Anticipating the Fourth

"Freedom is not free" was the tag that came along with this picture for the Fourth.  We think of the men and women who have served in the Middle East and their families, living icons that freedom is not free, and step away from the picnic or the fireworks to think of our responsibilities for freedom -- and for God.

The contemporary reading for the 1st is a jewel from Nancy Mairs:

"That's what we're here for: to make the world new.  We know what to do: seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly, treat every person as though she were yourself.  These are not complicated instructions. It's much harder to decipher the directions for putting together a child's tricycle than it is to understand these."

So how are you called, how are we called, "to make the world new?"


What's up this week: 
   Tuesday, June 26th        Needlecrafters, 1PM, Libarary
   Wednesday, June 27th   Taize Service, 7:30 PM, Church
   Thursday, June 28th      Food Pantry Team, Library, 7PM


   Sunday,  July 1st             Eucharist, Children's Chapel, 10AM
   Tuesday, July 2nd           Women's Group, 1PM, Library
   Friday, July 6th               Decorate Stage for Vacation Bible School, 3PM

   COMING UP: VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL   

JULY 9-13  6-8 PM

What's up this week

St. Agnes' just said "YES" to an end-of-month food pantry scheduled to begin in July!

Back in January, Bishop Beckwith challenged us to look in our community for a need which called for a mission outreach.

During Eastertide, we prayed for discernment about this need and mission.

In May a team came forward with a proposal for a monthly food distribution, during the last week of the month, providing food for humans and animals in families where there is food insufficiency. This resonates with our core values (years of bringing food and collecting it for others, a small emergency food pantry on site, years of providing one dinner a month at St. Paul's Men's Shelter in Paterson).

In June it was presented for a second time to the parish members at a Forum.  People are volunteering, are offering money, are planning and helping with the set-up tasks.

God-willing, we will be open the first time on the 25th (Wednesday evening) and 28th (Saturday morning) of July.

Stay tuned for more!

THIS WEEK: 
Tuesday, June 11:     ECW and Needlecrafters, 1PM
                                    Vacation Bible School Planning Meeting, 7:30 PM
Friday, June 15:         SPRING DINNER, 5-7 PM: Fabulous food
                                     from Lorenzo's
Sunday, June 17:        Church Service, Children's Chapel, 10 AM