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O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Welcome, Father Trey Garland
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A note from Fr. Trey
I am very pleased to be supplying at St. Timothy’s for a few Sundays! After sending (The now Rev’d) Mia McDowell to you for an internship, I am delighted I get to worship with you! I am a native of Houston, Texas and stayed in Texas until college – I graduated from Alma College in Alma, Michigan where I was on scholarship for playing the bagpipes. After college, I served two years as a youth minister and parochial school teacher before heading to Sewanee for seminary. I was ordained in 2002 and have served in Texas, the United Kingdom, and South Carolina. I have served as rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, South Carolina (the Anglo-Catholic presence in the upstate) and as rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown, Texas. I am a priest associate of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, and a devout Anglo-Catholic. When not involved in ministry, I am usually honing my cooking abilities, out hiking in the mountains with my camera, or at the shooting range doing target and skeet shooting.
Good Soil | Fr. Trey
Just as the readings last week showed us that God acts in ways contrary to how we think He ought to act – this week’s readings help us to prepare to be good stewards of the Gospel in our life. How do we prepare ourselves to come to mass? How do I keep my spiritual life going in a world that wants to draw me away from God? The chief thing we must remember, even in the rough times, is that God does not change, and God is always present. Even when we think our prayers aren’t being heard, even when things seem to be falling down around us – God is
always present. Don’t get me wrong, at times this can be incredibly difficult to do regardless of where one is on their spiritual journey.
Consider Psalm 22 (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?) – clearly the God that seemed absent to the psalmist is the same God of whom the psalmist states – “In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried, and were saved; in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.” The psalmist is cognizant that God is faithful, even when help does not immediately appear. We also hear in the Epistle of St James that God does not change. We know God is consistent and faithful. We must be, to the best of our ability, consistent in our faith. One of the best ways to cultivate faith is to be in fervent prayer, not only petitioning God, but listening and seeking to do His will. In the closing prayer after a baptism, we pray that the newly baptized will have the “courage to will and to persevere.” This line has stayed in my mind ever since my baptism – we are to persevere in the faith, even when we can’t see God in action. In doing so, we become good soil – soil where the Gospel will take root, and our faith will ultimately, in God’s time, be rewarded.
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Save the Dates for
St Tim’s Music and Story Camp:
An intergenerational weekend of
learning and fun
PreK thru 5th graders will gather for
stories, singing, acting, crafts, and more.
Adult (parent, grandparent,
& non-parent) and youth help and participation is needed.
Nursery will be provided
Friday and
Saturday.
- Friday, July 21, 5:30-7:30pm in Drake Hall (Dinner at 5:30pm) *Noah and the Ark
- Saturday, July 22, 10am-2pm (Lunch at 12pm) *The Exodus
- Sunday, July 23, 3:30- 5:30pm,(Presentation & Homemade Ice Cream at 5pm) *Baptism
Free, but donations for meals are encouraged.
If you are not registering a child, email Katie (
katie@sttimothys.ws) or Christin (
christin@sttimothys.ws) if you would like to help with meal prep, set-up, clean-up, or arts & crafts. Who would like to make homemade ice cream for the
Sunday
5pm presentation?
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St. Tim's Women's Summer Book Study
This summer women from St.Tim's (and friends too!) are invited to join in a time of fellowship and discussion around the book, "Present Over Perfect" by Shauna Niequist. This book study grew out of the desire of a few women at St.Tim's who wanted a chance to connect, slow down, and grow together this summer--in a way that was easy to squeeze into our summer schedules. Many of us are members at Peace Haven Pool--so we are meeting at the pool on Wednesday nights 6-7pm. Non-members of the pool are welcome to join us too for $5/person--pool guest fee for Forsyth County residents. Pool address is 420 Hearthside Dr. Kids who can swim are welcomed to come and swim. If others want to start another group at another location--please contact
katie@sttimothys.ws. The book is widely available in stores and online.
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Mass & Mammon
July 9, 2017
Morning Prayer:
7:30 Low Mass: 43
9:00 Low Mass: 105
11:00 Sung Mass: 69
Mass Total: 217
Offering: TBA
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Altar Flowers and Shrine Lamps
The
altar flowers are given to the Glory of Almighty God and in honor of all 2017 Graduate by Claudette Weston.
The
Our Lady of Walsingham Lamp is given to the Glory of God and in honor of Canon Jeremy Haselock on his retirement by Father Steve Rice.
The
Sanctuary Lamp is not sponsored for July.
The
St. Timothy Shrine Lamp is not sponsored for July.
The
St. Michael the Archangel Lamp is given to the Glory of God and in honor of our Armed Forces around the world who are fighting for our freedom and country & their families for their sacrifices while their loved ones are absent by Ellen & Ed Turner.
To sponsor a lamp in the future, you can sign up
here.
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Sunday’s prelude is Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, written in 1887. The Pavane was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré’s version for orchestra and optional chorus. Obtaining its rhythm from the slow processional Spanish court dance of the same name, the Pavane ebbs and flows from a series of harmonic and melodic climaxes, conjuring a haunting Belle Époque elegance. Sunday's version is a duet for four-hand piano arranged by Albert Benfeld.
Sunday’s postlude for organ is the final movement (Presto) from the Sonata in C minor by Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704–1766). Pescetti was born in Venice and studied under Antonio Lotti. This work is in a jubilant compound meter and is made up of many bold phrases which contrast with softer echos.
Sunday’s anthem is “O Sacrum Convivium” by James Biery (b. 1956). Biery is an American organist, composer, conductor, and Minister of Music at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. “O Sacrum Convivium” contains a harmonic structure based on a continuous pedal-point combined with intricate text layering. The final “alleluia” section builds to exultant climax, then fades away. Here is the translation of the Latin text:
O sacred banquet! in which Christ is received,
the memory of his Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace,
and a pledge of future glory to us is given. Alleluia.
See you
Sunday,
Christin & Robert
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The Consecration of the XII Bishop Diocesan
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The Rev. Samuel Rodman will be ordained and consecrated the XII Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of North Carolina at Duke Chapel in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday, July 15, at 10:30 a.m. This is a ticketed event.
St. Timothy's has 5 extra tickets to this event. Please contact Robert Matthews by phone (336-706-2418) if you are interested in going.
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