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Worship Services
The Rev. David "Chip" Robinson
Vicar
All people of faith are welcome to receive Holy Communion at the Lord's Table
Christ Episcopal Church
1035 Lafayette Road
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Rite II at 10:30 am
Coffee Hour follows
Clergy office hours
Tues & Thurs 9am-12noon
200 High St.
Hampton, NH 03842
Saturday Rite l at 5pm
Rite II at 8:45 am
Coffee Hour after the service
Clergy office hours
Mon & Wed 9am-12 noon
The Vicar's sermons can be found by clicking on the link for either church and going to the Worship page.
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(603) 431-1809
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at Trinity Church, Hampton
(603) 929-7349
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Episcopal Churches on the Seacoast
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Ministry Schedule
Christ Church
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Going into the hospital?
Due to privacy laws, churches are no longer routinely informed if you or a loved one is admitted to the hospital. Please be sure you let us know when and where you will be a patient so we can be in touch with you and include you in our prayers and healing ministry. Don't assume the Vicar knows - he would much rather hear from several people than from no one!
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From the Vicar...
The bread of life...the life we take home with us
This Sunday, for the fourth Sunday in a row, we will read from the sixth chapter of John, his comments on Jesus as the bread of life. There will even be more next week. For Jesus to ask his contemporaries to eat his flesh and drink his blood was a shocking request. Aside from the obvious allusion to cannibalism, Jews were strictly forbidden to drink blood, even of animals. Jesus did not just invite us all to reflect on this, or argue about this, or gaze at this. He bids us to "eat" this, munch on his flesh. (The original Greek is even more graphic about this than its English translation.)
Thinking and fighting about and gazing at are what we sometimes do with the Eucharist, making it not so holy a communion. Maybe John has no Communion at the Last Supper because he did not want us to be stuck at the table. He wanted us to have the "real presence" of Jesus in our daily lives, out on the streets. God comes to us not only by sermons and Bibles and prayers, but also by food. Because of all this talking about eating and drinking, tied in with the very person of Jesus, we can never again consume any food or drink without being aware that Jesus courses through our very bodies as we go about our daily lives from market to school, from playground to committee meeting.
Even our liturgical celebration of the Eucharist has an awareness of this, attentive to the fact that we can't just sit at the table all day. In many churches the final words of the service are the words of the dismissal: "Go in peace to love and serve the Lord." Or "Let us go forth into the world rejoicing in the power of the Spirit." Or other such words. Even the title "Mass" comes from the dismissal in the Latin Rite: "Ite, Missa est." It literally means "Go, be sent." In other words it says "Go, what you have received is now sent into the world. And you are the carrier." In our daily lives we not only eat, we feed others with eternal life. More on the spiritual level than the physical, we are what we eat. We are on the road. We have what we need: a little bread and wine, flesh and blood.
- Fr. Chip
Trinity to offer Monday evening "Family Night Out"
This fall, we will be introducing a new program at Trinity Church: a "family night out" on the first and third Mondays of each month. The program will begin Monday, Sept. 21 and will continue in October on the 5th and 19th.
How does the new program work? During the school year, we will meet two Mondays a month, 5:30-7:00 p.m., in Hobbs Hall. We begin with a simple dinner (free!) - which we'll be publicizing in a variety of places to try and garner interest. This is followed by a Bible story or other children's activity, and a very brief communion service. All are welcome to participate in all parts of the gathering, including communion.
Questions? Interested in helping? Please contact Fr Chip! We need food preparers and servers, helpers with the children's program, and set-up and clean-up help. A sign-up sheet is now out in the Trinity Narthex. Our plan is to have Trinity provide food on the third Monday of each month, with Village Pre-School staff and parents providing food on the first Monday of each month. We are currently reviewing samples of proposed curriculum for the children's education portion of the program. Be watching for further details as they emerge.
Honoring Martyr Jonathan Daniels
Christ Church, Exeter - Wed., Aug. 19, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Join us as we gather together to watch Here am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels. The year 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Jonathan Daniels, who was assassinated on August 20, 1965 at the height of the Civil Rights movement in Hayneville, AL. Jonathan grew up in Keene, New Hampshire where he worshiped at St. James Episcopal Church and was a seminarian at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass. He went south answering the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for clergy to help register black voters. We will show the 50 minute documentary in Harris Hall at Christ Church, Exeter, where desserts and coffee will be provided.
Come and See postcard addressing parties
Weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29 & 30
On the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29 & 30, we'll be addressing postcards for this fall's "Come and See" program. The cards at Trinity Church will invite folks to two special services with open houses, one on a Saturday evening (Sept. 19) and the other on a Sunday morning (Sept. 27). The cards at Christ Church issue invitations to Homecoming Sunday (Sept. 20) and the Blessing of the Animals (Oct. 4).
We're asking each household to "put on its thinking cap" and come up with a list of ten people to whom to send a postcard invitation. It might be neighbors, friends, co-workers, or former members you haven't seen in a while. Each church has 250 postcards to address (each with space for a short personal note). We'll "seed" the list with a few suggestions - but what will really make this fly is if you bring a list of names you personally know.
At Trinity Church, Gordon Lane and Donna Northam will lead the effort. At Christ Church, Suzanne George and Craig Davis will shepherd our work. The addressing should take only a few moments at or after coffee hour. Please come prepared to lend a hand.
Upcoming Dates
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All month
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Christ Church Capital Campaign
Contact Team will be meeting with key donors in advance of September's Cottage Meetings rolling out the Campaign
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Tues., Aug. 18
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7:00 p.m.
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Bishop's Committee meeting at Christ Church to vote on renewal of Shared Ministry Covenant for three additional years
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after all services
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"Postcard Addressing Party" for this fall's
"Come and See" program - bring your list of contacts and help us address postcard invitations to friends and neighbors
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Our Shared Ministry Cycle of Prayer
Each week, in both of our churches, we pray for one ministry we share and one or two households in each church. About once every six weeks, we will instead using the Shared Ministry Collect we prayed throughout the opening months of our Shared Ministry.
In our prayers the next two weeks, we give God thanks for...
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Aug. 16
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Trinity Church bookkeeper Jim Baker; Suzi Beaupre of Trinity Church; Shirley Phillips of Christ Church
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Aug. 23
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Concluding collect for our Shared Ministry
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A driveway repair bill that made us "gulp"
Last week, our big pothole at Christ Church was at last repaired. The good news? It's now fixed. The bad news? The bill was $1,500 due to unexpected water intrusion that required digging out more than we'd figured. Not something we anticipated. We hate to "pick your pockets" to ask for help with this after all the generosity you have shown this year - so we won't. But if you happen to feel a bit generous, we won't refuse to accept!
Special music this Sunday at Christ Church
This Sunday, accomplished tenor soloist Roger Ray of Warwick, RI, will offer special music at Christ Church's 10:30 service. Roger is a long-time friend of the Robinsons who will be in town for the weekend and offered his musical talents. He has sung in a number of Rhode Island churches and concert venues. We offer him a warm welcome.
Back-to-School supply drive
The Hampton Community Coalition (HCC) is now collecting back to school supplies for children in need in Hampton's K-8 schools. This is the 15th year that it is being held in Hobbs House. Donations may be left in the "School Supplies" box in the Narthex at Trinity, or Nita will gladly accept them at her office, from 9-2, Monday-Friday. Thank you for your unswerving support of Hampton's vulnerable citizens
Can You Help? 
Trinity's Annual Yard Sale is on Saturday, Aug. 15th.
Not only do we need your good, used, ready to sell "stuff" but we also need help to setup, sell, break-down and tow away the leftovers. Donations can still be dropped off in Hobbs Hall. Let me know how you can help!
Patrice
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Contacts
The Rev. David "Chip" Robinson, Vicar
Christ Episcopal Church, 1035 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, NH 03801
phone: 603-436-8842
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00-Noon
Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 High Street, Hampton, NH 03842
Shared Ministry Administrator: Nita Niemczyk
phone: 603-926-5688
Office hours: Monday-Friday from 9:00-1:00
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