Sunday, July 1: FIRST FRUITS
8:30am: Holy Eucharist in Chapel
9:45am: Choir Practice
10:15am: Nursery Opens
10:30am: Holy Eucharist in Sanctuary
Tuesday, July 3:
9:30am: Rockin' Toddlers in Parish House
10:00am: Cemetery meeting in Parish House
7:00pm: Al-Anon in library
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Wednesday, July 4:
OFFICE CLOSED
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Thursday, July 5:
12:00noon: Al-Anon in library
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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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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.
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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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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!
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Shade for Crisis Assistance
This summer, while our neighbors are here on Thursdays visiting our Assistance Ministries, we would like to provide shade in front of the Parish House. If you have a pop up tent or deck umbrella that we can borrow, please contact Wes Martin at 336-262-4344.
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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.
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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.
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Birthdays:
July 1-Grace Nye
July 2-Alline Skees
July 2-Susan Hubbard
July 5-Beth Graf
July 7-Bill Carroll
July 7-Sophia Shupe
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Anniversaries:
July 2-Johnny & Kathi Johnson
July 4-Douglas & Dennis Morris
July 7-Craig & Elizabeth Freas
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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, 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.
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Armed Forces
Let us pray for
the safety of
all our troops
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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 July 1, 2018
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Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24
God did not make death,
And he does not delight in the death
of the living.
For he created all things so that they
might exist;
the generative forces of the world
are wholesome,
and there is no destructive poison in them,
and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.
For righteousness is immortal.
God created us for incorruption,
and made us in the image of his own eternity,
but through the devil’s envy death entered
the world,
and those who belong to his company experience it.
Psalm 30
I will exalt you, O Lord,
because you have lifted me up *
and have not let my enemies triumph
over me.
O Lord my God, I cried out to you, *
and you restored me to health.
You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead; *
you restored my life as I was going down to the grave.
Sing to the Lord, you servants of his; *
give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness.
For his wrath endures but the twinkling
of an eye, *
his favor for a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night, *
but joy comes in the morning.
While I felt secure, I said,
"I shall never be disturbed. *
You, Lord, with your favor, made me as
strong as the mountains."
Then you hid your face, *
and I was filled with fear.
I cried to you, O Lord; *
I pleaded with the Lord, saying,
"What profit is there in my blood, if I go
down to the Pit? *
will the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness?
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; *
O Lord, be my helper."
You have turned my wailing into dancing; *
you have put off my sack-cloth and clothed
me with joy.
Therefore my heart sings to you
without ceasing; *
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks
for ever.
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Corinthians 8:7-15
As you excel in everything-- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you-- so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking.
I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others. For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich. And in this matter I am giving my advice: it is appropriate for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something-- now finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means. For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has-- not according to what one does not have. I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance. As it is written,
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“The one who had much did not have
too much,
and the one who had little did not
have too little.”
Mark 5:21-43
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.” So he went with him.
And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.” Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’” He looked all around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. When he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha cum,” which means, “Little girl, get up!” And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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