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THIS WEEK AT ST. DAVID’S Visit Our Site Home Page View the Church Calendar | 
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THIS WEEK (AND BEYOND) AT ST. DAVID’S
REMINDERS (This Week in Detail) to August 29th through September 4th
WORSHIP TEAM MEETING: The Worship Team Meeting is Monday,August 30th at 5:30 pm. FINANCE COMMITTEE: The Finance Committee Meeting is Monday,August 30th at 7:30 pm. ON THE HORIZON – OFFICE CLOSED: In observance of Labor Day, the office will be closed onMonday, September 6th. HEALING SERVICES AND BIBLE STUDY COURSES resume onWednesday, September 8th at 10:30 am. NOONDAY PRAYER resumes on Thursday, September 9th at 12:15 pm. REUNION SUNDAY CHURCH Reunion Sunday is Sunday, September 12th. Please stay and enjoy whatwill surely be another fantastic Potluck Brunch after the 10:15 service. This is also the day to consider ways that you can share yourself with St. David’s family by participating in the Time and Talent Sign-Up. AS A REMINDER ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH:• Church School resumes – • Holy Eucharist moves from 9:30 back to 10:15! RECTOR/WARDENS MEETING: The Rector and Wardens will meet on Monday, September 13th at 5:00 pm. OUTREACH COMMITTEE: The Outreach Committee Meeting is Monday, September 13th at 7:30 pm. WOMENS GROUP: The Women’s Group will meet on Monday, September 13th at 7:30 pm in the large Skylight Room. FOYERS KICK-OFF DINNER Saturday, September 18th at 6 pm in the Parish Hall. MARK YOUR CALENDAR for the Foyers Kick Off Dinner.At this time all individuals who want to be involved in Foyers will gather in the Parish Hall and share an evening of eating, fellowship and fun. Come with a dish to share, and be part of this lively group of onderful people. Small groups will be formed after this meeting and you will be notified of your group pairings.For those that have never attended before, Foyers is another long standing St. David’s fellowship event that groups six to eight individuals together at the group members’ homes. The groups gather throughout the year to share a meal and enjoy great fellowship. It is an excellent way to get to know each other. The host duties are typically rotated among the group members. The frequency of the event is solely up to the group, but most groups meet once a month.There is a sign-up sheet in the Narthex for individuals to sign up for this dinner. If you wish to be part of Foyers and cannot attend this dinner, please sign up and indicate your interest. Come, be part of the great fun at St. David’s and realize that we have some of the best cooks anywhere!!! Should you need more information, please call Ginny Bussey 973 838-1470. Sometimes Radical Hospitality is a Real Pain: A Summer Experiment Reminder In consultation with the wardens and worship team leaders I have decided to try a different approach to administering Holy Communion just at the 9:30 AM service. This will be an experiment lasting for the rest of the summer. The new approach is similar to what we did at the ordination service last December and our 50th Anniversary service last month. That is, we will have one communion station in front of the altar rail in order to distribute the holy bread and cup in a more hospitable manner. Since including the offering of gluten-free wafers and grape juice, it has become apparent to us who distribute these items that it takes more time (naturally) to distribute more items. Also, those who wish to have the grape juice still have to ask for it which seems unnecessary and unfair. Please note: people who want the gluten-free wafer should fold their hands together when approaching the priest to indicate that the gluten-free wafer is needed. This is a new approach to helping the priest know what is desired. When it was one or two who needed this he could easily remember. Now, with a growing number of folks needing this choice, he tends to forget – a lot! With one station in front of the altar rail, people will still be guided by the greeter to come forward now in a single line and to receive the holy bread and cup while standing. Historically, this was always the way to receive Communion not only because standing is the customary liturgical posture of offering thanksgiving (Eucharist means thanksgiving), but also originally altar rails were placed around the communion table to keep out animals like pets who would wander in and out of open doors especially during the warmer months.The priest will be in the middle with the wafers; the silver chalice bearer and silver intinction cup bearer with the wine will be on your right as you come forward. The ceramic chalice bearer with the grape juice will be on your left as you come forward. Everyone will stay in a single line to receive the wafer from the priest and then move either right or left depending on which chalice you need. After receiving the cup then please return as usual to your seat using the closest side aisle. This experiment may be jarring to some who are used to kneeling at the altar rail and seeing it as part of their piety. I don’t mean to infringe upon this practice, but I do see a higher calling that insures none feel left out or excluded from simply receiving communion like everyone else does. Sometimes radical hospitality is a real pain, but it is one of our parish core values which we try to live up to even if it means change which is not always easy. Of course, we welcome your feedback concerning this experiment. Feel free to share this with me or the wardens or a worship team leader. At the end of the summer we will evaluate this to see if we want to make this a permanent practice. Peace, David
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY IS CANCELLED FOR THE SUMMER.Bible Study will resume in September.
KINNELON FOOD PANTRY NEEDS OUR HELP: We have received an urgent message from the Kinnelon Food Pantry: items needed – toothpaste, soap, Reynolds Wrap, Ziploc bags of different sizes and household cleaners. ON THE HORIZON - SAVE THE DATES – PLAN YOUR MONTH
A NOTE ABOUT TABLE MANNERS: Please know that all are welcome to receive Holy Communion including children. Please follow the greeter’s directions to come forward and stand or kneel at the altar rail as able. You may receive the bread and wine, one or the other, or a simple blessing. If you drink from the chalice, please help the chalice bearer by taking hold of the bottom of the chalice and guiding the cup to your lips. You may also intinct (dip) from the chalice or from the intinction cup offered by the acolyte. If you do not wish to receive the wine, cross your chest with both hands. However you receive, the words for both the bread and the wine will be spoken over you. Please direct any concerns or questions to one of the clergy. We offer grape juice, wine, regular white wafers and gluten-free wafers. Let the Priest know if you need gluten-free wafers. This is an attempt to bring everyone in since one of our core parish values is hospitality, this is an attempt to bring everyone in and truly represent “all are welcome all the time”
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The Lighter Side: For the summer, please enjoy some Church BulletinBloopers! This week’s blooper: This evening at 7 P.M. there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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