Come Make Prayer Beads as a Lenten Practice on March 6
On Sunday, March 6 at 11:30 am there will be a prayer bead making workshop in the parish hall.  The church will provide the beads and we are looking for volunteers who are willing to put the sets of beads together.  No experience is necessary; directions and support will be given.  These sets will be available to those who would like them as a devotional practice and will also stock the rector's supply of prayer beads to give out to those who might benefit from them, similar to prayer shawls.

Looking for a Daily Reflection this Lent?  Try This One
The season of Lent begins on Wednesday, March 2 which begins our forty-day Lenten journey to Easter.  This Lent at St. George’s we are using a devotional called Lent in Plain Sight:  A Devotion Through Ten Objects by Jill J. Duffield.  Each week the book highlights an everyday object and invites our daily reflection. 
Copies of this book are available free for anyone who would like one.  Consider it an invitation to a holy Lent.  You can read it on your own, or join in a weekly reflection with other members of the parish who are also using the book this season.  The plan is to have a session of weekly reflection on Monday nights from 7 – 8 pm on six Mondays - March 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4, 1l.  If there is interest, we will also offer a daytime option at 12 noon on Wednesdays starting March 9. The signup is:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AAEA62BA46-lent; please specify whether you wish to participate Mondays at 7 pm or Wednesdays at noon. 
 Even if you don’t participate in the group reflection, consider picking up a copy of the book - available at St. George’s now - and using it as a companion through the season of Lent.  Funding for this project comes monies designated for spiritual development as part St. George’s Ensuring our Future fund. 


Ash Wednesday Services  This week March 2nd
March 2 is Ash Wednesday and St. George's is offering two services with Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes, at  12 noon and 7 pm.  Both services will be in the main sanctuary. The 7 pm service will be livestreamed via Zoom and YouTube.   Connie+ will also be available at the church from 8:00 - 9:00 am and 1:30-2:30 pm for individual prayer and Imposition of Ashes. 

​Monthly Bowie Food Pantry Collection
The monthly collection for the Bowie Food Pantry will take place today, Sunday February 13th.  The items they need most this month are: toilet paper, 24 oz jars of spaghetti sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned chili, and brownie mix.   We will be picking up the donations at the end of the 10 o’clock service. If you do  not feel comfortable coming into the church, you may leave your donations  on the benches outside the church doors.  The Bowies Food Pantry is very grateful for our faithful support.

Desmond Tutu Memorial Service February 13 at 4 pm
A memorial service for Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be held at Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Sunday February 13 at 4 pm, with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preaching.  You can join the service via livestream at this link: https://stjohndivine.org/calendar/41792/a-memorial-service-for-archbishop-desmond-tutu

Bring in Your Palms
Ash Wednesday is March 2 and this means that Karen Horrocks, head of St. George's Altar Guild, will be burning last year's palms to make the ashes.  So if you have palms from previous years to bring in, now is the time!  There will be a basket for palms on the credenza outside the office.  Any palms brought in by Thursday, February 24 will be used in this year's ashes.

​Annual Meeting February 6 at 11:30 am
The Annual Meeting of St. George’s Church, Glenn Dale Parish will take place Sunday, February 6 at
11:30 am.  Those who would like to participate can attend in person or virtually; there will be voting options for both. At the meeting we will do the business of the church, elect vestry members and a parish delegate, say thank you to our outgoing leaders, and hear about the state of the parish.  All are encouraged to attend the meeting and participate in our church’s democratic process.

Monthly Bowie Food Pantry Collection
The monthly collection for the Bowie Food Pantry will take place on Sunday February 13th.  The items they need most this month are: toilet paper, 24 oz jars of spaghetti sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned chili, and brownie mix.   We will be picking up the donations at the end of the 10 o’clock service. If you do  not feel comfortable coming into the church, you may leave your donations  on the benches outside the church doors.  The Bowies Food Pantry is very grateful for our faithful support.

Virtual Hospitality
You are invited to join the St. George’s community for “virtual coffee hour” starting up again on Sunday morning, February 13th at approximately 11:30 am.  It will be held every other Sunday until further notice.  That means that through the end of March the additional dates will be: February 27th, and March 13th and 27th.  To join the virtual hospitality, you may do 1 of 2 things – just stay on the 10 am service Virtual Zoom Watch Party or, log into that same link (found on the church’s web site at the “Visit Us” page) around 11:30 am on the Sunday mornings that are noted above.