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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Etheldreda, Queen & Abbess
June 23, 2016
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Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
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Tonight! 
Join us tonight at the Farnsworth House to have a great time for a great cause!
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Baseball Tickets
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Available at the Parish Office  If you've ordered tickets for the July 2 trip to see the Trenton Thunder, your tickets are available at the Parish Office. Come on by during normal hours or give the office a call to pick them up.
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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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Mass for Independence Day
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July 4, 12:10pm 
Join us on the 4th of July for a Low Mass in the Lady Chapel.
Independence Day is actually commemorated by the Episcopal Church. Here is what Lesser Feasts & Fasts has to say about the 4th of July:
"Proper Psalms, Lessons, and Prayers were first appointed for this national observance in the Proposed Prayer Book of 1786. They were deleted, however, by the General Convention of 1789, primarily as a result of the intervention of Bishop William White. Though himself a supporter of the American Revolution, he felt that the required observance was inappropriate, since the majority of the Church's clergy had, in fact, been loyal to the British crown. Writing about the Convention which had called for the observance of the day throughout "this Church, on the fourth of July, for ever," White said, "The members of the convention seem to have thought themselves so established in their station of ecclesiastical legislators, that they might expect of the many clergy who had been averse to the American revolution the adoption of this service; although, by the use of it, they must make an implied acknowledgment of their error, in an address to Almighty God.... The greater stress is laid on this matter because of the notorious fact, that the majority of the clergy could not have used the service, without subjecting themselves to ridicule and censure. For the author's part, having no hindrance of this sort, he contented himself with having opposed the measure, and kept the day from respect to the requisition of the convention; but could never hear of its being kept, in above two or three places beside Philadelphia." "It was not until the revision of 1928that provision was again made for the liturgical observance of the day." Here is the Collect for the Day: Lord God Almighty, in whose Name the founders of this country won liberty for themselves and for us, and lit the torch of freedom for nations then unborn: Grant, we beseech thee, that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain these liberties in righteousness and peace; through 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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Bishop's Visitation, Confirmation, and Reception
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October 9, 3pm
The Rt. Rev. William H. Stokes will visit Christ Church on the afternoon of Sunday, October 9, for his official visitation. Please plan on attending this joyous event! The Bishop will Confirmation, Baptism, and Reception into the Episcopal Church on that day. Please contact the Parish Office if you desire to be Confirmed, Received, or Baptized. A schedule for Confirmation Classes will be published shortly.
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Save the Date - Blessing of the Firetrucks
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September 10
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Bordentown Farmer's Market
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Wednesdays from 3pm to Dusk
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Upcoming Events
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June 23, 5pm-10pm: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
July 2, 7pm: Trenton Thunder Game
July 21, 5pm-10pm: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
August 18, 5pm-10pm: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
September 10, 4:30pm: The Blessing of the Firetrucks
September 11, 7pm: 9/11 Memorial Service (City Memorial)
September 15, 5pm-10pm: Thirsty Thursdays for Bordentown's Bravest
October 1-2: Cranberry Festival
October 9, 3pm: Bishop's Visitation, Confirmation, and Reception
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The Propers
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For Sunday, June 26
This Sunday is the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
OT: 1 Kings 19:15-16,19-21
Psalm 16:5-11
NT: Galatians 5:1,13-25
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 26
Lectors:
8am: Richard Trout
10am: Anne Lyon & Bill Collom
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
10am: Anne Lyon
Acolytes:
5:30pm: Julia Peterson 8am: Richard Trout, Wayne Voorhees, and Alex Vigh
10am: Mary Ellen Carty & Dennis Brown
Setup: Vinnie Stout
Linens: Anne Lyon
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Quote of the Week
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'Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.'
--St. Ephrem of Syria
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Church Schedule
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The Week of June 26, 2016
Saturday, 25 June :: Of the Blessed Virgin · 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel) Sunday, 26 June :: The Sixth 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) Monday, 27 June :: Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, 444
· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 28 June :: Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Martyr, 202
· Church Office Closed
Wednesday, 29 June :: Ss. Peter & Paul, Apostles · 6:00 p.m. - Tai Chi (Parish Hall)
· 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Thursday, 30 June :: Protomartyrs of the Church of Rome, 1st C.
· 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass w. Anointing (Lady Chapel)
Friday, 1 July :: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Normal Friday Abstinence
Saturday, 2 July :: Of the Blessed Virgin
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 3 July :: The Seventh 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)
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This (Past) Week in Church History
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June 16, 1846: Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti is named Pope Pius IX. Roman Catholics remember him for his 31-year pontificate-the longest in history-for his declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and for the First Vatican Council's declaration of the infallibility of the pope.
June 17, 1703: John Wesley, founder of Methodism, is born in Epworth, England, to parents Samuel and Susanna. Though Methodism's emphasis on grace and instantaneous (often emotional) conversion marked a radical departure from high church tradition, Wesley always considered himself an Anglican.
June 17, 1963: The U.S. Supreme Court rules 8-1 that states cannot require the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
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 19, 325: Bishop Hosius, a delegate at the Council of Nicea, announces the newly written Nicene Creed. Countering Arius, who taught that "there was a time when the Son was not," the creed describes Christ as "God from very God, begotten not made".
June 19, 1566: James VI of Scotland, who later became King James I of England, is born. He wrote treatises on the divine right of kings, witchcraft, biblical themes, and set into motion a translation of the Bible known as the King James Version.
June 19, 1623: Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and scientist as well as an apologist for Christianity and for Jansenism, is born. June 20, 1599: The Synod of Diamper, sponsored by the Roman Catholic church, seeks to correct the errors of Christians in India and bring them into conformity with the teachings of the church.
June 20, 1885: A band of Moravian missionaries lands on the shores of Alaska and founds the Bethel Mission.
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 original 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.
--taken from Christianity Today
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Deacon, 373
Ephrem (or Ephren or Ephraim or Ephrain) of Edessa was a teacher, poet, orator, and defender of the Faith. (To English-speakers, the most familiar form of his name will be "Ephraim." It is the name of the younger son of Joseph, son of Jacob (see Genesis 41:52), and is thus the name of one of the largest of the twelve tribes of Israel.) Edessa, a city of Syria not far from Antioch, was a an early center for the spread of Christian teaching in the East. It is said that in 325 he accompanied his bishop, James of Nisibis, to the Council of Nicea. Certainly his writings are an eloquent defense of the Nicene faith in the Deity of Jesus Christ. He countered the Gnostics' practice of spreading their message through popular songs by composing Christian songs and hymns of his own, with great effect. He is known to the Syrian church as "the harp of the Holy Spirit." Ephrem retired to a cave outside Edessa, where he lived in great simplicity and devoted himself to writing. He frequently went into the city to preach. During a famine in 372-3 he worked distributing food to the hungry, and organizing a sort of ambulance service for the sick. He worked long hours at this, and became exhausted and sick, and so died.
Of his writings there remain 72 hymns, commentaries on the Old and New Testaments, and numerous sermons.
-from James E. Keifer
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Irene Fithian, Michelle Miloscia, Holly Jones, Carlton Jones, Roxie Clark, Helen Gardiner, Dick Gher, Samantha Mahoney, Robert Fritz, Don Ackert, Richard Shain, Wynn Mallard, Joe Hand, Edward Rosina, Vickie Moricz, Erna Kurpi, Daryl Albury, Jennifer Fletcher, Scott Warrack, Lynn Muller, Norman Stull, and Muriel Dougherty.
and those who have long term illnesses: Stephen Vigh, Stella Eichinger, John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, Arthur Jukes, Dixon Leavers, Robin Kintner, John McCoy, Gary Rutherford, Jane Humble, Charles Martin, The Rt. Rev. George Councell, Alice Ward Carriger, Carla Douglas, Ryan Murray, William Sweeney, Justin McCafferty, Zachary McCafferty, Jeanine Walker, Robert Ackerman, Kelly Bergen, Hannah McNinch, Gabe Fresco, Fr. Ted Anderson, R. Loraine, Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Mackenzie Sutter, Daniel Applegate, Alma Poksay, Roberta Cash, Patti Beddia, Jennifer Vigh Daniels, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Jim Tranter, Jonathan Okeson, John O'Malia, Eileen Cantwell, Jean Greenwood, Shaun Neiderman, Mary Dallmann, Patricia Dixon, Dawn Marie Nee, Charles St. George, Gary, Jeanette Poole, Bob Bernard, Pat Temple, and Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Gloria Jones, Kelley Gilger, Carol Pfieffer, Emma Carver, Maria Stout, Lori Forenson, Michael Chahanovich, Rita Haney, Sue Kelly, Pat Skelly, Sister Angela, Sister Gussie, Dee Watkins and Marge Lee.
those in military service: Ben Skarzynski, USMC; Col Kelly Scott, USAF; Neil Gerrish, USNG; Abbygale Albert, USN; James F. Preto, USNG; and Chris Neal, USN.
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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
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