July 16, 2020


FROM THE RECTOR

I am on vacation this  week, July 13-19. Worship this Sunday July 19,  will be with the Bishop at 9:00. Information for that service can be found at the Diocesan website: https://www.nhepiscopal.org/worship-liturgy.

Caroline

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP               

July 19, 2020
JOIN The Bishop FOR WORSHIP AT 9:00 AM 
 https://www.nhepiscopal.org/worship-liturgy.

AND...
JOIN US FOLLOWING THE SERVICE FOR 
A VIRTUAL 
on ZOOM

 
READINGS FOR SUNDAY

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

July 12th, Proper 10, Year A

Collect of the Day                     We center ourselves for worship in prayer.

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

First Lesson                              Genesis 28:10-19a

God comes to Jacob in a dream and, in a vision of a ladder between earth and heaven, renews with Jacob the promise made to his grandfather Abraham.  Jacob will become the father of a great nation.  Jacob awakes astonished at God’s self-revelation and sets up a sacred pillar, calling the place “Bethel,” a site which will one day become an important northern shrine city.

Psalm 139: 1-12, 23-24

With wonderful wisdom God alone perceives the heights and depths of life.

The Second Lesson                             Romans 8:12-25

For Paul, true spirituality means that we experience the reality of the Spirit, which enables us to pray as God’s children, keeps us in solidarity with creation, and gives us unseen hope that God will liberate us and creation from bondage to death and decay.

The Gospel                                         Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

The gospel is the parable of the wheat and the weeds, for which Jesus then provides an explanation.  The story points to a mystery: why there is both good and evil in life.  The parable may at one time have been used to suggest that it is not so easy for humans to know what is good and what is bad from the divine perspective.  In a strangely mixed world one must carry on with patience. The allegorical explanation emphasizes the judgment which will take place in the end at the hands of the Son of Man.

 


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PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER
One thing we can always do while we stay at home is to pray for each other! We would like to keep our prayer list up to date and publish it each week in the Thursday Memo. Please email Deb at office@standrewsinthevalley.org with any updates.



This Week We Pray for

Health and Wholeness for: Tom, Angela B, Ryan C, Doug Crapser, Richard Cady, Dave Appleton, Courtney and her baby, Christian, Tiffany, Kyren, Dorothy O'Donnell, Lisa Lemire, Donn Carty, Bob & Sue Huckman, Kenneth LaForge, Jennifer M, David Manley, Robin Martelle, John McGowan, Gabriele Wallace, Carolyn Jarvis, Tamara, Milan McNall, Marilyn Cloran, Joan Marshall, Rick, John, Carolyn Boldt, the Huckman family, as they grieve the death of Tom's uncle, Norm.

For those who are homebound: Joyce Gendron, Marge Hagerup, Elizabeth Pease, Susannah Keith, Alida, Dylan, Brian & Sara Kelley, Bob Wallace, Carl Mamigonian, Elizabeth Wiesner, Judy Grace, Audrey Berry.

For our First Nation people and those in this country who are living in impoverished areas of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans and the inner city areas populated by some of our poorest citizens.

For all those who are on the front lines serving communities during these difficult times.

For those who have died: Shirley Boldt, Mother of Chris Boldt.

HISTORICAL MARKER CHALLENGE
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO THIS SUMMER and beyond?



How often have you just driven by one of these and wondered 
what it said.  Let me encourage you to stop.

You can find a list of markers along with a location map if you
click on the link above.


TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOURSELF, PET, WHOEVER IS WITH 
YOU, LET ME KNOW THE DATE AND TIME OF THE PHOTO.  
Have FUN and enjoy the ride!

I will track who can take the most photos with a different marker until the end of the year and post the photos in the Thursday Memo each week.

 DINNER BELL

No DINNER BELL until further notice.

Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!


COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER

The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.

Food pantry continues to serve the communities needs
New Hours
Alternating Wednesdays
12-6 pm
Next Food Pantry: July 22
Any questions call 603-960-4067


 FROM Deb IN THE OFFICE



FOOD FOR THOUGHT


BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
If you do not see your birthday or anniversary listed, please make sure Deb in the office has an information sheet on file for you.
  


Birthdays
1   Lisa Thompson
17  Vic DeGroot
18  Davis Dassori
21  Jennifer Brady
28  Marge Hagerup
30  Jim Theodore


Anniversaries
2  Ann Cady & Rob Walty
16  Todd & Jane Horn
31  Carla & Jack Knapp
  
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