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+ Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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This Week…
Thursday, August 27: Thomas Gallaudet (1902) & Henry Winter Syle (1890), Priests & Missioners to the Deaf
Friday, August 28: St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop & Theologian, 430
- Fridays are marked by acts of discipline and self-denial. If you wish to know more about the meaning of this practice and its benefits, please enquire with Fr. Brandon.
Saturday, August 29: The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
- Funeral for Keith Eckley, 11 AM
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+ 8 AM: Holy Eucharist (said). In-person.
+ 9:50 AM: Nursery open (Godly Play is on break for summer)
+ 10 AM: Holy Eucharist (sung). In-person and online.
Coffee Hour in the narthex following the 10 AM Liturgy.
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The Week Ahead…
Painting continues on the Church Roof. When visiting the church during the week, please do not park in spaces adjacent to the building.
 This is our Family Promise Host Week. Please see the sign-up sheet in the narthex for opportunities to serve. You may talk to Steve Cowgill if you have any questions.
Monday, August 31: Aidan of Lindisfarne, Bishop, Missionary, & Monastic, 383
- The parish office is closed on Monday.
Tuesday, September 1: David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon, 1931
- 10 AM: Crafts and Conversation
- The Parish Office is open until Noon.
Wednesday, September 2: The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
- 10 AM: Rite I Holy Eucharist
- The Parish Office is open until Noon.
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Prayer Requests from this Parish: Dale & Jeanné, Mike, Patt, Beth & Jim, Coralie, Juanita, Bill, Julia, Br. Matthew nOGS, Patti, Rich, Family Promise, Salem for Refugees, Mending Wings Youth Ministries. For peace; for those who serve in the Armed Forces and their families; for rain and for all those affected by wildfire and those who fight the fires.
For Those with Birthdays Next Week: Donna Reedy, Stephen Custer
In the Diocese of Oregon: St. John the Baptist, St. Michael & All Angels, St Philip the Deacon; Portland
In the Anglican Communion: The Church in the Province of the
West Indies
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The funeral for Keith Eckley will take place at St Timothy’s this Saturday, August 29th at 11 AM.
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Zoom Recording of Last Week’s Sermon
Sunday, August 23
Passcode: a?W4h8h#
Links will be valid for two weeks.
The Lectionary Readings for this past Sunday can be found here.
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Hoover Teacher Luncheon
Thursday, September 3rd at 11:30 AM
As part of our support for Hoover school, we are hosting a luncheon for the staff and teachers on Thursday, September 3rd as they return to work and prepare for the start of the new school year. Please sign-up in the narthex if you are able to help. You may talk with Emma Glennen or Linda Craven if you have any questions!
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Family Promise
St. Timothy’s next Family Promise rotation is scheduled for next week. During our rotation, St. Timothy’s volunteers help in three ways each evening:
- Evening Host: Be a calming presence while families gather, relax, and the children play (typically, half of the guests are kids)
- Meal Provider: Prepare and serve a simple evening meal.
- Overnight Host: Stay overnight at the church to help if needed.
Update: St. Tim’s needs to provide three overnight hosts for this rotation. We need to cover Sunday, August 30; Wednesday, September 2; and Thursday, September 3. We are switching out our Tuesday night overnight hosting duty with another church, and, adding a third overnight hosting duty.
A sign-up sheet is located in the narthex. If this sounds like a ministry that might interest you, or if you would like more information, please contact Steve Cowgill – 503-871-9856.
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Fall Bible Study
The Gospel of John
Mondays at 7 PM in the Fireside Room of the Parish Hall
 Our Fall Bible Study begins on Monday, September 14. We will be studying the Gospel of John and will meet weekly on Monday nights in the Parish Hall’s Fireside Room through to Monday, November 23. Please sign up in the narthex if you are interested.
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Scam Alert – Email spoofing and phishing
We are yet again seeing scam emails being sent out which appear to be from Fr Brandon’s email address. These emails often seem to focus on needing help with something urgent and discreet. Urgency is a typical technique in a scam email, so be wary whenever you receive a communication that makes you feel this way. These emails are not being sent from Father Brandon and use a technique called spoofing. CLICK HERE for some helpful information on this topic – what it is and how to spot it – sent from the Diocese.
Please also do not respond to emails requesting a pdf or electronic version of the Parish Directory. Forward all these requests to the Parish Office and Emma will attend to them.
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From Your Parish Librarian
When you think of the name, Bernard, do you think of a big, lovable, drooling dog that was once used to find lost hikers in the alps and bring them some brandy to revitalize them, before leading them to the Great St Bernard Hospice run by Augustin monks?
This week’s Saint of the Week is a different St Bernard . . . .
This St Bernard was an ardorous, passionate preacher who was 22 years old when he inspired 26 of his friends and their friends, plus all five of his brothers (if you’re counting, it’s 31 total) to come with him to become monks at the Monastery of Citeaux in France.
Citeaux was a day-and-a-half’s walk (31 miles) away from where Bernard and his friends were born and grew up, in Dijon in Burgundy, France. How long does it take you to trek from the parking lot to worship?
The few Cistercian monks that greeted Bernard and his followers in what had deteriorated into a dilapidated abbey, were heartened by this throng of young monks, kindled with their love of God and service to Him. The monastery at Citeaux became a vibrant cloister of 700 monks under Bernard’s influence, and the Cistercian Order expanded.
After three years, the monastery sent 25-year-old Bernard to became the Abbot of Clairvaux, a 9-days’ walk (91 miles) from Citeaux, where he would serve for the remaining 38 years of his life. Clairvaux became the motherhouse abbey to 60 daughter-house monasteries founded in France and throughout Europe, including five in the British Isles; becoming one of the most influential monasteries in Europe.
Bernard’s monastery was pillaged, 270 years later, during the Hundred Years’ War in 1360; then 366 years after the war, the French Revolution, in 1789, caused severe destruction; it was restored, though; in time for Napoleon to turn it into a prison; in 2023, it was developed into a cultural center with guided tours.
St Bernard was a prodigious writer of sermons and poems that were turned into hymns. His most famous work were his discourses on the Canticles (or what some of us were taught, the Song of Solomon) explaining that it is a portrait of the loving relationship between Christ and the human soul. St Bernard would preach to his fellow monks during Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter, and these sermons are compiled in “Sermons for the Liturgical Year.”
St Bernard taught that true holiness is found in loving God freely and humbly. He believed that deep, inner prayer must precede and nourish active service in the world.
St Bernard lived to an advanced age for the 12th century, 63; and this while often going days without sleep to continue his work.
St Bernard (1190-1153) of Clairvaux’s feast day was August 20.
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Library News :
The Library has some Recently Shelved Books. Here is a list with their Shelf Numbers. You will find books in the New Catalog System are mostly grouped together; but maintaining an old Catalog System while simultaneously changing to a new Catalog system, it is inevitable that some books will take advantage and go rogue. You might find gaps in the Shelf Numbers because those books preferred the extra space in the next bookcase. Soon all books will be returned to their first estate. Meanwhile, come and see what the People of St Timothy’s have donated for your reading edification . . . .
The Business of Heaven by C S Lewis
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The Bible for Everyday Life by George Carey
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BibStdy
Comment
Car-bib
Saint Peter: A biography by Michael Grant
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Biograph
Gra-pey
Troublesome Bible Passages by Douglas Wingeier
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The Dwelling of the Light: Praying with Icons of Christ by Rowan Williams
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Prayer
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The First Paul by Marcus J Borg and John Dominic Crossan
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Bor-fir
The Hymnal 1940 Companion
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Joi-hym
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–Bonnie Bonham–Parish Librarian–
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The St. Stephen’s Fund
Available to all
St. Timothy’s has a special fund to assist parishioners during times of financial hardship. This fund is overseen by a Board of Stewards, consisting of Fr. Brandon, Michael McFetridge, and David Tatman.
If you have a need, contact one of us. This fund is in a great position to help. It has helped pay bills, make home improvements, fix autos…and many other things.
All requests are handled with great discretion. This fund was established decades ago and has benefited many parishioners over the years.
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Lord God almighty,
you have made one day of the evening, the morning, and noon.
You have ordered the sun in its rising and setting.
Make your way through the darkness of our hearts,
that being enlightened by you,
we may know you as the true God and our eternal light.
Amen.
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