LITURGY OF THE WORD 

You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are true. Psalm 119:151

Sunday, August 31, 2014: Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Service was led by Floyd Wyche
First Lesson: Exodus 3:1-15
Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c, Page 738, BCP
Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Romans 12:9-21)
The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Matthew (16;21-28)
Sunday, August 24, 2014: Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Morning Prayer was led by Floyd Wyche
Jubilate (Psalm 100), Page 82, BCP 
Nisi (Psalm 124), Page 781, BCP
First Lesson: Exodus (1:8-2:10)
Song of Mary (Magnificat Luke 1:46-55), Page 91, BCP
Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Romans 12:1-8)
The Song of Simeon (Nunc Dimittis Luke 2:29-32), Page 93, BCP
The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Matthew (16:13-20)
The Apostles' Creed, Page 96, BCP
Sunday, August 17 2014: Tenth Sunday After Pentecost

The celebrant was The Rev. Canon Leroy Lyons 
First Lesson: Genesis (45:1-15) 

Psalm 133, Page 787, BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Matthew (15:10-28)

Sunday, August 10, 2014: Ninth Sunday After Pentecost

The celebrant was The Rev. Estelle C. Webb
First Lesson: Genesis (37:1-4, 12-28)

Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b, Page 738, BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Romans 10:5-15)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Matthew (14:22-33)   

Sunday, August 3, 2014:Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

The celebrant was The Rev. Canon Timothy Hodapp
First Lesson: Genesis (32:22-31)

Psalm 17:1-7, 16, Page 600, BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Romans 9:1-5)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Matthew (14:13-21)

NEWS AND EVENTS

St. Monica's Website

To visit St. Monica's website CLICK HERE.

Directions To St. Monica's

For driving directions to St. Monica's, 3575 Main Street, Hartford CLICK HERE

The Rev. Canon Tim Hodapp
The Rev. Canon Tim Hodapp was the guest priest on August 3, 2014. After the service, Fr. Hodapp conducted a town hall  meeting in which he descried the process for selecting another priest for St. Monica's. A priest-in-charge will work with the vestry and congregation. For more information the position of priest-in-charge
1. CLICK HERE 
2. Then click on the link that reads Position description for a priest-in-charge Link to PDF.
Birthdays And Anniversaries In August

Happy Birthday to: Gloria Ricketts 2nd; Dorothy McLachian and Veronica Airey-Wilson 4th; Louise Kenney and Deborah Oliphant 6th; Charles Groch and Irma Reid 7th; Agnes McBeth 8th; Kalan Lewis 9th; Sandra Mahoney and James Phillips 10th; SAra Legiter and Peter Marsele 12th; Clement forrester and Becki Hall 14th; Bianca Haughton 16th; Hyacinth Tate and Briana Devalda-Jordan 18th; Jean Ulett 21st; Christopher Walters 22nd;  Taylor Bradshaw and Channen Paddyfote 26th; Irene Nurse-Cohen 29th; Princess Wiggins 30th.

Happy Anniversary to: Mavis and Heinrich Blackwood 3rd; Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Davis 5th; Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Kishuana Lightfoot 15th; Joseph and Jackie Noel 25th.

In Memory of: Lorenzo Morgan and Mabel McQueen 1st; Raymond DeMortie 4th; Charles Garvey 5th; Belle Mathews 6th; Cynthia Barrett 7th; Herbert Bowen 8th; Joseph Calloway, Leona McMan 10th ; Kirk Forrester 12th; Steven Whaley, Altmont Watt, Abraham White, Oliver Atherley and Ned Hickmon 15th; Richard Roane, Jr. 16th;  Sondra Spencer, Mary Fuller-Brown and James Whaley 18th; Arlene Roane 19th, Sally Noble and Lawrence Thornton 20th; Andre Duncan 21st; vincent Carnegie and Nathaniel Vincent 22nd; Edward Johnson 24th; Dorothy King 25th; Cora Monroe and Anez Martis 26; Josephine Bell 29th; Horace Davidson 30th; Jean Thomas 31st.

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

ITEM OF INTEREST

Thanks Father Davidson

Thanks Father Davidson for all that you did for Saint Monica's Episcopal Church. I looked forward to your sermons. Your discussion and interpretation of the scripture were enlightening; yet you also related your sermons to the daily lives of the congregation. You also tended to the financial viability of Saint Monica's. You understood the importance of an endowment for the Church and you created Gift Day. You associate the giving of a specific amount of money to an important date in Saint Monica's history. Brilliant. I would be remiss if I did not also thank your dear wife Maureen. She was always cordial yet aware of what needed to be done.

In today's world one is never farther than a click away and so I hope you and Mrs. Davidson stay in touch with Saint Monica's. Until then, God Bless both of you.

Floyd Wyche

THE BOOK CORNER

Epiphany
by Elise Ballard

I recently completed reading "Epiphany: True stories of sudden insight to inspire, encourage and transform," by Elise Ballard. It was the perfect read to periodically (and inconsistently) pick-up during my breaks at work, considering each entry is only 3-10 pages. I loves the structure and content. Little bites of inspiration I could consume on my lunch break, featuring a quote to start, background information on the person, noting his/her relationship with the author (if any) to be followed by the account of the epiphany. These epiphanies ranged from stories of making the best of being diagnosed with an incurable disease, battling the relief of knowing paired with the added burden of facing what is wrong, to the story of making a life-altering move where everything that matters fell together: work and love.

          Review by Super-Schoolbook-Shipper