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Collect for the week
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our
hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own
strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your
mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Readings for Sunday, Sept. 13 / Proper 19
Proverbs 1:20-33
Psalm 19
James 3:1-12
Mark 8:27-38
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Morning Prayer
Resumes September 8th (the day after Labor Day) - 7:30 am
and we are moving this to the chapel at RTS. So join us if you can in
the chapel at RTS Monday-Friday / 7:30am for Morning Prayer. Click Here for a flyer
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Christian Formation
Sunday, September 13th.
Our 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 -
Our Anglican Heritage
10:15am - classes end -
transition to service
10:30am - Holy Eucharist
Rite II
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For details concerning all of the offerings and opportunities at Incarnation for Spiritual Growth and more visit the Christian Formation webpage - CLICK HERE For a Movie about our Christian Formation opportunities CLICK HERE
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Next Vestry Meeting Tuesday , September 15, 2009 / 6pm at the Mission House
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A Discipleship Journey
Study
& Fellowship begins Wednesday September 16th / 6-8pm at the Mission
House. For questions or comments about child care & more contact
Gary Jackson
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Sunday, September 20th Teacher Commissioning
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Sunday, October 4th - we welcome Dave Buehring as our guest preacher
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Three years at Incarnation...
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Dear Friends,
Three years old... on Sunday September 10, 2006 we gathered for our first Sunday worship as a community in the chapel at Canterbury Retreat and Conference Center. We had been a group of 15-20 people thinking about an Episcopal church in Oviedo. Suddenly and to our surprise 40+ people showed up and we gathered more than the necessary 25 signatures to become an organized mission of the diocese.
A lot has happened since then...
Property and renovation, worship in the mission House beginning Christmas Eve on 2006, a successful public launch, worship at RTS, Ministries and Programs for all ages, retreats and teaching missions, work and outreach, baptisms, confirmations, weddings, resurrection liturgies, morning prayer, generosity, stewardship, and a lot food, fellowship and fun have all been essential ingredients in the recipe called Incarnation in Oviedo.
We have done a lot of things but at the core of this is our rule of life... To love God, love each other and love/serve the world for the sake of Christ Jesus. We exist to worship God, loving him with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. May we be known for our extravagant love for one another - a true Christian community of people bound to each other in Christ. May we reach out in love and service to the world proclaiming the Gospel to a world in need of good news. This is our DNA, our identity - it is who we are. This fuels us amid all the activity of this world.
Join us this Sunday as we celebrate three years with gratitude. I recently celebrated a birthday and a friend wrote me on facebook... God's grace be upon you, reminding you of
His faithfulness through the years and His commitment to your future. I think it is so appropriate for us, for where we are and where we are going. We are living a Kingdom Present but it is just a taste, a glimmer of what we will be and do - I see a Kingdom Future where the authority of Christ is spread through us by His love and grace in ways we can only imagine. Join us in the adventure called Incarnation!
Living, dwelling and rejoicing in the land where blessings abound!
Fr. Jon / Vicar
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A few things...
Ministry Sunday / Our 3rd Anniversary as an organized mission of the Diocese / and much more on September 13th. Don't miss this marker in our journey as we look at where we have been and where we are going as a congregation. Much to give thanks for and much to celebrate. The Rev. Canon Ernie Bennett will be our guest preacher. We begin Christian Formation, a visit from James Palmer SAMS missionary in Chile and more. So clear your calendar and be here September 13th.
TOWN HALL MEETING CHANGE...
We have made some adjustments to our planned Town Hall Meetings - with our Architect Rick Swisher. We are combining the September 20th & October 4th meetings into one meeting on October 4th 2-4pm at the Mission House.
(See the announcement below)
CHECK OUT THE GREEN COLUMN
Many announcements and tidbits as we ramp up for our Fall Christian Formation and more.
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