June 19, 5th Sunday after Pentecost

 Daily Scripture Readings;  bookofcommonprayer.net/daily_office.php

See the different options.  There is full morning and evening prayer.  There is also the option of the readings only.  There is also an app for receiving the daily readings by email, or on a mobile device

 Sunday Scripture Readings:  bookofcommonprayer.net/lectionary.php

Set it for 1979 Contemporary, and the Bible version used in Church is Revised Standard Version

Music with the Angels:

Sunday June 19  4:00 p.m.  Celebrate Father's Day with Early music

In honor of Father's Day, Jouyssance will present a concert dedicated to fathers and father figures of all types and traditions. From Josquin's monumental Pater noster, to madrigals and chansons, all things fatherly (even early sports!) will be considered.

Help Wanted:  Summer Sunday School

As the summer approaches and the school year ends, we close down Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.   This is to give the catechists a well deserved rest from all their work for us during the school year.  It h as been our practices to organize a "Summer Sunday School" so that parents can attend Church while their children are being cared for.  Summer Sunday School is much less about instruction and more about childcare.  In years past we've used a standard curriculum with lesson plans.   For the last two years we've simply read stories from the Doubleday Children's Bible, followed by an art activity.  Marielle Askew has been the catechist for the last several years.

 This year Marielle is teaching summer school, and she is still recovering from the accident she was in last year.  Consequently she is not available to be the summer catechist.  I don't have another person to take her place.  What we did prior to hiring Marielle was to ask for volunteers to take a Sunday or two in the summer so that the task was spread out among a group and no one had the whole thing.  We'll have to do that again this year in order that Summer Sunday school can happen. 

 It is really very easy.   We'll put together the stories to be read and Tracy is ordering the art and craft materials.   We need volunteers for Sundays June 25 through September 12.   That comes to 12  Sundays. 

Beginning of Summer Church Potluck Lunch

Sunday June 26

One Liturgy at 9:30 a.m.  Potluck Follows

Several times a year we combine the 7:45 and 10:15 liturgies into one service.  This gives the opportunity for people who attend these different services to worship together and to enjoy each other’s company.  The 10:15 people teach the 7:45 people how to sing.  The 7:45 people teach the 10:15 people how to pass the peace!  

 We usually do this at the beginning of the summer, on the Sunday following the Santa Maria Barbecue in September, and for the Annual Parish Meeting in January.

 Chris Ortiz will coordinate the Potluck Lunch.  The sign up sheet will be at Church the next two Sundays.   Plan to come, renew acquaintances, enjoy conversation, and each other’s cooking. 

 Sign Ups So Far:

 Appetizer:  Charity Baker, Betty Woods                                             Need  5 More

Salad/Vegetable Dish                                                                         Need 7

Pasta Dish                                                                                           Need 7

Main Course:  Martha Riker                                                                Need 12 More

Dessert                                                                                                            Need 7

 You can also sign up by emailing the Church office

Coffee Hour Sign Up

The Sign up Sheet for Coffee hour for July & August will be outside the Church on Sunday.  At this point all the Sundays are open for volunteers.  You can sign up at Church or email in to the Office.

Emmaus Road:   Summer Movies  Spotlight

Monday June 20, 7:00 p.m.

Emmaus Road has begun it’s summer movies.   Last Monday we finished Going Clear the HBO documentary about Scientology.  This week we look at film that shows people not wanting to know what they know that they know.   The film is Spotlight which is the story of how the Boston Globe came to break the story of the child molestation in the Roman Catholic Church.   Once again we consider the question of self deception, the why and the how.  Everyone is welcome to participate.

Food For Thought

On the Food for Thought Table this Sunday, another article from Philosophy Now,  “Atheism On Trial.” The article asks if Atheism can stand up to a critique not of faith but of reason, and finds that the answer is no.