Midweek Garden Mass On Wednesday

11:00 a.m. at a member's house

(no Zoom available for Wednesday Mass)

Please join us at Carol and Mike's residence for a garden Mass. The address is 713 N. Briarwood Rd.

Hope to see you there!

New Mary of Magdala Church Directory

Mary of Magdala, ECC is creating a new church directory complete with photos. A lot of research has gone into evaluating the ease, security and cost.

While we have a number of member photos (e.g. portrait pictures taken by David Cloyd) , we may be missing your (family) photo for our first edition. Our goal is to create the first online and printed directory by end of summer. 

If you've received this email directly and sent in a pix - WONDERUL. But if you haven't sent in your photo, please follow this link to easily (and securely) upload your own photo for the directory. If you don’t have one, you could snap a quick 'selfie' now and upload. Or…..just send your photo to our email – marymagdalafc@gmail.com.

DONATIONS NEEDED FOR

PERMANENTLY PLACED FAMILIES

The Donation Task Force could use toasters, twin/full box springs/metal frames/mattresses, crockpots, twin sheets and twin/full comforters/blankets.

Please contact Jodi at (970)371-5345 or jodi@familyhousingnetwork.org

 NEEDS AT THE DAY CENTER

We need baby wipes, fulll-size conditioner, body wash, kid's toothpaste, toothbrush, and weekend volunteers to help at the Day Center. Please check out this signup genius link below if you have any availability:

Read the Council of Churches August 2022 Newsletter here

The Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO)

Red Flag Law - Hosted by 301 Faith Partners

Tuesday - August 23 - 6:30 pm

ERPOs are an important tool in the gun violence and suicide prevention “toolkit”. With the support of Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence (CFCU) and Colorado Ceasefire, the Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) became law in Colorado in 2020.

Colorado’s ERPO law allows family members and law enforcement to petition the courts for temporary removal of firearms from individuals who are at risk to themselves and/or others.

ERPOs help to reduce the daily loss of life due to firearm violence, including gun suicide, but the law is not widely understood.

Learn more on Tuesday, August 23 at 6:30 pm when the 301 Faith Partners will host a presentation about ERPO to our fellow communities of faith.

Those interested in learning more can register to attend in person or via Zoom. Please register for this event.

Please send prayer requests to marymagdalafc@gmail.com. Prayers will be listed for one month unless requested for longer. Prayers for the repose of souls will be listed for six months unless requested for a longer time.

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday - July 31, 2022

A video recording of readings and the homily by Father Michael Nicosia is available here. The full Sunday Mass worship aid is available to help with prayer and meditation.

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

Social Justice Reflection for July 31

Tom Moos, Chair Social Justice Ministry

Bessie Coleman was born in 1892 to a family of sharecroppers in Texas. Her dad was biracial with Cherokee grandparents, her mother was African American. Bessie grew up helping her mother pick cotton and wash laundry to earn extra money. By the time she was eighteen, she saved enough money to attend the university in Langston, Oklahoma but had to drop out after only one semester because she could no longer afford to attend.

At age 23, Coleman went to live with her brothers in Chicago where she became a manicurist in a local barbershop and developed an interest in flying. She applied to many flight schools across the country, but none would admit her because she was African American and a woman. Newspaper publisher, Robert Abbott, encouraged her to move to France to learn to fly. She began studying French at night because her applications to flight schools needed to be written in French. Banker, Jesse Binga learned her story through Abbott’s paper and provided Bessie financial support.

She was accepted at an aviation school in Le Crotoy, France and received her international pilot’s license in 1921 from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the first Black and Native American person to do so. She became a media sensation on her return to the US and raised money towards the purchase of her own plane doing dangerous tricks as a “barnstorming” stunt flier. She realized she needed advanced training but no one would teach her. So again, she returned to Europe for instruction. She became known as “Brave Bessie” or “Queen Bess”.

Throughout her career, she used her influence to fight racism. For example, she refused to fly at events that were closed to African American audiences. Managers of a large airshow in segregated Texas wanted separate stadium entrances for Blacks and Whites. She refused to participate until the managers agreed to admit everyone through the same gate. She also aspired to establish a school for young Black aviators.

In 1926, at age 34, Bessie Coleman took a test flight with a mechanic named William Wills who piloted the plane. A loose wrench got stuck in the plane’s engine. Wills was no longer able to control the steering and the plane flipped over. Coleman fell from the open plane and died. Wills crashed near her body.

Today we honor the courage, perseverance and activism of Bessie Coleman. May her spirit inspire and dwell in us.

Past Recordings, Bulletins, and Announcements

For all bulletins, reflections, Sunday recordings during, visit our webpage. Please contact us with questions, concerns and ideas for better connection with and for the community - marymagdalafc@gmail.com. And feel free to call the office at 970 493-9536

The 301 Faith Partners are now housing archived recordings of World Wisdoms Project. They can be accessed through St. Paul's website here. For present, they can be browsed by year. There's some wonderful material to experience.

Newsletters of Trinity Lutheran Church and the St. Paul's Episcopal  

What are our partners in ministry up to? Click here for the Trinity Lutheran Church monthly newsletter, "Tidings". And here is St Paul's weekly bulletin.