July 3, 2014


We will have ONE service only this coming Sunday, July 6th, the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost.  This will be a 9 o’clock service, with coffee hour hosted by Finance and Stewardship Committees. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship as we welcome our returning summer friends.

The readings for this coming Sunday are Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Psalm 45:11-18, Romans 7:15-25a, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30.
A service celebrating the life of Charlie Worcester, who died in March will be held at 2 o’clock on Sunday afternoon. Members of the parish are urged to bring finger food for the reception. Charlie was a year-round resident of Chocorua and the son of long-time summer member Barbara Worcester.
It’s back! Join us for our Lobster or Steak Dinner on Friday, August 1 at 6:30! Tickets will be available beginning this Sunday or call the church to make your reservation (323-8515). Advance ticket purchase is required.
The office will be closed tomorrow, July 4th.
Thanks to Gretchen and Lisa for their able officiating last Sunday in my absence. And thank you to all for your prayers of support for Duane and me as we celebrated my father’s life and committed his ashes “to the deep” on a splendid, blue-sky Vineyard day!
The Lord bless him and keep him, the Lord make his face to shine upon him and be gracious to him, the Lord lift up his countenance upon him and give him peace.
Don't miss the photograph by Connor on the cover of the New Hampshire Episcopal Life.


 
Food for thought and prayer as we celebrate the Fourth of July…
Amidst the fun and community spirit of parades and fireworks, cook-outs and family gatherings, may we remember to pause and reflect on the many benefits of this nation and our freedoms, celebrating the day with gratitude to God for the blessings of our lives, as we remain mindful of those who are unable to experience the liberty we so easily take for granted.
A Prayer for Our Country
from Avery Brooke’s Plain Prayers in a Complicated World.
O Christ, we love this land. We wish it were always a simple love and often it is, but life has become complicated. Good gets mixed up with evil, and mountains of laws and regulations and numbers and systems get in our way when we wish to make everything work as it should. When things go wrong it becomes easy to give up, to blame other people, and to do nothing.
O Christ, give us the unashamed courage to believe in the highest and the best ideals of our country, and enough passionate patience to make them come true. Amen.

See you in church!

Blessings, Heidi+