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This Week at St. Bart's 
July 6, 2016
A Message from the Reverend Andy Dunks

What would you do?

Hi All,
 
I hope you had a nice 4th of July, and that you also prayed for those who gave and still give their lives to preserve our freedoms.  We enjoyed our visit with family and the rare Sunday off, and I thank you for that.   In one of the rare moments in which my grandson was asleep but I was not, I read the news, including a few brief articles about an incident involving Tim Tebow, known for being both a good pro quarterback and an outspoken Christian.  One version went into detail about what he did and about the controversy (?!) it started.  Here it is: LINK

My questions to you, as we prepare for the parable of the Good Samaritan next Sunday, are these:

Did Tim Tebow do the right thing?

What would you say to those who criticized his behavior as inappropriate?

How should you respond if you were put in this situation?

What would give you the strength to do so?
 
As we face the prospect of life in a society which at every level seems increasing hostile to traditional Christianity, and with the constant temptation to stay "safe" and just watch the world go by, I'll leave you with this:   

"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."

G. K. Chesterton


Blessings,


Mission
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We invite the community to worship with us, to share our gifts, and to grow in Christ's love. 
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This Sunday

  8:30 AM     Holy Eucharist, Rite I
  9:30 AM     Adult Sunday School 
10:30 AM     Holy Eucharist, Rite II
  5:30 PM     Sudanese Service
Bible Study - Outreach

Father Andy will be leading a Bible Study every Wednesday from 2-3PM at
Little Sisters of the Poor. Anyone from St. Bartholomew's is welcome to
attend. You can meet Fr. Andy there (just ask at the desk where it will be
located) or you can meet him at the church at 1:30PM if you would like to
ride with him.

Little Sisters of the Poor is located at:

1503 Michaels Rd
Richmond, VA 23229
Outreach Opportunity 

Care Packages for Marines Overseas
 
We will once again be collecting gifts for our adopted Marine platoon from now through
July 4th. There will be a box near the front door of the church for you to deposit your
donations.
 
What you can do to help: Write a card or letter, in a sealed envelope marked "To any Marine".
 
Purchase the following items:  baby wipes, powdered drink mix or Gatorade in single-
serving packets, disposable razors, toothbrush and toothpaste, mouth wash, shaving
cream in squeeze containers,  "power bar" snacks, trail mix packets, and magazines
appropriate for young men. Bulk purchases are great, as long as they can be broken down
into sealed individual packets suitable to fit in a soldier's back-pack, e.g. NOT a big box of
1000 baby wipes, but rather 20 small travel-packs of 50.
Annual Ice Cream Social 

hot fudge sundae

The Wood family will be hosting the annual ice cream
social 
after the 10:30 AM Service on July 17th. Make
plans to 
attend, celebrate Frank's birthday and enjoy a
time 
of fellowship with delicious ice cream. Don't forget
on this Sunday you get to eat dessert before you 
eat
your lunch!

Financial Information 
Year to date 1/1/2016 - 5/31/2016

                                      Actual               Budget              Difference     
Pledges                      $49,886.00      $48,910.85              $  975.15       101.99%
Total Income               $53,303.97      $52,496.01             $  807.96       101.54%
Total Expenses             $54,405.49      $59,693.29           -$5,287.80         91.14%
Net Income                -$  1,101.52    -$  7,197.28            -$6,095.76

Expenses are still under budget so the bottom line does not look too bad.
Coffee Hour  

Please consider signing up to sponsor coffee hour after a 10:30AM service. All
you have to do is bring goodies to share, stay and enjoy the company and then
clean up afterwards. This time gives us the opportunity to get to know other
members and welcome visitors.

There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board. 
Spiritual Formation Groups

Starting within the next few weeks, most of our small groups will
begin new series.
 
This would be a great time for you to join if you'd like to experience
learning, prayer and fellowship with other church members. Feel free
to bring a friend too!

Monday Night Group (at St. Bart's)

The group will not meet on Monday, July 4th. Meetings will resume on Monday,
July 11th. They will begin studying the next week's lectionary texts.

The Monday Night group meets at the Church from 6:30-8:00pm. 


Wednesday Morning group (at St. Bart's)

The Wednesday Morning Group meets at the church for prayer and study from
10:30-11:30AM.

The Wednesday 10:30am group and Sunday School (9:30am): Is discussing
"what would happen to you if you died having neither been a particularly bad
person, nor a particularly good one? C.S. Lewis answers this question through a
delightful and thought-provoking novel, The Great Divorce.
First Sunday Food Donations for the Hungry
 
We continue to collect food donations on the first Sunday of each month.
If you forget that scheduled collection date, just add your donations
to the 
box to the right of the door anytime. We are currently delivering
the food to the Lamb's Basket Food Pantry in the Lakeside neighborhood. While
they accept any canned or packaged, food, items they regularly distribute to
each family the following products:
 
Pasta sauces
Soups
Beans
Vegetables
macaroni and cheese boxes
dry pasta
fruit (they have a goodly supply of fruit right now.)
 
In addition, they offer choices of juices, staples such as cooking oil, condiments
and a shelf of toiletries, detergents and paper goods. On my last delivery, they
mentioned they were low on baby food.
 
They would also like to have a steady source of fresh eggs. Due to our storage
constraints, I purchase eggs on the way to deliver the food. If anyone wants to
donate cash for eggs, I would be happy to add that to my donation.
 
Thank you for your support of this outreach project.
St. Bart's Youth Group

Calling all youth 13 years and older to join our youth group. The meetings
will be held on Sundays at 6PM. We will continue to meet twice a month on
the second and fourth 
Sundays. Together we will explore the bible and see
how it can apply to our daily life. We will also be talking about 
how we can
help the church and community.

We would like to provide dinner for the youth group on the Sundays
we meet. 
Please call Marlaina Knowlton at 804-897-1495 if you could
help with dinner any Sunday. 
We will place a sign up sheet on the
bulletin board. Please consider helping by signing up. Thanks. 
Prayer Request and Answered Prayers
Prayer Requests:

This week we are praying for:  Arlene, Autumn, Audith, Betty Sue, Betty P.
Betty W., Bill, Carole, Carolyn, Carter, Cathy, Christy, Cierra, Clara, Claudine,
Diana, Dorothy, Don, Donna, Ethan, Frank, F.G., Ginny, Harlow, Hayden, H.B.,
Jane, Jeanne, Jennifer, Jimmie, Joyce, Julia, Kathy, Kelly, Kent,  Klaire, Kym,
Laura, Lexie, Lilliam, Linda, Maggie, Martin, Michael, Mindy, Molly, Nick, Okpil,
Paige, Paul, Rob, Robert, R.W., Sarah, Sebastian, Terry, Thomas, Tony, Tukie,
Vonie.
On the Horizon
Wednesday, 7/6 - 10:30 - 11:30AM
Prayer Group

Wednesday, 7/6 - 2 - 3PM
Bible Study - Little Sisters of the Poor 

Monday, 7/11 - 6:30 - 8PM
Prayer Group