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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St. Phoebe
September 3, 2015
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9/11 Evening Prayer
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September 11, 7pm, at the Memorial
Join us at the Bordentown 9/11 Memorial (corner of Farnsworth & Railroad) at 7pm on September 11 for a brief service to honor those who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001. 
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The 8th Annual Blessing of the Firetrucks
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Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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Back on September 10!  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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Death Notice
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We are saddened to announce the death of Walt Born, parishioner of Christ Church and postulant to the priesthood in the Diocese of Springfield. Services will be held in Illinois and at Christ Church, but are yet to be scheduled. Please pray for his soul and for his family. Here is Walt receiving a gift from the parish before leaving for Nashotah House: 
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Upcoming Events
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September 10: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest & Football w. Fr. Matt (Farnsworth House) September 11, 7pm: 9/11 Evening Prayer (City 9/11 Memorial) September 12, 4:30pm: Blessing of the Firetrucks September 20: Return of Church School & Parish Choir September 20, 11am: Acolyte Practice October 3-4: Cranberry Festival (Farnsworth Ave) October 4, 9:15am: Blessing of the Animals |
Liturgical Service Day
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 Sunday, September 20
Take the opportunity this fall to learn how to become more involved in the worship at our parish! Adults and children are welcome and encouraged to join in as acolytes, lectors, choristers, and on the Altar Guild. Taking a more active role in the liturgy is remarkably rewarding way to serve our Lord.
Join us on Sunday, 9/20, at 11am.
Please let Fr. Matt know if you're interested but cannot make the introductory session. |
Electronic Giving
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The summer is a great time to sign up for electronic giving and save the time and paper of standard giving. The benefits include 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. Thank you for your continued support of the mission and ministry of Christ Church! |
Bordentown Farmers' Market
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Every Wednesday from 3pm to dusk
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The Propers
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For Sunday, September 6
This Sunday is the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
OT: Isaiah 35:4-7
Psalm 146:4-9NT: James 1:17-27
Collect: Grant us, O Lord, we pray thee, to trust in you with all our heart; for, as thou dost alway resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so thou dost not forsake those who make their boast of thy mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Serving This Week
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For Sunday, September 6
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
9:30am: Mary Ellen Carty
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
9:30am: Open
Acolytes:
5:30pm: Julia Peterson 8am: Richard Trout, Wayne Voorhees, and Alex Vigh
9:30am: Mary Ellen Carty, Chris Neal, and Andy Jones
Altar Guild:
Preparation: Carol Hensley
Linens: Christie Peterson
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Quote of the Week
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Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.
- Saint Leo the Great
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Church Schedule
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The Week of September 6, 2015
Saturday, 5 September :: Feria
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)Sunday, 6 September :: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church) · 9:30 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church) · 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)Monday, 7 September :: Labor Day
· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 8 September :: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wednesday, 9 September :: Constance, Nun, and Her Companions, 1878
· 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Thursday, 10 September :: Alexander Crummell, Priest, 1898
· 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Friday, 11 September :: Feria
· Normal Friday Abstinence
· 7:00 p.m. - 9/11 Evening Prayer (City 9/11 Memorial)
Saturday, 12 September :: John Henry Hobart, Bishop, 1830
· 4:30 p.m. - Blessing of the Fire Trucks Family Fun & Fire Prevention Time (Grounds) · 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass & Blessing of the Firetrucks (Church)
· 6:15 p.m. - Barbecue & Family Fun (Grounds)
Sunday, 13 September :: The Sixteenth 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 Summer Office hours are Wednesday-Friday from 9:00am 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 (Past) Week in Church History
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August 26, 1901: The American Standard Version of the Bible is first published by Thomas Nelson and Sons. The A.S.V. spun off from the 1881 English Revised Version, the first nondenominational English revision since publication of the King James Version in 1611.
August 28, 430: As Vandals invade Roman North Africa and overwhelm Hippo refugees,Augustine dies of a fever. Miraculously, his writings, including City of God survived the Vandal takeover, and his theology became one of the main pillars on which the church of the next 1,000 years was built.
August 28, 1840: Ira D. Sankey, who for 25 years led the music when D.L. Moody preached, is born in Pennsylvania.
August 29, 70: Romans burn the gates, enter the Temple courtyards of Jerusalem, and destroy the temple by fire. Within a month, Jewish resistance ends.
August 29, 1632: John Locke, English philosopher and author of The Reasonableness of Christianity, is born. He emphasized reason over the supernatural and argued that the essence of Christianity acknowledges Christ as the Messiah who came to our world primarily to spread the true knowledge of God.
August 31, 1535: Pope Paul II excommunicates English King Henry VIII, who had been declared by an earlier pope as "Most Christian King" and "Defender of the Faith".
August 31, 1688: English Puritan writer and preacher John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress, dies at age 69. Though one of England's most famous authors even in his own day, he maintained his pastoral duties to his death, which was caused by a cold he caught while riding through the rain to reconcile a father and son. . September 2, 459 (traditional date): After spending 36 years on top of a pillar praying, fasting, and occasionally preaching, Simeon Stylites dies. At first he sat on a nine-foot pillar, but he gradually replaced it with higher and higher ones; the last was more than 50 feet tall. After his death, the Syrian ascetic-who had won the respect of both pope and emperor-inspired many imitators.
September 2, 1192: The Third Crusade, which had the mission of retaking Jerusalem (it had fallen to Muslim general Saladin in 1187), ends with the signing of a treaty. Though Christians had not won back Jerusalem, Richard I (later king of England) negotiated access to the holy city.
September 2, 1784: John Wesley consecrates Thomas Coke as the first "bishop" of the Methodist church by John Wesley. An indefatigable itinerant minister, Coke crossed the Atlantic 18 times, all at his own expense.
September 2, 1973: Scholar, novelist, and devout Catholic J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55), dies at age 81. --taken from Christianity Today
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St. Ingrid of Sweden 
Nun, 1282
Born in Skänninge, Sweden, in the 13th century, St. Ingrid lived under the spiritual direction of Peter of Dacia, a Dominican priest. She was the first Dominican nun in Sweden and in 1281 she founded the first Dominican cloister there, called St. Martin's in Skänninge. She died in 1282 surrounded by an aura of sanctity.
Miracles obtained through her intercession followed and led to a popular cult of this saint. In 1405, a canonization process was begun and the Swedish Bishops introduced her cause at the Council of Constance. An inquest was held in Sweden in 1416-1417 and the results were inconclusive. In 1497, the cause was reactivated and in 1507 her relics were solemnly translated, and a Mass and Office were composed - but formal canonization seems never to have occurred. During the Reformation, her cult came to an end and her convent and relics were destroyed.
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Barbara Fusco, Stella Eichinger, Steve Vigh, Bob Bernard, Pat Temple, Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Kelly Jones, Kelley Gilger, Sister Gussie, Nancy Biocco, Jane Humble, Michael Chahanovich, Cheryl Leavers-Morrow, Gary Rutherford, Morgan Ackerman, Lorriane Sickels, William Sweeney, Raymond Witte, Roger Kafer, Alice Brumfield, Lori Forenson, Eunice Campbell. Linda Bloom, Michael Vaughan, Zachary Forsberg, Charles Martin, Lyza Lyon, Jack Young, Carol Pfieffer, Robert Fritz, Maria Stout, Mary Dallman, Emma Carver, Gloria Garfinkle, Clare Biagini, Secretary Charles Kuperus, Rita Haney, Michael Ceponis, Muriel Daugherty, Shaun Neiderman, Carol Boggs, Irene Fithian, John Barta, Michelle Miloscia, and Frank Katona.
and those who have long term illnesses: Paula Flesch, John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, Kevin Kintner, Arthur Jukes, Dixon Leavers, Robin Kintner, John McCoy, The Rt. Rev. George Councell, Michael Slaper, Alice Ward Carriger, Karen Campbell Hillman, Carla Douglas, Ryan Murray, Lester Sickels, Justin McCafferty, Zachary McCafferty, Jeanine Walker, Brianne Nicosia, Mario Batist, Robert Ackerman, Paul Wesley Morrison, Kelly Bergen, Bill Yale, Hannah McNinch, Gabe sFresco, Fr. Ted Anderson, Linda Sue Slone, R. Loraine Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Mackenzie Sutter, Daniel Applegate, Alma Poksay, Roberta Cash, Patti Beddia, Geobel Marin, Jennifer Vigh Daniels, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Gwen Boner, Nancy Dix, Jim Tranter, John Lobos, Jonathan Okeson, John O'Malia, Ardelle Zervous, Eileen Cantivell, and Jean Greenwood.
the dead: Walt Born
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, Frank L Blades Jr, USA.
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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:
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St. John's by the Sea in 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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