Weekly parish email for
Easter Sunday: April 20th, 2025
Holy Week and Easter Observances:
Thursday, April 17th: Maundy Thursday – 7:00 p.m.
- Holy Communion
- The Stripping of the Altar
- Vigil: “Could you not watch with me for one hour?” – 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Friday, April 18th: Liturgy of Good Friday – 12:00 noon and 5:00 p.m.
- Solemn Collects
- St. John’s Passion Narrative
- Veneration of the Cross
Note the later afternoon/early evening option, for those who may not be able to make the noonday observation.
Saturday, April 19th: Holy Saturday – 7:00 p.m.
- Great Vigil of Easter
- Lighting of the New Fire
- Renewal of Baptismal Vows
- Holy Communion
Sunday, April 20th: Easter Sunday – 10:30 a.m.
- Holy Communion for the Feast of the Resurrection
- Nota Bene: There will not be a fellowship meal following the service this day, as there usually is, in order that those who would normally prepare it may share their Easter meal with loved ones who are not members of this parish.
Contents:
- Propers (Collect and Lessons) for Palm Sunday, with hymns.
- Link to “Watch this Sunday’s live-stream” on our parish website.
- Parish Announcements for the week of April 20th, 2025
Propers for Easter Sunday.
The Book of Common Prayer 1928.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout Easter Week.
The Epistle. Colossians iii. 1.
IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
The Gospel. St. John xx. 1.
THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
Hymns:
Processional Hymn: “Low in the grave he lay” [insert]
Sermon Hymn: “Hail thee, festival day” #86
Communion Hymn: “At The Lamb’s High Feast We Sing” #210
Recessional Hymn: “Jesus Christ is ris’n today” #85
Our website is found at cca-nc.org. This website should simplify and streamline our information-sharing quite a bit, including the fact that our most current YouTube live-stream will always be found at “Watch this Sunday’s live-stream,” accessible from the menu-bar at the top of the page.
The website is also a place to check our “Current operating status” – in other words, whether or not the church is open for services, in case of inclement weather (or unusual episodes like the sabotage of transformers a few years ago). If in doubt, check us out! Other options include Meet Our Clergy, Who We Are, Services and Office Hours, and How to find us.
All of these links can also be found by scrolling down the main page, as can also sections on “Find Your Place” – ministries of the parish, which you may wish to join – “Recent Media,” both video and audio, and “Recent Posts” on our nascent blog page. The goal is for this to become a “one-stop shop” for information about Christ Church Anglican.
If you have any questions or issues, please contact our media team at [email protected]. And if you wish to volunteer for our media team, please contact our IT/AV/Social media specialist, John Fesq, at [email protected].
Announcements for the Week of Sunday, April 20, 2025
If you are visiting us: Welcome to Christ Church Anglican, Southern Pines! Thank you for being with us. We are very pleased to have you join us for the service, and hope that your worship here is a blessing to you. Please sign the guest book on the table in the narthex, and provide appropriate contact information. Include your email address in order to be placed on our parish email list: you won’t be bombarded with mail, but it’s a good way to keep in touch. And may God bless you!
Altar Guild: The Altar Guild is a lay ministry with a vocation to serve God in His house by preparing the Sanctuary for worship, maintaining and caring for the sacred vessels, altar linens, and vestments, and serving the clergy and the parish. Serving on the Altar Guild is a form of religious vocation, and a sacred responsibility. If you feel called to this mission and ministry within Christ Church Anglican, Southern Pines, we would receive your service with gratitude.
Please contact either Fr. Tom (best means of contact is via email at [email protected]; if you call – 443-487-2741 – please leave a message, or send me a text) or Sandy Parsons (at our church contact page) if you are interested in serving in this fashion!
Holy Days for the Week of April 20th, 2025:
Monday, April 21st: Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop & Theologian (11109)
Friday, April 25th: St. Mark the Evangelist
