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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Summer Schedule
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We are on Summer Schedule:
Thursday: 10am Low Mass w. Anointing
Saturday: 5:30pm Vigil Mass
Sunday: 8am Low Mass, 9:30am Sung Mass
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Planning Meeting for the Blessing of the Firetrucks
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Mark Your Calendars for the Blessing of the Fire Trucks on Saturday, September 6! This will be the seventh year for our annual Blessing of the Fire Trucks, and this year promises to be our best ever. Bishop Stokes will attend, as will a number of State legislators and local dignitaries. As usual, we'll honor our local Fire and EMS squads at our 5:30 Mass and after a blessing ceremony we'll host a barbecue for our two local fire companies. A kickoff planning meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 1 at 7:00 at 106 Prince St. We'll need all the volunteers we can get to help plan and run the event, so please plan to join us for the meeting if you're able. Questions? Please call Kate Williamson at 856.577.1334. |
Lemonade on the Lawn
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Hosts Needed! 
Hosts and hostesses are needed for Lemonade on the Lawn; in fact, most Sundays are open! Please see the signup sheet on the bulletin board or give the
Office a call to sign up.
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History in Bloom!
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Saturday, June 28
The annual garden tour sponsored by the Bordentown Historical Society is coming up on Saturday, June 28, from 2pm to 5pm, rain or shine. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased on the day of the tour at the 1740 Friends Meeting House, 302 Farnsworth Ave. Questions may call Patti, 609 298-9181.
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Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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 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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Bordentown Farmers' Market
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Wednesdays, 3pm at Carslake 
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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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July Birthdays
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2 Craig McCutcheon
2 Jack Riley
7 Keith Barclay
7 Francis Sutter
8 Jeffrey Kotora
9 Carol Hensley
14 Alexander Vigh
15 James Johnson
15 Patricia Tulli
16 Gloria Kierniesky
17 Ronald Taylor
18 Chris Neal
20 Mary Ellen Carty
22 Shirley Outtrim
22 Richard Trout
22 Christiana Dalton
22 Travis Jones
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Parish Hall
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Remember that the Parish Hall is available for the use of parishioners and those outside of the parish, all for a small donation. Think of the Parish Hall when you or a group is planning a meeting, party, or other event.
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Upcoming Events
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Every Thursday, 5-10pm: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest (Farnsworth House) July 3, 4pm: Bordentown Fireworks (Joseph Lawrence Park) September 6, 4:30pm: The 7th Annual Blessing of the Firetrucks |
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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The Propers
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For Sunday, June 29
This Sunday is the Third Sunday after Pentecost
OT: Isaiah 2:10-17
Psalm 89:1-4,15-18NT: Romans 6:3-11
Collect: O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Serving This Week
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For Sunday, June 29
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
9:30am: Mary Ellen Carty & Ed Ackerman
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees & Jack Hartz
9:30am: Anne Lyon
Acolytes:8am: Wayne Voorhees & Richard Trout
9:30am: Mary Ellen Carty, Eva Lundeen, Andy Jones, Chris Neal
Altar Guild:
Preparation: Vinnie Stout
Linens: Loris Johnson
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Quote of the Week
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"A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune. "
~Lew Wallace
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Church Schedule
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Saturday, 28 June :: The Vigil of the Third Sunday after Pentecost (Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Martyr, 202)
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 29 June :: The Third Sunday after Pentecost
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 9:30 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 10:30 a.m. - Lemonade on the Lawn (Lychgate)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Monday, 30 June :: Ss. Peter & Paul (trans.)· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 1 July :: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Wednesday, 2 July :: Feria· 6:00 p.m. - Tai Chi (Parish Hall)
· 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Thursday, 3 July :: Feria · 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Friday, 4 July :: Independence Day
· Normal Friday Abstinense
Saturday, 5 July :: The Vigil of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 6 July :: The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 9:30 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 10:30 a.m. - Lemonade on the Lawn (Lychgate)
· 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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June 18, 1464: Pope Pius II begins a crusade against the Turks. He died on the way to a rendezvous with his allies, and the crusading mentality died with him.
June 18, 1956: Founder of The Navigators, Dawson Trotman dies of a heart attack while rescuing a swimmer at a summer Navigators conference in the Adirondacks.
June 21, 1607: English settlers found the first Anglican (later Episcopalian) parish in America at Jamestown, Virginia.
June 21, 1892: Reinhold Niebuhr, American neo-orthodox theologian and ethicist, is born. He rejected some of the optimism of Christian liberalism, arguing for origional sin and for a prophetic, culture-challenging Christianity, but his liberal views on politics, the Bible, and the nature of Christ (he believed Jesus was a moral exemplar, but not fully God) distanced him from conservatives.
June 22, 431: The Third Ecumenical Council opens in Ephesus to condemn Nestorianism, which holds that Christ was two separate persons rather than one person with two natures.
June 22, 1714: Matthew Henry, English Presbyterian pastor and Bible commentator, dies. His work is still published as Matthew Henry's Commentary.
June 22, 1750: Colonial preacher Jonathan Edwards is dismissed from his Massachusetts pastorate for pursuing tests for church membership.
June 23, 1683: English Quaker William Penn, an advocate of peace and religious toleration, signs a treaty with the American Indians of Pennsylvania. Voltaire said the agreement was the only treaty never sworn to and never broken.
June 23, 1780: American troops, using hymnal pages from the First Presbyterian Church for gun wadding, stops the British advance on Springfield, New Jersey.
June 24, 64: Roman Emperor Nero begins persecuting Christians.
June 24, 1178: Five Canterbury monks report something exploding on the moon, the only recorded time an asteroidal impact has been observed with the naked eye.
June 24, 1519: Theodore Beza, one of the great statesmen of the Reformation and John Calvin's successor at Geneva, is born in Vezelay, France.
June 24, 1542: Roman Catholic reformer, mystic, and poet John of the Cross is born in Spain. A student of Teresa of Avila, he attained fame for his poems "The Dark Night [of the Soul]" and "Spiritual Canticle.
June 24, 1813: Henry Ward Beecher, abolitionist and Congregational clergyman, is born in Litchfield, Connecticut.
--taken from Christianity Today
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| Saint of the Week | |
St. Anthelm 
Monk & Bishop, 1178
Carthusian monk and bishop, defender of papal authority. Anthelm was born in 1107 in a castle near Chambery, in Savoy, France. He was ordained a priest and visited the Carthusian Charterhouse at Portes, where he entered the Order at the age of thirty. Two years later, in 1139, he was appointed abbot of Le Grande Chartreuse, which had been damaged. Anthelm made the monastery a worthy motherhouse of the Carthusians, constructing a defensive wall and an aqueduct. As minister-general, Anthelm also united the various charterhouses of the Order. Rules were standardized, and women were given the opportunity to enter the Carthusians in their own charterhouses. After a few years as a hermit, starting in 1152, Anthelm returned to Le Grande Chartreuse and defended Pope Alexander III against the antipope Victor IV. In 1163, the pope appointed him as bishop of Belley, France. Anthelm reformed the clergy and regulated affairs, going as far as to excommunicate a local noble, Count Humbert of Maurienne, who had taken one priest captive and murdered another priest trying to free him. When Humbert appealed to Rome and won a reversal, Anthelm left Belley in protest. Pope Alexander then sent Anthelm to England to mediate the dispute between Henry II and St. Thomas Becket. Anthelm was unable to undertake that journey. He returned to Belley to care for the poor and for the local lepers. On his deathbed, Anthelm received a penitent Count Humbert. Anthelm died on June 26, 1178. His feast has been celebrated by the Carthusians since 1607. His relics were enshrined in Belley. In liturgical art, Anthelm is depicted with a lamp lit by a divine hand.
--Catholic Saints & Angels
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Paula Flesch, Bob Bernard, Alice Ward Carriger, Pat Temple, Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Kelly Jones, Ardelle Zervous, Kelley Gilger, Lynn Ford, Heidi Kelly, Michael Slaper, Jim Tranter, Nancy Dix, Sister Gussie, Jennifer Vigh, Patty Beddia, Hailey Pfeiffer, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Gwen Boner, Nancy Biocco, Barbara Kianka, Lorraine Kunkel, Joseph Varga, Geobel Marin, Jane Humble, Michael Chahanovich, Anita Kronstadt, Gloria Law, and Carol Redwood.
and those who have long term illnesses: Jean Weitzel, John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, 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, 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, Hayley Weber, Linda Sue Slone, R. Loraine Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Carol Weishoff, Patricia Dixon, Mackenzie Sutter, John Lobos and Daniel Applegate.
those in military service: Ben Skarzynski, USMC; Maxwell W. Warrack, USMC; Col Kelly Scott, USAF; Neil Gerrish, USNG; Abbygale Albert, USN, CSM John Seelhorst, USA, James F. Preto, USNG.
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St. John's Avalon
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Remember to pray for the parish and people of St. John's by the Sea in Avalon, on whose board sits our own Dave Mohr. Fr. Matt spends two weeks a year serving the people of St. John's. You can read about St. John's here: http://www.stjohnsavalon.org
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| Sermon Blog | | Domine, non sum dignus
In case you missed it, couldn't hear it, or wish to send it to a friend, Father Matt's sermons can be found online at:
http://etsanabituranimamea.wordpress.com
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