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Notes on celebrating Ascension and Whitsun
This year, we would like to hold our communion service each day during the ten days of Ascension and the three days of Whitsun.  With strengthened attention and effort, we hope to bring more of the hidden treasure of Ascension & Whitsun festival into light.

Although no particular after-service contemplations, studies or activities are as yet planned,  there is openness for these to spontaniously take place.

On Whitsun Sunday,  we would like to gather in a large circle as a community.  On Whitsun, the capacity, among other things, was bestowed upon humankind, historically first upon the circle closest to Christ Jesus, to spiritually reach up beyond the limits of language to grasp the reality of the Living Word.  With this new ability of Intuition to grasp living meaning and then craft it into words most befitting for a listening soul to receive, a new spiritual bond was formed among Christ and those who loved him and those who were hearing about Him for the first time through the spoken word.

The idea is to listen to the words that may spring from the wells of the Living Word within us.

Calendar of Events

Saturday, March 7,  9 am
The Act of Consecration for Mary Elena Raffaele 
All are welcome to join the service for Mary Elena (April 5, 1958 ~ December 18, 2025), sister-in-law
and dear friend of William and Alexandra Riggins.  

Saturday, March 7, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
House and Garden Day 
All are welcome to prepare our church for Passiontide.  We will change the color of the altar and the vestments and tidy, clean, and beautify our sanctuary and community spaces.  And we will definitely enjoy each other's company when we sit around the table for our lunch.  Feel free to join us as long or as short as you can.  Lunch will be provided.  Although you can just show up, if you let us know your plan to come, it will help us to know how much food we need to cook for our lunch.  

Saturday, March 7,  6 pm
Youth Group Gathering
Come join us for an evening of games and fun.  We will end with a short Close of Day ritual.  All youths are welcome. 

Sunday, March 8, after the service and lunch
Presentation and workshop with Christine Huston:
"The terrible and wonderful individuals in our lives through whom we have become who we are today"
Join us for an hour of biography work which may lead us to new perspectives regarding the individuals in our lives!

Sunday, March 15, after the service and lunch
Study of The Book  of Revelation with Hugh Thornton
We will be studying chapter 9.

Friday, March 20, 4pm ~ Sunday, March 22, 12pm
Community Retreat
at St. Raphaela Center, located at 616 Coopertown Rd, Haverford, PA.
(The Sunday service will be as usual on March 22 in Devon.)

Saturday, March 28
Conversation with Elders: Margo Ketchum
in Rose Hall at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills
10:15 am :  refreshments
10:30 am – 11:45 pm : talk  

HOLY WEEK (March 29 - April 5) :

Palm Sunday, March 29

10:30am: Sunday service as usual
12:30 - 1:30pm: Holy Week contemplation
We will have an overview of our Holy Week contemplation theme,
"The seven stages of the passion of Christ Jesus".

Monday through Saturday (March 30 - April 4)

There will be 9am service each day, which will be followed by a contemplation in this schedule:

Monday:        "Washing of the Feet"
Tuesday:        "Scourging"
Wednesday:   "Crowning with Thorns"
Thursday:      "Bearing of the Cross"
Friday:           "Crucifixion"
Saturday:       "Entombment"
(A contemplation on "Resurrection" will be on Easter Monday, April 6.)
If you want to open our conversation with a short sharing of your thoughts or questions on the theme on one of those days, please let Jong Won know. 

Good Friday, April 3
9 am : The Consecration of the Human Being
10:15 am - 11:15 am : Holy Week contemplation
3 pm : Close of Day - At the hour of death on the cross, we will hear the words spoken from the cross.

Holy Saturday, April 4
9 am : The Consecration of the Human Being
10:15 am - 11:15 am : Holy Week contemplation
11:30 am – 2:30 pm : House & Garden Day(We will prepare the church for Easter.  Lunch is provided.)

Easter:

Easter Sunday, April 5
9:15 am Easter Puppet Play
(Please be seated by 9:10 am so that we can start on time.)
All are welcome to join the children and experience this inspirational story from the Bible brought to life through the art form of marionette puppetry. 
10 am : The Sunday Service for Children
10:30 am The Consecration of the Human Being 
Festive potluck lunch & Easter egg hunt for all ages

Easter Monday, April 6 
9 am : The Consecration of the Human Being
10:15 am - 11:15 am: Easter Contemplation, "Resurrection"

Sunday, April 12, after the service and lunch
Talk by Hugh Thornton:
"The mystery of life and death on Golgotha"

Thursday, April 16, 7pm
Meeting on marriage (New!)
All who are on the precious and challenging journey of marriage as a husband or a wife or as a witness are welcome.  We hope to inspire and support one another.  We will draw from the deep sources of the sacrament, the Gospels and personal experience to guide our way.

Sunday, April 19, after the service and lunch
Easter Art Contemplation by Cindy Hindes:
"Saving the Body"

Sunday, April 26, after the service and lunch
Study of The Book  of Revelation with Hugh Thornton
We will be studying chapter 10.

Sunday May 3 or May 10
The Sacrament of Confirmation 
(The date and confirmands to be announced later.)

Ascension & Whitsun
Thursday, May 14 ~ Tuesday, May 26 (For 13 days)
There will be a service each day during the ten days of Ascension and the three days of Whitsun, at 10:30 am on Sundays and 9 am on the other days.  

Sunday, May 17, after the service and lunch
Ascension Sunday Walk
at Binky Lee Preserve (https://natlands.org/binky-lee-preserve/).
We will think about the Ascension of Christ with an expanded view in the open air.  Please bring your journal and pen.  All are welcome. 

Saturday, May 23, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
House and Garden Day 
We will prepare the church for Whitsun.  Lunch is provided.

Sunday, May 24 ~ Tuesday, May 26
Whitsun community gathering
"The chalice of community"
How each one by grace has a place in the chalice's circle of community and how each one's position gracefully forms that sacred circle.

Saturday, May 30
Conversation with Elders: Sherry Wildfeuer
in Rose Hall at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills
10:30 am :  gathering for coffee/tea
10:45 am – 12 pm : talk  

Sunday, May 31, after the service and lunch
Study of The Book  of Revelation with Hugh Thornton
We will be studying chapter 11.

Ongoing Services and Community Activities 

Sundays

 9:15  am - Children's Program
10:00 am - The Sunday Service for Children (Throughout the year)
10:30 am - The Consecration of the Human Being
followed by a community potluck lunch 

Wednesdays

9:00 am - The Consecration of the Human Being 
10:15 - 11:15 am - Contemplation
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Study Group: “The Gospel of Matthew”
(From Sept. to June) We meet in the Kimberton/Phoenixville area.  Please contact Jong Won Choi for details.

Saturdays
Most Saturdays: 9:00 am - The Consecration of the Human Being
The dates for Saturday services for the upcoming months are December 6, 13, 20, 27, January 3, 24, 31, February 7, 21, 28. 

Sacrament of Consultation - by appointment 
Please contact one of our priests to arrange the sacrament.  

Confirmation Preparation Classes
Meet regularly during the school year.  Please contact Rev. Jong Won Choi for further information. 

Service in Camphill Village Kimberton Hills
The Consecration of the Human Being is celebrated once a month, usually on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 9 am, in Rose Hall.

Service in the Princeton Area
The Consecration of the Human Being is celebrated on Saturdays in the home of Heide & Henry Ratliff in Lawrenceville, NJ.  The next services will be on Dec. 26, Jan. 17, Feb. 14, March 14, April 11, May 26, and June 13. Please contact Heidi at  ratliff dot heide at gmail dot com.

Priest Consultation Hours

The Sacrament of Consultation - By Appointment
Please contact one of our priests to arrange the sacrament.  

Contact the Priest
Rev. Rev. Jong Won Choi
518-821-9790, jongwonchoi.cc@gmail.com

Rev. Hugh Thornton 
484-318-5515, hugh.patrick.thornton@gmail.com

Rev. Cindy Hindes (retired) 
747-252-8305, cindy.hindes@gmail.com