July, 16, 2015


 
Flowers given in loving memory of Carol & George E. Smith
by Jeannette & Russell Mead and Muffy Smith
Services for this coming Sunday, July 19th and the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, will be at 8 and 10, with coffee hours following both services. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.
Readings for this coming Sunday:  2 Samuel 7:1-14a, Psalm 89, Ephesians 2:11-22, Mark 6:30-34, 53-56.           
Karl, with Gretchen, his grandchildren, and his daughter Nancy,
taken when they visited from Alaska in 2007.
Karl Svendsen died very peacefully surrounded by Gretchen and three of us in the midst of Morning Prayer in the living-room of their home on Wednesday. It was a blessed and gentle passing following an aggressive stroke ten days ago. He will be interred in the Behr family cemetery in a private committal service. A liturgy in celebration of his life will take place at the church, the date and time of which is yet to be arranged. If you would like to send cards or notes to Gretchen, her mailing address is PO Box 39, Tamworth 03886. (Yesterday’s email mistakenly provided the actual street address.)

You don’t want to miss the fun!
 Tickets are going fast for our Lobster/Steak Dinner on August 7th. I apologize for the confusion on the ticket price; it is $30 ($5 for a children’s hotdog meal). The FUN-Raising Committee would like your help in posting fliers the accurate price information on them, so please pick up corrected fliers on Sunday and replace those that are in error.
       While the chief cooks are the DeGroot’s and their good (and very generous friends) Jay and Yvonne Ramsey, the committee depends on members of the parish to lend a hand with set-up, clean-up, ticket-taking, and blueberry-buckle-making! Please sign up or talk to Carol or Sally.
An opportunity to enjoy the work of our parish photographer, Duane Dale, through the end of July. Stop by the Cook Library in Tamworth village any time the library is open to enjoy his exhibit “Summer Nights at the Barnstormers” – a wonderful collection of his photographs of shows taken over the past several summers.
Food for thought by Br. David Vryhof  (posted today from “Brother, Give Us a Word”), and particularly relevant as we have been walking with Karl and Gretchen and will continue to companion her and each other in the days and weeks ahead…
Companion
God does not stand outside our pain but within it, as a Companion, holding us in his arms and sharing in our grief and loss. Indeed, God has shared our suffering and knows our grief. We are not alone.
With love,
Heidi+