June 5, 2014

Services for this coming Sunday, May 16^th, the Day of Pentecost, Whitsunday, will be at 8 and 10 am with guest trumpeter, Randy Ouellette. Come hear many languages! Honor the flames of the Holy Spirit: Remember to wear Red!

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Readings for this Sunday: Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:25-35; 37; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23.

Debra, from the office, will be on vacation Wednesday (11^th) and Thursday (12^th), Tuesday (17^th) and Wednesday (18^th).  Please contact Rev. Heidi Frantz-Dale if you should need office assistance in her absence.

 

Sunday, June 22! You won’t want to miss Our Second Annual All-Parish Picnic at White Lake State Park. Once again we have reserved the Pavilion, providing accessible, protected outdoor space to celebrate the eucharist and enjoy the pleasure of each other’s company. We will gather at 10:30 for our informal eucharist; that will be followed by the picnic and social and recreation time! Hamburgers, hotdogs, and veggie burgers – and the grills to grill them on – will be supplied. We ask you to bring salad, chips, beverages, or desserts. The lake will be available for swimming and kayaking. The lake is shallow for quite a distance, so it will warm up quickly and will not pose deep-water risks for young ones. The pavilion and the rest rooms are wheel chair accessible, so our hope is that it will be a fun, multi-generational gathering for everyone. Feel free to invite your friends.


Welcome, Dan Micciulla, our newest acolyte ­– Well, new to us. Dan has many years’ experience as a server, lector, eucharistic minister in his previous church. We always welcome new members to our acolyte and lector team. Talk to Heidi or Lisa if you’re interested. And, no, you don’t have to shave your head!

 

Women’s Lunch bunch will be meeting this coming Wednesday, June 11, at noon at the Depot Restaurant in Center Ossipee. Join us for good food at very reasonable prices with a private dining room and the wonderful companionship of the women of the parish. If you need a ride or directions, give Dale Appleton a call at 539-3761.

Our summer altar flowers program is underway. If you wish to provide flowers from your garden please complete an envelope from the Altar flower chart in the Parish Hall and turn in to the office. Thank you. We encourage flowers to be given in memory, in honor of or in thanksgiving.  If you do not have garden flowers and would like flowers to be ordered ($20), please note that accordingly on the flower chart and submission envelope.                                                           

Food for thought as we approach the unleashing of the flames of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost – that wild, God-filled energy that compelled the disciples out into the world to proclaim and be the Good News – crossing cultural boundaries of language and race – in ways unique to each!   

Light the flame of your imagination. Do not be confined to the narrow vision of cautious minds, but fling wide the doors of your own curiosity. Trust your creative spirit, let it out of the sheltered confines of polite spirituality, allow it to run free into the distant fields of wonder. You were born to be a thinker, a maker, a dreamer, a fashioner of what has never been seen before. You have had this talent since childhood and you know it. You grew up living both here and in places far beyond, places where the very light is different, where music unknown calls the vagabond soul to wander. Take the risk. Be yourself. And watch the stars start to move.
                      

  From Bishop Stephen Charleston, former Dean of Episcopal Divinity School

See you in church!
Blessings, Heidi+