Since it will
be the first Sunday of the month, this coming Sunday, July 5 and the Sixth
Sunday after Pentecost we will have ONE
service only – at 9 AM –. We hope you will join us for worship and
fellowship. The coffee hour will be hosted by the Finance & Stewardship Committees.
The
readings for this Sunday are: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Psalm 48, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13.
Women’s Lunch Bunch will meet this
Wednesday, July 8, at noon at the Mountain View Station Restaurant in Center
Ossipee. This is an open group and invitation extends to all women in the
parish and guests from outside the parish as well. If you have questions or
need a ride, please call Dale Appleton at 539-3761.
Village Harmony Concert by the Teen World
Music Ensemble at the Tamworth congregational Church on Sunday, July 5th at 7:30 pm.
The 27 sparkling young singers and instrumentalists will be performing
traditional music from Ukraine, the Balkans and Lithuania, American Appalachian
and shape-note songs and new compositions. Treat yourself to a fun concert of
wonderfully spirited singing.
Altar Flowers don’t have to be complicated to be
beautiful. Do you have garden flowers on summer greens that you’d like to
share? Please give Gretchen a call at 323-7459.
The 78th
General Convention of the Episcopal Church wraps up on Friday, having
accomplished much. When Cathie Lewis (alternate deputy) returns, we will have
an opportunity to gather following a service later this month to hear details
form her perspective.
In the meantime, this
report just in (8:15 pm, Wednesday)
from friend-of-the-parish Cindy Barnes who is also at Convention: House of
Deputies just concurred with the House of Bishops on the marriage resolutions,
providing inclusive marriage liturgies in line with last week’s Supreme Court
decision on Marriage Equality. The measure passed by an overwhelming margin in
the House of Deputies, the voting body of clergy and lay people at the meeting.
The day before, the House of Bishops had approved the resolution, 129-26 with
five abstaining.
Click here for a fuller story: http://www.deputynews.org/deputy-votes-provide-for-same-sex-marriage-in-the-episcopal-church/ Sacramental marriage is now available to all in the
Episcopal Church, the result of many years of faithful listening,
understanding, determination, and lived experience!
Copies of
the July issue of Episcopal Journal are on the
table in the Parish Hall. If you do not have a subscription, help yourself to
one of them. Subscription information is on the inside cover. The Episcopal
Church has made a commitment to continue to provide “hard copy” news in
addition to its on-line news service posts.
Mark your calendars! Our
Annual Lobster & Steak Dinner will be held on Friday, August 7th.
Fliers for posting will be available on Sunday. Please help the FUN-Raising
committee by taking a few to put up on your local bulletin boards. Thanks.
Food for thought from General Convention on The Five Marks of Mission…
and how to put them to work at home – were the topic of discussion for deputies and bishops at a morning joint session in the House of Deputies on June 30.
and how to put them to work at home – were the topic of discussion for deputies and bishops at a morning joint session in the House of Deputies on June 30.
Developed by the Anglican Consultative Council between 1984
and 1990, the Five Marks “are summed up in the image of pursuing God’s kingdom
here on Earth as it is in heaven,” Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
said in her opening remarks.
The Five
Marks of Mission are:
1.To proclaim the Good News of the kingdom of God.
2. To teach, baptize and nurture new believers.
3. To respond to human need by loving service.
4. To seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind, and to pursue peace and reconciliation.
5. To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the Earth.
2. To teach, baptize and nurture new believers.
3. To respond to human need by loving service.
4. To seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind, and to pursue peace and reconciliation.
5. To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the Earth.
“All of God’s mission in which we are engaged is done in a
particular, incarnate context,” Jefferts Schori said. “We can’t do this in
theory. We do it personally through our own interactions, our own
relationships, our own stewardship, our own reconciliation, our own ministry in
the world. These Five Marks of Mission are a summary of what it means to be a
Christian in the world.”
In the hour-long conversation period that followed, brief
videos introduced the Five Marks, one by one, and after each video, deputations
engaged in conversation, using a set of questions related to each Mark, such
as: How are we proclaiming the Good News to different demographic groups? How
do our current diocesan structures enhance or impede our proclamation? What is
the relationship between outreach and evangelism? How can people see Jesus in
our work of caring for the earth?
“My encouragement to you is that you think about how you are
going to take what you’ve learned here at convention home and put it to work in
your own contexts, in your own particular places that need healing and
reconciliation,” Jefferts Schori said.
Click here for some videos: http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2015/06/30/joint-session-focuses-on-taking-home-the-five-marks-of-mission
What do you think?
How are we doing here at Saint Andrew’s-in-the-Valley? What are our next steps?
What part might you play? Let’s talk!
See you in church!
Blessings, Heidi+
