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26 April 2021                  

Spring Cleaning into What's Next

As we prepare to open Epiphany for in-person worship, Rev. Nick, Brian our Sexton, and Lee Kaukas our Property Chair, have been working very hard to clean up the campus to welcome us all back. One area that has been a source of major effort is the rummage room; even though our building has been closed for almost a year, the rummage room has mysteriously filled with stuff, so much stuff that it overflowed into some of the downstairs classrooms. A company called Junk Luggers came on April 20 and removed all of the materials that were collected over the past year plus. This company does their very best to keep items out of landfills and into places where it can be reused and recycled. I don’t know about you, but it feels good to lighten our load and spruce up for spring.

We will not be having a rummage sale this spring, and it is just impractical to save all of the stuff until the fall. In addition we have a rodent problem in the church building, and all those bags of stuff are great places for rodents to find homes. During the pandemic you may have collected more stuff in anticipation of a spring rummage sale; please do not bring anything to Epiphany — we cannot and will not store any rummage. Please do not bring it into the building or leave it outside the building. Thank you for your cooperation on this matter. If you have “donations,” there is a Goodwill truck at the Whole Foods on the Winchester/Woburn line and one at the Stop & Shop in Arlington. You can also schedule pick-ups at your own home from groups such as Epilepsy Foundation, Big Brother Big Sister, and many others. The next time a rummage sale is planned we will have scheduled drop off days and some parameters about what types of items can be dropped off. 

As I am writing this I am thinking about traditions; Epiphany has had a long history of rummage sales, and many of you participate and are rewarded by this type of activity — thank you for your efforts. I know that in my personal life, in my family life, and in my business life the pandemic has given me the opportunity to ask “What should I drop, add, keep, and improve?” with the traditions and events I have “always done.” Should we be doing the same in terms of our ministries? I am not saying that we won’t ever have a rummage sale again, but in the coming months, the Vestry will be exploring the question of “What as a church should we drop, add, keep, and improve, as we continue to do God’s work here?”

Thank you for your understanding in the matter.

Peace to you all,
Suzanne Owayda, Warden

Team Epiphany is Back Out on the Road!

That’s right, after a year of virtual riding, Team Epiphany will be participating in a COVID-safe, socially distanced, mask wearing in person ride to support the ALS Therapy Development Institute.  Once again, your favorite fanatical cyclists will be pushing pedals to raise money for cures and treatments for the terrible disease that is ALS.

One of challenges of this strange time we are living in is that none of the other problems we had before COVID-19 have taken a break.  We still live in a world where other diseases still do their nasty damage, and one of the worst is ALS.  

So, like last year we are not letting the pandemic stop us from continuing our fight. We are not quite back to the three day cycling event that took us from Boston to Greenwich, CT.  This year we will have a one-day, 100 mile ride that still should be sufficiently challenging. And like last year, some on the team will participate virtually and record our miles on an athletics website called Strava.com. We’ll all be logging plenty of miles to keep up our end, even if we are not traversing the hills of Connecticut in a single weekend.

We have lost two beloved parishioners to ALS in recent years, Rick Marks and Steve Lewis. We ride in their honor and memory, and we will not stop until cures and treatment are found. Please join us by contributing to this important effort.

You can help in many ways:

2. Come ride with us – even if it’s virtually. We are planning some appropriately socially distanced group rides. Runners, walkers, and other exercisers are also welcome.Check it out at:  
https://tst.als.net/the-ride/ride-options/

3. Cheer us on! Pray for us! You can check out all the riders clocking miles virtually here: 
https://www.strava.com/clubs/trekyourway2021

Thanks in advance for your support. If at all possible we’d like to raise as much money as we have in past years. We know that’s a challenge with so many other concerns facing everyone, but we hope you will find it in your capacity to help us.

And please stay safe and be well.

-Team Epiphany

This Week's Calendar

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Monday, April 26

Creation Care via Zoom, 5:30pm

Tuesday, April 27

Noonday Prayer via Zoom, 12pm

Circle of Life via Zoom, 5pm

Wednesday, April 28
Morning Prayer via Zoom, 7:30am

Youth Group, 8pm

Thursday, April 29
Online Healing Prayer via Zoom, 7pm

Compline via Zoom, 9pm

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