Prayer for Christ Church
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Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for Christ Church Parish. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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The Feast of St. Boniface
June 5, 2014
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Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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Every Thursday, 5pm-10pm
Christ Church has partnered with the Farnsworth House to raise money for our city's fire companies. Come out to the Farnsworth House on Thursday's from 5pm to 10pm, and $1 from any beverage purchase (even coffee and other soft drinks) will go to Consolidated Fire Association and Hope Hose Humane.
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Evensong & Spring Dinner Report
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Our Spring Evensong & Parish Dinner was a fantastic time for everybody. Many thanks to our choir, to Vox Fidelis, to our acolytes, and all those who helped set up, break down, and make food.
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Electronic Giving
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The Parish has partnered with ADP to provide an alternative way to contribute to the parish through Electronic Giving. This benefits you by making your pledge and occasional giving fast and easy, and the parish will benefit from a reliable, more efficient and more convenient means to process contributions. To sign up for electronic giving, go to our website at www.ccbtown.com - click on the donation link, and you will be able to select from various opportunities to contribute to our parish and activities. If you have any questions regarding the new electronic giving service, please call the parish office at 298-2348.
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Upcoming Events
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June 5, 5-10pm: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest (Farnsworth House) June 7, 10am: Banner Dedicating Ceremony (Old City Hall) June 14, 10am-4pm: Bordentown Green Fair (Carslake) June 21, 5pm: Street of Dreams Car Show (Farnsworth) June 21, 7pm: Trenton Thunder Game (Arm & Hammer Park) July 3, 4pm: Bordentown Fireworks (Joseph Lawrence Park) September 6, 4:30pm: The 7th Annual Blessing of the Firetrucks |
Trenton Thunder Game
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The Church School is planning its annual trip to see the Trenton
Thunder. This year's game is on June 21st. Church School kids and teachers go for free, and kids can bring a friend for free as well, through the generosity of a parishioner. Tickets for adults are $8.00. A sign up sheet is on the bulletin
board next to the office.
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Food Pantry Items Needed
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The Good Neighbor Guild Food Pantry is always in need of cereal, tuna, pasta, peanut butter and jelly, Chef Boyardee, canned soups w. meat, and canned fruits and vegetables. Please remember the poor when you do your grocery shopping.
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New Lectors & Ushers Welcome!
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If you're interested in serving as a lector or usher at either of the Sunday masses, we'd live to have you. Serving is easy and it's a wonderful ministry to assist with worship. If you're interested and willing to be scheduled once a month, please contact the parish office or email Kate Williamson at katewilliamson@mac.com. |
The Propers
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For Sunday, June 8
This Sunday is the Day of Pentecost
OT: Acts 2:1-11
Psalm 104:25-32NT: 1 Corinthians 12:4-13
Collect: Almighty God, who on this day didst open the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of thy Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Serving This Week
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For Sunday, June 8
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
10am: Donna Lundeen & Susan Preston
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees & Jack Hartz
10am: Susan Preston
Acolytes:8am: Wayne Voorhees & Richard Trout
10am: Mary Ellen Carty, Eva Lundeen, Andy Jones, Chris Neal
Altar Guild:
Preparation: Vinnie Stout
Linens: Open
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Quote of the Week
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"Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life...But what is that something?"
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Church Schedule
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Saturday, 7 June :: The Vigil of the Day of Pentecost
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 8 June :: The Day of Pentecost
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass w. Procession (Church)
· 11:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Monday, 9 June :: Columba, Abbot of Iona, 597· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 10 June :: Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon, 373
Wednesday, 11 June :: St. Barnabas the Apostle (Ember Day)· 6:00 p.m. - Tai Chi (Parish Hall)
· 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Thursday, 12 June :: First Book of Common Prayer, 1549 · 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Friday, 13 June :: Anthony of Padua, Priest, Confessor, Doctor, 1231 (Ember Day)
· Normal Friday Abstinense
Saturday, 14 June :: The Vigil of Trinity Sunday (Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379 (Ember Day)
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 15 June :: Trinity Sunday (Fathers' Day)
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass w. Procession (Church)
· 11:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
The Parish Office hours are Tuesday-Friday from 8:30am to 2:00pm.
Fr. Matt is available during normal business hours and most evenings. Please don't hesitate to call or stop by the church.
Confession is available by appointment. Please call the Church Office or Fr. Matt to schedule a time.
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This Week in Church History
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May 28, 1533: English reformer Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, declares King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn valid, having earlier approved the king's divorce of Catherine of Aragon.
May 28, 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
May 29, 1453: Constantinople, capital of Eastern Christianity since Constantine founded it in 324, falls to the Turks under Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire. Muslims rename the city Istanbul and turn its lavish cathedral, Hagia Sophia, into a mosque.
May 29, 1546: In retaliation for the execution of Reformation preacher George Wishart, Scottish Protestants murder Cardinal David Beaton in St. Andrews. John Knox, who was not part of the assassination plot, went on to lead the Scottish Reformation.
May 29, 1660: England's King Charles II triumphantly enters London, marking the full restoration of the monarchy. Though he promised religious liberty, he cracked down on Dissenters (including John Bunyan) following a 1661 attempt by religous fanatics to overthrow him.
May 30, 1416: Jerome of Prague burns at the stake for heresy. When the Council of Constance arrested and tried his fellow Bohemian reformer Jan Hus, Jerome went to defend him, sealing his own fate.
May 30, 1431: French mystic and revolutionary Joan of Arc burns at the stake for heresy. Her last words were, "Jesus, Jesus".
May 30, 1822: A slave betrays the plans of African Methodist (and former slave) Denmark Vesey to stage a massive slave uprising on July 14. Of the 131 African Americans arrested in the plot, 35 were executed (including Vesey) and 43 were deported. Vesey's Charleston, South Carolina, church was closed until 1865.
May 30, 1934: The first synod of the Confessing Church at Barmen ends. Influenced by Karl Barth, the synod resisted the teachings of the Nazi German Christians.
June 3, 1098: After a seven-month siege, the armies of the First Crusade recapture Antioch (now in Turkey) from the Muslims.
June 3, 1162: Thomas a Becket is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury. Nominated by his friend, King Henry II (Becket had previously served as his chancellor), Becket underwent a radical change as archbishop. He became pious and devoted to the church, which Henry found annoying. When knights heard the king grumbling, they killed Becket as he prayed.
June 3, 1647: The Puritan British Parliament bans Christmas and other holidays.
June 3, 1905: Hudson Taylor, English missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission, dies. "China is not to be won for Christ by quiet, ease-loving men and women," he once said. "The stamp of men and women we need is such as will put Jesus, China, [and] souls first and foremost in everything and at every time-even life itself must be secondary".
--taken from Christianity Today
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Bl. Margaret Pole 
Martyr, 1473
Martyr of England. She was born Margaret Plantagenet, the niece of Edward IV and Richard III. She married Sir Reginald Pole about 1491 and bore five sons, including Reginald Cardinal Pole. Margaret was widowed, named countess of Salisbury, and appointed governess to Princess Mary, daughter of Hemy VIII and Queen Catherine of Aragon, Spain. She opposed Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn, and the king exiled her from court, although he called her "the holiest woman in England." When her son, Cardinal Pole, denied Henry's Act of Supremacy, the king imprisoned Margaret in the Tower of London for two years and then beheaded her on May 28. In 1538, her other two sons were executed. She was never given a legal trial. She was seventy when she was martyred. Margaret was beatified in 1886.
--Catholic Saints & Angels
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Jean Weitzel, Paula Flesch, Bob Bernard, Laura Doan, Alice Ward Carriger, Laurence Sullivan, Pat Temple, Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Kelly Jones, Ardelle Zervous, Kelley Gilger, Lynn Ford, Heidi Kelly, Michael Slaper, Jim Tranter, Nancy Dix, John Lobos, Sister Gussie, Jennifer Vigh, Patty Beddia, Hailey Pfeiffer, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Gwen Boner, Nancy Biocco, Barbara Kianka, Lorraine Kunkel, Geobel Marin, Jane Humble, Michael Chahanovich, Anita Kronstadt, Gloria Law, Joseph Varga, and Daniel Santivansky-Applegate.
and those who have long term illnesses: John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, Phillip Cooke, Kevin Kintner, Earl Slaper, Arthur Jukes, Dixon Leavers, Robin Kintner, John McCoy, The Rt. Rev. George Councell, Karen Campbell Hillman, Amanda Howard, Robert Kelley, Carla Douglas, Stuart Shafer, Richard Cook, Ryan Murray, Lester Sickels, Chris Kalargheros, Justin McCafferty, Zachary McCafferty, Jeanine Walker, Kevin Kochie, Brianne Nicosia, Mario Batist, Treavor Curtis, Dean Curtis, Robert Ackerman, Paul Wesley Morrison, Bob Liberman, Kelly Bergen, Bill Yale, Hannah McNinch, Gabe Fresco, Fr. Ted Anderson, Norma Stirpe, Nylah Miles, Hayley Weber, Linda Sue Slone, R. Loraine Burke, Louis Rodia, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Neil Zingerman, Carol Weishoff, Patricia Dixon, and Mackenzie Sutter.
those in military service: Ben Skarzynski, USMC; Maxwell W. Warrack, USMC; Andrew Cooke, USCG; Col Kelly Scott, USAF; Neil Gerrish, USNG; Abbygale Albert, USN; CSM John B. Seelhorst, USA.
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