Zion Episcopal Church
Mission Bells
Announcements – April 20, 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.
FATHER ALEX WILL BE ON VACATION from Thursday, April 24th until Thursday, May 8th. Father Michael Phillips will be preaching and celebrating the Holy Eucharist on Sunday, April 27th and Sunday, May 4th. Thank you, Father Phillips!
ZION’S ANNUAL TAG SALE will be held on Saturday May 3rd from 9:30 am – 3:00 pm. All items must be CLEAN and priced before the sale. There will be sign-up sheets for those donating and for help needed to set up, clean up, and to sell items. Please bring your items by 9:00 on the morning of the sale and pick up any unsold items at 3:00. So clean out your attic, closet or garage and help make this a great sale. All monies go to Zion. Questions to Judy Barba, Wendy McNeil, or Sue Shultis.
ZION’S ANNUAL SPRING FLING will be on Saturday, May 10th at 9 am. Please come and join your fellow Zionites as we spruce up our beautiful Church property!
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
THE NEXT ZION FORMATION CLASS will be on Sunday, May 18th at 11:00 am in the Rectory Conference Room. Our topic: “What is Prayer?”
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 –April is Pasta and Sauce 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.
Thank you to all who donated memorial flowers for the Easter Season
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: 207 “Jesus Christ is risen today”
Gradual: 204 “Now the green blade riseth”
Offertory: 180 “He is risen, he is risen!”
Communion: 193 “That Easter day with joy was bright
458 “My song of love is unknown”
711 “Seek ye first the kingdom”
Recessional: 208 “The strife is o’er, the battle done”
NEXT WEEK’S READINGS: First Reading: Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 150; Second Reading: Revelation 1:4-8; Gospel: John 20:19-31
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 in the Resurrection Chapel. We celebrate a BCP Morning Prayer Rite II Liturgy; pray healing prayers; and discuss the Sunday lectionary readings and Saint of the Day.
Zion’s Prayer List (as of April 18th, 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, Dionne and Ashley Brooks, Olga Gallo, Peggy Harten, Ken Durr, Christopher S. Mahabir, Donna-Marie Mahabir, Matthew S. Mahabir, Joshua Roberts, Melanie Roberts, Heather Schlemm and her family and loved ones, Vivian Santini-Velasquez, Elijah and Jeremiah Velez, Shantelle Whyte
Health Care Facilities: Fredericka Adams, Carol Boscher, Judie Buck, Yvonne Broestler, Gregory Citarella, Danine Curtis, Diane Deeney, Carole DiNonno, David Eisenhower, Anne Friedland, 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, Jose Baez, Aurora, Troy, and Kenny Behnken, Christopher Blatz, Fred Boniello, Mary Boscher, Donna Boundy, Patrick 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, Tracy Fisher, Karen Flaherty, the Frederick family, Anne Friedland, Chris Gall, Kathleen Garrison, 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, Marcia Lumia, 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, Darryl Secor, Lynn Sheppard, Paulette Sibert, Debbie Singler, John Skipp, Hyacinth Stewart, Mary Sugg, Donna Taylor, 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: St. Peter’s Church, Lithgow
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 April 21st
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9-12; 1–5. Closed, Monday and Friday
Monday, April 21st Monday in Easter Week
NA Group 7:00-9:00 pm, Parish Hall
Tuesday, April 22nd Tuesday in Easter Week
Healing Service 9:30 am., Chapel
Vestry Meeting, 6:30 pm, Rectory Conference
AA Group 7:30-10:30 pm, Parish Hall
Wednesday, April 23rd Wednesday in Easter Week
Food Pantry Distribution, 12-2, 6-7
Thursday, April 24th Thursday in Easter Week
AA Group 7:30-10:30 pm, Parish Hall
Friday, April 25th Friday in Easter Week
Saturday, April 26th Saturday in Easter Week
AA 7:30-10:30 pm, Parish Hall
Sunday, April 27th Second Sunday in Easter
Holy Eucharist in-Person, Facebook Live, and You Tube, 9:00 am
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.