Thursday, May 26, 2022
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Today is Ascension Day, a major feast day in the Episcopal Church
The occasion on which the risen Christ is taken into heaven after appearing to his followers for forty days (Acts 1:1-11, Mk 16:19). The Ascension marks the conclusion of Jesus' post-resurrection appearances. It is the final elevation of his human nature to divine glory and the near presence of God. The Ascension is affirmed by the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds. The Ascension is celebrated on Ascension Day, the Thursday that is the fortieth day of the Easter season. It is a principal feast of the church year in the Episcopal Church. (From the Episcopal. Church website)
WORSHIP
Services at 8 am and 10 am
Masks are optional during worship.
Sunday School
No Sunday School this week due to the Memorial Day weekend. Sunday School will resume next week, June 5.
Pentecost Sunday, June 5th
Holy Baptism at 10 am
Elliott Robert Rosone will be baptized at the 10 am service on Pentecost which is Sunday, June 5th. Join us for a happy occasion and wear red for Pentecost!
Memorial Day
The office will be closed as we remember in our prayers those who gave their lives in service to our country.
Prayers
We ask your prayers this week for Austin, Meghan B., T.J., Rosemary, Nina, Caroline, Morgan, Meghan, Rick, Don, Brian, Cora, Martha, Kathy, Michael, Gloria, Beth, Mark, Marilyn, Sophia, John, Sarah, Mary, and Matt. We also ask your prayers for the school children and teachers who were killed in the mass shooting and their loved ones at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
Please notify the office if you have any changes or additions to the Prayer List.
Annual Meeting Announcement
Sunday, June 12th, immediately following the 10 am service
Brunch will be provided
Please join us as we gather together in person for the first time in two years and attend to the business and future of the parish! Any annual reports should be submitted to the office as soon as possible.
Upcoming Events
George Dredden, St. Paul's former seminarian, to be ordained Monday, June 6, 7 pm!
All are welcome to attend! If anyone would like to carpool, is seeking a ride, or would like to provide one, please contact the office.
An Invitation from Swingin' Terns
Your first dance is free! St. Paul's has become the home of Swingin' Tern Dances, a contra dance series now in its 38th year. Contra dancing is a form of folk dancing with similarities to square dancing and is always danced to live music. Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary. The dances are held in the Parish Hall every first and third Saturday year-round from 7:30 to 10:30 pm. Come early to the beginners' workshop at 7 pm -- if you can walk, you can contra dance! Just mention at the ticket desk that you are a member of St. Paul's, and you will be given free admission for your first dance. Proof of Covid vaccination, masks, and smiles are required. More information at https://folkproject.org/swingin-tern/
Family Promise Event!
Please ignore the RSVP date and click here if you would like to attend.
Bishop's Cup Golf Outing, June 13th
Cooper Hill Country Club, for the benefit of Cross Roads Camp and Retreat Center
2021 Bishop's Cup Winners, Bunker and Patrick Davis
To register or for other ways you or your company can help, please see the brochure
Harmonium Choral Society June 3-5 Open Hearts weekend
June 4th , 1pm - NJ premiere of the 2021 documentary Pieces of Us at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ,
Friday, June 3rd at 7:30pm and Sunday, June 5th at 3:00pm - Harmonium’s Open Hearts concert at Our Lady of Sorrows, 217 Prospect St., South Orange, NJ.
On June 4th at 6:00pm - catered fundraising dinner featuring Prince Manvendra from India at Christ Church in Short Hills, 66 Highland Ave, Short Hills, NJ, followed by a dessert reception at 7:30pm. There will be music and Prince Manvendra will speak about his humanitarian work.
For details visit: https://www.harmonium.org/specialevents, call 973-538-6969, or email manager@harmonium.org.
Poor People's Campaign March on Washington
Poor People's Campaign Working Group invites all to join the June 18, 2022 Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington. The event will be a generationally transformative and disruptive gathering of poor and low-wealth people, state leaders, faith communities, moral allies, unions and partnering organizations. It is not just a day of action. It is a declaration of an ongoing, committed moral movement to shift the moral narrative, build power, make real policies to fully address poverty and low wealth from the bottom up.
NEWS
Vestry Update
The Vestry met on Wednesday, May 18 at 7 pm via Zoom. Plans were made for the Annual Meeting to be held on June 12th. A team will be formed to determine the future of St. Paul's after Covid. Many things have changed and St. Paul's needs to adapt.
Chatham Twp. and Boro. Police Help Senior Citizens
If you are a senior citizen, living alone, and have a telephone, the Chatham Police Departments have a program to check in with you every morning. For more information and an application, click here.
News from the Diocese
The Bishop's pastoral letter on the shooting in Texas
News from the National Church
Episcopal leaders ask for prayers and action after the shooting in Texas
