LITURGY OF THE WORD AND WEEKLY READINGS

Sunday, August 25, 2013: Fourteenth  Sunday After Pentecost

Fr. Davidson was away. 

Canon Calvin McIntyre was the celebrant.

First Lesson: Isaiah (58:9b-14)

Psalm 130:1-8, Page 733, BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Hebrews 12:18-29)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Luke (13:10-17)

Suggested Readings for The Week
Monday Acts 26:1-23; Tuesday Acts 26:24-27:8; Wednesday Acts 27:9-26; Thursday Acts 27:27-44; Friday Acts 28:1-16; Saturday Acts 28:17-31. 

Sunday, August 18, 2013: Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Fr. Davidson was away.

Bishop Clarence Coleridge was the celebrant.

First Lesson:  (Isaiah 5:1-7)

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18, Pages,702,703 BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Hebrews 11:29-12:2)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Luke (12:49-56)

Suggested Readings For The Week
Monday Acts 22:30-23:11; Tuesday Acts 23:12-24; Wednesday Acts 23:23-35; Thursday Acts 24:1-23; Friday Acts 24:24-25:12; Saturday Acts 25:13-27.

Sunday, August 11, 2014: Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Fr. Davidson was away. 
Canon Lyons from New Jersey was the celebrant.

First Lesson: Isaiah (1:1, 10-20)

Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24, Page 654, BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Luke (12:23-50)
Suggested Readings For The Week

Monday Acts 20:17-38; Tuesday Acts 21:1-14; Wednesday Acts 21:15-26; Thursday Acts 21:27-36; Friday Acts 21:37-22:16; Saturday Acts 22:17-29.

Sunday, August 4, 2013: Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost

Fr. Davidson was away. 
Bishop Clarence Coleridge was the celebrant.

First Lesson: Hosea (11:1-11)

Psalm 107:1-9, 43, Page 746, BCP

Second Lesson: Paul's Epistle (Colossians 3:1-11)

The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Luke (12:13-21)

Suggested Readings For The Week
Monday Acts 18:1-11; Tuesday Acts 18:12-28; Wednesday Acts 19:1-10; Thursday Acts 19:11-20; Friday Acts 19:21-41; Saturday Acts 20:1-16.

NEWS AND EVENTS

From The Desk Of The Rector

The  church should be the place where burdens are lifted, wounds are healed, depression is dismissed, poverty is rebuked, joys are restored, lives are changed, the anointing is felt - having been touched by the fire of God - and God is in the midst. When we attend attend church, we should want an audience with the God who died for us, who blesses us, and who answers our prayers. We should want to met where the good news is being preached and not where gossip is be practiced. When we come to worship, we should come to the mercy seat if only to thank God and bless His name. Remember that church is not a spectator sport; and even if it were, God through His Son Jesus Christ is the spectator and not us. therefore, give Him His due.

Fr. Davidson On Vacation

Fr. Davidson will be away on vacation beginning Friday, July 5, 2013. Due to budgetary constrains he will only take one third of his Sabbatical leave, which is one month as defined by the Letter of Agreement and his continuing Education time off. He will return on Sunday, September 15, 2013.

Please continue to pray for Fr. Davidson and Mrs. Davidson as they enjoy family and friends. 

St. Monica's Website

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Directions To St. Monica's

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

August Services

There will only be one service in August. It will begin at 9:30 a.m.

Food Pantry

Everyone please bring a nonperishable food item to continue our weekly support helping those in need.

Rescheduling Meetings

Fr. Davidson needs our cooperation if we wish to reschedule a meeting on Monday or Wednesday between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Fr. Davidson schedules interviews and pastoral counseling either before or after Prayer Meetings on Monday. He may also schedule interviews and pastoral counseling on Wednesday. He schedules events when there is no Bible Study. As a courtesy, please call Fr. Davidson to verify if he has anything schedule.

Activity Calendar

Weekly: 1) Mondays-Prayer meeting at 6:30 p.m. 2) Wednesday-Bible Study at 6:30 p.m.

Special Days (Weekly): 1) Wednesdays and Fridays-Food Pantry opens 10:00 a.m. to noon.

2) Every other Thursday-Pro's and Con's task Force at 6:30 p.m.

Special Says (Monthly): First Thursday-Stewardship committee at 6:30 p.m. 2) Second Thursday-Vestry Meeting 6:30 p.m. 3) Third Tuesday- Women of Valier 4) Third and fourth Saturday opens at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. 5) First Saturday-Episcopal Church women (ECW) at 12:00 noon.

Birthday And Anniversary in August

Happy Birthday to: Gloria Ricketts 2nd; Dorothy McLachian and Veronica Airey-Wilson 4th; Louise Kenney and Deborah Oliphant 6th; Charles Groce and Irma Reid 7th;

 Agnes McBeth 8th; Sandra Mahoney and James Phillips 10th; Sara Legister, Peter Marsele and clement Forrester 12th; Becki Hall 14th; Bianca Haughton 16th; Casey Norris 17th; Jean Ulett 21st; Christopher Walters 22nd; Taylor Bradshaw and Channen Paddyfote 26th; Irene Nurse-cohen 29th; Princess wiggins 30th.

Happy Anniversary to: Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood 2nd; Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Davis 5th;  Steve and Kishuana 15th; Joe and Jackie Noel 25th;

Condolences

We extend our sincere Christian sympathy to Joe Noel on the lost of his mother Leanora Luna Noel who passe away August 12, 2013. May she rest in peace.

In Memory for August

In Memory of: Larenzo Morgan and Mabel McQueen 1st; Raymond DeMortie 4th; Charles Garvey 5th; Belle Mathews 6th; Cynthia Barrett 7th; Herbert Bowen 8th; Joseph Calloway, Leona McMann and Kirk Forrester 10th; Steven Whaley 12th; Altmont Watt, Abraham White, Oliver Atherley and Ned Hickmon 15th; Richard Roane, Jr. 16th; Ada Jacklyn and Mary Krausz 17th; 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 26th; Josephine Bell 29th; Horace Davidson 30th; Jean thomas 31st.

Food Pantry

Please continue to donate to the Ruth Small Food Pantry. Suggested items are canned or instant potatoes, canned meats (tuna, salmon, chicken(, canned sweet potatoes, soup, peanut butter, jelly and individual fruit cups. Thank you for your continued support.

Rescheduling Meetings

Fr. Davidson needs our cooperation if we wish to reschedule a meeting on Monday or Wednesday between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Fr. Davidson schedules interviews and pastoral counseling either before or after Prayer Meetings on Monday. He may also schedule interviews and pastoral counseling on Wednesday. He schedules events when there is no Bible Study. As a courtesy, please call Fr. Davidson to verify if he has anything schedule.

Activity Calendar

Weekly: 1) Mondays-Prayer meeting at 6:30 p.m. 2) Wednesday-Bible Study at 6:30 p.m.

Special Days (Weekly): 1) Wednesdays and Fridays-Food Pantry opens 10:00 a.m. to noon.

2) Every other Thursday-Pro's and Con's task Force at 6:30 p.m.

Special Says (Monthly): First Thursday-Stewardship committee at 6:30 p.m. 2) Second Thursday-Vestry Meeting 6:30 p.m. 3) Third Tuesday- Women of Valier 4) Third and fourth Saturday opens at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. 5) First Saturday-Episcopal Church women (ECW) at 12:00 noon.

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), Patricia David, 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

  

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Roots of the Holy Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist has its foundation in Two forms of Jewish worship: services in the synagogue and family meals around the dinner table. These same rites can help explain some of Jesus actions at the Last Supper. synagogue worship consisted of readings from the Law and the Prophets (called the Old testament by Christian), prayers, a sermon, and the faith statement of Judaism: the Shema, which is the basis for what Christians know as the first and great commandment quoted by Jesus (Matthew 22:37-38). the Shema says, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your soul, and with all your might (Deuteronomy 6:4-5).

The Jewish people also had another form of worship, one that took place around the dinner table with family or a group of friends. At the start of the meal the head of the family took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and distributed it to everyone. At the end of the meal, he took a cup of said a longer blessing over it, giving thanks for God's love, God's mighty acts in history and for the special occasion being celebrated. Everyone drank from the one cup. This was called the cup of thanksgiving or cup of blessing. The Greek word for thanksgiving is eucharistia.  

Source: Beth Wickenberg Ely, A Manual for Lay Eucharistic Ministers (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing 1991) pp.16, 17.

TH BOOK CORNER

Rise to Rebellion
By Jeff Shaara

Jeff Shaara is rapidly emerging as one of our finest historical novelists. Now in Rise to Rebellion he tells deftly the story of the initial phase of the American Revolution. From the Boston Massacre and John Adams' decision to defend a British officer in court (a key step toward the rule of laws which made the American Revolution so different from the French and Russian Successors), to Benjamin Franklin's desperate and patient ten year effort to be an Englishman while representing the colonies in London to the quiet emergence of Washington as the disciplined force on which the revolution would succeed, Shaara creates a tour de force.

Anyone who would seek to understand the origins of the American Revolution and the precepts of political order, private property, individual liberty and the rule of law which made this the keystone for human freedom will find this a compelling book. shaara captures with remarkable accuracy the process of how these revolutionaries placed themselves at enormous risk to create a new future. His portrait of how the Continental congress moves slowly and with great agony toward independence is worth the entire book.  
His portrait of Franklin gradually becoming first disillusioned than embittered, then angry and finally defiant against the very British he had wanted to belong to is worth a dozen books. I cannot recommend this book too strongly if you would like to understand how America came to be. I am looking forward to the promised second volume.
Review by Newt Gingrich