Sunday, June 17:
8:30am: Holy Eucharist in Chapel
9:45am: Choir Practice
10:15am: Nursery Opens
10:30am: Holy Eucharist in Sanctuary
11:45am: Vestry meeting in Parish House
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Tuesday, June 19:
7:00pm: Al-Anon in library
Wednesday, June 20:
7:00pm: Compline in Labyrinth
7:00pm: Dick Underwood Book Club
Thursday, June 21:
11:30am: Crisis Assistance in Parish House
12:00noon: Al-Anon in library
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Compline in the Columbarium
June 20th at 7:00pm
Bring a lawn chair and some lemonade or
other beverage of your choice and any
munchies you’d like to have for
a little fellowship time after the brief service.
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Wilkes Chamber Singers
On
Tuesday, July 3 at 7:30pm, the Wilkes Chamber Singers will hold a concert, “Festival of Freedom”, at the North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The concert will be comprised of a number of patriotic pieces along with other familiar music. The Chamber Singers have been in existence since the 1980’s and is comprised of local singers from different churches and schools. Ann Fortuna, our choir director for many years, was a conductor for this group for several years. Debo Cornett is the current conductor. We have several members of our choir who are also members of the Chamber Singers. Come and enjoy this wonderful evening of patriotic music!
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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!
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Christian Education Opportunity
Sunday, June 24th
Parish House- Following the 10:30am service
Pastoral Ministry: Confidentiality and Good Boundaries
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Birthdays:
June 17-Arlena Creasman
June 18-Tate Pratt
June 19-Angie Searcy
June 19-Justin Morrow
June 21-Tom Carnes
June 22-Sandra Elledge
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June 22-Bert Hall
June 22-Heather Murphy
June 22-Richard Searcy
Anniversaries:
June 17-Carl & Sandra Elledge
June 22-Joe & Iris Hilton
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Prayer List
Please remember in your prayers:
All those who are ill or unemployed. All those who are on our prayer list.
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Illness
Rik Absher, Carol Ambrose, Jim Andrews,
Joe Barber, Ken Canter, Gary Coffey, 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, Jerry Waddell, Dick Whittington, and Cole Younger.
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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.
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Readings:
The Liturgy of the Word for June 17, 2018
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Ezekiel 17:22-24
Thus says the Lord God:
I myself will take a sprig
from the lofty top of a cedar;
I will set it out.
I will break off a tender one
from the topmost of its young twigs;
I myself will plant it
on a high and lofty mountain.
On the mountain height of Israel
I will plant it,
in order that it may produce boughs and bear fruit,
and become a noble cedar.
Under it every kind of bird will live;
in the shade of its branches will nest
winged creatures of every kind.
All the trees of the field shall know
that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree,
I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
I will accomplish it.
Psalm 92:1-4
It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, *
and to sing praises to your Name, O Most High;
To tell of your loving-kindness early in the morning *
and of your faithfulness in the night season;
On the psaltery, and on the lyre, *
and to the melody of the harp.
For you have made me glad by your acts, O Lord; *
and I shout for joy because of the works of your hands.
The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, *
and shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon.
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord *
shall flourish in the courts of our God;
They shall still bear fruit in old age; *
they shall be green and succulent;
That they may show how upright the Lord is, *
my Rock, in whom there is no fault.
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Corinthians 5:6-17
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.
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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!
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.
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