This Week at St. Mary’s-in-Tuxedo

Upcoming Calendar

Ash Wednesday, February 22

10am - Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes (at the St. Mark’s altar)

7pm - Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes (at the main altar with music)

Saturday, February 25

10am to 2pm - The Emporium is open

5pm - Evening Service (at the St. Mark’s altar)

Sunday, February 26

9:45am - Sunday School and Childcare starts

10am - Holy Eucharist (with music and hymns)

11am to 1pm - The Emporium is open

11:30am - Vestry Meeting in French House

Wednesday, February 29

10am - Holy Eucharist (at the St. Mark’s altar)

From the Rector

Dear Parishioners and Friends,

Remember that thou art dust, and unto dust shalt thou return.

With these familiar words, we begin our Lenten journey of faith. In this season of preparation, we contemplate our mortality, our sinfulness, and our need for the salvation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus fasted and was tempted by Satan for forty days and forty nights in the desert. Moses spent forty days and nights atop the mountain with God. We will spend the forty days of Lent in repentance and self-denial, peeling away the comforts and balms of this earthly life in order to more fully expose our hearts and souls to God. We will pray and work to bring our lives more and more into harmony with God's will for us, thereby enabling us to experience the true joy of the Resurrection.

We will begin our observance of Lent on Ash Wednesday with two services, 10:00 a.m. (spoken), and 7:00 p.m. (with music).

I invite you to take advantage of all that this season has to offer you. Put away the old man, and open your heart to experiencing God in powerful ways. He is calling you, his children into his loving arms.

Blessings,

Fr. Rick

Children are always welcome at St. Mary’s. Sunday School and Child Care are available at 9:45 for our Sunday 10am service. Please call the office (845)-351-5122 with any questions.

As soon as the devastating news of the the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria broke St. Mary’s Outreach Committee acted quickly to donate funds to “Doctors Without Borders”. We will continue to support this charity and others who are actively in place helping those in need. If you would like to join our efforts you can do so online by clicking the link here (please note earthquake relief in the memo line) or by dropping a check off to the office.

Donate

Volunteers are needed for the Sloatsburg Food Pantry located in All Souls Community Church, 81 Washington Ave, Suffern, NY 10901

Help is needed on the following dates:

Wednesday Feb 22nd - Distribution
Tuesday Feb 28th - Delivery & Distribution
Wednesday March 1st - Distribution
Wednesday March 8th - Distribution
Wednesday March 14th - Distribution
Wednesday March 22nd - Distribution
Tuesday March 28th - Distribution
Wednesday March 29th - Distribution

Please Contact St. Mary's info@stmtux.org (845) 351-5122 or The Sloatsburg Food Pantry sloatsburgfoodpantry@gmail.com (201) 394-0627 if you can help on any of the above dates. New volunteers click here to fill out your application form.

If you or someone you know is in need of food, please sign up for an appointment using this link.

St Mary’s is hosting a Cereal Drive for the Sloatsburg Food Pantry.

If possible please drop off boxes of unopened Cereal to the church office during the hours of 9am-1pm Mon-Thurs or to the rear of the main church during our services times.

The Drive runs from now until February 26th. Any donation is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!

Community Notices

Please drop off any bag donations to the office at St. Mary’s Mon-Thurs 9am-1pm