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Readings for July 31 - 8th Sunday after Pentecost

Pray for the Lambeth Conference

The Lambeth Conference is a decennial assembly of bishops of the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This is the fifteenth Lambeth Conference, and it is meeting in Canterbury, the United Kingdom, between 26th July – 8th August 2022. Our own Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, and Diocesan Bishop, John Taylor, are joining their fellow bishops from around the world to prayerfully consider the future of the church.

Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury, selected the theme for the conference: “God’s Church for God’s World.” Each day, the Lambeth Conference will combine a program of Bible Study with discussions on key themes in the life of the church including Mission and Evangelism, Anglican Identity, Christian Unity, Inter Faith matters, Discipleship, Safe Church, Reconciliation, Human Identity, and Environment and Sustainable Development. The outcomes of the conference will shape the Anglican Communion in the decade ahead.

Please pray for this important gathering. You can follow developments on Facebook or Twitter. You can also download a prayer guide at Lambeth Conference Prayer Guide.

Here is a prayer for the Lambeth Conference based on the Book of Common Prayer (p. 818):

Almighty and everliving God, source of all wisdom and understanding, be present with those who take counsel at the Lambeth Conference for the renewal and mission of your church for your world. Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory. Guide us to perceive what is right, and grant us both the courage to pursue it and the grace to accomplish it; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Rev. Jerry Sather

310-594-7984

Contact legislature to support 9-8-8 National Lifeline

988 is an easy to remember three-digit phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline, providing call and text services for people in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors.

AB988, the Miles Hall Lifeline and Suicide Prevention Act, will significantly enhance the new 988 call number by connecting callers with around-the-clock intervention, including mobile crisis teams staffed by trained mental health professionals and trained peers instead of law enforcement.

The Diocese asks you to write to law-makers in advance of Monday's Aug. 1 state senate appropriations committee meeting.

Download a sample letter here.

Find your representative here: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

Coffee Hour Ministry

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Summer Sunday School is here!

For the summer weeks, children will be out of Sunday School classrooms and outdoors for supervised playtime on the Town & Country playground! Parents/guardians can simply drive to the lower parking lot and sign their child(ren) in with an Attendant at the gate entrance to the playground. Attendants will shepherd the children to church in time to reunite with their families for Communion. Any questions, please email or call Kristina Pelá 310-941-2498.

Teens (6th-12th grades)—currently on hiatus. Please contact Rev. Jerry for information.

Weekly

Sundays - Holy Communion

8:00 a.m. - Rite I in-person worship in the Chapel, with hymns. This service is not live-streamed.

10:00 a.m. - Rite II in-person worship in the main church with music. Live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube, and available for watching later.

Please contact Kristina Pelá to arrange for a Lay Eucharistic Minister to safely bring you communion.

Yoga with Jill! - no meeting this week. Classes resume August.

A spiritual mind and body practice!

Mondays 11:15am -12:45pm - Level 1/2 Hatha Yoga
Wednesdays 9:00-10:15am Level 1 Gentle Yoga
New class - 9:30am Yoga with Jill Live Vinyasa Class

Parish Hall. No set fees - classes are free-will offering. Questions? Jill Fenske

Meditation

Thursdays from Nov 4, 9:30 - 10:30 am. Nason Prayer Chapel - please continue to wear masks. Meditation, followed by a quiet time of conversation.

Contact - Susie Zimmerman

Remember - the Parish Directory is Online

Need someone's email, or even map directions to their home?

Go to https://servantkeeper.com/directory/sfc/login

The password is Romans12:4-5

Bookmark the link on your phone or computer and let your browser save the password and you will always be up to date with information!

Click here to find out how to Bookmark websites on your phone or computer.

In a later email we will tell you how to access the Member Portal so you can edit details of your own listing.

Need Help of Any Kind?

Physical, Spiritual, Psychological, or Material?

We are here to do our best to help you with whatever you may need. We know circumstances can be difficult at any time. For help of any kind, or just for a Zoom or Facetime or phone call, please email or call Jerry+ .

The Rev. Jerry Sather

310-594-7984