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Date: Jul 3, 2015 10:02 PM
Subject: Weekly e-pistle 07/04/15
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July 4, 2015 This Sunday, July 5th    Holy Communion - 10 AM - All are welcome to receive Communion! Jesus does great deeds of power and gives his disciples authority over demons. Yet none of this power is unilateral; it all must be received by faith. Jesus asks his disciples to go out without money or supplies, so that they will be dependent on how others receive them. When we are sent from the assembly to witness and to heal, we are asked to be vulnerable, to be dependent on the reception of others. The Spirit always operates in the between: between Jesus and his Abba, between Jesus and us, between you and me, between us and those to whom we are sent. At our presiding bishop's request, we will continue to pray throughout the summer for an end to racism.   Book Study - 9 AM - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness   Sunday's readings: Ezekiel 2:1-5; Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13     Other Happenings:     Book study resumes this Sunday, 9:00 a.m.! There will be NO WORSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING this month. Vacation Bible School, Monday July 20th - Friday July 24. Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to noon. Ages 5-12, Cost: $35 (Scholarship are available!) Led by MT. Cross Day Camp. A special offering will be taken on Sunday, July 11th, for the Rebuild the Churches fund. Since last month's racially-based shootings in Charleston, SC, four African American congregations' church buildings have been burned down by arsonists. Congregations across the country have joined together to raise money to help rebuild those church buildings. If you cannot be in church on Sunday, July 11th, you may leave your check this Sunday or mail it to the church office, 1300 Tuolumne St, Vallejo, CA 94590. Be sure to put Rebuilding the Churches in the memo line so that your offering does not go to the general fund! Dismantling Racism: An Introductory Workshop sponsored by our synod will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Auburn on Saturday, July 25, 2015 from10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. All are encouraged to attend!  I Was Hungry, I was Thirsty, I was in Prison and ... Learn how faith and justice are intertwined in a hungry world!  This educational workshop by the Sierra Pacific Synod Hunger Network explores both the life-saving work of the ELCA Hunger Appeal, and how reforming mass incarceration policies and practices is crucial to ending hunger and poverty in this country. If there is an interest, a parallel children's program will be offered. Keynote speakers: Dr. Ryan Cumming, Hunger Education Director of the ELCA World Hunger Appeal; Laura Magnani, Director of American Friends Service Committee's Bay Area Healing Justice Program in California and coauthor of the AFSC publication, "Beyond Prisons: A New Interfaith Paradigm for Our Failed Prison System."  Saturday, October 24, 2015, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, Davis, CA   Serving God on Sunday, July 5th     Presiding Minister: The Rev. Pamela Griffith Pond Assisting Minister: Don Ockrassa Crucifer: Kim Hervey Cantor: Dean Ahlberg  Lector:  Kim Hervey Ushers: Carmen Harnish & John Patten Fellowship Hosts: Kim Hervey & Lisa Olson  Sacristans: Natalie Croinex, Nicole Hervey & Bev Smith   The Coming Week at St. Paul's   This Sunday, July 5th The 6th Sunday after Pentecost  9:00 a.m.  10:00 a.m. Book Study Eucharist  Monday, July 6th  Jan Hus, martyr, died 1415 noon Free Lunches for Kids!   Tuesday, July 7th noon Free Lunches for Kids! Wednesday, July 8th noon 7:00 p.m. Free Lunches for Kids! No Worship Committee Meeting!  CODA  Thursday, July 9th noon  Free Lunches for Kids!  Friday, July 10th noon Free Lunches for Kids!   Saturday, July 11th Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, died around 540     Sunday, July 11th The 7th Sunday after Pentecost  9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Book Study Eucharist  Christ's Care List Healing of body, mind and spirit: Vera Bennett Bev Blake (Jody Schumacher's mother) Cassie Bremer (Jessica Nelson's daughter)  Marty Clark   Margaret Cole Wayne (Vera Bennett's friend) Carleen Embree Dee Fix  Harold Fix Helen Gainey (Vera Bennett's friend) Shirley Gonsalves Bessie Hawkins (Vera Bennett's friend) Mary Heitz Sheldon Heitz Anna Hervey Donald Hervey Sam Hervey Irene Ficsor (John Patten's sister) Jan Jackson Pr. Karen and Dave Johnson (Pr. Pamela's colleague and her husband) Louisa Johnson Cassy Kapsalis (friend of Judy Faye) Caryl Kroan Rick Kroan Loree Lucas Raul Matasol (friend of Pr. Pamela & Dave Pond)  Pr. Larry Nelson (John Patten's friend) Luna Nightshade  Nikkie (Vera Bennett's goddaughter) Pr. Jennifer Obermueller (Pr. Pamela's colleague) Jeanine Pai (Marian Smock's niece) Anita Patten Dean Pollock (Jody Schumacher's brother) Justin Pollock (Jody Schumacher's great nephew) Alissa Princewell Gary Schumacher Angelika Shanley Pr. John Sumwalt (Pr. Pamela's colleague) Bill & Betty Valentine (Vera Bennett's friends) Schiann Towle (Lisa and Dwayne Olson's daughter) Steve West (Don & Louisa Johnson's friend) Frances Wieber (Marian Smock's sister)         We also pray for: Those serving in the armed forces  A just and lasting peace in the Holy Land An end to racism and other injustice Safety in our community Freedom of speech and religious freedom  Mother Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SC  St. Paul Lutheran Church, Columbia, SC      St. Paul's Lutheran Church The Reverend Pamela Griffith Pond, Interim Pastor 415.847.8030 (cell) pastorpamela@live.com 1300 Tuolumne Street Vallejo, California 94590

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