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    St. Paul's Episcopal Church
    Wednesday June 1, 2016 
      Weekly Parish E-Newsletter 


Third Sunday after Pentecost
 June 5, 2016


Sunday Morning Schedule
        • 8:00 am           Holy Eucharist Rite I
        • 9:00                 Fellowship Time
        • 9:30                    - No Mezzanine - will resume in September
        • 9:45                 Choir Rehearsal 
        • 10:30               Holy Eucharist Rite II 
        • 11:45               Fellowship Time


From Your Rector


Dear Saints of St. Paul's,

We are we are now nearly three weeks into the season of "Ordinary Time," a season that begins after the Feast of Pentecost that we celebrated on May 15.  The color of this new season is green in a "time" that extends  all the way to Advent when the new church year begins.  This year Advent begins on Sunday November 27.  One author described this long unfolding season of "Ordinary Time" as one that stretches out in a "sea of green."  You can find Melanie Wilson Shobe's thoughts about Ordinary Time in the blog "Episcopal Caf�" here.  

The rhythm of this long season of green "after the Pentecost" has a more even flow than some other liturgical seasons (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter).  The shift, in Port Townsend, is also to a verdant summer season.  The color "green" is associated with Celtic spirituality.  A group of pilgrims from St. Paul's, will be heading to Scotland, England and Ireland and Northern Ireland next week.  Bags are being packed and final details tended to.  I look forward to images and messages that the pilgrims will be sending back to us and that I will be passing on to you in occasional electronic postcards.  Plans and preparations continue for "Art & Soul" that will be happening the week of July 18.  Our team of adult learners from St. Paul's are preparing for a seven-day educational experience at the "College of Congregational Development" at Dumas Bay Retreat Center in Federal Way that begins June 19.  You will hear much more about all of these adventure in the weeks to come.  

Some are coming to town for the summer season, others are on adventures in far away places.  For now, I leave you with an image of green bounty from our own resplendent dogwood tree: 

Dogwood

Blessings,

Dianne+

The Rev. Dianne Andrews, Rector
206.817.6530 (cell)
360.344.3738 (home)
rev.dandrews@hotmail.com 


PS - This Sunday, during Fellowships time following the 10:30 am service, we will have a presentation in the Parish Hall by Sarah McMahan of the ECCHO organization in Port Townsend.  If you are in town I hope you will plan to attend.  

ECHHO (Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization)   is a non-profit depending on volunteers to assist primarily elderly, disabled & low income people who often have no other means of help & support. Please come and hear Sarah talk about all that ECHHO provides to the community and how you can become involved.


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Judy Property Giving
 
The vestry is in the process of acquiring a loan to cover the balloon payment for the Judy Property that is due to the diocese on July 1.  This is an opportunity to draw down the amount of the new loan further with additional giving.  Your monetary gifts to the "Judy House" fund would be gratefully received!



P.S. Please note that the office is in need of stamp donations.  Please go to in the Parish Life & Announcements section below for more information.
 


From the Treasurer



Currently we are making progress with our financial plan for 2016.  We have a total of 77 active pledges, of which 9 are already paid in full, 34 have submitted payments ahead of schedule for the year, 10 are right on schedule, and 24 are behind (this varies from "slightly" to no payments yet received this  year).

In addition, we have received $2576.92 in plate offerings and $8760.77 so far this year in other non-pledge contributions, and several have responded to our request for a modest supplementary giving (additional $10 per month per pledge) - it's a great help and we encourage everyone to keep going on that!

Our total income for the year-to-date, from all sources, is $116,052.39, and our expense to date have been a little higher than that at $122,134.64 (through 24 May 2016).  This expense total includes some one time outlays, such as the tuition for the College of Congregational Development and the cost of plaques in the courtyard, which will be offset as those behind in their pledge payments are able to get caught up.

While we have enough cash on hand in the bank to cover these kinds of short term mismatches between income an expense, it is very important that we all do the best we can to keep our pledge contributions on schedule, as that will allow us to meet the various expenses, both planned and unplanned, on time. Our various economies will continue to help, but our pledge income is essential if we are to have a balanced budget this year.

Thank you all for your generous support!

Pat Garrett, Treasurer




Last Sunday's Sermon
Pentecost II


            The Prophet's Song
          (click here to view sermon)        
     The Rev. Dianne Andrews

Bonus Material:

     More on Prophets: Open your Bible!

Song of Miriam (Moses' sister):  Exodus 15

Song of Deborah (warrior prophet):  Judges 5


"Deepening Our Faith"

MEZZANINE TAKES A SUMMER BREAK
No Mezzanine sessions are scheduled during the summer months but will resume in September after Launching Sunday.  If you have topics you'd like the Faith Formation Committee to consider offering during Mezzanine, get in touch with Nancy Steinberg or Marlene Kropf, co-chairs.

Marlene
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Saint Paul's Celtic Pilgrimage:
Notes from the JourneyCeltic
celtic cross  
From June 10-27, 2016, 16 pilgrims will travel to ancient Celtic sites in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Ireland.  Led by Marlene and Stanley Kropf (who have led previous pilgrimages), the group will gather in Glasgow, Scotland, and travel from there to the Isle of Iona, where a Christian community flourished in the 6th century and sent many missionary monks to evangelize Scotland and northern England.  Other places the pilgrims will travel include:

            Lindisfarne, England:  England's holy island off the northeastern coast
            Durham, England:  Durham Cathedral, important center of Celtic Christianity
            County Down, Northern Ireland:  Sites connected with Saint Patrick, missionary to
                    the Irish Celts
            Kildare, Ireland:  Site of Saint Brigid's ancient monastery and healing wells
            Moone, Ireland:  Tour of Celtic high crosses
            Glendalough, Ireland:  Site of Saint Kevin's monastery and best preserved high tower
            Dublin, Ireland:  Visit to the illuminated Book of Kells at Trinity College

Celtic Pilgrims
 
During the pilgrimage, pilgrims will send occasional electronic "postcards" to Saint Paul's.  A prayer of blessing will be offered for the pilgrims on Pentecost Sunday, May 15, at the outdoor service. 
 
For those who want to know more about the Celtic tradition, Marlene and Stanley Kropf will make a presentation on Celtic spirituality during Mezzanine on May 22 and 29.  



Diocesan & National Church News

 



"If we who are Christians participate in the political process and in the public discourse as we are called to do - the New Testament tells us that we are to participate in the life of the polis, in the life of our society - the principle on which Christians must vote is the principle, Does this look like love of neighbor?" 

                                                             - Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, March 2016



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St. Marks

Conspire 2016:
Everything Belongs!

A live webcast with
Fr. Richard Rohr and friends.

     July 15 - 17





Upcoming Events

Safeguarding 
God's Children Training
 Saturday, June 25, 2016 
9:00am - 12:00pm
 St. Pauls, Bellingham 

This training is designed to raise awareness concerning issues of sexual and emotional abuse, and to provide tools for prevention that we can all use to protect our children from harm, promote safety and bring healing.This training is mandatory for all active clergy, including deacons, stipendiary priests, non-stipendiary or retired priests who are regularly serving in congregations 10 hours or more per week, and all TCM circles (both ordained and commissioned); all staff/employees of congregations, paid or unpaid, and  
all people working with children youth in the church, whether as teachers, helpers or nursery.  
It is not required, but highly recommended for vestries/bishop's committees, and all adults involved in leadership roles, suggested for all adult church members.
You must attend the entire session and sign-in to receive credit for this training. Certification is good for five years.  RSVP to Office@stpaulsbellingham.org  If you have questions about if you or someone in your congregation is required to complete this training please contact Blaire Notrica, Executive Assistant to the Bishop, bnotrica@ecww.org, 206.325.4200 ext. 2010

Parish Life and Announcements 


stamps
                         Stamp Appealstamps

Thank you all for your generous donations of stamps in the past.  The office is in need of replenishing the supply.  If you are able to contribute, please bring your offering of stamps to the church office, or place them in the offering plate on Sunday.
                                         Thank you!
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Just Soup Seeks a New Freezer
The freezer that Just Soup uses to store food is in its very last days.  If you have an upright freezer to donate please contact Elizabeth Bindschadler:
Egordon123@aol.com; 360.775.5867.


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The Hospice Foundation for Jefferson Healthcare is sponsoring a charity golf tournament on Friday, August 12, 2015 at the Port Ludlow Golf Club. For more information: emailcontact@hospicefoundationjfc.org.

                                        Click here for the registration form.


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Help Feed the Habitat for Humanity Workers
Habitat works as part of the solution for affordable housing in East Jefferson County. The Interfaith Relations Committee is involved with helping provide treats and lunch for the hard- working volunteers who handle the construction. If anyone would be willing to help with cookies or sandwiches during June, please contact Kathy Ryan at: 360-531-4955.

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Tuesday Vegetable Choppers Needed!

The summer traveling and visiting season is coming and that means Just Soup's Tuesday chopping ministry will be short-staffed. 

Can you join our Chopper team any Tuesday morning from 10-12 as we prepare the vegetables for Wednesday's Just Soup?  (There will be at least one other person to share the work (and conversation!). 

Please contact Kathy Ryan at (360-531-4955).

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Office Volunteers Needed

The office could use some more volunteers to sit in the office on Monday mornings and during vacation time this summer.   The duties are light and consist primarily of answering the phone and greeting folks.  Reading, listening to music, needlework, etc. are definitely allowed.  At the moment we have a team of three office volunteers.  Soon the number will be dropping to two  We would like to have a full complement of four office volunteers  to allow for a four-week rotation.  Come check it out!  If you are interested contact Jenny or Dianne at 360.385.0770.

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Parish Library News:  The Christian Century is a progressive, ecumenical magazine based in Chicago. Committed to thinking critically and living faithfully, the Century explores what it means to believe and live out the Christian faith in our time.  We have been given a number of back issues of this thoughtful and inspiring magazine.  Please stop by the Parish Library to take one home with you.  Explore the possibility of subscribing to this or other excellent faith-based periodicals including:  Christianity Today, Church Times, Sojourners and Spirituality and Health.

Staff picks include books focused on pilgrimage and journey to complement the upcoming Celtic Pilgrimage that some among us are making.  Seekers from every great religious tradition have made pilgrimages -- sacred journeys in the pursuit of wisdom, healing, guidance, and inspiration. Learn all about ancient traditions and stories, the elements of pilgrimage and how to make a pilgrimage doable by reading Sacred Places:  A Journey in the Holiest Lands, The Art of Pilgrimage or Pilgrimage . . .Exploring a Great Spiritual Practice.  In the Road to Donaguile, author Herbert O'Driscoll brings the Celtic Christian way of thinking to life and encourages you to visit those "thin places" where the past and the present join. In that past-present thin place, the reader finds a profound spirituality that truly is life changing. A very small book with a large heart.
 
 

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Ongoing



Illuminated manuscript


Every Thursday Evening - 8:30 pm
Solemn Chanted Compline
In St. Paul's Sanctuary
20 minutes of prayer to complete 
and bless your day  



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Evensong Services in Port Townsend

Evensong

The following churches are offering monthly contemplative services using music from the Taize Community in France, allowing for a once a week offering.  All are welcome.  


1st Sunday - This Sunday At St. Paul's
Special Guest Musician
Simon deVoil, Interfaith Minister, musician, boatbuilder, minister at Iona Community for several years, and from Scotland, will be our musician this coming Sunday for Evensong, Evening Prayer.  He recently met with the Pilgrimage group from St. Paul's so this will be a wonderful encore.
1st Sunday, 5pm. - St. Paul's Episcopal
1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend
(360)385-0770

2nd Sunday, 5pm. - Trinity United Methodist
609 Taylor St., Port Townsend
(360)385-0484

3rd Wednesday, 7pm. - Grace Lutheran 
1120 Walker St., Port Townsend
(360)385-1595

Last Thursday of the month, 6:30pm.
First Presbyterian, 1111 Franklin St.
Port Townsend, (360)385-2525

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Spiritual Direction at St. Paul's

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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 Sundays:  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. coffee
  • 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.
It is 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.
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 PARISHES, WE PRAY FOR:  St. Paul's Montrouis, Haiti 
 
AT ST. PAUL'S, WE PRAY FOR:  ECW & Wild Men
 
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 all who are suffering from natural disasters and climate change. We pray for an end to hatred and division.

WE PRAY FOR the dead, the grief-stricken, and all who are living in fear. We pray for all victims of terror and violence.  We pray for refugees desperate for food, shelter, warmth and a home. We pray for all the homeless and the hungry, and for all who live in fear and despair.  We pray for God's compassion to grow and thrive in the hearts of the world's leaders and in the hearts of people everywhere.

WE PRAY FOR our Celtic Pilgrims

WE PRAY FOR the upcoming marriage of Joanne Rittmueller and Barney Truman.

ALTAR FLOWERS Altar Guild

WE PRAY FOR PEACE 

Calendar At-a-Glance

Thursday
June 2


7:00 - 8:30 am

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

Work Crew
10:00 am

Lay Weeders
3:00 - 7:00 pm

Bet Shira
8:30 pm

Compline



Friday
June 3







Saturday
June 4



9:00 am

Safeguarding God's People St. Luke's, Sequim



Sunday
June 5

 
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 am
Fellowship
9:30 - 10:15 am

No Mezzanine 
9:45 am

Choir Rehearsal 
10:30 am

Holy Eucharist Rite II
11:45 am

Fellowship
5:00 pm

Evensong
7:00 -8:00 pm
Women's AA Group (PH)



Monday
June 6


Dawn in the office
2:00 - 5:00

Bookkeeper
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Overeaters Anonymous (PR)



Tuesday
June 7



10:00 am

Just Soup Prep (K)
3:00 -6:30 pm
Poetic Justice (PH)



Wednesday
June 8
 


10:30 am
Healing & HE
11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Just Soup (K/PH)
  
K = Kitchen
PH = Parish Hall
PR = Pollard Room
Thursday
June 9


7:00 - 8:30 am

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

Work Crew
10:00 am

Lay Weeders
3:00 - 7:00 pm

Bet Shira
8:30 pm

Compline



Friday
June 10




11:00 am

Wedding Rehearsal
6:30

Bet Shira



Saturday
June 11



4:00 pm

Rittmueller/Truman  Wedding
6:30 pm

NO 2nd Saturday Potluck



Sunday
June 12

 
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 am
Fellowship
9:30 - 10:15 am

No Mezzanine Until September
9:45 am

Choir Rehearsal 
10:30 am

Holy Eucharist Rite II
11:45 am

Fellowship
7:00 -8:00 pm
Women's AA Group (PH)



Monday
June 13


Val in the office
2:00 - 5:00

Bookkeeper
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Overeaters Anonymous (PR)



Tuesday
June 14



10:00 am

Just Soup Prep (K)



Wednesday
June 15
 


10:30 am
Healing & HE
11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Just Soup (K/PH)
  
K = Kitchen
PH = Parish Hall
PR = Pollard Room

Sunday Servers
  
 SUNDAY  
June 5, 2016



 

8:00 am
Presider
The Rev. Dianne Andrews
Preacher
The Rev. Dianne Andrews
Eucharistic Minister
Sandy Dengler
Lector
Jean Kaldahl
Usher
Richard McGuffin
Eucharistic Visitors

Coffee Hosts
Last names A-G





10:30 am

Presider
The Rev. Dianne Andrews
Preacher
The Rev. Dianne Andrews
Acolyte
Henry Takaki
Eucharistic Minister
Linda Nolan
Lectors
Nikki Rhodes
Mary Munford
Organist
Jenny Pipia
Eucharistic Visitor
Katie Fleming
Usher


Alfred & Maurie Chiswell

Greeter

Bread Baker
Peggy St. Clair
Church School & Childcare
Joan Jonland, Peggy St. Clair
Coffee Hosts
Last names A-G
 
Altar Guild
Team 1
Flowers


Sunday's Lessons

June 5, 2016
Pentecost III
Proper 5
Year C

Holy Eucharist


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 Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. 

First Lesson

1 Kings 17:8-16, (17-24)

The word of the Lord came to Elijah, saying, "Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded a widow there to feed you." So he set out and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink." As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand." But she said, "As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die." Elijah said to her, "Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth." She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days. The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.

[After this, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house at Zarephath, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. She then said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!" But he said to her, "Give me your son." He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the Lord, "O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?" Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried out to the Lord, "O Lord my God, let this child's life come into him again." The Lord listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; then Elijah said, "See, your son is alive." So the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth."]



Psalm

Psalm 146

Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord, O my soul! *
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
2 Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, *
for there is no help in them.
3 When they breathe their last, they return to earth, *
and in that day their thoughts perish.
4 Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! *
whose hope is in the Lord their God;
5 Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; *
who keeps his promise for ever;
6 Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, *
and food to those who hunger.
7 The Lord sets the prisoners free;
the Lord opens the eyes of the blind; *
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
8 The Lord loves the righteous;
the Lord cares for the stranger; *
he sustains the orphan and widow,
but frustrates the way of the wicked.
9 The Lord shall reign for ever, *
your God, O Zion, throughout all generations.
Hallelujah!


Second Lesson

Galatians 1:11-24

I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus.

Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days; but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord's brother. In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie! Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia, and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ; they only heard it said, "The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy." And they glorified God because of me.

 

Gospel

Luke 7:11-17

Soon after healing the centurion's slave, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow; and with her was a large crowd from the town. When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep." Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, rise!" The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized all of them; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen among us!" and "God has looked favorably on his people!" This word about him spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding country.




 

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.