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Church of Our Saviour at Oatlands

Church News & Events

Church Work Day | April 25th

We will have a Work Day on Saturday, April 25th, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 12:00 p.m. We will focus on dressing around the church and cottage, as well as the parking lot island. Please bring rakes, shovels, and a wheelbarrow if you have one. If you plan to come, please let me know by email at [[email protected]] or by text at [703.934.1134].

In addition, Paul Pruden is organizing some carpentry work at the rectory, which will be scheduled. If interested, please contact him at 571.334.2009.

Annual Parish Meeting | May 17th

A Nominating Committee has been formed to nominate candidates for Vestry election. Elections will be held at the Annual Parish Meeting on Sunday, May 17th. Any voting member may suggest nominees to the Committee consisting of Steve Mouton, Steve Price, and Roberta Bayer.

Women’s Fellowship

Dear Ladies of COOS,

Lois Davis will host an afternoon tea on Saturday, April 25th from
3:00 – 4:30 at Lisa Garden’s home:
(Address in the Weekly eNews letter)
*Sign up at the COOS Women’s Fellowship link here so we can track attendance

  • Please call/ text Lois (703-870-4567) if you have questions.
    Please do not feel obliged to bring anything. Lois thought it would be fun to bring our own teacups and to share the stories and meanings attached to them. It’s sure to be a lovely gathering; we hope to see you there!

Love & blessings!
Lois & Tamara

Join The Mowing Brigade!

The COOS Mowing Brigade is a dozen parishioners who each mow the church lawns about three times a year. Please consider joining, even if to focus on string trimming, walk-behind lawn mowing in tight places, or small-engine maintenance for those tools. See brigade assistant Criss Hyde for more information.

Evensong With The Saint Timothy School | TONIGHT!

Please join us tonight at 6:30 pm, for a service of Evensong With The Saint Timothy School, followed by dessert and drinks in the cottage.

The Saint Timothy School is a K4-12 Reformed Episcopal parish school in Uptown Dallas. The mission of the STS is to help parents fulfill their baptismal vows by forming their children in the classical Christian tradition and in the daily worship of the parish. Each year, the Upper School takes a heritage trip, singing in Anglican churches and exploring historic sites, alternating each year between international and domestic trips.

The service of evensong (sung evening prayer) is sometimes considered the crown jewel of Anglicanism.  Composers throughout the ages have written thousands of wonderful settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis.  The service music this evening comes from The Saint Timothy Service, a complete set of musical settings of the canticles and responses for morning and evening prayer, according to the 1928 prayer book, written specifically for the school by its choirmaster, Andrew Dittman.

Episcopal Visit | THIS SUNDAY!

We are blessed to have Bishop Manto visiting our parish on Sunday, April 19th, to celebrate the confirmation and reception of new members and give us an update on the diocese. Following the 10:30 a.m. service, we will enjoy a potluck lunch and Spring dance. 

To RSVP and sign up to bring a dish for the potluck, please visit HERE or cut and paste this link: https://signup.com/go/xDQZRWN

*If you have tables, chairs, and/or tents that we can use, please drop them off at The Cottage porch beginning April 6th – please label them with your name!

Contact Rachel with any questions at [email protected]

St. Patrick’s Service of Evensong

Many of us know St. Patrick as the great evangelist to the Irish. We know that he was a Briton, captured and sold into slavery by Irish pirates, only to return to the land that stole his freedom in order to free them from bondage to sin and death. It is unfortunate that our neighbors do not know this story, but instead many think of this holy day as a time to fulfill their sensual desires. This year, we will have a service of choral Evensong with a homily for the Feast of St. Patrick at 6:30 pm on March 17th. Both choir and organ music will accompany our prayers and singing. Please mark your calendars for this special Evensong service and expect more to come in the future. 

REC100 Lenten Offering

Beloved, your parish should have received the REC100 Lenten Offering brochure in the mail this past weekend. I do encourage you to share this brochure and the highlights of the ministry of REC100 with your congregations throughout Lent. This annual offering, in particular, have directly impacted the Diocese of the Central States. REC100 offerings have provided planting and revitalization support to Trinity Church (Connersville, IN), Darke County Anglican (Ansonia, OH), Christ the Redeemer (Owensboro, KY), and our newest plant in Johnson City, TN. As we move forward, I would like to see us use these offerings (and other resources) to help strengthen our smaller missions and to begin developing curacies for future clergy/planters. This offering will be vital for that purpose.

I have recorded a short video talking about the REC100 offering that you can use in your parish communications. If you think it is helpful, you can show it to your congregation, share it in your parish email blasts, post it on your parish social media, or in any other way you see fit. I leave it up to you. I simply want to provide the most opportunity for people to embrace the ministry of REC100 and to know that their support directly impacts our brothers and sisters in the Diocese of the Central States and the Reformed Episcopal Church.