Youth Group reorganizes around music, Sept 25.
Oct. 2, 11:00am – Holy Eucharist
Season of Creation 5, Sept 1 – Oct. 4
Communion, Sept 25, 2022.
Sept. 25, 11:00am – Holy Eucharist
Season of Creation 4, Sept 1 – Oct. 4
This Week
Collage from Sept. 4
Sept. 11, 11:00am – Holy Eucharist
Season of Creation 2, Sept 1 – Oct. 4
The choir was back this week and sang the offertory “All Things Wise and Wonderful.” We had 31 including 2 visitors.
The Season of Creation was sprinkled throughout the service from the Scottish Blessing to the Collect which was a Creation Collect, the Affirmation “preserve God’s creation for prosperity”, the Prayers of the People “We pray for the earth. As you seek out those who are lost, give us the grace to seek out what has been lost on this earth due to our greed and negligence” and Tom’s sermon.
Presentation from Victoria School in Jamaica
Sept. 4, 11:00am – Holy Eucharist
Season of Creation, Sept 1 – Oct. 4
This Week
Photo by Elizabeth Heimbach on the Rappahannnock
Aug.28, 11:00am – Morning Prayer
This Week
Aug.21, 11:00am – Eucharist
This Week
Aug.14, 11:00am – Eucharist
The peace Jesus has come to bring by establishing right relationships demands a complete revaluation and transformation of oneself and one’s relationships
This Week
Aug.7, 11:00am – Eucharist
Waiting
This Week
15 in house and 10 online. Two of our members have COVID returning from a summer trip.COVID have shifted our events as local numbers are up. Today was a return to masks. Wed for the Village dinner will be take out.
This was first Sunday and coffee hour was all tomatoes. Johnny brought tomatoes from the garden and Cookie made stuffed tomatoes with many delights from the Summer. A summer delight!
The key words this week in the lectionary are “faith” and “waiting.” Faith is about trust in things unseen – the trust in the reality of the relationship with, and the promises of, God is especially exemplified by Abraham.
In the Gospel, we need to be ready and waiting for Christ to come in a new way. Paired with the parable of the Rich Fool from last week, we once again are reminded that living for the ways of the world is foolish.
So what shall the faithful Christian do? First of all, “have no fear”. The promise from God is that the kingdom will be given to those who believe. What follows are two images: be properly dressed for action and movement, and take a flashlight, ready to move and to see when the Bridegroom comes. We are called to expect the unexpected and be ready to act.
July 31, 11:00am – Eucharist
Youth Sunday
We had Youth Sunday on July 31, 2022 in part of a common activity and to provide a celebration on going back to school. We had 10 youth participating during the church service on July 31 in bell ringing, the sermon, communion distribution and communion prep. They also helped to write the Prayers of the People.
The lectionary, particularly the Gospel Luke 12:13-21 on the Parable of the Rich Food, was particularly apropos dealing with greed, excess possessions, and ultimately fate. The youth came to the altar during communion. Using popcorn kernels each youth received a different number of kernels. This prompted interesting discussions. How to handle friends who were given much less ? In Luke’s scripture there is no thought to using the abundance to help others, no expression of gratitude for his good fortune, no recognition of God at all who is responsible for all possessions. The man in the Gospel is not evil. Wealth is not evil in itself – only how you use it. Some real world lessons in church today about building justice and how we lead our lives toward that end. Great to see smiles during the sermon!
July 24, 11:00am – Eucharist
Prayer
