Environmental
St. James will host a free screening of the new documentary, The Climate for Change is Now: Paris to Pittsburgh on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 7 pm. We will ask for a donation of canned for Mt Airy NET. Please plan to attend and invite your friends.
Included for your edification is the 2017 New York Times Op Ed article from the Archbishop of Canterbury and primate of the Church of England and leader of the Anglican Community.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR to the New York times
Our Moral Opportunity on Climate Change
By Justin Welby
As a global family of churches, the Anglican Communion has stood alongside other faiths in prayerful solidarity and compassion with victims and survivors of the recent extreme weather in many places around the world.
In Bangladesh and India, over 1,000 people died in an outsize monsoon flood. In the Caribbean and the United States, a succession of devastating hurricanes killed hundreds of people and cost thousands more their homes and businesses. In Hong Kong and southern China, over a dozen people were killed by a powerful typhoon.
Of course, hurricanes, monsoons and other types of extreme weather are a part of life on earth for many. The trouble is that climate change is loading the dice by intensifying storms and making rain patterns less predictable.
Climate change is the human thumb on the scale, pushing us toward disaster. It is not a distant danger — it is already with us. As we continue to burn fossil fuels, its effects will only grow.
Some years ago I worked in Nigeria, helping to find peaceful solutions to conflicts. Its capital city, Lagos — one of the world’s megacities, with a population estimated at 14 million to 21 million — will most likely experience a sea-level rise of around 35 inches in the next few decades if current warming trends continue.
Even in this best-case scenario, which depends on the global community’s sticking to the Paris climate change agreement, many of the shops I visited and homes I passed during my years in the country will be flooded. The rising waters are already changing ways of life and pressuring people to leave their homes. In the coming years, experts predict that millions of people in Lagos will be forced to move.
Providing a welcoming home for these migrants will challenge all of us. Unfortunately, Nigeria is just one example of a highly populated, highly exposed coastal area facing rising sea levels and storm surges. Bangladesh, the Philippines and other South Asian countries join them. New York City, Rio de Janeiro and London are at risk as well.
As people of faith, we don’t just state our beliefs — we live them out. One belief is that we find purpose and joy in loving our neighbors. Another is that we are charged by our creator with taking good care of his creation.
The moral crisis of climate change is an opportunity to find purpose and joy, and to respond to our creator’s charge. Reducing the causes of climate change is essential to the life of faith. It is a way to love our neighbor and to steward the gift of creation.
Indeed, even amid the hurricane-caused devastation and despair of recent weeks, I have seen seeds of hope. Different expressions of the Christian faith are freshly united around the need to care for our common home. The Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches just came together with the World Council of Churches to celebrate a month long Season of Creation. During this season, people all around the globe prayed and acted to address climate change and to protect the earth.
The Anglican Communion is responding in many ways. Young Anglicans from across Africa have united with ecumenical neighbors to study local effects of climate change and work on developing local solutions. In Cape Town, a diocesan environmental working group held a Eucharist for creation on Table Mountain. In Canada, the national indigenous Anglican bishop participated in an online prayer service and led an interfaith walk to protect the Great Lakes.
However we choose to respond, a response is necessary.
People of faith have a unique call to address the causes of climate change. As we stand together in our support for the survivors of extreme weather, let us act together in ways that will safeguard our shared gift of creation — and the lives of those who will inherit it from us.
Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury and primate of the Church of England, is the spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion.
Memorial Garden
Thrift Shop
Who’s looking forward to a summer vacation? We are at the Thrift Shop! We have wonderful treasures for every budget! We have summer shorts, capri pants, sandals, tank tops, and cammies for the ladies. And for the men we have shorts, tee shirts, dress shirts, ties, suits, sportswear (like Under Armour), sneakers, and sandals.
Many items listed above for ONLY $3.00!!
You may even catch a sale …. This means $2.00!!
| QUESTIONS | ANSWERS! |
| What can I wear to the event this summer? Will you be mowing the grass? Do you have a “Honey-Do” list? Perhaps working in the garden? Painting the house, cleaning out the garage? |
We have formal wear, for all events! We have Clothes for yard work! We have supplies for many projects! We have hats, Gloves, Accessories! We need your donations!! |
How can I get all this work done, save time and money???
Shop at the Thrift shop!
Coldwater Creek – Hollister – Talbot’s –Aeropostale,
American Eagle, Under Armour –Nike –Reebok –Adidas
& More!
PS …..Every $10.00 spent will earn a stamp on your loyalty card, and when it’s full –
You will have a $5.00 Coupon!
Remember, we’re not just Affordable….
We’re Thrifty!
WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Office Schedule for the week of May 26.
Monday Office Closed, Tuesday through Thursday 10-4.
2 WEEKS UNTIL QUARTERMANIA!!!
Please make your plans now for our Spring/Summer Quartermania event in just TWO short weeks at the church on FRIDAY, JUNE 7th; the doors will open at 6 pm with the games beginning at 7 pm. Delicious refreshments will also be available for purchase throughout the evening, including amazing desserts being sold by our Youth Group to help finance their outreach projects.
For those who may not know, Quartermania is a game that can be played by anyone from three to 93–a great family activity! Imagine a game that combines Bingo and an Auction using only quarters with lots of prizes to bid on! This will be a great night to begin your summer by gathering with your family and friends to win special items for yourself and your loved ones.
E-mail judysquartermanias@aol.com or call Judy @ 240-674-1961 to advance reserve a seat for $5 (a $3 discount!); admission fees will be collected at the door. Come join us to begin your summer with this fun and entertaining game!
Spring is here!—THINK St. James’ 13th Annual Basket Raffle & Silent Auction DONATIONS!!
Our big event will be held on both September 21st and 28th, but in the meantime, there is much to do to prepare and make this fundraiser a success.
As you begin your Spring cleaning, downsizing or even if you would like to “re-gift” holiday items you would like someone else to enjoy, please consider donating any items in good condition that may be suitable for men, women, or children of all ages. Some of our previous basket themes have been for babies, teens, teachers, pets, game/movie night, spa, jewelry, tea time, taco night, crab feast, sports memorabilia, fishing, golf, car wash/auto supplies, cooking, gardening, birding, crafts, tools, healthcare, exercise and inspirational. If you have questions about Basket items, please contact Joan Fader at 301-703-8787 or faderj1@juno.com.
Items for the Silent Auction would be those that would generate higher bids by themselves rather than as a part of a basket. Such items could include paintings, quilts, unopened perfume, fine jewelry or high-value gift certificates, and the like. If you have questions about the Silent Auction, please contact Mary Hutchins-Danna at 443-277-0505 or mhdslp@hotmail.com.
Marked BR containers will be in the narthex to receive your donations. Thank you, in advance, for your generosity!
Prayer Rotation
Please join the Daughters of the King in praying for each parishioner in rotation during 2018 by taking this notice home and by posting it where it will remind you to pray on a daily basis for the needs and blessings of:
Matthew and Karen Kastel (Luke, Grant)
Tom and Carla Kaufman
Patrick and Jennifer Kearns (Caleb)
A member of the Daughters of the King will be contacting you this week for special prayer requests.
| This week’s Commemorations (A Great Cloud of Witnesses, 2019, Church Publishing Group)
May 26 Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 |
| Lectionary readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 26, 2019 (Year C, RCL) Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22 – 22:5 John 5:1-9 |
