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April 12th 2013

 


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A few reminders of notices that went out earlier this week:

Earth Day Spring CleanupWe will hold our Spring Cleanup Day on Saturday, April 20 from 10 am to noon.  There are several items on the "to do" list that are both for gardeners and handy persons.  Come and enjoy the beautiful weather and help beautify our hilltop.

 

 

"Traces of the Trade:  A Story from the Deep North":  This film tells the story of the author's forefathers, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.  A remarkable journey which brings them face-to-face with the history and legacy of New England's hidden enterprise.  Church of the Redeemer - 7 pm.  Carpools leave Nativity at 6:30 pm.

 

Bob BrandtOur friend Bob Brandt will be remembered at a memorial service on May 4 in Washington State.  Condolences may be sent to Robert Brandt, Jr. - 422 245th Avenue SE - Sammamish, Washington 98074.  In lieu of Flowers, memorial gifts may be made to:  Buckelew Foundation or the Alliance for the Mentally Ill.


 

Contact Us:

 

Episcopal Church
of the NativIty 

 

333 Ellen Drive

San Rafael, 94903

[email protected] 

www.NativityOnTheHill.org  

415.479.7023

News and Events                                                                        Nativity Calendar

 

Parish Announcements

 

Youth Group:  Outreach Night - Tuesday, April 16th - 5 - 6:30 pm The Marin Episcopal Youth Group meets on Sundays from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm except for Movie Night (usually the last Sunday of the month) when we meet from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm.   Anyone in grades 6 - 12 are invited to attend. 

 

Bible ChallengeStacey will host any questions regarding the Bible Challenge at 9:15 am on Sundays in the Owl Room.  If you have not started this challenge and would like to participate, the readings are on the back table.  Also, send an email to Stacey so she can include you in the weekly email.

   

 

Coming Events:

Apr 14: Bible Challenge Q & A - 9:15 am

Apr 15:  "Traces of the Trade" - Church of the Redeemer - 7 pm

Apr 16: Outreach Night for  Marin Episcopal Youth Group - 5 -6:30 pm

Apr 20:  Earth Day Spring Cleanup Day - 10 am - noon

Apr 21:  Marin Episcopal Youth Group - 5 pm

 

Volunteering and Outreach

Escrip

Please do be sure that your debit and credit cards are updated with Escrip.

I think we may be missing some contributions due to issue of new cards.

Margaret [email protected] 


 

 

Coffee Hour at 10:00 AM Sundays

 

   

  

We have many spaces to fill. Please see if you can help.  Potluck means no one has signed.

If you can bring cookies or whatever, please let Margaret know.

We don't need an over-load.

The sign-up sheet is now on the table in the church.  Please look for future dates when you may be able to help   

April 14: Ruth & Margaret

April 21: Susan Pick

April 28: Potluck

May 5:    Potluck

May 12: Diana Singer

May 19: ?

 

 

Our neighbor Carlos is providing the coffee at the moment so all that you need are goodies and half & half, and occasionally juice. (We often have that in the fridge.)


Please note:
The coffee pots need to be emptied and rinsed out so that they can be taken back to Carlos.

The new dishwasher is working. Please set it going before you leave.

 
Margaret      
[email protected]
In Our Prayers

 

Remember in Prayer

 

Our church: Pray for Katharine, our Presiding Bishop; Marc, our Bishop: the clergy, staff, and members of this parish.

 

The Ministries of our Parishioners:  Kairos Inside Prison Ministry, Kairos Outside Prison Ministry, Cursillo, Sojourn - the Multifaith Chaplaincy at San Francisco General Hospital, San Quentin Prison, the Marin Interfaith Street Chaplaincy, Ohlhoff Recovery Board: the Elders Ministry of Grace Cathedral, Hospice by the Bay, West Coast Post Trauma Retreat, Alano Club and Buckelew Services.

 

In our Nativity Parish cycle of prayer, pray for Segrid Gladstone, Alice and Jim Goss, Tanya Graham, Florence Graybill.

 

Our world: pray for our country, for our President Barack and Governor Jerry.  Pray peace into being especially in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Darfur, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Haiti, Pakistan, Chile, Palestine, the Middle East, Japan and Honduras.

 

Our parish members for special grace and healing: 

Carissa Betts, Alice Goss, David Wade, Virginia Gerhart,  Marion Slusser, Bill Schlegel,  Juliette Anthony, Muriel Hammond, Sam Wester, Daniel London, and Inge Wilde.

 

 

Prayers are asked for the following family and friends:

Polly Essinger, friend of Marian Marsh

Margaret Whitfield, sister of Marianne Keenan

 

Mike Antill, friend of the Wades

Esther Yuen, friend of Marianne Keenan

 

Brooks Parker, friend of David Wade

Kirk Snyder, son of Myrna Snyder

 

Colton James, great grandson of Marge Cole

Tim Case, friend of the Singer family

 

Hal, friend of Nina Woods

Tristan Humble, friend of Susan Monahan

 

Marsha Calegari, friend of Honor Bulkley

Becca Stevenson, friend of Susan Monahan

 

Jill Lerner, friend of Honor Bulkley

Bob Farwell, friend of the Betts family

 

 

Carol Athanasakos, friend of Gail & Jean

 

 

Pray for the soul of Steve Turpie and comfort for his family.

Pray for the soul of Bob Brandt, longtime parishioner of Nativity and father of parishioner, Segrid Gladstone, and comfort for his family.

Pray for the soul of Jared Maynard Lawson, cousin of Nina Woods, and comfort for her family

 


World News This Week in Prayer

 

 

"He brings fire

                 for forging;

the hammer strikes

                 with skill

but I'm not yet unbent.

 

He brings fire for greening;

the new life

               covers the bush

but I'm not yet full spent.

 

He brings fire

               for feasting;

with much laughter

               on the wind

but I'm not yet content."

                 � Bruce Prewer, 2000

 

Let us identify with God's compassion for all humanity.

 

God of Christ Jesus, please hear our prayers for the human family in its happiness or its distress. Gather us up into the reconciling fire of your love, that we may be purged of all that fosters misery, and inducted into everything that creates love, joy and peace.

 

We commend to you:

-- those who feel ground down or broken, isolated or alienated and who feel unheard or unloved.

-- the hungry or homeless, the anxious or in agony of body, mind or spirit.

-- those who through terrorism and war are shattered and despairing. We remember in particular the children and women who according to this

week's UN report suffer most violence and sexual abuse during and after wars and fighting; for all refugees especially those from Syria and other

conflicts which have slipped from the news headlines.

-- the frightened and insane, the dying and grieving and for understanding and compassion of those who have not experienced that and think that

those who mourn should recover and move on quickly.

-- the tempted and the fallen, the fearful and the faithful.

-- those leaders who maintain and fight for their idealistic and just aims despite opposition, and for those who have compromised and surrendered

 their integrity through a thousand small choices for the easy option

-- the people of all countries striving for peace often amidst financial chaos and political war-mongering. We remember especially the people of

 North and South Korea and in South East Asia, Syria, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and the litany of countries that come to mind.

-- the church worldwide with its truth and error, its faith and its fear, its love and hypocrisy, its serving heart and judgmental attitude.

-- all who love Christ, and work for his way of reconciliation, justice, compassion and peace.

 

Most loving God, to journey with Christ is to warmly live, to fall away is to grow cold and slowly die, help us who have prayed for other people, to recognize our own weaknesses and to trust your Spirit to supply the kind of help which we most aptly need.

 

God of Christ Jesus, we submit these prayers to your refining fire. Purify all that pleases you for the service of your kingdom of grace, where no good thing is discarded, and no loving deed wasted. For your love's sake.


Amen

 

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