Calendar beginning Sunday 4/26        
3-6 pm ~ Acolyte Chicken BBQ & Basket Raffle (please check back on this event - there is a good possibility it will be rescheduled to a later date due to the coronavirus).

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Easter Flower Envelopes: You may sponsor flowers in thanksgiving and in memorial.  To be included on the Easter Vigil/Day bulletin insert, envelopes are due April 5. Mail to: PO Box 189, Clarks Summit Pa 18411.  Flowers are expected to be delivered to our homebound.   

Epiphany Offerings: May be mailed to our PO Box 189, Clarks Summit, Pa 18411-0189.  At this time our offices are open to essential staff only.  Thank you for understanding and being flexible!

AEM Food Pantry at Dalton United Methodist Church: For the time being, the Monday distributions are suspended. For more information information please leave a msg for Nancy 570-878-8843.

Raffle Baskets Needed: If you are able to donate a filled basket or newly-purchased items to fill one, Epiphany is accepting donations for the Adrian Miller Memorial Acolyte Chicken BBQ Raffle!  Baskets will be available to view in the Parish Hall and be raffled on Sunday, April 26 2020 from 3-6pm during the BBQ.  If you can donate a basket, new contents or have questions about the raffle, please call/text Schelly 570-687-0804.  Raffle proceeds help finance acolyte trip in October. (There's a good possibility this event will be rescheduled to a later date.)

Friends of Silence Quotations: Is there enough silence for the Word to be heard?
Anyone who has probed the inner life, who has sat in silence long enough to experience the stillness of the mind behind its apparent noise is faced with a mystery. Apart from all the outer attractions of life in the world, there exists at the center of human consciousness something quite satisfying and beautiful in itself, a beauty without features. The mystery is not so much that these two dimensions exist - an outer world and the mystery of the inner world - but that we are suspended between them, as a space in which both worlds meet ... as if the human being is the meeting point, the threshold between two worlds.
by Kabir Helminski from The Knowing Heart

Step Into the Light Uncensored: Saturday, March 28 ~ 6pm.  Moved to : Light Of Christ Church
2071 Moosic Lake Road, Route 247, Mount Cobb, Pennsylvania.  Exposing Suicide, Addiction and Mental Illness message that you may not hear anywhere else!  Hear firsthand the true story of a father who has overcome and is overcoming the tragic loss of his beloved son, Jake Gillern, in a message that is real, raw, and life-changing.  Find out how God restored dad’s joy, peace, purpose hope, and even healing through God’s Word.  Also, we will have many listeners on hand who would love to encourage and pray for you.  Then stick around and share some tacos with us afterwards, which were Jake’s favorite food.  Contact: Mike Gillern 570.677.4039.  Find us on FaceBook: Step Into The Light Uncensored  

*For all events listed, please contact the group/church directly to ensure the event is still taking place.
*All Worship Services at Epiphany cancelled per Bp. Kevin Nichols, through Easter (4/12/20). 
Calendar for week beginning 3/21:      
Saturday 3/21    
6-9 pm ~ Abington Lions Club Trivia Night @ Epiphany - CANCELLED

Sunday 3/22        
10 am ~ Live-stream Worship Service with Bp. Kevin Nichols, preacher Link here https://livestream.com/nativitycathedral
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany serves Meal for Hungry: Take-out pick-ups at CIC, 445 N. 6th Ave, Scranton Pa 18503 ONLY 

Thursday 3/26    
C.A.S.U.A.L. DAY: wear your t-shirt, pin or bracelet for colon cancer awareness wherever you may be working that day - Take a photo of yourself and share on our Facebook page!

Saturday 3/28    
6pm ~ Step into the Light Uncensored: Exposing Suicide Pgm see article below for the new location. 

Sunday 4/26        
3-6 pm ~ Acolyte Chicken BBQ & Basket Raffle


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Easter Flower Envelopes: You may sponsor flowers in thanksgiving and in memorial.  To be included on the Easter Vigil/Day bulletin insert, envelopes are due April 5. Mail to: PO Box 189, Clarks Summit Pa 18411.  Flowers are expected to be delivered to our homebound.   

Epiphany Offerings: May be mailed to our PO Box 189, Clarks Summit, Pa 18411-0189.  At this time our offices are open to essential staff only.  Thank you for understanding and begin flexible!

AEM Food Pantry at Dalton United Methodist Church: For the time being, the Monday distributions are suspended. For more information information please leave a msg for Nancy 570-878-8843.

Raffle Baskets Needed: If you are able to donate a filled basket or newly-purchased items to fill one, Epiphany is accepting donations for the Adrian Miller Memorial Acolyte Chicken BBQ Raffle!  Baskets will be available to view in the Parish Hall and be raffled on Sunday, April 26 2020 from 3-6pm during the BBQ.  If you can donate a basket, new contents or have questions about the raffle, please call/text Schelly 570-687-0804.  Raffle proceeds help finance acolyte trip in October.

Friends of Silence Quotations: Is there enough silence for the Word to be heard?
Anyone who has probed the inner life, who has sat in silence long enough to experience the stillness of the mind behind its apparent noise is faced with a mystery. Apart from all the outer attractions of life in the world, there exists at the center of human consciousness something quite satisfying and beautiful in itself, a beauty without features. The mystery is not so much that these two dimensions exist - an outer world and the mystery of the inner world - but that we are suspended between them, as a space in which both worlds meet ... as if the human being is the meeting point, the threshold between two worlds.
by Kabir Helminski from The Knowing Heart

Step Into the Light Uncensored: Saturday, March 28 ~ 6pm.  Moved to : Light Of Christ Church
2071 Moosic Lake Road, Route 247, Mount Cobb, Pennsylvania.  Exposing Suicide, Addiction and Mental Illness message that you may not hear anywhere else!  Hear firsthand the true story of a father who has overcome and is overcoming the tragic loss of his beloved son, Jake Gillern, in a message that is real, raw, and life-changing.  Find out how God restored dad’s joy, peace, purpose hope, and even healing through God’s Word.  Also, we will have many listeners on hand who would love to encourage and pray for you.  Then stick around and share some tacos with us afterwards, which were Jake’s favorite food.  Contact: Mike Gillern 570.677.4039.  Find us on FaceBook: Step Into The Light Uncensored  

Calendar beginning March 14/15:      
Sunday 3/15        
9.30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group - Cancelled
Noon-2.00 pm ~ St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at Epiphany: Irish food luncheon, make leprechaun traps/tunnels, St. Pat’s trivia, gold nuggets, bring a friend! - Cancelled
Monday 3/16          
10 am ~ Epiphany’s Good Book Club: Meets every Monday in March.  Reading: How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy 
12.30 pm ~ AEM Meeting @ Countryside Community Church
Wednesday 3/18    
10.30 am ~ Eucharist @ Abington Manor
Saturday 3/21    
6-9 pm ~ Abington Lions Club Trivia Night @ Epiphany’s Parish Hall (public) Ticket $20 / person, Contact Joe Skinner or Shirley 587-2073; Families welcome - Cancelled
Sunday 3/22        World Water Day 
Noon ~ Confirmation Class  
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany serves Meal for Hungry at Good Shepherd, Scranton. Volunteers always needed ~ call/text Scott 570-575-8342
Wednesday 3/25    
11.30 am ~ Chapel Service (HC) at Epiphany & Fellowship Luncheon - Cancelled
Thursday 3/26    
        C.A.S.U.A.L. DAY: wear your t-shirt, pin or bracelet for colon cancer awareness
Saturday 3/28    
6pm ~ Step into the Light Uncensored: Exposing Suicide Pgm, Servant Church  
Saturday 4/4        
9.00 am ~ Altar Guild Meeting with Mo. Lou & Making Palm Crosses
Saturday 4/4        
5 pm - Palm Sunday Worship  
5.45 pm - 1st Saturday Potluck (to be announced)
Sunday 4/5        
11 am - Palm Sunday Worship with Passion Gospel Reading & Holy Eucharist
12.45-5pm ~ Spinner’s Web, Commons Room and Kitchen
Wednesday 4/8    
11.30 am ~ Chapel Service & Luncheon with Fellowship in Holy Week
Thursday 4/9    Maundy Thursday:
5 pm - Worship Service ~ 6 pm Soup & Bread Potluck
Friday 4/10        Good Friday:
5 pm - Good Friday Liturgy with Passion of John Reading  
Saturday 4/11    
5 pm ~ Great Vigil of Easter & Holy Eucharist
Sunday 4/12        
11 am ~ EASTER DAY Worship at Epiphany  
Sunday 4/26        
3-6 pm ~ Acolyte Chicken BBQ & Basket Raffle

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Easter Flower Envelopes: are in the pew holders.  You may sponsor flowers in thanksgiving and in memorial.  To be included on the Easter Vigil/Day announcements page, envelopes are due April 5 to the office or in an offering plate.  Flowers decorate the sanctuary then are delivered to our homebound.   

Calendar for March 7&8:      
Saturday 3/7        World Day of Prayer
All Day - World Day of Prayer: pray in 15-minute increments from 6am-6pm. Sign-up here.   ‘World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement led by Christian women who welcome you to join in prayer and action for peace and justice.’  
5 pm ~ Worship @ Epiphany including World Day of Prayer program, followed by Potluck Supper in Parish Hall with foods of Zimbabwe & America
5-7 pm Purim: Feast of Esther, Temple Hesed-Scranton, Dinner RSVP 344-7201
Sunday 3/8        Daylight Savings Time Begins ~ Clocks Turned Forward 1 Hr. last night!
9.30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group ~ Noon ~ Confirmation Class  
12.45-5pm ~ Spinner’s Web, Commons Room and Kitchen
Monday 3/9    
10 am ~ Epiphany’s Good Book Club: Meets every Monday in March.  We are reading How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy 
3 pm ~ Healing Service at Lindencrest Senior Apartments
Friday 3/13        
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Parish Office
Sunday 3/15        
Noon-1.30 pm ~ St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at Epiphany: Irish food luncheon, make leprechaun traps/tunnels, St. Pat’s trivia, gold nuggets, bring a friend! 
Saturday 3/21    
6-9 pm ~ Abington Lions Club Trivia Night @ Epiphany’s Parish Hall. Tickets are $20 / person. Contact Joe Skinner or Shirley 587-2073. Family friendly event!
Sunday 3/22        World Water Day 
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany serves  Meal for Hungry at Good Shepherd, Scranton: Volunteers always needed ~ call/text Scott 570-575-8342
Thursday 3/26    
All day - C.A.S.U.A.L. DAY: wear your t-shirt, pin or bracelet for colon cancer awareness 
Saturday 4/4        
5 pm Palm Sunday Worship  
5.45 pm 1st Saturday Potluck (to be announced)
Sunday 4/5        
9:30 m Sunday School/The Group
11 am Palm Sunday Worship with Passion Gospel Reading & Holy Eucharist
Wednesday 4/8    
11.30 am ~ Chapel Service & Luncheon with Fellowship in Holy Week
Thursday 4/9    Maundy Thursday
5 pm Worship Service 
6 pm Soup & Bread Potluck
Friday 4/10        Good Friday
5 pm Good Friday Liturgy with Passion of John Reading  
Saturday 4/11    Holy Saturday
5 pm ~ Great Vigil of Easter & Holy Eucharist
Sunday 4/12      Easter  
11 am ~ EASTER DAY Worship at Epiphany
 
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Easter Flower Envelopes: are in the pew holders.  You may sponsor flowers in thanksgiving and in memorial.  To be included on the Easter Vigil/Day announcements page, envelopes are due April 5 to the office or in an offering plate.  Flowers decorate the sanctuary then are delivered to our homebound.   

Calendar for February 29/March 1:  
Sunday 3/1    
9.30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group  
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting (church) ~ Education Team Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Holy Communion at Clarks Summit Senior Living
Monday 3/2        
10 am ~ Book Club @ Epiphany; Meet every Monday in March; we are reading How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy 
Wednesday 3/4    
11:15 am ~ Epiphany STAFF Meeting
Friday 3/6        
World Day of Prayer: Sign-up to pray in 15-minute increments from 6am-6pm Fri & Sat March 6 & 7 at www.epiphanyglenburn.org  World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement led by Christian women who welcome you to join in prayer and action for peace and justice.  www.worlddayofprayer.net 
Saturday 3/7        
5 pm ~ Worship @ Epiphany including World Day of Prayer program, followed by potluck supper in Parish Hall with foods of Zimbabwe & America
5-7 pm Purim: Feast of Esther, Temple Hesed-Scranton, Dinner RSVP 344-7201
Sunday 3/8        Daylight Saving Time Begins ~ Clocks Turned Forward 1 Hr. last night!
12.45-5pm ~ Spinner’s Web, Commons Room and Kitchen
Monday 3/9        
3 pm ~ Healing Service at Lindencrest Senior Apartments
Friday 3/13        
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Parish Office
Tuesday 3/17    
St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt @ Epiphany; Time to be announced
Saturday 3/21    
6-9 pm ~ Abington Lions Club Trivia Night @ Epiphany’s Parish Hall. Public is welcome - Tickets are $20 / person, Contact Joe Skinner or Shirley 587-2073; Family Friendly
Sunday 3/22        
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton
Sunday 3/29        5th Sunday 
9am service at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock; NO 11am at Epiphany
Saturday 4/4        
5 pm Palm Sunday Worship ~ 5.45 pm 1st Saturday Potluck (to be announced)
Sunday 4/5        
11 am Palm Sunday Worship with Passion Gospel Reading & Holy Eucharist
Wednesday 4/8    
11.30 am ~ Chapel Service & Luncheon with Fellowship in Holy Week
Thursday 4/9    Maundy Thursday
5 pm Worship Service  
6 pm Soup & Bread Potluck
Friday 4/10        Good Friday
5 pm Good Friday Liturgy with Passion of John Reading  
Saturday 4/11    
5 pm ~ Great Vigil of Easter & Holy Eucharist
Sunday 4/12       Easter Day 
11 am ~ EASTER DAY Worship at Epiphany ~ Alleluia! Alleluia!
Sunday 4/26        
3-6 pm ~ ADRIAN MILLER MEMORIAL ACOLYTE CHICKEN BBQ

AGAPE: If you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing.  Thank you & God bless!  Joe Skinner
Add’l Chalice Bearers Needed:  To those of you who are not currently chalice bearers: Epiphany is in need of add’l chalice bearers for the Saturday and Sunday Services. We are shorthanded at both  Being a chalice bearer is a humbling, but spiritually rewarding experience.  The process is not difficult, but we will provide you with any training needed beforehand.  Can you help?  See Mo Lou  
AEM Food Pantry at Dalton United Methodist Church: Food donations are always needed. In addition, gently-used reusable shopping bags are appreciated as well as toiletries and personal care items.  Please bring donations any time placing in the Narthex basket or the office foyer tub. For information about the Food Pantry, to volunteer or get aid, leave a msg for Nancy 570-878-8843
Step Into the Light Uncensored: Saturday, March 28 ~ 6pm.  This is a message Exposing Suicide, Addiction and Mental Illness that you may not hear anywhere else!  Hear firsthand the true story of a father who has overcome and is overcoming the tragic loss of his beloved son, Jake Gillern, in a message that is real, raw, and life-changing.  Find out how God restored dad’s joy, peace, purpose hope, and even healing through God’s Word.  Also, we will have many listeners on hand who would love to encourage and pray for you.  Then stick around and share some tacos with us afterwards, which were Jake’s favorite food.  Contact: Mike Gillern 570.677.4039.  Find us on FaceBook: Step Into The Light Uncensored  Hosted by Servant Church of the Abingtons, 204 S. Abington Rd, Clarks Green, PA 18411

Calendar for February 22/23:  
Sunday 2/23    
9.30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group  ~ Noon ~ Confirmation Class
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton  Help from 1-3pm is especially needed!
Monday 2/24        
10 am ~ Book Club @ Barb Monick’s home 
Tuesday 2/25    
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper! Dine-in or Take-out! Clean-up help is always needed ~ Many hands make light(est) work!
Wednesday 2/26    
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service w/Imposition of Ashes ~ Lunch follows
5 pm ~ Service for Ash Wednesday in Epiphany’s Church Sanctuary
Thursday 2/27    
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Parish Office
7 pm ~ Adult Choir Rehearsal
Saturday 2/29    
10am-3pm ~ Vestry Retreat at Factoryville United Methodist ~ Leap Year Day
Sunday 3/1        
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting (church) ~ Education Team Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Holy Communion at Clarks Summit Senior Living
Wednesday 3/4    
11:15 am ~ Epiphany STAFF Meeting
Friday 3/6        
World Day of Prayer: sign-up to pray in 15-minute increments 6am-6pm today
Saturday 3/7        
5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck with Foods of Zimbabwe & America, Epiphany
5-7 pm Purim: Feast of Esther, Temple Hesed-Scranton, Dinner RSVP 344-7201
Sunday 3/8        
Daylight Savings Time Begins ~ Clocks Turned Forward 1 Hr. last night!
Saturday 3/21    
6-9 pm ~ Abington Lions Club Trivia Night @ Epiphany
Sunday 3/29        
5th Sunday: 9am service at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock; NO 11am at Epiphany
Saturday 4/4        
5 pm Palm Sunday Worship 
5.45 pm 1st Saturday Potluck (to be announced)
Sunday 4/5        
11 am Palm Sunday Worship with Passion Gospel Reading & Holy Eucharist
Wednesday 4/8    
11.30 am ~ Chapel Service & Luncheon with Fellowship in Holy Week
Thursday 4/9    Maundy Thursday
5 pm Worship Service  
6 pm Soup & Bread Potluck
Friday 4/10        Good Friday 
5 pm Good Friday Liturgy with Passion of John Reading  
Saturday 4/11    
5 pm ~ Great Vigil of Easter & Holy Eucharist
Sunday 4/12        
11 am ~ EASTER DAY Worship at Epiphany ~ Alleluia! Alleluia!
Sunday 4/26        
3-6 pm ~ ADRIAN MILLER MEMORIAL ACOLYTE CHICKEN BBQ

The Pancakes are Coming! The Pancakes are Coming! All hands on deck for shopping, table prep, flipping, washing, pass-through, etc. for Tuesday, February 25.  Epiphany’s Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, all donations benefitting AEM Food Pantry at Dalton United Methodist Church.  Epiphany’s men & helpers are needed to assist with the supper: table/chair set-up on Sunday, Feb 23rd, clean-up from 7pm onward Feb 25th.  Our friendly neighborhood Acolytes will be serving!  Please call 570-563-1564 or e-mail cote@epix.net with what time you can assist. 
AGAPE: If you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing.  Thank you & God bless!  Joe Skinner
​Add’l Chalice Bearers Needed:  To those of you who are not currently chalice bearers: Epiphany is in need of add’l chalice bearers for the Saturday and Sunday Services. We are shorthanded at both  Being a chalice bearer is a humbling, but spiritually rewarding experience.  The process is not difficult, but we will provide you with any training needed beforehand.  Can you help?  See Mo Lou  
AEM Food Pantry at Dalton United Methodist Church: Food donations are always needed. In addition, gently-used reusable shopping bags are appreciated as well as toiletries and personal care items.  Please bring donations any time placing in the Narthex basket or the office foyer tub. For information about the Food Pantry, to volunteer or get aid, leave a msg for Nancy 570-878-8843 

Calendar for February 15/16 Bulletin: 
Sunday 2/16    
9.30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group 
1:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Epiphany ‘Can't Dodge the Tombstone at Boot Hill’
5:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock
Monday 2/17        
10 am ~ Book Club @ Barb Monick’s home 
Wednesday 2/19    
10.30 am ~ Holy Communion at Abington Manor
12.45 pm ~ AEM Meeting @ Our Lady of the Snows, Clarks Summit
Sunday 2/23        
Noon ~ Confirmation Class
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton-Confirmed!
Monday 2/24
10 am ~ Book Club @ Barb Monick’s home 
Tuesday 2/25    
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!
Wednesday 2/26    
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service 
5 pm ~ Service for Ash Wednesday
Thursday 2/27    
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Parish Office
7 pm ~ Adult Choir Rehearsal
Saturday 2/29    Leap Day
10am-3pm ~ Vestry Retreat at Factoryville United Methodist Church
Sunday 3/1        
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting / Education Team Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Holy Communion at Clarks Summit Senior Living
Friday 3/6      
World Day of Prayer: sign-up  to pray in 15-minute increments 6am-6pm today
Saturday 3/7        
World Day of Prayer continues: sign-up to pray in 15-minute increments 6am-5pm 
5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck with Foods of Zimbabwe & America, Epiphany

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Sunday, February 16 at 1:00 pm at Epiphany.  Cowboy stew is the menu - and ice cream.  Dinner will be served at 12.30pm, the show follows at 1:00pm.  Open to the public.  Western/Cowboy murder.  Contact 570-836-6986 Wyoming County Players for tickets/reservations or purchase/pay at the door.  Cost:  $10 for one ticket; $8.00 each if two tickets purchased.  Children under 10 are free.  Blessings y'all - heeee hawwww!

​Pancakes are Coming! The Pancakes are Coming! All hands on deck for shopping, table prep, flipping, washing, pass-through, etc. for Tuesday, February 25.  Epiphany’s Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, all donations benefitting AEM Food Pantry at Dalton United Methodist Church.  Epiphany’s men & helpers are needed to assist with the supper: table/chair set-up on Sunday, Feb 23rd, clean-up from 7pm onward Feb 25th.  Our friendly neighborhood Acolytes will be serving!  Please call 570-563-1564 or e-mail cote@epix.net with what time you can assist. 

​Add’l Chalice Bearers Needed:  To those of you who are not currently chalice bearers: Epiphany is in need of additional chalice bearers for the Saturday and Sunday Services.  We are shorthanded at both.  Being a chalice bearer is a humbling, but spiritually rewarding experience.  The process is not difficult, but we will provide you with any training needed beforehand.  Can you help?  

AGAPE: If you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing.  Thank you & God bless!  Joe Skinner

​Photo/Crowd Release Statement: Church is typically considered a public place where expectations of privacy are limited. Epiphany wishes to inform people as to how, when, and by whom their image may be used. Photos and videos taken at worship, fellowship, and community events may be posted on our website, social media accounts, and occasionally in printed materials for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our parish life with an invitation to join in. Our policy is to not identify minors by name.

Calendar for Week of February 8:  
Sunday 2/9        
9.30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group ~ Noon ~ Confirmation Class (+ Feb 23rd)
12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Epiphany Commons Room
1-5 pm ~ Interfaith Power & Light Annual Conference, IHM Center, Scranton 
Monday 2/10        
10 am ~ Book Club @ Barb Monick’s home (weekly through Feb. 24th)
Wednesday 2/12    
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service ~ Noon Potluck Luncheon
Thursday 2/13    
7 pm ~ Adult Choir Rehearsal
Friday 2/14        
3-7 pm ~ Blood Drive at Abington Community Library, Morgan Hwy.
Saturday 2/15    
1-3 pm ~ Trolley Trail Event co-hosted by Epiphany: Walk the trolley trail, led by Marty Dowling; Make/hang PB & Pine Cone bird feeders; Enjoy hot cocoa & s’mores back at the church; Hear a story from Bill Kern; If you are able, bring a dry cat/dog food donation (5 or 10 lb. bags) which will be taken to Griffin Pond Animal Shelter ~ All are welcome!
Sunday 2/16        
1:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Epiphany: ‘Can't Dodge the Tombstone at Boot Hill’
6:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock
Sunday 2/23        
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton-Confirmed!
Tuesday 2/25    
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!
Wednesday 2/26   Ash Wednesday 
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service  
5 pm ~ Service for Ash Wednesday
Saturday 2/29  Leap Day  
10am-3pm ~ Epiphany’s Vestry Retreat with St. Peter’s 
Sunday 3/1        
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting ~ Education Team Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Holy Communion at Clarks Summit Senior Living
Friday 3/6        
World Day of Prayer
Saturday 3/7        
5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck @ Epiphany
Sunday 3/29    Fifth Sunday       
9am service at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock; NO 11am at Epiphany

Rummage Sale Donations: Please, hold your donations for our Rummage Sale until April 1st.  We will again be collecting downstairs. Use our clothing/soft items shed if you cannot wait. Thank you.

The Small Book Group: We have been unable to assemble a quorum to decide on a book to read together.  So, the latest idea is:  Anne Lamott:  STITCHES.  I will order 2-3 copies for those who are interested.  We meet at Barbara Monick's at 10.00 am Mondays.  We talked briefly about meeting at The Gathering Place.  Any ideas?  thanks, Mo. Lou

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Sunday, February 16 at 1:00 pm at Epiphany.  Cowboy stew is the menu - and ice cream.  Dinner will be served at 12.30pm, the show follows at 1:00pm.  Open to the public.  Western/Cowboy murder.  Contact 570-836-6986 Wyoming County Players for tickets/reservations.  Deadline (no pun intended) February 12.  Cost:  $10 for one ticket; $8.00 each if two tickets purchased.  Children under 10 are free.  If you may provide cowboy stew, bread, crackers, etc. please contact Mo. Lou 570-878-4670.  Blessings y'all - heeee hawwww!

Friends of Silence Quotations: Is there enough silence for the Word to be heard?
How do we hold both the magnificence and tragedy of the world, as if we stand at a threshold with Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, looking in two directions?... How do we find the way if we can't see around the bend?...In our time of disturbance and radical change, we are crossing a threshold, a portal, or an unseen bridge from one world to another. It could be said that the bridge is either collapsing beneath us, or being made as we walk together...
~ from WILD FAITH by Geneen Marie Haugen (Garrison Institute blog entry)

The Pancakes are Coming! The Pancakes are Coming! All hands on deck for shopping, table prep, flipping, washing, pass-through, etc. for Tuesday, February 25.  Epiphany’s Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, all donations benefitting AEM Food Pantry at Dalton United Methodist Church.  Men of Epiphany and their helpers are needed to assist with all aspects of the supper, from table/chair set-up on Sunday, Feb 23rd, to clean-up from 7pm onward Feb 25th and every time in-between!  Please call 570-563-1564 or e-mail cote@epix.net with what time you can assist. 

PA Interfaith Power & Light Conference: The Long Journey: From Extracting the Past to Cultivating the Future. Sunday afternoon Feb. 9th, 1-5pm. IHM Center, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton.  Register at www.paipl.org  Come join people of faith and all who are concerned about climate change as a moral issue.  Keynote speaker (live-streamed): Colette Pichon Battle of the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy.  Breakout workshops include how to renew communities w/ toxic mine drainage and contemplating reading & praying the book of Creation.

Mystery Money: A cash donation or payment was left at the Epiphany office on Sunday, January 12, 2020.  Please call or e-mail the office so we may give proper credit: 570-563-1564 cote@epix.net  

Add’l Chalice Bearers Needed:  To those of you who are not currently chalice bearers: Epiphany is in need of additional chalice bearers for the Saturday and Sunday Services.  We are shorthanded at both.  Being a chalice bearer is a humbling, but spiritually rewarding experience.  The process is not difficult, but we will provide you with any training needed beforehand.  Can you help?  

AGAPE: If you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing.  Thank you & God bless!  Joe Skinner
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Photo/Crowd Release Statement: Church is typically considered a public place where expectations of privacy are limited. Epiphany wishes to inform people as to how, when, and by whom their image may be used. Photos and videos taken at worship, fellowship, and community events may be posted on our website, social media accounts, and occasionally in printed materials for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our parish life with an invitation to join in. Our policy is to not identify minors by name.

Calendar for February 1 & 2: 
Saturday 2/1
5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck @ Epiphany
Sunday 2/2        Groundhog Day  
9.30 am ~ Sunday School / The Group
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting ~ Education Team Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Holy Communion at Clarks Summit Senior Living

Monday 2/3      
10 am ~ Book Club @ Barb Monick’s home (weekly through Feb. 24th)
 Friday 2/7        
5 pm ~ Chicken & Biscuit Meal, Waverly United Methodist Church; Free-will donations will benefit the AEM CROP Walk Apr 26, 2020
Sunday 2/9        
Noon ~ Confirmation Class (also Feb 23rd)
12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room
1-5 pm ~ Interfaith Power & Light Annual Conference, IHM Center, Scranton 
Wednesday 2/12    
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service ~ Noon Potluck Luncheon

Thursday 2/13    
7 pm ~ Adult Choir Rehearsal

Saturday 2/15    
1 pm ~ Trolley Trail Hot Cocoa Event at Epiphany
Sunday 2/16        
1:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Epiphany:‘Can't Dodge the Tombstone at Boot Hill’
6:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock

Sunday 2/23        
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton-Confirmed!

Tuesday 2/25    
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!

Wednesday 2/26    
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service ~ 5 pm ~ Service for Ash Wednesday

Saturday 2/29    
10am-3pm ~ Epiphany’s Vestry Retreat with St. Peter’s ~ Leap Year Day
Friday 3/6        World Day of Prayer

Mystery Money: A cash donation or payment was left at the Epiphany office on Sunday, January 12, 2020.  Please call or e-mail the office so we may give proper credit: 570-563-1564 cote@epix.net  
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Rummage Sale Donations: Please, hold your donations for our Rummage Sale until April 1st.  We will again be collecting downstairs. Use our clothing/soft items shed if you cannot wait. Thank you.

The Small Book Group: We have been unable to assemble a quorum to decide on a book to read together.  So, the latest idea is:  Anne Lamott:  STITCHES.  I will order 2-3 copies for those who are interested.  We meet at Barbara Monick's at 10.00 am Mondays.  We talked briefly about meeting at The Gathering Place.  Any ideas?  thanks, Mo. Lou

Additional Chalice Bearers Needed:  To those of you who are not currently chalice bearers: Epiphany is in need of additional chalice bearers for the Saturday and Sunday Services.  We are shorthanded at both.  Being a chalice bearer is a humbling, but spiritually rewarding experience.  The process is not difficult, but we will provide you with any training needed beforehand.  Can you help?  

Friends of Silence Quotations: I was beginning to realize that you must come slowly to a place; wait a little before feverishly resorting to guidebooks...Place has a mighty tongue of its own.~ by J. Lash from On Pilgrimage

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Sunday, February 16 at 1:00 pm at Epiphany.  Cowboy stew is the menu - and ice cream.  Dinner will be served at 12.30, the show follows at 1:00.  Open to the public.  Western/Cowboy murder.  Contact ldivis411@gmail.com for tickets/reservations.  Deadline (no pun intended) February 12.  Cost:  $10 for one ticket; $8.00 each if two tickets bought.  Children under 10 are free.  If you may provide Stew, bread, crackers, etc. please contact Mo. Lou 570-878-4670.  Blessings y'all - heeee hawwww!

The Pancakes are Coming! The Pancakes are Coming! All hands on deck for shopping, table prep, flipping, washing, pass-through, etc. for Tuesday, February 25.  Epiphany’s Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, all donations benefitting AEM Food Pantry at Dalton United Methodist Church. Men of Epiphany and their helpers are needed to help with all aspects of the supper, from table/chair set-up on Sunday, Feb 23rd, to clean-up from 7pm onward Feb 25th and every time in-between!  Please call 570-563-1564 or e-mail cote@epix.net with what time you can assist. 

PA Interfaith Power & Light Conference: The Long Journey: From Extracting the Past to Cultivating the Future. Sunday afternoon Feb. 9th, 1-5pm. IHM Center, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton.  Register at www.paipl.org  Come join people of faith and all who are concerned about climate change as a moral issue.  Keynote speaker (live-streamed): Colette Pichon Battle of the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy.  Breakout workshops include how to renew communities w/ toxic mine drainage and contemplating reading & praying the book of Creation.  

AGAPE: If you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing.  Thank you & God bless!  Joe Skinner.

Photo/Crowd Release Statement: Church is typically considered a public place where expectations of privacy are limited. Epiphany wishes to inform people as to how, when, and by whom their image may be used. Photos and videos taken at worship, fellowship, and community events may be posted on our website, social media accounts, and occasionally in printed materials for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our parish life with an invitation to join in. Our policy is to not identify minors by name.

January 25/26 Calendar:        
January 25 (ending)    Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (world-wide)
Sunday 1/26        
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton-Confirmed! To volunteer, please call/text Scott 570-575-8342 or scottmwelsh@yahoo.com 
3 pm ~ Holy Hootenanny w/AEM Choirs, Church of St. Benedict’s
Monday 1/27        
10 am ~ Book Club @ Barb Monick’s home (weekly through Feb. 24th)
Thursday 1/30    
7 pm ~ Adult Choir Rehearsal
Saturday 2/1        
5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck @ Epiphany
Sunday 2/2        Groundhog Day 
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting ~ Education Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Holy Communion at Clarks Summit Senior Living
Friday 2/7        
5 pm ~ Chicken & Biscuit Meal, Waverly UMC; Donations benefit CROP Walk
Sunday 2/9        
Noon ~ Confirmation Class (also Feb 23rd)
12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room 
Wednesday 2/12    
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service ~ Noon Potluck Luncheon
Saturday 2/15    
1 pm ~ Trolley Trail Hot Cocoa Event at Epiphany
Sunday 2/16        
1:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Epiphany:‘Can't Dodge the Tombstone at Boot Hill’
6:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock
Tuesday 2/25    
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!
Wednesday 2/26   ~ Ash Wednesday 
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service
Saturday 2/29  
10am-3pm ~ Epiphany’s Vestry Retreat with St. Peter’s
Friday 3/6        World Day of Prayer


Mystery Money: A cash donation was left at the Epiphany office on Sunday, January 12, lacking a note!  Please call or e-mail the office so we may give you credit: 570-563-1564 or cote@epix.net  

Rummage Sale Donations: Please hold your donations for Epiphany’s Rummage Sale until April 1st.  Then we will again be collecting them downstairs.

2019 Annual Reports Packet: Copies of the 2019 committee/group reports and 2020 budget are available in the Narthex and the Parish Hall.

The Monday Book Club: Our book selection is Tattoos on the heart - the Power of Boundless Compassion by Greg Boyle.  This should be a very interesting read & discussion. Bring a friend!! 

Friends of Silence Quotations: 
Now the old has already passed away
But the new is too new to be born today
So I'm throwing out seeds on the winter snow
As the cold wind begins to blow
Standing here on a new threshold

I can see a warm dim light in the window...

I pass from mystery to mystery, so I won't lie
I don't know what happens when people die
but I hope that I see you...

In the distance I see a glow

There's a light, there's a light, there's light
In the window. 

~ from "A Light in the Window" by Carrie Newcomer.

The Episcopal Church Seeks information on formation resources &practices: All practicing Episcopalians are invited to participate in a survey.  Responses requested by: January 31, 2020.  The Task Force for the Formation & Ministry of the Baptized… is seeking input from lay and ordained Episcopalians throughout the church about the formation and efficacy of the processes and practices… through a 25-min. survey: https://dfms.formstack.com/forms/baptized_ministry

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Sunday, February 16 at 1:00 pm at Epiphany.  Cowboy stew is the menu - and ice cream.  Dinner will be served at 12.30, the show follows at 1:00.  Open to the public.  Western/Cowboy murder.  Contact ldivis411@gmail.com for tickets/reservations.  Deadline (no pun intended) February 12.  Cost:  $10 for one ticket; $8.00 each if two tickets bought.  Children under 10 are free.  If you may provide Stew, bread, crackers, paper bowls, etc. please contact Mo. Lou 570-878-4670.  Blessings y'all - heeee hawwww!

AGAPE: If you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing.  Thank you & God bless!  Joe Skinner  

Photo/Crowd Release Statement: Church is typically considered a public place where expectations of privacy are limited. Epiphany wishes to inform people as to how, when, and by whom their image may be used. Photos and videos taken at worship, fellowship, and community events may be posted on our website, social media accounts, and occasionally in printed materials for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our parish life with an invitation to join in. Our policy is to not identify minors by name.

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January 18/19 Calendar:        
January 18-25    
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (world-wide)

Sunday 1/19        
9 am ~ Potluck Breakfast in Parish Hall
                     
9.30-10.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Annual Parish Meeting ~ Sunday School 
Noon ~ Confirmation Class Organizational Meeting

Monday 1/20        Martin Luther King Jr. Day
10 am ~ Book Club @ Barb Monick’s home (weekly through Feb. 24th)
7-9 pm ~ Interfaith Prayer Srvc, Shiloh Baptist Church, 1926 Wayne Ave, Scr. Featuring MLK Community Choir ~ Sponsored by Scranton Area Ministerium 

Wednesday 1/22    
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service (eucharist/healing); Potluck Luncheon
12.10 pm ~ Ecumenical Celebration of God’s Word in Saint Peter’s Cathedral, Scranton ~ All are most welcome to attend this prayer service

Friday 1/24        
8.30 am ~ Check Request Fulfillment, Epiphany office

Sunday 1/26        
1.30 pm ~ Epiphany’s Meal for Hungry, Good Shepherd, Scranton-Confirmed! To volunteer, please call/text Scott 570-575-8342 or scottmwelsh@yahoo.com 

Thursday 1/30    
7 pm ~ Adult Choir Rehearsal

Saturday 2/1        
5.45 pm ~ 1st Saturday Potluck @ Epiphany

Sunday 2/2        Groundhog Day  
Noon ~ Acolyte Meeting ~ Education Meeting
1.30 pm ~ Holy Communion at Clarks Summit Senior Living
 
Sunday 2/9        
Noon ~ Confirmation Class (also Feb 23rd)
12.45-5 pm ~ Spinners Web, Common Room 

Saturday 2/15    
Trolley Trail Hot Cocoa Event at Epiphany (to be confirmed)

Sunday 2/16        
1:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Epiphany ‘Can't Dodge the Tombstone at Boot Hill’
6:00 pm ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at St. Peter’s Tunkhannock

Tuesday 2/25    
5-7 pm ~ Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!

Wednesday 2/26    Ash Wednesday
11.30 am ~ Epiphany’s Chapel Service 

Friday 3/6        World Day of Prayer


The Monday Book Club: Our book selection is Tattoos on the heart - the Power of Boundless Compassion by Greg Boyle.  Please read the Introduction and first 2 chapters to discuss!  The author also has a Ted Talk. This should be a very interesting read & discussion. Bring a friend!! 

Friends of Silence Quotations: 
Resplendent and eternal is Wisdom,
readily perceived by those who listen
in the Silence of the heart.
Wisdom hastens to make Herself known;
She is available to all who love and seek Her, 
who awakens Her from within
will not be disappointed;
for Wisdom awaits at the threshold.
~ by Nan Merrill from Walking with Wisdom

The Episcopal Church Seeks information on formation resources &practices: All practicing Episcopalians are invited to participate in a survey.  Responses requested by: January 31, 2020.  The Task Force for the Formation & Ministry of the Baptized… is seeking input from lay and ordained Episcopalians throughout the church about the formation and efficacy of the processes and practices… through a 25-min. survey: https://dfms.formstack.com/forms/baptized_ministry

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Sunday, February 16 at 1:00 pm at Epiphany.  Cowboy stew is the menu - and ice cream.  Dinner will be served at 12.30, the show follows at 1:00.  Open to the public.  Western/Cowboy murder.  Contact ldivis411@gmail.com for tickets/reservations.  Deadline (no pun intended) February 12.  Cost:  $10 for one ticket; $8.00 each if two tickets bought.  Children under 10 are free.  If you may provide Stew, bread, crackers, paper bowls, etc. please contact Mo. Lou 570-878-4670.  Blessings y'all - heeee hawwww!

AGAPE: If you know anyone who needs assistance including YOURSELF from Epiphany’s AGAPE Fund, please contact Joe Skinner 570-587-2073 or Mo. Lou Divis 570-878-4670.  All assistance requests are confidential.  If you want to assist this ministry financially, there are pink AGAPE envelopes in the pew holders for so doing.  Thank you & God bless!  Joe Skinner  

​Photo/Crowd Release Statement: Church is typically considered a public place where expectations of privacy are limited. Epiphany wishes to inform people as to how, when, and by whom their image may be used. Photos and videos taken at worship, fellowship, and community events may be posted on our website, social media accounts, and occasionally in printed materials for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our parish life with an invitation to join in. Our policy is to not identify minors by name.

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