This
coming Sunday, July 31st, and the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, we will have
two services at 8 and 10 AM. We hope you will join
us as we worship with Rev. Bill Cruse,
our summer supply priest.
We will enjoy music from a guest organist, Billie
Bell, coming to us from New Fields, NH.
See photos from last week's coffee hour in the gallery below
Readings
for Sunday
Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43,
Colossians 3:1-11, Luke 12:13-21.
Coffee Hour
There are still 10 o'clock slots that need to be filled for coffee hosts. Please check the sign-up sheet in the Parish Hall and please consider volunteering.
Name Tags
Thank you for wearing your name tag on Sunday!
A special note from Heidi
Dear Friends,
Shortly after our
rich and wonderful final weekend together with all of you, Duane and I left for
a week of vacation in Woods Hole, where we have been enjoying the luxury of a
week of pure Sabbath ... lots of water time, naps, reading, good food,
enjoying each other's company, as well as visiting with old friends, and just
soaking up the beauty of the village and ocean world around us.
I want you to know
from the bottom of my heart how touched we were by the wonderful, multi-layered
send-off you gave us -- from the Women's Lunch Bunch and the fabulous
event on Friday evening under the tent, to the collaborative
liturgical planning for our teary and yet celebratory leaving-taking service,
the wonderful Parish gift of the wall-hanging in the making, and the many
sweet personal notes and good-bye conversations. I can only imagine how
many hours of planning, organizing, rehearsing, and the myriad little (and
not-so-little) chores were involved! All so generously and lovingly offered!
Thank you for the part that each of you played.
You are indeed an
extraordinary congregation. I so treasure each of you for who you are and how
you have shared yourself with me -- as you also share yourselves with each
other. I think we have all learned a great deal in our time together about
what it means to be the body of Christ, just as we have been blessed with many,
many glimpses of the Kingdom of God. And I hope that all of us have come to
realize what an important place joy and love and authenticity have in this
wild and wonderful journey of being Jesus followers.
You are all close
in my prayers, with gratitude to God for the years we have shared together, and
with hope and excitement for your next chapter and who you are already
becoming.
Blessings and much
love,
Heidi+
Media Releases
It
is very important that ALL parents or guardians
sign a release form giving permission for children’s photos to be displayed
publically and on social media relating to church events which may include but
not be limited to the church website and
Thursday memos. Future pictures
may be delayed in posting until these releases are signed and on file. Deb will be emailing these out this week to
those we have addresses for….please return them by email, regular mail or drop
at the office on Sunday. Thank you.
Food for thought
Photo gallery
July 24th coffee hour with Rev. Bill
photos provided by Lisa T.
