Happenings at St. David's
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Where is your place? Fr. Will asked us in his sermon on Sunday: where is the place where you feel close to God? Where do you go to be renewed and refreshed, reminded of God's presence and love and healing power?
If we were asked that question just a few months ago, the answer for many of us would be: St. David's. The sanctuary, full of light, the trees in the windows, the Eden garden. Just as important as place are the people we look forward to seeing.
We are still fasting from worship in person. We have received permission from the bishop to live stream from the sanctuary, which Fr. Will did last Sunday. This in between time gives us an opportunity to seek out other 'God-places'. These might be a quiet room in your house, or,if you have young ones at home, maybe the bathroom??
The point to remember is that God is present, wherever you seek God. Our surroundings can remind us of God, as our beautiful sanctuary does, but God is just as present in your garden, or your quiet spot, or as you watch a bird through your window.
One of the gifts of this time apart is the opportunity to seek God wherever we are. This is a gift we can keep even when, joyfully, we can gather together in our sanctuary.
Blessings,
Rev. Mary Kay
P.S. Remember to wear your red on Sunday!
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To keep up to date on the latest news and updates please visit our website using the link below.
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A huge thank you to everyone for their generosity. During these unprecedented times, we are called into community in unprecedented ways. Your financial gifts to St. David's are of vital importance to support our ongoing ministries and our outreach to the most vulnerable among us. Please continue to offer your faithful gifts by mailing your check to our church office (at the address listed below) or clicking the button below. We also encourage you to
sign up for electronic giving
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Pray for those who suffer in body, mind or spirit: Colgate, Connor, Katherine, Mary, John, Cinda, Carol, Chris, Jeanne, Abby, Madeline, Ken, Kelly, the Ginieczki family, Lou, Cindy, Bob, Jean, Ismael, Myron and all those being prayed for by our prayer teams. We pray for those who have died, and those who have lost a loved one through death: Sara, Mullin, the Cross family, the McDonald family,
Frances Schwebius, the Bonifant family
. We pray for our clergy, vestry, ministries, church staff, school staff, parents, and children.
Loving God, we pray for all those who are affected by the corona virus pandemic. We pray for those who are ill and those who are anxious. We especially pray for all health care workers and first responders who are putting their lives on the line to care for us: Anne Brown, Ed Puccio,
Kondeh Greaves, Kelly Hayes, Sarah, Haley, Jackie,
Mark Mangilit, Crystal Garnett, Latonya Daniels, Monica Preval, Michelle Rowe, Robert Gore, Marie Normil, Mashawn Parker, Hantz Joseph, Rhonda Grant, Lupe Guerrero-Nabavi, Janice Chapman Smith, Arlene Blackett-James, Tinea Savage, Annette Crossan, Paula Williams, Nicole Mansfield.
Keep them in your loving embrace. Keep them safe and strong. Be our strong rock, oh Lord, our shelter in the storm, our firm foundation. Draw us closer to one another and to you. Help us to trust your promises and live as people of hope.
We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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The peas and other veggies are starting to bloom in the St. David’s garden! We look forward to harvesting them later to donate to the needy.
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Beginning May 30th, 2020, Zoom will be enabling
GCM encryption
across the entire Zoom platform, providing increased protection for meeting data.
Please click here
for more information on how to update.
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Pentecost Art Contest: Soaring with the Spirit
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Calling all artists. The theme for Pentecost 2020 is “Soaring with the Spirit”. We are asking for art submissions to be used for our virtual service on Pentecost Sunday May 31
st . There will be one adult and one child winner who will be highlighted that day. Deadline is May 27
th. Please send your art to
mcarey@sdlife.org.
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Pentecost Language Readers Needed
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Do you speak another language? Do you know sign language? You are invited to share your gift of language with the community on Pentecost Sunday, May 31st as we welcome the Holy Spirit and celebrate the birthday of the church from home. Please contact Maureen
mcarey@sdlife.org.
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You are invited to become part of our virtual worship team on Sunday mornings! There are opportunities participate and read from home.
Please use this link whether you attend Satrudays@6, 9 am or the 11 am service. The sign up genius is emailed out monthly and can be found on the website. Please contact Josh Coder
joshcoder@gmail.com and/or Bobbie Johnson
mariuscat@veriaon.com to have your name added to the sign up genius email list.
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Family PJ Compline Wednesday June 3
rd
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Please join us Wednesday’s at 7 pm this summer for Family Compline. We will greet each other, get acclimated to being on Zoom for this Compline story time, reading the book “Candle Walk – A Bedtime Prayer to God”.
WHAT TO BRING:
You and your children in your comfy PJ’s.
Something that has been a comfort to you in this time (Does your child have a special toy or stuffed animal? A blanket? A comfy pair of sweatpants or slippers?
Meeting ID: 836 4486 2849
Password: 075835
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June 7 Graduation Sunday!
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Graduation is not what we hoped, but it is still happening. If you (or someone you know) is graduating this year, please
send your email to Father Will
. Let us know if you plan to be there on
June 7 at 1 pm
in the parking lot and we will set up a spot!
Everyone else, you will be invited to drive through the lot and congratulate them!
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Save the date for the Reach talent show on Saturday, June 13, at 7 pm! Record your 2-3 minute talent on video and either send us the private Youtube link or you can upload it to a dropbox account.
Email Fr. Will
for dropbox information.
Email Jae Mitchell
if you plan to have a submission. We look forward to you singing, dancing, acting, or just getting creative!
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Join us for our virtual services!
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Please join us for virtual Worship on Sundays at 10 am. We will follow the service with a virtual coffee hour and children's chat at 10:45 on Zoom. Details are available on our
website.
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Weekday Morning Prayer
Please join us on for morning prayer on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 am.
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Compline nightly @ 9pm
Join us every night at 9 pm on for Compline.
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