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News & Upcoming Events
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Collect for the week
Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of
eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy
Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of
the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Readings for Trinity Sunday / June 7th
Isaiah 6:1-8
Canticle 13
Romans 8:12-17
John 3:1-17
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Carolyn Custis James
Retreat at Canterbury
June 5 & 6
Carolyn's Website Click Here
Information and Brochure
on retreat Click Here
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Youth Retreat to
Valle Crucis, NC
June 11-14 / contact Heather Starr for more information
starrdiva04@yahoo.com
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Vacation Bible School
June 15-19 / 9-12noon each day, at the Mission House.
For more information see the announcement below
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Newcomers and Fellowship Breakfast / Sunday, June 21 - 9am at RTS More info soon
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Prayer and Praise
June 24th at the Mission House / 6pm
Join us for supper and a great evening of worship, teaching and Eucharist, with a program for children and nursery provided. We welcome the Rev. Dr. Reggie Kidd / Professor of New Testament at RTS and a great friend and a dynamic speaker. More details soon.
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"And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.""
(Acts 1:4-5)
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Dear Friends,
What does it mean to be Baptized in the Holy Spirit? My sense from scripture and what I have witnessed in the church is to be yielded to God to a point of overflowing. This overflow manifests itself in the gifts of the Spirit, wisdom, knowledge, prophecy, healing, miracles, speaking in tongues. The greatest expression of the Holy Spirit at work in someone's life is love.
When a person exudes the love of God by their words and actions, their kindness, compassion, generosity you are seeing the Holy Spirit at work. I have known people so full of kindness they melt an ice cold room of people simply by walking through the door. I have seen folks who were strangers having no natural point of connection bind themselves together in Christ setting out on Kingdom mission.
How do we experience this depth of manifestation... I heard a friend say - "We get under the spout, where the Spirit runs out!" That is we immerse ourselves in the things of the church, (in no particular order) the Word of God, the Sacraments, the Fellowship of the Saints, Prayer, Devotion, Worship, Obedience. These things make us vessels and conduits receptive to the Spirit.
As I said on Sunday: The work of the Holy Spirit in a person's life is obvious, desirous and dangerous as it will transform us into mighty men and women of God bound to King Jesus in love seeing the Kingdom Come; to us, in us and through us. There is no greater adventure this side of glory!
Living where blessings abound!
The Rev. Jon Davis+ / Vicar
There is still time for you to register for Canterbury Summer Retreat...
Carolyn
Custis James is leading a retreat at Canterbury June 5 & 6
(details in the column). The Topic is "When Life & Beliefs Collide"
from one of her excellent books. I commend this to all of you.
Let me share two needs with you...
Our upcoming youth retreat is in need of some scholarships. If you would like to make a donation toward this please make your check out to Church of the Incarnation and mark it for YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP. If you want more information please contact Heather Starr at
Renata "Reni" Ruprecht is planning on a summer mission to Uganda in late July / first part of August. She will be working with good friends of mine who help several orphanages and Uganda Christian University. If you would like to help her out or want to discuss the mission with her you can email her at... renata_ruprecht@yahoo.com
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