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This Sunday
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August 22nd
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16)
Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being
gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your
power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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 Eucharistic service is accompanied by Organ and includes congregational hymns and service music. During the summer months our choir is on sabbatical and various musical offerings will be made during the liturgy. A coffee hour for kids and adults follows the service.
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Next Week at Christ Church
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August 25th through 30th
Monday
Cornerstone Office Closed
Tuesday
Bible Study, 7:30pm, Conference Room
Wednesday
Eucharist, 12:05pm, Sanctuary
Friday
Youth Cafe, 7pm, Youth Room
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Announcements
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Upcoming Events
A Harvest Bake Sale will take
place on Sunday, August 24th following each morning service. Proceeds
go towards the scholarship fund for the Women's Retreat.
Tuesday Evening Bible Study is meeting this week. You are
invited to join us as we begin to look at the Book of
Acts. All you need to bring is a copy of
the bible, we will read aloud during the session; extra materials will
be available for those interested in doing more reading outside the
group. Come and be a part of this study of the early history of our
Christian church.
Sign up for the Women's Retreat, which takes place on October 17th through 19th at St. Andrew's House. A sheet for sign ups along with more information is on the Welcome table in the Parish Hall. Please contact Vickey Clayton at 453-7663 with questions.
Financial Peace University is an in-depth course of personal finance education with an eye towards incorporating money and faith. The class is coming to Christ Episcopal Church this fall. Previews will be happening Sunday, August 24th after services and at 5pm. The course begins a couple weeks later on September 14th at 5pm and continues through thirteen weeks, finishing up on December 7th.
The Bishops' Benefit Bash is
a dinner/auction event to raise funds for our two diocese-wide
campaigns: the One-for-One Malaria Net Challenge to provide nets and
education for people in sub-Saharan Africa, and the We Will Stand With
You campaign supporting St. Paul's Episcopal Church and School in New
Orleans. Honorary co-chairs are bishops' spouses Marti Rickel and the
Rev. Bob Moore. Tickets are $125/person ($25 of which is a
tax-deductible donation). Mark your calendars for Oct. 3 and watch this
space for further information, and check the diocesan website, www.ecww.org,
for further details. For more information on the Bishops' Benefit Bash,
contact Carl Knirk, Bishop's Deputy for Evangelism, Planned Giving and
Stewardship at cknirk@ecww.org or 206-325-4200/800-488-4978, ext. 2016.
Presiding Bishop webcast on Lambeth Conference available at Episcopal Church website. Presiding
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori discussed the Lambeth Conference in
a webcast on Thursday, Aug. 7. A link to the webcast is available on
the Episcopal Church website, www.episcopalchurch.org, in the "Highlights" section (lower middle of the home page).
General Announcements
Sunday School resumes on September 7th and volunteers are needed to help out. If you feel called to this ministry, or would simply like to learn more, please contact Alyse Russell at 840-1387 or Shannon Mitchell at 445-4436.
Forward 'Day by Days' are here: for August, September, and October. Please help yourself to one of the daily devotionals in the blue rack on the round table in the Parish Hall. Please put your $1 to cover costs, in the slot in the pamphlet holder.
August is 'tuna fish' month for the Food Bank Thank you for sharing your blessings with those less fortunate!
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The Cornerstone Garage
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A Bicycle Community Center
This past Saturday, following the usual morning bike ride to Orting and back, a crack team of engineers and laborers gathered in the small garage at the back of the Cornerstone office building. Their mission: install lights, bike storage racks, shelving, and workbenches. They did an amazing job over five hours and the Cornerstone Garage is starting to look like a first rate amateur bike shop. Here's a couple photos from the day:
The Orting Starbucks doesn't have any bicycle parking, so we generally occupy an entire parking spot for our bikes. At first it seemed kind of rude to the Starbucks people, but then we thought, "hey, that's ten customers in one parking spot. You can't get that from a parked car. How can they complain?"  After the ride, construction ensued. There were piles of recycled bricks to move before anything could get built. The above picture illustrates our strict adherence to the proper ratio of two supervisors per every person doing any actual work. Thanks to all who participated. Charlie Clayton was our project manager, ably assisted by his son-in-law Donny (pictured), Bill Woodard, and Len Barrett. Unskilled labor was provided by Alex Partington and Luke Owen, while Ashley Dawson provided moral support and Fr. Ben basically just ordered the pizza for lunch. Now that construction is finished it's just a matter of getting organized and refurbishing a few bicycles. There will be an open house on Sunday, September 7th after each service so everyone will be able to come across the street and see the place. |
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