Maundy Thursday, April 14

St. Luke’s Chapel, Queenstown

7:00PM ~ Holy Communion

Children’s First Communion

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Good Friday, April 15

Noonday Prayers and Meditation

Old Wye Church, Wye Mills

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Easter Day, April 17

7:00AM Wye Mills Lake ~ Community Sunrise Service

9:00 AM St. Luke’s ~ Holy Communion

10:15AM Old Wye ~ Easter Egg Hunt

11:00 AM Old Wye ~ Holy Communion

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Birthday blessings for Richard Tillman and Jessica Julie. Anniversary blessings for Jamie and Ann Goodman.

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Grace and peace to you in this season of Easter. Pray for Ukraine,

Reverend Charlie

We Give Thanks is a course preparing children to receive Holy Communion with deeper understanding.

We Give Thanks is scheduled at 10 am the first Sundays of months leading to Easter 2022. Those Sundays are

April 14 – Maundy Thursday, First Communion

April 17 – Easter Sunday, Presentation/Recognition of Communion Class

Miss Bibi will contact parents to share details about the retreat and the Maundy Thursday service. It will be a very exciting spring for our children at Old Wye!

In Loving Memory                        

Our 5 Parents – from Linda & David Allen

Vernon & Helen Lam – from Lennie & Tricia Anthony

Ptl. Michael Nickerson – from Lennie & Tricia Anthony

John English, Jr. – from Lennie & Tricia Anthony

John English – from Lane & Connie Cole

Allen Butler; our parents – from Sharon Butler

Joseph & Sophie Dryka – from Valerie & Ron Dryka

Parents and Grandparents – from Valerie & Ron Dryka

Barry A. Oren from The Oren Family

Susie Kirchner – from Rev. Charlie

Bill Saunders – from Jackie Saunders

Don & Sally Cronkrite – from S.P. & Suzanne Sheahan

Dawn and Greg Sherwood – from Geoff Sherwood

Leonard & Dorothy Sherwood – from Rob & Donna Sherwood

Leroy & Ann Phelps – from Rob & Donna Sherwood

Melanie Hallowell – from Rob & Donna Sherwood

Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur Smith – from Frank & Jarrett Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Ruth – from Frank & Jarrett Smith

In Thanksgiving For

Rev. Charlie’s Kerygma Fellowship – from Jim & Mary Campbell

Family – from the Goodmans

Reverend Charlie – from Jackie Saunders

Our beloved Reverend Charlie – from Don & Judy Webber

In Sincere Appreciation for your many years of dedicated spiritual service to Wye Parish and beyond – from Hank & Rita Whaley

Please join us for an

Sunday, April 17th

at 10:15 am

Old Wye Parish

For more information please contact Miss Bibi at 410-570-2023; [email protected]

The Kerygma course, Reading the Bible as a Whole, continues on Monday, April 18th at 10 am in the Wye Parish Library. The spring course is a weekly discovery of the New Testament beginning with The Good News and concluding with the Revelation of John. I look forward to welcoming everyone to this vision of reading the Scriptures together.

A five-week introduction to the core beliefs and values at Wye Parish of worship, history, kerygma, ministry, and Confirmation. We gather this Wednesday, April 20th at 6:30 pm for coffee and dessert. This brief introduction to the Episcopal Church is a great way for anyone to be renewed and refreshed as a baptized member and witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We are pleased to announce that Wye Parish has joined with Washington College’s Institute for Religion, Politics and Culture for a series of 3 Lectures, dealing with the history of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. These lectures are free and open to the public. The first lecture:

“Maintaining Tradition During a Century of Religious Change:

Old Wye Church and Christianity on the Colonial Eastern Shore.”

This lecture will present the vibrant religious environment of the Colonial Eastern Shore, when generations of church-goers struggled over whether assurance of God’s favor could be found in established liturgies, or only in the inner experience of spiritual rebirth.

Presented by: Dr. Baird Tipson, past president of Washington College

Date & Time:  April 19th at 4:30 p.m.

Location:     Washington College, Hynson Lounge at Hodson Hall, Chestertown MD (parking is available on campus)

Two more lectures, in this Old Wye Church 300th Anniversary series, are planned for September and October and will take place in Easton and at Old Wye Church, respectively. The September lecture will cover 18th Century Colonial Architecture of the Eastern Shore and the third will cover the impact of the famous Anglican clergyman, Thomas Bray, organizer of the Church of England in the Colony of Maryland. Stay tuned for more information on these two lectures to come.

A special thank you to Valerie Dryka who will provide dinners to the Haven Ministries Homeless Shelter in April.

Please contact Mary Julie if you are interested in providing dinners or want more information before committing. Thank you very much!

Mary Julie, (c) 410-310-3577, [email protected]

Throughout the month of March, Haven Ministries Food Pantries distributed food to 178 individuals in our community. These folks fed their families, which included 573 total people: 208 children, 299 adults, and 66 seniors. Individuals and families received a variety of food: ground turkey, ground beef, venison, hotdogs, canned meats (tuna, chicken, ham, luncheon meat), canned fruits and vegetables (including mixed fruit, kale, collard greens), pastas, rice, jellies, juices (grape, apple, orange), applesauce, assorted donated food, and hygiene items.

Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped operate both Haven Ministries Food Distribution sites! Thank you for your support! We appreciate you!

Krista Pettit

Executive Director,

Haven Ministries, Inc.

Donations of non-perishable food are warmly accepted for the Haven Ministries Emergency Food Shelter. Food donation boxes are located at both St. Luke’s Chapel and Old Wye Church.

The Food Pantry at Haven Ministries is open for daily distribution.

Thanks! Have a great day!!

We thank you for your support of Wye Parish.

You may always choose to donate using our online giving. Simply click on the plate to make an online offering for Wye Parish. This online giving feature also may be accessed any time by clicking the donate button at the top of this newsletter or from the Wye Parish website.

Thank you to all who have mailed their weekly or monthly offerings, bring their pledges to church on Sunday mornings and to those who are already using our online donation service.

Prayer for Annual Parish Stewardship

Accept, O Lord, these gifts which we bring to you, inspire and increase our gratitude for the presence of your Holy Spirit in our lives. We commit our church to your praise and honor, that the name of our Lord Jesus may be worshipped, and his ministry of compassion, healing and new life bring hope to all people. Amen.