Being Together - Apart - CHS Weekly Newsletter

Volume 10| July 1, 2020

Being Together - Apart

Starting with the July 1st edition, Being Together-Apart will become a twice a month newsletter coming out on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month... provided all of you continue to send items to be included.

Worship this Week will continue to be released every Friday

along with an invitation to a Sunday Zoom Worship Service .

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.... ENJOY AND BE SAFE!

What I remember about July 4th in Western New York was having to take a sweater to the fireworks because it was always chilly by dark! In 1976 we were all supposed to ring bells at a specific time (noon on the 4th), so I took a big dinner bell up on a hill behind our house and started ringing when I heard our neighbor start ringing the bell up in their barn cupola. I made a cake for the occasion. Joan Kirchner

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When I was a young child our family used to travel to the Cape to visit my grandmother who lived in Chatham. After sleeping all night in the back of the station wagon, my brothers and I would wake up and see the big square church steeple of the Methodist church and we knew we were almost there. We stayed at my grandmother’s house where we could easily walk up Bearse’s By-Way to Main Street to watch the July 4 ^th parade. My favorite part of the parade was the old jalopy that would raise up to do a “wheelie” on its back tires, traveling for a distance on the road before coming back down. After lunch, we would walk to Oyster Pond to watch my uncle participate in the annual boat races. Then, at night, we went to the town baseball field and sit on blankets to watch the fireworks overhead. I am sure there were hot dogs somewhere as well as apple pie for dessert . Gail Smith

WHAT DOES JULY 4 ^th

MEAN TO YOU?

July 4th was the day the whole town attended the parade and kids joined at the end on our bikes that were all decorated with red, white and blue streamers. We loved to clip playing cards on the wheel spokes (using clothes pins) so they made a noise as we biked to the town carnival followed by a family party to celebrate my grandmother's birthday.

Sue Sasso

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These are my family traditions for July 4th. in Orleans. The 4th starts with the parade ”up town “;There are always young family members to take to the Parade. Always watched in or near the intersection of Main St and Route 28, parking way down on the street near Academy Playhouse. More recently participating in the Nauset Heights Fun Run - a family neighborhood “race” And then onto the Parade. The rest of the day, walking to the beach and spending the afternoon there. In early evening there is a family cookout. For many years after dinner watching fireworks from the house at Nauset Beach. Then the fireworks moved to Skaket Beach/Rock Harbor. Instead we watched some private fireworks on the beach for years. They were illegal and are now not done. Then the 4th ends with watching a “Capital Fourth” on TV followed by the Boston Pops 4th of July concert. The Boston Pops patriotic music is the best and the most meaningful for celebrating our Nations Freedom. Ann Farnham Deming , a lifelong summer resident and rece ntly an attendee at the 8 o’clock service.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Click here to listen to the original recording of Kate Smith introducing and singing God Bless America.

God bless America, land that I love

Stand beside her and guide her

Through the night with the

light from above

From the mountains to the prairies

To the oceans white with foam

God bless America, my home sweet home.

Click here to listen to the Tanglewood Choir sing our National Anthem with the

Boston Pops Orchestra.

Click Here to listen to Boston Pops Orchestra play Stars and Stripes for Forever.

ZOOM

MORNING PRAYER SERVICE

SUNDAY JULY 5th

10:00 A.M.

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Look for a separate

Zoom invitation email on Friday with this Sunday's Bulletin.

Remember to print the bulletin to follow along during the service.

ZOOM Etiquette

Always MUTE your device unless otherwise instructed so background noise does not interfere with the program being presented.

Even birds chirping in your yard are picked up

and heard by all participants.

SERVICES COMMENCING AT HOLY SPIRIT -

DATE CORRECTION

The earliest corporate group worship at Holy Spirit will begin is

Labor Day Weekend - September 5th/6th .

Details are being developed and will be shared when complete

(September 7th was incorrectly reported as the 1st service date in the June 24th edition)

Sorry for the confusion.

KAMPUS KAPERS

AN UPDATE FROM the BUILDINGS and GROUNDS COMMITTEE

When the US Government gave us a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), we were able to keep all our staff on board and also take advantage of the skills of our two building staff members, Wayne Currey and Tony Johnson, to address many postponed campus projects that needed to be done but would be impossible to complete

when we were a fully operational parish.

There are several other large projects including a Solar Installation and Galley West Preservation planning that are also underway.

Click here for a full Buildings & Grounds report from

Brian & Brenda Ridgeway,

Co-Chairs of the B&G Committee

Wayne Currey

Dave Blanchet checking

HVAC Units

Tony Johnson

ABOUT US

Click here to learn about parishioner Kate Paradise and her four-footed best friend, Violet.

If you are willing to be featured in a future "About Us" segment of

Being Together-Apart,

please contact Sue Sasso at newsletters@chsorleans.org

CORONAVIRUS

BEING INSPIRED

When we first started "Being Together-Apart" , Jack Gentile recommended Maria Shriver's "Sunday Paper" newsletter as a great weekly inspiration. I subscribed to it and now start my Sunday mornings with a cup of coffee reading this and then join one of the online services, thankfully now Morning Prayer with our CHS parish.

Maria's Sunday June 28th's edition hit a home run for me and addressed where I had found my own thoughts wandering since we returned to Cape Cod on June 1st. I have included one paragraph below that really resonated with me. I highly recommend you read the full article (Click here).

I don’t even dream of going back in time to the beginning of March, when I was in New York anchoring TODAY, hanging with friends and family, and feeling so optimistic about life.
Instead, I’ve taken to dreaming my life forward. This shift in perspective takes me from a mindset of “Holy moly, I can’t believe what’s happening” to one that says, “I can’t wait for what's going to happen."

Maria closes her letter with her Prayer for the Week:

Dear God, in this time of uncertainty, help me live my life forward. Help me shift my thinking from “I can’t believe what’s happening” to “I can’t wait for what's going to happen." Help me see what's possible and be a part of making it happen. Amen.

If you have not already done so, you can subscribe to Maria's weekly publication at https://mariashriver.com/sundaypaper/

Think about it.

FOOD 4 KIDS

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Only a few volunteer opportunities still available. Please click links and see how you can help.

We are looking for volunteers to help hand out meals and to drive coolers between Orleans and Brewster.

Click Here if you want to volunteer to

hand out meals.

Click Here if you want to volunteer to

drive coolers.

Thank you for helping us have another great summer serving the families in our communities!

SHARED MOMENTS

CHS Office Manager, Debbi Manning, is still working hard to keep the church running smoothly. We miss seeing her smiling face!

Barbara and Dick Koeppen's garden is finally beginning to pay off. Lettuce, chard, spinach, and even a few peas. This is what stay at home orders can produce.

Davis Keeffe-Jones learning pottery from Sue Sasso at Sassyblue Pottery.

Davis says it's a lot harder than it looks!

Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Remembrances

Upcoming dates to give you time to send a note, card, or cal l .

BIRTHDAYS

Meta Hutchings 7.01 Richard O’Hara 7.02 Ginnie Clarendon7.03

Kimberly McLaughlin 7.03 Callie O’Brien 7.03

Mary McDermott 7.05 Shane Howe 7.07 Scott Daniels 7.08

Marilyn Gass 7.09 Marion Thorley 7.10 Marjorie O’Reilly 7.13

Sarah Pike 7.13 Kathy Goddard 7.15 Sally Corley 7.17

Sheila Holcomb 7.20 Joan Taylor 7.20 Amy Corcoran 7.21

Debbie Meguerdichian 7.21 Amy Spiegel 7.22 Brian Ridgeway 7.23

Ernest LaFrance 7.24 Jack Gentile 7.25 Ralph Holcomb 7.25

Jeff Nickerson 7.25 Bonnie Snow 7.25 Dan Corcoran 7.26

Caroline Keefe-Jones 7.29 Norman Proctor 7.29 Thomas Murray 7.30

ANNIVERSARIES

Tom and Susanna Graham Pye 7.14.90

Don and Mary Anne Bragdon 7.18.92

Ephraim and Jane McLean 7.31.65

ORDINATIONS

REMEMBRANCES

Marjory Colwell 7.01.12 William Swift 7.01.07

Lester Myers 7.02.86 Robert Hersey Taylor 7.02.16

Paul Blackburn 7.03.01 Elaine Frances Dewing 7.05.10

Herb Wieboldt7.05.19 Marion Louise Young 7.07.99

Harold D. Fox 7.09.09 Louise Donham 7.12.00 John Pike 7.12.80

Donald E. Smith 7.12.08 Judith Erickson 7.14.16 Deans R. Folsom 7.14.15

Ruth Hayes 7.14.19 Mildred Hedley Affleck 7.15.95 William Hammatt 7.15.13

The Rev. Robert Wardrop 7.15.94 Aram Zarookian 7.15.09

Eileen Dougherty 7.18.06 Elinor Felt 7.19.12 Samuel Hall 7.19.12

Sue Daniels 7.20.15 Joan Howe 7.21.19 Andrew Kalinick 7.21.12

Barbara Shaw Churchill 7.22.12 Betty Dibble 7.23.05

Herbert Frederick 7.24.99 Jeffrey Karlson 7.28.18

Laura Ellen White 7.29.98

RECENT DEATHS

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Watch over thy children, O'Lord, as their days increase.

Bless and guide them wherever they may be

keeping them unspotted from the world.

Strengthen them when they stand;

comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall;

And in their hearts, may thy peace, which passes all understanding,

Abide all the days of their lives;

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

DIOCESAN COMMUNICATIONS

Stay informed and connected to the Episcopal Diocese of MA

We highly recommend reading the June 26th Pastoral Reflection from Bishop Harris, "Prepare the way this day,." Click Here.

including the monthly E-news. ( www.diomass.org )

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PLEASE do NOT respond to emails messages that appear to be from our clergy or staff members asking for favors or gifts cards.

THESE ARE SCAMS .

DO NOT REPOND NOR SEND

ANY MONEY OR GIFT CARDS.

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Editor - Sue Sasso newsletters@chsorleans.org