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Collect for the week
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.
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Readings for Sunday, August 30 / Proper 17
Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10
James 1:17-27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
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Incarnation Town Hall Meeting with our Architect Rick Swisher
Sunday, Aug. 30 immediately following our morning service - (See details in announcement below)
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AND...
Christian Formation Classes / our 3rd Anniversary as a mission congregation of the Diocese of Central Florida & more on Sunday, September 13th.
Another important moment in our life you do not want to miss. More details soon.
Our New Sunday schedule beginning September 13th will be...
8:30am - Nursery opens
8:45am - Catechesis of the
Good Shpeherd begins
9:00am - TAG (upper
elementary) &
Adult & Youth Class 10:15am - classes end -
transition to service
10:30am - Holy Eucharist
Rite II
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Next Vestry Meeting Tuesday , September 15, 2009 / 6pm at the Mission House
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A Fruitful Season... 
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Dear Friends,
What a great retreat this past weekend with our special guest and friend Steve Fry. Steve challenged us to extend the Authority of Christ in our own lives, our community and the world. It was a fresh take for me on the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). One "take-away was a further definition of authority as that of "authoring life" Authority can be a negative word for us with pictures of domination and control. As Steve unpacked this word with us in the context of creation and authoring life it gave new meaning to the Great Commission in that Jesus having received all authority then passes that on to his followers and we are to "make disciples" who experience life and peace when they come into the Kingdom. I commend to you Steve's ministry among us - you can hear Sunday's sermon by Clicking Here
As I said last week, I sense God is stirring something in us. That "sense" for me is seeing an opportunity for a harvest. In the past three years we have grown as a community and people. We have tilled the soil, planted seeds, nurtured the seedlings, been thrilled about the sprouts springing forth from this work. All of that is exciting to see - but we planted in order to bear fruit and I believe we are in for our first harvest. This harvest has at least two dimensions...
IN US... God is doing a work in us as his children - there is transformation and change, pruning and tending bringing forth a fruit of righteousness in us. We are becoming more like Jesus as we pray, study, worship, serve and give. God is healing us and making us whole.
THROUGH US... We bear witness to the Love of God found in Christ and we share with the world around us in hopes of the expansion of the Kingdom of God. There are people we work with, go to school with, folks we encounter in the community who need to see and hear the Gospel and God wants us to simply be a means of His Grace to a broken world in need of redemption.
I am eager and expectant in the days of head that our growth and fruit will be two fold: First we will grow deeper into Christ Jesus being made more like Him every day bearing the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5). we will grow wide reaching out to those who are desperate for GOOD NEWS. We do this not in our own strength but BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
What and adventure it is to be...
living where blessings abound!
The Rev. Jon Davis+ / Vicar | |
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