E-newsletter | July 3, 2018
Next Week's Calendar
Sunday, July 8:
8:30am: Holy Eucharist in Chapel
9:45am: Choir Practice
10:15am: Nursery Opens
10:30am: Holy Eucharist in Sanctuary
10:30am: Commissioning of VBS teachers/helpers

Monday, July 9:
9:00am: Vacation Bible School

Tuesday, July 10:
9:00am: Vacation Bible School
7:00pm: Al-Anon in library
Wednesday, July 11:
9:00am: Vacation Bible School

Thursday, July 12:
9:00am: Vacation Bible School
11:30am: Crisis Assistance
12:00noon: Al-Anon in library

Friday, July 13:
9:00am: Vacation Bible School
6:00pm: Vacation Bible School Showcase

Notifications
Flower Fund
St. Paul's flower fund is low. Please sign up to give flowers or donate to the flower fund. For more information, call Kathie Smith at 540-420-9617.
Service Schedule Changes
Sunday, July 22nd :
There will be one service in the Church at 9:30am.
You are also welcome to join us at 10:30am at Valle Crucis in Johnston Hall. If you wish to stay for lunch you may do so, but we need your RSVP in advance and there is a charge from Valle Crucis.
Sunday, July 29th – 5th Sunday: one service at 9:30am
Meditative Yoga
There will be meditative Yoga in the Labyrinth on Mondays and Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. This will start on July 9th and go through October 15th . It will start again in April 2019. Bring a mat!

Donations will be accepted to St. Paul's in honor of Kitty Owens.
Upcoming Events
Vacation Bible School
VBS Volunteers and Youth Helpers will be commissioned on Sunday, July 8th at the 10:30am service. Please join us in praying for our VBS participants and volunteers.
Annual Parish Retreat July 20-July 22, 2018
There is a sign up sheet for our Annual Parish Retreat in the Commons. The final program will be announced soon but you can expect porch rocking, hiking, delicious meals, game night, art making, and live music. Fun for all ages- don’t miss out!
Opportunities
VBS Arts Camp Supply Request 
Egg Cartons
Toilet Paper/Paper Towel Roll
Buttons
Fabric Scraps
Bottle Caps
Ribbon Scraps
Newspapers
 
We are collecting reusable and recyclable materials for Arts Camp VBS. You can leave donations in the Commons until Sunday, July 8th. 
 
Thank you! 
Monday Volunteer Request
Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to help in the office on Mondays. We are looking for a few more good people for Monday morning 9/10:00am – 12noon and Monday afternoon from 1:00pm-4:00pm. We would like to establish a schedule so no one person has that burden.
Feed My Sheep is recruiting! We are looking for a few good chefs to help us prepare meals for members of our community who are in need. We often concentrate our recruiting efforts on the women of St. Paul’s but guys, we need you too! We would love to have an all men’s team to share this ministry in rotation, so if you are able, please let us know by emailing Ann.
Next Week's Celebrations
Birthdays:
July 8-Anne Hannibal
July 9-Bob McCloskey
Anniversaries:
July 8-Richard & Angie Searcy
Prayer List
Please remember in your prayers: All those who are ill or unemployed. All those who are on our prayer list.
Illness
Rik Absher, Carol Ambrose, Jim Andrews, Joe Barber, Ken Canter, Rancene Cook, LaMar Creasman, Ann Davis, Ernestine Freas, Gail Gattis, Mike Graf, Ruth Gray, Edward C. Griffith III, Janet Hartzog, Gerald Hendley, Larry Hendley, Margo Hurd, John Jacobson, Pat Jones, Joan Knox, Maggie McCann, Susan McManus, Ann McNeill, Donna Moore, Bertie Pardue, Jeffrey Parisi, Curtis Parker, Bob Skees, Ester Small, Duane Smith, Carolyn Stephens, Marie Waddell, Robin Walsh, Dick Whittington, and Cole Younger.
 
Please prayer for the boys’ soccer team trapped in a cave in Thailand and the teams trying to rescue them. 
Armed Forces
Let us pray for the safety of all our troops , especially Rob Beauchaine, Alex Cline, Philip Cooney, Karl Duerk, Mike Earley, William Grant, Edward C. Griffith IV, Jacob B. Hall, Jonathan Johnson, Brandon Moore, Russ Necessary, Charlie & Lauren Pendry, Adam Pinkerton, Philip Southwell, Mark Stone, Patrick Szvetitz, Jackson Triplett, Nathan Wyatt, and all others who serve in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout
the world.

Please send to the church office the addresses of troops with connections to office@stpaulwilkesboro.org , especially those abroad.
Readings: The Liturgy of the Word for July 8, 2018
Ezekiel 2:1-5
The Lord said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you. And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me. He said to me, Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord God.” Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

Psalm 123
To you I lift up my eyes, *
to you enthroned in the heavens.

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, *
and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,

So our eyes look to the Lord our God, *
until he show us his mercy.

Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy, *
for we have had more than enough of contempt,

Too much of the scorn of the indolent rich, *
and of the derision of the proud.

2 Corinthians 12:2-10
I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows. And I know that such a person—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows— was caught up into Paradise and heard things that are not to be told, that no mortal is permitted to repeat. On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses. But if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I will be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think better of me than what is seen in me or heard from me, even considering the exceptional character of the revelations. Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
Mark 6:1-13   
Jesus came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. Then Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house.” And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief.

Then he went about among the villages teaching. He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent. They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.
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