8:

8:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I

10:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite II

Fellowship to follow both services

Livestreamed Service at 10:30

Click here for Sunday's Worship Bulletin

Zoom Centering Prayer: Monday - Wednesday - Friday 9:00 am

*access to all St. Paul's livestreamed or Zoom services via

St. Paul's website*

Dear Saints of St. Paul's,

Last Saturday’s All-Church Work Day was amazing! A volunteer crew of 25 spread out around the church campus to do a variety of tasks that included deep cleaning, polishing, organizing, gardening, and more. In this newsletter, your Senior and Junior Warden have offered a great big note of thanks for all of the enthusiastic participation.

New and of note this week:

• In Vestry News you will find a results of the recent survey of responses to our sanctuary space entitled “Themes To Look At On the Continuum of Sacred Space.”

• In Vestry News you will also find a link to the Gift Acceptance Policy that was recently approved by the Vestry.

• In Capital Campaign news you will find an announcement for stewardship Bible Study sessions that will be happening the first three Sundays in October during Mezzanine time, Sunday mornings 9:30 am – 10:15 am. Jan Chappuis will be facilitating.

• Also in Capital Campaign news, sign ups for Informational Cottage Meetings are beginning. If you would like to sign-up electronically, look forward to an upcoming mailing that will offer one-click registration. You may also sign up for a meeting in church on Sunday, or by contacting Meredith Lowry.

• In “Parish Life & Announcements,” you will find a call for donations of altar flowers on October 23 and October 30 as well as a notice from Beth Orling about a fundraising event that is taking place this weekend at Chimacum Woods entitled “Days of Wine and Rhodies.”

• In “St. Paul’s Prayer Ministries,” Kathy Couch offers a reflection entitled “Celebrating Guidance.”

Finally, the annual Blessing of the Animals is coming up on October 2. Mark your calendars!

Blessings on your week,

Dianne+

The Rev. Dianne Andrews, Rector

rev.dandrews@hotmail.com

360.344.2728

COVID requirements for worship

• Masks are optional in worship, however:  masks are required when singing.
• Eucharistic bread may be eaten before returning to your seat as the chalice will be offered, also. If you do not wish to drink from the chalice, cross your arms over your chest. The words "'The blood of Christ, the cup of salvation" will be said and are sufficient. There will be no intinction, i.e., no dipping of bread in the wine.

Vestry News

Vestry Survey Results are In

One of the goals of the 2022 Vestry was to survey congregants and visitors about their responses to our primary worship space. The results of the surveys have been compiled and analyzed. Many thanks to members of the Mutual Ministry Goal #2 Committee, and especially to Nancy Smee who used her professional skills as a researcher to analyze subjective information.

Thank you, also, to all congregants and guests to our church who gave their time and offered careful observations that were recorded in surveys initiated by the Vestry's Mutual Ministry Goal #2 Committee. Themes along continuums of qualitative narrative from the responses were compiled into a report:

Survey Results:

Themes To Look At On The Continuum of Sacred Space

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Port Townsend

Gift Acceptance Policy

Adopted September 2022

From Your Wardens

Thank you! The All-Church Work Day on Saturday was a smashing success. Many hands make the work go faster – over 25 people showed up. Altogether, we cleaned out the carpet and other debris from under Fenn House; repaired and put new light bulbs in the exit lights in the parish hall; washed down the gutters, siding and window sills on the east and south sides of the exterior of the parish hall; washed windows on the inside; tidied up the children’s resource room; moved rocks from a garden bed to a new resting place; weeded, weeded, weeded and then pruned; cleaned out and organized the mop closet in the kitchen was well as another closet in the parish hall; organized and rehung tablecloths in the closet in the women’s bathroom; cleaned and organized the sacristy and sanctuary and put wine-colored cloth chair covers on the chairs in the nave; sanded down the railings off of the kitchen of Judy House in preparation for painting. We took a load to the dump and a load to Waste Not, Want Not and several bags and boxes to the Goodwill. Lunch was satisfying and we all had a wonderful sense of accomplishment when it was all over. Our campus looks all spruced up.

As with all that we undertake as a parish, we experienced the joy of pitching in together on a common task for the benefit of our community.   

Tracy Garrett, Senior Warden

Ken Evans, Junior Warden

Thank You Everyone!

Capital Stewardship Campaign

Coming Soon:

Sunday Mezzanine Bible Study Series

October 2, 9, and 16

9:30 – 10:15 am

Parish Hall

Jan Chappuis, facilitator

Informational Cottage Meetings

Schedule coming soon.

Ways to sign up for an Informational Cottage Meeting:

• at church on Sunday
• by contacting Meredith Lowry at 360.385.9901 meredithlowry_55@hotmail.com
• by submitting an RSVP through an upcoming electronic notice.

Please note: Gatherings are meant to be small, including Zoom meetings. Space at each meeting will be limited to 8-10, plus the facilitator and host. Registrations for specific meetings will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. If you have questions, please contact Meredith Lowry.

Leadership Teams

A few Things to know...

Excerpt from Dianne's Launching Sunday sermon:

Here are a few things you should know about the Capital Stewardship Campaign:

• You are going to be hearing a lot about the Capital Stewardship Campaign in the coming weeks and months. Expect it. The theme of the campaign is “A Bright Path Forward: Honoring Our Past, Welcoming the Future.” The leadership team that we will be commissioning today... has been put together to help create events and communications that will keep us connected and informed throughout the campaign journey.

• A plan is in place, and your prayerful engagement is invited. There will be small group gatherings to be hosted in homes, that we are calling “Informational Cottage Meetings.” These meetings are for fellowship and learning, providing information about the capital campaign and the parish renovation. The gatherings are to be a safe forum in which to ask questions. Please know that there will be no requests for money or pledges at those gatherings.  

• During the month of October, Bible studies, on the theme of stewardship, will be offered during Mezzanine time, between services on Sunday mornings.

• Prayer will be woven throughout the campaign process, and on November 5, you will be invited to participate in an all-parish day of prayer.

• On All Saints Sunday, November 6, we will celebrate the great cloud of witness as we welcome Marc Reike, our campaign consultant, as our preacher. 

• On December 10 there will be an all-parish banquet followed, the next day, by Commitment Sunday. That will be the time when you will be invited to submit a pledge. 

Don’t worry about remembering all those dates. We hope to keep you well informed along the way.

There is one more thing to know: fall is the time during which we hold our Annual Stewardship Pledge Campaign to support our annual parish budget. Know that, this year, the annual stewardship pledge appeal is being incorporated into the Capital Stewardship Campaign. When the time comes to pledge, in December, you will be given a single pledge card that will have one space for your annual pledge and one for a capital campaign gift.

For now, you are not being asked for anything but your attention and you’re your prayerful engagement. If you are called upon by one of the team leaders to help in some way, I encourage you to respond with good cheer. The capital stewardship campaign is an all-parish project that is happening for the sake of making our beloved church more fully accessible to those with physical challenges of any kind. Between now and Commitment Sunday in December we, together as a whole congregation, are taking this journey towards a more welcoming future.

Finally, and very importantly, please know... that the amount of your pledge... is something you will be discerning as we approach Commitment Sunday. Very importantly, your pledge will be no more and no less than an amount that brings you joy. The fruits of your prayerful discernment are to be woven with joy...

The Sacred Space Project

a Reflection by Margaret McGee

To me, Sacred Space is the most important project the parish has taken on since the building of the “new” Parish Hall, which was in its capital campaign back in 1995, when I first walked through the arched red doors.

I’m strongly attached to our worship space. Heck, I had a religious experience the moment I walked in. I was weeping by the time I sat in a pew. I’m sure the jewel-like beauty of the room’s structure, its bones, helped evoke the feeling. But mostly it was the Prodigal Son window, which spoke to me in words I needed to hear: words of welcome, acceptance, and love.

So I care what happens to the space. And I respect the feelings of those who care about it for reasons and experiences of their own. And honor those who built it and tended it over the decades.

At the same time, I know where the Sacred Space team should have their focus, whose priorities should be paramount as they go about their work. It’s not me. It’s not any of us here today, and not the ones who came before us, either. The most important people to consider are those we haven’t met yet, those who are yet to step inside, look around, and decide whether to sit down.

It’s hard to think about those people. They don’t have a voice at the table. But if we want to grow, if we want to sit next to families with children on any given Sunday morning, then those are the people we need to be thinking about when we consider improvements to the worship space.

I want them all. I want the retired priest, the woman in a wheelchair, the widower who’s new to town and looking to make friends, the youth killing time who runs into us on You Tube, and yes, the young family who may be completely new to church and for some reason steps through our doors. Maybe it’s Christmas and they want to hear the music. Whatever. I want them to come inside and feel welcome, acceptance, and love not only through one beautiful window, but everywhere they look.

When we were building the labyrinth courtyard, the parish was undergoing a lot of internal political drama. Here’s a way I kept my focus on the project and away from the drama. I pictured a young family at St. Paul’s 100 years in the future. They had a new baby. A summer baby. And they chose for their baby to be baptized at the center of the courtyard labyrinth. We were building a place for them to do it.

My feelings about the Sacred Space project have changed over the meetings and presentations. At first I wished that the parish would leave the old church alone and build a new church. Now, after listening carefully at the meetings, and on Sunday mornings, and in my prayers, I feel very different. Our best bet is to make the space we have now as welcoming and usable as it can be, not only for today, but for years to come.

Margaret McGee

Sanctuary Renewal Plans

The full set of the first pass architectural renderings, presented by architect Brand Cornwell, can be found by clicking here.

Below is a sanctuary layout showing a maximum seating configuration with room for wheelchairs. All furnishings would be movable except for the organ and piano.

Notes about this initial plan:

• Handicapped access through the chapel door and behind the choir.

• Raising the floor so that it is level up to the altar area. This leveling would allow full access and participation throughout the nave space. Please note that the plan shows two different floor colors. The darker area is the portion of the nave floor that would be raised.

• The step up to the altar area would remain to allow for kneeling. 

• A level floor would allow for the choir to grow as well for changes in sanctuary configuration for various kinds of worship services, beyond Sunday mornings.

• Leveling the floor would require installing new steps up from the narthex. The architects have a design solution for the steps.

• The current piano would be replaced with a smaller one allowing for altar party seating in front of the organ and piano.

• A flexible seating solution is chairs that can be linked together to create pew-like seating. This type of chair allows for up to five worshippers per chair/pew. Upholstered chairs would cut seating capacity to four. The chairs have book storage and options for kneelers. 

• Replacement of the 1970’s stained glass windows along the sides of the sanctuary to be more like the windows in the historic photo below.

• A “Tech Station” located at the back of the church.

• An area for children, near the front.

• Two remotely controlled cameras would installed above the congregation. (No more tripods!)

• New light fixtures that would allow for full illumination throughout the sanctuary with flexibility in lighting effects.

• Speaker/microphone system would allow for even sound throughout the space.

Poster-sized renderings of the initial designs are available for viewing in the parish hall. The Vestry and members of the Core Design Team are available to answer questions. Please ask!

Core Design Team: Dwight Nicholson (an architect), Ken Evans, Nancy Budd-Garvan, Pat McMinds, Nancy Smee, Kathy Ryan, Dianne Andrews

Vestry: Tracy Garrett (Senior Warden), Curtis Kraus, Nancy Smee, Ken Evans (Junior Warden), Linda Egan, Norma VanValkenburg, Karen Barrows, Sue Cook, Shelly Reiss

Sacred Space Project Prayer Card

Sunday's Worship Video &  Sermon

A Scoundrel's Tale

The Rev. Dianne Andrews

Parish Library News

On display in the Parish Library is a slim volume of pure inspiration for our times entitled Uncommon Gratitude co-written by two modern Christian thought leaders. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams often said that, no matter what, the proper stance of the Christian in the world is one of gratitude. In this book, Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, and Archbishop Rowan Williams offer us a sweeping set of things and circumstances to be grateful for things for which we can sing alleluia, praise and thanks be to God.

Some are things we naturally feel grateful for: God, peace, wealth, life, faith, and unity. But when these are set alongside other things, we would never think to sing alleluia about death, divisions, sufferings, and even sinners. We begin to see, as Joan Chittister says in her introduction, that "Life itself is an exercise in learning to sing 'alleluia ' here in order to recognize the face of God hidden in the recesses of time. To deal with the meaning of 'alleluia ' in life means to deal with moments that do not feel like 'alleluia moments' at all."

In this series of reflections, it becomes clear that singing "alleluia" is not a way to escape reality but receptivity to another kind of reality beyond the immediate and the delusional, of helping us understand what is now and what is to come. (from Amazon)

The Women's Spiritual Growth Group

The book is “designed for the doubter and the dreamer, the seeker and the sojourner, those who long for a sense of spiritual wholeness. Through theological reflection and personal recollection, Rachel wrestles with God’s grace and love in an imperfect world, looks unsparingly at what the Church is and does, and explores universal human questions about becoming and belonging.”

You do not have to be a member of St’ Paul’s to join us in exploring this book. All women are welcome!

If you have any questions, contact Joanne Rittmueller at:

rittmuellerjoanne@gmail.com

 Information Sheet: What are Sacred Ground Circles?

Click here to learn more about Beloved Community and

SACRED GROUND

A film-based Dialogue Series on Race and Faith



Icon Workshop: Michael the Archangel,

Protector of Kyiv 

with Iconographer Br. Peter Pearson

November 3 - 6, 2022

This is a four-day Icon Writing Workshop with Br. Peter Pearson, CFC at St. Luke’s, Sequim. Br. Peter is a well-known iconographer and teacher, speaker, and author on the subject of iconography. He has been studying and painting icons for nearly 50 years and brings a practical, systematic, and grounded approach that is both contemporary and traditional to this ancient art form.

Peter has studied theology extensively and holds a M.Div. as well as a Th.D. He brings focus on an integrated understanding of this art which includes history, technique, theology, and prayer.

Click here for Workshop Details

Contact Br. Steve Penning for more information.

Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance) as it provides critical assistance to support people affected by violence in Ukraine. Working through ACT member Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) and other local organizations, ACT Alliance is providing emergency assistance such as food, shelter, water and basic supplies to refugees and people displaced within Ukraine.

The UN Refugee Agency estimates that as of March 8, more than two million people have left Ukraine since Russian forces invaded the country, making this the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. Damage to civilian infrastructure has left thousands without electricity or water. Homes have been damaged and destroyed, displacing hundreds of thousands within the country. People are fleeing to neighboring countries such as Poland, Hungary and Romania and their long-term destination is unclear.

On February 27, HIA set up a refugee support point on the Ukrainian side of the border at Beregsurány where volunteers are providing hot tea, sandwiches, refreshments, blankets and basic hygiene items for refugees, who often wait long hours to cross the border into Hungary. These refugees include many children and older adults. HIA is in contact with its network of churches and organizations, as well as local governments in Hungary, to coordinate cash assistance, shelter, food and medicine for people who have been displaced.

ACT Alliance is setting up similar support points at other border towns to assist people as they leave Ukraine. It is working through local partners to provide aid for refugees in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Poland.

Episcopal Relief & Development is also working with The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, the Diocese of Europe, the Anglican Alliance and United Society Partners in the Gospel as the churches prepare to mobilize on potential immediate and long-term responses to assist Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania, Hungary and other parts of Europe.

“Episcopal Relief & Development was founded by The Episcopal Church to help people fleeing violence in World War II,” said Nagulan Nesiah, Senior Program Officer, Disaster Response and Risk Reduction, Episcopal Relief & Development. “We remain committed to supporting our partners on the ground as they meet both immediate and long-term needs created by this crisis.”

Donations to Episcopal Relief & Development’s Ukraine Crisis Response Fund will help the organization and its partners continue to provide assistance to people displaced by the crisis in Ukraine.

Parish Life & Announcements

Altar Flower Donations are Needed

Altar flowers given each week beautify our sanctuary. Flowers area a special way to remember a loved one or celebrate a special event in your life. There are 2 opportunities to be a donor coming up. They are October 23rd and October 30. Please contact Sally Scholz if you are interested at:  sallylscholz@gmail.net or 360-732-4613.

Chimacum Woods, A Rhododendron Nursery

2722 Thorndyke Road, Port Ludlow,

will host garden tours with refreshments and the opportunity to donate to Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW)

and/or Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates (JCIRA) to benefit refugee resettlement, specifically of Afghan and Ukrainian immigrants. 

There is no charge for the events. 20% of price of plants sold will go to the cause.

For more information and directions,

please call Bob at 206-383-2713 or

Beth at 609-506-5865

or online at www.chimacumwoods.com.

Wave Food Drive

October 22

St. Paul's needs one or two volunteers

to be at church that day, 10 am - 2 pm

Contact Dianne+ if you are interested in volunteering to be at church to receive donations on October 22

Thirty-seven years ago PT faith communities saw a growing number of folks needing food assistance. And they also saw the good work being done by the PT Food Bank to meet that need. So they rallied in support creating the WAVE [What A Valuable Experience] Food Drive. 

Over the years the Jefferson County Food Bank Association has grown to meet the food assistance needs in the Tri-Area, Quilcene, and Brinnon, as well at PT. And the WAVE has changed its format and broadened its scope to continue to assist the JCFBA in meeting that need. The goal, however, is the same: gathering in non-perishable food and financial donations to help our food banks do what they do best: fill the pantries of those in need and do so with grace and dignity.

The WAVE Food Drive is the only local food drive that continued to serve throughout the worst of the pandemic. And though “life” seems to be moving toward “normalcy” we still have large numbers of families and seniors that need our local food banks to help them make ends meet. 

When all sources were tallied, WAVE 2021 brought in an amazing: $27,483.50 in financial donations and 2,251 pounds of non-perishable food. [This includes Brinnon’s mini-wave bringing in over $2,000 and the Kala Point Contingent’s record-breaking $18,755.] 

October is WAVE Food Drive Month. Partnering churches/faith communities and community groups promote the drive all through October gathering in food and financial donations throughout the month. 

Saturday, October 22 is WAVE FOOD DRIVE DAY. We promote this day via local newspaper, social media and the incredibly powerful support of KPTZ 91.9FM, as the day for the wider community to participate in this gigantic act of kindness. 

Partner churches are invited to have their doors open from 10am-2pm on Saturday, October 22^nd with signs/banners identifying a donation location.

[Port Townsend Friends Meeting had volunteers waving signs on their busy corner and many PT residents brought enough food donations to fill a pickup truck!]

Our local QFC stores [PT/Hadlock] are food donation sites all day long.  

Change in operation: ALL partnering churches will deliver donations- financial and food-  to First Baptist Church of Port Townsend on the Afternoon of WAVE Food Drive Day. Then FBC Volunteers will deliver all the food to the HUB warehouse on the following Monday morning. [This worked very well last year.]

And I deliver the financial donations to the Food Bank Board President. 

While all of us support our Food Banks throughout the year, this special emphasis in October equips our food banks to prepare for the demands of the Fall and Winter, including the Holidays.

Follow St. Paul's Celtic Pilgrims on Facebook: 

A Celtic Pilgrim

A New Plan for Coffee Hour Kitchen Clean-up 

Kitchen clean-up has been faithfully accomplished for many years using our large, Hobart commercial dishwasher. 

Going forward, coffee hour hosts are encouraged to use the smaller dishwasher that is on the opposite side of our industrial sinks. It will be much easier! Let’s try to do it this way:

1.    Last staff member or volunteer out the door on Thursday, please start the dishwasher. When the coffee hour hosts from the 8am service arrive at church, they can unload the dishwasher.

2.    If the dishwasher is full of dirty dishes on Sunday morning, the coffee hour hosts should start the dishwasher and let it run during the 8am service.

3.    Set up for coffee hour as we historically have. 

4.    Using clean or gloved hands, empty the dishwasher before/during/after coffee hour and reload with the dirty dishes used during coffee hour. If it is full, run the dishwasher.

5.    If the dishwasher is partially full from the 8am service, the 10:30am coffee hosts should fill it up after coffee hour and run it as they are cleaning up the kitchen after the later coffee hour. 

Dish soap for the small dishwasher is on the shelf above the sinks. Please use the measuring spoon to get just the right amount in the dispenser inside the door of the dishwasher. DON’T OVERFILL THE DISPENSER. Please use the DIRTY/CLEAN magnet to tell people the status of the dishes inside. When leaving dirty dishes in the machine, flip the magnet to DIRTY. Once you start the dishwasher, flip the magnet to CLEAN. 

If paper cups and plates make sense to the coffee hour hosts to use on a Sunday, that’s fine, too. We shouldn’t forsake this important gathering because of dishes! We can refine the process as we run into bumps. 

Send your feedback to me and we’ll work it out. 

Tracy Garrett, 703.989.2619. 

St. Paul's Prayer Ministries

Celebrating Guidance

“May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ give us a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed…so that we can see what hope His call holds for us, how rich is the glory of the heritage He offers us, and how extraordinarily great is the power that He exercises for us believers.” Ephesians 1: 17-19

Not long ago, I was scrolling through the list of callers on our telephone’s Caller ID and found one identified as the “Holy Spirit”. As I thought about it, I pondered how wonderful it would be if the Holy Spirit would just give me a call and tell me the best choices I could make. Perhaps if I dialed the number left on the caller ID, I would be linked to that Divine Power, and everything would be clear to me. But, alas, it isn’t that simple. One of the categories in intercessory prayer is that of Guidance and Strength. As we pray in this area, our hope is that we will be able to discern God’s will in the situations that occur in our lives. We certainly have great need for both guidance and strength from God as we live in this complicated world.

Seeking guidance is one of the spiritual disciplines, which means that we have to intentionally pursue guidance in order to find it. I discovered a few helpful guidelines in the book Celebrating the Disciplines: A Journal Workbook to Accompany Celebration of Discipline[1]. These include: How open or reluctant am I to receiving guidance? Do I seek situations that can help me broaden my understanding of things? Am I a member of a community (I. e. family, church, or business organization) which openly and lovingly seeks direction through knowledge and truth? Am I as willing to listen to others, to myself, or to God as I am to give advice?

As we enter into this next phase of our Sacred Space Project, we have been asked to pray for this important undertaking. Praying for God’s will to be done in our lives and the life of St. Paul’s is essential in making healthy and sound decisions. Indeed, it is critical! Many lives will be affected, not to mention the very life of St. Paul’s itself. It is certainly an opportunity to support and expand the good work that God has done in and through our parish these many years. It is also important in avoiding the pitfalls of self-destruction that can easily occur. Above all, we want to do God’s will, and continue to love and support one another.

In the next few weeks, you will receive information and invitations from various people working on the Capital Campaign. As you process this information, seek God’s guidance. Pray, study, and meditate on scripture passages, attend meetings called to review the project, hold discussions with family and friends. Some questions to consider during this holy undertaking include the following:

• What is God’s will or yearning for me/for us in this situation?
• What would God like to accomplish through us and for us?
• What does God want to do through my life as it relates to this project?
• Are we giving God the glory? Is God building this house?
• What is my own personal role in this sacred work?



Will I have the courage to follow God’s lead in this situation?

If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns; need special prayers or a listening ear as you seek God’s guidance, please contact Karen Barrows, the Prayer Vigil Director of the Capital Campaign, at istra@earthlink.net.

[1] by Richard Foster and Kathryn Yanni

If you feel inspired to share any of your own experiences or comment on

what I have written, or join the St. Paul’s prayer team, please let me know

by contacting me at kack@9knots.com

Kathy Couch

Intercessory Prayers

To make a prayer request contact Kathy Couch at kack@9knots.com

At St. Paul's, for:

Our Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Bishop Greg, Reverend Dianne, Deacon Lani, and the faithful members of St Paul's.

At St. Paul's in thanksgiving for the ministry of:

Lay Weeders

In the Diocese of Olympia, for:

St. John's/San Juan in Olympia

In the Anglican Communion, pray for:

The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil

Parish Cycle of Prayer, for:

Sarah & Andy Stockton

Karla Strutzel

David Sullivan & Veda Wilson

Meso, Helen & Asha Tadeo

Jennifer Takaki & Henry

Almighty and ever living God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for this parish family. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life and bring us all to be of one heart and one mind within your holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Parish Birthdays:

We wish blessings to the saints of St Paul’s with September birthdays: (Those who are not listed in the office registry, and want to be, contact Kathy Couch at kack@9knots.com to update our records)

September

5 Shelly Reiss-Brown

16 Phina Pipia

18 Bill Maxwell,

19 Pat McMinds

25 Anita Snell

22 Cathy Nickum

26 The Rev. Lani Hubbard

27 Helen Gunn, Nancy Steinberg

29 Sue Maxwell

30 Bob Grimm, Carole Marshall

Watch over your children, O Lord, as their days increase; bless and guide them wherever they may be. Strengthen them when they stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall; and in their hearts may thy peace which passeth understanding abide all the days of their lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Remember Our Pantry on Your Grocery List!

Please consider adding items for our Food Pantry to your grocery shopping list! 

The most popular foods are proteins, like canned meats and fish. Shelf-stable milk and milk substitues are also very popular. But, really, all donations are appreciated!

Questions? Please reach out to Tracy Garrett at 703.989.2619 or morkabu@olympus.net

Become a Just Soup Volunteer

Though we encourage shopping locally, if you must order from Amazon, you can turn your Amazon shopping into a contribution for St. Paul's. The Amazon Smile program has been generating donations for non-profit organizations formany years. It is easy to use and can help deliver somesignificant funds for St. Paul's ministries. It's easy to start giving through shopping at Amazon Smile, while you do your holiday shopping now, and as you purchase items throughout the year. There's no fee, no extra cost, no time limit.

First, go to smile.amazon.com, and log in with your usual email and password. Then you will be asked to select the charity you want to support - enter St. Paul's Port Townsend. Then confirm your selection, and you're all set to shop and give. 

When you shop online, go to smile.amazon.com and order your items through that site, instead of amazon.com. They often have specials just for Amazon Smile patrons.

For more information, contact Nancy Budd-Garvan at nbuddgarvan@gmail.com

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Proper 21C, Track 1

September 25, 2022

The Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah, where King Zedekiah of Judah had confined him.

Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came to me: Hanamel son of your uncle Shallum is going to come to you and say, "Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours." Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the LORD, and said to me, "Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself." Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

And I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales. Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy; and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard. In their presence I charged Baruch, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, in order that they may last for a long time. For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.

Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, *

   abides under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 He shall say to the LORD, "You are my refuge and my stronghold, *

   my God in whom I put my trust."

3 He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter *

   and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He shall cover you with his pinions,

   and you shall find refuge under his wings; *

   his faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler.

5 You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, *

   nor of the arrow that flies by day;

6 Of the plague that stalks in the darkness, *

   nor of the sickness that lays waste at mid-day.

14 Because he is bound to me in love, therefore will I deliver him; *

   I will protect him, because he knows my Name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; *

   I am with him in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him to honor.

16 With long life will I satisfy him, *

and show him my salvation.

1 Timothy 6:6-19

There is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he will bring about at the right time-- he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords. It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.

Luke 16:19-31

Jesus said, "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. He called out, `Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and

send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.' But Abraham said, `Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.' He said, `Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house-- for I have five brothers-- that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.' Abraham replied, `They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.' He said, `No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to him, `If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"