Church Newsletter for the week of July 18: prayer list, poetry, worship bulletin and more...

Aloha! We are Dale & Debra Sands and are the scheduling couple for service participants at Christ Memorial Church. We are updating the roster of volunteers to serve at 8:00am and 9:30am services.

To serve as a reader of scripture or prayers of the people, your participation may be in person at the 8:00am or 9:30am services OR via ZOOM at the 9:30am services. If you wish to volunteer as an Acolyte, Usher or Lay Eucharist Minister, your service requires you to be present at the service. Please let us know if you would like to volunteer to serve in any of these capacities by contacting Sarah at the Church office via email or telephone of your interest. Or you may contact us directly at Debraheath@aol.com

Thank you in advance for your reply and for your service!

SHARED POETRY

What Does it Mean to Be Blind?

What does it mean to be blind

When I can see perfectly well?

What does it mean to see Heaven

When all I can do is see shells,

Husks of a spirit, coconuts

Drained of their milk? These mutts

Half-bred of spirit, half of mud,

Run hot in my body as blood.

“Well then, clean the blood!” I cry,

And seek spiritual Bon Ami,

A cleanser with grinding force.

But dungeons of self, cold and clammy,

Bear pools I don’t want to disturb,

Or know what dark ocean suburbs

In those trenches, those wounds in my heart.

I’ll take my new life a la carte

In those trenches, those wounds in my heart.

I’ll take my new life a la carte

As an unconditional potion,

And let the dark pools drain away

Into their original ocean …

For I have seen that sea, away

And far below my human soul,

Where bright with sunlight blue swells roll

Against a brilliant beach, and no

Darkness disturbs the light that grows

Until it swallows everything

And only Light becomes the King!

And now I see – for I’m not blind –

That sun and mud are both Divine.

-Matthew Miller

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Helen Mitsui Shared Blessings Thrift Shop in Kilauea is seeking Volunteers for 2021.

Each volunteer shift is a 2-4 hour commitment for a minimum of one day per week. Experience in Retail, Customer Service, and/or Retail a plus, but not required.

Volunteers are invaluable to serving our community. Our goal is to reuse, repurpose and recycle goods — keeping as much as possible out of landfill — while providing our community with access to reasonably priced, quality merchandise.

Here are ways you can help:

* Greeters welcome shoppers and monitor our COVID guidelines.

* Customer Care helps shoppers to ensure a pleasant shopping experience.

* Merchandisers organize departments, restock the floor and display retail goods.

* Philanthropy distributes merchandise to organizations in need.

* Donation Intakers receive, sort and process donations.

Work-from-Home volunteers help prepare merchandise for sale. We are especially looking for help in these areas:

* Games: checking games to ensure all components are intact

* Stationery: packaging up cards and envelopes

* Holidays: preparing merchandise for Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentines, 4th of July, and more

* School, Office, Art Craft Supplies: organizing and packaging materials for reuse

* Toys: sorting, cleaning, and packaging toys

* Hardware: sorting and packaging tools, materials, electronics and appliances

Requirements?

*Team players with a genuine interest in serving the community and contributing to the reuse movement.

* Willingness to support COVID-19 safety measures set by Shared Blessings

* Physically able to lift 50 pounds (Merchandisers and Donation Intakers only)

Benefits?

Serving the community and our environment is rewarding work. We have a lot of fun! New merchandise is donated daily, so the element of surprise and wonder is constant. Get a first peek and more!

Interested?

Click on the reply button here! Let us know 1) your interests, 2) your availability to volunteer and 3) your contact information. Mahalo!

PRAYER REQUESTS THIS WEEK

Healing of body, mind and spirit for:

Our Friends in Hanalei, Shannon, Janice, Marilyn, Sarah and Julie, Tony, Scott, Greg, Webb, Christine, Kathy, Edith, Landrea, Sara, Patrick, Seth, Robin, Tyler, Chip and his wife Carrie, Stacy, Jessica, Lisa, Susan, Auntie Marrie, Molly and Abigail, Issa, Evelyn, Charlene, David, Tessa, Lee, Austin, Shane, Kim, Deanna, Annah, Maggie, Linda, David and both Mary Ellen's and their families.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Our Thrift Shop is Open!

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 2:00 - 5:00 pm

Wednesday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Saturday 9:30 am - 3:00 pm

For a safe shopping experience, we can only allow 8 shoppers in the store at any time.

All must wear masks and use hand sanitizer.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Meets in the Parish Hall:

Monday 6:15 - 7:15 pm & 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Tuesday 10:00-11:00 am & 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Go to www.kauaiaa.org for more info.

THIS IS MY OFFERING

A Prayer:

Magnificent Holy Father.

I stand before you at this altar. So many have given you more.

I may not have much I can offer. Yet what I have is truly yours.

This is my offering, dear Lord.

This is my offering to You, God.

Your offering enables us to maintain worship, prayer and study during this time. Help us continue to provide a beautiful, flourishing, and safe "Sanctuary for the Spirit" at our historic and faithful church on Kaua'i.

Change to Automated Giving: Thank you to those of you who automate your giving and have a plan to support your church. Your consistent, planned generosity makes it possible for us to budget and dream responsibly. Want to change to automated giving? It makes life easy, especially if you travel.

Live off island? If you have a prayer intention or would like to pray for those on our prayer list, email our office. To be part of the church collective means we all share in the cost of being a church. We want our church to have inspiring worship; pastoral care for those in need; beautiful church grounds; programs to learn and grow; and tools to reach out to those who are seeking a closer relationship with God. See the different ways you can share your gifts, on our Giving page HERE.

If you like to give by check, please send to:

Christ Memorial Episcopal Church,

P.O. Box 293, Kilauea, HI 96754

Or consider changing to Automated Giving. It makes life easy. Just click on the button below to make a one-time or recurring donation.

Thank you for your love and care for our Christ Memorial community!

PASSING THE PLATE

PAYPAL

http://www.christmemorialkauai.org/radicalgiving.html

STAY INFORMED

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