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Collect
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Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Next Sunday's Lections
Proper 23 17 Pentecost
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Exodus 32:1-14
Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23
Philippians 4:1-9
Matthew 22:1-14
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Upcoming Events
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Safeguarding God's People Prevention of Exploitation and Prevention of Harassment Training Sunday, October 9 in Roberta's Hall after the 10:30 am service Work Day! Saturday, October 15 Starts at 8:00 am Bring clippers, gloves, rakes, black lawn clipping bags. Windows to clean, closets to clean out, landscaping and weeding to be done. Join the fun! GREEK FEAST! (Pat's cooking!) Time, Talent, and Treasure Banquet Sunday, October 16 in the Parish Hall after the 10:30 am service |
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Regularly Scheduled
Worship Services
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Weekdays
Monday thru Friday
Food Bank
open
10:00 am - noon
Wednesdays
Tabitha's Treasures
10:00 am
in Roberta's Hall
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Morning Prayer
2nd and 4th Wednesdays
in Roberta's Hall
at 12:00 noon
Holy Eucharist
1st, 3rd, and 5th Wednesdays
in Roberta's Hall
at 12:00 noon
Young Adults:
Coffee, Conversation & Compline
7:00 - 8:30 pm
in the Upper Room.
Thursdays
Men's Bible Study
7:30 am in the Library
Choir Practice
7:00 pm in the Choir Room
(once per month during the Summer)
Weekends
Saturdays
Holy Eucharist
5:00 p.m.
(Chapel)
Sundays
Holy Eucharist
8:00 a.m.
(Chapel)
Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
(Parish Hall)
Christian Formation
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Adult program
in Roberta's Hall
Holy Eucharist
10:30 a.m.
(Church)
Sunday School
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
K thru 4th grade -
Alleluia Chapel Program
in the Children's Chapel
Combined Prayer Ministries
Meeting for Study and Prayer in the Library
The third Sunday of each month after the
10:30 service.
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"Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve" Collect for 16 Pentecost
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Dearly Beloved in Christ,
Do we truly believe these words in the collect? Do we trust that God is straining to hear our prayers? That his heart is crying out for the intimacy that comes only when we lay our hearts before him? This is the prayer of quiet, when we still our hearts to sit in silence with the Lord, willing to be completely vulnerable, allowing him to search us and know us - every inch, every memory, every action, every thought.
Or do we rather listen to the father of lies, the one who makes sure our "conscience is afraid," - the one who accuses us: "surely God can't love you ... God certainly can't forgive you that sin ...you are unclean you know ... you could have (should have) done something about that ... why did you allow yourself to be a victim ... you've let God down ...." Have you believed any of those accusations? They don't come from God - they come from the accuser of the brethren, from the father of lies. For God reveals our sins gently not to condemn us but to heal us, not to bind us but to free us.
He freed Saint Paul from the sin of persecuting Christians, from the sin of complicity in the death of Stephen - imagine how crippled Paul's ministry would have been if he had given even a toe-hold to the Accuser "remember Paul, you were a blasphemer, a persecutor, an insolent opponent." But Paul knows that he has received mercy and moves forward without the baggage of his past: "This one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead." He knows that his sins, great as they were, are gone.
To believe the lies of the deceiver is to disbelieve the promises of God and to rob us of the power of God to work in our lives: "the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe" Eph 1:19. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead!
May we spend the time with God in quiet listening rather to the healer's voice, for he will pour upon us the abundance of his mercy and forgive us all those things of which our conscience is afraid and fill us with his power.
"I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen." Saint Paul
In the Peace, Grace, and Love of our Lord, Rev'd Sarah+ |
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GREEK FEAST
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Maitland Arts Festival Free Parking & Free Water
Historic Chapel Tours, Blessing of the Animals
What an amazing weekend! The grounds pressure-cleaned by Bob and Bob so that they positively sparkled! So many people came out to help at the Rummage Sale, welcome people into our parking lot, hand out free water, and show people around our historic chapel. Great worship yesterday evening and this morning and a sweet Blessing of the Animals with God's critters this afternoon! God is SO good!
Over $400 in donations from the parking that is earmarked for the Food Bank. And over $6,000 in fundraising income from the Rummage Sale!
Many people thanked us for offering free parking and for handing out free water, for the way that the rummage sale was organized and priced. One person came back to the campus to make sure he found someone to thank for the free parking "We've just moved here from up north - I've never known a church do anything like this - thank you!"
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS SUCH A GREAT WEEKEND! AND TO OUR GOD FOR HIS MANY BLESSINGS! 
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 CHRISTIAN FORMATION
MEET THE NOMINEES FORUM
Begins October 9 at 9:30 am in Roberta's Hall
As we approach the special convention on November 19 to elect the Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida we will gather to get to know the nominees. We will view the nominees' videos, read their resumes and responses to a set of questions that were posed by the Standing Committee, and possibly interact with the nominees on the Bishop's Search website.
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 PARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS
Jack, Cindy, Donna, Bob, Linda, Barbara, Ayla, Abbei, Elizabeth, John, Sallie, Tim, Jim, and Roy LONG TERM PARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS Grover, Ival, Olga, Marion, Chet, Stan, Jane, Jack, Mike, Suzee, Lillian, Keisha, Jamie, and Jeanie LONG TERM FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER NEEDS Lew, Kailee, Paul, Duncan, Alan NON-PARISHIONER FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER NEEDS Tyler, Juli, Megan, Sarah, Jason, Susan, Marnay, Silvia, Barbara, Linda, Tom, Erik, Amy, Jonas, Maren, Mary, Howard, Rhonda, Rebecca, Katey, Michelle, Derek and family, Elizabeth MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES
Christopher and Brigitt Kincaid, Justin Moye, Danny Graham, Hugh Darville, Chuck Gitschlag, Rory Patrick Coleman, Dennis Glasgow, Duncan Hanton, William Underhill, Taylor Lee, and Cory Siebel. OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SEMINARIAN
Michael and Ryan Guerdan, Lindsey Nicolle, Allen Booker, Robert Borr, Matthew and Sarah Pierce, Robin Campbell, and David Bumsted. THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAYS Joann Darville THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR ANNIVERSARIES Michael and Donna Passarella, Pat and Rev'd Sarah Bronos, Jason and Jaime Loomis THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELING Mary Ellen Appleton, Etienne van Hissenhoven, Gordon Sims, Jim and Irene Burgess, Michael and Donna Passarella, Ann Britt SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR: Emme Grace Baril who will be baptized on All Saints Day, and Terri Powell and Gordon Sims who will be married on October 15. A Prayer for discernment in the call of the next bishop: Be with us and guide us, Holy Spirit, as we seek your will for the future of our diocese. Help us to discern the needs and hopes of your people in Central Florida, so that our search for a Bishop may proceed with clear vision and joyful obedience. In the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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