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Bulletin for Trinity 1 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 22 June 2009
Trinity 1                                              June 14, 2009
 
8:00 A.M.       HOLY EUCHARIST                                    
Introit Psalm: 13                                                           p. 343 
Collect for Purity:                                                          p. 67
Collect &Epistle                                                           p. 217
Gradual Psalm: 41: 1-4                                                 p. 382
Gospel                                                                         p. 218
 
9:15 A.M.       MORNING PRAYER
First Lesson: Joshua 1:1-9 (Pew Bible p.194)
Psalm 1, 5
Second Lesson: Mark 1:21-34 (Pew Bible p.35)
 
10:00 A.M.     HOLY EUCHARIST
Introit Psalm: 13 (sung)
Hymn: 385 (Austria – 280)
Children’s Talk
Collect for Purity, Summary of the Law, etc.                 p. 67
Kyrie                                                                            p. 70
Collect & Epistle                                                          p. 217
Gradual Psalm: 41: 1-4                                                 p. 382
Holy Gospel                                                                 p. 218
Hymn before Homily: 382 (Martyrdom)
The Homily
Offertory Hymn: 539 (Dominus Regit Me)
The Intercession                                                           p. 75
Confession, Absolution                                     p. 77
Thanksgiving                                                                 p. 78
Consecration                                                                p. 82
Hymns during Communion:       593 (Rockingham)
460 (St. Finbar)           
576 (Mozart
Lord’s Prayer                                                               p. 85
Gloria                                                                           p. 86
Recessional Hymn: 699 (St. Benedict)
Please join us in the Hall for Tea & Coffee.
 
5:00 P.M.        EVENING PRAYER
First Lesson: 1 Samuel 9:1-10:1 (Pew Bible p. 251)
Psalm 4, 6
Second Lesson: Acts 1:1-14 (Pew Bible p. 118)
 
Layreaders
8:00 A.M. – Ted Bartlett          9:15A.M – Bill Ross
10:00 A.M. – Norm Dupuis
 
The Sanctuary Candle burns this week to
 the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of
Elwyn and Roberta Wilson.
 
“Let us remember before God the faithful departed.”
Ken Farris                  Don Beemer               Robert Carlin
Thelma Englehart      Father John Pearce    Kenneth O’Toole
 
Church Picnic: Sunday, June 21st, the fourth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, has been designated for our Parish Picnic at the Young Smith Hall and beautiful grounds of Shediac Cape. We will go there for a pot-luck lunch (bring your dishes with you to Church) following our 10 o’clock celebration of the Holy Eucharist.  We will begin lunch at 12:30. Then, after lunch, there will be activities and prizes for everyone from 1-3 P.M. There will be water games so bring an extra change of clothes and a towel. There will also be a popular ‘Bolo’ game for adults. Most of all, there will be an opportunity for us to visit and enjoy one another’s company. If you need a drive or if you would be willing to provide transportation, please call the Church Office (855-5209) or speak to one of the Church Wardens.
 
Summer Sunday School: On Sunday, June 28th at 10:00 AMSt. George’s Summer Sunday School will begin, thanks to our dedicated Sunday School teachers. This summer the lessons will focus on the Ten Commandments, with one commandment being taught each week. A simple, little song will hopefully assist the children in learning this very important passage of Holy Scripture. Please make every effort to have your child join us! Thank you.
 
THE RECTOR’S CORNER
“…Because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without Thee, grant us the help of Thy grace…”
(Collect for the First Sunday after Trinity)
            What do the words “mortal nature” mean? Today’s Collect points to “the weakness of our mortal nature”; and it says that because of this mortal nature we cannot do any good without God. That’s quite a statement – shocking, actually!
            Well, first things first; according to the dictionary, ‘nature’ is the word used for a thing’s “essential qualities”.
            Now before we go any further, it is important to note that the MOST essential quality of any human being is his/her relationship to God through the Lord Jesus Christ. Think of it: we live and move and have our being only because of God’s Mercy and Charity. So, the most essential thing about us is that relationship with Him. We may pretend otherwise, but in the end that is the truth of the matter.
            Knowing that, we can go back to the Collect and the words “mortal nature”. To say that we have a mortal nature is to admit that there has been a problem in that essential relationship with God. We were not created with this mortality issue; it came with the disobedience of Adam and Eve. Human sin infected the original, good nature which God gave mankind, and made all of us subject to death. We are born to die. As St. Paul told the Church in Corinth, “For since by man (Adam) came death, by man (Christ) came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made to live.” Article IX on page 702 explains this situation in those words:
“Original sin… is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is ingendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit…”
Of course, if we stopped here all possibility of HOPE would be denied. Thankfully, our Gracious God came to save us, bound as we are by the weakness of our mortal nature. He came in the Person of His Son Who died and rose again for us. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, the powers of sin and death have been defeated for us, and the essential quality of our nature redeemed. Through Jesus, God offers us healing, forgiveness, grace and peace so that our relationship may be restored.
            This is why the Collect says that we can “do no good thing without God.” The world continually speaks of doing good, defining it by worldly standards. However, true “good” according to the Lord’s measure is only possible for us by God’s grace and inspiration. In his last book, the Rev. John Pearce made this helpful comment:
“At a funeral, one sometimes hears the remark, ‘Oh, that person was good. Though he didn’t believe in God or go to church, he was kind to his family and never hurt anyone!’ And the assumption is that this person will make it to Heaven.
            We agree with speaking positively of someone who has departed. But we must ask ourselves, ‘What does the word GOOD really mean?...’ As someone succinctly phrased it, ‘GOOD minus GOD equals O.”
            Let us use today’s Collect each day this week to seek the Lord’s assistance in our daily lives and to praise Him for His amazing grace.
 
Thank You’s
Just a note to thank everyone who assisted with the preparations, service, reception, and clean-up of the Rev. John Pearce’s funeral. Your generosity and patient care was greatly appreciated by Fr. Pearce’s family and by the many clergy who attended, including your Rector. Thank you!
 
Last week we received a generous donation of 2 clarinets and a tenor recorder for recorder for use in the Edith Cavell Music Club. A couple of months ago, a guitar was also given. Thank you very much for these. May these be used for the benefit of God’s children.
 
Strawberry Social
Central United Church, 150 Queen St., Moncton
July 8 - 11:30am-1:00 pm
Cost $8.00
Sandwiches, Strawberry Shortcake, tea, coffee lemonade
This Week in the Parish
The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer will be prayed in the Chapel at 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday – Friday, respectively. In addition:
Tuesday          10:00 AM Bible Study at the Rectory
2:45 PM Music Club at Edith Cavell School
Wednesday     10:00 A.M. Camden Terrace Eucharist
 6:00 PM Closing BBQ for beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Thursday        10 AM Holy Eucharist
7:30 P.M. Reading Group
 
Community Meal June 14th
Cooks: Women’s Progress Club
June 14th – 2:30 P.M.            Servers
Norman Dupuis, Ernie Gallant, Anne Allen,       Phyllis Hamlyn,
Pauline Emery, Bob Cotsworth, Dorothy Thomas, Diane Mugridge,
Marjorie Sheehan, Audrey Lotherington
June 14th – 3:30 P.M.            Clean Up Crew
Warren Folkes, Mike Lipton,    Charlie Farrell, Keith & Evelyn Chapman and Family
Please note the schedules for June, July and August are posted on the bulletin board.
 
 
 
 
Bulletin for Trinity 2 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 22 June 2009
Trinity 2                                              June 21, 2009
 
8:00 A.M. - HOLY EUCHARIST                                        
Introit Psalm18:18-21                                                   p. 348 
Collect for Purity:                                                          p. 67
Collect                                                                         p. 219
Epistle                                                                          p. 220
Gradual Psalm: 23:5-6                                      p. 357
Gospel                                                                         p. 220
 
9:15 A.M.       MORNING PRAYER
First Lesson: Joshua 2 (Pew Bible page 194)
Psalm 7, 8
Second Lesson: Mark 2:23-3:19 (Pew Bible page 36)
 
10:00 A.M.     HOLY EUCHARIST
Introit Psalm (sung)
Hymn: 398 (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)
Children’s Talk
Collect for Purity:                                                          p. 67
The Ten Commandments
Collect                                                                         p. 219
Epistle                                                                          p. 220
Gradual Psalm: 23:5-6                                      p. 357
Gospel                                                                         p. 220
Creed                                                                           p. 71
Hymn before Homily: 661 (Knecht-424)
The Homily
Offertory Hymn: 475 (Rockingham- 58)
The Intercession                                                           p. 75
 
Confession, Absolution                                     p. 77
Thanksgiving                                                                 p. 78
Consecration                                                                p. 82
Hymns during Communion:       792 (I Need Thee)
                        127 (batty)       791 (He Leadeth Me)
Lord’s Prayer                                                               p. 85
Gloria                                                                           p. 86
Recessional Hymn: 604 (Crusader’s Hymn)
Please join us for a Pot Luck Dinner and picnic at St. Martin’s in the Woods, Shediac Cape
 
5:00 P.M.        EVENING PRAYER
First Lesson: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 (Pew Bible page 259)
Psalm 15, 16
Second Lesson: Acts 2:1-21 (Pew Bible page 119)
 
“Let us remember before God the faithful departed.”
Father John Pearce                           Kenneth O’Toole
Mary Ensworth
 
A donation has been made to St. George’s Memorial Fund to the Glory of God and in Loving memory of our fathers, Harold E. Carson and Donald Beemer, by Merle and Donna Carson.
 
This Week in the Parish
The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer will be prayed in the Chapel at 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday – Friday, respectively. In addition:
Wednesday      Spencer Home Eucharist                       10:00 A.M.
                        Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
                        Reading Group                         7:30 P.M.
Thursday          Holy Eucharist                          10:00 A.M.
                        In the Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
 
Many thanks to our gardeners. The spring tulips were beautiful, and the red and white geraniums look lovely – perfect for St. George’s Church.
 
 
 
THE RECTOR’S CORNER
Fathers
 
            As we remember dear old Dad this weekend there is an opportunity for quality time. Maybe it will be face to face; maybe over the phone; maybe an hour of solitude, if your father is departed. And what is quality time? No doubt you have your own ideas: a family meal; a quiet walk; tackling a long-overdue project; an afternoon of fishing. Whatever you have in mind, this quality time should include some talking and some listening. Maybe Dad is not a big conversationalist, and maybe he is hard to listen to with his ‘Archie Bunker’ views of the world, but why not try?
            As we prepared for the funeral of Father John Pearce ten days ago, the Deanery Clergy organized an all-night vigil at St. Paul’s Church, Brown’s Yard, from Thursday at 9:30 P.M. until the next morning at 8:30 A.M. when the undertaker came to take the body. Our hope during this time was to read through the Psalter (150 Psalms in all) leaving periods of silence each hour for reflection. As the night wore on, and we read slowly by alternate verse, the words became very important. It was as though each verse was speaking directly to us. Of course, that is exactly what was happening. How can we say for sure? Because the Psalms (along with the rest of the Bible) are God’s Words. The voice we hear through the ancient text is His! Unfortunately, though we read these same Psalms daily, we often miss their meaning. For me, it took the quality time of the wee morning hours to really hear the Lord speaking through the Psalms. A similar thing is true in our relationships – even in our closest family ties. We are too busy, and so distracted much of the time, that we cannot hear with our heart. Thankfully, Father’s Day delivers that opportunity.
            As we think about our relationships with our fathers today, I realize that, for some people, this is painful. It is painful for those who are grieving their father’s death; and it is painful for those who have been hurt or abused by their fathers. In the midst of your pain, may I encourage you to cry out to your Heavenly Father. Even though He is the Almighty and Eternal one, the Maker of Heaven and earth, He still cares about you. Listen to this:
Jesus said, “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” (St. Matthew 6:26)
            In his Exposition on the Creed, Bishop John Pearson underlined this simple faith as “the life of our devotions,” and “the expectation of all our petitions.” In other words, if we do NOT trust in God’s fatherly care and mercy, our prayer life and our daily outlook will suffer. As Bishop Pearson put it:
“Christ, Who taught His disciples, and us in them, how to pray, propounded not the knowledge of God, though without that He could not hear us; neither represented He His power, though without that He cannot help us; but comprehended all in this relation, ‘When ye pray, say, Our Father.’”
            In closing, we only need to look around us, and to listen for the signs of God’s love and mercy. As the Lord Jesus said, “Behold.” “Behold the fowls of the air.” “Consider. Consider the lilies of the field.” These beautiful things assure us of the Love, Wisdom and Power of our Heavenly Father.
 
The Large Print Version of ‘Our Daily Bread’ for July, August and September is available in the vestibule.
 
Congratulations to Ken and Josephine Stone who celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on June 17th; and to Albert and Mary Evers who celebrated their 44th anniversary on June 19th.
“Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder.”
 
Today, following the 10 A.M. Eucharist, our parish picnic will take place at Young Smith Hall in Shediac Cape (next door to St. Martin’s in the Woods Church). We will begin with a pot luck meal @ 12:30 P.M., and it will be followed by a variety of activities.
           
 
High School Graduates
Ashley Carrier
Jefferson Hayre
Jessica Jobe
Congratulations and God Bless you!
 
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