Spreading God's Word, Not the Virus
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The Good Shepherds:
The Rev. Donald R. Clawson -
Part I
By
Tim Kilpatrick
,
Interim Youth Minister
With the retirement of the Rev. Dr. Frederic F. Bush effective December 31st, 1976, the Rev. Donald R. Clawson’s tenure as Rector of St. Paul’s began the very next day, January 1st, 1977, which was a Saturday and he presided over church services on Sunday, January 2nd, his second day on the job.
In his final sermon which was his farewell address to St. Paul’s, Donald spoke very graciously of Dr. Bush.
“I was a little skeptical when it first appeared that my predecessor, Fred Bush, was a workaholic. He refused to give up the keys to the church until 5:30 pm on the day he retired (December 31st, 1976). But my skepticism was short-lived because I quickly discovered what a thoroughly competent and much-loved priest my predecessor was.”
At the Annual Parish Meeting in 1977, Rev. Clawson praised Dr. Bush’s,
“great Christian character and ability.”
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Check Out Our NEW Website!
ALL new with tons of info and pictures! Take a video tour of Bondeau and Meet some of the leaders!
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Please Subscribe to the South Florida Haiti Project’s YouTube Channel!
The South Florida Haiti Project now has a YouTube channel now that we will be using for our Journey with Bondeau Virtual Event on August 7. Currently all the videos from our website reside there as well. In order to have our name on the channel (
youtube.com/southfloridahaitiproject
) we must have 100 subscribers FIRST. It will be much easier for people to find us with our own name... please take 2 seconds to subscribe... it literally will take you only 2 seconds.... click on the link below and then once the page comes up, click on the subscribe button.
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Exciting, first-ever
Virtual
South Florida Haiti Project Event
Friday, August 7 at 7:00 PM
You are invited to join us from your own home!
Journey with us LIVE through our own SFHP YouTube channel to explore Bondeau and our 5 areas of partnership. Hear and SEE what happened in the last year and see the vision for 2021! We are so excited to share videos, pictures, and messages from some of our Bondeau leadership.
Hear also about what’s happening with COVID-19 in Haiti and how they are coping with unimaginable challenges.
Don’t miss this time of connection and fun complete with a Silent Auction and interaction with others watching from across the country!
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The Good Shepherds:
Tim Kilpatrick visits the grave of Rev. Marland Zimmerman
The Reverend Marland Zimmerman, St. Paul's second rector, died in 1989. He and his wife, Elinore, are buried in the St. John’s Cartoogechaye Episcopal Church Cemetery in Franklin, North Carolina. Having discovered this in his research, Tim Kilpatrick decided to leave flowers on behalf of St. Paul’s while on vacation in Highlands, North Carolina, which is just up the mountain from Franklin. We are blessed to have been served by Rev. Zimmerman, a faithful man who oversaw tremendous growth at St. Paul’s and who’s vision helped to lay the groundwork upon which future generations could build.
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A Call to Pray for Our Community Healthcare Practitioners
By Fr. Paul
Late last week I heard from Rev. Kathleen, who now serves as a staff chaplain at Bethesda Hospitals East and West, part of Baptist Health South. She shared that, with COVID-19 cases once again on the rise, they are seeking the prayerful support of the faith community.
Joanne Sparks, the Director of Pastoral Care, writes, “once again we bid your prayers for our hospitals. We are asking you to join us in prayer and let us know how many in your faith community are committed to praying for the doctors, nurses, aides, therapists and technicians in every specialty… The stress on the front-line workers is rising again, and so our prayers are rising again. The staff could use all of the prayer, encouragement and support you can give.“
At our daily online Morning and Evening Prayer services, we remember our healthcare practitioners. I ask you to join our parish family in praying for them. As many of us continue to shelter at home in order to mitigate the impact of this viral pandemic, we have a wonderful opportunity to care for others through our prayers.
Finally, I also want to share that Bethesda/Baptist provides regular COVID-19 updates for our community
, please click here
for the latest.
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Summer Bible Study via Zoom?
Kay Hall is considering facilitating a summer bible study on Tuesday nights starting at 7 pm, via Zoom. If you are interested in participating, please contact Kay at: (212) 470-7487 or Kayhallny@gmail.com.
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Prayer-by-Phone Ministry
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”
Mt. 18:20
Several of our Lay Healing Ministers are available for prayer-by-phone. Please feel free to call if you would like to have someone pray with you and/or for you. Of course, all prayer conversations are sacred and they are kept confidential. We believe in the power of prayer, and we know that Jesus is present in a special way when two or more people gather together in His name
(Mt. 18:20)
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Here is the schedule for our Prayer-by-Phone ministry:
- Helen - Sunday, 4-6pm...............(561) 398-7259
- Elizabeth - Monday, 10-11am....(410) 463-8825
- Patricia - Monday 5-6pm...........(561) 703-0800
- Barta - Tuesday, 1-2pm...............(603) 781-1630
- Claudette - Wednesday, 5-6pm..(561) 541-7361
- Faith - Friday, 7-9pm..................(561) 512-4056
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The Efficacy of Masks and Social Distancing in Reducing COVID-19 Transmission
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Faithful Giving
Please help us to keep our mission and ministry strong. St. Paul's staff, operations, community outreach, and our missions to help the most vulnerable are dependent on Sunday offerings to keep afloat. When Sunday offerings decrease, our missions become at risk. Please support St. Paul's now by one of the options below:
Safe and secure online giving on our website
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St. Paul's has a safe and secure electronic donation service available allowing you to make single donations or set up recurring donations. Click the button below to visit our donation page:
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Mail
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If you prefer to send your pledge or other donation by check, please send your contribution to: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444.
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Zoom Coffee Hour
Sunday, July 12th, at 11:30am
Please join us for this Sunday morning coffee hour after our 10:00am virtual service!
No Zoom account needed to join:
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A snapshot of St. Paul's virtual coffee hour for June 28th
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"Undermining Racism"
by Bishop N.T. Wright
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The Episcopal Church's Response to Racist Violence
In this time of national upheaval, outrage, and fear, we are writing to share resources with you on the Church’s responses. Over the weekend, as the nation and the Church mourned the egregious death of George Floyd, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry shared this message with the Church:
“Our long-term commitment to racial justice and reconciliation is embedded in our identity as baptized followers of Jesus. We will still be doing it when the news cameras are long gone.”
The Episcopal Church’s Department of Reconciliation, Justice and Creation Care and the Office of Government Relations assembled resources to assist individuals, congregations and communities seeking to LEARN, PRAY and ACT. We hope you find these useful, and we encourage you to make your voice heard in all the ways you are able to.
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Join ILIR for its Summer Session via Zoom
Register now for the summer session of ILIR on ZOOM. Summer session begins on
Monday, July 6th
. You will need to be registered to be admitted to classes. See registration info included in the link below.
Registration for summer session is $50.00 for one & $75.00 for two in the same household.
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WEDNESDAY, July 8:
Priscilla and Aquila
Psalm 119:1-3
Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Happy are they who observe his decrees and seek him with all their hearts! Who never do any wrong, but always walk in his ways.
Today we celebrate Priscilla and Aquila, a woman and man sharing the good news of God in Christ. These faithful saints were partners in ministry at a time when women did not have equal status in society. But we remember them as a pair—peers and partners. They risked much to travel together. Priscilla could have been stoned and Aquila could have been shunned. But they preached the gospel together anyway.
What conversations did Priscilla and Aquila have with each other? Did they talk about a strategy for teaching people about Jesus? Did they discuss how their ministry was a challenge to the status quo? Or were they happy, walking and talking the way Jesus taught them to, seeking the kingdom with their whole hearts?
MOVING FORWARD:
Today, take note of the freedom and happiness that is yours if you will only receive it.
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Temple Sinai is hosting a Blood Drive for
OneBlood
Wednesday July 15th
3 - 8 PM
2475 West Atlantic Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33445
Register online here:
Even though the Temple is essentially closed the Blood Drive will happen in the parking lot. OneBlood takes many precautions to be sure all that come to donate are safe.
Can you help let the community know about this event?
Help Fight CVOD-19. Share your Power. Save a Life!
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Volunteering Sign Up for Food Box Offloading
Below you will find a sign-up link for any volunteer willing to help with the offloading of food boxes for distribution on
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 am
at
Cason United Methodist Church ( 342 N Swinton Ave, Delray Beach, FL 33444 )
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Tuesdays will begin July 14 and Thursdays will begin July 9.
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Interfaith Committee:
Shower Truck Donations Needed
In this midst of this COVID-19 pandemic, the Interfaith Committee of Delray Beach has partnered with the Delray Beach Police Department to keep their shower truck operations available to those enduring homelessness in our area.
A major aspect of this shower truck program is the distribution of clean clothing to participants afterwards,
if you would like to help by way of donating these much needed pieces of clothing, please contact Caren Kilpatrick, Parish Administrator, at (561) 319-7947.
"Specifically, the shower truck needs men’s shorts or jeans sizes 32-34 desperately. We have larger sizes!"
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The Volen Center has instituted a program using their fleet of buses to deliver free lunches to seniors 60+ in Boca, Delray and Boynton. Outlined below is the program and who can be contacted. If you have any people who might benefit, please send us the names and numbers or pass along this information to them. Anyone we can help is a plus.
Lunches delivered to residences daily and 3 meals on Friday to cover the weekend.
To enroll, e-mail or call the following staff:
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Volunteering Opportunities
Dear Volunteers,
Please see the included link for a list of volunteer opportunities and agency needs. You will need to connect with the agencies directly to volunteer and/or make an item donation. If you have not completed the waiver and you do plan on volunteering, please use the link to complete the waiver
https://secure.unitedwaypbc.net/inetwork/VolunteerForm
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Many local meetings have established their own Zoom meetings which can be found at the intergroup website for the particular county.
For example, here's the link for South Palm Beach County intergroup information on meeting closures and online meetings:
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VIRTUAL SERVICES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
In response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, we at St. Paul's Delray Beach, together with all churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida, have closed for public worship and all other public gatherings until
July 31st.
This includes St. Paul's Day School, Paul's Place after-school program, and all other ministries and scheduled events through July 31st. If you have a pastoral emergency and need the services of our clergy, please contact Fr. Paul Kane (
revpaul@stpaulsdelray.org
or 561-921-7667)
We at St. Paul's Delray will offer a virtual morning prayer at 8:00am and a virtual evening prayer at 5:00pm (
both through Facebook Live streams
), Monday through Friday, and a virtual celebration of the Holy Eucharist every weekend between now and July 31st.
Click below to view our Virtual Service for the 5th Sunday After Pentecost:
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As a church family, we will stay connected through
social media
,
email, text messaging,
our website
, and other platforms. We will continue to spread the Good News of God's love while doing our part to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
I hope that you find peace and inspiration from the many resources for prayer and worship at home offered by
Forward Movement (forwardmovement.org)
, the Episcopal publishing house that brings us Forward Day by Day.
May God bring healing to the sick, comfort to the lonely, blessed assurance to the anxious, and hope to those in despair,
Fr. Paul+
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
561-276-4541
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