Vestry Report, Worship, Events, Prayers, Around The Diocese: The Consecration

Joachim Beuckelaer, The Well-Stocked Kitchen with Jesus

in the house of Martha and Mary in the background

(Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 1566), oil on panel.

Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m. with Fr. Nick

July 20, 27, August 3, 17, 24, 31

Sunday Morning Prayer

August 10

At the July Vestry meeting, the Vestry:

• Heard that Fr, Funk attended Safety Team training as a part of Continuing Education effort.

• Heard that the Wardens will cover Pastoral Care issues (visitation, etc.)

• Heard that the Sr. Warden proposed celebrating St. Paul’s 130 year anniversary in 2026.

• Heard that the Jr. Warden is de-cluttering the storage building and selling unneeded items.

• Heard that playground mulch was delivered to the school.

• Heard that invoices over 30 days past due will be published on a monthly basis.

• Heard that the Finance Committee had an orientation meeting.

• Heard that the Outreach Committee held a birthday party for the Lakes Regional Home for Women.

• Heard that the Audit Committee is active and making progress.

• Heard that the Stewardship Committee is organized and functioning.

• Heard that the organist job will be offered to an applicant.

• Heard that the land sale effort has picked up.

• Financials:

º Income: $7,642 in June; $96,263 YTD

º Expense: $17,127 in June; $116,115 YTD

º Profit (Loss) monthly & YTD: ($9,485) in June; ($19,852) YTD

Today's Stewardship Pearl

STEWARDSHIP has long been defined as the three T’s. What are the three T's?

"TIME, TALENT, TREASURE!"

Yes! How much time is enough? What kinds of talent help?

How much treasure/ money is enough?

Only you can make those decisions with God's help.

The Liturgy of the Word

Readings

JULY / AUGUST CALENDAR

SERVICE BULLETIN

SUNDAY WORSHIP

10:30 a.m. Live Stream

Sunday Services

on Youtube and Facebook

Repeat of Sunday services can be seen on GEUS Channel 34

Wednesdays

8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Giving

MORSEL FOR MEDITATION

Life—the temptation is always to reduce it to size. A bowl of cherries. A rat race. Amino acids. Even to call it a mystery smacks of reductionism. It is the mystery.

As far as anybody seems to know, the vast majority of things in the universe do not have whatever life is. Sticks, stones, stars, space—they simply are. A few things are and are somehow alive to it. They have broken through into Something, or Something has broken through into them. Even a jellyfish, a butternut squash. They're in it with us. We're all in it together, or it in us. Life is it. Life is with.

After lecturing learnedly on miracles, a great theologian was asked to give a specific example of one. "There is only one miracle," he answered. "It is life."

Have you wept at anything during the past year?

Has your heart beat faster at the sight of young beauty?

Have you thought seriously about the fact that someday you are going to die?

More often than not, do you really listen when people are speaking to you instead of just waiting for your turn to speak?

Is there anybody you know in whose place, if one of you had to suffer great pain, you would volunteer yourself?

If your answer to all or most of these questions is no, the chances are that you're dead.

-Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking and later in Beyond Words

JULY COFFEE HOUR

13th - July Birthdays: Salads of your choice

20th - Charcuterie Board

27th - Pot Luck: Hot dog and hamburger buns, salads, watermelon, chips, potato salad, beans, desserts

SUNDAY'S

9:00am - 9:15am intercessory prayer for our parish, our priest, our city, and the diocese.

All are welcome

Adult Catechesis

9:30am - 10:15am

in Parlor

Weekday Worship

& Bible Study

WEDNESDAYS

8:00 a.m.

Morning Prayer 1 located in the

Side Chapel in the south transept

of the church.

10:00 a.m.

Children's Chapel

10:30 a.m.

Morning Prayer II in the Church

Bible Study

6:00pm - Wednesday

Fellowship Hall

EVENTS

July 19

8:00a.m. - St. Joseph Guild
9:00a.m. - DOK

July 27, 2:00pm - Join us at Greenville Gardens as we sing and minister to the residents.

July 29, Tues 6:30pm Ladies Nite Out - Panera Bread

Aug. 6, 10:00am - Consecration of the Very Rev. Robert P. Price as Bishop Coadjutor

Aug 9, 10:00am - SAR meeting

Aug. 12, 6:00pm - School Board Meeting

Aug. 16

8:00am - St. Joseph's Guild

9:00am - DOK meeting

Aug. 19, 7:00pm - Vestry Meeting

Prayers For the Church

The Daughters of the King - DOK are dedicated to supporting the prayer needs of St Paul's. They are available in the Side Chapel in the south transept of the church every Sunday after the 10:30 a.m. worship service for private prayer.

You can also submit intentions in the prayer box in the narthex, or to add names to the prayer list, please contact the church office.

(Names will remain on prayer list for one month unless renewed)

Please pray for: Family of David Clegg, Jerry Tillery, Jerry Harrison

Consecration of the Very Reverend Robert P. Price

Deadline to register Aug. 18

Saturday, September 6, 2025

10:00 a.m.

Church of the Incarnation

3966 McKinney Ave. Dallas, 75204

Prayers, Donations, and Services for those affected

by the State's Tragic Flood

BISHOP'S BLOG

Parable by Bishop George Sumner

Sumptuous displays and tasting stations await attendees of the gourmet trade food show. Brie, gouda, fancy cakes, pureed fruit from the middle east, the finest olives, an array of British and German sausages, etc. A taster’s delight. The evening was at last over and the gourmands headed home. (continue reading)

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DIARY OF A THEOLOGIAN

Water and Flood by Canon Victor Austin

While necessary for life, water is also a danger—a reality that the Bible recognizes from the beginning.

Once God creates life, he turns to the problem of water. It, water, is just there. We first learn of it when God’s Spirit hovers over it. But then it seems to be everywhere—meaning, there’s no place for God to put created things. So he needs to open up a space in the midst of the water. He does this by making the “firmament”—an odd word; some modern translators prefer “sky” but the problem with “sky” is that you think you know what it is. Nobody knows what the firmament is! It is, just, something that is solid and stretched out, and because it is solid, it can hold water up. And that creates a space, with water above (on the other side of the sky, as it were) and water below. (continue reading)

﻿SUNDAY WORSHIP

Parable by Bishop George Sumner

DIARY OF A THEOLOGIAN

Water and Flood by Canon Victor Austin

SUNDAY WORSHIP