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Folks,
The lessons for this Sunday include from Genesis a remarkably serene Joseph disclosing to his brothers his identity without any anger (most of us would be a little upset about being sold into slavery), and in the Gospel of Luke good "turnabouts" of phrase, spoken by Jesus at least in part to get people to think. Taken along with the Old Testament my partner Tony! comments how impressed he was by Joseph's forgiving his brethren, which might say also sums up the gospel lesson and indeed our friend and recent houseguest Jim noted that a big part of what characterises Christianity is forgiveness with grace. In the Corinthians lesson Paul refers to Jesus as "the last Adam" a notion that in Jesus Christ we have the fulfillment and counterpart to the first man, ie, the fulfilment of God's plan for humanity. But to my mind a more important part of the lesson is Paul's emphasis on the spiritual, suggesting we do better to see ourselves first as spiritual beings and only later as physical. Indeed Paul concludes with this sentence "What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. As we continue living in our communities may we learn to practice forgiveness with grace, and as Paul, recognise the primacy of the "spiritual" beings in ourselves and in each other, for in this way we may live in that "kingdom of God" Our love to all, Bart (and Tony!) and for all of us at St Matt Events This Sunday St Matthew parish will meet for a service of Morning Prayer led by my partner Tony Saponate at 10am, the customary houw, at the chapel in San Ardo. Our fellow mission St Luke parish in the Lockwood / Jolon area will be doing the same led by Rachel Denny. Note that on Sun Mar 9 Bp Lucinda Ashy will be at St Marks to meet with both parishes. If you can be there, contact Fr Carl Hansen. Other Events This Sunday St Barnabas Parish in Arroyo Grande will focus on Creation Care, with Creation Care team member Don Maruska of St Benedict Parish Los Osos at their 8am and 10am services. They describe the events as follows: "During today's worship, Don will be sharing his and experience and joy in God's creation and how we might respond to this expression of God's love. After church, and during Coffee Hour, Don and several Cal Poly Climate Fellows will leading us a Climate Action Coffee Hour in which we will learn more about what we can all be doing to care for God's creation. The food for the Climate Action Coffee Hour is "green" and vegan. Note as well that St Barnabas has Bible Study TUesdays at 10am after 9:30am Morning Prayer, and Centering Prayer on Fridays at 4pm. Both are via Zoom - see the parish website for the Zoom links. Our neighbouring parish St James, Paso Robles, is having several special events in the run-up to the Lenten season, such as a short service to burn the palms used in last year's services to make the ashes used on Ash Wednesday. This service will take place at the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Mar 4. Note as well that the congregation is planning an especially festive Coffee House this Sunday after 10am services, by the good work of our friend Laura Learned. The congregation is seeking donations to be sold at a Silent Auction at the Pancake Supper. On Wed Feb 26 at 10am St James will offer a Small Group Bible Study of the Beatitudes. And looking ahead, St James will host a Piano Concert offered by Hosh Tarica on Mar 30 at 3pm. Note that neighbouring parish St Luke Church, Atascadero, will also have a Pancake Supper on Tuesday, Mar 4 beginning at 5:30pm. And don't forget St Luke's Taize Music group meets onine Sunday evenings, including tomorrow at 7pm via Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87454433792?pwd=M01rNThaRUpBVmJxVW9DcHJnY2FWdz09 Meeting ID: 874 5443 3792 Passcode: 783520 And wife and husband deacons Susan and Jim Arnold will be having Licensed Eucharistic Minister training - contact St Luke Parish for full info. St Benedict Parish will be installing beautiful Stations of the Cross for Lenten observance, leaving the church open every Tues during Lent from 2-5pm. Their Ash Wednesday service on Mar 5 will be at 7pm. St Ben's team will offer Ashes to GO as well. St Peter Church in Morro Bay, besides having pancakes on Shrove Tuesday will host the play Dahl's Darlings starting Feb 28 and running thru Mar 9. Call f805.776.3287 or full info and tickets. From the Diocese We hear that Calvary Church in Santa Cruz is having an inauguration of their new Labyrinth and a program covering some of Calvary's long history in that City. While this event occurred today, we hope they will repeat it with more forenotice.
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