ALL ANGELS BY THE SEA
WEEKLY TIDINGS
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To live-stream - go to AllAngelsLBK.org, click on the "All Angels Enter Here" picture and you will be routed to our YouTube channel.
Zoom - go to https://zoom.us/j/5955701807 and watch and listen live. Be sure to stick around after the service for our coffee hour chat-with-your-neighbor time.
The bulletin can be found on the All Angels Website:
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Altar Flowers for Sunday, July 10
are given by C.J. & Katzy Nager
in thanksgiving for the life of Dale Hooey.
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Scripture Readings, July 10
Deuteronomy 30:9-14
Psalm 82
Colossians 1:1-14
Luke 10:25-37
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Dale Hooey's Funeral
Saturday July 9th 11:00am
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
3100 26th St. West
Bradenton, Florida 34205
We are planning a Celebration of Life at All Angels in the fall.
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A Prayer for Peace Among the Nations (BCP 816)
Let us pray in this time of conflict for the countries of Russia and the Ukraine,
Almighty God our heavenly Father, guide the nations of the world
into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them
that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Episcopal Relief and Development: Ukraine
Episcopal Relief & Development is working with The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, the Diocese of Europe, the Anglican Alliance and United Society Partners in the Gospel as the churches prepare to mobilize on potential immediate and long-term responses to assist Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania, Hungary and other parts of Europe.
If you can, please help us support these efforts and continue to hold the people of Ukraine in your prayers and thoughts as they face this ongoing crisis.
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Centering Prayer
Centering Prayer invites you to pray with them, every day, at 8 am, wherever you are. When you enter into prayer at 8 am (Eastern), you will know that others are praying at the same time.
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We Pray for our People
Breathe health, wholeness, and hope into the hearts of all who suffer, especially: Downs IV, Holden, Brian, Tyler, Barbara and Anne. Grant healing and recovery for Peg, Frank, Sandy, Dave, Beverly, Bill and Mary Jo. Give peace and strength for those going through cancer treatments, especially Jane, Downs III, Victoria, Alex, Connie and Douglas. Visit and comfort all who are under the care of skilled nursing, especially Timothy, Barbara, Kim and Mary Ann. Be near to all who are in hospice care.
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July Gallery Artist
Our featured artist for July is Robert Barylski. Please stop by and enjoy the work of this talented local artist. Checks should be written to All Angels by the Sea.
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Men's and Women's Discussion Groups
Thank you for an excellent week of discussions. We had an impressive in-person attendance as well as people Zooming in from New York, Maine, California, England, Italy and Romania!
The topic for this week is the importance of teaching/learning how to be lazy. Anyone remember number three of the ten commandments - take a day off!! Yep, right up there with not worshipping idols and taking other gods. Wait, you might say, doesn't the Bible condemn laziness? Yes and no - it lifts up the value of work and rest. I'd like to know what you do to rest and relax.
There is another reading, Protect the Sanctity of Every Life, that I'd like you to read. The author is our very own Maria Love - who is All Angels' graphic designer, webmaster, and Tidings sender. She had a piece published in the San Diego Union Tribune (the only newspaper in the second largest city in California). It is attached. If you'd like to discuss her thoughts, perhaps I could have her join in the discussion (but I'd have to convince her to wake up early which would go against the theme this week of rest).
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Coffee Hour Hosts Needed
One of the most important things we do is gather after the service for coffee hour. If you are interested in hosting, the sign up sheet is on the Gallery table. If you would like help, sign up and we will find someone to show you how it is done.
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Online Giving
If you would like to give to the offering plate electronically, you can find the online giving link on our All Angels website by clicking the link below:
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Friendship, Music and Good Hymnody
Maybe it is because his funeral is coming up on Saturday, but I have been thinking about Dale lately. In fact, last night, I had a dream about him. Apparently, he is not mad that I wrote a Reflection about him; and, he is okay with me publishing a photo of him in the bulletin (he always said his backside is his best feature). But, there is more to it than that.
The mystery of what happens to us when we die is becoming less of a mystery to me. Through faith, I believe that love never ends. The love that we have for one another, and especially the feelings we have for those for whom we love but see no longer, remains. At a recent funeral I attended, the eulogist told the two adult children of the deceased that their love for their dad will continue to grow as time goes on. I have experienced/am experiencing that myself.
I also believe the connection we feel with our loved ones stays with us. The connection changes, certainly, but, like love, it too remains. About a month ago, I told you the story about how I couldn’t get the outboard motor to start until I heard my dad say, “Remember the negative cable.” And no, it wasn’t in some spooky vibrato voice, nor did it sound like a Vincent Price voice-over on a scary movie; it was simply my dad saying remember the negative cable. I tightened the negative line from the battery and the engine started right up. In my heart, I believe that love and connection with our loved ones remains.
The Sunday after Dale passed away, quite by coincidence (of which he said there is no such thing), our closing hymn was I Sing a Song of the Saints of God. The closing verse is as follows:
They lived not only in ages past, there are hundreds of thousands still,
the world is bright with the joyous saints who love to do Jesus’ will.
You can meet them in school or in lanes or at sea, in church or in trains
or in shops, or at tea,
for the saints of God are just folk like me, and I mean to be one too.
When our substitute organist began the hymn, I swear that out of the corner of my eye, I saw Dale in his back robe, standing tall and proud, in between the flag and the flower arrangement, with a big smile on his face. That image made me both very happy and sad all at the same moment. The last time Dale played that hymn, he said the last line makes his eyes well with tears because that is truly what he believes – saints are all around us and that he wants to be one too.
After the service, Katzy was smiling to herself in the flower room. I walked in and mentioned that I felt Dale’s presence today. She set down the flower arrangement and said she did too. This past Sunday, July 3rd, before the opening hymn, O Beautiful for Spacious Skies, I broke with tradition and introduced the hymn’s author, what happened in her life and the life of our country when she wrote it, and who wrote the music. It is something that Dale would have done and I felt it needed to be said in order to appreciate the hymn and tune that we all know so well. I received an email later in the day from a parishioner and friend of Dale’s who said my brief introduction is exactly what Dale would have done; staring with the line, “Did you know…” As soon as I read that line it was like I could hear Dale’s voice say it.
I started this Reflection by telling you there was more to my dream. Here it is: Dale was weighed down by a great number of concerns of our country and our world. He is no longer weighed down by them and that,
in retrospect, those concerns did not help him act very saintly. He was most alive on this earth when he would appreciate friendship, music and good hymnody. When it comes right down to it, that is what exists in heaven – friendship, music and good hymnody – so when we experience
it here on earth, it is like we are in heaven.
- Rev. Dave
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