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| Last Sunday, we blessed and said farewell to our friends Lynn and Levi who are moving to Washington state. We’ll miss you Levi and Lynn! Stay in touch! |
Services for this
coming Sunday, July 20th, the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, will be at 8
and 10 am. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.
The readings for
this coming Sunday are Genesis 28:10-22, Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23, Romans 8:12-25,
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.
Our Lobster and Steak Dinner is just two weeks away – Friday,
August 1st, at 6:30 pm! Tickets must be purchased by next Wed, July 23rd.
Reservations can be made by calling the Church office (323-8515)
or David Manley (301-1074); Tickets
are available at the church. The price is
$30. There is also an alternative, $10 children’s
meal that includes a hot dog with all the other accompanying items listed above.
A portion of our proceeds goes to support some vital organizations in the
community, including Starting Point, Tamworth Caregivers and the
Tamworth/Sandwich Food Pantry.
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Treat yourself to the artistic work of
several St. Andrew’s parishioners and visit Advice
to the Players’ special free exhibit this weekend and next at the Sandwich Grange Hall at 36
Maple Street, near Town Hall and the Corner House Inn. Enjoy great photographs and wonderful
costumes from selected Advice To The
Players productions. This Exhibition celebrates the work of company photographers Duane Dale and Monika
O'Clair and also features costumes by
Carolyn Boldt. The lion's mask from A
Midsummer Night's Dream, the Queen of France dress from Love's Labour's Lost and the 'King Robe'
which has been in numerable productions are just a few of the fun pieces you
get to see up close. Pictures of your favorite actors from The Merchant of Venice, Much
Ado About Nothing, and Richard III
will be displayed and prints will be available for purchase. Advance tickets to
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Hamlet, a farce written by Canadian playwrights
Warren Bain and Matt Bernard, will also be on sale there.
Both Sherlock and the Exhibition are happening on Fridays and Saturdays, July 18, 19 and 25, 26. The exhibition is open from 1-5 and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Hamlet starts at 7:30; time for a nice meal at the Corner House in between.
On this Friday the Exhibition will stay open from 5-7 pm for Gallery Walk, when you can also visit the Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich Home Industries and Surroundings. From 5 to 6 pm tomorrow (Friday) there will be a reception to honor Carolyn, Duane, and Monika, and their work with the company.
Both Sherlock and the Exhibition are happening on Fridays and Saturdays, July 18, 19 and 25, 26. The exhibition is open from 1-5 and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Hamlet starts at 7:30; time for a nice meal at the Corner House in between.
On this Friday the Exhibition will stay open from 5-7 pm for Gallery Walk, when you can also visit the Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich Home Industries and Surroundings. From 5 to 6 pm tomorrow (Friday) there will be a reception to honor Carolyn, Duane, and Monika, and their work with the company.
“First Wednesdays” return August 6th. Join us for a simple summer meal and a
reading followed by discussion and eucharist. Gather at 5:30, out by 7:00 pm.
If you would like to make a food contribution, talk to Rev. Heidi.
IT’S DONE! Yes, the 2014
Parish Directory is in your Parish Hall mailbox this Sunday, or on the adjacent
table for pick-up. If you are out-of-town and would like a copy, please call or
email the office and Debra will mail you your copy. If you notice any
corrections or changes, please let the office know. If your picture didn’t make it in, please
make sure we have one for the production of any future copies.
The Community Food Pantry is encouraging a
new approach to non-food
donations. Help stock the shelves with this necessary item that is not covered
by Food Stamps. Thanks.
July
20: Shampoo/Conditioner,
July 27: Tea bags.
Many
thanks to the Stone Church Players who so evocatively enacted our Hebrew
Scripture reading from Genesis last Sunday: Chris Boldt (Isaac), Patti Rau
(Rebekah), Chris Mills (Esau), Val May (Jacob), and Lisa Thompson (Narrator).
The passage was Genesis 25: 19-34, 27:1-40.
If you missed it, or want to hear this evocative offering and the dialogue reflection that followed a second time, click the triangle at the left:
If you missed it, or want to hear this evocative offering and the dialogue reflection that followed a second time, click the triangle at the left:
Jacob having already stolen his brother’s birthright,
Rebekah persuades him to trick his brother again and deceive his father (Isaac)
so as to receive his father’s blessing. Jacob is hesitant at first, but then
goes along with the scheme.
Jacob: Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a man of smooth skin. Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.
Rebekah: Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my word.
Jacob: Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a man of smooth skin. Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.
Rebekah: Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my word.
Isaac is fooled
and blesses the younger son, Jacob.
Narrator: So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him.
Isaac: Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.
May God give you of the dew of heaven,
and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!’
Narrator: So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him.
Isaac: Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.
May God give you of the dew of heaven,
and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!’
Isaac struggles with the action he has taken
and Esau pleads with this father for a blessing of his own.
Esau:
Father, have you not reserved a blessing for me?
Isaac: I have already made him your lord, and I have given him all his brothers as servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?
Esau: Have you only one blessing? Bless me, me also, father!
Narrator: And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Isaac: I have already made him your lord, and I have given him all his brothers as servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?
Esau: Have you only one blessing? Bless me, me also, father!
Narrator: And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
The dramatic presentation led to a lively
discussion with the congregation.
Summer food for thought and reflection by poet Mary Oliver…
Some Herons
A
blue preacher flew
toward the swamp,
in slow motion.
On the leafy banks,
an old Chinese poet,
hunched in the white gown of his wings,
was waiting.
The water
was the kind of dark silk
that has silver lines
shot through it
when it is touched by the wind
or is splashed upward,
in a small, quick flower,
by the life beneath it.
The preacher
made his difficult landing,
his skirts up around his knees.
The poet's eyes
flared, just as a poet's eyes
are said to do
when the poet is awakened
from the forest of meditation.
It was summer.
It was only a few moments past the sun's rising,
which meant that the whole long sweet day
lay before them.
They greeted each other,
rumpling their gowns for an instant,
and then smoothing them.
They entered the water,
and instantly two more herons–
equally as beautiful–
toward the swamp,
in slow motion.
On the leafy banks,
an old Chinese poet,
hunched in the white gown of his wings,
was waiting.
The water
was the kind of dark silk
that has silver lines
shot through it
when it is touched by the wind
or is splashed upward,
in a small, quick flower,
by the life beneath it.
The preacher
made his difficult landing,
his skirts up around his knees.
The poet's eyes
flared, just as a poet's eyes
are said to do
when the poet is awakened
from the forest of meditation.
It was summer.
It was only a few moments past the sun's rising,
which meant that the whole long sweet day
lay before them.
They greeted each other,
rumpling their gowns for an instant,
and then smoothing them.
They entered the water,
and instantly two more herons–
equally as beautiful–
joined them and stood just beneath them
in the black, polished water
where they fished, all day.
Friends, Take time to look and really see!
Summer blessings, Heidi+
