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This Sunday
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June 29th
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8)
Almighty God, you have built your Church upon
the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being
the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of
spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable
to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.Genesis 22:1-14
Psalm 13
Romans 6:12-23
Matthew 10:40-42 8am: Holy Eucharist
Our early service is unaccompanied by music and usually lasts about 50 minutes. Coffee and fellowship are offered before the service begins in the parish hall, while the sanctuary is available for quiet prayer. Another coffee hour follows the service.
10am: Holy Eucharist
This service is accompanied by music on organ and piano, with congregational singing of hymns and service music. Our choir is on sabbatical for the summer months. Nursery care is available during the service, and coffee with light refreshments are offered following.
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Next Week at Christ Church
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June 30th through July 5th
Monday
Cornerstone Office Closed
Tuesday
Bible/Book Study, 7:30pm, The Upper Room
Wednesday
Eucharist & Lunch, 12:05, Sanctuary
Thursday
Men's Group, 7pm, Powerhouse Restaurant
Friday
Cornerstone Office Closed in observance of Independence Day
Saturday
Parish Bike Ride, Leaves at 7:15 from the Cornerstone Garage, or 7:30 from the East Puyallup (Meeker) Trailhead.
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Announcements
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Upcoming Events
Youth Cafe BBQ Tomorrow! (No regular Youth Cafe tonight) All junior and senior high youth and young adults are welcome to join us for a Summer Barbeque and campfire at the Partingtons' home, near Sumner, on Saturday, June 28th from 6-9 pm. Burgers, hotdogs, condiments and lemonade will be provided. Please bring something to share. Call Robin Partington at 253-863-5307 or email cedarfamily@comcast.net for further information and directions. There will be no regularly scheduled Youth Café at the church on Friday, June 27th.
Summer Book and Bible Study begins this week on Tuesdayat 7:30 pm in the Upper Room of the Cornerstone Office. We will start with the Gospel of Mark. All are welcome. Please bring a copy of the Gospel with you, any translation will do.
Men's Group meets Thursday, July 3rd at the Powerhouse Restaurant in Puyallup. All men are welcome.
The Church Office will be closed on Friday, July 4th.
General Announcements
No Sunday School for the summer:
Regularly scheduled Sunday School classes will resume in September. If
your children get restless during the service there is a basket in the
back of the church filled with books and zip lock bags with coloring
books and crayons. Please help yourself.
New E-Mail Addresses for the Office Both Fr. Ben and Elsa have new e-mail addresses. You can reach the office (and Elsa) by writing to office@episcopallup.com, Fr. Ben's new address is ben.newland@episcopallup.com. Both of these addresses are already working, and some of you are already using them. The previous e-mail addresses will continue to work for some time, but please update your address books!
June is 'juice, bottled water, and healthy snacks' month for the Food Bank Thank you for sharing your blessings with those less fortunate!
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Consider the FISH Food Bank this Summer
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by Robin Partington
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As you visit the grocery store this summer, please consider adding 'FISH
Food Bank donation' to your shopping list. Christ Church has a long history
of generously supporting the Puyallup FISH food bank, which recently moved
to a much larger space just a few blocks from our Parish. Several dedicated
Parishoners volunteer regularly at the food bank and Christ Church members
are familiar with and make frequent offerings to the donation barrel in the
Parish Hall.
The recent rise in prices of staples such as corn, rice and soy products,
along with higher fuel prices, have contributed to both a decrease in
donations and an increase in people served by the food bank this past year.
FISH, which stands for Friends in Service to Him, is a nondenominational
network of eight Pierce County food banks. The number of families the
network supports has risen by 8 percent this year, about 24,000 people. At
the same time, private donations are more than 12,000 pounds less than
those made at the same point in 2007. According to the Tacoma News Tribune, an average of 20-40 new families are relying on the food bank every day and each family receives at least 40 pounds of food.
Although there are monthly themes for suggested donations, any non
perishable food items are welcome, along with toiletries, infant food and
diapers. Protein based foods such as canned ham, fish and beans are
especially needed. The food bank theme for the month of July is peanut
butter. Thank you for your continued support of this important community
outreach.
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United Thank Offering (UTO)
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by Katherine Meier
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Ingathering July 13th
The famous blue boxes have been on the back table [by the Food Bank barrel] for several months now. Let's have a UTO Ingathering at the Parish picnic on July 13. I will also be at the 8 o'clock service that day. When I move south, I may attend Christ Church, Las Vegas, which I visited in Nov. 2007. I adapted the following from their bulletin on ingathering Sunday:
The United Thank Offering is a program of The Episcopal Church for mission. Founded by and administered by women in 1889, the UTO is a spiritual and financial partner in the mission work of The Episcopal Church. Through every person in every pew, UTO is entrusted to promote thank offerings, to receive the offerings, and to distribute the UTO monies through grants. The UTO committee awards and administers these grants within the framework of the policies and procedures of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society [DFMS] of The Episcopal Church.
-Katherine Knutson Meier, 253.250.9531 or knutenote@msn.com
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