Zion Episcopal Church
Mission Bells
Announcements – March 16, 2025
ZION WELCOMES ALL. Welcome to Zion Episcopal Church. Regardless of your denomination or faith tradition, we welcome you – especially if you are joining us for the very first time. We hope this will become your spiritual home, whether you gather in person, on Facebook, or YouTube.
ROSE SUNDAY BOWLING PARTY: Laetare Sunday, also known as Rose Sunday, is the most joyful Sunday in the Lenten season. So, how shall we celebrate Laetare Sunday? With a Bowling Party! On Sunday, March 30th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, we will have a bowling party at Spins Bowl in Wappingers Falls. The cost is $20 per person, which includes the cost of bowling shoes. If cost is an issue, please speak with Father Alex. Have no interest in bowling but would still like to attend? Please come and either cheer on or heckle your fellow Zionites. To register, please email ZionWappingersOffice@gmail.com or call the office at 845-297-9797.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS SERVICES will be held on Wednesday nights at 6 pm on March 19th and 26th and April 2nd and 9th. Services will take place in the Church Sanctuary.
THE NEXT ZION FORMATION CLASS will be on Sunday, March 23rd at 11:00 am. Our topic of discussion will be “Welcome to Lent: Christian Teachings on Sin and Salvation”
EASTER MEMORIAL FLOWERS: If you wish to make a memorial donation for Easter flowers to adorn our altar, memorial envelopes are available in the pews and the Parish Hall for cash or check donations. Envelopes can be placed in the Sunday plate or sent to the Church via mail. If anyone wishes for a memorial envelope to be sent to their homes, please call the Church office at 845-297-9797.
“INVITE A FRIEND TO EASTER” INITIATIVE: Do you have any friends, neighbors, or family members who are seeking a spiritual home? Is there someone in your life who you think might be called to discipleship? Then invite them to our Easter Sunday service on Sunday, April 20th. As Christians, we are called to “fish for people,” so why not start practicing your fishing skills in the season of Lent?
CURSILLO WEEKEND: It’s Cursillo time! Come spend the weekend receiving God’s love. This year’s Cursillo Weekend is May 1st-May 4th at the beautiful Mariondale Center in Ossining. No cost to candidate. For more information, see bulletin board in the Parish Hall or call Cathy Pendzuk
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN RENOVATIONS: To celebrate the completion of the Church masonry work, Zion will have a “Blessing of the New Stairs” and “Ribbon-Cutting” event on Saturday, April 5th at 12:00 pm. Local village officials and leaders will be in attendance, as well as local media outlets. Please come and join us as we celebrate the “reopening” of the Church.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: Pledge cards for the Capital Campaign are still being accepted. Pledge cards and envelopes are available in the pews and in the parish hall. Please make pledge checks out to Zion Church, with “capital campaign” in the memo.Pledges and checks can be mailed to Zion or placed in the Sunday offering plate. Questions or concerns? See Steve Carlough or Maya Hennebery. Bless you all for your continued generosity and prayers.
FOOD PANTRY –March is soup month. Please bring donations on Sunday mornings so that they can be blessed during the Offertory. You may also leave your donation in the box on the Rectory front porch. Your support is greatly appreciated!
MEALS ON WHEELS NEED VOLUNTEERS: Please call Patrice Stabile (914) 475-8677.
There are no altar flowers for the season of Lent.
ZION WORSHIP – Zion now has a YouTube Channel which also carries the Sunday service live in addition to Facebook live. To watch the service, click on the link below and then go to our “live” playlist. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaq67kuX_d0cL29tUG0t3kQ
You can also watch previous services by going to our “orders” link.
To view on Facebook (live) or in person: Zion Episcopal Church is inviting you to the Sunday Service broadcast live on the “Zion Episcopal Church” Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/welcometozionchurch/ If you are on the page at 9:00 am the service will automatically appear - You need to do nothing but be on the page to view it live.
Bulletin can be downloaded on Zion’s website: www.zionwappingersfalls.org.
This will bring you to the "Welcome" page on the website. There’s a link to the Church Bulletin.
The Hymnal can be found online here: https://hymnary.org/hymnal/EH1982
HYMNS FOR THIS WEEK:
Processional: 152 "Kind maker of the world, O hear"
Gradual: 675 "Take up your cross, the Savior said"
Offertory: 495 "Hail thou once despised Jesus"
Communion: 328 "Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord"
455 "O Love of God, how strong and true"
Recessional: 598 "Lord Christ, when first thou cam'st to earth"
NEXT WEEK’S READINGS: First Reading: Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 63:1-8; Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Gospel: Luke 13:1-9
COLUMBARIUM GARDEN can be accessed on Sundays before and after services through the Chapel. If there is a special request, please contact Alison Friedland.
TUESDAY MORNING HEALING SERVICE - On Tuesday mornings from 9:30 am-10:30 am, we gather in the Resurrection Chapel to pray for those in need of healing; to celebrate a BCP Morning Prayer Rite II Liturgy; and to discuss the Sunday lectionary readings and Saint of the Day. Please join us for a friendly and stimulating hour of community and spiritual refreshment.
Zion’s Prayer List (as of March 12th, 2025)
To add someone to the prayer list, please email ZionPrayerList@gmail.com
or call 845-297-9797.
Please specify which prayer list you would like to be added to.
We Pray for: River Gabriel Alexander, Barbara Beska-Borowitz, Peggy Harten, Ken Durr, Joshua Roberts, Melanie Roberts, Vivian Santini-Velasquez, Elijah and Jeremiah Velez, Shantelle Whyte, Joseph Zingone
Health Care Facilities: Fredericka Adams, Carol Boscher, Judie Buck, Yvonne Broestler, Gregory Citarella, Danine Curtis, Diane Deeney, Carole DiNonno, David Eisenhower, Hak Shil Kim, Gilly Leech, Scarlet Ludwich, Joseph McKinney, Marialice Olsen, Cathrine Tolbert
At Home: Ann Marie, Bill, Bob, Bob R, Bryon, Cale, Cindy, Debbie, Eddie, Emmy, Janice, Jason, Jay, Lynn, Karen & Kenny, Matthew, Michele, Patty, Randal, Zayden, Marc, Mike A., Renee Allen, River Gabriel Anderson, Jose Baez, Aurora, Troy, and Kenny Behnken, Christopher Blatz, Fred Boniello, Mary Boscher, Donna Boundy, Ashley Brooks, Dionne Brooks, Yvonne Broestler, Nicholas Browne, Lynda Byrne, Terry Daley, Steve Dearborn, Rose Ann DeFini, Ron DeLuca, Jr. and Debbie DeLuca, Beth Devine, John DiLorenzo, Chris Dorsey, Karen Durr, Nancy Durr, Tracy Fisher, Karen Flaherty, the Frederick family, Anne Friedland, Chris Gall, Kathleen Garrison, Nancy Giaccone, Monica Goff, Oscar “Tito” Gomez, Robert Heady,Gwen Higgins, Gary Hill, Marcine Humphrey, Vicki Humeston, Tom Humphries, Martin Jay, Cathy Kennedy, Pat Kiernan, Jennifer Klein, Susan Klein, Katherine Kobos, Vinnie Kobos, Catherine Konno, Richard Little, Ruth Little, Christine Lowery, John Lowery, Andy Mahabir, the Mahoney family, the Maiorana family, Norman Mattè, Delroy Matthews, Rich McCabe, Sheren Meier, Brandon Miller, Ann Molina, Nancy Montgomery, Natalie Morgan, Sylvia Morgan, Leon Muller, Tony Niro, Eileen Nock, Julian Paige, Tina Paige, Patrice Palm, Sherri Palm, Bobbie Pascoe, Dennis Pendzuk, Bonnie Perkins, Lori Pizzola, the Rao family, Brigitte Reckley, Kim Robson, Arnie Ruf, Bill Ruf, Conrad Ruppert, Jr., Cindy Russo, Heather Schlemm, Darryl Secor, Lynn Sheppard, Paulette Sibert, Debbie Singler, John Skipp, Hyacinth Stewart, Mary Sugg, Jeff Theiss, Sue Theiss, Ellen Timmeny, Peggy Timmeny, Chris Uhl, Terrence Vaughan, Thomasine Vaughan, Janet Versace, Kevin Wirsch, Debbie Wong, Mona Wong
This week we asked to pray for: La Mision Episcopal Santiago Apostol, Dover Plains
We pray for our brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces: Luke Adams, Mason Adams, Joshua Bautz, William Cohen, Matthew Fein, Brandon Fry, Michael Greifenstein, Patrick Holly, John Howe, Andre Jordan Mondie, Chris Montgomery, Michael Patterson, Vivica Patterson, Anthony Perry, Luke Stone, Jennie Trady, Warren VanAllen, Christopher Walker, and for National Guard Service Members activated to maintain national security, or to mitigate human suffering.
Calendar
Office Hours for the Week of March 17th
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; Closed, Monday and Friday
Monday, March 17th Patrick of Ireland
NA Group 7:00-9:00 pm, Parish Hall
Tuesday, March 18th Cyril of Jerusalem
Healing Service 9:30 am., Chapel
Vestry Meeting, 6:30 pm, Rectory Conference Room
AA Group 7:30-10:30 pm, Parish Hall
Wednesday, March 19th Saint Joseph
Food Pantry Distribution, 12-2, 6-7
Stations of the Cross, 6:00 pm, Church Sanctuary
Thursday, March 20th Cuthbert
MOW Board Meeting, 9-10 am, Rectory Conference Room
Friday, March 21st Thomas Ken
AA Business Meeting, Parish Hall
Saturday, March 22nd James de Koven
AA 7:30-10:30 pm, Parish Hall
Sunday, March 23rd Third Sunday in Lent
Holy Eucharist in-Person, Facebook Live, and You Tube, 9:00 am
Formation Class, 11:00 am, Rectory Conference Room
Bring your gifts of thanks and giving.
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ZION’S WEBSITE address is: https://zionwappingersfalls.org. Note: The link for both the Mission Bells and the Chimes will take you to the latest versions of those documents. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please send a note to zionwfalls@gmail.com.