Please keep in your prayers this week

(July 20-26, 2008)

 
The Church:
Rowan Archbishop of Canterbury, Katharine our Presiding Bishop, Johncy our Bishop, Sandy our Assisting Bishop, Mother Raggs and Deacon Mimi

In the Anglican Cycle of prayer: The Episcopal Church in the Philippines, The Most Revd Ignacio Capuyan Soliba, Prime Bishop. 

For all the Bishops preparing for Lambeth.
In diocesan cycle of prayer: St. Paul, Oregon City. (Casey Longwood, rector); All Saints, Portland. (Stephen Whitney-Wise, rector).  Ascension, Portland. (Stephen Norcross, interim priest-in-charge)

In the Parish Cycle of Prayer: Beverly Turnipseed; Ed, Michele and Kyle Wallace; Elsa Walter.
For Missionaries Bob and Joyce Carlson, Pat Mohney
 
For the Nation and all in Authority: 
George our President and Ted our Governor
 
The World:
Victims of Terror, war, oppression, famine, and disease
For peace in all areas of conflict, especially Iraq, Afghanistan, and Tibet.
For all of those suffering in the wake of the recent tornadoes and floods.
 
Local Concerns:
For all who are serving in our armed forces: especially Mark; William, Kyle, Robert, Kevin, Shane, Julie, Richard, Frank, Elizabeth, David, Rick, Kelly, CJ, Joshua, Thomas, Tim

For all who are traveling. 
 
Those who suffer or are in any trouble:
For those needing healing: Frank, Claudia, Barbara, Erik, Alton, Bob, Tina, Baby Jodie
For those living with chronic illness: Edna, Chester, Cleve, Syd, Duane, Marjorie, Mary, Pamela, Nell, Vera, Joe, Betty, Wanda, Walt, Danny, Linda, Ernest, Bob, Helen, John.

For those needing guidance and support: Angela & Keaka, Gary & Tyresa, Patrick, Muriel, Rob, Kate, Erik’s family, the Kelly family, Angela, Jillian, Jack, Jean, Barbara and Paul.

For those who have died: Barbara Hazelett and Margaret Brooks
 
Thanksgivings:  Birthdays: Erdeen Borden (20), Ethel Jennings and Benjamin Jamison (21),  June Tillia (22), Gene Scofield (25), Doug Sheldon (26), Gary Davis (27); Anniversaries: Jean and Bob Gayhart and Susan and Scott Zwingli (20), Betsy and Don Bachman (27)

 
Saints Days and observances this week: St. Mary Magdalen (Tues); Thomas á Kempis, Priest, 1471 (Thurs), St. James the Apostle (Fri), Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sat). 

Announcements

        Keep all the clothing donations coming!  We have lots of new or gently used clothes for our Giveaway at St. James on Saturday, August 9 from 10:00-3:00 PM.  We had a great turnout at our first clothes sorting, folding party and we plan another one on Friday, August 8, the night before the Giveaway.  Please plan to come and help with preparations - dinner will be served.  Also plan to sign up for a shift at the Giveaway.  We need greeters, shopping assistants, lunch line helpers and lots more people.  Also remember:

Important Dates for the Clothing Giveaway
Opportunities to help with our 50th Anniversary Service Project
▪  Sunday, July 27 - Sock and Undy Sunday in conjunction with Feast of   St. James.  Bring new socks and underwear for kids 6-18 and drop them off at Sunday services!

▪  August 8^th-Clothing, Sorting and Organizing Party
▪  August 9^th-Giveaway

Oregon Food Bank Benefit  Tuesday, July 29^th, 5:00-closing at McMenamins Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove). McMenamins will donate 50% of all food and beverage receipts to OFB.  Call Anne Avery at 503-245-377 to reserve a ride on the bus from St. John the Baptist Church at 5:00 pm or St. Gabriel’s Church at 5:30 pm.  Bring family, friends, canned goods and/or a check to donate to OFB. 1 dollar donation buys 5 pounds of food!

Saint James Day Festivities  Put these on your calendars:
1.  July 27 will be our Patronal Festival - the day when we celebrate Saint James and our life as Saint James Parish.  This is an opportunity for people who have recently joined us to be officially adopted as members. Please let Mother Raggs know if you want to be adopted.  (All ages are welcome!)

2.  We need a special coffee hour for Saint James Day, please let Marian Mirsky know if you (and your friends) would like to take this on.

3.  Remember to bring bells, wear red, be festive!

4.  On Saturday the 26th we will kick off the Saint James Day celebration with a parish barbecue after the 5:00 service.  If you want to help with the cooking and set up, please contact Jim and Susan Lymer.  We will also have croquet and badminton for all ages.

5.  Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate will be for sale at both coffee hours on Sunday, July 27^th

eScrip is up and running!
This is a super-easy way to help fund the mission and youth ministries of St. James, just by shopping and eating out!  We’re all set up to receive these funds; all you have to do is register one or more debit, credit, grocery, community, or retail credit cards through the eScrip web-site.  Then, every time you use one of these cards to make a purchase at a participating merchant, St. James automatically receives 1-5% of the purchase price.

We can boost parish finances as we shop for vacation and picnic items and back to school supplies.  Church membership is not a requirement - encourage family members and friends to participate!

Participating Pacific NW merchants include Safeway, Zupans, Whole Foods, and Claim Jumper Restaurants.  National merchants include Eddie Bauer, Outdoor Kids, and American Airlines.  And there are over 700 on-line participants such as J.C. Penney, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Office Max, Zales, Apple Computers, and even E-Bay!  This is a secure site—none of your personal information will ever be shared or sold, and all credit data is encoded for maximum protection.

        Visit www.escrip.com, and click on “about the program.”  Then go to “sign up now,” and follow the instructions and prompts to register, and you’re all set!  The St. James Episcopal Tigard ID# is 163944833, or you can find us just by typing in the name of the church, city, or zip code.  (There are a LOT of St. James and St. James Episcopal Churches registered, so be sure to sign up with the one in Tigard, Oregon!)

Anniversary Party Scheduled for November 14th - put it on your calendar! Are you in contact with former Saint James people? Bring the names and addresses in to the office so that we can be sure that absolutely everyone is invited to the party!  If you have any questions contact our party chair, Mary Holstein (mkth49@comcast.net).    Interested in helping with the party?  Huddle with Mary and her team at the Barbecue on July 26^th. 

Adult Forum  Join us at 9:05 downstairs for video and discussion.

50^th Anniversary History Committee:
Betsy Bachman is chair of our history committee which will provide displays and other information and entertainment out of our 50 years of history over the next year.  If you have any history related projects or ideas-or would like to help with a history project, please contact Betsy at insidethebachs@comcast.net.

Name Tags - Thank you to everyone who regularly wears a name tag so people can learn names.  If you do not have a name tag, please write your name on the pad by the name tags, so we can make you one!

Email Prayer Chain: have a special prayer request?  Just email it to (prayer@stjamestigard.org).

A Prayer for a Diocesan Time of Transition:  Almighty God, we pray that the power of Christ’s love may be present in our lives as we, the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, enter a time of prayerful discernment and transition to new leadership. May the Holy Spirit illumine the hearts and minds of those who have the responsibility to lead us as we prepare to build on the vision that is before us. Let not the prospect of change be an occasion for fear and confusion, but rather a time to build trust and increase understanding that Christ’s love may be made known between us and among us that your will may be done. Amen. – The Rev. Alcena Boozer, Rector, St. Philip the Deacon, Portland and member of the Standing Committee

A Heartfelt Thank You to This Week’s Volunteers:

Altar Guild-Corrine Bush and Pat Taylor
Altar Flowers-Theresa Crone
Office-Eleanor Rogers, Morag Abbot
Lay Readers-8:00  June Tillia and Keith Conway
                10:00  Colleen Kelly-Ginter and Corrine Bush
Greeters-Bill Eick and Marian Mirsky
Coffee Hour-8:00 Eleanor Rogers
                10:00 June and Frank Tillia
                                                 
Calendar for July 20-July 26
07/20   Holy Eucharist-8:00 and 10:00 a.m.
        Adult  Education-9:05 a.m.-downstairs
        Choir Rehearsal-9:05 a.m.
        Bell Choir Rehearsal-11:30 a.m.
        Oriental Mission Church Service 1:00-4:00 p.m.*        
07/21   Noonday Prayers-in the Chapel
        Quilters-12:00 noon
        AA-7:30 p.m.*
07/22   Noonday Prayers-in the Chapel
07/23   Eucharist with healing-noon
        AA-6:30-7:30 p.m.*
        Oriental Mission Church Worship-7:30 p.m.*
07/24   Bible Study-10:15 a.m. King City
        Noonday Prayers-12:00 p.m. in the Chapel
07/25   AA-7:30 p.m.*
07/26   AA-9:30 a.m.*
        Noonday Prayers –in the Chapel
        Eucharist-5:00 p.m.
        Parish Barbecue after Service

*Non-Parish sponsored

Upcoming Events

07/27   Feast of St. James
08/08   Preparation Party for Clothing Giveaway
08/09   Back-to-School Clothes Giveaway
09/07   Parish Picnic  
10/04   SAFE Training at St. James (AM & PM)
10/05   St Francis Day
11/02   All Saints Sunday, Inasmuch collections and baptisms
11/14   Anniversary Party

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 20 July 2008

 

Collect

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

 

Genesis 28:10-19a

Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And the Lord stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring; and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring. Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place-- and I did not know it!” And he was afraid, and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”  So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He called that place Bethel.

Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23 Domine, probasti

¹ Lord, you have searched me out and known me; *
     you know my sitting down and my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
² You trace my journeys and my resting-places *
     and are acquainted with all my ways.
³ Indeed, there is not a word on my lips, * but you, O Lord, know it altogether.
⁴ You press upon me behind and before *and lay your hand upon me.
⁵ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; *it is so high that I cannot attain to it.
⁶ Where can I go then from your Spirit? *where can I flee from your presence?
⁷ If I climb up to heaven, you are there; *
     if I make the grave my bed, you are there also.
⁸ If I take the wings of the morning *and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
⁹ Even there your hand will lead me *and your right hand hold me fast.
¹⁰ If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me, *and the light around me turn to night,”
¹¹ Darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day; *
     darkness and light to you are both alike.
²² Search me out, O God, and know my heart; *try me and know my restless thoughts.
²³ Look well whether there be any wickedness in me *
     and lead me in the way that is everlasting.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

 

Romans 8:12-25

Brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh-- for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ – if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

 

Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43

Jesus put before the crowd another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he replied, ‘No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”  Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!”