Gods time so that each week when Sunday rolls around we cansee it as not simply the beginning of the weekDay 1 of 7 as it werebutas the day in which the Lord has acted to occasion our salvationculmination of time itselfDay 8 of 7 or the first day of eternity. It isliterally the day of the Lord about which the prophets spoke.


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WELCOME VISITORS!Areyou a new reader? Come visit us! Were so glad thatyou picked up this publication; we hope you will findit interesting and worth your time and we hope you

will take the next step and worship with us sometime.If you are worshiping with us, we welcome you!Whatever your religious background, and howeveryou have come to be here, we welcome you to St.Lukes. Please let us know who you are by signingour guest book (by the door) or filling out a cardfound in the pews. You can hand your card to anusher, or put it in the collection plate when it comeslater.

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As we approach Holy Week and Easter it is good for us to do more, then, than simply reflect on the events in Jesus

life. In addition, we should strive to enter fully into the Spirit of Kairos and to see ourselves as celebrating Godsentry into the creation in order to redeem it. And since God acted in this way, it is not incorrect for us, thebeneficiaries of Gods action, to see our time as no longer just Chronos but as Kairos-filled. Each of our days is the

day that the Lord has made.

We can begin to experience this more fully by sanctifying each day by spending some amount of time in prayer or

reflection. By setting aside a few minutes each day to spend with God, so that we allow a time in our day to notice

and give thanks for Gods presence in our time and in our life.

I wish you all a blessed Holy Week and Easter. May those parts of you that keep you separated from God be buried

with Christ so that your True Self may be resurrected and offered to God.

God Bless,

Father Tim +

19th Annotation Retreat: As noted in the bulletin that Father Tim will be offering what is referred to as a 19th

annotation retreat or a retreat in ordinary life. 19th Annotation refers to a particular note in the Spiritual Exercises

of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. During his conversion from a somewhat wayward life, St.Ignatius developed the Spiritual Exercises. Essentially he would reflect on passages of Scripture or other types ofmeditations in order to draw closer to God and to discern Gods meaning for his life. In the end, Ignatius began tooffer these Exercises to his friends and fellow priests, which proved to be the beginning of the Society of Jesus, morepopularly known as the Jesuits. As originally conceived by Ignatius, one who was going through the Exercises wouldgo on retreat for a month during which s/he would spend 3-4 hours daily at prayer. However, for those who were notable to leave the world in this way, Ignatius permitted them to work through the exercises while going about theirordinary lives. So instead of praying 3-4 hours per day, those who remained in the world would spend one hour perday praying over material assigned for the week. And the length of time for performing the Exercises was extendedto about six months. In addition, the one making the Exercises would meet with a spiritual director once each week todiscuss how the previous weeks prayer had gone.So that is a brief summary of what a 19th Annotation retreat is. If anyone is interested in making such a retreatbeginning in September, please see Father Tim.


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REMIDERS:

The deadline for the

May WIGED OX

will be April 18th.

Palm Sunday- April 17

at 10:30am

Stations of the Cross and

Healing Eucharist -April

20 starting 6:45pm

Maundy Thursday- April

21 at 7:30pm

Good Friday - April 22 at

3:00pm

Easter Sunday- April 24

at 10:30am

Those Who Serve

Sunday, April 3

Chalice Bearer: J. BrambillaReaders: J. Brambilla, C. RodriguezUshers: J. Oxenford, J. Shahene

Altar Guild: K. Kenny, S. NesbittCoffee Hour: H. Roland, R.Whaley, J. Glenn, N. Hurley, S.Remick

Counters: J & J Litzke

Sunday, April 10

Chalice Bearer : S. Carmody

Readers: C. Martino, S. CarmodyUshers : T. Truesdale, K. GibsonAltar Guild: J. Oxenford, C.CotugnoCoffee Hour G. Hair, L. Woods-Kriss, K. Kenny, S. Nesbitt

Counters: B& D Shifflett

Sunday, April 17Chalice Bearer: L. CarterReaders: M. Geiger, L. Carter

Ushers: J. Oxenford, J. LitzkeAltar Guild: S & C. CarmodyCoffee Hour: J & J Litzke,J.Gardner, J. Oxenford

Counters: J. Brambilla, R. Whaley

Maundy Thursday April 21

Chalice Bearer: B. Kaufold

Readers: C. Martino, J. Oxenford

Sunday, April 24 (Easter)

Chalice Bearer: J. GlennReaders: B. Kaufold, J. BrambillaUshers: J. Shahene, T. TruesdaleAltar Guild: G & B Hair, J. WoodsNo Coffee Hour

Counters: C. Rodriguez, A. Thorpe

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EWS

Church School / ursery

Easter Egg Hunt

The Church

School will

be having itsannual Easter

Egg Hunt on

Easter

Sunday, April 24 immediately

following the church service.

We are asking that

parishioners help us by

supplying wrapped candies.

We will not be needing

plastics eggs this year, as we

have enough left over from

last year. Donations of candy,

as well as used Easter baskets,would be greatly appreciated.

All donations should be

brought in no later than Palm

Sunday, April 17.

Church School will meet on

Sunday, April 3 at 10:20 a. m.

in the parish hall. There will

be no Church School on Palm

Sunday, April. The children

will meet in the hall with their

relatives for the processionwith palms into church.


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PRAYERS PLEASEPRAYERS PLEASEPRAYERS PLEASEPRAYERS PLEASEMembers: Joyce, Dorothy,

Elaine, Ruth B., Nancy H.,

Edna, Alan, Mabel, Ruth L.,

Louise, Betty K, Cheri, Rita,

Emma, Clara, Joan W.,

Emma, Virginia, Len,

Andreas, Chikako

Friends and Family: Kathy,

Robert, Arlyne, Nancy,

Martha, Bobby, Joselyn,

Curtis, Francine, Lynda,

Ruth, James, Esinger family,

James, MerriLee, Sandra,Joyce, Emma, the people of

Japan, the people of Libya

Those Serving in the

Armed Forces: William

B., Billy S., Chris G.,

Kevin M., Alex G.,

Andrew R., Chris K.,

John R., Chris R., Eric

B., Rob D., Jerry F.,

Thomas H., Tom B.,

Casey R., Jermaine, Bradley,

Michael, Matthew, Maxx,Soren.

HAPPY BIRTHDAYHAPPY BIRTHDAYHAPPY BIRTHDAYHAPPY BIRTHDAY

APRIL.3- Cheri Carmody

7-Lisa Jo Woods-Kriss

11-Joan Mitchell

14-Betty Kaufold

16-Tom Truesdale

27-Michael Esposito III

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EWS

Our Church looked

beautiful at

Christmas. Please

help make it beautifulagain for Easter.

Make a contributionin memory or in

honor of a loved and

use the enclosedenvelope. All Easter Flower envelopes

should in the parish office by Tuesday, April

19th. Make your check payable to St. Lukes

and write a memo Easter Flowers.

Thank you!

Dear Friends:

As the new Rectors Warden, I would like to thankFr. Tim for giving me the honor of serving ourchurch, and the parishioners. As part of my job, Iwould welcome any suggestions or issues thatanyone would like to discuss with me. If need be,I will bring whatever issue or concern to Fr. Timand/or the vestry. All feedback is important, soplease, dont hesitate to call me or speak to me atcoffee hour. St. Lukes is a very important part ofour lives and we want to be here for each otherand the community.

As the warm weather approaches, I look forwardto seeing our attendance increase. For two weeksin a row we had over fifty people in church. Thiswas awesome! We want to welcome all of ourvisitors each week and pray that they will becomea part of our St. Lukes Christian Family.

Many thanks, to Barbara Kaufold, for herdedication to St. Lukes as a Vestry member andRectors Warden. I know that I have big shoesto fill and I pray that God gives me the strength,

and know how to continue in her footsteps

May God continue to bless Fr. Tim who is theheart of our church.

Love to all,

Jackie

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LETE FISH FRY 2011

HAIL TO THE CHEF! Carlos Rodriguez made a fish feast that was enjoyed bymany! Many thanks to Carlos and all who have contributed to make this

annual event happen!


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SUDAY SCHOOL FUIES

A little girl was talking to her teacher

about whales.

The teacher said it was physically

impossible for a whale to swallow a human

because even though it was a very large

mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that Jonah was

swallowed by a whale.

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a

whale could not swallow a human; it was

physically impossible.

The little girl said, 'When I get to heaven

I will ask Jonah'.

The teacher asked, 'What if Jonah went

to hell?'

The little girl replied, 'Then you ask him'.

A Sunday school teacher was

discussing the Ten Commandments withher five and six year olds.

After explaining the commandment to

'honor' thy Father and thy Mother,

she asked, 'Is there a commandment

that teaches us how to treat our

brothers and sisters?'

From the back, one little boy (theoldest of a family) answered, 'Thou

shall not kill.'

The children were lined up

in the cafeteria of a

Catholic elementary school

for lunch. At the head of

the table was a large pile

of apples. The nun made a

note, and posted on theapple tray:

'Take only ONE . God is

watching.'

Moving further along the

lunch line, at the other end

of the table was a large

pile of chocolate chipcookies.

A child had written a note,

'Take all you want. God is

watching the apples.'


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Word Puzzle

T F R E E D H I M P

N R S V W I B U T O

G O D E A T H P J W

I M P O S S I B L E

B E C A U S E F O R

R A I S E D A C T S

H E L D H A V I N G

(Acts 2:24) But God raised him

up, having freed him from death,

because it was impossible for him

to be held in its power. (NRSV)

Word List

IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE

RAISED HAVING POWER

FREED DEATH NRSV HELD

FROM ACTS WAS ITS HIM

GOD FOR BUT UP TO

EASTER TRIVIA

Easter has been named after Eastre, an

Anglo-Saxon goddess. The symbols of

the goddess were the hare and the egg.

Easter always falls between March 22nd

and April 25th.

The first Easter basket was given the

appearance of a bird's nest.

Chocolate eggs were made for the first

time in Europe, in the 19th century. Till

date, they remain one of the favorite

Easter treats. Easter is the top-sellingconfectionery holiday in the west,

second only to Halloween.

On Easter, 76% people bite off the

chocolate bunny ears first, while 5%

bite the feet first and 4% eat the tail

first.

As per the Guinness Book of World

Records, the largest Easter egg made till

date, was just over 25-ft high and was

made of chocolate and marshmallow.

Weighing at 8,968 lbs., the egg was

supported by an internal steel frame.

For Americans, Easter is the second

most important candy-eating occasion

of the year, after Halloween.

In the mid-20th century, it used to take

as much as 27 hours to make a

marshmallow peep. Today, the time has

been reduced to six minutes.

Hot cross buns, made by European

monks, are counted amongst the earliest

Easter treats. They were given to the

poor people, during the month of Lent.


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APRIL 2011Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

1-7:00P-AASpirituality

Meeting in Hall

2-10a-Yoga in

Hall11:30a-Al-Anon

Mtg in

Hall

3-4th Sundayin Lent

10:30a:Holy

Eucharist

10:20-Church

School

11:45a: Coffee

Hr. In Hall

4-7:00p-AAMeeting in Hall

7:00p-AdultForum

5-8:00P-AAMeeting in Hall

66:45P-Stations of the

Cross in Hall

7:30P -Holy

Eucharist with

Healing in

Church

7 87:00P-AA

Spirituality

Meeting in Hall

910a- Yoga in

Hall

11:30a-Al-Anon

Mtg in Hall

10-5th Sundayin Lent

10:30a:HolyEucharist

11:45: Coffee

Hr. In Hall


7:00p-Vestry

Meeting in

Church Office

128:00P-AA

Meeting in Hall

136:45P-Stations of the

Cross in Hall

7:30P -Holy

Eucharist with

Healing in

Church

14 157:00P-AA

Spirituality

Meeting in Hall

16-10a-Yogain Hall

11:30a-Al-Anon

Mtg in

Hall

17 -PalmSunday

10:30a:Holy

Eucharist11:45: Coffee

Hr. In Hall


198:00P-AA

Meeting in Hall

20 6:45P-Stations of the

Cross in Hall

7:30P -Holy

Eucharist with

Healing inChurch

21-

7:30pMaundy

Thursday in

Church

22-3:00p-Good Friday

service in

Church

7:00P-AASpirituality

Meeting in Hall

23-10a-Yogain Hall

11:30a-Al-Anon

Mtg in

Hall

24-EasterSunday

10:30a:Holy

Eucharist

followed by

egg hunt


268:00P-AA

Meeting in Hall

27 6:45P-Contemplative

prayer in Office

7:30P -Holy

Eucharist with

Healing in

Church

28 29-7:00P-AA

Spirituality

Meeting in Hall

30-10a-Yogain Hall

11:30a-Al-Anon

Mtg in

Hall

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The Memorial Church of St. Luke the Beloved Physician

1946 Welsh Road

Philadelphia, PA 19115

[email protected]

www.stlukesbustleton.webs.com

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