Join us in the Zoom Chapel this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. for Morning Prayer. Download a copy of the service guide below so that you can pray with us – or whenever you prefer. We recommend downloading the prayer guide ahead of time.
Click this link to join the service online with both video and audio.
Or to participate by phone, dial one of these numbers:
1 (669) 900-6833 US (San Jose)
1 (253) 215-8782 US
1 (301) 715 8592 US
Meeting ID: 865 1989 0529
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If you’ve not already done so, you must update your Zoom application to Zoom 5.0 to join the call. Zoom recently released an updated version with increased security that all users are now required to use. To download the latest version, visit https://us04web.zoom.us and follow the online instructions.
A number of churches throughout Northern California are streaming their Sunday services. You can find a link to a list of those services on ourwebsiteor on the Diocese’s Church online listing.
In Case You Missed It: Our Rector Search is Live
The application instructions, job description are other materials are now posted on our website and the Diocese’s website for applicants to review. Candidates should contact the Office of the Transition Minister at the Diocese of California to apply.
Eradicating Racism in the Church and Society
Bishop Marc Andrus recently endorsed a statement from the Northern California/Vivian Traylor chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians on eradicating racism in the Church and our society. Read the full position statement here.
Bede's Book Club: July and August Selections
For the next book club gathering on Wednesday, July 8, we are reading A Wing and A Prayer: A Message of Faith and Hope by Katharine Jefferts Schori. Written in 2007, this is the personal story of Katharine Jefferts Schori, who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Nevada from 2001 to 2006 and as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from 2006 to 2015 (until Michael Curry was invested in the position). During her tenure in Nevada, Jefferts Schori distinguished herself by piloting her plane to remote parishes around the sprawling diocese to meet with congregations. In this book she shares her passionate message of reconciliation and peace.
For the August meeting on Wednesday, August 5, the selected book is Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor. The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world’s religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations. The Book Club meets at 9:30 a.m. on these days via Zoom; contact Laura Gable at lwgable@hotmail.com for a meeting invite.
Support Available from the "Warm Line"
The Peer-Run Warm Line is a non-emergency resource for anyone in California seeking emotional support. They provide assistance via phone at (855) 845-7415 and webchat (https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/peer-run-warmline/ on a confidential, nondiscriminatory basis to anyone in need. Some concerns that callers share are challenges with interpersonal relationships, anxiety, panic, depression, finance, and alcohol and drug use. Current services include COVID-19 support.
Keeping Your Pledge Current
Those of you who wish to keep current with your pledge may mail a check to the church office or donate online.Although our church may be closed temporarily, our staff continues to work remotely and other overhead expenses must be met. Thank you for your continuing support of the parish.
A prayer attributed to St. Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Submission deadline
Please submit news items to Siri Huntoon(shuntoon@stbedesmenlopark.org) by noon on Wednesdays for inclusion in each week’s eNews.
Prayer Requests Please send your prayer requests to office@stbedesmenlopark.org and we will include them in a future This Week eNews.
This Week's Prayer List
We pray for the special needs and concerns of this congregation, especially for Donna, Mary Elizabeth, Rosalind, her parents & sister, Ed, Suzie, Donna, Gladys, Josie, Tina, Karen, Kyle & Celeste, Keary & children, Angel, Sherrilynn & children, Rich, Conan, Anne, Ryan, Carole & Bruce, and Polly & Jim.
We give thanks for all the blessings of this life, especially for Anne, Siri, and the new Supreme Court decisions protecting trans people from some discrimination and blocking the attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, at least temporarily.
