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Block Print by Mike Newman
Projects
1. A 19th Century Parish Register
Jim Patton’s box on "St. Peter’s has a folder entitled "membership." One of the documents is a rare list of church members, baptisms, wedding between 1871-1887. It is reconstructed from Jim Pattons’ notes of July, 1962 (probably by Patton) after the original volume was lost between 1964-1982.
What does it say about St. Peter’s? At the time membership as shown here was dominated by 11 extended families. This is in keeping with the generations residing here continually over the period Patton indicated which members died in the period and moved away. Some like the Catlett family disappeared during the time period.
There are some omissions. I would have expected to see such as members of the Powers, Holloway and Thornton families who are buried in our graveyard. Were they not members ?
2. Writing to Alex Long in Afghanistan
Alex Long would appreciate mail from you. You can write Alex a letter at this address:
Sgt Long, Alexander
1st MSOB A CO
UNIT 42550
FPO AP 96427-2550
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4. Prayer requests – Add a name to the prayer list here.
Last Sunday, June 30, 2013 (full size gallery)
Christ centered, Biblically based, spirit filled and a place of simple hospitality, we have shared our communal life with our church,our community, and those in need. Your presence enriches us.
July 4- 11:00am-Port Royal July 4 celebration
July 7- 11:00am-Holy Eucharist, Rite II
July 7- 12:00pm-Coffee Hour – Men’s Cookout
Calendar
July 4 in Port Royal
St. Peter’s will be involved in several ways:
1. Place of rest during the day. We will show our slideshow on the beauty of St. Peter’s constantly during the day and a new slide show "We Do- Life at St. Peter’s" (previews below). Marilyn Newman will be providing harp music
2. ECW and others will be providing lunch
3. After lunch , St. Peter’s will provide a hymn sing with organ concert. Thom Guthrie will do the honors. There will also be a talk on Rev. Ware and his diary.
Here is a photogallery of 2012 and the 2010 celebrations.
"We Do.. Life At St. Peter’s", a preview
The preview is 14 slides of 120 describing life at St. Peter’s – worship through the year, ministries, music, outreach, fellowship and our church buildings.
Warrington Tripp speaks on the Gideons
Warrington Tripp provided a summary of the work of the Gideons on Sunday.
If you missed it, his sermon can be viewed here with all the other sermons
You can also assist the Gideons by purchasing Gideons expression cards. Withese cards, you send the card to the person you wish and tell them of the number of Bibles that were purchased in their name. Each Bible purchased is $5.00.
Donations can be sent to :
Caroline-King George Gideons
PO Box 1522 Dahlgren, VA 22448
FredCamp lunch signup, June 30-July 6
St. Peter’s will be providing lunch to the youth volunteers working on rehabilitating homes the week of June 30- July 6. It will involve preparing food for 10 people at a worksite, probably in King George. Not only do you get to meet the crew, but you get a chance to see what they are doing!
If you can donate snacks, desserts, fruit, and help assemble sandwiches or choose a day to take pizza or other fast food to the workers, please let Catherine know (540) 809-7489 or by email.
A Special Coffee Hour – Men’s Cookout, July 7, 12pm
A great way to conclude your July 4 weekend is to come to church and stay for the ECM’s (Episcopal Church Men) cookout
This is an extension of the older Pentecost church picnic which St. Peter’s used to hold in the 1990’s. Since we are still in the Pentecost season, the idea still fits.
We will use “ole fashion church picnic” theme and please bring a side dish.. Dessert and drinks will be provided
July 7 – Last Day to signup for ECM Dinner in August
Today is also the last day to sign up for Episcopal Men Group Crab and BBQ Dinner, August 10, 4pm. Please give your form to Johnny Davis or drop it in the collection plate.
You can pick up a form here.
Ordinary Time on July 7 – Jesus sends out the 70
Our passage today, unique to Luke, is intimately related both to Jesus’ words in 9:1-6, when he sends out the 12, and 9:51-62 (last week), where he rather harshly dismisses potential followers who have to "take care of things" before they follow Jesus. He possibly was sending out all of his followers.
The urgency of the mission is emphasized. Jesus begins by using an agricultural metaphor. "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few."
In any case, Verses 1-11 give us a snap-shot into the life of an itinerant preacher-teacher-healer at the time of Jesus.
But when we look at the material in 10:1-12, it is not just about preparing people for the visit of Jesus, but rather about the mission of the disciples It is also a preview of the ministry Jesus gives us today.
The missioners travel in two for security purposes . The missioners are to gracefully accept even the most humble hospitality on offer and are not to move around seeking better accommodation.
The missioners prime task is to proclaim the new age of God’s coming kingdom in signs (miraculous healings, which for Luke include exorcisms) and word. They are to communicate, in word and sign, that the long promised new age of God’s eternal reign is bursting in upon broken humanity
When you find a receptive person, a person of peace, God’s peace will be on him or her (v. 6). Accept their hospitality (“the laborer deserves to be paid”, v. 7) and “eat what is set before you” (v. 8, i.e. ignore Jewish dietary laws
Vv. 11-16 tell the seventy how to handle hostile situations: tell such people that they will be ignored; the kingdom has come anyway. If people don’t accept your message, he says, shake their dust off your feet and move on. At the end of the era, they will be judged harshly (v. 12). Then v. 16: in hearing the good news from a disciple, people hear Jesus; if they reject a disciple, they reject Jesus and the Father (“the one who sent me”).
The 70 or 72 return, amazed at how the power of Christ’s kingdom had overcome the powers of darkness (healings and the like).
v18-19. Jesus now interprets the missioners’ experience. They have witnessed Messiah’s defeat of Satan in that they are able to exercise authority over demonic powers ("snakes and scorpions" are symbols of Satan and his minions). The troubles of life will constantly pound Christ’s followers, but Satanic powers can never get at us. Thus we can confidently pray "deliver us from evil."
Besides the Bishop visitation we will be honorng Mark Thompson on June 23. Who is Mark Thompson ? Our organ mechanic, guru, conservator, tuner – many words come to mind. You can find his company brochure 
The ECW brought the merchandise earlier in the week to Eunice and Roger’s basement in Bowling Green and began the setup at 7am bright and early on June 1. It was a beautiful day for the yardsale which encompassed all of Bowling Green. People walked and drove from sale to sale. They made over $520.
“Rickey is the team executive for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He is a man under authority, and he orders men around and they obey him. He is also a man who, for twenty years, has carried around inside him a memory of the intense pain that ripped apart a black man who played on an early team he coached, when a hotel where the team was staying for an away game refused him a room because of his color. Rickey got the hotel to back down, but the hurt he saw in that man stayed with him as a lasting heartache, until he finally came to see that he had not begun to address the evil from which that incident had sprung, and that he could choose to use his authority to integrate baseball.”
Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost, honors the Holy Trinity—the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Although the word “trinity” does not appear in Scripture, it is taught in Matthew 28:18-20 and 2 Corinthians 13:14 (and many other biblical passages). It lasts only one day, which is symbolic of the unity of the Trinity. 
