Good News, Everyone
Ken Fitzpatrick was laid to rest at a brief committal
rite in our graveyard after the principal service Sunday 29 August.
St John in the Wilderness was the place to be
on Copake Falls Day,
Saturday 21 August!
Baked Goods Sales at the KOA Campground are a great
success, making fun and community, and money too. Two more at the
resort are planned for Saturdays, 4 September and 9 October from 11 to
1 pm.
Episcopal
Church Women will hold their next meeting on Monday, 13
September. Here's a rundown of ECW Doings.
Morning rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of
parishioners and customers of St John's annual Country Fair & Auction. We
raised more than $8000 for the work of St John's. Many, many thanks to
all those who worked tirelessly sorting, cleaning, and pricing items
before the fair, and setting up tables and (especially) helped in
cleaning up to prepare for the BBQ. We invite photos of the
CF&A
and Pork BBQ.
Bob Dodd has published A Voice in
the Wilderness for Summer.
Fr John recommends
we look again at the Mission
Statement
of Saint John in the Wilderness. He calls it a major influence in his
decision to lead our congregation.
Contemplative
Prayer Group, led by John Thompson and Lucy Eldridge,
continues Wednesdays at 3 pm in Burke Hall. This is a meditative
approach to scripture and prayer.
We are fortunate to have Takonic
State Park for adjacent neighbor. They have a new website. Jane
Peck urges us to make a visit.
Have you checked the St
John's Photobook? Several new faces have been
added. Welcome
all!
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As they came near [Emmaus], he walked ahead as if
he were
going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because
it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over." So he went in to
stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread,
blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened,
and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. They said to
each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking
to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?"
Luke
24:28
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