Holy Week in the Area Parish of Mississippi Lake

Maundy Thursday (April 17)
Potluck begins 5:30 pm
Service begins 7:00 pm
Location: St James Carleton Place.
Sign up at your church or with the church office for the potluck please.

Good Friday (April 18)
11 am. St James Carleton Place
11 am. Christ Church Ashton
1:30 pm. St George’s Clayton

Holy Saturday (April 19)
Location: St John’s Smiths Falls
Time: 7:30 pm.
Car pooling available.

‘Maundy’ is derived from the latin ‘mandatum’ which means basically “commandment.” Because Thursday night of Holy Week corresponds to the Last Supper, it includes Jesus saying, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another as I have loved you.”  This is the night of that New Commandment. Maundy Thursday services traditionally include a focus on the Last Supper, not only as the beginning of the Triduum (the Great Three Days), but also as the institution of the Lord’s Supper, Eucharist, Communion. In many places, a foot washing service is included, and the service often ends with the Stripping of the Altar. Maundy Thursday ends with the starkness of the empty, bare altar. Our souls are bare as well, as we begin to walk through the rest of the weekend.

As part of our observance of Lent, we will be holding a potluck beginning at 5:30 pm April 17 at St. James CP in the parish hall. In keeping with the solemnity of the beginning of the Passion of Christ, we are planning to keep this meal simple.

Parishioners are asked to bring their own dinnerware and cutlery which you will take home to wash, keeping clean up to a minimum.  After the meal, we will move quickly and quietly to the church for the service beginning at 7:00 pm.

Suggested potluck dishes might include lentil soup, flatbread, salad, dates, fruit.

There will be signup sheets at the entrances of our parish churches starting Sunday March 30^th so you can indicate what you might bring.

For more information, please contact Brenda Million brendamillion94@gmail.com or 613-451-0572

St James Carleton Place Spring Fair:  Saturday, April 26- 10 am- 2pm
This spring we are not confident the weather will be reliable for strictly a plant sale- so we are engaging other ideas to make it successful & interesting.
We are looking for: perennials, house plants, decorative containers for plants. Flea market items (NO furniture please); books (gardening, plants). We will have a bake table (cookies, muffins, sweet loaves, etc). Arrangements will be made if your require someone to pick up your donations! 
Please contact Ronette Vines if you are interested in participating—everyone welcome!  613-257-9186

Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter Egg) Workshop

Saturday April 12, two sessions 9:30-12:00, 1:00-3:30

$10 /person plus donation to the food bank (21 person limit at each session)

Registration required office@stjamescarletonplace.ca

St James’ Carleton Place, Feb 16, 11 am (immediately following the 10 am service)
RESCHEDULED – MARCH 2, AFTER THE 10 AM JOINT SERVICE

St James’ Franktown, Thursday, Feb 20, 7 pm in Centennial Hall

St George’s Clayton, Saturday, Feb 22, 11 am in the church hall

Christ Church Ashton, Wednesday, Feb 26, 7 pm in the church hall

Watch the Incumbent deliver his report to Vestry (for all churches)