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+ Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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Word from the Rector…
Fall, Faith, and Formation
The return to a regular schedule of Christian formation offerings each fall is generally likened to the “back to school” season—a very strong and poignant memory we will underscore this Sunday with our “Back to School Blessing” at 10 AM. In addition to this, I tend to see this season as having a great deal to do with harvest and the garnering of produce for the coming year.
Like the fall harvest, the autumn formation offerings provide rich nourishment in the foundations of faith that in turn strengthen our faith’s connection to daily life. True Christian formation is not just the accumulation of facts, figures, and answers. It leads to a way of life constantly connected to the Apostolic Faith and to Christ Jesus, grounded and yet supple, rooted and also dynamic. The bounty of the centuries comes to us in classes and groups, meetings and readings, participation and reflection, reinforcing this as a community of formation in faith as well as worship, service, fellowship, and care.
Beyond the harvest itself, fall traditionally meant garnering and preserving what has been harvested. In a time when our ability to discern the difference between the true and false is eroding, it is incumbent upon us to preserve and garner the authentic, sane, and wise practices of faithful life so they will be there when needed. This year we will be looking at themes related to stability, moral theology, and Christian living in a world alienated from God’s will. All of these themes are living expressions of a faith preserved from compromise in essentials but also available for sharing with many hungry souls now and in the future.
While no one will be able to attend and participate in all of these many offerings, each of us should make an effort to be involved in some form of ongoing formation in faith–both to deepen our understanding and practice, and also to share the fruit of our own experience with others. This is yet one more way the rich harvest of faith is received and also shared. The garner of the Lord is full: come and receive the bounty so it may be shared with those who hunger for New Life.
In Christ,
Brandon+
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This Week…
The church roof painting project is nearing completion, with hopes it will be finished this week. Thank you for your patience in using the periphery of the parking lot until the job is done!
Thursday, September 10: Alexander Crummell, Priest, 1898
Friday, September 11: Ferial Day in Ordinary Time
- 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, September 12: John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
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+ 8 AM: Holy Eucharist (said). In-person.
+ 9:50 AM: Nursery and Godly Play open.
+ 10 AM: Holy Eucharist (sung) with a Back to School Blessing. In-person and online.
+ Coffee Hour in the narthex following the 10 AM Liturgy.
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 Back to School Blessing
This Sunday, during the 10 AM Liturgy
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The Week Ahead…
Monday, September 14: Holy Cross Day
- The parish office is closed on Monday.
- 7 PM: Fall Bible Study on the Book of John, in the Fireside room of the Parish Hall.
Tuesday, September 15: Catherine of Genoa, Mystic and Nurse, 1510
- 10 AM: Crafts and Conversation in the narthex.
Wednesday, September 16: Ninian, Bishop, c. 430
- 10 AM: Rite I Holy Eucharist
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Notice of the Memorial Liturgy for Coralie Peterson
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The Memorial Eucharist for Coralie Peterson will be at 1 PM on Monday, September 21st at St. Timothy’s, Salem. A reception will follow.
Father of all, we pray to you for those we love, but see no longer: Grant them your peace; let light perpetual shine upon them; and, in your loving wisdom and almighty power, work in them the good purpose of your perfect will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Prayer Requests from this Parish: Dale & Jeanné, Mike, Patt, Beth & Jim, Juanita, Bill, Mary, Julia, Br. Matthew nOGS, Marilyn & Andreas, Patti, Rich, Family Promise, Salem for Refugees, Mending Wings Youth Ministries. For peace; for those who serve in the Armed Forces and their families. Thanksgiving for rain; prayers all first responders to wildfires. For all those returning to school.
For Those with Birthdays Next Week: Jeanné Cannon, Alexandra Foote, Jacob Miller, Joyce Beach Graeper.
For the Departed: Coralie Peterson.
For those who Mourn: The Peterson Family.
In the Diocese of Oregon: St. Christopher, Port Orford.
In the Anglican Communion: The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
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Zoom Recording of Last Week’s Sermon
Sunday, September 6
Passcode: .j*rD?8Y
Links will be valid for two weeks.
The Lectionary Readings for this past Sunday can be found here.
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After Ten Forum with Church at the Park
Sunday, September 20 following the 10 AM Liturgy
Since 2007, Church at the Park has been creating a table of love and acceptance for those who need it most and empowering people to change their lives and exit poverty by providing vital low barrier shelter and employment services. Church at the Park seeks the mutual transformation of unsheltered people, our staff, and our volunteers through relationships, agency partnerships, and tangible resources.
Church at the Park focuses on providing four things for our unsheltered neighbors: collaborative outreach and navigation, housing-focused sheltering, workforce development, and permanent supportive housing.
Come and hear from DJ Vincent, the Founder of Church at the Park about the most recent work they are doing in Salem, and the gospel-centered approach they take to serving unsheltered neighbors throughout our city. There will be time for questions and discussion.
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Church at the Park’s Story: Battlegrounds to Playgrounds
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Fall Scripture Study
The Gospel of John
Mondays at 7 PM in the Fireside Room of the Parish Hall
 Our Fall Scripture Study begins on Monday, September 14. We are studying the Gospel of St. John and will meet weekly on Monday nights in the Parish Hall’s Fireside Room through to Monday, November 23. This is a thematic study, looking for key themes in the Gospel account from John and developing insights about how it teaches us to live as disciples and know the meaning of Christ and life in Him.
Assignment for September 14: Please read chapters 1 & 2. What are the key themes you find in your reading?
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An Invitation From Salem for Refugees
You have been a foundational part of the teams that have helped so many of our new neighbor families find and make a home in Salem. It would be so honoring if you could join us as we celebrate 10 years of Salem for Refugees at our celebration “Ten Together,” an evening of stories, community, festival food, and celebration.
We could not have done this without you, so we’d love for you to join us. Bring your family, invite your friends, and help us celebrate a decade of building uncommon community—together.
Monday, September 14
6:00–8:00 PM
Riverfront Park Amphitheater
Everyone is welcome. If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know at jeff@salemforrefugees.org, or text me at 503-523-0542.
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Hoover School Luncheon – Thank you!
Thank you to everyone involved in the Luncheon for Hoover Staff last week. All the effort and thoughtful details went so far in making the staff feel cared for and appreciated as they get ready for the new school year!
Thank you especially to Linda Grant for all the work that went in to planning everything, and to the following volunteers for all their help providing delicious food and setting up / cleaning up etc.: Sandy Noble, Jim Apollonio and Victoria Henson-Apollonio, Susan Hawkins, Lisa Brown, Pat Eder, Dory Kecskes, Carol and David Tatman, Joan and Denis Williamson, Karen Melzer, Mary and Mike McFetridge, Sue and Jeff Pearman, and Peter Jones.
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Family Promise – Thank you!
Thank you to Dale Cannon, Jill Johnson, Ron and Penny DeWilde, Jim Apollonio and Steve Cowgill for serving with Family Promise this past week to help families experiencing homelessness.
Fa mily Promise provides temporary housing and support for families experiencing homelessness. St. Timothy’s volunteers help by providing meals, and serving as evening and overnight hosts on site. If this sounds like a ministry that might interest you in the future, or if you would like more information, please contact Steve Cowgill – 503-871-9856.
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Men’s Group
The Third Thursday of each month at 6 PM
This group next meets on Thursday, September 17th at 6 PM. We usually share a meal together, followed by a time of discussion led by the host around a particular theme or topic, and ending with Compline. If you would like more information about the group please contact Ron DeWilde, Steve Cowgill or Chuck McFerron.
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From Your Parish Librarian
St Augustine of Hippo’s feast day was twelve days ago on August 28.
The Librarian could choose from among the 500 (out of 10,000) of St Augustine’s sermons still accessible to share with you his elegant theology; or explain the significance his philosophy has had on the Church; or discuss some prattle about his life. Read on for prattle . . . .
He is the patron saint of brewers which is curious considering he wrote extensively against drunkenness. He was born into a financially comfortable family in 354, in Algeria, but at that time it was called Numidia. His parents had a mixed–part Christian and part pagan–marriage. Monica, his Christian mother, enrolled him in catechism classes when he was a young child, but his reed was bent towards his father’s pagan beliefs.
He and his childhood friends stole pears from a neighbor’s orchard. They weren’t hungry nor were they especially partial to pears—no, they would discard their stolen booty in the hogs’ trough. It was the thrill of doing something forbidden that motivated them, Augustine wrote.
He traveled with and wrote about Adeodatus, his son, but he never mentioned Adeodatus’ mother, the woman he lived with for 15 years. As a very young man, he sought a career that would bring wealth and fame; then, he embarked on a deeply spiritual journey searching for inner peace and lasting happiness. His path led him to St Ambrose, who inspired Augustine to re-evaluate what he thought of Christianity. Augustine and Adeodatus were baptized by Jerome in 386 when Augustine was 33 years old and Adeodatus was in his late teens. Sadly, the next year, Adeodatus died. Three years after he was baptized, Augustine became a priest.
He was fluent in Latin; his native language was Punic, a Semitic language. Augustine hardly knew Greek at all because he didn’t like his Greek teacher, thinking he was too strict so he resisted learning it.
You have Original Sin because Augustine said you do.
Barbarian Vandals besieged his city of Hippo in 430 as he lay dying. He had pages of the Psalms hung on his bedroom walls so he could read them while lying in his bed. And that’s how St Augustine of Hippo died: with the invading Vandals crashing through the city gates and his reading the Psalms with his last strength.
The Order of Augustine is a contemplative life of prayer that sets time aside to include active ministry. Pope Leo XIV is the first pope to be of the Order of St Augustine. The Pope calls himself “a son of Augustine.”
“Our hearts are restless until they rest in You.”
–Holy Spirit Prayer of St Augustine–
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, then, Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.
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Library News:
These books have been added to the St Timothy’s Library while other books have been added to the
Freely Take basket:
The Screw tape Letters by C S Lewis
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The Horse and His Boy by C S Lewis
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St Irenaeus Proof of the Apostolic Preaching trans Joseph P Smith S.J.
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The Adventures of Walter the Weremouse by John Dashney
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The Adventures of Mishka the Mouse were by John Dashney
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New International Biblical Commentary: Hebrews by Donald A Hagner
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The Essential C S Lewis ed Lyle W Dorsett
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—Bonnie Bonham—Parish Librarian—
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Holy Spirit Prayer of St Augustine
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, then, Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.
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We will have a Back to School Blessing for both the youth and educators in our parish on Sunday, September 13th during the 10 AM Liturgy. All are invited to bring their school bag, pencil case or other everyday school item to be blessed for the coming year.