e-pistle: Weekly e-Pistle for Sunday 08/6/17

This Sunday, August 6th

Holy Communion - 10 AM

All are welcome to receive Communion!

In today's first reading God invites all who are hungry or thirsty to receive food and drink without cost. Jesus feeds the hungry multitude and reveals the abundance of God. At the eucharistic table we remember all who are hungry or poor in our world today. As we share the bread of life, we are sent forth to give ourselves away as bread for the hungry.

Sunday's readings:

Isaiah 55:1-5, Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:13-21

Serving God on Sunday, August 6th

Assisting Minister: Dean Ahlberg

Crucifer/Acolyte: Kim Hervey

Lector: Kim Hervey

Ushers: Enrique Arellano, Joseph White, John Patten

Organist/Pianist: Cesar Cancino

Flowers: Keith & Sonya Domingo(Memory of Mary Cook)

Fellowship: Kim Hervey, Lisa Olson

Sacristans: Kim Hervey, Lisa Olson

Counters: Anita Patten, Karen Spears

Janitorial: Judy Faye, Lisa Olson

Reminder

As voted on and approved at the May 21 Congregation Meeting, our late summer/fall worship schedule will be as follows:

July 2017	10:00 a.m. Worship Service	at Holy Trinity*
August 2017	10:00 a.m. Worship Service	at St. Paul's
September 2017	10:00 a.m. Worship Service	at Holy Trinity*
October 2017	10:00 a.m. Worship Service	at St Paul's

*No flowers or alter care at St. Paul's.

Kindly Remember

Submissions to The Weekly e-pistle are due on Tuesday of each week as we agreed to at our Congregation Meeting. If you submit an article late, and it still has significance for the next week it will be included then.

Opportunities for Study

Book Study: The Cross in Our Context: Jesus and the Suffering World by Douglas John Hall, meets 8:45 am in Fellowship Hall at St. Paul's during the month of August. Book can be ordered on-line.

Martha Circle, women's Bible Study using "Gather" magazine meets the third Thursday of each month in Fellowship Hall at St. Paul's. Bring your own bag lunch and dessert will be served by the monthly hostess.

Book Study: Daughter of the Reformation: A Historical Perspective of the Life of the Wife of Martin Luther which meets every second Tuesday of the month at 4 pm, at Holy Trinity.

Opportunities for Service

Food Basket Sunday. The first Sunday of each month at St. Paul's. Food donations go to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties.

Brown Bag Lunches for distribution to the homeless are located in Fellowship Hall.

School Kits: (The following items are needed.) 4-Spiral 70-sheet notebooks, 1-12" ruler, 1-Pencil sharpener, 1-pair of blunt school scissors, 5-Unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers, 5-Black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink), 1-Box of 16 0r 24 crayons, 1-2 1/2" eraser.

Sewing Ministry: The 1st Thursday of every month in Fellowship Hall from 1 to 4 pm. Both women and men are welcome. No prior sewing experience is required.

Opportunities for community

Reserve your spot on the bus for Reformation Sunday at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, October 29, 2017. Contact Linda Bowen of Holy Trinity to sign up or for additional information (707) 644-9541 or linjb@comcast.net.

We have been invited to celebrate the 30 year RIC (Reconciling in Christ) anniversary at Christ the Good Shepherd August 19, 2017. Let Pr Dawn know if you are interested in attending and possible car pooling. Pr. Dawn will call in to register our number of attendees prior to the event.

Christ's Care List

Healing of body, mind and spirit:

Kim Hervey, recent surgery

Craig Pyle, recent surgery

Enrique Arellano

Tom & Connie Bell

Calie & Robert Bremer (Jessica Nelson's daughter and son in-law)

Vera Bennett

Cassie Bremer (Jessica Nelson's daughter)

Darren & Elline Campas

Kathy Campas-Sutin

Juan Caudillo

Marty Clark

Clyde & Mary (friends of Angelia Siragusa)

Margaret Cole

Wayne (Vera Bennett's friend)

Carleen Embree

Helen Gainey (Vera Bennett's friend)

Shirley Gonsalves

Amanda Hanifan (daughter of Jody & Gary Schumacher)

Amy Hanus (friend of Karen Spears)

Bessie Hawkins (Vera Bennett's friend)

Eddy and David Hawkyard and families

Sheldon Heitz

Anna Hervey

Donald Hervey

Sam Hervey

Phyllis Huseby (Jody Schumacher's aunt)

Jan Jackson

Gladys Jones (Kathy Campas-Sutin's Mother)

Louisa and Don Johnson

Caryl Kroan

Rick Kroan

Loree Lucas

Carol Massie (friend of Valda Rose)

Pr. Larry Nelson (John Patten's friend)

Luna Nightshade

Nikkie (Vera Bennett's goddaughter)

Anita Patten

Dean Pollock (Jody Schumacher's brother)

Justin Pollock (Jody Schumacher's great nephew)

Alissa Princewell

Angelia Siragusa

Gary Schumacher

Robin Slusher

Angelika Shanley

Angela Smith (Bev Smith's daughter)

Mike Tomlinson (Teresa Arellano's brother)

Schiann Towle (Lisa & Dwayne Olson's daughter)

Ben Tyler (Mike Tomlinson's husband)

Bill & Betty Valentine (Vera Bennett's friends)

Ian Wald (friend of Jody Schumacher)

Steve Wald (friend of Jody Schumacher)

Leah Wells

Steve West (Don & Louisa Johnson's friend)

Those who grieve:

The family of Harold Fix

Note: Our Care List is in much need of updating. If you submit new names, be sure to use and identifier such as friend of Karen Spears or daughter of Jessica Nelson or recent surgery to your submission. If you see names on the list that it is time to remove, your own or an old submission, please contact Judy Faye at judithfaye@aol.com or (707) 557-4531. We will begin removing names without identifiers with the next e-pistle. If a name disappears that you want to stay in just contact Judy and she will add it back.

We also pray for:

The communities of both St. Paul's and Holy Trinity as we share in joint services over the next few months and continue to explore the possibility of merger.
Safety in our community - An end to racism and other injustice
A just and lasting peace in the Holy Land
Refugees
Those serving in the armed forces

St. Paul's Lutheran Church

The Reverend Dr. Dawn Roginski

650.771.4241 (cell)

pastordawn@stpaulsvallejo.org

707-643-5761 (Church)

1300 Tuolumne Street

Vallejo, California 94590