LITURGY OF THE WORD AND WEEKLY READINGS

Sing Hallelujah To The Lord

Sunday, May 25, 2014: Sixth Sunday Of Easter
First Lesson: Acts (17:22-31)
Psalm 66:7-18, Page 674, BCP
Second Lesson: Peter's Epistle (1 Peter 3:13-22)
The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To John (14:15-21)
Suggested Readings For The Week
Monday Col. 1:9-14; Tuesday 1 Tim. 2:1-6; Wednesday Eph. 1:1-10; Eve of Ascension Rev. 5:1-14; Thursday (Ascension Day) Heb. 2:5-18; Friday Eph. 2:1-10; Saturday Eph. 2:11-22.
Sunday, May 18, 2014: Fifth Sunday of Easter
First Lesson: Acts (7:55-60)
Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16, Page 622, BCP
Second Lesson: Peter's Epistle (1 Peter 2:2-10)
The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To John (14:1-14)
Suggested Readings For the Week
Monday 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Tuesday 1 Thess. 5:1-11; Wednesday 1 Thess. 5:12-28; Thursday 2 Thess. 1:1-12; Friday 2 Thess. 2:1-17; Saturday 2 Thess. 3:1:18.
Sunday, May 11, 2014: Fourth Sunday Of Easter
First Lesson: Acts (2:42-47)
Psalm 23, page 612, BCP
Second Lesson: Peter's Epistle (1 Peter 2:19-25)
The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To John (10:1-10)
Suggested Readings For The Week
Monday Col. 3:18-4-6(7-18); Tuesday 1 Thess. 1:1-10; Wednesday 1 Thess. 2:1-12; Thursday 1 Thess. 2:13-20; Friday 1 Thess 3:1-13; Saturday 1 Thess. 4:1-12.
Sunday, May 4, 2014 : Third Sunday Of Easter

First Lesson: Acts (2:14a, 36-41)

Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17, page 759, BCP

Second Lesson: Peter's Epistle (1 Peter 1:17-23)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Luke (24:13-35)
Suggested Readings For The Week
Monday 1 Peter 5:1-14; Tuesday Col. 1:1-14; Wednesday Col. 1:15-23; Thursday Col. 1:24-2:7; Friday Col. 2:8-23; Saturday Col. 3:1-17.

ITEMS OF INTEREST 

Ad Tactics That Bug Americans The Most                                                                                                                                              
Everybody has an ad come-on they love to hate. The top five, according to a recent nationally representative survey by Consumer Reports National Research Center, are robocalls; false claims that you've won a prize or sweepstakes (are you listening Bruce Dern?); bills that look real but aren't; pop-up online adds; and hyperbolic ads for medical remedies. Least annoying of all the gripes we asked about: ads on billboards. Women tend to get more annoyed than men, our survey of 1,000 Americans found, especially with fast-talking disclaimers; ads that target people based on past purchases, demographics, or behavior; and asterisks tied to tiny disclaimers in print or online ads.  

Adgravation also increases gradually with age. By the time Americans have passed 60, they're much more annoyed than those 18 to 29. Have they just grown tired of waiting for advertisers to tell it straight?
Source: "Ad Tactics That Bug Americans The Most" Consumer  Reports (June 2014), p.11.
                                                                                      

NEWS AND EVENTS

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From the Rector's Desk
On Sunday, May 4, 2014, we recognized 21 of our members who will be 90 years or older this year. We recognized Nancy Bailey, Hattie Henry, Gloria Burke, Marion Hanson, Vina Morgan, Verna Ferguson, Inez White, Mary Reid, Enid Cooke, Johnsie Walker, Elizabeth Martin, Louise Kenney, Juliette Mikkell, Cicero Tilley, George Hudson, Melvin Johnson, Wentworth Lawrence, Peter Marsele and Percy Nelson. We also recognized Burke who dies in February 2014 and Amy Kelly who dies in April 20141. Together they have been members of St. Monica's for over 1000 years and have contributed to our Music Ministry, Sunday School, Altar Guild, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Vestry and Search Committees, Parish Committee, Acolytes, just to name a few. St Monica's thanks them for their loyal and faithful membership and recognizes them as pillars of our Church on whose shoulders we now stand.

Birthdays And Anniversaries In May

Happy Birthday to: Constance King 1st;Dominique Dupuy 2nd; Gregory Dupuy and Norma Ifill 3rd;Kathleen Register and Dennis Williams, Jr. 5th; Gregory Hurdle 7th; Andre Barnaby 9th; Patricia Bell 10th; Kaya Wattin 11th; Nancy Bailey 13th; Percy Nelson 17th; Lurlene Williams 18th; Lloyd Wimbish 19th;Glendowlyn Johnson and Ann Johnson 20th; Jean Hylton 27th; Olive James, Marvin Jones and Elijah Elliott 29th; Terry Brown, Sonia Dupuy and Beverly Watkins 31st.    

Happy Anniversary to: Winston and Winsome Barnaby May 10th; Dermoth and Nora Brown 20th.

In Memory For May

In Memory of: Henry Allen and Walker Matthews 2nd; Garnet Farnes 3rd; Charles Palmer, Joseph Pilgrim, Norman Martin, Errol Tip, Eugene Bussey and Blanche Campbell 4th; Marcelyn Bowen 5th; Lynda Sealy 6th;  Doris Redmond and Catherine Morehead 7th; Theron Robinson 8th; Margaret Alexander and Patricia Hurdle 11th; Rose Baisden and Christina Lang 12th; Ciela Oalvert and Sebert Goldenblum 14th; Carrie Pilgrim, Maxine Hilburn, Julian Price, Grace Mitchelle, Mathilde Stevenson and Leveta Watson 16th; Charles Satchell 17th;  william skeete, hattie Howie, Frank Robinson and Rudolph Clarke 18th; Janice Binion 20th; Lindsey Royal and James Willis 21st; Roy Soares and Earl White 22nd; Irma Reid 25th; Benjamin Taylor, Charlotte Gilmore and Victor Lambert 26th.

Clergy

The Rev. Charles Davidson

Vestry Members

Carol Anderson, Cyrus Aimey (Junior Warden), Veronica Airey-Wilson, Joyce Asiedu, Winston Barnaby, Walter Benjamin (Senior Warden), Marie Brown-Harvey (Secretary), April Carter, Evelyn Green, David Hickmon, A. Bates Lyons, Joseph Noel, Evelyn Stewart, Terrie Thomas.

Music

Rochelle Holder - Youth Choir

Nathaniel Baker - Music Director/Organist

Rector Emeritus

Canon Cyril Burke

Email

monicahartford@gmail.com

THE BOOK CORNER                                  
                                  Siddhartha   

by Hermann Hesse

This is one of my favorite books of all time. It is full of wonderful Eastern wisdom and inspiration. The story is not about buddha, per se, but it is similar to his story in that Siddhartha (Buddha was first given the name Siddhartha) is born of a rich ruler and he follows a path similar to the Buddha's.He lives during Buddha's time and actually meets with him. Although he respects Buddha, he does not become a follower and seeks out his own truth.

Siddhartha experiences the material and sexual cravings that entrap so many of us in this world. He has to work through the suffering they bring before he can reject them. The reader is shown beautifully the value of the spiritual lie as well as what is takes to have it.  

The most memorable aspects of this classic are the simple style in which it is written and the enchantment of the river he comes to love. For me, this was a soothing and easy read. I, too, learned the love of the river. May you enjoy to the greatest depths of your being.
Review by Robert Ongley