Welcome to Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church!

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 4, 2013

For 127 years, St. Mary’s has been a Christ-centered community

with a mission to express God’s love for all people.

Services at 7:45, 9:00, and 10:30 AM

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A large print version of this bulletin is available from the ushers.

Welcome to St. Mary’s! If you would like more information about the Episcopal Church, or about St. Mary’s church in particular, please sign the guest book to receive mailed information and an invitation to have coffee with our priest, LeeAnne Watkins.

All children are welcome in church. They are also welcome to pick up a clipboard and crayons, a book, or a stuffed animal to sit with them during the service. These can be found just outside the sanctuary near the guest book.

All people are welcome to receive the bread and wine at Holy Communion (Eucharist). After approaching the altar, you may stand or kneel. Place one hand on top of the other to receive the bread. Please help guide the cup when receiving the wine or, if you prefer, dip your bread into the wine. If you do not wish to share in the bread and wine, you are invited to come forward and cross your hands over your chest to receive a blessing. Everyone at the altar will be acknowledged.

We hope you feel welcome during your time with us today! If you are poking around for a good ‘fit’ church-wise, perhaps this is the place for you! If not, we’re still glad you stopped by. If you want to check out other Episcopal churches in St. Paul, each has their own ‘feel,’ in terms of worship style and community. You can find out more at: www.episcopalmn.org.

Many blessings on your quest!

For Our Visitors

Sources for Today’s Service

Today’s Service is from The Book of Common Prayer and Lesser Feasts and Fasts, except for the Prayers of the People, which were written by the Rev. LeeAnne Watkins. The opening acclamation is from Isaiah 6. The Lessons are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (NRSV). All music printed in this bulletin is used by permission. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-709681.

As with all our liturgies, your feedback is welcome; simply drop an email to rector@ saintmarysepiscopal.org. Thank you! Your feedback on this worship bulletin is also welcome. Please contact the editor, Walt Gordon, bulletin1895@gmail.com, 612 859-0774.

Go Paperless! Do you want to read your service bulletin from your e-reader, tablet, or iPad? We now have an eco-friendly option for you to read your 7:45, 9:00, and 10:30 AM and special service bulletins here: http://saintmarysepiscopal.org/service-bulletins/. You can even read it on your smart phone, although the print might be really tiny! Internet access is necessary. Paper bulletins still available. Happy e-reading!

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Saint Mary’s Announcements

Today: First Nations Kitchen

Please join us tonight as we serve a great organic dinner at First Nations Kitchen (FNK). You can sign up online at http://bit.ly/O5dBi3 or contact Scott Barnard at scottbarnard31@ gmail.com. Can’t make it tonight? Save these other dates: October 6, and December 1.

FNK is a ministry of All Saints’ Episcopal Indian Mission in Minneapolis. It has been serving healthy, organic, traditional indigenous food in a welcoming, family environment every Sunday evening since November 2, 2008.

While all are welcome at the table, FNK serves primarily indigenous people in the Twin Cities, particularly residents of nearby Little Earth of the United Tribes, the largest indigenous urban housing community in the U.S. FNK models sustainable practices in all aspects of the program and serves fare based on an ancestral diet of First Nations people (buffalo, wild rice, elk, fish, deer, turkey). See sites.google. com/site/stmarysfirst nationskitchen.

August 8: Dining on Thursdays

Take a Thursday off from cooking!

ALL are welcome to take a Thursday off from cooking and enjoy the company of others for a couple of hours. Gather from 6:00–6:30 PM. Eating begins at 6:30 PM. Please RSVP to the host by the Tuesday before the dinner. If you would like to host and your name is not on the list below, contact someone who is on twice and offer to take one of their dates. Or, call someone who does not have a co-host listed and offer to bring an hors d’oeuvre or dessert to help out. Locations and host info for the next dinners (stay tuned to the weekly

Email News and Sunday bulletins, as hosts may change):

August 8. Host: Terry Alewine, 1405 Highland Pky, St Paul. RSVP to 651-698-6250 or talewine@comcast.net.

August 15. Hosts: Jan and Ken Campbell, 16820 9th Ave N, Plymouth. RSVP to or jankencampbell@comcast.net or 763-473-2768. If you car pool or have at least 2 in your car, as soon as you go through the Lowery Hill Tunnel, get into carpool (SANE) lane and take it to the end. You’ll avoid lots of traffic and still have time to get into the exit lane for 101 North.

August 22. Host: Anne Nickoloff, 433 Sextant Ave, Roseville, MN 55113. Co-host, Mary Ann Jackson. RSVP to anickoloff@comcast.net or 651-644-7158.

August 29. Host: Julie Thomas, 602 Cromwell, St Paul. RSVP to 651-645-2067 or julieandcats@earthlink.net.

Aug 5: Feed My Starving Children

A week from Monday, it is our turn again to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children, from 9:30 – 11:30 AM at 990 Lone Oak Rd #160, Eagan. We have 20 slots so please let Anne Green know as soon as possible if you can come, georgeanne1376 @yahoo.com or 651-644-2071. Summer is a great time to bring children. Here is the ratio for adults to kids: Grades 10-12 - 1 adult to 5 kids Grades 7-9 - 1 adult to 4 kids Grades 3-6 - 1 adult to 3 kids Grades K-2 - 1 adult to 1 child

Aug. 6: National Night Out Block Party

St. Mary’s will host a National Night Out

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The Holy Eucharist

Prelude Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring J.S. Bach

At the sound of the chime, please stand as you are able and face the back of the church.

Opening Acclamation

Celebrant Arise, shine, for our light has come! People And the glory of the Lord has dawned upon us!

Hymn of Praise All My Hope on God Is Founded stanzas 1-3,5

Words: Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930), alt.; after Joachim Neander (1650-1680). Music: Michael, Herbert Howells (1892-1983), © 1968, Novello & Company Limited.

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Collect of the Day

Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Celebrant Let us pray.

Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The First Reading Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23

The people may be seated.

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

I, the Teacher, while I was king over Israel, applied my mind to seek and

to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy

business that God has given to human beings. I saw all the deeds that

are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must

leave it to those who come after me -- and who knows whether they

will be wise or foolish? Yet they will be master of all for which I toiled

and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. So I turned and

gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under

the sun, because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and

knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did

not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. What do mortals get

from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? For all

their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night

their minds do not rest. This also is vanity.

Reader Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people. People Thanks be to God.

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The Psalm Psalm 49:1-11

At the 7:45 service the psalm is said by the people. At the 10:30 service the cantor sings verses 1- 5, all sing verses 6- 11.

1 Hear this, all you peoples; hearken, all you who dwell in the world, *

you of high degree and low, rich and poor together.

2 My mouth shall speak of wisdom, * and my heart shall meditate on understanding.

3 I will incline my ear to a proverb *

and set forth my riddle upon the harp.

4 Why should I be afraid in evil days, * when the wickedness of those at my heels surrounds me,

5 The wickedness of those who put their trust in their goods, *

and boast of their great riches?

6 We can never ransom ourselves, * or deliver to God the price of our life;

7 For the ransom of our life is so great, *

that we should never have enough to pay it,

8 In order to live for ever and ever, * and never see the grave.

9 For we see that the wise die also; like the dull and stupid they perish *

and leave their wealth to those who come after them.

10 Their graves shall be their homes for ever, their dwelling places from generation to generation, *

though they call the lands after their own names.

11 Even though honored, they cannot live for ever; * they are like the beasts that perish.

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The Second Reading Colossians 3:1-11

If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above,

where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on

things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have

died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your

life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication,

impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). On account

of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.

These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that

life. But now you must get rid of all such things—anger, wrath, malice,

slander, and abusive language from your mouth. Do not lie to one

another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices

and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed

in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal

there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised,

barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!

Reader Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people. People Thanks be to God.

Alleluia Celtic Allelulia

Please stand, as you are able. During the singing of the Alleluia, the deacon carries the Gospel Book to the midst of the congregation. It is customary to turn and face the reader during the reading of the Gospel.

Music: Celtic Alleluia, Fintan O’Carroll & Christopher Walker, admin. OCP Publications.

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The Gospel Luke 12:13-21

Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. People Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to

divide the family inheritance with me.”

But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over

you?” And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all

kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of

possessions.” Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man

produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, `What should I do,

for I have no place to store my crops?’ Then he said, `I will do this: I will

pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my

grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, `Soul, you have ample

goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said

to him, `You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you.

And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So it is with

those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward

God.”

Deacon The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Sermon The Rev. LeeAnne Watkins

The people may be seated.

The Baptismal Covenant

Please stand as you are able.

Intercessor Do you believe in God the Father? People I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

Intercessor Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God? People I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.

He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.

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He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

Intercessor Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? People I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Intercessor Will you continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers?

People I will, with God’s help.

Intercessor Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?

People I will, with God’s help.

Intercessor Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ? People I will, with God’s help.

Intercessor Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?

People I will, with God’s help.

Intercessor Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?

People I will, with God’s help.

Prayers of the People

Intercessor Let us pray. In joy and gratitude, and with tender hearts, we pray to you, Lord God.

We praise you for creating the earth, our planet home, with its beautiful depths, soaring heights, and mysterious waters; its vitality and abundance of life.

People Thank you for the harvest blessings of summer: for ripe tomatoes, butter on sweet corn, and raspberries full with flavor.

Intercessor We pray that people of faith everywhere might live in harmony, together giving praise for the richness of all that is holy and beautiful.

People Teach us to live in peace.

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Intercessor We pray for all those who work for justice and healing, particularly those who work for an end to war, racism, and poverty; and for those who risk much for the common good.

People Sustain us on the long road to a just world.

Intercessor We pray for those who are sick or lost, whose hearts ache, whose memories fail, or who are in any need or trouble.

People Sustain us as we serve those in need.

Intercessor We offer thanksgivings for all those who have lived on this earth, our ancestors and our friends, who dreamed the best for future generations, and upon whose lives our lives are built.

People Help us honor them, and teach their values to our children.

Intercessor We pray for the thanksgivings and concerns from our local community, silently or aloud.

(people may offer their own intercessions and thanksgivings)

Intercessor And that we might recall your love for us and for all creation, and the constant promise of beginning anew, we offer you now our confession:

People Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Absolution

The Peace

Please stand, as you are able.

Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And also with you.

Announcements

The people may be seated. Please refer to the front and back pages of this bulletin for additional items.

Offertory Voluntary Arioso J.S. Bach

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The Great Thanksgiving

Please stand as you are able.

Celebrant The Lord be with you.

People And also with you.

Celebrant Lift up your hearts. People We lift them to the Lord.

Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Celebrant It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

Music: Land of Rest, adapt. By Marcia Pruner, © 1980, Church Pension Fund; acc. by Richard Proulx.

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Celebrant Holy and gracious God: In your infinite love you made us for yourself, and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and Creator of all.

People He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself, in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.

Celebrant On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

People Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

Celebrant We celebrate the memorial of our redemption in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts. Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him.

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People Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace; and at the last day bring us with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom.

Celebrant All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ: By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, now and for ever. AMEN.

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread

Celebrant The Gifts of God for the People of God. Holy Food for Holy People.

Gluten-free Communion Option

St. Mary’s offers a gluten-free communion option, using rice crackers and wine that have been stored separately.

They are available on the pulpit side (the right side as you are facing the altar), so please join the right-hand line for communion. Please inform the priest of your gluten-free needs. You may take a rice cracker directly from the bowl or simply open your palm to receive it.

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Communion Hymn Come Down, O Love Divine Hymnal 516

Words: Bianco da Siena (d. 1434?); tr. Richard Frederick Littledale (1833–1890), alt. Music: Down Ampney, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958).

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People Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

Prayers and Blessings

Come up if you’ve got a birthday, anniversary, transition, concern or thanksgiving to share.

Final Blessing

All Life is short, and we haven’t much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us along the way. So, be quick to love, make haste to be kind, and the blessing of God goes with us.

(adapted from 19th cent. Swiss philosopher Henri Amiel)

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Parting Hymn Ye Holy Angels Bright Hymnal 625

Words: Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930), alt.; after Joachim Neander (1650-1680). Music: Michael, Herbert Howells (1892-1983), © 1968, Novello & Company Limited.

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Excerpts from the article “Dignity and Disaster” by Ruth Anne Olson of St. James Episcopal Church, with whom we partner in our Haiti ministry.

Dignity continues to mark the face and bearing of nearly every Haitian person I meet: old people who have seen and survived histories that defy my imagination, men and women committed to building strong families and communities, and children who stand proud of their ancestry and their place in the world.

Sadly, ironically, one of the greatest threats to this deep-seated dignity is the community committed to helping—people who give food, clothing, shoes, clean water and countless other material goods intended to make life better in Haiti. For while the act of giving feels good to the giver, the act of receiving exacts a high price—so much so that my Haitian friend Djalòwki Dessables says, “Haitians are choking on receiving.” One problem, Djalòwki explained when he met with our group of five travelers in Port au Prince, is

that many gifts offered to Haitian people come with strings attached. “We can fix you,” say many givers. “Do it my way, aspire to be like me, take this and get busy.”

Our first task is to recognize the resources of Haitian people themselves: patience, joy, tenacity and ingenuity, religious faith, an artistic bent, and energy for education. In the face of such can-do spirits—in conditions that would most certainly defeat us—we are humbled. And when we allow ourselves to see the strengths of our Haitian friends, we soon discover how much they have to teach us. St. James’ gifts of money enhance Bonne Nouvelle’s ability to educate its children. Bonne Nouvelle’s knowledge of life’s balance in the midst of poverty helps St. Jamesians see the imbalance in our lives of affluence. St. James gives school supplies; the people of Bigonet give laughter and grace. St. James gives a computer; they give St. James community. Together we’re learning the vulnerability of difference and the rewards of friendship.

Good News or Toxic Charity for Bonne Nouvelle School?

Please remain standing, as you are able.

Dismissal

Deacon The Deacon says the words of dismissal. People Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Postlude Rondeau Mouret

Please join us for coffee and refreshments in the Saint Mary’s Room!

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Outreach Committee: Supporting Education Locally and Globally

Locally: School Tools drive kicks off Aug.4!

St. Mary’s will once again join with the St. Paul Area Council of Churches (SPACC) to support School Tools, a project to distribute school supplies to about 10 programs/agencies in our area. We will participate through donations of NEW school supplies for elementary, middle, and high school students. Our collection will run from today through August 25.

There is a special need for: backpacks 3-ring binders and Trapper Keepers calculators pocket dictionaries facial tissue (boxed or individual packs) spiral notebooks (wide-ruled)

Other needed supplies: notebooks (narrow-ruled) composition notebooks science calculators pencils pens erasable pens markers folders erasers highlighters rulers glue sticks and bottles loose-leaf paper (both narrow and wide) scissors crayons (large and regular size) poster boards watercolor paints

Itemized lists of these needed School Tools will be available near the drop-off box located

near the office, on the street level. Checks may be made to SPACC with “School Tools” on the memo line. Place your check in the offering plate and it will be credited to SPACC. Please help us give homeless and low-income children tools they need to flourish in school!

Globally: Bonne Nouvelle School St. Mary’s has joined with St. James on the Parkway and other groups to support the Bonne Nouvelle School in Bigonet, Haiti. St. James and that parish have been building a friendship and partnership for four years now.

Because education is not freely available for all students in Haiti, the community has decided to invest in making school affordable and available to local children. In January, St. Mary’s hosted an evening of dinner and conversation with four educators from Bonne Nouvelle. They shared the joys and challenges of educating more than 300 students from preschool through tenth grade, expanding the school for older students who have no other option for education, and supporting the school when various disasters have disrupted the livelihoods of many local parents.

For the second year, we at St. Mary’s have the opportunity to join their efforts to keep the teachers paid and the school available for all the community children. A small donation can go a long way: ten donations of $10 can educate a child in primary school for a whole year; ten donations of $20 will support a secondary student’s education for a year. Please join this remarkable partnership and offer your support to the students of Bonne Nouvelle. Please place your contributions in the box in the foyer.

“Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats

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block party from 6-9 PM. Come for burgers and hot dogs, and stay for the fun, while getting to know members, friends, and neighbors of St. Mary’s. We will be visited

by St. Paul police, and we may even get a visit from a special police unit (K-9 or Mounted Police) and a fire department truck! It will be fun for all ages!

*Donations to School Tools and Bonne Nouvelle School will be welcomed at this event; please see page 16 for details and a list of needed school items.

August 18: Next Toxic Charity Discussion

The third and final discussion meeting on Toxic Charity will be on August 18th after the 9:00 AM service.

The second group discussion on the book took place last week after the 10:30 service. George and Anne Green led a discussion on Feed My Starving Children, one of the charities in which St. Mary's participates. Although this charity does not necessarily fit the whole the profile of a non-toxic charity, it does fit one very necessary part. Other parts hopefully will be picked up by other charitable services. Several folks spoke on the school/church mission in Bigonet, Haiti, and distributed a flyer called "Dignity and Disaster” (see excerpts page 17).

I hope you take this last opportunity to read and discuss this important book. Copies will be on sale today here at the church. Please pick up a book and read it, or just come to the meeting...Questions or comments?

Contact Cathy McNaughton at cem@selner.org or 651-647-1609.

Directory Update Time!

Calling all seasoned members and new members, please send Jessica updates to your contact information by Monday, August 26 for inclusion in the 2013-2014 member directory*! If you

have a new phone number, e-mail address, or mailing address, send it to jessica@ saintmarysepiscopal.org or leave a note on the church office desk. And, you’re all looking more dapper than ever since our last directory! Email your new, crisp, and zoomed-in photo of your lovely face(s) to jessica@saintmarysep iscopal.org. Xie-Xie ni! (Thank you!)

* The St. Mary’s member directory is a private document for the members of St. Mary’s. It is not intended to be distributed at large, nor to have names and contact information shared without the expressed written consent of the member. Also, note that at St. Mary’s we do not publish the last names of our children, to protect their safety.

You are Invited to Kate and Rick's Housewarming and Blessing

We have finally settled ourselves in the place we plan to make our home, and we'd like to invite you to come join us as we warm and bless it. The date is Saturday, August 24 at 4 PM. If you can come, please RSVP to Kate at jkhennessy@aol.com by August 15 for more details.

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Saint Mary’s Announcements

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7:45 AM Reader: Steve Sundberg

10:30 AM Verger: Julie Thomas Chalice: George Green, __________

Ushers: Peter Fernald, __________ Intercessor: Suzann Brown First Reader: Jean Probst Second Reader: Erika Scheurer Greeters: Anne Nickoloff, __________ Acolyte: Jamie W.

Assisting with Services Today

StMR = Saint Mary’s Room

Sunday, August 4

Coffee Team 1

7:45–8:30 AM Chapel Worship

8:00–9:00 AM Choir Rm Worship Band Rehearsal

9:00–10:00 AM Sanctuary Worship

9:45–10:30 AM StMR Coffee Hour

10:00–10:30 AM StMR 12-Minute Liturgy Discussion

10:30–11:30 AM Sanctuary Worship

11:30 AM StMR Coffee Hour

4:00–5:30 PM STMR Daisy Troop Meeting

Monday, August 5

9:30–11:30 AM See p. 19 Feed My Starving Children

9:00 PM E-Weekly News deadline; send items to Rex.Mckee@gmail.com

Tuesday, August 6

Noon Bulletin Announcements due; send to bulletin@saintmarysepiscopal.org 6:00–9:00 PM National Night Out Block Party 8:00–8:30 PM Breadsmith Bread Pick-up 8:00–9:00 PM O’Gara’s Men’s Group

Wednesday, August 7

10:00 AM–2 PM Dept. of Indian Work Bread Delivery 7:30–8:45 PM StMR Adult Children of Alcoholics

Thursday, August 8

6:00–8:30 PM Details, p. 18 Dining on Thursdays 7:30–9:30 PM Undercroft Men’s AA group

Friday, August 9 Fishtales Deadline

Saturday, August 10 No Events Scheduled

Sunday, August 11

Coffee Team 2

7:45–8:30 AM Chapel Worship

8:00–9:00 AM Choir Rm Worship Band Rehearsal

9:00–10:00 AM Sanctuary Worship

9:45–10:30 AM StMR Coffee Hour

10:30–11:30 AM Sanctuary Worship

11:30 AM StMR Coffee Hour

In addition to the activities listed here, our facility is a gathering place for many groups and services here in the Merriam Park Neighborhood. You can see a more complete listing on our online calendar.

Saint Mary’s Staff

The Reverend LeeAnne Watkins, Rector rector@saintmarysepiscopal.org The Reverend Rex McKee, Deacon rex.mckee@gmail.com Bjorn Gustafson, Music Director (10:30 AM) musicdirector@saintmarysepiscopal.org Conie Borchardt, Music Director (9:00 AM) conie@saintmarysepiscopal.org MiaLisa McFarland, Youth and Children Minister mia@saintmarysepiscopal.org Jessica Huang, Volunteer and Communications Coordinator jessica@saintmarysepiscopal.org Bulletin Announcements (due Tuesday noon) bulletin@saintmarysepiscopal.org Joanne Hodgeman, Nursery Attendant joanne.hodgeman@redcross.org David Wischnewski, Sexton david@saintmarysepiscopal.org

Lourdes Mendez, Cleaning Staff kjms.cleaning@gmail.com

This Week at St. Mary’s

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, A part of the worldwide Anglican Communion

1895 Laurel Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104-5998 651.646.6175 www.saintmarysepiscopal.org