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Are You Some Kind of Nun?
This week I went on safari to find the best-hidden post office in Texas, in Las Colinas. I went to mail letters and buy some stamps. Exiting, I smiled at a man coming up the steps. He looked me up and down. "Are you some kind of nun?" I said, no, that I am an Episcopal priest and the new pastor of Redeemer. We talked for ten minutes. He lives in the neighborhood. I learned his work and family. He does not go to anywhere, but was raised Christian. I invited him to church and he said he think about it--something between a polite "no" and a "maybe". I grinned as I drove off, prizing the series of coincidences that put me on those postal steps at that exact time. I do not know if he will come. I know I was supposed to invite him.
In the last ten years, more than 25% of the United States, polled about their religious affiliation, answer, "None."
http://pewrsr.ch/1MnQEDU I was a "None" in the 60s when there probably more nuns than nones. My parents never attended church unless someone died. My father was aggressively anti-religious and my mother was a lapsed Unitarian. As an atheist friend of mine once lamented, "You had
all
the advantages! What went wrong?"
God found me, through my mother teaching me her childhood prayers. I was a early reader. I read J.R.R. Tolkien and Lewis and, (why it was in our house, I still do not know) my sister's
Hurlbert's Story of the Bible. I read my way to Christ, and then realized that God had plans for me before I was born. (Psalm139)
I have heard from many of you, "We need to grow." Right enough! Let's invite friends and strangers and more than once. Let's look at any 'insider' habits that we may need to prune. Let us try the see the world and our parish with the eyes of those who don't know that their inner hunger is for God. There are a lot of Nones out there, as well as people who say that they are "'spiritual' but not religious"; more of this anon.
Victoria Heard
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Holy Eucharist
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18
August 28, 2016, 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.
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Readings
Jeremiah 18:1-11
Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17
Philemon 1-21
Luke 14:25-33
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Altar Servers
8:00 a.m.
LEM: Nola Schrum
Readings & Prayers: Nola Schrum
10:30 a.m.
LEM: Nola Schrum
Readings & Prayers: Jackie Doss
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Please Wear Your Name Badge
As the Rector mentioned in her article, she wants to learn who people are and our name badges are the best help we can give her; so please make a habit of wearing your name badge on Sunday.
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Sunday, September 4, 2016
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Spoken)
9:15 a.m. Choir Rehearsal
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist
12:15 p.m. The Daughters of the King
12:30 p.m. Rhema Gospel Church
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Join Us Following the Service for A Time of Fellowship in the Parish Hall
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Our Partnership with Hanes Elementary School
Thank you to everyone who gave school supplies during our drive for Hanes.
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Irving Cares Food Pantry
The brown basket just inside the door of the sanctuary is for contributions to the Irving Cares Food Pantry. The most needed items are: canned fruit, canned meat (tuna, chicken), canned meals (chili, stew, soups), hot and cold cereal and hygiene products (soap, shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper).
When you do your shopping remember the people whose circumstances make it necessary for them to seek food from Irving Cares.
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Monday, September 5 is Labor Day and both the
Church Office and Redeember Montessori will be closed.
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Monday, September 5, 2016
SLAA meeting in the Conference Room, 6:30 p.m.
Toastmasters meeting in the Parish Hall 7:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Informal Summer Study, 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room
Spirit Cinema Circle (Joan of Arcadia), 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Room
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Twelve Minor Prophets Study Beginning in September
Tuesday Morning Bible Study begins September 6
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, the day after Labor Day, with a new study of the books of the Twelve Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Redeemer Montessori School Staff Meeting, 3:15 p.m. Conference Room
Holy Eucharist amd Healing Service, 6:30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal, 7:15 p.m.
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Irving Chorale Rehearses, 7:30 p.m. Parish Hall
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Friday, September 9, 2016
Rector's Day Off
Berea Interdenominational Bible Study Class, 7:30 p.m.
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Saturday, September 10, 2016
10:00 a.m. SLAA in the Conference Room
11:30 a.m. Austin Street Sandwich Team
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Saturday, September 17, 2016
September 17 will be movie night for the parish. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Gather up the family and come to the movies.
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Lost and Found
It has been a while since anyone left an article of clothing and came back to claim it. As a result the coat rack in the Church Office has reached capacity. The rack will be located in the Parish Hall on Sunday so please check to see if you have something you have left. A
ll items not claimed will be given to charity.
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Be sure and visit our Gift Shop.
It is open after both services and by appointment.
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The Gift Shop Committee will meet on
Saturday, September 17, 2016.
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Available
Small Printer and three cartridges; for details, see Bob Ware.
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