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We had an even split last week between those
present in the church and those on Zoom. I welcome your feedback on either
experience. Are there areas in which we could be doing better? What’s working
well, and what not so well? Please email me at rectorsaitv@gmail.com
with your comments and suggestions.
There is still plenty of room in the church for
in-person worship this Sunday. Go to Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c44aeae29a7ffc16-inperson
to sign up if you’d like to attend.
Remember to bring your bread to church with you this Sunday and for all following in-person services. We will have Communion in both kinds. Wine will be consecrated and poured into individual cups for you to receive.
For those watching on Zoom you may pick up Communion kits beginning tomorrow. The Communion kits will be outside in a cooler at the head of the ramp into the office door. Or you may pick them up for about a half hour after the Sunday service.
I hope to see you on Sunday!
A NEW BOOK STUDY will begin on Wednesday, June 16 at 12:30 – 1:30 pm. We will read Love is the Way, by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Meetings will be held on June 16 and 23, July 14 and 21, and August 4 and 11 (to work around my vacation dates.) The book is available to order from any book seller. It’s probably best to order soon in case of delivery delays.
Here is the blurb about the book from Amazon:
The way of love is essential for addressing the seemingly insurmountable challenges facing the world today: poverty, racism, selfishness, deep ideological divisions, competing claims to speak for God. This book will lead readers to discover the gifts they need in order to live the way of love: deep reservoirs of hope and resilience, simple wisdom, the discipline of nonviolence, and unshakable regard for human dignity.
Please let me know if you would like to participate in this book study.
The remaining Sundays at 10:00 AM
This Sunday-June 6th
at 9:00 a.m.
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
via Zoom (email RectorSAITV@gmail.com for Zoom information)or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/standrewsinthevalleytamworth/
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Collect of the Day We center ourselves for worship in prayer.
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
LESSONS We hear the Word of God proclaimed.
First Lesson 1 Samuel 8:4-11, 16-20
In our Hebrew Bible lesson the elders of Israel insist that the aging prophet Samuel anoint for them a king such as governed the surrounding nations. The biblical account refers to the military threat of the Philistines as the primary motivation for this request, but other pressures were likely at work as the tribal structure of Israelite society underwent change. God tells Samuel to consent to the request of the elders, but to make clear the cost involved in submission to the arbitrary power of a human monarch.
Psalm 138
A hymn of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord on high who has saved God’s servant and cares for the lowly.
The Second Lesson 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
In this passage Paul speaks of the eternal and glorious hope that belongs to Jesus’ disciples even in the midst of trouble and mortality. The apostle has just told of the difficulties that beset his ministry. These, however, have not prevented his preaching of the gospel. Now he quotes scripture to express his conviction that the belief of Christians can and must be proclaimed in all circumstances. Although our physical being is gradually decaying, we are inwardly being renewed in accordance with what is unseen and eternal.
The Gospel Mark 3:20-35
In our gospel lesson Jesus is accused of being possessed by the prince of demons. He responds by describing his battle against Satan and indicating that true relationship with him is based in the doing of God’s will. The passage suggests a certain separation between Jesus and his own relatives due to the intensity of his ministry. To those who charge him with doing good by the power of evil. Jesus answers with figures of speech–one implies that Jesus himself is the man who must first bind Satan before destroying his power. A warning is given not to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit–by which perhaps is meant calling good evil.
If you like meeting new people, sharing your story and your faith with others, lively discussion about scripture and other authors, praying together, all from the comfort of your living room, EFM may be for you! If you need more information, Jen, Carol, Sammie, or Pat would be happy to answer any questions.
The Memorial garden and the gardens behind the parish hall, are in need of some TLC. Starting on Sunday, June 6th, and during that week following, we are looking for volunteers to help weed, cut back, and do whatever needs to be done to make our grounds beautiful for the summer months. You don’t have to do a whole garden, just do a section. Call a friend/parishioner to come with you, more hands, less work, and it is always more fun to chat while working. I plan to start on Sunday the 6th, late morning. If you are able to help, please email padams419@yahoo.com, so we know who is available and when. Bring your gloves and tools!!!!! Thank you!!!
For all those who working with COVID patients, vaccinations and vaccines.
Updating the Prayer List
Please let Deb know when a person can be removed from the prayer list. Thank you.
Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
to be understood.
How grass can be nourishing in the
mouths of the lambs.
How rivers and stones are forever
in allegiance with gravity
while we ourselves dream of rising.
How two hands touch and the bonds will
never be broken.
How people come, from delight or the
scars of damage,
to the comfort of a poem.
Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.
Let me keep company always with those who say
“Look!” and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.
~ Mary Oliver
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