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Prayer for Christ Church
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.

In This Issue
The Assumption
Carnival
Football!
Blessing of the Firetrucks
Thirsty Thurdays for Bordentown's Bravest
Farmers' Market
9/11 Memorial Trip
Electronic Giving
Upcoming Events
The Propers
Serving This Week
Quote of the Week
Church Schedule
This Week in Church History
Saint of the Week
Parish Prayer List
St. John's Avalon
Sermon Blog
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Jonathan Myrick Daniels
August 14, 2014

Mass for the Assumption of the BVM
Tomorrow, 10am

Low Mass will be offered tomorrow at 10am for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Join us for this great feast of the Church! 

Hope Hose Humane Family Carnival
August 20-23, next to Retro Fitness

Hope Hose Humane Co. #1 will be sponsoring it's Family Carnival once again this year in August from the 20th through the 23rd, located at US Hwy 206 south in Bordentown NJ next to Retro Fitness. Food, games, and children's activities start at 5 pm daily, while rides will open at 6:30 pm.
Football w. Fr. Matt
Thursday, September 4, 8:30pm

Come to the Farnsworth House to watch the Packers take on the  Seahawks on Thursday, September 4, at 8:30pm. The Farnsworth House is located on Farnsworth Avenue across from the city Memorial.

Along with the great game and better friends, it will also be Thirsty Thursday for Bordentown's Bravest and Fr. Matt's birthday. It's a guaranteed good time.

Remember that your first beverage is on Fr. Matt, and $1 from every beverage sold goes to our city's fire companies.
 
The Blessing of the Firetrucks
Saturday, September 6, 4:30pm 
 

The 7th Annual Blessing of the Fire Trucks will take place on Saturday, September 6th.  This year the Mass will be preceded by a time to learn about fire prevention and some family fun. This year the Bishop will be joining us for the Mass and for the fundraising barbecue to benefit both the Hope Hose Humane and Consolidated Fire Companies, the two volunteer fire and rescue squads that serve our community.    

 

As in the past, the barbecue will be open to everyone at no charge, and we will collect a free will offering and run a 50/50 at the event, with all proceeds to be split evenly between the two companies.  Planning is underway now, and we'll also need help setting up and running the barbecue, so if you'd like to get involved, please contact Kate Williamson at 609.291.8052 or [email protected] 

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Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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. 
Bordentown Farmers' Market
Wednesdays, 3pm at Carslake
NYC 9/11 Memorial & Museum Trip

 

Christ Church is sponsoring a bus trip to New York City to visit the 911 Memorial and museum on Saturday, October 18, 2014. There are 47 seats available at a cost of $100 each.   This cost includes the bus, the museum entrance fee, and lunch at Bubba Gumps, Times Square.  A $50 deposit will be required when initially reserving your seat. Please make checks payable to Christ Church, memo bus trip. The balance of $50 will be due by September 7, 2014. We look forward to your participation on October 18, 2014. For more information call the church office 298-2348, or Carol Hensley 298-4985.  

Electronic Giving
 

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.

Upcoming Events

August 15, 10am: Low Mass for the Assumption of the BVM 

August 15-16: Bordentown Sidewalk Sale  

August 20-22: Hope Hose Humane Carnival (Retro Fitness) 

September 4, 8:30pm: Football w. Fr. Matt (Farnsworth House) 

September 6, 4:30pm: The 7th Annual Blessing of the Firetrucks  

September 11, 7pm: 9/11 Remembrance Service (City Memorial)

September 21: Church School & Choir resume; Sung Mass returns to 10am; Parents & Kids receive Church School packets

October 4-5: Cranberry Festival (Farnsworth Ave)

October 5, 9:15am: Blessing of the Animals  

 

Every Thursday, 5pm-10pm: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest at the Farnsworth House.  

The Propers
For Sunday, August 17

This Sunday is the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

OT:
Isaiah 56:1,6-7 
Psalm 67
NT: Romans 11:13-15,29-32
Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28  

  

Collect:
  Almighty God, who hast given thy only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an example of godly life: Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavor ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.
Serving This Week
For Sunday, August 17                  
 
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
9:30am: Barbara Fusco

Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees & Jack Hartz
9:30am: Open

Acolytes:

8am: Wayne Voorhees & Richard Trout
9:30am: Mary Ellen Carty, Andy Jones, Chris Neal

Altar Guild:
Preparation: Vinnie Stout
Linens: Anne Lyon 
Quote of the Week

"What we love we shall grow to resemble."
                                 ~ Bernard of Clairvaux   
Church Schedule
The Week of August 17, 2014

Saturday, 16 August :: The Vigil of the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Stephen of Hungary, King & Confessor, 1038
� 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel) 

Sunday, 17 August :: The Tenth 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, 18 August :: William Porcher DuBose, Priest, 1918
Church Office Closed

Tuesday, 19 August :: Feria
� Church Office Closed 

Wednesday, 20 August :: Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153
� 6:00 p.m. - Tai Chi (Parish Hall)
� 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)


Thursday, 21 August :: Abraham of Smolensk, Abbot, 1221 
� 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
       
Friday, 22 August :: Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

 
Saturday, 23 August :: The Vigil of the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Rose of Lima)
� 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel) 

Sunday, 24 August :: The Eleventh 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.

This Week in Church History

 

August 8, 1471: Thomas a Kempis, Dutch mystic and devotional author of The Imitation of Christ, dies at age 91. In his classic, Thomas wrote, "We must imitate Christ's life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts. Let it be the most important thing we do, then, to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ."

 

August 8, 1492: Albrecht Durer's art is published for the first time when one of his woodcuts serves as the title page for St. Jerome's letters. In a few years, he became one of the most famous painters and engravers in Germany.

 

August 9, 1788: American Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson, who during his missions work in Burma translated the Bible into Burmese and wrote the first Burmese-English dictionary, is born in Malden, Massachusetts.

 

August 9, 1883: Robert Moffat, pioneer missionary to southern Africa and inspiration (and father-in-law) to David Livingstone, dies

 

August 11, 1253: Clare of Assisi, a Benedictine nun known for her spiritual relationship with St. Francis and for founding the Poor Clares, dies. In 1958, citing a legend that Clare once saw and heard Mass being celebrated miles away, Pope Pius XII proclaimed her the patron saint of television.

 

August 11, 1519: Johann Tetzel, the German Dominican priest whose peddling of indulgences inspired Martin Luther to write his 95 Theses, dies. Throughout Germany he infamously preached, "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs." Even the papal envoy eventually criticized him. As for Luther, though he once called Tetzel "the primary author of this tragedy," when he heard Tetzel lay dying, wrote the friar a letter of comfort: "Don't take it too hard. You didn't start this racket".

 

August 11, 1890: John Henry Newman dies. Ordained an Anglican in 1824, he later helped lead the Oxford Movement, aiming to restore the Church of England to its high church principles. In 1843 he left the church and became a Roman Catholic.

 

August 12, 304: Euplius, a Christian deacon from Sicily, is martyred for owning the Scriptures and proclaiming himself a Christian (loudly and repeatedly). Martyrdom was so common under Emperor Diocletian that many Christians expected it and some, like Euplius, actively sought it out.

 

August 12, 1553: Pope Julius III orders all copies of the Talmud to be confiscated and burned.

August 12, 1942: William Cameron Townsend and Rev. L.L. Legters incorporate the Wycliffe Bible Translators in California.

 

--taken from Christianity Today
Saint of the Week
St. Ursicinus
Missionary, 625            
 

Irish missionary and disciple of St. Coluinbanus at the monastery of Luxeuil, France. he accompanied St. Columbanus into exile (c. 610) after the abbot was banished from Burgundy, journeying with him to Switzerland and founding the monastery of St. Ursanne. Ursicinus used the community as the base for his missionary efforts among the local pagan tribes of the Alamanni.

 

--Catholic Saints & Angels 

Parish Prayer List

Of your charity, please pray for:

the sick:  Steve Vigh, 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, Peggy Tunney,  Jean Fithian, Gwen Boner,  Nancy Biocco, Lorraine Kunkel, Joseph Varga, Geobel Marin, Jane Humble, Michael Chahanovich, Gloria Law, Cheryl Leavers-Morrow, Greg Cole, Gary Rutherford, Jackie Papp, Morgan Ackerman, Lorriane Sickels, and Nicole Pelligra.

  

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, 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, Linda Sue Slone, R. Loraine Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, 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.

St. John's Avalon 
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
Avalon  
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Grace and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ Church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, His Excellency William H. Stokes, Bishop. Our parish reflects the joy found in Anglo-Catholic worship and tradition, taking the joy and strength found at the Altar and bringing it out into the world in service to our neighbours.    

In Christ,

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