Quick News for Wednesday, July 25
Ecumenical Planning Session
In the last ecumenical planning session, we established a tentative date for the conference on prayer to be conducted on November 3, 2018, in Essex. We also adopted a draft outline of the schedule for the day. It is still open for modification. The potential participants are any individuals from the region who want to learn about Christian prayer. Between now and the next meeting on Monday, September 17th, at 9:45 a.m., the group will study and discuss by email options for worship to be approved at the next meeting.
All meetings are open to anyone who would like to attend.
Stretch out Your Hand - Exploring Healing Prayer
Our class is meeting weekly and has come up with these questions about healing prayer. Our list was compiled in the "faith" that the more we engage with our questions, the deeper God will lead us into faith. The first six questions are more existential and the last three are more practical. Like the father who asked for his son's healing and said, "I believe; help my unbelief (Mark 9: 14-29)," we enter into healing prayer without all our questions answered!
- How does your relationship with God affect your attitude towards healing?
- Why aren't we wondrous about all healing (brought about by prayer, medicine, naturally)?
- What's the difference between faith and wishful thinking? Between mystery and magic?
- Where is God's fairness? What is the relationship between fairness, forgiveness, and gratitude?
- Where do we find faith in the midst of questions? Do we need faith for healing?
- What is the role of intention (goal) and healing?
- How does healing prayer fit into other forms of prayer?
- How can we be shaped into a healing community? What does a healing community look like?
To the members of the Healing Prayer Class, Thank You! for allowing your questions to be shared with the congregation.
Lyn Barrett is a very gifted teacher, facilitator and retreat leader. We are very fortunate to have such a talented and compassionate leader in our congregation.
We had a very productive annual meeting following worship on July 22. Approximately 35 individuals participated. The Vestry members elected were Dean Caveney for a second 3-year term and August Gladding for an initial 3-year term. Dick Perez ws re-elected as Senior Warden for the next two years. Thanks to Clerk Darcey Hale for a comprehensive annual report. Copies are available from the church office. Email copies can be requested from Darcey Hale at [email protected]
Friday Night Dinner Club IS ON 2-WEEK SABBATICAL
Father Craig is cooling off his grill for the next two weeks.
Friday Night Supper Club will resume on Friday, August 10 at 6 pm with a theme of the cuisine of Tuscany. Please invite your friends! Can we beat our attendance record of 21, set on July 20th?????
ALERT - BUSY WEEK AHEAD!!!
WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 1 - 11:30 AM
We will celebrate a Special Eucharist with Bishop Ely. Following the service there will be a lunch in Persell Hall at 12:30 pm.
PLEASE RSVP BY JULY 29 for the luncheon by emailing Carole Harsh at [email protected]
FRIDAY - AUGUST 3 - 6 PM
The Parish is invited to a picnic supper with the CHOIR BOYS at the home of Jan and Harold Bedoukian at 764 Highlands Road, Keeseville, NY 12944.
SATURDAY - AUGUST 4 - 4 PM
Evening Song with the Ashmont Boys Choir.
AND SUNDAY - AUGUST 5 - 9:15 AM
Please join us for Sunday worship with special music by the Choir Boys. Do Not Miss It!! Following the service we will say goodbye to the Choir Boys by hosting a community Pot Luck Brunch in Persell Hall. Please bring a dish to share!
HELP NEEDED!
Please help supply our needs for Choir Camp -- we need BOARD GAMES - especially Monopoly, and Frisbees, and footballs, etc.. Please bring your games to Persell Hall before August 1st. Thank you!
Directory
Please help!!! We only have responses from HALF of our congregation.
PLEASE check your 2016 Directory and confirm that your information is correct with Darcey Hale, or send changes to her email address: [email protected]
Thank you ALL!
Father Craig
Father Craig will be out of town on Monday, August 6th, visiting family. Linda and Craig will be on vacation from August 20th through August 30th. Please contact Dick Perez (518-983-0008) or Carole Harsh (518-962-8642) if there are any pastoral emergencies while he is away.
Prayers of the People
We pray
for those who are ill or recovering:
Betsy's friend Natia; Tom Duca's nephew, Chris Lividini; Dave Martin; Tilly's grandson, Rob Close and his family; Ed; Jill; Teresa's sister Vivian; Judith Moore; Dottie Hall Swinehart; Helene Gray; and others known to us...
We commend to your mercy all who have died, especially for Katharine and John's friend Calvin Magruder
and we pray for his brother, Mike, as he grieves.
Holy Day July 31st, Ignatius of Loyola
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Priest, Monastic and Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556.
Ignatius was born into a noble family in 1491. Up to his twenty-sixth year, he was a man given over to the vanities of the world and took special delight in the exercise of arms with the aim of winning glory. In the Battle of Pamplona in 1521 he was seriously wounded and during his convalescence Ignatius experienced a profound spiritual awakening.
Ignatius was an unschooled layman and at the age of 37 began to study theology at the University of Paris in preparation for the priesthood. While at the University of Paris he together with six others took vows of strict poverty and vows to serve the needs of the poor. Thus, what later came to known as the Society of Jesus was born.
In 1540 the Society was formally recognized, Ignatius died July 31 in the simple room which served as a bedroom and chapel, His live and teaching, as Evelyn Underhill and others have acknowledged, represent the best of the Counter-Reformation.
Let Us Pray:
Almighty god, from whom all good things come: You called Ignatius of Loyola to service. Inspired by his example, and strengthened by his companionship, may we labor without counting the cost. I ask for this in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen
First Lesson
: 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1
Psalm
: 34: 1-8
Luke
: 9:57-62
FATHER CRAIG CONTACT INFORMATION
Here are the ways you can reach Father Craig:
Church Phone: 518 - 963 - 7775
Rectory Phone: 518 - 963 - 4657
Cell Phone: 207 - 595 - 2697
If you are unable to reach him at the Church, please call the Rectory and speak with someone there or leave a message.
And please note, the Rectory is always open for emergencies.
Photo by Julia Goodloe Byrd
We look forward to seeing you
in church, at 9:15 a.m.
this Sunday, July 29th!
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