THIS WEEK AT CHRIST CHURCH Sunday July 24, 2016: The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Summer Schedule Sundays

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite One (S)

10:00 a.m. One Room School House (C 1)

10:00 a.m. Sung Eucharist, Rite Two (S)

Wednesday

9:00 a.m. Women’s Spirituality Group

Thursdays

9:30 a.m. Men’s Group (Rector’s Office)

Thanks to Today’s Ministers! 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Celebrant/Preacher Beth Phillips

Organist Duane Soubirous

Altar Guild Norma Cance

Usher Norma Cance

Lector (Lesson) Betsy Alexander

Lector (Epistle) Danny Alegria

Intercessor Mary Hufty

LEM Betsy Alexander

10 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Celebrant/Preacher Beth Phillips

Organist Duane Soubirous

Greeters Jane Morton Nancy Stanwood

Ushers Tim McAdam Acolyte Louise Delafield

Lector (Lesson) Catherine Aragon

Lector (Epistle) Andy Pflaum

Intercessor Andy Pflaum

LEM Louise Delafield Coffee Host Linda Millard

Birthdays and Anniversary

today Anniversary of Juno and Peter Szalay Bob Jones Winston Crawford

Thursday Maria Geenen,

Friday Riley Reimund

Watch over your children, O Lord, as their days increase; bless and guide them wherever they may be. Strengthen them when they stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall; and in their heart may your peace which passes under-standing abide all the days of their life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In Our Prayers : With special concern: Anne Sammut, Dante Bermudez, Jim Varady, John Livingston,

Owen Cance, Matthew Beavers, Beverly Siegel, Sharon Miller Manfredonia, Jeannette Heidrcih, Stefani Schatz, Ansie Sperry , Doug Goodale, John and Olga Livingston

Recently Departed: Lila Erskine; On the anniversaries of their deaths: Lynn Wilhelm-Holland, Helen Greer Feamster

In case of an urgent pastoral emergency (e.g. a hospitalization), please call Mother Beth at (970) 948-7962.

St. Dorothy’s Rest Summer Campers This week at Christ Church we are hosting campers on their way to and then on their way home from St. Dorothy’s Rest Summer Camp. St. Dorothy’s provides a unique summer camp experience for critically ill youth with cancer or organ transplants from Bay Area hospitals. This past Monday Penny McCulloch led a team that helped process these campers here on our campus. Because these are critically ill children ages 8-18, processing takes an especially long time as medication and other medical needs are communicated. For some, this will be the first time they have been away from their family. This coming Saturday, July 23, the campers will be returning and processed again here at Christ Church. Lenore Lovoi will be hosting their return. If you would like to help please contact Lenore at lnrlovoi@earthlink.net or be here between 11am and 2pm.

Dear Christ Church Community: There are many great things about Christ Church, one of which is that we are a multigenerational and intergenerational church. Church is one of the few places outside of our own personal families where multiple generations gather and participate in the lives of each other — where nonfamily members invest their time, money and energy into the spiritual growth and well-being of our children. We are being intentional about being intergenerational, which means creating space and opportunities for people of various generations to communicate in meaningful ways, to interact on a regular basis, to learn from each other, and to minister and serve together regularly. Your thoughts and ideas about how we can cultivate this core value are welcome.

One of our parishioners, ten-year-old Annie Pflaum, has proposed the following project. Annie and her friends created the project and call it A Helping Hand. Like the disciples in Luke 10, she and one of her friends will visit in pairs those who welcome them. They will provide company or help with some household chores. Below is the information sheet. For the initial launch of this program, her services are being offered to our members who live in the Sequoias, the Vi, etc., or who are otherwise homebound. Arrangements can be made for a visit through Annie’s mother, Courtney Kingston Pflaum 415-272-6030. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to learn each other’s stories and share in one another’s lives.

Blessings, Beth

The Lord’s Prayer from The New Zealand Prayer Book Eternal Spirit,

Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be,

Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven:

The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!

The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!

Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth.

With the bread we need for today, feed us.

In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us. In times of temptation and testing, strengthen us.

From trials too great to endure, spare us. From the grip of all that is evil, free us.

For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.

The Prayer To Our Father (translated into first century Aramaic)

Abwûn "Oh Thou, from whom the breath of life comes, d'bwaschmâja who fills all realms of sound, light and vibration. Nethkâdasch schmach May Your light be experienced in my utmost holiest. Têtê malkuthach. Your Heavenly Domain approaches. Nehwê tzevjânach aikâna d'bwaschmâja af b'arha. Let Your will come true - in the universe (all that vibrates) just as on earth (that is material and dense). Hawvlân lachma d'sûnkanân jaomâna. Give us wisdom (understanding, assistance) for our daily need, Waschboklân chaubên wachtahên aikâna daf chnân schwoken l'chaijabên. detach the fetters of faults that bind us, (karma) like we let go the guilt of others. Wela tachlân l'nesjuna Let us not be lost in superficial things (materialism, common temptations), ela patzân min bischa. but let us be freed from that what keeps us off from our true purpose. Metol dilachie malkutha wahaila wateschbuchta l'ahlâm almîn. From You comes the all-working will, the lively strength to act, the song that beautifies all and renews itself from age to age. Amên. Sealed in trust, faith and truth.

Directory

Christ Church, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley, California 94028

(650) 851-0224 <www.ccpvw.org> <www.facebook.com/ccpvw>

Vestry Rector Beth Phillips Class of 2018/Senior Warden Diane Leonard Class of 2017/Junior Warden Angela Hey Class of 2019/Clerk Carrie Cronkey Class of 2019 James Coker Class of 2019 Ed Jennings Class of 2019 Lenore Lovoi Class of 2017 Stannye Llewellyn Class of 2018 Terry Lynn Class of 2019 Scott Power Class of 2017 Robert Redfern-West Treasurer Annemarie Redmond

Clergy and Staff Rector Beth Phillips Associate Priest Suzanne Love Harris Deacon Dede Jamison Interim Organist Duane Soubirous Parish Administrator Shelley Goodale Carillon Preschool Director Enid Helene

Clergy/Staff may be reached by email at <firstname@ccpvw.org>

T Shirts /Single Sheets/Pillowcases for Outreach

During July/August we will be collecting T Shirts [new and gently used, all adult sizes and especially big sizes] , single sheets [especially fitted

bottom sheets] and pillowcases for the clients at Life Moves, Maple Street Shelter in Redwood City.

Directory Update: If you would like to access the current On-line Parish Directory

on our website, please call the Church Office to obtain the password.

COMING UP

July 23: St. Dorothy’s Campers Return to CCPVW 11pm-2pm

August 24: Carillon Parent Orientation 7pm (adults only)

September 10: Church Clean Up Day

September 11: Blessing of the Backpacks and Back to School Barbecue

October 2: Blessing of the Animals

October 16: Carillon Family Portrait Fundraiser

October 30: Dinner Church/First Annual Pumpkin Decorating

November 6: Harvest Dinner – All Saints Sunday

November 11: No Carillon School

November 17: Carillon Conferences-No Honeybees

November 18: Carillon Conferences-No Ladybugs

November 20: Commitment Sunday during Worship Service