Vestry

 

 

 

 

Our Vestry is still moving forward in these beautiful days of summer. We’re continuing to re-learn the process for counting and depositing the Sunday collections from Deb and Jane. I thank our Business Manager Mechelle and our new Treasurer Natalie for their wizardry in reformatting financial reports so they can be produced more easily in a streamlined, automated manner. Ty Conlon is having a busy month coordinating work being done on our building and grounds. Ty and Fred Meisenkothen get called whenever our alarm system goes off. Unfortunately, it goes off a lot when thunderstorms pass through the area. Thanks guys!

I extend gratitude to the individuals that volunteered to lead our Sunday morning prayer during Kristin’s month away and also to everyone that’s helping us feed ten local families healthy lunches.

Our county briefly moved from the diocesan COVID yellow phase to the green phase this month, allowing some more changes in our practices. Alas, all parts of our diocese moved back to the yellow phase on Wednesday morning because of increasing case and positivity rates.  We’ll wait for Kristin to return before implementing any COVID changes. During the high-travel months of July and August the diocese is only holding one clergy & warden’s meeting per month, instead of the usual two per month.

Enjoy summer. If you’re traveling again, I wish you safe, fun-filled trips. Here’s a prayer shared in the July diocesan clergy meeting –

A Prayer for Summer
Come summer with me, Lord;
summer deep within my soul;
restore my faith in summer’s time,
in rest, in joy, in play, in you…

Summer in my heart, Lord,
and dwell there
as if time would never end,
as if all time were children’s time, eternal time
full of wonder and recreation…

And let others summer in my shade, Lord,
and share whatever summer’s peace is mine to give,
whatever summer’s light is mine to shed,
whatever summer’s warmth is mine to share…

Good God of every season and every day this week,
come summer with me, Lord,
and let the child in my heart spend this summer in your love…

-adapted from a prayer by Austin Fleming 

July Worship and Pastoral Care

• July 18 – Blix Winston
• July 25 – Peter Sabonis

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Thrift Shop

 

 

 

 

Our Thrift Shop continues to thrive due to the many wonderful donations from our community.  The efforts of our staff and volunteers is of the utmost importance to the continued success of the shop.

We do have a desperate need for volunteers on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Won’t you please consider working a couple of hours on either of those days?  We try to schedule hours at the convenience of the volunteer and sometimes that leads to an abundance of help on one day and none on others.  Please contact Cheryl Windsor by email at dcwindsor@comcast.net if you can help.

The shop continues to receive compliments from the community about how friendly and helpful the staff is and the tidiness and organization of the store.  Stop by and check out the changes.  We are always striving to improve ways to make the shop more inviting and an easy shopping experience.

Management is in the process of conducting interviews of managers in other thrift shops in the area to compare the business side of our shop to theirs.  So far, it has been an eye opener.  After all the interviews have been conducted, we will reveal the results in another edition of Thrift Shop News in the Shell.  Until then, happy thrifting!

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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.)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS