easter 2012: handiwork

God works, we work. As often happens, after I write something I’m struck by how many things I wasn’t able to say. In my Sabbath piece for this space last time, I didn’t say that part of the importance of Sabbath is the choice of it; we could work, but refrain. As someone who derives a lot of pleasure and satisfaction out of work, it’s hard for me to put it down. Sure, Friday is supposed to be my day off, but how bad would it be just to double check that the right readers are scheduled for Sunday? Work is a constant loop, running at the back of my mind at all times.

But what if it weren’t? What if I actually, truly, really unplugged? I’m confident the church would not fall down! This year, I’m going to have the opportunity to test the obvious. The guideline in the church is for clergy to have a three month sabbatical per five years in a parish, and I’ve been here now for almost seven, so plans are underway. At our March vestry meeting we watched a film from the Alban Institute, a resource center for congregational renewal. The reasons a pastor wants a sabbatical may seem self-evident: a time to rejuvenate, to refuel and rest to maintain vitality and strength for leadership and vision. The video pointed out that sabbatical time is also a benefit for the congregation, in encouraging long-term pastorates. Increasingly American clergy only stay in their churches for 5 or 6 years a time. It feels easy for the pastor and the church to be excited about each other and learning and growing in the beginning. Everyone is excited. Something different, though, starts happening around year 7. When clergy stay longer, the church becomes more trusting of their pastoral skills, but less trusting in their leadership. They are reluctant to challenge clergy on their ministerial vitality or present new ideas. Congregations stagnate—the pastor is so nice, so people don’t mind that much that they haven’t tried anything new for a year. It’s not a serious problem…except that it really is.

I’ve been going back and forth for months in my own discernment about whether this is the right time for me. I’ve been on maternity leave twice in seven years so at least there has been something to disrupt our habits! We approach this time, though, in a very different way. Rather than viewing it as a time to “get through,” (or maybe that was just me getting through maternity leave being at home with a newborn!) our vestry is looking at this as a time to share a purpose, if not the same task.

You’ll be doing more of the work that I often get to do, welcoming newcomers, attending to our homebound members, organizing stewardship, and continuing our capital efforts. I’ll be back for Advent, so our regular programming with dinner, program, and education won’t be disrupted. It’s easy to collapse the identity of the church with the building, or the leader, or the vestry. Like the Kingdom of God, though, wherever we’re sure we’ve found it, we’re

always lead forward into a new promise.So there will be newness! I plan to be

away September, October, and November of 2012, and possibly again for one month later in the spring/early summer of 2013 if travel plans materialize. Our longtime friend, the Rev. Norm Faramelli, will fill in on Sundays and one morning of the week. He’ll be on call for pastoral emergencies as well, and support our administrator and, if we host one, Micah Project intern. I’ll spend the time writing and being quiet, with a focus on Scripture and poetry. I am also toying with the idea of spending some time learning to sing better!

This is God’s church, not ours—the Prayer Book talks about it as a “wonderful and sacred mystery.” Each of our hands are essential to the working—and the resting. Thank you for our ministry, and for making mine possible in your midst. Blessings, Sara+

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Dear People of Christ Church,

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The Shoemaker of Belorado by Eugene Burkart

F O C U S O N Handiwork

Next to Jerusalem and Rome the most visited pilgrimage destination for European Christians has been the shrine of Compostela de Santiago near the Atlantic coast of Spain that purportedly contains the body of St. James the Apostle.

The pilgrimage route runs from the border with France over the Pyranees and then through the mountainous region of northern Spain. Many pilgrims, including Charlemagne and St. Francis, have been traveling this path (over 500 miles) since 900AD and continue to this day.

In 1993, a good friend of mine, Lee Hoinacki, at age 65 walked the route known as “the way” or “el camino” in 32 days. He kept a diary and afterwards did extensive historical research which became a book, El Camino, Walking to Santiago de Compostela. In his book Lee tells of stumbling upon a small shoemaking shop in the city of Belorado. The following are excerpts which I have reordered.

He shows me how the machines work. It appears to be the kind of operation-using such machines-where the craftsman is still a craftsman, really in control, using the small machine as an extension of his arm and hand. Something similar to a hammer or a knife.

My eyes wander over the shop. It is not the standardized, antiseptic display of modern stores. I touch, run my fingers over, the different kinds of leather—I had not realized there are so many. I pick up some of the shoes to look at them more closely—what precious objects they appear!

He picks up various shoes, pointing out their special characteristics, talking of his work in making them. He handles them with obvious care and affection. And they are truly beautiful-the amazing work of one man’s hands.

I suspect that he does not reflect on the truth that the skills into which he was born are part of a way of life, are an integral and necessary part of an ancient tradition that contributed to making possible a human community; that his place in this community is highly honorable and respected because of the quality of his work and the necessity of his product for the community.

He does not see that he can stand proudly before the modern world of industrial and technological employment where almost no one really makes anything at all, where the uniqueness of individuals and communities is destroyed, and softly say: I am master, a master craftsman; look at my dress, my hands. I can take the skins of animals and make something beautiful and necessary for my neighbors and those who visit our town.

Each pair of shoes I make is truly distinctive, because I made it and there will never be another like it, and because it is made for this person here in front of me, whose foot I have touched, the exact shape of which I know. And even if a machine could be designed to take all the measurements of a person’s foot, it would still not be able to look at that person in the face, would never know the place of that person in the community-something only learned through generations of intimate contact-and thus be able to arrive at the proper style of shoe for that person.

I am grateful for having found that shop, for having met that man – a fleeting perception of goodness and beauty, an insight into the possibilities of work and community. But are there no young men and women in Spain eager to apprentice themselves to enabling work, to the creation of a strong community? What kind of country will this be when all the craftsmen have died out, those whose inspiration, lifelong dedication, skills, and daily work truly make possible communities?

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By the time you read this the plywood will be gone and the sun will soon be shining through our refurbished windows. Phase one of the window restorations will be complete. The cost of this project was paid for as part of the Community Preservation Grant that we received last year. The work was done by Serpentino Stained Glass in Needham. Historic window restoration is the only thing they do and I am sure that when you look at the windows you will appreciate the great work that they do with their hands.

Several weeks ago, a small group of parish members visited Serpentino’s shop and saw our windows in various stages of completion. We were shown the whole process from taking the window apart and cleaning the

glass to repainting some of the faded images and the releading the pieces back together. Some of the colors which have not been visible for years are just amazing.

During spring clean-up this year, we will be cleaning the rest of the double hung windows. I hope you will be able to help us as we continue in our journey of making our beautiful church facility as vibrant as the people who worship in it.


Windows Restored by Hand by Bill Fowler

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One part of our bodies that I think we are a little guilty of taking for granted is our hands. At least I think I am. They put up with a lot from me. As a computer repair technician, I constantly ask them to reach into cramped spaces, filled with electricity, sharp metal edges and moving fans. However, that is an improvement over when I worked as a mechanic. Or when I used to work as a cook. That was probably their toughest assignment. They were constantly being either burned or cut and stitched back together. As a guitarist I ask them to endure blisters, callouses, errant strings under nails, and more than their share of painful freak show-like contortions in my never ending quest for the next unbelievable sound from those six steel strings.

My grandmother Helen had the most interesting hands I think I ever remember seeing. Perhaps, from a child’s perspective they were more frightening than powerful. She suffered from arthritis as she aged, and over time the disease had left its mark, transforming her fingers into something more akin to those of twisted oak branches, rather than the dexterous digits of her youth. Never one for sitting around, she always had to be doing something with her hands, from carrying a crochet needle in her hand, rolling out dough for baking, scrubbing the floor with a brush, despite the continual discomfort. In fact constantly working her hands “was the only thing that helped” her battle the arthritic pain. Besides, “things have to get done, so we might as well do them” was her attitude.

Helen Elizabeth Morash was born March 24th, 1913 in Halifax Nova Scotia, the daughter of a Scottish mother, Mary Helen, and French-German father Angus Morash. Angus was a carpenter and certainly knew the value of handiwork, something he passed along to all his children.

During the early years of her life in December of 1917, the two ships collided in the harbor of the Canadian port of Halifax. One was critically overloaded with the volatile munitions and ignited the largest man-made explosion until Hiroshima. An eighteen meter tsunami drained the harbor, flooded the land and reduced the city to rubble. My grandmother was thrown from one end of her house to the other, but she survived with minor injuries. I think

that may have been where her small hands learned the value of handiwork as she helped clear the rubble, shovel the snow, and prepare the meals for the rescue workers.

A few years later her family emigrated to the United States when she was twelve and settled in Marblehead. During the Great Depression she was married at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church to John Jermyn whose family had emigrated from Ireland at the turn of the century.

She raised three children, helping contribute to the family’s finances by working as a cleaning woman for several of the well-to-do families of Marblehead’s wealthy upper class on “The Neck.” Her hands scrubbed many floors to ready them for the dinner parties of the North Shore’s “Rich and Famous.” True to her proven ability to survive, when I was nine she was diagnosed with breast cancer which she beat, no small feat in the 1970s.

Church was very important to her, as I realized as a young boy whenever I stayed at her house, which was often. There I first encountered DaVinci’s “Last Supper” as she had it prominently displayed (and backlit!) in her living room. It was fitting that she also liked to collect statues of hands folded in prayer. It seemed there was one of these on almost every table in the house. She had an incredible talent for crochet, I used to think she was the female version of John Henry, and could have kept pace with most

machines. If she wasn’t baking her legendary “Nova Scotia Poundcake” for a bake sale or cleaning, she was working on her crochet. She was one of the most active members of her parish, and hundreds if not thousands of Marblehead and Salem babies were swaddled in her handmade afghans.

Our handiwork certainly can bring a type of immortality for us. Not a day goes by that I do not remember, or am reminded of my Nana. She bought me my trumpet when I was eight, which started me on a lifetime quest of making music. She took me to church my first time. My son Donovan sleeps every night beneath the blue and white blanket she made just for him. She was so happy to be able to finally make one for our first baby. And though she never met my daughter Helen, Nana had recently finished crocheting a blanket for her when she suffered her stroke in February 2004. (When my daughter was smaller she would tell us that her blanket was “Nana’s kisses from heaven” as we tucked her in each night.). Nana died March 9th, just two weeks from what would have been her ninety-first birthday. Over the last years of her life she did manage to teach her trademark crochet pattern to my wife, who hopes someday to be able to teach it to my daughter to take up her crochet hook and keep a small part of her great-grandmother’s handiwork alive. Now if we could only find that poundcake recipe!

Nana’s Kisses by Roger Jermyn


Photo by and courtesy of Michelle HachÈHelen curled up with “Nana’s Kisses.”

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The Dutt-Whittington family lives on the south side of Waltham on Orange Street. They love the location: a quick walk to Lizzy’s for ice cream and the River Walk along the Charles! Charlotte and Cecily are super excited about the opening of the new spray park at the old Fitch School this summer.

Doug and Christine both grew up in the suburbs of Rochester, New York. Doug grew up in Penfield and Christine in Webster, but they attended the same junior high and high school. They originally met in 8th grade according to Christine but Doug thinks it was 9th grade. They parted ways after high school graduation when Christine went to Smith College and Doug went to the University of Michigan. They each moved to Boston in fall 1994 of their own accord. Christine went to Boston College Law School and then started working as an attorney in Boston.

Doug attended MIT, earning a Ph.D. in chemistry. They started dating in 1998, while Doug was still at MIT and Christine was working.

Doug’s post-doctoral fellowship took them to Philadelphia from 2000-2003 and then a job offer from Amgen brought them back to Boston in January 2004. Doug is still a research scientist at Amgen in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Christine left a large firm after 8 years in 2008 and is home full-time with the girls. She very much looks forward to the girls being older and heading back to the paid work force.

Charlotte is 4 years old and attends preschool 3 mornings a week.

She loves to dance and enjoys the pre K-K Godly Play class. She is also looking forward to the spring and helping to plant the church’s gardens. Cecily is one and a half years old. She is starting to “sing” during services instead of walking the aisles. She also enjoys reading the leaflet and the hymnals during services.

The family has been coming to Christ Church since September 2011 after being away from church for several years. Doug grew up in Penfield Presbyterian Church where his mother serves as an elder and his father is the long-time church treasurer. Christine grew up in St. Martin

Lutheran Church where her mother sang in the choir and her father served on church council and later served as a deacon. Christine occasionally attended St. John Episcopal Church, in Northampton, MA, during college. Christine and Doug were married at St. Martin’s and Charlotte was baptized there. Cecily was baptized at Christ Church in November 2011.

Christ Church feels like a good fit for them - they love seeing all the kids, the combination of newer members and long-time members, and the sense that the church is growing, both in numbers and spiritually.

They also like the feeling of community inside the church’s walls and the commitment to serve the greater community in which the church is located. Doug and Christine are taking the confirmation class to learn more about the Episcopal tradition. Each Sunday confirms their belief that this is the right church home for their family and they look forward to getting to know everyone better.

O U R P A R I S H Family

Dutt-Whittington Family

In Pictures: S T A I N E D G L A S S G L A S S W I N D O W S O U T A N D B A C K A G A I N

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Photo courtesy of Dutt-Whittington Family


Before going to Costa Rica, I had absolutely no idea what to expect from the trip. Even right before I left when people were asking me what I was most looking forward to, or what I thought I would learn, I really had no idea what the answers to these were. But I’m glad. All of the experiences that I had and everything that I learned, were not what I would have guessed.

When I signed up to go on a pilgrimage, I thought I knew what that meant. But I’m sure none of us were prepared to take it so literally. After flying to New York we found out that our plane to Costa Rica had been cancelled. All we could do was laugh about how now we would get to spend a night in the city. The next day, a full 24 hours after we were supposed to leave, we were finally on a plane and none of us could wait to get there. But then, our plane had to make an unexpected stop in Miami. We weren’t allowed to get off the plane. Instead we sat on the runway for 2 hours, making absolutely no progress. Of course all of us tried to act like it wasn’t a big deal, and that we knew we’d get there eventually. But it was frustrating. We finally arrived in a world completely alien to most of us around midnight. It took breakfast the next morning and a shower before any of us were able to laugh about the unexpected delays. After that all we could think about was how excited we were to finally be there.

The first thing I noticed was just how different everything is from here. Of course we’ve all seen the “rich” neighborhoods. And we’ve also seen the humble neighborhoods; probably with more people living inside one small house than any of the big houses. In Costa Rica, both of these were taken to the extremes. No matter where you are, metal shacks are going to stand out, and the same goes for mansions. However, when they are within a few blocks of each other, the juxtaposition is extreme.

Over the course of our week there we spent a day in the rainforest, a day painting at the community center, a day in San Juan, and the day we all couldn’t wait for, the beach. As well as living side by side our host family in their communal compound, we also had daily talks with Jim and Ruth, the parents of the family, about different aspects of spirituality and theology. Even things that we wouldn’t think twice about here, like going into the city, were completely different. Crossing the street was, thrilling, to put it nicely. And having conversations with random people on the street was normal. If you were in Boston or New York and a person you didn’t know tried to start a conversation it would be considered strange, but it’s the norm in Costa Rica, and considered polite. This was just one of many times we were all in a bit of a culture shock.

I think that one of the most important things any of us got out of our trip was that culture, or even language, doesn’t have to have a negative effect on the relationships you have with people. While most of us had lived in Massachusetts for the better part of our lives, the family we stayed with had kids who had grown up in five different countries. All this meant was that we had more to talk about and more to learn. The family also had an adopted son from Nicaragua who couldn’t have had a more different upbringing than we had, and he didn’t speak English. By the end of the week though, when we were at the beach it made no difference. We were all laughing together in the ocean, splashing each other and having the time of our lives.

I’d like to thank you for your donations and for supporting us on our pilgrimage. Thank you for making this opportunity a reality for me. It was really an amazing experience and these lessons in patience, open mindedness and cultural awareness are ones that I’ll reflect on for a very long time to come.

Pilgrimage Thoughts by Emma Scalisi

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Christ Churchers Emma Scalisi and Julia Wall travelled to Costa Rica over February break with other youth from the Alewife Deanery and leaders from St James, Cambridge. They will be sharing more about their trip at coffee hour and in the 10:00 a.m. service on Sunday, May 6th.

Photos courtesy of Emma Scalisi


The Christ Church Waltham Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) Team kicked-off our joint project with the Community Day Center of Waltham at coffee hour on Sunday, February 12th. LDI is a six month leadership training program run by the Episcopal Diocese that teaches church-based teams to engage the community in joint work for the common good (more information about the program can be found at http://diomassleads.org/ ). Five parishioners from Christ Church (Matt Dooley, Anna Jones, Marcia Luce, Priscilla King, and Sarah Staley) participated in the two day kick-off training at the end of January, and during coffee hour on the 12th, we spoke about our project with the Community Day Center and what the work means to us personally. The Community Day Center is a non-for-profit organization that opens its doors to the homeless during the hours of 1:30 to 4:30 Monday to Friday, giving people a safe and warm place to be during the day when most other shelters are closed (more information about the Center can be found at http://communitydaycenter.org/). The Community Day Center serves lunch regularly to approximately 40 guests. Marilyn Lee-Tom, the director of the Community Day Center, spoke at coffee hour about the role that the Day Center plays in the community and why she is passionate about the work.

Now the LDI team needs your help to make this project a success! Our goal is to create an on-going relationship with and partnership between the congregation of Christ Church and the Community Day Center to enable the Day Center to better serve its population. We hope to have broad participation from Christ Church and invite parishioners to get involved. There are a few ways to volunteer. First, we will be serving lunches at the Day Center once per month. At the Pancake Supper in February, your generous donations raised over $180 for this project – thank you! Now, we need helpers to make food and/or serve food on these Fridays. The other way to get involved is to attend and/or volunteer for our fundraising dinner on Saturday, April 21st from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Christ Church will co-host a Dumpling Dinner and Book Sale – be on the lookout for an invitation in your mailbox this month. The event will be $20 for adults and $10 for children under 10 in advance, or $25 at the door. We will also be looking for donations of books and CDs starting later this month. Please let any of the members of the LDI team (Matt, Anna, Marcia, Priscilla, and Sarah) know if you are interested in helping with any of the above! Your support for our project is much appreciated! ~Sarah Staley

Vestry Update Around the New Year, Vestry welcomed several new members: Roger Jermyn, Louise Wilkes, and Mary Lou Beermann (who had already begun filling in). Along with our monthly meetings, the group will be getting together for a retreat later in the spring to facilitate our spiritual work together and help clarify ongoing and long-term goals for the church.

After much paperwork, planning and praying some of the much-needed building renovation work is finally getting underway. Vestry voted to hire Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, architects and engineers to evaluate the condition of the tower and put together a proposal for restoration work. A large lift appeared outside Christ Church one day earlier in the winter allowing the engineer to look more closely at the stonework, mortar and steel erected more than a century ago. Another visible project has been the restoration of several stained glass windows. Visible more by their absence, as selected windows were sent out to a local Needham firm to be cleaned up and re-leaded, returning in time for Easter.

Also recently underway is Christ Church’s involvement in LDI (the Leadership Development Initiative.) This program is a way of growing leadership within the parish and outreach within the community. The parish was required to have a committee propose a project and be accepted into the program. Our team will be doing work to help support the Community Day Center kitchen, here in Waltham. Activities will include both a fundraising dinner and the organizing of a monthly lunch.

Working on our outward appearance, partnering with the Community Day Center, hosting St. Peter’s and Missionary Church of Christ, along with the ongoing Diaper Depot, B-SAFE and Grandma’s Pantry programs are just some of the things that connect us to our local community, making Christ church an active, visible and vibrant church to be proud of.

~Michele Driscoll, Clerk

Announcements Joint Project: Waltham Community Day Center

B-SAFE this Summer Note: Thanks to all who extended such a warm welcome to the Rev. Liz Steinhauser, ourguest preacher on March 18th. Liz spoke of all the ways we can continue being involvedin B-SAFE; visit their website, http://www.ststephensbos.org/youthprograms.html

With “the winter that never was” coming to an end, it is time to begin thinking of summer fun. What could possibly be more fun than helping out with the Bishops Summer Academic Fun Enrichment program (B-SAFE)?

For those who are not familiar with this summer program, it was started several years ago for inner city children at St. Stephens in Boston. It was so successful that it expanded to 6 locations serving more than 550 children per week. To keep the cost low, the diocese began asking for parishes to sponsor days or weeks by bringing lunches and sponsoring the Friday field trips. Last year over 850 volunteers from parishes around the diocese took up the challenge and helped give the participants a great summer.

More details to come, but we will need help during the days of July 11th, 12th and 13th serving lunch and reading to kids, and evenings of July 10th and 11th at Christ Church preparing lunches. Or consider a check in the Sunday collection with B-SAFE in the memo line. For more information feel free to call me at 781.899.3095. ~Bill Fowler

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Check our New Restoration Blog!Renewing Christ Church, curated by parish historian and committee chair Mike Balulescu, tracks our restoration progress with pictures. Windows in Upper Fales are back! Stained glass will be uncovered for Palm Sunday. Don’t miss it!

Christ Church OnlineFacebook: Christ Church WalthamTwitter: @CCWalthamYou can find links to both our Facebook and Twitter pages from the Christ Church home page (www.christhchurchwaltham.org)

Confirmation This year confirmation with Bishop Shaw will be at The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston (138 Tremont St) on April 28th.

Welcome to our new Church SecretaryWe are pleased to welcome Sharon Cawthorne to our office staff. Sharon made a recent move from San Diego, CA with her family and has truly enjoyed our welcoming winter weather. Feel free to stop by during the week to say hello.

Remembering Helene Innes Burial Service, Helene Innes will be held at Christ Church on Saturday, April 21st at 11 a.m.

Thoughts for GeneGene Burkart had surgery for malignant melanoma in December but just learned it has spread. He would really appreciate notes, cards, and your prayers: Gene Burkart 6 Hemlock Terrace, Waltham, MA 02452-5740

Grandma's Attic UpdateThe March opening of Grandma’s Attic made $283! Thank you to all our donors and to Suzanne Hughes for this ministry! This thrift style shop is located in the church basement and usually open the third Sunday of the month. This April we will be open on the 28th.

Hannaford Gift Cards: Thanks to all who donate! Please consider a donation of a gift card to Hannaford in the amount of $15. Checks may also be made out to Christ Church with “food assistance” in the memo line. These cards are made available to people who stop by the church looking for assistance buying food. Due to limited quantities, at this time, visitors are permitted aid once every four months. Thank you!

Grandma’s Pantry: Needs: saltines, Ramen noodles, cereal and baked beans. Open Friday mornings from 9-11, to Waltham seniors.

Holy Week March 31st - April 8th, 2012

Parish Clean UpMarch 31, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Palm SundayApril 1, 8:30 and 10 a.m.Eucharist with Palm Procession

Holy WednesdayApril 4Tenebrae, a service of Scripture, Sound, Light, and Dark–at St Paul’s in Brookline

Maundy Thursday April 5, 7 p.m.Liturgy with Footwashing

Good FridayApril 6, 12 and 7 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy

Candlelit Great Vigil of EasterApril 7, Saturday, 7 p.m.(pictured left)Candlelit Great Vigil of Easter with Baptism: Matt Dooley, Preacher

Easter Sunday April 8, 8:30 and 10 a.m.8:30 am: spoken service 10am: Choral Eucharist; Easter egg hunt to follow

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Holy Week April 1st – 8th, 2012April 1st, 8:30 & 10 a.m. – Palm SundayApril 21st, 7 p.m. – Maundy ThursdayApril 22nd, 12 and 7 p.m. – Good FridayApril 23rd, 7 p.m. – Great Vigil of Easter

Easter SundayApril 8th, 20128:30 a.m. – Spoken service 10 a.m. – Choral Eucharist To follow – Easter Egg Hunt & Coffee Hour

Save the DateMarch 31st Parish clean up April 1st Palm Sunday April 14th Diaper Depot prep (2nd Saturday of every month) April 8th Easter SundayApril 21st Diaper Depot (3rd Saturday of every month)April 28th Grandma’s Attic openJuly 1st First 9 a.m. service of summer (note later time change)For a full listing of events, go to the Events page on our website and click through to Events Calendar.

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