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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
June 3, 2015 
Parish E-Newsletter

 

Season of Pentecost

 

 Sunday Morning Schedule

        • 8:00 am           Holy Eucharist Rite I - 
        • 9:00 am           Fellowship Time 
        • 9:30 - 10:15     No Mezzanine session until August
        • 9:45 am           Choir Rehearsal 
        • 10:30               Holy Eucharist Rite II 
        • 11:45               Fellowship Time
        • 12:00               No Sermon Reflection until September

 

Dear Saints of St. Paul's,

 


It is a rainy Tuesday in June here at St. Paul's and this place is abuzz!
Just Soup choppers and table setters have completed their preparation for the serving Peggy St. Clair's split pea soup tomorrow (Wednesday). Thanks to the continuing efforts of Elisabeth Bindschadler the reorganization of our various storage spaces is nearly complete.  Today, Elizabeth, along with her cohort Beth Cahape, cleared out the attic of Fenn House to make room for new and more organized storage up there.  Old costumes were retrieved, along with ten bags of tin coffee cans that are earmarked for a Harvest Festival project.  Unusable items, including some old electronics, are headed for Goodwill or the dump. The dry, newly cleared attic will receive seasonal decorations that will be transferred from the church basement.  To optimize space a kitchen team has reorganized the pantry, located off parish hall.  This grand reorganizing project is nearing completion!  Thank you!

The report from the Judy House is that "95%" of the work is completed to get it ready for rental. A new floor has been installed downstairs in the kitchen and family room.  It is estimated that interior painting work will require just a few more hours of effort.  After that, it is a matter of clean-up. Once again, many thanks to all who have given of their time and sweat to make this happen.  Here are some photos of Warren Leitch and Doug McMinds finishing the floor, and Richard McGuffin working upstairs:

 




 

We received a lovely "Thank You" note from some visitors who attended out Pentecost service. Please click here to be redirected to the note located in our "Parish Life and Announcements" section of this newsletter.

 

Please note that Mezzanine classes are on hiatus until August.  Sermon Reflection time is being suspended for the time being.  At the end of August we will reassess interest in offering this time for sermon discussion with the preacher.

 

I am preparing to head to Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Thursday to attend my son Cameron's graduation from Lancaster Mennonite High School on Saturday morning.  I look forward to spending time with Cameron and visiting with friends before my return next Tuesday evening (June 9). Cameron will be coming to Port Townsend on June 18 for a six week visit. This coming Sunday I look forward to worshipping at St. John's Episcopal Church in Lancaster. St. John's was my sponsoring congregation for ordination (deacon 1996, priest 1997).  I also served there as Associate to the Rector working with children and youth 1998-2002.  I will bring greetings to the good people of St. John's from the "Saints of St. Paul's."

 

This is the last week that we will be posting the link to our Faith Formation Survey. If you have not yet taken a few minutes to complete the survey, please consider doing so.

 

Faith Formation Survey 

(click here survey)

 

To all graduates, travelers, birthday and anniversary celebrants, organizers, lay weeders and work crew... to all choir members, staff, fellowship angels, worship team members, and to Bill Maxwell for taking the service on Sunday.... blessings!!!  See you in a week.

 

Dianne+

The Rev. Dianne Andrews, Rector

[email protected]

206-817-6530 (cell)

360-344-2728 (home)

 


Sermon


Trinity Sunday
The Rev. Dianne Andrews

  Bonus Material:                              "Prophetic Imagination" 

 

From Your Director of Ministries
With Children, Youth, & Families

 

Dear St. Paul's Sisters & Brothers,

We're back, safe and sound from our top-secret "Time Out" this past Sunday (I'm happy to disclose our goings-on to anyone who would like to know :).  Because this was the last "Time Out" with our Yesunas friends before they move, we shared a big cake with the words "See You Later James, Celia, and Mary" on it.  We also expressed our thanks for the immense care and fun they've brought to our life at St. Paul's and asked them to "hurry back" soon! We love you guys and will miss you dearly.

With the adults taking a break from The Mezzanine faith-formation time on Sunday mornings, children and youth will do so as well.  This means that we will not have our Art & Soul Sunday sessions (which typically begins at 9:30) for the summer months.  We will continue to have Godly Play and our Youth Time starting at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday.  

This coming Sunday during the first half of the 10:30 a.m. worship service, Godly Play children will spend time with a lesson on "Paul's Discoveries" -- a nice companion to the lectionary's journey through some Pauline texts in the coming weeks.  Older youth will focus on a re:form curriculum question that lingers from last Sunday (Trinity Sunday): "How can God be three-in-one?"

 

And, plans are well underway for our summer offerings.  The beautiful Pipia sisters (Phina and Sophie) have all sorts of fun up their sleeves for the week of Art & Soul (July 20-24), and several, local non-profits are really stepping up to help with our Water & Soul (August 17-21) week. Please do let me know if you can volunteer during one or both of these weeks.  Our current needs for both weeks include:

  • Volunteers willing to accompany/"shepherd" each age group of children/youth throughout our mornings together  
  • Additional artist volunteers -- especially creative writers and visual artists during the Water & Soul week in August
  • Folks willing to provide snacks each day (Elaine and Val -- bless their souls! -- are coordinating snacks... thank you!)
  • All of us to help spread the word!

Grace and Peace to you,

Rev. Tanya Barnett (Disciples of Christ)
St. Paul's Director of Ministries with Children, Youth, & Families 
[email protected] or (360) 385-0770 
 


News from the Mezzanine
"Deepening Our Faith"

Mezzanine Sessions to resume in August focusing on the question:

"What does it means to be an Episcopalian-Christian-Child of God?"

...think and pray on this question...


Diocesan & National Church News

 
 
Recovery Ministries of the Episcopal Church Event
St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle

Speakers include Anne Lamott and Rev. Becca Stevens


From Bishop Rickel:

I wanted to link for you a remarkable interview with Bishop Chilton Knudson, a colleague and friend, former member of the Recovery Ministry of the Episcopal Church Board and in recovery herself.  She has been called to be the Assisting Bishop in Maryland and this is an NPR interview with her about that.  You can find the interview here:

 


 


 

Recovery Sunday at St. Paul's:  
June 14


 


 


Upcoming Events


Evensong

This Sunday

Evensong
 

Summer Services of Evensong

June 7,  July 5, August 2

5:00 - 5:30 pm

You are invited to a musically contemplative service.  Come unwind, rest and just listen; or participate with the singing. Evensong and Evening Prayer have a long tradition in the Episcopal Church and this service is an opportunity for those outside the church to be introduced to some of the liturgy and worship.  All are welcome!    

For more information please call 

Elisabeth Rotchford Haight at 385-3075.


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Solemn, Chanted Compline

                  Thursdays

      8:30 p.m., in the Sanctuary

 



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Parish Life and Announcements


 


Thank You Note
ThankYouNoteTuesday
May 26, 2015

Dear Rev. Andrews,

     Craig and I send our thanks to you and the congregation of St. Paul's for giving us such a warm welcome to you church.
     The celebration of Pentecost was full of joy and it warmed our spirits and our hearts.
     A church is not a building or a particular form of worship but a gathering of humans who love God and try to live as Jesus taught.
     St. Paul's is such a gathering of people with warm hearts, gentle spirits, and a beautiful example of Christ's inclusionary love.

Thanks for including us-
Pat Thralls    &    Craig Brown
   Gig Harbor, WA      Cathlamet, WA

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Spiritual Direction at St. Paul's

 

What is Spiritual Direction?

        

Spiritual direction is the contemplative practice of helping people awaken to God's presence and action in their lives so they can respond in a growing relationship.  A trained guide listens and accompanies the directee, witnessing the Spirit's movements and encouraging healing and growth.


 

Who might seek spiritual direction? 

 

People seek spiritual direction for a variety of reasons, including:

  • To be more attentive to the presence and action of God
  • Integrate spirituality into daily life
  • Discern and make difficult choices or navigate transitions with deeper spiritual awareness
  • Share struggles, disappointments or losses, with the aim of understanding God's ways more fully
  • Find encouragement for faithful living
  • Maintain healthy life balanceExplore ways of praying that nurture and deepen one's relationship with God.

Directors: Kathy Couch, Marlene Kropf, Elisabeth Rotchford-Haight

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St. Paul's Library News
This Month's Staff Picks


Thomas Merton, 
Featured this month in the church library "staff picks" is Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O. (January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968).  Wikipedia tells us that he was an American Roman Catholic writer and mystic. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani  in Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist, and student of comparative religion. Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spiritualitysocial justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding. He pioneered dialogue with prominent Asian spiritual figures, including the Dalai Lama, the Japanese writer D.T. Suzuki, the Thai Buddhist monk Buddhadasa, and the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh, and authored books on Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Please stop by the library in the foyer of Fenn House and see books by and about him on display.


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Women's Spiritual Growth Group
3:00 pm Mondays
June 8 meeting ends this series
Group to resume meeting in September

 

The Women's Spiritual Growth Group has started reading The Rebirthing of God: Christianity's Struggle for New Beginnings.  The author, John Philip Newell, a former warden of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland, has divided this most recent of his books into chapters on reconnecting.  Reconnecting with - the Earth, Compassion, the Light, the Journey, Spiritual Practice, Nonviolence, the Unconscious, and Love.

 

We welcome all women at our meetings.  It is not necessary to commit to a whole book reading. We meet every Monday in the Pollard Room 3:00-4:30 p.m. For more information, contact Katie Fleming 379-2516; [email protected]  

 

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Safeguarding God's Children

 June 11

9 am - noon

St. Luke's, Sequim

 

for more information contact Sue Clary at [email protected] 
or Laura Fierro at St. Luke's  at [email protected] 
or call 360-683-3552 or 360-683-4862

 

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Missing:  Prayer Shawl and Bag 

Tom Wilson has lost his blue and white prayer shawl. 

 If you have seen it please contact Tom directly.

 

Description:

Tallit Bag black

Tallit all white with blue tsitsit

 

Tom's contact info:

Phone: 417-543-4011

Email: [email protected]

 

  
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Coming to our area:

 

Pacific Northwest Tour

The Choir of Selwyn College

University of Cambridge, UK

Sara MacDonald, conductor

 

Thursday July 16, 7:00 pm

St. Lukes Episcopal Church, Sequim

525 N. Sequim Avenue

(360)683-4862

 

Tickets on sale at St. Luke's after June 17

Gourmet dinner and concert $50.00

Concert only: $20 

 

 

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COFFEE HOUR SCHEDULE


First Sunday of the month: last names A-G

Second Sunday of the month: last names H-Mc

Third Sunday of the month: last names Me-R

Fourth Sunday of the month: last names S-Z

Fifth Sunday's:  shared by various church groups

  • When there's a fifth Sunday, different committees/groups will be invited to sign up on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall.

  • Each group will be responsible for setting up, making coffee and cleaning up. If you don't know how to do this, ask an old-timer!

  • This applies to the 8 o'clock AND 10:30 coffee hours.


Highly recommended that there is some organizational conversation within each alpha group in advance of the day itself to better manage the logistics of who is setting and cleaning up.

The new schedule is posted on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall.  See you at coffee hour!

 

Weekly Prayer List

This is a new section in our weekly newsletter.  The names of individuals and families will not be printed in this widely distributed publication.  You can find them in your Sunday worship bulletin.  

IN THE Diocesan CYCLE OF PRAYER, WE PRAY FOR: 

Community of the Paraclete; Little Sisters of St. Clare; The Third Order of Society St. Francis; Community of the Lamb; Brotherhood of St. Andrew

 

IN OUR COMPANION DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM WE PRAY FOR: 

St. John's School - Haifa, Israel

 

IN OUR COMPANION PARISHES,WE PRAY FOR:  St. Paul's Montrouis, Haiti 

 

AT ST. PAUL'S, WE PRAY FOR:  Fellowship

 

We pray for all who work to find a way of peace in the Middle East and in all areas of conflict throughout the world.  We pray for the ministry of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship.  We pray for peace in all corners of the world.  We pray for all who are suffering from natural disasters and climate change.
 

Calendar At-a-Glance

Thursday,
June 4


7-8:30 am

Men's Bible Study (Hwy Roadhouse)
8:30 am

Work Crew
10-noon
Lay Weeders
6:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
8:30 pm
Compline



Friday, 
June 5





Saturday,
June 6





Sunday,
June 7
Pentecost 2

8:00 am
Holy Eucharist - Rite I
9:00 am
Fellowship
9:45 am

Choir Rehearsal
10:30 am

Holy Eucharist - Rite II 
11:45 am

Fellowship
5-5:30 pm
Evensong



Monday
June 8


3 - 4:30 pm

Women's Spiritual Growth Group (PR)



Tuesday
June 9


10:00 am

Just Soup Prep (K)



Wednesday
June 10


10:30 am
Service of Healing & Holy Eucharist
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Just Soup (K/PH)

  

K = Kitchen

PH = Parish Hall

PR = Pollard Room


Thursday,
June 11


7-8:30 am

Men's Bible Study (Hwy Roadhouse)
10 - noon am

ECW
6:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
8:30 pm
Compline



Friday, 
June 12





Saturday,
June 13


6:30 - 8:00 pm
Second Saturday Potluck



Sunday,
June 14
Pentecost 3

8:00 am
Holy Eucharist - Rite I
9:00 am
Fellowship
9:45 am

Choir Rehearsal
10:30 am

Holy Eucharist - Rite II 
11:45 am

Fellowship
12 noon
Sermon Reflection (PR)



Monday
June 15


3 - 4:30 pm

Women's Spiritual Growth Group (PR)



Tuesday
June 16


10:00 am

Just Soup Prep (K)



Wednesday
June 17


10:30 am
Service of Healing & Holy Eucharist
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Just Soup (K/PH)

  

K = Kitchen

PH = Parish Hall

PR = Pollard Room

Sunday Servers
  
 SUNDAY  
June 7, 2015
Pentecost II
 
 

8:00 am

Presider
The Very Rev. Bill Maxwell
Preacher
The Very Rev. Bill Maxwell
Eucharistic Minister
Sue Maxwell
Lector
Jean Kaldahl
Usher
Richard McGuffin
Coffee Hosts
Last names A-G




10:30 am
Presider
The Very Rev. Bill Maxwell
Preacher
The Very Rev. Bill Maxwell
Acolyte
Val Johnstone
Eucharistic Minister
Sue Cook
Music Director
Jennifer Pipia
Lectors
Karen Barrows, David Neuenschwander
Eucharistic Visitor(s)
Patrick Raymond
Usher
Patrick Raymond
Greeter
Sue Cook
Bread Baker
Peggy St. Clair
Church School & Childcare
Tanya Barnett, Peggy St. Clair,  & Joan Jonland

Coffee Hosts
Last Names A-G
Altar Guild
Team 4
Flowers
Sally Scholz

Sunday's Lessons

June 7, 2015
Pentecost II
Year B

 

Collect

 

O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. 

 

First Lesson

 

1 Samuel 8:4-11, 16-20, 11:14-15

 

1 Samuel 8:4-11, 16-20

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5and said to him, 'You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.' 6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, 'Give us a king to govern us.' Samuel prayed to the Lord, 7and the Lord said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8Just as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you. 9Now then, listen to their voice; only-you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.'

10 So Samuel reported all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11He said, 'These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots;

 

16He will take your male and female slaves, and the best of your cattleand donkeys, and put them to his work. 17He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. 18And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lordwill not answer you in that day.'

19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, 'No! but we are determined to have a king over us, 20so that we also may be like other nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.'

 

1 Samuel 11:14-15

14 Samuel said to the people, 'Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship.' 15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed offerings of well-being before the Lord, and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

 


 

Psalm

 

Psalm 138          Page 793, BCP

1
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart; *
before the gods I will sing your praise.
2
I will bow down toward your holy temple
and praise your Name, *
because of your love and faithfulness;
3
For you have glorified your Name *
and your word above all things.
4
When I called, you answered me; *
you increased my strength within me.
5
All the kings of the earth will praise you, O LORD, *
when they have heard the words of your mouth.
6
They will sing of the ways of the LORD, *
that great is the glory of the LORD.
7
Though the LORD be high, he cares for the lowly; *
he perceives the haughty from afar.
8
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe; *
you stretch forth your hand against the fury of my enemies;
your right hand shall save me.
9
The LORD will make good his purpose for me; *
O LORD, your love endures for ever;
do not abandon the works of your hands.

 

Second Lesson

 

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

Just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture-- "I believed, and so I spoke" -- we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

 

 

 

Gospel

 

Mark 3:20-35

The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his disciples could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has gone out of his mind." And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons." And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.

 

"Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin" -- for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."

 

Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you." And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

 

 

St. Paul's Episcopal Church 1020 Jefferson St. 
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 385-0770
stpauls_pt@outlook.com

We are an open and inclusive community and welcome people of all ages and of every denomination and faith.