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THE BEACON
               The Anglican Church of Saint Dunstan
                  4241 Brookside Avenue, St. Louis Park, MN 55416-3112
                     952 – 920 - 9122     ~     stdunstananglican.org
                             The Rev. Fr. Paul Kolisch, Rector
                         The Rev. Fr. Christopher E. Hage, Priest

March/April 2022                                                  Volume 45 No. 3-4

For this Beacon, I turned to the eloquence of St. Augustine who, in this excerpt,
beautifully articulates the relationship between Lent and Easter and our present
life.

Our thoughts in this present life should turn on the praise of God, because it
is in praising God that we shall rejoice forever in the life to come; and no one
can be ready for the next life unless he trains himself for it now.
So we praise God during our earthly life, and at the same time we make our
petitions to him. Our praise is expressed with joy, our petitions with yearning.
We have been promised something we do not yet possess, and because the
promise was made by one who keeps his word, we trust him and are glad; but
insofar as possession is delayed, we can only long and yearn for it. It is good
for us to persevere in longing until we receive what was promised, and
yearning is over; then praise alone will remain.

Because there are these two periods of time – the one that now is, beset with
the trials and troubles of this life, and the other yet to come, a life of
everlasting serenity and joy – we are given two liturgical seasons, one before
Easter and the other after.

The season before Easter signifies the troubles in which we live here and now,
while the time after Easter which we are celebrating at present signifies the
happiness that will be ours in the future. What we commemorate before

Easter is what we experience in this life; what we celebrate after Easter points
to something we do not yet possess. This is why we keep the first season with
fasting and prayer; but now the fast is over and we devote the present season
to praise. Such is the meaning of the Alleluia we sing.

Both these periods are represented and demonstrated for us in Christ our
head. The Lord’s passion depicts for us our present life of trial – shows how we
must suffer and be afflicted and finally die. The Lord’s resurrection and
glorification show us the life that will be given to us in the future.

Now therefore, brethren, we urge you to praise God. That is what we are all
telling each other when we say Alleluia. You say to your neighbor, “Praise the
Lord!” and he says the same to you. We are all urging one another to praise
the Lord, and all thereby doing what each of us urges the other to do.

But see that your praise comes from your whole being; in other words, see
that you praise God not with your lips and voices alone, but with your minds,
your lives and all your actions.

We are praising God now, assembled as we are here in church; but when we
go on our various ways again, it seems as if we cease to praise God. But
provided we do not cease to live a good life, we shall always be praising God.
You cease to praise God only when you swerve from justice and from what is
pleasing to God. If you never turn aside from the good life, your tongue may be
silent but your actions will cry aloud, and God will perceive your intentions;
for as our ears hear each other’s voices, so do God’s ears hear our thoughts.

Looking Ahead

Stations of the Cross will be held at 6 p.m. on Fridays in Lent
Wednesday Mass continues (unless otherwise noted)
Adult Formation/Confirmation Classes 9 a.m. between the services
4/14 Maundy Thursday Mass at 12 p.m. Mass and Foot Washing 7 p.m.
4/15 Good Friday Services 3 p.m.
4/16 Great Vigil of Easter 7:30 p.m.
4/17 Easter Sunday
4/18 – Easter Monday Mass 11 a.m.
4/25 St. Mark the Evangelist
                                 Easter Flowers

We will be purchasing our traditional mix of Easter flowers from Bachman's.
Sign-up sheets are available in the narthex through Wednesday, March 30. If
you don't plan to attend church but would like to contribute to the Easter
flower decor, please mail a check to St. Dunstan's and write Easter flowers
and/or your plant choice in the memo line. Following is a list of 2022 prices,
however, any donation will be appreciated.

Azalea (pink) - $18.00, Hydrangea (blue) - $24.00, Lily (white) - $10.00,
Mum (white, yellow) - $12.00, Tulip (yellow, purple, pink) - $9.00, Pansy
Bowl - $20.00.

                                 Anglican 101

The issue of “holy calisthenics” came up at our Advent book study and some
requested a reiteration of why we stand, kneel or sit at different times in the
service. This is not designed to give you a good workout on Sunday morning,
or make those with bad knees frustrated. Like the other elements of the mass,
these movements are intentional; we, as Anglicans, worship will all our senses
and this includes movement. We stand to give praise which is due the Lord,
for the Gloria, the Offering and the reading of the Gospel. We sit to be taught
so we can listen attentively and learn, for the Lessons and sermon. We kneel
to pray, devoutly and reverently, for the Prayers of the People and communion
prayers. We also kneel at the name of Jesus for it is written that “every knee
shall bow”. This is also called genuflecting which comes from the Latin and
literally means to bend the knee. So consider these movements as an essential
part of worship as we express with our bodies the prayers that are in our
hearts.

For your prayers our March and April
                     Birthdays and Anniversaries

March   4     Gannon and Amy Murphy          Wedding Anniversary
March   5     Chris Hage +                   Birthday
March   10    Barbara Ryan                   Birthday
March   13    Ellery Winterbottom            Birthday
March   18    P.K. Andersen                  Birthday
March   19    Mary Lou Sharp                 Birthday
March   20    Lydia Carlson                  Birthday
              Lusia Doe                      Birthday
March 21      David and Carolyn Wettersten   Wedding Anniversary 1959
              Woundei Fromayan               Birthday
March 22      Robert Eddy                    Birthday
March 23      Myles Murphy                   Birthday
              Katy Murphy                    Birthday
March 27      Katy Hovsepian                 Birthday
March 29      Brian Davis                    Birthday
March 31      Mark Thornsjo                  Birthday
April 1       Linda Deiters                  Birthday
April 4       Karl Sharp                     Birthday
April 6       Elizabeth Hovsepian            Birthday
April 9       William and Nancy Horn         Wedding Anniversary 1955
April 15      Richard and Donna Davis        Wedding Anniversary 1961
April 17      Reagan Davenport               Birthday
April 25      David Osten                    Birthday

 Thanks to Barnes Murphy for coordinating the Pancake Breakfast with the
                        men of St. Dunstan’s.

Ministry Schedule

March 6th – 1st Sunday in Lent             March 13th – 2nd Sunday in Lent
Altar Guild     Marty Clift                Altar Guild      Dawn DeNio
Acolytes    8:00 Canada                    Acolytes    8:00 Claeys
           10:00 Woiwor                               10:00 Murphy
Lector     Rob Davenport                   Lector     Barnes Murphy
Ushers     Dawn DeNio Roxanne D.           Ushers     Jerry Keehr Dick Davis

March 20th – 3rd Sunday in Lent            March 27th –    4th Sunday in Lent
Altar Guild     Jane Spann                 Altar Guild      Amy Fromayan
Acolytes    8:00 Canada                    Acolytes    8:00 Claeys
           10:00 Davenport                            10:00 Woiwor
Lector     Mark Freed                      Lector     John Winslow
Ushers     A. Fromayan D Kaufer            Ushers     Dawn DeNio Roxanne D.

April 3rd – 5th Sunday in Lent             April 10th – Palm Sunday
 Altar Guild      Marty Clift              Altar Guild      Carol Freed
Acolytes     8:00 Canada                   Acolytes    8:00 Claeys
           10:00 Murphy                               10:00 Davenport
Lector     Dick Cochrane                   Lector     Max Schramm
Ushers     The Myers                       Ushers     Jerry Keehr Dick Davis

April 14th – Maundy Thursday               April 15th – Good Friday
Altar Guild                                Altar Guild
Acolytes    8:00                           Acolytes    8:00
           10:00                                      10:00
Lector     Barnes Murphy                   Lector
Ushers                                     Ushers

April 16th – Great Vigil of Easter         April 17th – Easter Sunday
Altar Guild     All Present                Altar Guild      Jane Spann
Acolytes: Davenport, Paul Stephen          Acolytes 10:00 Claeys
Murphy, Canada,Woiwor
Lector     As Assigned                     Lector    Rob Davenport
Ushers                                     Ushers    Jerry Keehr Dick Davis

April 24th – 1st Sunday in Easter
Altar Guild       Amy Fromayan
Acolytes    8:00 Canada
           10:00 Woiwor
Lector     John Winslow
Ushers     A. Fromayan D Kaufer

Mission Statement of the Anglican Church of St. Dunstan
We are a Traditional Anglican Church – Catholic Faith with the Anglican
Tradition

We believe:
  • The Bible is the Word of God
  • With the Word of God, we hold the Creeds of the Church, the Apostles
    Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Creed of St. Athanasius to be sufficient
    statements of our faith
  • We are a Liturgical Church and we celebrate the Seven Sacraments of
    the Church Catholic
  • We recognize three orders of ordained ministry in the Apostolic
    Succession
  • God created us to be His people, to proclaim the Good News of Jesus
    Christ to all the people of the World.

The Anglican Church of St. Dunstan
4241 Brookside Avenue
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416