Sunday, July 15:
8:30am: Holy Eucharist in Chapel
9:45am: Choir Practice
10:15am: Nursery Opens
10:30am: Holy Eucharist in Sanctuary
Tuesday, July 17:
9:30am: Rockin' Toddlers
12noon: Archive meeting in Parish House
7:00pm: Al-Anon in library
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Wednesday, July 18:
7:15pm: Compline in labyrinth
Thursday, July 19:
9:30am: Garden Club
11:30am: Crisis Assistance
12:00noon: Al-Anon in library
Friday, July 20-Sunday, July 22:
Parish Retreat
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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.
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Service Schedule Changes
Sunday, July 22nd
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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
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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.
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Archives Meeting
There will be an archives meeting on
Tuesday, July 17th at noon in the Parish House. Lunch will be provided. Please let us know if you are coming for a food “head count”. Grayson Butler, our archive intern, will be the main presenter.
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Arts Camp VBS continues through Friday! Please plan to attend our Showcase this
Friday evening 6:00-7:00pm. Artwork will be displayed and the children will perform songs, movement, and share what they have learned about taking care of God’s creation.
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Christianity enjoys a rich and ancient tradition of the practice of contemplation, some form of which can be traced back to the Desert Fathers and Mothers who retreated into the solitude of the desert. Saint Gregory the Great described contemplation as simply “resting in God.”
-Br. Nicholas Bartoli, SSJE
Consider this your invitation to retreat and rest with us at The Valle Crucis Conference Center. You may sign up for the parish retreat with an email to the office or in the Commons-
deadline Sunday, July 15th
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Cookout
join us for a backyard cookout behind he office on
Wednesday, July 25th at 6:00pm. We will provide hotdogs, burgers, condiments, and buns. You provide drinks, sides, and dessert! RSVP to Rachel by noon Tuesday, July 24th.
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Eagle Scout Award
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ll are invited to celebrate Charlie Lankford’s Eagle Scout Ceremony and Dedicate his St. Paul’s Episcopal Church History scout project plaque installed outside of St. Paul’s Historic Chapel.
Sunday, August 19th at 4:00pm
, a short ceremony and lunch will be in the Parish House. RSVPs are welcome for food count (BBQ chicken and all the fixings).
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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 15: Rose Andrews
July 15: Mary Lankford
July 16: Jared Hagler
July 17: Virginia Faw
July 18: Duane Smith
July 19: Joe Richardson
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Anniversaries:
July 15: David & Karen Shupe
July 17: Bryan & Misty Hartzog
July 19: Ricky & Stella Brockner
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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, Steve Jackson, 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
,
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 11, 2018
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Amos 7:7-15
This is what the Lord God showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst
of my people Israel; I will never again
pass them by;
the high places of Isaac shall be
made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be
laid waste,
and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the very centre of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said,
'Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and Israel must go into exile
away from his land.' "
And Amaziah said to Amos, "O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there; but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."
Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore trees, and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'”
Psalm 85:8-13
I will listen to what the Lord God is saying, *
for he is speaking peace to his faithful people
and to those who turn their hearts to him.
Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him, *
that his glory may dwell in our land.
Mercy and truth have met together; *
righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth shall spring up from the earth, *
and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
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The Lord will indeed grant prosperity, *
and our land will yield its increase.
Righteousness shall go before him, *
and peace shall be a pathway for his feet.
Ephesians
1:3-14
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we,
who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God's own people, to the praise of his glory.
Mark 6:14-29
King Herod heard of Jesus and his disciples, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.” But others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”
For Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because Herod had married her. For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and yet he liked to listen to him. But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee. When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it.” And he solemnly swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.” She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the baptizer.” Immediately she rushed back to the king and requested, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her. Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.
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