Run Home, Jack… Run Home, Jack… Run Home, Jack…
 Homecoming Sunday is upon us! Made popular in the early twentieth century by college and high schools around the nation, Homecoming celebrations were primarily about welcoming alumns back to their alma matter – it blossomed into weekends of ritual community building. Though the church is totally on board with the concept of rituals and community building… there is a bit more to our celebration of Homecoming each year.
In that great and under-rated and reviewed movie Hook, Captain Hook’s pirates confuse the letters of Homerun, Jack at the ballgame created to help Peter Pan’s son Jack forget his father and previous life, and instead they spell and chant, “Run Home, Jack”! A poignant moment in the movie – young Jack, for a brief instant, remembers. He remembers who he is and who and what home is. The moment is fleeting, before they correct their mistake and shout “homerun, Jack,” but it is a beautiful reminder that our souls all seek their true home. Homecoming at Saint David’s and other churches around the globe is not just about picnics and the return to school and program year following summer vacations; it is God’s call to us to Run Home to our source… to our God and our church family. It is a celebrating of our connection to God, one another and this place!
So – run home, Jack; run home, Jill; run home, Fred; run home, Jane… run home each of you. God and your Saint David’s family are waiting to celebrate with you!
Blessings upon you and those beloved to you,
Kristen
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The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:30 am
Sunday School
(in the Parish House)
10:00 am
Holy Eucharist Rite II
11:00 am
Homecoming Picnic
5:00 pm
Holy Eucharist Rite II
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Those Serving this Sunday
Acolyte (8:00 am)
Richard Southby
Altar Guild
Karen Beardsley
Chalicist (10:00 am)
Dorothy McSweeny
Flower Guild
Ann McKillop
Lector (10:00 am)
Elizabeth Nottingham
Homecoming Picnic
Alex Shockey, Sheryl Dolan, Hadley Cooper.
Ushers (10:00 am)
Rod Hastie, Sheila Budnyj, Joe Helfrich
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Homecoming Sunday Picnic: Following our 10 am service this Sunday the 8th, we will gather for our Homecoming Picnic and games! We will be grilling, as is our custom, and beverages and ice cream will be provided. All other parishioners are asked to bring a green/fruit salad or side to share. For more information, please contact the Parish office.
 Check out the new playground!
Last week a group of volunteers weeded/cleaned, mulched (with playground safe product), and power-washed/repaired the entire playground as a “back to school” gift to the children in our community. We hope you and your children will check it out this Sunday, following the services. We extend a huge thank you to Kirsten Hawley, Catherine Nottingham, Clare Piercy, Alex Shockey, and Joel Wood for their efforts to make this happen.
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Announcements, Events, and News
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Movies on Macomb
Save the dates for our upcoming community series “Movies on Macomb”. Join us at 8:00 pm and bring a blanket. We will provide popcorn and drinks. The movie will start at 8:30 pm. *Rain location is in the church.
Friday, September 6: Matilda
Friday, September 13: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Acolyte and Lector Signup and Training: Calling all those, youth or adult, interested in being a lector, acolyte and/or Lay Eucharistic Minister (chalice bearer) this coming year! We are going to be scheduling and training those who lead us in worship and would love to hear from you if you would like to help serve. Please contact Kristen asap!
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 Saint David’s Fall festival planning team: With some of the monies awarded to Saint David’s by the diocese through our Congregational Growth Grant, we will be hosting a fall festival this year at Saint David’s for our friends and neighbors. If you would like to join in the planning of this community event, please contact the Parish Office. |
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 Cultural Heritage Present and Future: A Benedictine Monk’s Long View.
Join the Friends of St. Benedict’s and the National Endowment for the Humanities on Monday, October 7 at the Warner Theatre at 7:30 pm for a free lecture with Father Columba Steward, “the monk who saves manuscripts from ISIS.” If you’d like to attended or have questions, please contact Erica Aungst at eaungst@hotmail.com.
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Men's Group this Saturday! Join our Deacon, The Rev. Dr. Harvey Bale, on Saturday, September 7th between 9:00 and 10:30 am in the church, for the first Men’s Bible study and breakfast of the new program year. The group will reflect upon Bible passages for the upcoming Sunday. Questions? Contact Harvey at harvey@stdavidsdc.org or call the office.
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 Blessing of the Backpacks: You are invited to bring your backpacks, lunchboxes and/or briefcases to any of our 3 Sunday services on September 15 to be blessed! and teachers at the start of a new school year. |
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Sunday School: Sunday school will resume shortly. Please check next week's announcements for registration forms and information on our new Children and Youth Missioner who will be leading our Sunday School.
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Parish Retreat
September 27-29
Join us for our Parish Retreat at the lovey Shrine Mont Conference Center in rural Orkney Springs, VA. Enjoy lots of downtime or take part in our fellowship and worship programs- it's up to you! To register, or call the office.
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 Palisades Village House Tour, Saturday, October 19, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Come view a sampling of vintage, traditional, and renovated homes in Berkley and the Palisades! Click here for more info and to purchase tickets.
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Hurricane Disaster Relief:
