Justi Schunior, Associate Rector, will be away this weekend serving as a co-facilitator, with Jessica Babcock, Pete Eveleth, and Matt Ossolinski, on the first of two retreat weekends of the fall Life, Community, and Faith class being held at the Roslyn Conference Center, Richmond, Virginia.

9.00 AM – Holy Eucharist (Nave)– Paul Abernathy, Presider

9.00 AM – Children’s Chapel (Adams Room)– Marcella Gillis, Leader

10.00 AM – Sermon Seminar (Nave)– Paul Abernathy, Preacher  (Sermon Title: At and As One)

11.15 AM – Holy Eucharist (Nave)– Paul Abernathy, Presider & Preacher

5.00 PM – Contemplative Eucharist (Nave)– Paul Abernathy, Presider & Preacher

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Service Notes and Music

Prelude   A Canon on Forest Green – English Folk Melody, arr. Andrew Carter (b. 1939)

Opening Hymn   8 Morning has broken, Tune: Bunessan

Hymn of Praise   412 Earth and all stars v. 1, Tune: Earth and All Stars

Offertory Anthem   For the beauty of the earth, Andrew Carter – Chancel Choir

Presentation Hymn  Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Tune: Lasst uns erfreuen

Sanctus & Benedictus  Susan Calvin Fletcher

Fraction Anthem   Susan Calvin Fletcher

Music During Communion

   Hymn 455 O love of God, how strong and true, Tune: Dunedin

   Hymn 383 Fairest Lord Jesus, Tune: St. Elizabeth

   Organ Reflection on Psalm 91 – Emma Lou Diemer

Closing Hymn  398 I sing the almighty power of God, Tune: Forest Green

Postlude  Finale from Saint Wilfrid’s Suite – Andrew Carter

From Paul Roberts Abernathy, Rector

My Dear Community,

This Sunday, we inaugurate a six-week liturgy and sermon series on our care for the creation, the theme of which is: Having the Wisdom, Grace, and Will to be Conscious Stewards of God’s Creation. The series evolved from discussions between the Liturgy Planning Team and the St. Mark’s Green Lions (Jane Rutherford and Sis McKay, representatives) who desired that we have a season celebrating our responsibility to care for the environment.

Our perspective is expressed in the following word taken from the writings of the late Thomas Berry (1914-2009), Roman Catholic priest, cultural historian, and eco-theologian:

The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong.

To become alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us human.

To damage this community is to diminish our own existence...

The universe is a communion and a community.  We ourselves are that communion become conscious of itself.

From "The Dream of the Earth"

As the first step toward faithful stewardship is awareness, I pray our presence and our participation through our prayerful consciousness.

Love and Peace,

Paul

From Rebecca Justice Schunior, Assistant Rector

Friends,

Following up on Paul’s announcement of our Creation Care theme for the next six Sundays, I would like to call your attention to the Green Lions - a newly invigorated group of parishioners committed to calling us to be better stewards of our world.  The theme of creation care reminds us that we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

The Green Lions suggest some changes we can make at home, all recommended by the EPA, to begin to reduce our carbon footprint:
  *Use Energy Star bulbs, especially in your most frequently used light fixtures
  *Purchase Energy Star products,
  *Seal and insulate your home,
  *Service heating and cooling equipment regularly for optimal performance,
  *Change filters,
  *Save water by turning it off while brushing your teeth, and
  *Reduce, reuse, recycle!

For additional information and more advanced tips, check out the following website: http://epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/index.html.

For more information about the Green Lions group at St. Mark’s including meeting times, please contact me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Peace,
Justi