We are a loving and inclusive community of believers
and seekers who know that God is love (1 John 4:16), mercy
triumphs over judgement (James 2:13), and being a Christian
means living and loving like Jesus (Matthew, Mark, Luke &
John). Come and see!
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PLEDGE FOR 2019
If you have prayerfully decided to make an
annual pledge to support St. Mary's By The Sea
in 2019, please return your pledge card to the
office as soon as possible so that we can plan
ahead for ministries and expenses in the new
year.
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LENTEN
WOMEN’S QUIET DAY
one day retreat for all women
of the diocese. April 6 from 10-3PM. Led by the
Rev. Maria Sanzo. Register by Tuesday, April 3,
contact Mary Anne Clisham at 609-394-5281 ext.
10 or at https://tinyurl.com/WomensQuietDay04062019
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WE COULD USE YOUR HELP
If you have any experience in fundraising or
special event planning we would love to pick
your brain! Please reach out to Mother Victoria,
Mike Mercuro, Suzanne Jorgensen, or phone the
parish office and speak to Cherisse.
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Eucharistic Ministers are available to
bring Communion to those who are not able to get
to church for extended periods of time due to
illness or mobility issues. We are grateful to
Robin Henry for stepping forward
to co-ordinate this vital parish ministry. If
you know of someone who needs home, hospital,
rehab, or nursing home visits, please let us know.
If you would like to be trained to participate
in this beautiful ministry, please contact
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WELCOMING COMMITTEE
St. Mary’s is forming a new committee
that will focus on staying connected
with our current parishioners as well
as welcoming our new ones. Please contact
Pam Baker at pbakerwood@gmail.com
if you are interested.
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PAMPERED CHEF FUNDRAISER FOR
MARY’S TABLE
In the near future, Pampered Chef will
be having a fundraiser for Mary’s
Table! We will be posting it on the
Facebook site and will ask all of you
Facebook users to kindly pass it to
your friends and family.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL FAMILIES It's
that time of year again and we're very excited
to see our students for another fun-filled year!
Registration forms will be in the back of the
church each Sunday through the first day of
classes, Sunday, September 16th. Please return
completed forms (which can be found at the back
of the church) to Cherisse in the Parish Office.
If you have questions or would like to volunteer
your time for Sunday School or Nursery, please
call Laurie Clayton at 732-600-5454.
Thank you!!
Download
Registration Form here
NURSERY/PRESCHOOL HELP NEEDED
We need a few adults and teens who are willing
to rotate to oversee the Nursery/Preschool during
our 10 o’clock service each Sunday. This
will allow our young families to attend church
while their children are in a safe and fun space.
Please call Laurie Clayton 732-600-5454, if
you are able to help out.
CALLING ALL FAMILIES WHOSE TEENS, 6TH
GRADE AND OLDER, WILL REGULARLY BE ATTENDING
CHURCH SCHOOL THIS YEAR. We are planning
and need your input to create an effective program.
Specifically we need to know if your teen will
regularly attend on Sunday mornings or if an
alternative meeting time might be preferable.
Please contact Laurie Clayton
either by phone or email to discuss alternatives
for the coming year.
732-600-5454 or claytombs1961@hotmail.com
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WHAT IS THE ST. MARY’S CHALLENGE?
Simply stated, for every dollar that is donated
above the regular pledged amount and identified
as St. Mary’s Challenge, an anonymous
donor will match that donation dollar for dollar,
up to $5,000. Each month we will give an update
on the status of the challenge. To donate just
indicate on your check St. Mary’s Challenge
or if a cash donation, use any envelope and
write St. Mary’s Challenge on the envelope.
To date $1000 has been donated to St. Mary’s
Challenge ($2000 with the match!)
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SOUP KITCHEN SPRING FUNDRAISER
Get your tickets! The annual fundraiser show
for the Soup Kitchen at Trinity Church in Asbury
Park will be "The Producers", Friday
March 29th at 6:30pm at Spring Lake Community
House Theater. Tickets are a minimum donation
of $30, and checks can be made out to "Trinity
Church" & in the memo write "Food
Justice". To reserve a ticket, please email
Laura by 3/15 - ldunn06@gmail.com and mail your
check to Laura Grodewald, 16 Elizabeth Ave,
Brick, NJ 08724.
 
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TRINITY CHURCH SOUP KITCHEN SPRING
FUNDRAISER will be "The Producers",
Friday, March 29 at 6:30pm at Spring Lake Community
House Theater. Tickets are a minimum donation
of $30. Checks should be made out to "Trinity
Church" & in the memo write "Food
Justice". For tickets please contact Cherisse
in the parish office
WILL YOU WATCH WITH ME? The
signup is posted in the back of the church for
anyone wishing to participate in the night watch
from Maundy Thursday evening
into the early morning hours of Good
Friday. Please signup if you wish to
be part of this quiet time of prayer and reflection.
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 FROM
YOUR GIFT AUCTION COMMITTEE: Dear Saint
Mary's Family, Our 13th Annual Gift Auction,
"Mardi Gras" proved to be the exciting,
successful event we have become accustomed to
hosting. As you know, the undertaking is no
simple feat. By the Grace of God and with the
support of many who contributed time, talent,
energy, donations of gifts, gift cards, money,
home baked and store bought treats, Saint Mary's
Gift Auction netted $21,465.00!! We extend a
heartfelt and gracious thank you to all whose
help made it possible to raise vitally needed
funds so we, through our outreach ministries,
may continue to touch the lives of those in
need in our community.
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FROM THE ALTAR GUILD
This year, in light of all the
recent fires, storms and natural disasters that
have caused suffering for so many people around
the country, we would like to make a Christmas
donation to Episcopal Relief and Development.
Our plan is to keep our Christmas flower display
beautiful but simple and donate the remaining
funds to ERD. Your Christmas flower donations
will help beautify our sanctuary AND help those
in need. Please give as generously as you are
able. Thank you!
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
For the Soup Kitchen in Asbury
Park. We need a few more volunteers for 1 or
2 Saturday mornings a year. Please contact Laura
Grodewald (ldunn06@gmail.com
/ 732-948-3186) for more information.
SINGERS NEEDED The
choir is in need of a few singers, especially
females (altos and sopranos). If interested,
please speak to JoAnn Roy, our choir director/organist.
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CENTERING PRAYER
Please help yourself to Centering Prayer pamphlet,
located at the back of the church. Centering
Prayer is a beautiful form of Christian meditation
that has, for centuries, drawn people into deeper
intimacy with God. If you have any questions,
or would like to discuss your prayer life and
the possibility of trying Christian meditation,
please speak to Mother Victoria
any time.
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Palm Sunday, April
14th
Palms, Passion, & Holy Eucharist at
8 am and 10 am
Holy Wednesday, April 17th
Candlelight Tenebre at 7 pm.
Maundy Thursday, April 18th, Beginning
at 7 pm.
Middle-eastern-ish potluck supper, tableside
service of
Holy Eucharist, ritual hand and foot washing,
stripping of the altar, chapel night watch.
Good Friday, April 19th
Good Friday Service at 12 noon and 7 pm.
Holy Saturday, April 20th
Easter Vigil Service at 7 pm.
Easter Sunday, April 21st
Sunrise Service at Jenkinson’s Pavilion
6 am.
Easter Services at St. Mary’s at
8 am and 10 am.
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TO THE CURRENT USERS OF PARISHPAY
Welcome to the WeShare family!
Following this week’s transition, here
are several things to keep in mind as you familiarize
yourself with WeShare.
We take the security of your website seriously.
We take the security of your website seriously.
Your recurring donations will continue as scheduled.
But you must authenticate your account and email
to receive WeShare emails to make any changes
to your account or receive WeShare emails. The
first time you enter the system-you will have
to go through a onetime validation requiring:
• Your ParishPay user name, The last
4 digits of the bank account or credit card
used with
ParishPay And ONE of the following two options:
• Your email address
• A collection name and the specific amount
donated within the last 6 months
Please feel free to contact the WeShare
customer service team for assistance at WeShare@4lpi.com
or call 1 (800) 950-9953 and select Option 1.
https://saintmarysbythesea.churchgiving.com
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MARY’S TABLEMARY’S
TABLE is in need of salad dressing.
We would particularly like creamy Caesar,
Italian, or ranch. Because of your generosity
our shelves are stocked with peanut
butter and jelly! Thank you so much
for all you do for this wonderful ministry.
Read more...
Mary's Table is the
recipient of a grant to
support our feeding ministry from the
Hurricane
Sandy New Jersey Relief Foundation
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SEAMEN’S CHURCH INSTITUTE
Traveling for business or pleasure? Please
consider bringing home the hotel’s
or ship’s toiletries to share with
the seafarer’s at SCI. SCI is eager
to receive travel-sized toothpaste, shampoo,
conditioner, lotion (hand or body), and
soap. Unscented items are preferred. Please
leave your donations in the kitchen marked
for Elaine Long.
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Second
Sunday in Lent
March 17, 2019
O God, whose glory it is always to
have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray
from your ways, and bring them again with penitent
hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast
the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ
your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and
reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision,
“Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield;
your reward shall be very great.” But Abram
said, “O Lord God, what will you give me,
for I continue childless, and the heir of my house
is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “You
have given me no offspring, and so a slave born
in my house is to be my heir.” But the word
of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not
be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall
be your heir.” He brought him outside and
said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars,
if you are able to count them.” Then he said
to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
And he believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned
it to him as righteousness. Then he said to him,
“I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of
the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.”
But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know
that I shall possess it?” He said to him,
“Bring me a heifer three years old, a female
goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove,
and a young pigeon.” He brought him all these
and cut them in two, laying each half over against
the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.
And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses,
Abram drove them away. As the sun was going down,
a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying
darkness descended upon him. When the sun had gone
down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming
torch passed between these pieces. On that day the
Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To
your descendants I give this land, from the river
of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.”
Genesis 15:1-12,17-18
Brothers and sisters, join in imitating
me, and observe those who live according to the example
you have in us. For many live as enemies of the cross
of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now
I tell you even with tears. Their end is destruction;
their god is the belly; and their glory is in their
shame; their minds are set on earthly things. But
our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there
that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
He will transform the body of our humiliation that
it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the
power that also enables him to make all things subject
to himself. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom
I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm
in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
Philippians
3:17-4:1
Some Pharisees came and said to Jesus,
"Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill
you." He said to them, "Go and tell that
fox for me, 'Listen, I am casting out demons and performing
cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish
my work. Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must
be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet
to be killed outside of Jerusalem.' Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
the city that kills the prophets and stones those
who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather
your children together as a hen gathers her brood
under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your
house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not
see me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed
is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
Luke
13:31-35
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St.
Mary's by the Sea is a Christian community
that
strives to create a sanctuary for ALL
seekers
and believers alike
to
come and experience the Love of God through Jesus Christ,
to
share that love with those around us
and
in the wider world,
and
to grow in faith
as
part of a caring Christian family.
