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Announcements for Sunday, July 22, 2018
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 11, Track 1
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (1979 Book of Common Prayer, Proper 11)
Readings
2 Samuel 7:1-14a
Psalm 89:20-37
Ephesians 2:11-22
Scott’s Schedule
July 23 – Office Hours 9-12, Bible Study 7-8:30 PM
July 24 – Office Hours 9-12, Care Ministries meeting 6:30-8:30 PM
July 25 – Executive Group Meeting, 3:30 – 5:00 PM
July 26 – Sabbath Day
July 27 – Funeral of Dot Grout, Arlington VT
July 28 – BDNC Meeting, 9:00-11:30 AM
Who’s Who at 10 AM
Preacher – Joan Lawrence-Studebaker
Verger – Bev Barton
Greeter – Penny McClure
Host – Holly Hall
Readers – Judi Shank and Pete Lepre
Psalms and Prayers – Nancy Snyder
Chalice Bearers – Doug Jenisch and Karen Smith
Assisting Clergy – Stew
Nursery Care – Jane Carroll
Announcements – Molly Castaldo
Coffee Hour – Davises
Counters – Rich Kremer and Cindy Dale
Altar Guild – St. Paul’s Altar Guild
Acolytes – Jonathan and Kathryn Brennan, Doug Jenisch
St. Paul’s Vestry: Pam Hanson (’19), Senior Warden; Greg Taylor (’19), Junior Warden; Holly Hall (’19); Rich Kremer (’20); Molly Castaldo (’20); Andrew Pillsbury (’20); Bev Barton (’21); Dick Davis (’21) and Geri Williams (’21).
Upcoming Events
Please send event and prayer updates to announcements.spc@gmail.com
July 22 – Small Great Things book discussion
July 23 – Bible Study
July 24 – Caring Ministries meeting
September 23 – Quarterly Meeting of the Parish
October 6 – Parish Retreat
Prayer Requests
For the Church: Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Thomas our bishop, and Rob his NH colleague; Scott our Priest and Diana our Deacon; for Trinity Church, Rutland; and for the Episcopal Church in the Philippines
FOR THE NATION AND WORLD
For us as a people, that we may uproot all forms of violence, discrimination and injustice, especially those based in racism, religious intolerance, gender and sexual bias and promote mutual understanding and trust. For our community partners who serve neighbors in need, and for the United Nations and all who work for peace.
For those bearing the responsibility of leadership, especially Donald our president, Phil and Chris our governors, our legislators and judges, and all who do the work of governance.
For those who serve in the Armed Forces: Alden; Ryan, Isaac, Eric, Tom, Terry, Jesse, Niki, Simon, Mick, Grant.
For refugees; for exploiters and the exploited; for those committing acts of terror,
that their hearts may be turned to peace.
For the sick: _____
For those asking our prayers: Joyce and her family; Robert Cameron and family; Chris Howard; Margery; Jerry; Dan and Carol Leon; Eric, Amy and their new born baby; Lincoln Thomas; EJ; Samantha, James and Lexi; Mary Corrigan; Goel; Isaac and Carrol; Jay Burzak; Mary Ellen; Mary B.; Jack Belding; Duffy; Nick; Michael T.; Sekula Duffy; Jim Sires; Fred and Patsy White; Alex, Laurie and family; Edwin and Eduardo; Geri; Candy; Betsy Townsend; Nate; Jon; Akash, Akhila; Nived, Jecin, Renjith, and Navathej, our godchildren in India; Jocelyn, our godchild in Honduras and the entire LAMB community; the poor and the oppressed, for the unemployed; for the homeless and the destitute; for refugees; for prisoners and captives; for those affected by the violence and natural disasters around the world, hurricanes, fires and floods.
For those who have died: Roger Vaughan; Aidan Nagle; Joe Goebel;__________.
In thanksgiving:; For this parish family; for vestry and their hard work; for all good gifts around us; for children and grandchildren; for the gift of faith; for the hope of peace.
Please contact Holly Hall with your prayer requests.
Sad News - I am sad to let folks know that former church member, Roger Vaughan has died. Roger and Martha used to donate maple syrup to St. Paul's meals and enormous wreaths for our stained-glass windows at Christmas. Martha sometimes brought a calf to church for the Blessing of the Animals. Bev Barton May Roger’s soul and the soul of all the departed rest in peace.
Vestry News - Your Vestry met on 17 July with everyone present except Molly Castaldo. Diana Collins briefly reported on how the Outreach Committee (Susan Pillsbury, Marg Brennen, Dede Mackie and Barbara Rector) allocates our outreach contributions each quarter and we discussed how to make more transparent our donations to various local, national and international needs. We spent the remainder of the meeting discussing notes from the June 9th quarterly meeting, when the parish met to discuss the long-term future mission of St. Paul’s, its long-term financial base and potentially new ways to use our land and property (the ‘air rights’ question). Vestry members felt that many parishioners at the quarterly meeting had expressed a willingness to consider alternate uses of our land, had urged us to cautiously and prayerfully gather information about various options, had emphasized a desire to focus on mission before bricks and mortar, and had realized that we will need more time to listen to each other and to make space for everyone in the parish to express their opinions. We decided to schedule the next quarterly meeting for Sunday, 23 September. Topics for discussion will include the state of our finances in the intermediate future and the calling of a working group to start exploring various options for a long-term, sustainable use of our property. Our meeting ended with prayer led by Pam. Reported by Rich Kremer, Clerk of the Vestry
Stuart & Annalee Johnson visiting our area for Concerts! "Just wanted to let you know my band actually got booked for a couple shows July 26th and 27th in and near the upper valley. So Annalee and I decided to make a vacation out of it. Sadly, due to traveling and vacation days, we are not able to come on a Sunday to visit everyone. So, I wanted to extend the invitation to the shows, please pass along to the "fun group" at St Paul's, or whoever is interested."
July 26th
Warner NH Main Street Stage
16 E Main St, Warner, NH 03278
7 PM-9 PM
This one is special because there is a full PA system, sound person and it is an outdoor concert. Blankets and camping chairs recommended!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2085187348366992/
July 27th
Salt Hill Pub Lebanon Downtown
8-11 PM
This one is later in the day, and we are running our own sound. Closer but later 😉
https://www.facebook.com/events/173201336627102/?ref=br_rs
Summer Lunch Program- Please Save the Dates August 13-17 - This year St. Paul’s will participate in the Summer Lunch Program in August. This program delivers lunches throughout the summer to the children living at Northwoods and Hollow Drives, two low income housing developments in White River Junction. I will be away till the first Sunday in August but can be reached by email if you have questions. There have been some changes to how the program will be done this year, so I thought the easiest way to inform everyone is to share the email information I received. [The email is printed at the bottom of the email announcements.] We will not be packing individual brown bags. We will meet daily to make the sandwiches and gather the other donations for delivery. I have hung signup sheets in the Parish Hall for food, and volunteering. As always if you find it easier to make a monetary donation those are greatly appreciated as well. Thank you, St. Paul’s, for your continued support of this important program, this makes a real difference to the children in our community. Barb Coulter
Ministry of the Lawn - Summer Lawn Care - There is a need for volunteers to take on the task of mowing the lawn on the Church property. This takes approximately 2 hours per week using the riding mower and the push mower for trimming. Test drives are available! If you are able to help with this there is a sign-up sheet in the Parish Hall on the bulletin board. Please feel free to contact Greg Taylor at 603-667-1464.
Listen Community Dinner - Thank you to everyone who prepared food, bought food and helped in the Listen Kitchen Monday evening preparing food and serving. The Summer Dinner was a big success thanks to all of you! Our next dinner will be September 17th and our last 2018 Listen Community Dinner will be November 19th and the meal will be planned by Justin, Becky, Morgan, Joseph, and Madison Barwood.
Micah Celebration - Micah Celebration Event will be Sunday, October 28th in the afternoon.
Please begin to think about who you recommend for our Micah Hero who ‘does justice, loves kindness and walks humbly with God’. More information will be in August announcements.
Scheduling Meeting Rooms – as we begin to move forward with the looking for and hiring of office help it is important that our parish meetings get on our calendar of events. This will be more critical as we move forward, but now is the time to get in the habit of requesting meeting space through the office. Our buildings get used by outside groups it is important that we avoid as many conflicts over space as possible.
The Mountain - - - Do you receive ‘The Mountain’, the Episcopal Church in Vermont twice a month newsletter? Do you want to know what the Bishop’s Discernment and Nominating Committee (BDNC) is up to? When trainings are being offered? What’s happening in Bennington? And so much more, register to receive an online version of the newsletter here.
Reading the Mountain - Questions arose at our June 27 Meeting regarding The Mountain. The Mountain can be read either online, with embedded links to more information, through your email. Or you can choose to read or print a PDF version that expands all the articles.
Calendar Events
July 22 – Picnic on the Porch - For Your Calendars! The St. Paul’s Concerned About Racial Justice group is sponsoring “Picnic on the Porch” – a summer book discussion to be held after worship on Sunday, July 22nd. Join us for fellowship and conversation at the Parish House (outside if weather permits) as we discuss Jodi Picoult’s bestselling novel, “Small Great Things.” Bring your own lunch and/or something to share. Stay tuned for more information!
July 23 – Bible Study - 7-8:30 PM in the parish house. We will be focusing on the readings for July 29, 2 Samuel 11:1-15, Ephesians 3:14-21 and John 6:1-21. This is a standalone session – no prior experience or involvement is necessary. All are welcome! For more information, please talk to Scott.
July 24 - Caring Ministries meeting – we will meet form 7-8:30 in the Parish House. Anyone interested in being a part of this ministry is welcome and invited to attend.
September 23 – Quarterly Meeting of the Parish
October 6 – Parish Retreat – Mark Your Calendars today - All Parish Retreat date is Saturday, October 6th, 2018 at Camp Farnsworth in Thetford.
General Announcements
Ride Ministry - St. Paul's Caring Ministries are looking for drivers willing to give Parishioners rides to church days and evenings. If you can help with driving, please e mail or call Holly Hall - hchall50@gmail.com/ 802 295 9095) If you are in need of a ride to our church services day or evening, please contact Holly.
Contemplative Prayer and Meditation - Is held in St. Paul’s Sanctuary the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 5:30-6:30pm. All are welcome as we take time for ourselves in time of silent prayer and meditation. This can also be experienced from home or from work. We will not gather July 4th but will gather July 18th, August 1st and 15th, September 5th and 19th. Holly Hall.
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St. Paul’s Vestry: Pam Hanson (’19), Senior Warden; Greg Taylor (’19), Junior Warden; Holly Hall (’19); Rich Kremer (’20); Molly Castaldo (’20); Andrew Pillsbury (’20); Bev Barton (’21); Dick Davis (’21) and Geri Williams (’21).
Ongoing Reminders
- Discretionary Fund Reminder – First Sunday of every month. Please be as generous as possible.
- Executive Group Meeting – every Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm -- Everyone is welcome to attend.
- Vestry meets – 3rd Tuesday of the month in the Parish Hall at 6:30pm. All are welcome to attend.
- Valley Terrace Church Service – Please join us! – The fourth Tuesday of every month at 3 PM.
- Knit and Purl Fellowship – Meets 1st and 3rd Monday of the month in the Parish House, 6:30 PM. If you have questions, please contact Holly Hall or Susan Pillsbury.
- Bible Study – meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month in the Parish House at 7 PM. We will focus each meeting on the lectionary for the upcoming week. This is a come as you can discussion group, you can do not have to come every meeting. All are welcome!
- St. Paul’s Concerned about Racial Justice group meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:00. We meet in parish house. All are welcome to join us!
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) sponsors two regularly scheduled events open to the public: Mondays, 5:30 – 6:00 pm, on the corner of the green across from Hanover Inn, Vigil for Racial Justice.