Lets see, we have

celebrated Lent, Easter, and

presently, we are in the season of

Pentecost. Its about halfway to

Advent and Christmas. Today is

bright, sunny, and muggy. School

is almost out and if you are out of

school you are ready for some

down time. Everyone it seems is

ready for a break, a change. Dont

we all deserve a littler personal

down time? Our time is precious.

Isnt it a wonder that we

have time for God at all? Even

when you factor out how hard you

work everyday theres always

something more to do grocery

shopping, traffic to contend with,

dealing with financial matters,

doctors appointments, childrens

schedules to contend with, and the

list goes on and on.

Greet ings From Fr. Chuck

Being Love

Our Pentecost Season

reminds us that we are Gods

people who act on Gods behalf in

the world. The love of nature is a

part of the delight that God gives

us. During Pentecost we will

consider who we are and who we

represent.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church , Norwich, NY

JULY/AUGUST 2015

Newsletter

What time do you

schedule in your life as God

time? We are finding out that

more and more people dont

find time for God at all. And at

best a prayer here and there

and a Sunday worship is the

best we have to offer.

But the truth of the

matter is that God is part of all

of our time. The question now

for us Christians is Where do

you find God in your time?

Once I heard it said that

Christians never retire. None

of us ever takes time off from

being a Christian. On these hot

muggy summer days we do

well to remember this.

During these summer

days make time to become

fully immersed in Gods time

and presence. If you do this

We are the people of God

who act on behalf of God in our part

of the world. Just as Jesus taught that

matters of the heart matter. Our

hearts are filled with Gods grace and

love. God has given us the beauty of

creation to enjoy.

As people of faith, we are not

those who hear and dont act, not those

who speak and dont act. As we enjoy

these summer months let us celebrate

creation and Gods love and always

consider how we might be love to

others.

you should be prepared to be

surprised by God even when

you are at rest.

Are you ready for a

vacation? Dont find time for

God? If you are living a life of

faith and discipleship, God is

already in the time that you

have. Yes, things seem to slow

down during the summer but

they dont wind down

altogether. Make good use of

the time you have with God

and your spiritual energy will

grow.

Can you recognize God

in your life while playing in the

sun? Can you recognize God

participating in your life while

doing daily tasks? Summer is

meant to be enjoyed. So enjoy

your down time as God walks

with you this summer.

5 1st Lesson 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10

Psalm 48

2nd Lesson 2 Corinthians 12: 2-10

Gospel Mark 6:1-13

12 1st Lesson 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19

Psalm 24

2nd Lesson Ephesians 1:3-14

Gospel Mark 6:14-29

19 1st Lesson 2 Samuel 7:1-14a

Psalm 89: 20-37

2nd Lesson Ephesians 2:11-22

Gospel Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

26 1st Lesson 2 Samuel 11:1-15

Psalm 14

Lessons for August

Lessons for July

2 1st Lesson 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a

Psalm 51: 1-13*

2nd Lesson Ephesians 4:1-16

Gospel John 6:24-35

9 1st Lesson 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15,

31-33

Psalm 130

2nd Lesson Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Gospel John 6:35, 41-51

16 1st Lesson 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-

14

Psalm 111

2nd Lesson Ephesians 5:15-20

Gospel John 6:51-58

23 1st Lesson 1 Kings 8: (1, 6, 10-

11) 22-30, 41-43

Psalm 89

2nd Lesson Ephesians 6:10-20

Gospel John 6:56-69

30 1st Lesson Song of Solomon

Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10*

2nd Lesson James 1:17-27

Gospel Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-

23

Birthdays & Anniversaries

JULY

2 Abbigayle Wilkes

3 Joyce Lawrence;

Brayden Maistros

4 Walt Prindle

8 Averie Fink; John

Aylesworth

10 Kai Loomis, Tambria

Schroeder, Mercer Smith

13 Katherine Porter

14 James Carnachan;

Marlena Carnachan;

Margo Carnachan

Reynolds

15 Michael Gladstone

17 Linda Mason

19 Jason Murray

20 Cody Duell

21 Larry McMaster

AUGUST 2 Alice Stevens;

Robert Smith &Penny

Davis-Smith

3 Jacob Jenkins

5 Paige Stone; Wyatt

Uhlig

7 Janice Brady

9 Daniel Wells;

Patricia Woodard

12 Matthew Robinson;

Gary Muserallo & Deb

Cassavaugh

14 Bennett Paden; Nita

Robinson; Aiden Morris

16 Mariba Chmielewski;

Greg Baker

23 DeWitt Smith

Landen Stone: Suzanne

Callahan

24 Ashley Wilkes;

Julian Kappel

25 Nikki Harris;

Timothy Woodard;

Peter Mason

26 Bill Spittler

27 Nancy Karaman

28 Stephanie (Brookins)

Paden; Jennifer LaCoe

29 Tony Giglio;

Gretchen Jones

30 Myah Conant

31 Mary Lou Powell

17 Sandra Colton

18 Rick & Karen

Ingraham

19 Quinton Sheridan

21 Allison Everard

23 Matthew Schlafer

24 Matthew Giglio

27 Everett Wells;

Florence Hand

28 Ilene Herrington;

Lawrence Shaw;

Ryan Brummel

29 Evan Prindle

30 Lawrence Tucker

31 Audry Bramer; Mary

Lou Christman

Chenango District Trip

Old Forge Water Safari

July 15 Bus leaves at 8:30 a.m.

Cost $5.00 per person

$20.00 per Guest

If interested in going please contact the

Church office at 334-8801

or Fr. Chuck at 847-6361

July 13 & 14

In North Pitcher at 8:30 am

If interested in participating

please call

The Church office: 334-8801 or

Fr. Chuck: 847-6361

Emmanuel Soul Kitchen Lunch

Wednesdays 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.

Good Free Meal for Body and Mind All are welcome to come Eat-Talk-Make Friends MENU: Grilled Hot Dog on a Bun, Chips, and Water 37 West Main Street, Norwich, NY

A Celebration of Young Talents

Sunday, August 30, 2015 9:30 AM

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

We are looking for youth from 5th to 12th grade to participate in our Celebration of Young Talents. Please

come to 3 rehearsals to learn the music for our Sunday service. Also, please create or bring something that you

already created to show any of your other talents; artwork, photographs, sculptures, poems, essays, carvings, etc.

We want to have an art show at the reception after the service.

Rehearsals : Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 8/278/29 5:007:00 PM with refreshments, Sunday, August 30, be at the church by 9:00 AM and service starts at 9:30 AM, Reception 10:3011:30 AM in the Community

Room with the Art Display.

Invite your family & friends to come hear you sing, and to see your creations. This musical

celebration will be directed by Roberta Rowland-Raybold, C.A.G.O., a publisher of musical compositions

and professional organist/choir master. We are honored to have her talents blended with those of our

youth at this special service.

July 22 and

August 19

Cookout with

Compline at St.

Andrews.

Bring a dish to

share.

Everything else

will be provided.

Our Daily Bread Food Pantry

Located at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Monday & Wednesday: 10:00am-12:00pm &

3:30p.m. to 5:00p.m.

Friday:10:00a.m. to 12:00p.m.

Our Daily Bread Food Pantry is always in need of:

Non-perishable food items; Personal Hygiene Products; Hot

Chocolate/Tea/ Coffee; Peanut Butter; Baby food/ Diapers of any sizes.

During the busy summer months, please continue to

donate generously as you have in the past. With the summer months,

breakfast cereal is an important item for the children home from

school. Monetary contributions are always accepted.

Thank you.

Barb & Gary Tompkins, Volunteer Coordinators

A God-created super star

God made...the great light to rule the day (Genesis 1:16: NRSV). The first

biblical description of Creation reveals that God made the suna truly amazing body of light.

At the suns center (where the temperature reaches 15 million degrees!), every second, 600

million tons of hydrogen fuse into 596 million tons of helium. The 4 million missing tons

become sunshine, making life on earth possible. The suns magnetic field (which reverses

direction every 11 years) and the resulting sunspots and solar flares impact the earth in ways

most of us rarely think about.

Writes Dennis Overbye in the New York Times: In all of recorded history, as far as scientists

have been able to tell, the suns output has varied by only a tenth of a percent. If the sun

were more volatile, like many stars, earth would either burn up or freeze at regular intervals.

As you spend time outside this summer, give thanks for this bright marvel that God designed.

Mighty to save

Dr. Kent Brantly, a U.S. medical missionary who contracted the Ebola virus last summer in

Liberia, credits a mighty God - and lots of prayersfor his survival. After recovering from

the disease, Brantly returned to the North Carolina headquarters of Samaritans Purse, the

group hed been working with in Africa.

He spoke about Deuteronomy 6, saying its important to remind others of Gods acts. I will

never grow tired of talking of this, Brantly said. Im going to keep telling my story so I can

remember what God has done in my life.

Then Brantly offered this challenge: Never think youre just a normal person. If youre

pursuing Gods calling in your life, he will use you. Even if its a challenging calling, even if you

find yourself in difficult circumstances, he will give you what you need to be faithful to him,

even if its a whole army of people praying for you. Share your story over and over and over

so you can remember we serve a mighty God.

Our Daily Bread

received a donation in

memory of Ray

Herrington from his

wife, Ilene. We were

informed that Ray loved

peanut butter. Our Daily

Bread was able to purchase

144 jars of peanut butter for

our pantry. Rays love of

peanut butter lives on!

Thank you.

Schedule of Events for Emmanuel Summer 2015

JULY 3 Church Office CLOSED

JULY 13 & 14 Chenango District Work Day, The North Pitcher Church/Community Center, 1069 State Highway 26,

North Pitcher, NY 8:30 am

JULY 15 Chenango District Youth Trip to Old Forge and Water Safari Bus leaves at 8am in front of St. Andrews. You

can carpool or drive yourself. Lunch is included. $5.00 per person for church members, $20.00 per person for guests.

JULY 22 Cookout with Compline at St. Andrews 6:00 p.m. Bring a dish to shareeverything else

will be provided.

JULY 26-30 Norwich Vacation Bible School5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Hosted at United Church of

Christ, 11 West Main St., Norwich

AUGUST 16 Chenango District Pig Roast at St. Andrews, New Berlin~ 2:00 p.m. Worship

AUGUST 19 Cookout with Compline at St. Andrews 6:00 p.m. Bring a dish to shareeverything

else will be provided.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church Christian Education Report

by Lynne Walton

This past year of Sunday School went well as long as we had students able to

attend. There were 10 children listed on the attendance sheet, and there was an average of 4 students per

class for the 14

classes. The Seasons of the Spirit curriculum for multi-age classes was used to present stories and crafts to

match the readings for the Sunday services. After the first of March attendance dropped off, so a packet of

the lesson stories and crafts were mailed to 35 families for the Lent and Easter Season.

The Easter Egg Hunt was very well attended, with about 30 people attending the hunt inside the

Parish Hall (due to snow and cold weather). The children gathered 350 eggs and went home with full

goodie bags. A second packet of Seasons of the Spirit stories and craft instructions were sent to the

families with the lessons for Pentecost.

Dr. Roger Allen is the professor of Arabic

Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. He

preached and led a coffee hour discussion about

interfaith cooperation at St. Matthews as they

hosted a three parish worship on May 31, 2015.

The Church Office

will be

CLOSED

on Friday, July 3.

Have a safe and

Happy 4th of July!

Newsletter

Fr. Chuck Taylor

PO Box 361

New Berlin, NY 13411

Phone:607-847-6361

Editor: Fran Nash

Phone: 607-334-8801

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NORWICH, NY 13815

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MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS:

Remember the Church in Your Will!

To Know Christ And To Make Him Known

Congratulations to Norwich High School graduate

Everett Thompson. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Tim Thompson and

grandson of Cindy Thompson .

August 16, 2015 2:00 at St. Andrews

Chenango District Worship

Please bring a dish to pass

Meat, beverage, paper products are provided.

No morning worship this day.