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June 14, 2018
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This Week
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St. Martin's
Mass on the Grass
Summer Sundays VBS Arts Camp
9:15 a.m.
Rite II Worship with music
9:30 a.m.
Monday
Vestry Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Holy Eucharist
12:15 p.m.
Bible Study
7:00 p.m.
AA Meeting
7:00 p.m.
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Greeting
This Sunday, enjoy, remember, honor, and cherish the men that have taken on special roles in our lives.
Happy Father's Day!
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Mass on the Grass
The Summer Schedule Begins THIS Sunday!
St. Martin's summer schedule starts this Sunday, June 17th with one combined outdoor service at 9:30 a.m. If possible, please arrive early around 9 a.m. to help with setup.
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Arts Camp: Summer Sunday VBS
Starting this Sunday, June 17th, children are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes prior to the 9:30 a.m. service to relax and enjoy the summer on St. Martin's beautiful grounds. We will be outside (whenever weather permits). Each week we will create something new as part of this Vacation Bible School (VBS) approach. After the outdoor bible story and arts activities, children will join their families for the balance of the worship service.
The theme ARTS CAMP can be interpreted very broadly and Ms. Deb invites any adults with an interest in any of the arts to join us at some point during the summer. We will explore a variety of arts--from sidewalk chalk art to drama, music, recycled creations, dance, photography, cupcake decorating, and of course painting. Each Sunday will stand alone and you are invited to bring children who are friends, neighbors, summer guests or extended family members. Toward the end of the summer we tentatively are planning a field trip to the Philadelphia Art Museum so those of you who are young at heART will be welcome to join us for that excursion, too!
Please contact Ms. Deb ([email protected]) to offer suggestions or for more information.
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Bible Study will continue to meet at St. Martin's each Wednesday night in June at 7 p.m. Our meeting space is in the large Sunday School Room at the end of the first floor hall (past the restrooms).
We continue in the summer to read the 3 synoptic Gospels and look forward to having both those who have attended in the past, and new voices. Each Wednesday night stands alone so no preparation or homework are needed. You are invited to come and be part of these Gospel explorations. Contact Deb Parker (
[email protected]) if you would like to learn more.
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Men's Ministry & Fellowship Cookout
By: Monty Harris
Last summer, St. David's hosted an early evening cookout for DIOPA men. This was an extension of their men's group activities which includes monthly breakfast meetings with speakers. The setting in a field, the food and drink, and of course the fellowship were phenomenal.
I enjoyed it so much that I have volunteered to be the St. Martin's liaison for this fall's DIOPA Men's Ministry & Fellowship Cookout.
St. Thomas' Church Whitemarsh plans to host the upcoming event. Please contact me, Monty Harris, by email (
[email protected]) if you are interested in learning more about the cookout which will be held either September 29th or October 20th.
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Upcoming Events
VBS Arts Camp
Starting
THIS Sunday, 6/17 at 9:15 a.m.
Summer Schedule Begins/Father's Day/Mass on the Grass
THIS Sunday, 6/17 at
9:30 a.m. service only
Vestry Meeting
Monday, 6/18 at 7 p.m.
Worship Planning Meeting
Tuesday, 6/26 at 5:30 p.m.
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Read and Ponder
this Week's Scriptures
The scripture readings for this Sunday are:
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
Psalm 20
2 Corinthians 5:6-10,[11-13],14-17
Mark 4:26-34
The Collect
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul. Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord was sorry that he had made Saul king over Israel. The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons." Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.' Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me the one whom I name to you." Samuel did what the Lord commanded, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, "Do you come peaceably?" He said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed is now before the Lord." But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart." Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one." Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one." Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen any of these." Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your sons here?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, but he is keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here." He sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome. The Lord said, "Rise and anoint him; for this is the one." Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the presence of his brothers; and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.
The Response
Psalm 20
1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble, the Name of the God of Jacob defend you;
2 Send you help from his holy place and strengthen you out of Zion;
3 Remember all your offerings and accept your burnt sacrifice;
4 Grant you your heart's desire and prosper all your plans.
5 We will shout for joy at your victory
and triumph in the Name of our God; may the Lord grant all your requests.
6 Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed; he will answer him out of his holy heaven,
with the victorious strength of his right hand.
7 Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will call upon the Name of the Lord our God.
8 They collapse and fall down, but we will arise and stand upright.
9 O Lord, give victory to the king and answer us when we call.
The Second Reading
2 Corinthians 5:6-10,[11-13],14-17
We are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord-- for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil. [Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.] For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
The Gospel
Mark 4:26-34
Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come." He also said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade." With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.
Optional parts of the readings are set off in square brackets.
The Bible texts of the Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel lessons are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.
The Collects, Psalms and Canticles are from the Book of Common Prayer, 1979.
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