I've always had an affinity for shows about police and detective dramas. I'm not alone; it's one of the most popular genres on television. I remember watching Hillstreet Blues as a kid. There was NYPD Blue, Law and Order, CSI Miami, and more recently Southland, Longmire, and Narcos. Truth be told, there are a lot of others that I've watched and forgotten, or only seen some of. I watch such shows because I enjoy them for the entertainment value.  

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If you enjoy hearing Evening Prayer read, please look for it at 5:00 pm on the Christ Church Facebook page here. The Rite I bulletin for evening prayer can be found here. The Rite II bulletin for evening prayer can be found here.

Start your day and lift your spirits each morning by reading Morning Prayer. If you're at home and have your prayer book handy, find a quiet spot, grab a cup of coffee or tea, and select Morning Prayer I (BCP page 37) or Morning Prayer II (BCP page 75) and begin. If you're away from home, you can find the Book of Common Prayer at https://www.bcponline.org and the Scripture and Collects of the Day at http://lectionarypage.net.

 

Father's Day is one week from this Sunday and as we did on Mother's Day, we would like to honor our fathers and those who have mentored and cared for us like fathers, with a photo tribute during our Sunday morning worship service, on June 21, 2020. If you would like to honor or remember your loved one during this service, please send your photos to Julie at [email protected], along with the gentlemen's names and we will include them in the tribute that week. Please have your photos in by 12:00 NOON, on Thursday, June 18. If you do not have a digital image to submit, you can bring an actual photo to the church office and we will convert it. Please put the photo into a waterproof Ziploc bag and put that into a bag or mailing envelope that is clearly marked with your name, your father's name, your phone number and your email address, so we can make sure to get your photo back to you. If the office is locked, please leave the envelope on the front porch of the Parish House. Thank you!

If you are a regular reader of the Forward Day by Day devotionals that are typically available in the Christ Church office and would like to continue to have access to them, please contact Glenn Queener at [email protected]. Glenn would like to have your name and street address, so he can send you copies of the booklets. You can also find the devotionals online here.

 

The Men's Study Group that meets on Wednesdays, at 10:30 am, is continuing its exploration of contemporary spirituality , using Reading the Bible again for the First Time, by the provacative twenty-first century theologian, Dr. Marcus Borg.  

Borg was among the most widely known and influential voices in progressive Christianity. As a fellow of the Jesus Seminar, a group of about fifty scholars, they set about to revise popular, mostly 19th century views, of the historicity of the sayings of Jesus of Nazareth. Borg was a major figure in their historical Jesus challenge. Before his untimely death in 2015, he retired as Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University in 2007.

If you'd like to join the group for this book study , please contact Te Turner at [email protected]  or Fr. David Somerville at  [email protected]  for the Zoom access information.

 

If you would like to help the Backpack Buddies ministry with a monetary donation, it would be greatly appreciated. You can donate by check (just mail it to Christ Church, at 6329 Frederica Road St. Simons Island, GA 31522 - check memo, Backpack Buddies) or give online here (choose Backpack Program). 

As always, we are deeply grateful all our generous sponsors and our committed and caring set-up crews, packers, drivers and delivery volunteers, who keep this mission going week after week! THANK YOU!

For more information about the Backpack Buddies program, please contact Susan Shipman at [email protected].