Fifth Sunday
of Easter
May 10, 2020
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me.
They have clung to me all my life. -Abraham Lincoln
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View 10:30 a.m. service live on
Join us for Virtual Coffee Hour following the service on Zoom:
Meeting ID
:
903 777 2020
or,
Join by phone - dial:
346 248 7799
Broadcast
Wed.
at
8am
and
6pm
on
GEUS Channel 34
Wednesdays
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Noonday prayer
at Noon
via
Zoom & Facebook live
(above)
Bible Study
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8am - Friday's
Philippians via
Zoom
Per the directive of Bishop Sumner, the St. Paul’s Church office is closed for the forseeable future. Angela Dryer, our Parish Administrator, will check
the office voicemail and email daily and respond to any messages.
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(private collection, 1980),
oil on canvas.
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COLLECT AND READINGS
Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
The readings may be found
here
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Processional Hymn
(Salzburg) H# 174
Gospel Hymn
H# 457
Offertory Hymns
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Communion Hymns
Recessional Hymn
(St Albinus) H# 194
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A Morsel for Meditation
St. Thomas the Apostle
‘We do not know how can we know the way?'
Courageous master of the awkward question,
You spoke the words the others dared not say
And cut through their evasion and abstraction.
O doubting Thomas, father of my faith,
You put your finger on the nub of things:
We cannot love some disembodied wraith,
But flesh and blood must be our king of kings.
Your teaching is to touch, embrace, anoint,
Feel after him and find him in the flesh.
Because he loved your awkward counterpoint,
The Word has heard and granted you your wish.
O place my hands with yours, help me divine
The wounded God whose wounds are healing mine.
Guite, Malcolm,
Sounding the Seasons:
Seventy Sonnets for Christian year
(London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2012), 54.
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You can make your checks payable to "St. Paul's Episcopal Church" and mail them to:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
8320 Jack Finney Blvd.
Greenville, TX 75402
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You can also make your donations online via PayPal. Click the link below to make a donation using your credit or debit card, or using your PayPal account.
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Rector's Update - May 1st
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Greetings to the saints of St. Paul’s,
We miss gathering together for worship, especially on Mother’s Day, but we also understand why we’re not doing it. Our last regular service was March 8th, and that’s a long time to not have communion. Happily, that will change starting Sunday May 17th. We’re still not going to be meeting in the church building, but we’re taking a step forward.
On Sunday May 10th, I will consecrate extra wafers, and we will begin distributing consecrated hosts (i.e. bread) to those who let me know that they would like to receive it. Then on May 17th during the online service, I’ll ask that those who received the hosts to consume it with me during the Eucharist. We’ll continue to do this as long as we need to do it. The catch is that you have to let me know that you want to receive the host. The best way to let me know is via email –
fathernickfunk@gmail.com
(
click to read more)
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Opportunity to Serve or Be Served
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STEWARDSHIP TODAY
Peggy Cole
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another,
as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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Frank McKee, Junior Warden wishes to borrow a
gas powered pressure washer
for a week or more. One is needed to clean the fire lane stripes before repainting. Please e-mail
frank51m@att.net
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Safety is Not First
Safety should never be first. Miss Jean Brodie (she of her prime, in Muriel Spark’s brilliant novel) had some bad ideas that truly harmed her students, but she was dead on when she inveighed against the motto “Safety First.” The human being has a high calling; we might call it Beauty, or Truth, or Love. As we might well say, God comes first.
My fellow pilgrims in Corona-tide, we must not learn the wrong lessons at this time. We must not start thinking that Safety is the important thing above all.
Continue reading
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Pray for the Church, the Body of Christ
Please pray for those on our prayer list this week:
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Jorn Jamieson,
Judy Shaddox, Chris Bynum, Lily Stipe, Chris Wiltz,
Allen Clegg Sr., The Clegg Family, Jo Dodson, Elaine Hodge,
Beverly Gish, Mike Lavigne,
Faye Hamann, Dana Medford,
Bob Lanier, Alice Cooney,
Paula Reeves, Cyndi Sehr,
Wayne and Lillian McHenry,
Eileen Jenkins, Dru Ann Jamison,
Father Gordon and Dolores Miltenberger
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We also pray for our Daughters of the King Ministry as they bring their strength and service together by praying for friends and for the people.
You may add people to the list by filling out a DOK confidential prayer card and putting them in the blue box located in the Narthex.
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Contact our church office to add a name to our prayer list: 903-455-5030. Names remain for one month unless renewed or canceled.
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DOK PRAYER REQUESTS & BOX
The Daughters of the King
support your prayer needs and wishes. Each Sunday a prayer team will be available to pray with you after the Worship Service in the choir area after the 10:30 service. If you would like additional information, please see a DOK member.
They also have a intercessory prayer box on the table in the Narthex to deposit prayer requests. Prayer request cards may be found in the pews and beside the box in the Narthex. Daughters pray daily. All prayers are confidential. Each person is prayed for one month. If you wish for continued prayers, please complete another request card or contact a Daughter.
You may call the church office
(903-455-5030)
and specify it is for the DOK intercessory prayer list. You can hand the card to a Daughter (she is always wearing her cross).
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