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164: St. Jerome (Lion)
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 26
8 AM —Indoor Holy Eucharist Rite I
9 AM —Outdoor Holy Eucharist Rite II
10 AM — Indoor Holy Eucharist Rite II & Live Stream
10 AM Church School
Special Announcements
Wishing John & Emma Farewell: Sunday, August 2
Fr. John’s coming home to St. Mark’s has been blessing upon blessing. Now it is time for us to send him off to the next season of his life and ministry. Please come wish John and Emma Godspeed if you are in the neighborhood on Sunday, August 2. There is still time to contribute to the free-will thank offering purse. You may send a check with “John Kennedy Purse” in the memo line to the Church office, give on Realm, or simply drop it in the plate on Sunday. The office will work as a flow-through agent, giving Fr. John a single check for the total collected. (Kindly note that these are gifts directly to John and therefore not tax deductible). Thank you!
World Relief – Venezuela Earthquakes
On June 24, two strong earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela in rapid succession. Your gift to Episcopal Relief & Development’s International Disaster Fund supports work with local partners to provide critical relief today and long-term recovery support to those impacted by disaster like the earthquakes in Venezuela. Click here to make a direct donation to Episcopal Relief & Development.
World Relief – Cuba’s Humanitarian Crisis
You may have seen recent news articles about the extent of the humanitarian catastrophe occurring in Cuba. The people are facing extreme food insecurity. Electricity is sporadic. Most drinking water is unsafe. If they can obtain fuel, the cost is a staggering $28 per US gallon – on a typical salary of $16 per month.
The Episcopal Church in Cuba has been doing everything in its power to help ease the suffering of the people – by providing community meals, clean safe water, solar powered electricity, and community through prayer.
But now the church in Cuba is in peril. Recent sanctions on banking transactions have prevented the US Episcopal Church from transferring the church operating budget for the past year, so there is no money left to support and sustain the church. No money for salaries, for food programs, for water programs, for solar programs or for any other general expenses.
The Friends of the Episcopal Church in Cuba (www.friendsofeccuba.org) have been the sole lifeline for the Cuban church, to directly enable the Church to keep paying the clergy and staff, funding food programs, and purchasing solar panels for powering the churches and water purification systems.
Please consider supporting the Friends of the Episcopal Church in Cuba by mailing your check to Friends of E.C.C. to: Rev. Mark Pendleton, Treasurer, FRECC, 218 Post Road, Greenland NH 03840.
Credit Card donations can be made through St. Mark’s. Please click here.
138: Dialogue between Faith and Science (Maltese Cross and Atom)
Sunday’s Music
Sunday, July 26
Our Opening Organ Voluntary, Howells’ lyrical, slightly melancholic Siciliano (“for a High Ceremony”) was written for the wedding of Jane McNeill and the Earl of Dalkeith at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, in 1953. Queen Elizabeth II attended the wedding, but Howells could not because of a foot injury. Our Offertory Solo, Handel’s If God be for us, who can be against us, the last solo movement before the glorious final chorus of Messiah, is normally heard sung by a soprano in G minor. But Handel’s original version was a fifth lower (in C minor) for an alto voice. Handel frequently re-cast solo movements of his oratorios to suit various soloists—Ryan Deal offers it this morning in a version for tenor. In What though I trace each herb and flower, our Communion Solo, Solomon (in Handel’s oratorio of the same name) reflects on his deep knowledge of botany and nature, yet he concludes that all human intellect and worldly beauty pale next to the glory of God.