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Picture of the Week!
Congratulations to
the Rev. Holly Clark
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I see we're offering Adult Confirmation classes this summer.
What's the idea?
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Music of the Week
This Hymn to be sung at Celtic Eventide this week! Click
here to listen.
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- 8:00 am Quiet, spoken and traditional
- 9:30 am Holy Communion with choir and children's programs
- 5:30 pm Celtic
Eventide...contemplative, musical and prayerful
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Starting the Day
with Prayer
This summer St. Alban's will be holding a short service of
Morning Prayer
Mondays through Thursdays at 9 am
We will meet in the chancel by the altar for this simple service of reading of Scripture and prayer. The service will be completed before
9:30 am. Please see Holly Clark or Shawn Evelyn with questions. Hope you can join us!
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Clergy and Music
This Sunday
- The Rev. Holly Clark will be preaching at 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM at 5:30 PM.
- Shawn Evelyn and the Rev. Tim Boggs will be assisting.
- James Strand at the organ bench.
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Meetings & Events
6/17 Blood Pressure Screening
6/22 Pilgrims Leave
6/26 Book Club
6/30 Pilgrims Return
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All Are Welcome
Summer Formation
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Summer Fun and Formation!
Children ages 4- 6th grade are invited to join in some summer
Sunday School fun!
We will start each morning with a Bible story from the week's scripture lessons and open ended craft time.
Then, we will enjoy some fun and fellowship outside. Children will rejoin their families in worship during the Passing of the Peace.
Contact Katie Holicky if you have any questions or would like to help out.
[email protected]
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August 6th- 10th
9am-12pm Monday-Thursday
NEW
4pm-7pm Friday Family Night
Join us this summer for a fun filled week of games, arts and crafts, music, stories from the Bible and more!
Introducing....Friday Family Night
Families are invited to jump into the excitement of Camp together for an evening of fun and formation!
Dinner will be included.
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On the first and third Sundays of the month during the school year from 3:30-5 pm, our high schoolers gather to spend time with one another.
Our gatherings make space for getting to know one another and to explore our faith through times of fun and games, food and fellowship, and conversation and prayer. The High School Youth Group goes on retreats, spends extended time together in overnights at the church, and participates in mission trips.
Holly Clark, Anne Sedlack, and Peter Durin are the adults primarily involved with our high school youth group.
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Reminder!
It's that
time of year!
Always use Sunscreen
when you
go outside anytime.
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This Sunday!
June 17th
A member of the Health Ministry will be here
to check your blood pressure.
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It Is TICK season.
Click here
how to identify and remove.
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One of the most spiritually powerful features of life in an Episcopal seminary is the daily gathering in chapel for Morning and Evening Prayer, the Anglican reclaiming and simplification of the ancient monastic tradition of regular, ordered prayer in community.
As you may imagine, joining classmates and teachers morning after morning, evening after evening for this distinctive style of prayer, scripture and reflection builds a rhythm and a coherence to one's day...and one's life! But it's not just for seminarians! We're all invited to use the gift of familiar, regular prayer, and many people find it a personal disciple of great power to practice at home or when away, as well as in church and chapel, of course.
This summer at St. Alban's, our new assistant rector, Holly Clark and our summer seminarian, Shawn Evelyn, both just weeks out of their seminary chapels, will lead us Monday thru Thursday in Morning Prayer. At nine o'clock the bell will ring, the candles will be lit, and two or three...or six or eight... will gather, open the Book of Common Prayer; and we'll start our summer days with the Word and prayer.
I'm going to try to join Holly and Shawn as often as I can M-Th at 9:00 AM in St. Alban's sanctuary, the consecrated space around God's good altar. Please join us!
Blessings,
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June 17th
Father's Day
Bring Dad to church!
Lemonade
on the lawn.
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An invitation to
Adult Confirmation!
St. Alban's is preparing for summer Confirmation classes for adults who wish to
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deepen their belief,
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engage more fully in the Episcopal tradition, and
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freshen their commitment by a renewed understanding of Christian faith.
Assistant Rector Holly Clark and Seminarian Shawn Evelyn will lead this five part series, and Rector Tim Boggs will join at the conclusion of the sessions.
Confirmation is an expression of adult commitment, through study, prayer, and dialogue. Confirmation is a sacred offering of the church and is blessed by the bishop's prayers and hands. Bishop Stephen Lane will preside in a special confirmation service October 18.
Confirmation is also for those who have been confirmed in another Christian denomination and wish to join more fully in the Episcopal understanding. Those from other denominations are "Received" into the Episcopal Church through the confirmation study. They, too, are blessed by the bishop.
If you are not baptized and are interested in being baptized and/or confirmed, please let us know. This offering may be for you. Baptism and Confirmation are not just for young folks! You are welcome and there's room for everyone!
The classes will be led by Shawn Evelyn and Holly Clark on Monday evenings from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM at St. Alban's in the Upper Room on June 18, 25; July 9, 16, and 30 with a make-up day and Q&A session with Fr. Tim Boggs on August 13.
There will be a regional service of confirmation and music followed by a reception here at St. Alban's at 6:00 PM, October 18.
To sign up, please
click here or RSVP to Shawn Evelyn at
[email protected], speak with Shawn Evelyn or Holly Clark, or sign up on the clipboard in Bonoff Hall to get your name on the class list.
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Couldn't Make it to the Cathedral?
You can view the stream of the ordination
here.
Click here for a highlight of Holly as one of Yale Divinity School's notable grads.
Click
here to view a video of the commencement ceremony.
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Enriching Our Worship Continues!
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St. Alban's has begun a parish-wide project to enhance and celebrate
our liturgy, worship and music for all ages and for all the seasons ahead.
And what a great beginning!
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A group of nearly 60 parishioners spent most of Saturday, May 5
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with a wonderful guide, Ellen Johnston--director of The Center on Liturgy and Music at Virginia Episcopal Seminary. We shared laughter and song as we worked and prayed to imagine how to enhance our worship together. So many constructive, creative, fun and faithful ideas were joyfully raised!
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Since then, a working team of twenty has been digging into three key topics: the content of worship and music, the dreams for children's worship, and the options for organs and instruments...all
in hopes of discerning how we might strengthen our beloved worship and music.
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Please feel free to share your thoughts and dreams with your Enriching our Worship Working Group by email at
[email protected]
Or, if you'd prefer, Fr. Tim and/or Jim Strand will confidentially listen to any worship ideas you have!
To keep you in the loop, Notes from meetings and other resources can be found on the parish
website.
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Jubilee Center/Essentials Pantry Summer Update
Our straw baskets for donations have been overflowing, thanks to all of you. As you know, the need for clothing and household items is ever present. Here is a current list of desired and undesired items to donate.
Top 10 Desirables
1. Summer clothing for adults and children
2. Toothbrushes (only one per package, please)
3. Soup pots, 4 qt. and larger
4. Footwear
5. New socks for adults and children
6. New underwear for adults and children
7. For eating: plates, bowls, cups, mugs, glasses, spoons, forks, and knives
8. Bedding: blankets, sheets, pillowcases, and towels
9. Backpacks (both child and adult sizes)
10. Child strollers
Undesirables
1. Ripped, stained, or dirty clothing
2. Worn out shoes, sandals, and boots
3. Puzzles and games with pieces missing
4. Broken toys
5. Furniture (with limited storage, consider contacting "Furniture Friends")
6. Small appliances
7. Electronics
8. Text books
9. VHS tapes
Merci Shukraan Obrigado Botondi mingi Gracias Waamaansuntahi
Reminder: During your summer travels, bring back hotel toiletries (bars of soap, shampoo, lotion, toothbrushes, etc.)
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Thank you Jen Tarling and Margaret Wise for signing up this week.
Helping is a simple and fun way to support
our Saint Alban's community!
HOSTS NEEDED FOR
LEMONADE ON THE LAWN
Lemonade on the lawn has started
, the
weekly coffee hour will be re placed by Lemonade on the Lawn. Lemonade on the Lawn is an easy and fun way to get involved at Saint Alban's. All you need to do is provide lemonade and cookies or other light summer refreshments.
click here to sign up
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VERY IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
We have changed the meeting times to
7:00 pm instead of
7:30
Be part of the
Book Group
This Side of Brightness by Colum McAnn
Tuesday June 26
This Side of Brightness is now in at Nonesuch Books
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f you order the books from Nonesuch Books and mention Saint Albans book group there is a 20% discount.
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