Serving this Sunday Chalice: Reader: George Rector Coffee: Jane Coburn Music: Nan Watkins Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a, 2 Corinthians 13:11-13, Matthew 28:16-20, Psalm 8 Serving during June Bread: Wesley Satterwhite Flowers: Betty Lynn Kirwan Linen: Faye Jacobson Eucharist: Faye Jacobson & Judy Annis Greeter: Margot Wilcox Calendar Fri-Sun Jun 9-11 Chad’s Yoga Retreat, Banner Elk Sat Jun 10 Garage Sale 8 am-noon in the Parish Hall Sun Jun 11 Trinity Sunday, Rice & Beans, church is at 10 am! Tue Jun 13 Vestry Meeting, 5:30 pm Sun Jun 18 Pentecost 2, church is at 10 am! Tue Jun 20 Accessible Mindfulness, 10 am Sun Jun 25 Pentecost 3, church is at 10 am! Mon-Thu Jun 26-29 Vacation Bible School at Cullowhee Methodist Church Sun Jul 2 Pentecost 4 Tue Jul 4 Accessible Mindfulness 10 am Sun Jul 9 Pentecost 5 Childcare is available during the church service. Would You Like a Visit from the Rector? Michael would be happy to visit; just let him know in person or by email [email protected]. Virtual Closet If you need medical-related equipment or have something you can offer, contact Claire Marsh: [email protected]. She keeps a list of who has what to facilitate sharing. Box Tops for Education There is a basket under the white board in the Parish Hall where you can place any of these box tops you may have. This is an ongoing project for our children. It’s Beans & Rice Sunday This is the Sunday that our children bag up the donated beans and rice for distribution to the charities we support and present it during church to be blessed. June 11, 2017 Regular Activities Mondays 7:25 am Mindfulness Meditation Mondays 9-10:30 am Centering Yoga Mondays 10:30 am Cullowhee Men’s Group Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30 am Sunrise Strength Flow Yoga 1 st & 3 rd Tuesdays Accessible Mindfulness 1 st Wednesdays 6:30 pm Indivisible/Common Ground 1 st Saturdays 10 am Monthly Mindfulness Last Sundays 5-7 pm Sept-May Soup/Bread Community Supper
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Serving this Sunday Chalice: Reader: George Rector Coffee: Jane Coburn Music: Nan Watkins Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a, 2 Corinthians 13:11-13, Matthew 28:16-20, Psalm 8
Serving during June Bread: Wesley Satterwhite Flowers: Betty Lynn Kirwan Linen: Faye Jacobson Eucharist: Faye Jacobson & Judy Annis Greeter: Margot Wilcox
Calendar Fri-Sun Jun 9-11 Chad’s Yoga Retreat, Banner Elk Sat Jun 10 Garage Sale 8 am-noon in the Parish Hall Sun Jun 11 Trinity Sunday, Rice & Beans, church is at 10 am! Tue Jun 13 Vestry Meeting, 5:30 pm Sun Jun 18 Pentecost 2, church is at 10 am! Tue Jun 20 Accessible Mindfulness, 10 am Sun Jun 25 Pentecost 3, church is at 10 am! Mon-Thu Jun 26-29 Vacation Bible School at Cullowhee Methodist Church Sun Jul 2 Pentecost 4 Tue Jul 4 Accessible Mindfulness 10 am Sun Jul 9 Pentecost 5
Childcare is available during the church service.
Would You Like a Visit from the Rector? Michael would be happy to visit; just let him know in person or by email [email protected].
Virtual Closet If you need medical-related equipment or have something you can offer, contact Claire Marsh:
[email protected]. She keeps a list of who has what to facilitate sharing. Box Tops for Education
There is a basket under the white board in the Parish Hall where you can place any of these box tops you may have. This is an ongoing project for our children.
It’s Beans & Rice Sunday
This is the Sunday that our children bag up the donated beans and rice for
distribution to the charities we support and present it during church to be blessed.
June 11, 2017
Regular
Activities
Mondays 7:25 am Mindfulness Meditation Mondays 9-10:30 am Centering Yoga Mondays 10:30 am Cullowhee Men’s Group Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30 am Sunrise Strength Flow Yoga 1st & 3rd Tuesdays Accessible Mindfulness 1st Wednesdays 6:30 pm Indivisible/Common Ground 1st Saturdays 10 am Monthly Mindfulness Last Sundays 5-7 pm Sept-May Soup/Bread Community Supper
Matthew 28:16-20 The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw
him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Held Over by Popular Demand!
Who said you never get a second chance? If last week you were just too busy to clean out the cupboard or the attic or the basement, you have been reprieved this week. The garage sale at St. David’s is being continued for a second Saturday. And Judy Robinson will be at the church on Thursday, June 8th from 1-3 pm to receive and price new donations. SO!! Here’s that second chance!! All those unused items in your house can still be put to good purpose. Furniture, household items, toys, books, jewelry, garden items, art, novelty items — all would be welcome!
Saturday June 10th
8am-noon Please come and bring your friends!
Judy Robinson and Donna Ross will assume their positions once again, ready to serve you on Saturday morning.
Any items remaining on Sunday morning will be half price!
Help will be needed on Saturday at noon when the sale ends. Judy needs a couple of pickup trucks to transport sale leftovers from the parish hall to one of the local thrift stores that has agreed to take them. If you can come in your truck, please let her know ASAP so she’ll know she has the needed help. Here’s Judy’s email to facilitate your reply to her: [email protected]
Vacation Bible School is June 26-29th at Cullowhee United Methodist Church
St. David’s is helping provide and prepare snacks for Vacation Bible School at Cullowhee United Methodist Church! There are 2 ways to sign up:
1. A sign-up sheet for VBS snacks will be in the Parish Hall. The following items are needed: 6 (20-ounce) bags of pretzels, 10 (12-bag) boxes of microwave popcorn, 500 paper plates, 500 (3-ounce) cups. You may also sign up to prepare, serve, and clean up snacks 1 or more mornings of VBS. Please contact Johanna Price Vinyard [email protected] or (662)610-8261 for additional information.
2 Sign up online to volunteer or provide additional snack items at this link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d45aaa92da7f58-vbssnack
Please contact Larissa Miller at [email protected] or (828)269-7937 for additional information.
St. David's Timeline By June Smith
August 6, 1933
St. David's celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding in the middle of the Great Depression. Judge
Davies had died in 1920, and many of the Davies and Cox families had grown up and moved away from Cullowhee Valley. Western Carolina College enrollment was at a standstill. This left the church with few communicants, few financial resources, and spotty attention from clergy in the region or from the diocese. The Missionary District of Asheville had become the Diocese of Western North Carolina, which itself was suffering financially from the Depression. It was a lean time in the life of St. David's.
June 1, 2017 Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry has issued the following statement
on President Donald Trump’s action and the Paris Climate Accord. With the announcement by President Donald Trump of his decision to withdraw the commitment made
by the United States to the Paris Climate Accord, I am reminded of the words of the old spiritual which speaks of God and God's creation in these words, "He's got the whole world in his hands." The whole world belongs to God, as Psalm 24 teaches us. God's eye is ever on even the tiny sparrow, as Jesus taught and the song says (Luke 12:6). And we human beings have been charged with being trustees, caretakers, stewards of God's creation (Genesis 1:26-31).
The United States has been a global leader in caring for God's creation through efforts over the years on climate change. President Trump’s announcement changes the U.S.’s leadership role in the international sphere. Despite this announcement, many U.S. businesses, states, cities, regions, nongovernmental organizations and faith bodies like the Episcopal Church can continue to take bold action to address the climate crisis. The phrase, “We’re still in,” became a statement of commitment for many of us who regardless of this decision by our President are still committed to the principles of the Paris Agreement.
Faith bodies like the Episcopal Church occupy a unique space in the worldwide climate movement. In the context of the United Nations, the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, we are an international body representing 17 countries in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia and the Pacific. We also are an admitted observer organization to the UNFCCC process, empowered to bring accredited observers to the UN climate change meetings. Furthermore, the Episcopal Church is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, the third-largest Christian tradition, and we remain committed to ensuring that Anglicans everywhere are empowered to undertake bold action on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
We know that caring for God's creation by engaging climate change is not only good for the environment, but also good for the health and welfare of our people. The U.S. is currently creating more clean jobs faster than job creation in nearly every other sector of the economy, and unprecedented acceleration in the clean energy sector is also evident in many other major economies.
My prayer is that we in the Episcopal Church will, in this and all things, follow the way, the teachings and the Spirit of Jesus by cultivating a loving, liberating and life-giving relationship with God, all others in the human family, and with all of God's good creation.
In spite of hardships and setbacks, the work goes on. This is God's world. And we are all his children. And, "He's got the whole world in his hands."
The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church
Banish Styrofoam!
In keeping with our goal of decreasing our dependence on disposables, we now have ceramic mugs for hot drinks and a few goblets for wine (more to come). All are handmade by our potters, George Rector, Ann Suggs, Steve Steinbrueck, and Maggie Bowles. Please use these and when you are finished, place them in the dishwasher.
Parish News & NotesBirthdays
Jun 13 Eric Hendrix Jun 14 Rose Helen Graham Jun 15 Larry Hill, Laurie Hulbert Jun 17 Laura Annis Gravely
Anniversaries Jun 12 Todd & Johanna Vinyard, Joan Byrd & George Rector Jun 17 Scott & Jessica Philyaw
Obituary for Kay Byer in the Sylva Herald
Here is a link for a nice article about our own Claire Marsh published is the Sylva Herald this week.
Heidi Dinkelmeyer and Josh Vinyard are headed to fourth grade when school starts up again. Josh is displaying his science achievement certificate.
Cold Mountain Music Festival 2017 at Lake Logan
Jeff and Randi Neff, Melba and Paul Cooper, June and Newt Smith, friends Barbara and Jack Whyatt, Jim and (not pictured) Maggie Bowles, Tom and Margot Wilcox, Paul Yanik, and Karen Brown attended the festival. Wesley Satterwhite and Owen are pictured with Paul below. Barrett was there, too. It was a lovely day.
Meditation Opportunities at St. David’s Mindfulness Meditation: Mondays 7:25-8:30 am in the Parish Hall. Our practice is Contemplation of
Wise Texts (Lectio), Sitting Meditation, and Informal Dialogue. Accessible Mindfulness: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 10-11:15 am. This is especially geared for those new to
mindfulness meditation. Monthly Mindfulness: First Saturday of each month from 10 am until noon in the Parish Hall.
Other Meditation Opportunities WCU Mindfulness and Meditation: Thursdays at 4 pm 224 Bird Building. For details, call 227-7469
and ask for Michelle. To view a flyer, please click here. The Tuesday Meditation Group will not meet during June, July, and August. In September, it will
resume meeting in the undercroft at St. John’s Episcopal Church in downtown Sylva on the 2nd & 4thTuesdays at 1 pm. The format is to meditate for 15 minutes at the beginning and 15 minutes at the end. The inspirational material for the half hour in between will be decided by whoever volunteers to facilitate that week.
Mindfulness Meditation: 9:15 am on Thursdays at Sylva Yoga above Lulu's on Main Street in downtown Sylva. Meditation gives students the opportunity to focus on the deep interconnection between mind and body, which can be experienced directly by practice in mindfulness.
