HOLY WEEK with JCC: April 8-12 (Easter)
Do you need support of any kind? We have volunteers ready to assist with errands, access to emergency supplies, and Rev Gail is available for emotional and spiritual companionship. Email the church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org. Wed, April 8 BREAKFAST with REV GAIL (via ZOOM)8am • ZOOM LINK: zoom.us/j/170985789 (password required)Social gathering. Option: Call in via touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866,[…]
Palm Sunday Schedule
Palm Sunday: April 5SCHEDULE8am GATHERING Link for ZOOM: https://zoom.us/s/827449013Password required. Email church by 7:30am for password. Or call in by touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, Meeting ID 827449013, Password required. Email church by 7:30am for password. 9am CHOIR REHEARSAL Link for Zoom app: https://zoom.us/s/142985761. Password required. Email church by 7:30am for password. Call in by touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, Meeting ID[…]
April 5th Palm Sunday: invitation, preparation
Palm Sunday: April 5 — Some Notes PALMS: We’re inviting people to pick up palms inside the front entrance to the church between Friday and Saturday. The stalks have been separated into individual bundles, so you may take your own palms without touching other bundles. Or simply bring your own available greenery (pine boughs or[…]
Lenten meditation on “I Am” as Way, Journey, Life: themes for PALM SUNDAY including pilgrimage, arrival/departure, companionship, and joy in the shadow of death.
Texts for this week include Psalm 118 and Matthew 21, as well as “I am the way, the truth and the life” from Gospel of John. Questions to Consider: Questions raised up in commentary on Palm Sunday from Jan Richardson: Are we allowing ourselves to be swept along by circumstances, traveling our road by default?[…]