8 am Spoken Eucharist Returns this Sunday |
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Beginning this Sunday, July 3rd, in addition to our regular 10 am worship with music and the choir, we will also begin to offer a spoken Episcopal Rite II Eucharist at 8 a.m. once again as well. The 10 am service will continue as usual.
For those attending the 8 a.m. spoken liturgy, we will use the Book of Common Prayer located in the backs of the pews and there will be no bulletin. We will not be scheduling readers, ushers, or worship assistants for this service but if you are there and would like to read the lessons, help with the offering, or serve the chalice, please let me know. That would be very welcomed.
I look forward to seeing you at 8 a.m. or 10 a.m. this, and every Sunday!
Peace,
Erik +
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Uke Camp still has openings |
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Learn more about The Magic Fluke in Sheffield by clicking on the colorful ukes at the top. |
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With a penny social, a raffle or two, chili dogs, face-painting, and a food tent, this may, at first glance, look like an ordinary summer church fair. However, it is so much more. For starters, we are offering the best that our little old Town of Sheffield has to offer. Not only will award-winning Robbie of Roberto's be there with his portable pizza oven, but we will be offering Sheffield's own Big Elm beer, and ice cream from the grass-fed Jersey cows of High Lawn Farm, as well as Padre Pollo's BBQ. Sponsored by The Pass, The Lucky Bucket Band is our featured musical entertainment. We will also have a performance by our Ukulele Summer Camp attendees. There will be a raffle for a hand-crafted Magic Fluke ukulele, an opportunity to guess how many balloons in that car full of balloons, special musical guests and a special Old Geezer Giving Advice booth. The creation of BERKSTOCK is made possible, in large part, through Action Team Projects from Thrivent Financial.
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So that we are ready for Berkstock, please help us raise Bruce’s tent. We need all the muscle we can hustle. Hope you can make it. Thursday, July 14th at 11:00 am.
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We also are in need of some simple 10 x 10 tents. If you have one you can spare, please bring it to the tent raising party, Thursday, July 14th at 11:00. Thanks so much.
Joe says that we are having a Berkstock planning meeting, right after church on Sunday, July 10th at 11:15. Please attend if you can.
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Feeding Friends needs you Now! |
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At the beginning of the pandemic we asked our neighbors to sponsor a meal to feed a Sheffield family with kids in school with a special meal once a week from local restaurants like John Andrews and The Marketplace. That project became known as Feeding Sheffield. With the help of the Southern Berkshire Rural Health Network and Berkshire Bounty, we expanded the program into Alford, North Egremont, South Egremont, and Mount Washington and included neighbors in need beyond school families. When that happened the program evolved into Feeding Friends.
More than two years later our neighbors' needs continue. By clicking on the Feeding Friends logo below you will be sent to a secure website where you can continue to help. There you can make a one time donation which will be very much appreciated, but we hope you will also consider making a recurring donation to continue helping our most vulnerable neighbors into the future. A recurring weekly gift of $20 will supply two meals to one of our neighbors each and every week. Thank you so much for the support you've given these past few years and thank you for your continuing support as well.
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Volunteers needed on the AT |
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Our Appalachian Trail Corner of Kindness 2022 is running extremely well! We are however, still a little short on volunteers. It looked for a while like we only had one lonely person signed up for tomorrow's ministry. However, we made some phone calls and recruited a couple of stalwart regulars and are now all set.
We don't want to have to cancel any of our planned days of creating this Corner of Kindness. This is one of the easiest, most gratifying ways to serve humankind. Please step up to the plate and get your name on the sign-up sheet. Let us know if you need help with that. Thanks so much.
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Our 2022 Pride celebration on Friday turned out to be a fabulous community-building event. From the heartwarming Drag Story Time to the delicious Padre Pollo's Pulled Pork. From all the amazing Pride stage performers to the wonderful dancing in the street - we thank everyone who contributed in any way. It was a wonderful and much-needed gathering and left many of us feeling far more hopeful about this community in which we live. Thank you all. |
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Trinity Church in Lenox hosts monthly service for Victims of Gun Violence
July 2, 8am online
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Christ Trinity Church 413-229-8811
180 Main Street
PO Box 127
Sheffield, MA 01257
Livestreamed services at 10:00 Sundays:
Questions you may have about us will probably be answered at:
If you have a loved one who you would like us to remember in our Sunday prayers, please email us Monday morning before 10:00.
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