Upcoming
Summer Recess is almost over!
- Choir will resume on Wednesday, August 19th
- Sunday School will resume on Sunday, August 23rd
Foyer Dinner Club
Casual Evening Meal & Fellowship
- Foyer groups will be made up of upto 8 parishioners for the purpose of getting to know one another.
- We will meet the 2nd Friday of each month from 6:00PM to 8:30PM rotating host homes.
- Meals are the host’s choice: casual sit-down, hotdogs/hamburgers, or even pizza.
Contact Sheri Tomerlin or Laurie Emery for more details, or stop by during Ministry Fair! Contact Sheri Tomerlin or Laurie Emery
Make A Joyful Noise!
St. George’s Choir
Do you have a heart for singing God’s praises and ministering through the gift of music? St. George’s adult choir offers the opportunity to do so and is welcoming new members this fall. We assist in worship leadership and offer anthems on Sundays at the 9:00 a.m. service as well as for special services throughout the year. Weekly rehearsals will resume this Wednesday, August 19, at 6:30 p.m. in Bishop Alpha Hall, and we will begin preparing pieces for this fall and into Advent. Come visit a rehearsal and prayerfully consider whether this is a ministry to which you may be called! For additional information contact our director, Rob Howard, or any of our choir members and be sure to stop by the choir table at the Parish Ministry Fair!
St. Gabriel’s Choir
Your Child should be in the Choir!- Choir is a place where young people are spiritually formed, taught, led and nurtured to become members in the next generation of Anglican leaders and musicians.
- Choir is an opportunity to build a foundation of Christian character.
- When children sing scripture, they remember it throughout life.
- Singing instills understanding of spiritual truths and knowledge of God.
- Give your child the opportunity to participate in worship by leading congregational singing and to offer up anthems in praise to God.
Rector's Corner:
Resource of the Week:
Breakpoint: Os Guinness on What Made America Great and Chloe Cole on Courage, Reality and Truth
Presentations from the Colson Center National Conference.
Os Guinness is an author and social critic who was born in China in World War Two where his parents were medical missionaries. A witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949, he was expelled with many other foreigners in 1951 and returned to Europe where he was educated in England. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his Doctor of Philosophy in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford. Os has written or edited more than thirty books.
Chloe Cole is a 22 year old detransitioner & activist, who shares her story to expose abuses of childhood gender transition and to advocate for truth and justice.
Saint of the Week - Saint Monica (c. 332–387)
Saint Monica (c. 332–387), mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo
Life: She was born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras, Algeria) to
Christian parents, likely of Berber stock. Married young to Patricius, a pagan Roman official of violent temper and dissolute habits, she endured a difficult marriage marked by his unfaithfulness and irritability, as well as friction with her mother-in-law. Through patient endurance, prayer, and consistent Christian example, she won both her husband and mother-in-law to the faith; Patricius was baptized shortly before his death around 371.
Monica and Patricius had three children who survived infancy: Augustine (the eldest), Navigius, and a daughter (traditionally called Perpetua). She raised them in the Christian faith but could not secure baptism for them in their youth due to her husband’s opposition. Augustine’s later rejection of Christianity, embrace of Manichaeism, and irregular lifestyle
caused her profound grief. She persevered for many years in tears, fasting, and intercession. A bishop famously assured her that “the child of those tears shall never perish.”
When Augustine left for Rome and later Milan, Monica followed him. In Milan she came under the influence of Bishop Ambrose. Her steadfast presence and prayers, combined with Ambrose’s preaching, contributed to Augustine’s conversion. He, his son Adeodatus, and several companions were baptized by Ambrose at Easter 387. Mother and son then shared a period of peace and profound spiritual conversation, including a notable mystical experience at Ostia while awaiting return to Africa.
Monica fell ill at Ostia and died there in 387 at about age 56. She expressed contentment that her chief desire—to see her son a Catholic Christian—had been fulfilled, and she asked only to be remembered at the Lord’s altar. Augustine’s account of her life and death forms one of the most moving sections of his Confessions.
Legacy. Monica is venerated as a model of persevering maternal prayer, patience under domestic trial, and hope for the conversion of wayward family members. Her feast is observed on 27 August in the Roman calendar (historically 4 May in some traditions). She is patroness of mothers, wives, those in difficult marriages, victims of adultery or abuse, those seeking the conversion of relatives, and, by extension, alcoholics. Her relics rest in the Basilica of Sant’Agostino in Rome. Through her son’s writings and her own example, she remains a spiritual mother to many who labor in prayer for the return of loved ones to the faith.