The St. George Children’s Ministry is growing and we are in need of more members to join our Nursery staff. We routinely need substitutes to work on Sunday mornings, but we also need more people available for weekend and weeknight worship opportunities and special events.
At this time, we especially are in need of three people to work in our nursery as childcare for a new group forming on Sunday evenings from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. This group will meet every other Sunday beginning on May 1.
Applicants need to be age 16 or older, and must be willing to attend a Safeguarding God’s Children workshop. All applicants must also pass a background check. These positions can be paid hourly or be for volunteer service hours. Please email Haley Bankey at hbankey@saintgeorgechurch.org in you are interested.
We are so happy to share with St. George about the wonderful time we have recently had with our partners in Haiti. During our six-day visit we were overwhelmed and filled by the love and friendship that surrounded us. Fr. Noe Bernier (our new priest there) and his team of hosts and staff were absolutely amazing in their care of our team. From the moment we landed until we took off back to Texas we were surrounded by caring friends who made sure our every need was met. Our time was filled with wonderful food, fellowship, and quality development time with the school and church community there. Fr. Noe ensured that we had the opportunity to spend time with the school’s students, faculty, and staff making our partnership stronger than ever.
We spent time taking pictures of student life and teachers, distributing donations, teaching music, and creating bonds between generations as we played and learned with the students. We were overjoyed by the continued progress on the campus as we saw the finished kitchen facility, repairs to the school, and the walls going up for the rebuilding of the church! There is still work to be done and we will share the needs and dreams of our friends in Haiti with our community here at St. George. We cannot wait until our next visit with our friends, and we are especially energized as we head into the Chain of Love event that supports the work of this partnership!
Blessings,
Keith Earle
St. George Episcopal Church would like to present a special gift to each of our high school graduates to mark this momentous milestone in their lives, and we need your help. We will be giving each high school graduate a personalized Bible with scripture blessings from our parishioners highlighted throughout each of their Bibles.
If you have one or more favorite scriptures that you would like to share and have highlighted in the graduates’ Bibles, simply email your list to Happy Wilson at hwilson@saintgeorgechurch.
Our high school graduates will receive their Bibles during the 10:45 worship service on Sunday, May 15th. We will be offering prayers for all graduates during both worship services.
It is our hope that these Bibles will be a treasured source of guidance and inspiration for our graduates as they begin a new journey in their lives and we thank you for your contributions!
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- Flowering of the Cross
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- St. George Choir
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- Easter Kids
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- Brunch
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- Children’s Lesson
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- Egg Hunt
Announcing New Beginnings #2
This retreat will be led by Mary Hayden Manning and Miranda Tubilla, will take place Friday-Sunday, April 15-17 at St. David’s, San Antonio. New Beginnings is a spiritual renewal weekend for all middle school youth in grades 6-8 and is designed to respond to the issues, concerns, and needs of young people, with the goal of helping participants grow in their love of the Lord Jesus Christ, and subsequently, themselves. This second weekend is also open to those who participated in New Beginnings #1. Cost per participant is $50; you can find the link to register here. High school students can apply to be on staff. The Rev. Lisa Mason and the Rev. Matt Wise will serve as the Spiritual Directors. For more information, contact Mary Hayden Manning.
New art has been hung in the Leadership Center to celebrate the “Joy in the Journey” to the Easter Season and of spring. All are invited to come and see! Most of the art is for sale and a portion of proceeds goes to support the St. George Community.
The artists exhibiting are: Sno-Pro Photography, Jim Sparkman, Rita McDaniel, Dr. Michael Orozco, Sherry Humphreys, Shirley Bland, John Roof, Peggy Foerster, and Dawn del Alamo.
The Leadership Center is open from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM during the week and on Sunday mornings. Come enjoy!
St. George Member Bridget Lynch asks for help from the St. George Community.
Bridget writes, “My TMI Science received a small grant earlier from the TeamUp program. Our club’s project is that we create hands-on science curriculums for elementary students and take it to children in Title One schools. So far, we have worked with Mead elementary. With the large grant of $20,000, we want to expand all over San Antonio and bring this opportunity to kids in Locke Hill, Larkspur, et al. The community is allowed to vote for which project they want to receive the large grant. Voting continues through April 1st. We need votes from the St. George community!”
To learn more about their project, click here.
Use the hashtag #TUCvoteTMI in any social media post this week or vote for TMI by visiting: http://
Any help that we can get from the community would be awesome!
Station 14: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus saw where he was laid. – Mark 15:46-47
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This reflection was written by Rob Devlin.
Station 13 – The Body of Jesus Is Taken Down From the Cross
John 19:38-40
After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Jesus’s sacrifice for us was thoroughly selfless and purely perfect. Humans sacrifices’ for others can never be perfect because that is how God created us. We are fallible and imperfect. When we try to show unbiased and unconditional love and care to other human beings, we are loving and living in Jesus Christ’s image to the best of our frail, human ability. I believe that that is the way He intended it when He sacrificed Himself for us.
When Joseph of Arimathea brought Jesus’s body down from the cross and laid Him to rest, he was treating Jesus with great reverence, care, and respect. In doing so, he was not only showing his love for our Lord Jesus, but he also exhibited Jesus’s love in the gentlest way. Especially since Joseph performed this act of kindness, despite the repercussions that might have befallen him.
In our daily lives, we have the opportunity to show our love for Jesus by showing love and compassion to other people. We do this by showing kindness to a friend or family member in need, or even more difficult, showing kindness to a stranger or an enemy. Being Chaplain of the St. George Middle School, the theme of loving your enemies is one that I try to emphasize frequently, as nothing is more difficult. I believe that nothing could better embody Jesus’s love than caring for those who have wronged us. Another principle that goes along very well with kindness and compassion is respect. Just like Nicodemus showed the utmost respect for Jesus Christ by bringing Him myrrh and aloes to anoint His body, we must also show others respect.
As Christians and followers of the Lord, we all strive to keep Jesus our priority in all that we do. So, how exactly do we do that? Since Jesus sets such an astounding example for us, I believe that the best we can do is set the best example we can for others. By letting God’s light radiate through us various ways, we can truly exemplify what it means to be a follower of the Lord.
So, at the end of my homilies in chapel, I always give my peers a challenge or something to think about throughout the week. So, I will leave you with this:
What actions are you going to take to show that you are a true follower of Christ? Are you willing to love your enemies? Will you set an example for others?
-Sophie Velez