August 24, 2023

THE CHURCH

OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT

Episcopal

ORLEANS, MA

A MESSAGE FROM PATRICK

Welcome 

Roger and I were late converts this summer to the Orleans Firebirds. When we arrived with hundreds of others at Eldredge Park on the evening of Sunday, August 13 for their championship game against the Bourne Braves, we scanned the hillside in search of a place to park our folding chairs. We haven’t yet mastered the local custom of claiming seating “the morning of.” 

Firebirds mascot and CHS parishioner George Hoskey, drenched on this sultry night under layers of furry scarlet fabric and woven yellow leggings, came to our aid. “You see that woman in the red tee shirt four rows back from the first base line? She usually has some extra space. Tell her George says ‘hi.’” 

The woman in red turned out to be George’s wife Curry. Summer residents, the Hoskeys live and work as educators for the rest of the year in Maryland. Warm and authentic, Curry was the best possible guide to Cape League baseball in general and the Firebirds in particular. Her questions to us were curious but never invasive. George and Curry love the Firebirds. And when you’re in love with something, sharing that love is a contagious joy. Next year, Roger and I will be back. 

Continuing to reflect on George and Curry’s welcome to us, I’m thinking about those to whom “welcome” is a way of life....

Of parishioners who habitually bring a second sandwich to Ladies' Lunch (“there is always someone who forgets…”).

Of the late Jacob Neusner, prolific Judaism scholar and professor of religious studies at Brown when I was a student there in the 1980’s. Neusner was much discussed on this predominantly liberal campus for his conservative views on feminism, affirmative action and the environmental movement. And he was also well known for this habit of bringing a second folding chair with him to the campus green, where he liked to work in fair weather. The understanding was that anyone was welcome to sit with him and chat. 

Perhaps some of us are wired to orient in this way – reflexive anticipation and welcome of to the stranger. For more of us, though, the habits of welcome are habits we cultivate as the Spirit guides us more and more out of the self – the progression at the heart of religion’s purpose (“Enlarge the place of your tent,” says God to the Israelites in Isaiah 52. “Stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes”).  

We use the term “spiritual disciplines,” after all, for a reason. These arrive and evolve because of initial commitment, practice, trial and error. The prophet’s language is less about being something understood as “nice” than it is about decision, calculation and activity. 

How would your own life “stretch out” if you committed in the coming year to meeting one new person at church every Sunday?

One of the reasons I’m taken with Mary Parmer’s book Invite, Welcome, Connect is that it understands parish growth not as a “program” or a “strategy” but as a spiritual call which makes all of us new. You may have been part of an initial parish foray into “IWC” on three Sundays this past winter. With summer now passing, it’s time to go deeper together into this work.

To that end, we are planning a working potluck supper on Thursday, September 28 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm in the Parish Hall. To learn more about this evolving ministry, and to reserve a place at the table, please email me (pward@chsorleans.org). All are welcome! 

See you in church! 

Patrick 

WEEKLY WORSHIP SERVICES

SUNDAY MORNING EUCHARIST SERVICE

10:00 A.M.

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In-person worship at the church with music.

Followed by Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall

Church School starts at 9:45 in the lower level of the Parish Hall.

Visitors are always welcome!

Children join the service at the Peace.

If you are unable to join us and worship in person,

click HERE to watch the services live or watch later on our YouTube channel.

TUESDAY MORNING LECTIO DIVINA AND PRAYERS

(Formerly Healing Service)

Lectio Divina is a monastic mode of prayer, contemplation and bible study

and all are welcome to experience this with us.

 10:00 a.m. via ZOOM

A Zoom Meeting invitation email is sent on Monday mornings.

It includes links to the Zoom service and Service Bulletin and Readings.

HOLY EUCHARIST AND PRAYERS FOR HEALING

Thursdays at 11:00 am in the Church

Join us for a simple service of weekday Holy Eucharist

with a short meditation.

Private prayers for healing available after the service concludes.

WARDENS' REPORT

The Vestry did not officially meet during the month of August, but will meet a week early in September, on Thursday September 14^th.

Life at The Church of the Holy Spirit has been as busy as ever: services, coffee hours, Food4Kids, the Free Shop, the Ladies' Lunch, many committee meetings, gardening, and the list goes on. We hope that your summer has been a happy one and that you've been able to enjoy some of the beautiful weather we have experienced here on Cape Cod. The heat and rain have been a bit much at times, but we and our gardens rely on both, too.

While Patrick is away on vacation, we have been so fortunate to have The Reverend Liz Tunney filling in. Please join us in welcoming Liz as we listen to her words from the pulpit and as she shares Eucharist with us!

As summer blends into fall, we encourage you to attend the Eucharist service held in the church at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday mornings. Experience a shorter service with a brief meditation on the Saint of the Day. (Your visitors are also welcome, too!) There’s always something to think about as you return home. The service is followed with healing prayers for those who wish.

A group of ten parishioners from CHS attended two Habitat for Humanity house blessings in Chatham on Monday, August 21 along with about 70 others, including the new owners and the many volunteers, who had been in involved in the projects over the last 18 months. We were invited in to tour the beautifully finished houses., Flowers were donated by various local organizations, and three beautiful handmade quilts were presented to each families which were lovingly stitched by several local quilting groups.

It was a special warm gathering and celebration, setting the stage for CHS's Habitat for Humanity build in Brewster scheduled to begin this fall. Stay tuned for more details on that exciting project and how you can participate.

We look forward to the fall season with many opportunities to gather and celebrate our lives together.

Thank you for your support and prayers,

Brenda Ridgeway and Celia Calhoun, Wardens.

IN HOME PARISH GET-TOGETHERS

Our Invite-Welcome-Connect Committee has organized get-togethers for the entire parish in various parishioners’ homes in late September or October.

Patrick will attend each one and looks forward to sharing this time with every one of us! We have spread these gatherings out geographically across Eastham, Orleans, and Brewster and offer a variety of dates, times, and potluck meal options—tea, hors d’oeuvres, or dinner.

Please visit the sign-up table in the Parish Hall after church on Sunday to sign up for one of these events to get to know each other and Patrick better!

Please contact Cynthia Murray or Brenda Ridgeway if you have further questions.

BAZAAR BUZZ

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The November 4 Holiday Bazaar is about two months away! 

We have a great team working on the bazaar. If you would like to help and be part of this fun team, please contact Nancy Boccia.

In the meantime...

Here are ways everyone can participate

and make OUR Parish Bazaar a huge success!

Homemade Food Items: We are known for our wonderful food table. Here’s how you can support this popular bazaar feature with your homemade items.

The Great Cookie Challenge is back!

Last year we all donated over 1,000 home baked special cookies. These were beautifully packaged and sold as an assorted “Cookie Walk in a Box” All sold!

Let’s do it again and more! If 50 of us make only 2 dozen cookies, that would be 1,200 delicious cookies to sell. 

Garden Harvest

When you make jams, jelly, pickles, canned tomatoes, soups from your garden harvest set some aside for the bazaar.

Baked Goods 

In addition to cookies, pies and special breads or other baked items are very popular.

Clearly label/mark your food donations with ingredients. Consider making some Gluten Free options? 

Want to make things in advance but don’t have room to freeze to store items? Let us know and we will store at CHS in empty Food 4 Kids refrigerators/freezers until the bazaar.

Jewelry: We are looking for donations of costume and better jewelry. Donations may be dropped off in the church office. Please provide information about better pieces so we price them appropriately. Include your contact information if you need a receipt for better jewelry donation tax deduction records!

Gift Baskets: We are selling tickets to win gift baskets we donate. You can fill your own basket or donate some items and we will create a basket. Baskets with themes are popular (bird watchers, cooking, reading, teatime, travel, etc.) Use your imagination! If you create your own basket, provide a list of items included. Let Cris Harter or Priscilla Isner know what you will do. They will wrap and decorate the baskets. Questions? Ask Cris, Priscilla or anyone on the bazaar team.

NOTE: WE NEED YOUR BASKET ITEMS BY TUESDAY OCT. 10^TH. 

SUMMER-FALL FIRST FRUITS

“Honour the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thine increase;”  Proverbs 3:9

This is an old CHS tradition we brought back this year. Our gardens are bursting with produce and flowers. Please bring your donations Sunday mornings to the table set up in the Parish Hall. Use the free offering jar for your monetary donations that will support local charities.

FOOD FOR KIDS

Food 4 Kids Made a (very short) Movie! We hope you enjoy our story ... told in just 2 minutes. Click here to watch and perhaps learn something new about why we do what we do AND how we make it happen.  Share it with friends and others who might be interested in finding out more about Food 4 Kids and the work we do!

All who prepare, pack, and deliver the meals knew Food 4 Kids was doing more this July than ever before. And we were right! We served 74 more lunches and 117 more snacks each day, on average, than last year. That’s 11,500 free lunches and 13,500 free snacks served to children in July!

And this month, a big Thank You to our unsung heroes – our Recyclers! Dedicated volunteers load up their trucks and cars with piles of recyclables almost daily and take them to their local recycling center, saving F4K trash disposal fees and saving the earth. 

And be sure to read the latest complete Food 4 Kids Newsletter here.

CHURCH SCHOOL NEWS

Our last Soar & Explore is this Sunday August 27th. Class is from 9:45-10:45 a.m. in the Parish Hall and then children will join parents in church.

We want to thank all who helped us with this new summer program, especially parish artists who shared their talents with the children. Dianne Fromm, Pia Mackensie, Donna Tavano, Brooke Eaton-Skea, and Lizzie Thompson.

Art expression always bring a new understanding of creation and the uniqueness of all God has created.... especially each child!

CHURCH SCHOOL RESUMES SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17

Followed by a Welcome Back Parish Picnic

• Registration will take place in the Gathering Room (lower level of Parish Hall) starting at 9:45
• Following the Sunday Service, please plan to attend the "Welcome Back Parish Picnic" on the front lawn (weather permitting)
• New this year, children will join their family for the full service the 4th Sunday of each month.
• Church School Families will receive more information via snail mail letter to be sent in early September

LADIES' LUNCHEON

THURSDAY September 7 AT NOON

Come join us for our first fall Ladies' Luncheon get-together on September 7th. We meet a bit before 12 noon in the Parish Hall, have some conversation, and then convene for lunch. Bring your own sandwich or salad, and we provide drinks and dessert. 



Volunteers for September are: Chips, Ginny Lucil; Paper goods, Elizabeth Merritt; 

Table decorations, Fay Cole; Dessert, Dilys Smith.

Fay Cole, Convener

PASTORAL CARE

A NEW PASTORAL OFFERING FROM CHS

Our pastoral care ministry has begun to coordinate an occasional meal delivery to those in need of a meal to make life a little easier. If you would like to provide a meal for one or two people on occasion, or to learn about this new ministry, contact Patrick or Priscilla Isner.

If you are in need of a pastoral visit, or....

You or a family member has been admitted to a

medical facility (hospital, skilled care, etc.), or ...

You want to request prayers for you or a family member or friend..

Please call the church office at (508)-255-0433

or email pastoralcare@chsorleans.org

There is also an Intercessors group that offers confidential prayers. Please email your request to intercessors@chsorleans.org 

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

Brian Ridgeway and Ann Pike-Paris

Have you taken time recently to stop and smell the roses? If you haven’t, then make time to stroll the peaceful and fragrant CHS grounds. You won’t be disappointed, especially with the new fences gracing it all. And the SOS projects (rectory, solar fields and hillside behind the playground) are being cleaned and maintained by Peter Jensen.

On a very happy note, our August 19^th Garden Party was a huge success! Why? We had three new volunteers!! Welcome to Donna Bailey, Lillian Kuo, and Susan Quirk!! It was a gorgeous Cape Day and so much work was done in almost every area of the campus. Yes, we have pesky areas, and yes, these require more expert help than our volunteers can take on, but they will be addressed!

The scope of the work was immense, from trimming bushes along sidewalks and the Memorial Garden, weeding Izzy’s Alley, cleaning the stairway to the rectory, maintaining the fish-pond and Memorial Garden fountain, and adding mulch. 

Thank you to our team for the love and caring for our grounds this month:

Donna Bailey, Celia Calhoun, Ike and Fay Cole, Diana Crighton, Chuck Dow,

Rich Gregory, Susan Quirk, and Brian Skea. And a special thank you to all who come in the “off hours” to help.

Come join the fun and fellowship on any of the remaining Saturdays:

September 23^rd, October 14^th, and November 18th.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

BEAUTIFUL IMAGES FROM THE CHS CAMPUS Courtesy of Suzy Gray

A BABY CENTER (ABC) NEEDS YOUR HELP!

A Baby Center (ABC) is a non-profit group on Cape Cod whose mission is to serve without judgement the youngest in our community. A Baby Center supplements critical basic needs that ensure the good health and safety of babies who live on Cape Cod and the Islands. These services are provided at no cost to clients and without regard for religious preference or lack thereof.

ABC gave out 435,225 diapers last year to support low-income parents raising babies on Cape Cod and the Islands. Diapers go with wipes and they gave out 62,672,400 individual wipes during 5,803 client visits last year!!

Thanks to local churches, organizations, individuals, and businesses we were able to support these families! With a Grateful Heart. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

PLEASE consider purchasing packages of diapers and wipes. Put them in the large wooden trunk in the main foyer of the Parish Hall, and we will deliver them to ABC.

If you have any questions, talk to Bill and Margaret Anne Heuss.

CHS ART

CHS is blessed to have many wonderful pieces of art on display. These are found throughout the church as well as all of our campus buildings.

We are photographing each and creating a catalog with item descriptions. This will allow us to create a 'Tour of Art at CHS' guidebook that can be used during our annual Holiday Bazaar and at other appropriate times.

If you have any information about pieces of art on display, or other CHS artifacts, that we could add to their provenance, please send or give that information to Jack Sasso or talk with him about it.

HEALTH MINISTRY

We wish everyone a safe and fun summer. With so much going on at CHS, we’ll see you at church! First Aid kits are stocked throughout the campus; we hope we don’t need them! Keep the list of helpful heath resources handy! Happy Summer!!

CHS GALLERY

The CHS Gallery is open Monday - Thursday 10 - 3 and Sundays after church.

Bring a friend - sit on the sofas - feel the joy of the art on display.

The CHS Gallery is located on the East side of the church.

During the week, you may enter through the side door from the campus courtyard.

Only one more Sunday to few the incredible pyrography ("painting" with fire) of

Ellen Adamson! You don’t want to miss this August show.

The CHS Gallery Artist for September is

Cheryl Kyle

 "Fantastic, Fun, Fabrics from Tanzania, East Africa" line the panels at the Art Exhibit as you leave the church. Let your creativity expand with the many uses for these unique one-of-a-kind fabrics. Consider picnic tablecloths, napkins, placemats, beach wraps, dresses, window coverings, dining tablecloths, seat or pillow covers, and more!  

On display also is a special selection of Maasai beaded jewelry and crosses along with six original Tinga Tinga paintings ready to be framed.  

The proceeds from the sales will go towards providing porridge, transport of drinking water and books to Endupoto Primary School in Tanzania. Church of the Holy Spirit has been a faithful supporter of bringing education to Maasai girls and boys in a remote and arid of Tanzania”. 

Cheryl T. Kyle: CHS parishioner, project manager Endupoto Primary School, safari leader, and artist

Calling all CHS artists to show their “gifts” in the CHS gallery. 

The 2023 CHS GALLERY calendar is “full"…all remaining months in 2023 are taken by a CHS artist. Now is a good time to sign up for one month in 2024! The sign-up poster is located in the window by the gallery door.

Looking ahead to December 2023 in the gallery - this is always a “group show”. This December the theme is HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE……if you would like to show/sell your HOLIDAY art/crafts, speak with Sharyn Laughton and/or Gail Binney Sterne.

Sharyn Laughton

CENTERING PRAYER

All are welcome to join us for Centering Prayer during which we sit together in silence for 30 minutes.

We meet on Mondays at 4:30 pm at the Labyrinth behind the Federated Church on Main Street in Orleans or in their sanctuary if the weather is inclement.

We meet on Thursdays at 4:30 in the CHS Memorial Garden on the West Side of the campus or indoors in the Reception area/gallery.

Contact Brooke Eaton Skea if you want to learn more about Centering Prayer.

SUNDAY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

On August 20, we began our discussion of a new book,

Why Gather? The Hope and Promise of the Church by Martha Tatarnic. 

From her introduction: "...my...hope for you, the reader, is that the stories that form the core of this book of God at work in real flesh and blood lives will sharpen your own senses in their awareness of God's presence and activity...The church has seemed for several generations now to be on shaky ground...And yet the reality of God's love and presence in the church and in our lives is unshakeable...and forever reminds us who we really are."

The discussion is open to everyone (you and your friends); Please order the book from your local bookstore or online, start reading, get a snack at coffee hour, and join us in the Fireplace Room after Sunday Service (when there no other scheduled coffee hour events in the Parish Hall.) Come whenever you can make it!

Brooke and Brian Skea

FREE SHOP

FREELY YOU HAVE RECEIVED - FREELY GIVE

Thank you to all -- customers, visitors, volunteers and all those from parish and community who donated clothing……All added up to a grateful, fulfilling, active FREE SHOP on the upper level of the Parish Hall this summer!

In September we look forward to your FALL clothing donations and moving back into the Gathering Room on September 6 on the lower level of the Parish Hall.

The shop is open every Monday and Wednesday --10 to 1. Your FALL clothing donations and brown paper bags with handles can be dropped off in bins by the elevator - lower level/first floor of the Parish Hall -- any time the Parish Hall is open.

Did you know that nothing goes to waste in the Free Shop. Everything is recycled - clothing inappropriate for the shop is sold and monies go to Food Pantries on the Cape. Suzy Gray recycles all plastic bags, paper goods, wire hangers -- the list goes on and on!

COME SHOP - COME VISIT - COME SEE

THANK YOU!!

Suzy Gray & Sharyn Laughton - Co Directors

GALLEY WEST ART GALLERY

SUMMER ART SHOW

thru this Saturday, August 26

AUTUMN ART SHOW

OPENS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

Gallery Hours - Wednesday - Saturday 10-2

Also join us from 3-5 on September 6

for our opening reception and meet some of the artists in the show.

Autumn Show Juror - Brian Schnetzer,

CHS member and founder Aunt Sadie's Candles

Come see the beautiful art by local artists including

many wonderful items by CHS' Kimball Guild

CHS Artists and friends are encouraged to enter our Winter Show*

WINTER SHOW - CALL FOR ART

September 1 - October 1

Visit our website for entry information*

If you have questions about entering a show or learning how you can help in our gallery, contact Sue Sasso or Sharyn Laughton.

* Online entry form:

www.galleywestartgallery.com/artist-entry-form/

Wood Cut by Vernon Smith- Note Cards with this wood cut design and portions of the Vernon Smith mural can be purchased in the Gallery.

BOARDS IN THE STORES

ONLINE AUCTION CLOSES AUGUST 26

Still time to bid on this surfboard.

Galley West is participating in the Orleans Chamber of Commerce Boards In The Stores summer fund raising auction. Nauset Sunshine, painted by gallery friend, Chris Hardman. Chris's board will be on display at Galley West. Chris is donating her share of the auction proceeds to Galley West. View all boards in the auction - click here.

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

45TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY ANTIQUES SHOW AND SALE

November 24 & 25th - SAVE THE DATES!

It is hard to believe that our plans are underway for the 45th Annual Antiques Show and Sale to be held on Friday, November 24th, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and on Saturday, November 25h, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Parish Center. 

There will be 25 dealers from the New England area offering you a wide range of choice antiques to choose from, including 18^th and 19^th century furniture, nautical items, quilts, Staffordshire china, ironstone, early American pattern glass, jewelry, Americana, brass candlesticks, vintage post cards, chocolate and ice cream moulds, primitives, textiles, folk and fine art.  Monies raised at this annual event are used to support our parish programs.

Please join us and help to make this 45th year the best yet! 

If you have any questions or wish to volunteer to help make this show a success, please contact me at 774-722-4739. Thank you for your support! Debbie Meguerdichian, Chair 

A ROBIN'S STORY - by Suzy Gray

On July 18th, I dropped off clothes to the Free Shop, and at the last minute felt I should use the side door to exit to get to the top parking lot. (Divine Intervention)

There in the dirt and hot sun was this tiny, featherless baby bird who I thought was already gone...then he or she moved! I ran inside, grabbed a box and a roll paper towels.

Back outside, I gently lifted its frail body into the box, making sure there was enough paper towel underneath so it could be easily lifted out. I headed to the kitchen door to show F4K volunteers working and to request they please be on the lookout for more chicks.

I drove to Wild Care Center at the Eastham Rotary and left them the bird and a small donation. They told me it was an American Robin baby. I went back to church to look in the nest to make sure there were no other babies to be rescued. Guess this baby was the sole nest survivor.

On August 4th, I nervously called to check on our church’s American Robin using the Intake Number they had given me. And Yes!! He or she had not only survived but had become a favorite at Wild Care with a “very cute little personality!”

They also mentioned that one eye was injured, but it may heal. If not, because he or she is so friendly and came in so young, it would become an ambassador bird at Wild Care!

I asked if they’d named it? Not yet, they were trying to think of one. I told her that I’d found this baby bird at my church, and I suggested Lazarus if it's a boy (she loved the name and got the meaning) and Hope or Faith if it’s a girl. It will be a little while longer before they can determine if it’s a M or F. 

What would we do without Wild Care and their team of caring wildlife rehabilitators and interns?

Suzy Gray

Robin Found - July 18

Robin Recovering - August 4

Robin today - photo coming next month and bird's name

stay tuned

!!!SEPTEMBER TOGETHER!!!

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BIRTHDAYS ~ ANNIVERSARIES ~ REMEMBRANCES

IF YOU WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR BIRTHDAY OR

ANNIVERARY LIST, PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE

BIRTHDAYS

Bryan Gass  8.28 Page McMahan 8.30  

 Cynthia Murray 9.2  Ashley Chung 9.4

Patricia McLeod 9.11  Kate O’Brien 9.12

Susan Sasso 9.13  Gail Binney Sterne 9.14

Dilys Smith 9.16  Alexander Gaston 9.19

G. Chris Crighton 9.20  Barbara Hoffman 9.21

Meredith Perkins 9.21  Ellen Adamson 9.21

Lucas LaBranche 9.24  Killian Kuo 9.26  

ANNIVERSARIES

The Rev. Ken and Ruth Campbell 8.26.61

Brue and The Rev. Sue Lederhouse 8.29.87

Jack and Karen Gentile 9.6.1986

Richard and Barbara Koeppen 9.8.1963

Frank and Donna Tavano 9.9.1977

Brian and Brenda Ridgeway 9.13.2014

John and Gail Binney Sterne 9.21.2002

Matt and Melissa Keeffe Jones 9.22.2001

Matthew and Jaimie Thompson 9.23.2000

REMEMBRANCES

Frank Pike 8.26.06 William Ridgeway, Priest 8.26.84

V. Janet Seale 8.27.12 Irma Smith 8.27.97

Erick T. Miller 8.29.13 Sue Rightmire 8.30.06

Frank Joy 8.31.07 

Edward Warren Schultze    9.01.08 Charles Evans, Priest 9.01.83

Katherine Jones    9.01.98 Harry D. Felsenthal 9.02.09

Vernon Smith 9.02.69 Helen Matel 9.02.22

Gwendolyn Heller Hobbs   9.03.11 Harry Hill Carey  9.04.97

James Graham 9.04.99 Vivian Foy Stacey 9.05.16

Walter Bell, Jr., Priest 9.06.90 Nathalie Johnson   9.07.14

Chuck Farrell 9.07.21 Donna White 9.08.15

Ken Gardiner 9.09.18 Eugene Gieringer  9.09.97

Constance Grosvenor 9.09.10 Patricia Husson 9.10.04

Dorothy Benner 9.11.04 William Calhoun 9.11.06

Hope M. Ford 9.12.02 Janet Skadden 9.12.14

James Townsend, Jr.9.12.99 Ralph Consiglio 9.16.03

Katherine Chapman 9.18.17 Patricia Carey 9.19.17

Ruth Leistensnider 9.19.18 Evan T. Barrington 9.20.13

S. C. Vern Bowman, Priest 9.20.61 William “Rusty” Funnell 9.20.17

H. Jackson Sillcocks 9.22.01 Dona Pike 9.22.20

Mary Tindall 9.22.05 Lawrence Bernhardt 9.24.17

Marian Gray 9.24.09 Lucy Goddard 9.26.96

Ellen Williams 9.26.03 Stephen Erickson 9.27.12

Nancy Heller 9.27.17 Eldora Stevens 9.27.70

Helen Vancil 9.27.99 Jean Hammond 9.28.15

Patricia Bell 9.29.02 Bernie Hutchens 9.29.19

Walter Wilcox 9.29.15

RECENT DEATHS

William Wahlquist 8.8.23

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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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS

• Galley West - Autumn Show Opens - Wednesday, September 6;10-2, Reception 3-5
• Free Shop - Wednesday, September 6 - returns to lower level Gathering Room
• Ladies' Luncheon - Thursday, September 7 - noon
• September Vestry - Thursday, September 14
• Church School Starts and Parish Welcome Back Picnic -Sunday, September 17
• TOGETHER deadline: Monday, September 21 at 6 p.m Send items to Sue Sasso
• Garden Party - Saturday, September 23 from 8:30 - noon
• Invite-Welcome-Connect Potluck Supper - Thursday, September 28 from 5:30 - 8:00 in Parish Hall

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Sue Sasso, Together Editor