From the Reverend R. Justice Schunior, Associate Rector
Friends,
Tomorrow, August 13, there will be a rally (11:00 am - 4:00 pm in West Potomac Park See HERE for more information) for LGBTQ rights and realistic gun law reform - a direct response to the massacre in Orlando, two months ago. Folks from all over the country, including our friends from the Newtown Action Alliance will be in attendance. I will be at the entrance to the Smithsonian Metro (on the Mall) at 10:45 am if you want to meet and go together - feel free to park at St. Mark's. Email me at justi.schunior@stmarks.net if you would like to meet up, but are coming later than 11:00 am.
However, please use your best judgment and be safe! It will be very hot - around 100 degrees. I'll bring water, snacks, and sunscreen. But there will be plenty to do in the coming months and years to stand up for gun violence prevention. So, while I hope to see some of you there, I value your good health!
Peace,
Justi
From Jeff Kempskie, Director of Music
Dear St. Mark's
Summer Choir Please join us in singing with the Summer Choir this Sunday! We'll warm up and quickly learn an easy anthem just before the service. It's easy, fun, and it's an especially good way to see if you might enjoy singing with the choir during the regular season. We begin warming up at 8:20 in the nave for the 9:00 service and 10:30 downstairs in the Elder's Room for the 11:15 service. I encourage you to give it a try - there's nothing to lose!
Hymn Requests
Do you have a particular hymn you really want to sing? For the month of August we are taking hymn requests! Before every 9:00 and 11:15 service this month you will have the opportunity to write down the number of your requested hymn and drop it in the box. During the clergy greeting we will pick one hymn from the box and sing it as the presentation hymn! Also know that the Director of Music will make note of hymn requests that do not get sung and he will consider using them at future services. The hymn request box will be on the table by the organ pipes.
Choirs This Fall
If you're interested in singing with the Chancel Choir this fall, the group will have a special rehearsal on Saturday, August 27th from 9 a.m. to 2p.m. Regular Thursday night rehearsals will begin on September 1st from 7:30-9:30 p.m. The Boys & Girls Choir will start out the season with a retreat on Saturday, September 10th and details for the Teen Choir are still be worked out, so stay tuned. Please e-mail me if you have any questions.
Peace,
JEFF
From the Church Office
Goodbye Luncheon with Diana Church
Today, the office said goodbye to our Parish Administrator for Programs and Facilities, Diana Church. When Diana started in January, we knew she would be with us a short time. Later this month, she will be moving to New Haven, Connecticut with her new husband who is attending seminary at Yale. In the few months she was with us she performed her job exceptionally. Lucky for us, she'll continue working on the Sunday service bulletins remotely until her replacement is completely up to speed on the rest of the job. Keep Diana and Nathan in your prayers as they start a new chapter together! We'll be introducing our newest staff member soon!
Nos. 2-4 from Six Studies in English Folksong, R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Chris Herman, cello
Opening Hymn
637 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Tune: Lyons
Sequence Hymn
546 Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, Tune: Siroë
First Reading
Jeremiah 23:23-29
Gospel
Luke 12:49-56
Offertory Anthem
Do Not I Love Thee, Detroit, setting by David W. Music - Summer Choir
Presentation Hymn
To Be Determined
Sanctus
WLP 858 American folk melody; arr. Marcia Pruner
Fraction Anthem
WLP 876 Jack Warren Burnham
Music During Communion
WLP 819 Guide my feet Lord, African American Spiritual
No. 5 from Six Studies in English Folksong, R. Vaughan Williams - Chris Herman, cello
Hymn 269 Ye who claim the faith of Jesus, Tune: Julion
Closing Hymn
490 I want to walk as a child of the light, Tune: Houston
Postlude
Scherzo, Alan Ridout (1934-1996)
Schedule of Services
August 14, 2016
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 am Family Eucharist
The Reverend Michele H. Morgan, Preacher (Children's Reflection)
The Reverend Rebecca Justice Schunior, Presider
No Children's Chapel
10:00 am Sermon Seminar
The Reverend Michele H. Morgan, Preacher
11:15 am Holy Eucharist
The Reverend Michele H. Morgan, Preacher & Presider
The Reverend Rebecca Justice Schunior, Presider
5:00 pm Contemplative Eucharist
The Reverend Michele H. Morgan, Presider & Homilist
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