St. John's Vestry
St. John's Vestry


"The Little Church On The Hill"
St. John's Episcopal Church
Springfield Gardens, NY, 11413

Holy Week 2018

MINISTER GABBY CUDJOE WILKES
Will be our guest minister for Maundy Thursday. Please join us in welcoming her to St. John's. Minister Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes is a brand strategist, event planner and licensed minister. Her work is situated at the intersection of faith & culture.

LEMs/Lay Readers Schedule
PALM SUNDAY - 3/25
Edola Prince - LEM
Ta. Roberts - OT/Psalms
Tr. Roberts - NT
MAUNDY THURSDAY - 3/29
Sharon Hunter - LEM
N. Cornelius - OT/Psalm
P. White - NT
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE - 3/30
Sharon Hunter - LEM
Donnica Hamlet - OT/Psalm
Andrea Dacres - NT
EASTER VIGIL SERVICE - 3/31
I. Andrea Dacres - LEM
II. Readers for the Liturgy of the Word
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Andrea Dacres
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Sharon Hunter
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Barbara Taylor
III. Readers for the Liturgy of the Eucharist
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Joydeth Lacey-Amos- OT/Psalm
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Gilford Cornelius - NT
EASTER SUNDAY - 4/1
G. Cornelius - LEM
A. Doivilus - OT/Psalm
A. Joshua-Vega - NT
During Holy Week we walk with Jesus, we suffer with him, we die with him, and we rise again as new creatures, brought deeply into joy of redemption and new life. The rites of Holy Week are ancient and by nature different from the liturgical celebrations of the rest of the Church Year. They are meant to be different in order to focus the attention of the people o the mysteries celebrated during this sacred time. As the Episcopal Church, we are a people of signs and symbols and it is important to spend time preparing for the liturgies of this most holy period and giving extra attention to the details so that the people are able to to fully participate, with all their senses, in these rites and also to ensure a flow in the liturgies.