THE WINDOW
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Sunday Worship
Sunday Worship
16 Easter Sunday No PM Service
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23 New Members 24 Class 9:30 am/ Metro East Chorale 3 pm/No PM Service
4 Romeo’s Breakfast 8 am/ Juliet 8:30 am/ Women’s Study 10 am
5 Wednesday Activities
11 Romeo’s Breakfast 8 am/ Women’s Study 10 am
12 Wednesday Activities
18 Romeo’s Breakfast 8 am/ Juliet 8:30 am/ Women’s Study 10 am
19 Wednesday Activities/ WOM
25 Romeo’s Breakfast 8 am/ Women’s Study 10 am
6 Women’s Study 6:30 pm/ Open VB 7 pm
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WHERE WILL YOU BE DURING WINSTANLEY HOLY WEEK?
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Volume 68, Issue 4 April 2017
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13 14 Maundy Thursday Good Friday Service 7 pm Service 7 pm 20 Women’s Study 6:30 pm/ Open VB 7 pm
27 Women’s Study 6:30 pm/ Open VB 7 pm
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15 Easter Egg Hunt-10 am
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Believe me, there is plenty else I could say about what is happening around Winstanley Baptist Church. If you read the rest of The Window, you will discover that. As we approach the most important time in the life of the church and in the Christian year, however, I want to talk about nothing else than Holy Week. It’s not merely that we commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus, valuable as that is.
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It’s not that we make an extra effort to participate and also to invite new and other people to our services.
29 Robbins Class Get-Together 4 pm
Sunday Schedule 8:15 & 10:55 am Worship 9:30 Sunday School 6:00 pm Evening Worship
30 New Members Class 9:30 am
Wednesday Activities 5:00 pm Dinner 6-6:30 pm Children’s Choir 6-7 pm Prayer meeting Mission Friends Youth Worship Handbells 6:30-7:15 pm RA’s/GA’s 7-8 pm Chancel Choir 8:30 pm Open Basketball
It’s not that we celebrate Easter alongside spring-time as a season of new life and renewal. Holy Week is that time of year when we, with other followers of Jesus, walk through the last week of His life and remember very personally what He did for us. First, we exult in Jesus’ Kingship on Palm Sunday and shout our own hosannas. Come Maundy Thursday, we make sober assessments of our life on the same night that Jesus partook of a meal with His disciples and then was betrayed and arrested.
Easter Week Schedule Maundy Thursday, April 13 at 7 pm
In the church library…. “All the Gallant Men”-Donald Stratton, this is the first memoir by a USS Arizona survivor. An American sailor’s firsthand account of Pearl Harbor.
Good Friday, April 14 at 7 pm A Tenebrae Service Easter Egg Hunt, April 15 at 10 am Easter Sunday, services at 8:15 and 10:55 am “The Rose of Calvary” will be presented by the Chancel Choir with preaching by Dr. Steve
The following night we worship in a sanctuary that is finally filled with darkness, just as the world was given to darkness at the death of Jesus. Our hearts are broken as we remember and reflect. Then, we have an early celebration of Easter on Saturday, April 15, when our children gather for the Second Annual Easter Egg Hunt. We believe it is vital that our children come to learn the story of Jesus and Holy Week, too. Finally, on Easter morning we will figuratively blow the doors off with joy and triumph as we revel in the truth, wonder, and mystery of Jesus’ resurrection from the tomb. Holy Week is never complete without the services of Easter Sunday. But I tell you this, too. To get the full experience of Easter, you need to be here the preceding Sunday and throughout the week. Your life will be richer for it. Your Christian walk will be deepened because of it. Holy Week will conclude with your wanting more of Jesus in your life, and that’s how it should be. Grateful to be your pastor, Dr. Steve
Metro East Community Chorale at Winstanley on April 23 at 3 pm The chorale has a little something for everybody’s musical favorite style. From Gospel music with “No Hidin’ Place” to Broadway with an excerpt from the musical “Godspell” to the ever popular “What A Wonderful World”. The audience will surely enjoy an entertaining afternoon. The late Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” has become one of the most popular and recognizable songs. The chorale has really enjoyed rehearsing this beautiful song. A free will offering will be taken. All ages are welcome to attend.
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