From the Rector
July Worship and Pastoral Care
While our service schedule will remain the same in July, we will be praying Morning Prayer rather than Holy Eucharist. Earlier this year we announced that Kristin’s sabbatical, which was scheduled for 2021, would be postponed to 2022. In order to build in some substantial time for her refreshment this year Kristin+ will take the whole month of July off for vacation and professional development.
Morning Prayer Officiant Schedule
- July 18 – Blix Winston
- July 25 – Peter Sabonis
During this time, Kristin+ will not be available to accept phone calls, emails, or text messages. Arrangements have been made for pastoral care in her absence. She will be kept informed of church happenings. Please resist the urge to reach out to her as you normally would during this time.
If you have a pastoral need in July, contact senior warden Dave Rak.
Basket Raffle
15th ANNUAL
ST. JAMES’ BASKET RAFFLE & SILENT AUCTION
Downtown Mt. Airy
Our 15th Annual Basket Raffle & Silent Auction will be held Saturday, September 25th–please mark your calendars!
This important fundraiser will take place during the Oktoberfest in downtown Mt. Airy. As in the past, the completed filled Baskets and Silent Auction items will be on display at St. James’ for two weeks before the Oktoberfest beginning September 12th. Tickets will be on sale at the Church during that time. Winning tickets will be drawn on Monday morning, September 27th at the Church.
HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP
Volunteer to be a part of the Basket Raffle committee to assist with the creation of the filled baskets—we’ll guide you! This year, more than ever, we need new helpers as some of members have retired from the committee. Please seriously consider volunteering a few hours a week in August and/or September to help with our creations.Donate your time to help with publicity, flyer distribution, or soliciting donations and gift certificates from local businesses.
If you choose, you may create and donate a completed basket using a theme of your choice OR bring new or like-new items from home to donate to our Brigade. Please place your donations in the marked BASKET RAFFLE DONATIONS containers in the Narthex.
This year, we are fortunate to have some baskets on hand ready to be filled with donated items, but we can always use additional large baskets.
Below are some ideas for types of items we can use. The deadline for donations of basket contents is Sunday, August 8th. The deadline for the donation of filled baskets is Sunday, September 5th. If you have questions about baskets, want to donate a filled basket, or want to volunteer for the Basket Brigade in August and/or September, please call or email me (see below). Join the fun and make new friends!
Items for the Silent Auction are also being accepted now. These are items that would generate higher bids by themselves 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, again, please contact me (see below).
Event Volunteers will be needed to assist with ticket sales before and during the Basket Raffle & Auction, to assist with transporting baskets between St. James’ Church and downtown, setting up tents and tables, as well as, calling winners of Baskets and Silent Auction items. You will be able to sign up for times to assist in the above ways on SignUp.com at a later date.
Let’s make the 15th Annual St. James’ Basket Raffle & Silent Auction another huge success! Thank you in advance for your generosity of spirit and continued support.
Marilyn Hancock, Chairperson
ladyzip2004@yahoo.com
BASKET THEMES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
| Sports (golf, baseball, football) | Home decor | Jewelry |
| John Deere | Spa day | Pets |
| Birds | Teacher | Picnic |
| Games for girls/boys | Health and exercise | Cooking |
| Baby boy/girl | Christmas | American Girl doll clothes |
| Wine related items | Fall/Halloween | Summer |
SUPPLIES NEEDED
| Double-sided clear "scotch" tape | Nice boxes of tea |
| Small jars of jam | Maryland state flag decor items |
| Large Old Bay seasong | Bottles of Wine (screw tops only) |
If you are able to provide any of these items, please place them in the BASKET RAFFLE DONATIONS containers in the Narthex.
Sunday Worship Information
INDOOR MORNING PRAYER
Attend Indoor In Person or watch the service livestreamed on Facebook
- Masks are required at this service
- We will begin increasing seating capacity by adding chairs and introducing rows on one side of the sanctuary while keeping pods of chairs separated on the other side for those who still desire social distancing
- You no longer need to sign up online for this service
We plan to begin streaming to Facebook at 8:30 am. If you arrive at Facebook and you don’t see the video, please refresh your screen. There is a delay. A printable bulletin is available here.
OUTOOR MORNING PRAYER WITH MUSIC
Join us this Sunday for Morning Prayer with music
in the Memorial Garden at 10:30 am
- This is a mask-optional service
- If this service moves indoors due to inclement weather, it will be still be mask-optional except during singing – anyone who chooses to sing will be required to mask up for the hymns
- There is no sign up for attending the 10:30 am outdoor worship
Inclement Weather Announcements
This summer, our 10:30 service will be celebrated outdoors if the weather cooperates. If the weather looks threatening, the 10:30 service will be held indoors. when we decide to celebrate the 10:30 service indoors, we’ll post an announcement to our Facebook page by 8:00 am Sunday morning. (In the past we sent an email on Saturday afternoon. This new streamlined approach gets us out of the weather forecasting business – a little, anyways.)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HEALTHY SUMMER LUNCHES
Our Outreach Committee is collecting items to provide healthy lunches to 10 local families through Mt. Airy Net.
Non-perishable items can be dropped off during regular office hours. Fresh fruits and refrigerated items can be dropped off on Friday, July 23 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
Our 10 families will be picking up their boxes on Saturday, July 24.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE ITEMS
Lectionary Readings for this Sunday:
Next Week’s Commemorations:
Prayer Rotation
Please join the Daughters of the King in praying for each parishioner in rotation during 2021 by taking this notice home and by posting it where it will remind you pray to on a daily basis for the needs and blessings of:
Cody and Erin Pond (Finn)
Gary and Betty Poole (Ben)
David and Sheila Pyatt
A member of the Daughters of the King will be contacting you this week for special prayer requests.