Upcoming Events
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Sunday, Sept. 11: Sunday School begins, 10:30 AM
Evening Prayer, 5 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 13: Commissions, 6:30 PM; Vestry, 7:30 PM
Saturday, Sept. 17: Clean-up Day
Sunday, Sept. 18: Odeon Concert, 4:00 PM
Saturday, Sept. 24: Clean-up Day (If it rains on Sept. 17th)
Sunday, Sept. 25:
Seminarian Committee meets after church.
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Birthdays
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September
1 Felix Spinelli (today)
1 MyChi Haan (today)
Happy Birthday to Felix and My-Chi!!
4 Laura Kennedy
8 Lucille Selby
8 Nghia Dao
10 Rachel Burgess
11 Oanh Phan
13 Debbie Clark
13 Doan Huynh
13 Michael Knowles
14 Thanh Nguyen
17 Mitchell Smith
18 Pauline Leonard
19 Mark Houston
23 Mark Los
23 Hannah Knowles
24 Deani Coker
28 William Houston
29 Justice Lebo
30 Michael Spinelli
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We remember in prayer
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We remember in our prayer:
Paul Henry, William Yale, Laura Đo�n, Bob Aronstein, Kari Boeskov, Mary Anne Bogie, Mary Carper, Thomas Cascella, Marie Cosimano, Hai Dang Do, Jane Chapman, Tim Clary, Dorothy Connelly, John Davis, Donald DeVaughn, Michael Dickinson, Loretta Dougherty, Ingrid Eckstrand, The Edsall Family, Archie Ellis, Mary Farmer, The Faubion Family, Nance Finegan, Nic Franca, Luis Garay, Thomas Garner, Anne Goodwin, Jean Graham, Nick Giuliani, Canedo Guillermo, Katherine Hafele, Anne & Thomas Edsall, Margaret Ellis Harris, Bill and Betty Henderson, Sheila Henderson, Eldon Paul Henry, Alek Hensley, Leslie Hogan, Cindy Hogman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Michael Horn, Virginia Hughes, Angelina Jansen, Lindsay Johns, Gray and Bob Johnson, Jamie Kaplon, Robert Kelley, Quinn Kimball, Jeffry King, The Kontess Family, Susan Lawrence, Bau Le, Timothy Livingood, Joe Magrogan, Colleen Mavrikas, Michael Mills, Evelyn Morgan, Que Nguyen, Chick Nixon, Keslie Nolan, Olive Oliver, Gary Owens, Irene Pierce, Joann Piper, Faith Poole, William Ross, Molly Saviola, Nora Searle, Bill Sitler, Irene Skowron, Karine Simpkin, Brian Smith, Josh Smithers, Candi Stewart, Heather Stefl, Barbara Stefl, Kara Stryker, The Strysko Family, Walter Sushko, Steven Talbert, George Thomas, Clara Torres, George Torres, Michael Weekes, The Westfall Family, Paula Wiech, Meredith Wiech, Donna Wolfe, Peter Kosutic, Chris, Tasha, Mark Zimpel.
We pray especially for Paul Henry, Laura Doan, Bill Yale and Margaret Mills.
We pray for all US personnel serving overseas, especially Garway Thomas and Cate Johnson.
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St. Patrick's Organized for Missions and Ministry
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Vestry Committee: Senior Warden: Tom Auld; Junior Warden: Vivian Benjamin; Registrar: Winnie Lebo; Treasurer: Kathy Oliver; Other members of the Vestry: Victoria Kennedy, Jocelyne Miller, Pierre Chanu, Chris Nicholson.
GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES
Altar Guild: Lucille Selby; Bell Choir: Mariko Hiller; Church Office: Lois Cascella; Offering Counters: Bob Cascella; Youth Ministry: Maggie Spinelli; Region VIII Representative: Felix Spinelli; Diocesan Council Delegate: Amelia Nicholson; St. Margaret's Circle: Ann Nelson; Telephone Chain: Alice King; Ushers: Bill Houston; Odeon Chamber Music Series: Mariko Hiller; Westlawn Elementary School: Winnie Lebo; Falls Church Community Services: Catherine Dubas; Hypothermia Shelter Program: Felix Spinelli; Church Women United: Amelia Nicholson.
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Photos
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| St. Pat's after the storm, August 28th
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Flutist Emma Resmini at Saint Patrick's, August 28th
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Parish Notes
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- We thank God that all of us were safe when Irene hit our area in the early hours of Sunday, August 28th. Some forty of us gathered for the 10:30 AM service, and we were blessed with the beautiful music that eleven-year-old flutist Emma Resmini offered during worship. The theme of Tinh's sermon for the day was taken from God's words to Moses, in the Book of Exodus, "I will be with you." We pray for all who suffered tremendous losses in the tempest. - Congratulations to Laura Kennedy, who celebrates her 90th birthday this Sunday, September 4th. - Seminarian Toua Vang will begin field education at Saint Patrick's in September. This year, Toua will preach at Saint Patrick's once a month and meet with Tinh+ once every week. For the next two academic years, while being at St. Pat's, Toua is required to work with a "lay committee," which meets with Toua once per month, to share experience and concerns. Toua will act as pastor and leader of the group, and the group offers its feedback and support. Tinh+ is hoping to get seven people to join the group. So far he has 4 people for the lay committee. Would you like to be a member of the group? Please speak with Tinh+. - Sunday school will resume on Sunday, September 11, at 10:30 AM. Maggie Spinelli is the coordinator of our Sunday School program, and parents and volunteers will be contacted soon. Many thanks to all of you who were so generous in supporting our Sunday School. Christian formation is a ministry of the parents. We hope to help our children learn to trust and grow in faith, by our words and action. We look forward to a successful Sunday School program this year, but we need a lot of help! - It is time to gather school supplies for the Westlawn children. The church welcomes your generous donations, and there will be a box in the narthex to collect them. Some of the things the children need are: large and small Elmer's Glue sticks, 8 oz. bottles of Elmer's Glue, 4 oz. bottles of Elmer's Glue, 8 - 10 count Crayola Classic Markers, 24-count Crayola Crayons, yellow highlighters, 12-count colored pencils, large Expo Whiteboard markers, #2 pencils, Pink Pearl erasers, eraser caps, Fiskar scissors, packs of wide rule loose-leaf paper, packs of college rule loose-leaf paper, spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, 3x5 index cards, sticky notes, pocket folders with brads, pocket folders without brads, 1-inch and 2-inch 3-ring binders, hand sanitizer, tissues and disinfectant wipes. St. Patrick's and Westlawn Elementary School are partners in helping the poor. - All are invited to join us in the 9/11 Remembrance Service, which will be held at Saint Patrick's on Sunday, September 11, 2011, at 5:00 PM.
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A Prayer For Young Persons
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God our Father, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the world, and that following you is better than chasing after selfish goals. Help them to take failure, not as a measure of their worth, but as a chance for a new start. Give them strength to hold their faith in you, and to keep alive their joy in your creation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
( Book of Common Prayer, Page 829)
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Tin Tức Hội Th�nh
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- Ch�ng ta tạ ơn Ch�a về sự an to�n của t�n hữu v� nh� thờ trong trận b�o vừa qua. D� gi� mạnh, c�c c�y trong rừng sau nh� Mục Sư kh�ng bị đổ trong đ�m thứ bảy. V�o s�ng Ch�a Nhật, 28 th�ng 8, c� khoảng 40 người dự lễ thờ phượng. Ch�ng ta cầu nguyện cho c�c nạn nh�n khắp nơi kh�ng may bị thiệt hại qu� nhiều.
- �ng Toua Vang, chủng sinh người Hmong sẽ ch�nh thức bắt đầu chương tr�nh tập sự tại Nh� Thờ Th�nh Patrick v�o th�ng 9 năm nay. Trong thời gian thực tập, �ng Toua sẽ giảng mỗi th�ng một lần v� họp với ủy ban chủng sinh. Ủy ban nầy do Mục Sư Tỉnh phối hợp, gồm c�c qu� anh chị em trong Hội Th�nh. Mục Sư Tỉnh đ� c� được 4 t�n hữu tham dự v�o ủy ban, hiện cần c� th�m 3 hoặc 4 người nữa. Mục Sư hoan ngh�nh bất cứ ai muốn tham dự. Xin cho Mục Sư Tỉnh biết nếu qu� vị muốn biết th�m về mục vụ của ủy ban nầy.
- Trường Ch�a Nhật tại Nh� Thờ Th�nh Patrick sẽ bắt đầu v�o ng�y Ch�a Nhật, 11 th�ng 9. B� Maggie Spinelli sẽ tiếp tục l� phối hợp vi�n, v� B� sẽ li�n lạc với qu� vị phụ huynh v� những người t�nh nguyện gi�p c�c em học Lời Ch�a.
- H�ng năm, v�o đầu th�ng 9, Nh� Thờ ch�ng ta quy�n tặng giấy b�t v� c�c học cụ cho c�c em nh� ngh�o thuộc Trường Tiểu Học Westlawn. Ch�ng ta sẽ để một c�i hộp ở ph�ng narthex, v� xin qu� vị mang đến nh� thờ những thứ như sau: keo d�n Elmer's, viết ch� m�u, tập vở v� giấy, vv (xin xem phần Anh Ngữ -- chi tiết ở đ� r� r�ng hơn). Việc trợ gi�p nầy nhắc ch�ng ta hai điều: thứ nhất, trẻ em ở Hoa Kỳ may mắn hơn trẻ em ở nhiều nước kh�c -- điều nầy khiến ch�ng ta li�n tưởng đến sự ch�nh lệch ở Việt Nam, giữa thiểu số trẻ em gi�u (qu� ph� phạm) v� đa số trẻ em ngh�o (qu� thiếu thốn về mọi mặt). Thứ hai, ngay tại Hoa Kỳ c� rất nhiều trẻ em ngh�o đ�i.
- V�o ng�y Ch�a Nhật, 9 th�ng 11, 2011, sẽ c� một buổi lễ tưởng niệm c�c nạn nh�n của vụ khủng bố c�ch đ�y 10 năm, tại Nh� Thờ Th�nh Patrick, l�c 5 giờ chiều. K�nh mời qu� vị tham dự.
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