Our Vision Statement: ‘With the heart and mind of Christ, we transform the world.’

17th Sunday of Ordinary Time

July 26, 2026

Hope is not a wish

but an intention.

—Steven Charleston

Join us tomorrow at 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary or on Zoom for Sunday Mass with Mother Alice Bradley presiding and Kerrie Anderson delivering the homily.

Thank you to Linda Joyce and Jim Berry for serving as our lectors and Jen Geraci and Joan Chapman-Smith for

serving as our Eucharistic Ministers.

We are grateful to our marvelous Music Ministry, led by Bill Smith, for providing spirit-filled song.

To join us via Zoom

• Zoom Link: Here
• For Zoom App: 431 502 8167

Here is the worship aid (view or print) to assist with prayer.

Zoom attendees: if you have any prayers you want to offer, it's helpful to put them in the 'chat box' early.

Summer Celebration Potluck Tomorrow!

TOMORROW, Sunday, July 26th will be our Summer Celebration with a salad potluck. Please bring a salad or something to share for lunch. Come share time, good food, and certainly, some summer adventure stories too. 

Drinks and ice cream cups will be provided. We hope you can join us after mass tomorrow for a grand Mary of Magdala time together.  

NOTE: There hasn't been any reported issues with fresh lettuce contamination in Colorado tied to the outbreak in Michigan or any other states. But if you are concerned, other lunch items besides salads are very welcomed.

In Today's Bulletin

• Mary Magdalene Society - last Sunday to participate in the July appeal
• New reading group
• Save the date for the ECC regional picnic and the ISAAC Community Picnic
• Spring Creek Trail clean-up is coming

.... and MORE

Mary of Magdala Announcements

Do you have any gently used medals, Holy Cards or Rosaries that are ready to be passed on? The supply at PVH is almost gone and we have patients periodically requesting them. Bring them in during August and Dori Healy will make sure to pass them on with your blessings during their admissions. 

MoM Reading Group

You are invited to join Mary of Magdala Spiritual reading Group. We start again on August 11 with "The Soul's Slow Ripening " by Christine Valters Painter." Her subtitle says it all: "12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred." We meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at 10:30am for deep discussion.

To try us out, contact Rev. Jane Reina at jdelysswagner10@gmail.com.

Weekly Morning Peace Prayer

Join us in a prayer for peace in the world and within ourselves. 20 minutes every Monday via Zoom. (Families invited!)



Monday Morning Peace Prayer

At 9:30 am on this  Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 844 1669 8343,

Passcode: 557026

Mary of Magdalene Society

Third Annual appeal

Christmas in July

Celebrating the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene – who supported Jesus’ ministry — is our opportunity to also continue supporting Jesus’ ministry via the Mary Magdalene Society (MMS).

The Mary Magdalene Society was formed in 2015 with the purpose of having an endowment that creates a permanent financial foundation. Based on the annual interest earned from the MMS Foundation, grants are then awarded to various causes.

Specifically, the Mary Magdalene Society supports:



• ECC Youth ministry service projects
• Seminarians/clergy who are ECC affiliated with economic needs
• Student debt relief
• Incardination expenses
• Candidate ordination expenses

To read more about the local grants awarded this past year and how to donate during the month of July, click here.

301 Faith Partners

THE 2026 WELCOME EVENT

Help for housing-insecure students at CSU, in partnership with the Lutheran Campus Ministry.

Since 2021, Plymouth has collaborated with Lutheran Campus Ministry’s Student Housing Security Initiative, CSU’s Office of International Programs and the Fort Collins International Center to help welcome their students to campus. LuMin students are housed three to an apartment at Rams Village. This means there are beds, desks, chests, table and chairs, couch/chairs/coffee table, appliances, and empty kitchen cabinets.

Housing for international students varies in size and what is provided. The purpose of the Welcome Event is to provide, at no cost to the students, items that will help them make their space functional, conducive to study, comfortable and HOME.

Drop off at Plymouth Congregational Church, 916 West Prospect Road, Fort Collins, CO

Sunday 8/9 - 9:00 am-Noon
Wednesday 8/12 - 1:00-4:00 pm
Thursday, 8/13 - 3:00-6:00 pm

For more details or to see volunteer opportunities for this amazing event visit: https://www.plymouthucc.org/studentsupport.html

(Here is the 2026 wish list for helping housing insecure students)

Join Us for a Spring Creek Trail Cleanup!

Help us care for our local environment by joining the Joint Ecological Team (JET) of the 301 Faith Partners for a community trail cleanup on:

Friday, August 1
at 9:00 a.m.

We'll meet in the Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot before heading out to clean the section of the Spring Creek Trail adjacent to the church.

Please bring your own cleanup supplies, including gloves, a bucket or bag for collecting litter, and a trash grabber if you have one. Participants should also be comfortable walking approximately one mile.

Whether you're a longtime environmental steward or simply looking for a meaningful way to serve our community, we'd love to have you join us! If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Caroline Conley Norris (carolnorris050@gmail.com).

Trinity Readers

Trinity Readers will meet in the Fireside Room on Monday, August 3, at 9:30 AM to discuss Follow the Stars Home by Diane C. McPhail - a novel of America's history during Western Expansion. 

The story is told by Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt who is the daughter of one of the architects of the U.S. Capitol. She married Nicholas Roosevelt, an inventor twice her age who is her father's colleague. He is the inventor and builder of the "New Orleans," a steamboat with dual-side paddles. She is Theodore Roosevelt's great-grand aunt. 

It is Lydia's story of the first steamboat voyage on the Mississippi River. She shares her challenges of being pregnant, Indian unrest, disease, injury, flooding, the Falls of the Ohio River and other dangers. Lydia's experience and her record of it helped to redefine our country. Please join us.

301 Quilters 

301 Quilters meets Fridays from 10 am-12 pm in Room 2.

If you’d like to join us, please come! NO experience needed, NO need to have been coming last year, NO worries. Hope to see the old familiar as well as new faces. We’re a fun and caring small group that has a purpose of aiding those in need.

HELP NEEDED

The 301 Quilters are asking for help this summer to sew some quilt tops. We have made kits that are put together with cut 11” squares and instructions. All you do is sew! The kits are in a box in front of the red tote used for Quilt Donations beside the west Fellowship Hall door.

If you are able, please pick up a kit, sew at your leisure and then return the top to the red tote.

Thank you for your help!

Chapter Two Book Club

Chapter Two Book Group is an open small group for 301 Faith Partners and the wider community, new participants are always welcome to join the casual discussion. No long-term commitment required! If you have trouble finding any of the books and would like Trinity to order a copy for the library, please let Maddie Fairfax know at any time. Next meeting: July 30th, 6 PM, to discuss The Correspondent by Virginia Evans.

Men's Spirituality Group

The men's spirituality group will continue meeting on Mondays at 6:30 PM in Room 5.

Carrying on the work of Fr. Richard Rohr (book reference) and Illuman, we will utilize the power of ritual, image, and story to expand the depth and breadth of love in ourselves to make a difference in the world, using a circle of structured sharing. For anyone interested, please reach out to Peter here.

"ISAAC Reads and Views" is BACK

Our book is The Truth about Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers by Zeke Hernandez.

Register for the session by filling out this short form. You can purchase your books at Old Firehouse Bookstore. Mention you are part of ISAAC Reads for a 20% discount!

In May, the focus was on Immigration Detention.  You can read more about the first session and access a reference list here. 

Future ISAAC Reads and Views Topics are listed below. Mark your calendars now for these dates/times:

• Monday, September 21 (To be Determined)
• Monday, November 16 The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom by Helen Thorpe

-- ALSO --

ISAAC Community Picnic

August 30, 2026 at Trinity Lutheran Church

Mark your calendar! We will have a cookout and more in the late afternoon and details will be sent in July.

Service Recordings

Missed a homily or readings? Here is the link to past recorded services.

Prayer Requests

Praying for peace, health and well-being through challenging times.

+ Sean Raynes, grandson of Sandra Life

+ Rachel Devlin, daughter of MaryLou and David Devlin, members

+ Audrey Coleman, mother of Laura Williams, friend of ECC

+ Jim Barnes, husband of Lynne Barnes

+ Cindy Cloyd, member

+ Peter Postma son of Sharon Troyer, friend

+ Karen Neuman friend of Lisa Jones, member

+ Yvonne Keefe, member

+ Hannah Zehner, daughter of Cheryl Zehner, member of ECC, East Rochester, NY

+ Cathy Engel, member

+ Lili Grimm, niece of Rosanna Bateman, member

+Ryan Mayer, nephew of Denise Mayer, member

+Deborah Hughes, for healing, spouse of Laura Templet, member

+Len Russ, member

+Fr. Frank Quintana, ECC priest

+Zoe Wahl, sister of Kristina Bulik-Hocum, member

+Courtney and Cache, family of Jean Christin, member

+Jane Kommrusch, spouse of Richard Kommrusch, member

+Jeff Klein, son of Debbie Klein

+Mary Powers and Katie Richards, members healing from long COVID

+Milo Pasquale Cushman, brother of Liz Urban, member

+Julie Lucas, daughter of Bruce & Carol Yeazell

+Pastor Rick Reiten, Pastor at Trinity Lutheran

~~~~~~~~~~~

A blessed and peaceful repose of souls for those who've passed and comfort for the friends and families.

+Donna Colhour, mother of member Mark Colhour.

+Larry Johnson, father of Russ Johnson, member

+Lois Hug, mother of MaryAnne Heyman, member

+Richard Life, member of Mary of Magdala

+Donald Sherlock, brother-in-law of Dori Healy

+Joseph Grant, nephew of David and Cindy Cloyd

+Dennis Healy, Tom Healy's brother and Dori's brother-in-law

+Jim Carroll, husband of member Dori Carroll

Please send prayer requests to marymagdalafc@gmail.com. Prayers will be listed for one month unless requested for longer. Prayers for the repose of souls will be listed for six months unless requested for a longer time.

Wednesday Mass -

July 29 at 11:00 am

• In person in the Fireside Room
• No Zoom available

Sunday Mass

August 2 at 12:30 pm

• In the Sanctuary and on Zoom
• Mother Rosean Amaral presiding

Wednesday Mass -

August 5 at 11:00 am

• In person in the Fireside Room
• No Zoom available

Sunday Mass

August 9 at 12:30 pm

• In the Sanctuary and on Zoom
• Rev. Jane Reina presiding

Did you miss an article or announcement?



Past e-bulletins are posted on our website here. Below are links to some key articles:

• May Newsletter from the house of Laity here.
• Prayer request for Poland here.
• Read the ECC statement on immigration here.
• Ongoing Giving Opportunities in Fellowship hall; see list here.
• Dedicating Altar Flowers? Contact Joan Stepleton at JoanStepleton@gmail.com or 864-650-2816. A $25 dollar donation is kindly requested.

Mary of Magdala Parish Community

Members: Need to view, update information or download a copy of the member directory? Just click here.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO MARY OF MAGDALA

If you would like to contribute to Mary of Magdala,

click here to schedule a single or recurring Sunday offertory.

All are invited and ALL are welcome to join our parish community. Here is the webpage with more information on membership

The ECC Regional Website - View here.

Newsletters of Trinity Lutheran Church and the St. Paul's Episcopal  

Click here for the Trinity Lutheran Church monthly newsletter, "Tidings". And here is St Paul's weekly bulletin.