On Prayer
“... prayer is not a technique for getting things, a pious exercise that somehow makes God happy, or a requirement for entry into heaven. It is much more like practicing heaven now by leaping into communion with what is right in front of us.”
from “A Superior Lens,” Week 28: Doorways to Christian Contemplation, 071621
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 Saint Patrick’s Friends,
It’s that time of year we typically celebrate with our Annual Picnic and Jazz Mass. We still have this in mind for this year. Our plan is to have an outdoor picnic after an in-door service with Jazz music.
We are postponing it for the time being due to increased COVID threats. We are tentatively scheduling it for October 3 and
hoping that will work out.
It is a wait a see situation because of health concerns. Please mark your calendars, stay tuned, and look for more information to come as things progress.
Faithfully, and in thanksgiving for you,
~Priest Doyle
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Indoor Service This Sunday!
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Please continue to make reservations with Bobbiejo Maggard by calling or emailing the Parish Office and provide your contact number.
** Please Note if you phone, please call Monday- Wednesday, 10AM- 5PM **
Ph: 707-833-4228
Email: parishadm9000@gmail.com
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Photos from June 20, 2021 - Provided by Ana Lucía Palacios Tercero
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Join us on Zoom
This Weekend!
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** Last weekend, we had some technical issues with Zoom so the service was unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. Our tech, Karl Mutch, who is on Vestry has ordered equipment that should take case of the issues.
We will see you back online this weekend! **
Sunday, July 25, 2021at 9:30AM: Proper 12
Click here for the Zoom Invitation for Proper 12.
Click here for the service leaflet.
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St Patrick's
Upcoming Indoor Holy Eucharist Services
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Please RSVP with Bobbiejo Maggard at 707-833-4228 Monday- Wednesday, 10AM- 5PM or email parishadm9000@gmail.com
Sunday, July 25, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, August 1, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, August 8, Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, August 15, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 9:30 a.m.
**Please note, future indoor gatherings are subject to change.
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Regular Weekday Worship & Education
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Compline Service, Every Tuesday at 4PM
See New Zoom Invitation and Service Leaflet Links for July 27, 2021.
Click here for the Zoom Invitation for July 27.
Click here for the service leaflet for July 27.
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Our Parish Bible Study occurs every Wednesday!
Our next study will be Wednesday, July 28 at 9:00 a.m.
The readings for July 28, 2021 will be I Corinthians 1-3.
Click here for your Zoom invite. See you there! |
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Great Is The Lord
Michael W. Smith
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A Message from the Planned Giving Ministry
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Planned Giving or Legacy Giving offers us the opportunity to express our gratitude for those people and places that have contributed to who we are. Can you think of a better way to thank the people or organizations that have had an impact on your life than to make a contribution from your estate through a bequest?
And yet most of us don’t even have a will or trust. Studies indicate that as many as 50% of Americans die without a will or estate plan. We spend a lifetime earning, saving, and accumulating assets, but do not take even the simplest steps to determine how those assets will eventually be distributed.
Planned Giving, at its best, expresses a donor’s personal values by integrating charitable, family, and financial goals as well as his/her vision for the future. As Christians, we begin and end our lives in faith. We celebrate, grow, struggle and mourn together. In fact, most of us consider the Church “family.” We have been supported by the Church during both the best and the worst times of our lives. There could not be a better context to the legacy we would like to leave at the end of our lives than this faith community.
Excerpt from the Episcopal Foundation's, "Let's Get to It" workshop.
Won't you consider joining the Legacy Circle?
To join St. Patrick's Legacy Circle, please request and/or mail in the Donor Intent Form.
The Planned Giving Ministry members include Stephanie Chapralis McCaffrey, Chair, Laurie Boone-Hogen, and Ann and Alec Peters.
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Connie Celebrated her 100th on
July 14th
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Connie Van Loben Sels had a lovely celebration family including her great grand children and friends last week on July 14th. The fun began in front of St Patrick's parking lot where folks gathered and then made their way next door at Green Acres where they greeted Connie. She had the pleasure to ride is Rich Randolph's Model-T with family. Always a lovely treat, thank you Rich!
God bless you Connie, congratulations and we love you!
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Below is Elanor Albon's thankful note and a recap of Tuesday's Pop-Up Food Ministry at St Patrick's Church front parking lot.
Thank you to our Pop-Food Ministry team for all your hard work in serving those in our community!
Dear All,
Thank you to Kathleen, Ned, Erin, visiting volunteer Charlie, Lauri, Carolyn W (who came but graciously left because of my scheduling error), REFB driver Ron, and REFB rep Arturo! 39 households and 132 individuals received food this afternoon. Whereas our numbers are trending downward, those who come ARE IN NEED OF FOOD.
What we are sent to distribute differs each time, depending on what REFB has available. Today - no bread, milk, cheese, diapers, 1 kind of frozen meat, some veggies and only 2 kinds of fruit. Also, we were told this is the last delivery of senior boxes. The California National Guard, who boxed them, have been reassigned. Senior Box items (all dry) will come, but they will be loose. This suggests the need for a few additional volunteers at each St Pat distribution.
REFB needs more volunteers, especially at their warehouse, and always needs more $$$$$. Whereas St Pat's is seeing a reduced number of those needing food, other distribution sites are not. Praise God that our volunteers are here to help, and Praise God that REFB says they will continue their 1st and 3rd Tuesday deliveries, even though our counts are lower.
Those of us who are housed, fed, clothed, healthy and loved are indeed millionaires!
 Eleanor
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Dear Friends,
Below we have some updates regarding our longtime friends from Sandy Keith, Rectors Warden.
If you would like further information about the friends mentioned below, feel free to contact the Parish Office at 707-833-4228.
Connie van Loben Sels celebrates her 100th birthday on July 14, 2021. Come celebrate with us later today!
Later this month on July 30, Bobette Watson will celebrate her 101st birthday!
Pris and Jack Abercrombie moved to Manteca, CA a few years ago. Jack has recently been in the hospital awhile and Pris is moving to Tracy, CA by the end of July to be closer to Jack and their son, Steve.
Laurie Boone Hogen’s brother, Ned, is ill and her beloved dog, Sadie, passed away a few weeks ago.
If anyone has news you would like to share with our church family in the eNews please send it to Sandy Keith at skeith4@sbcglobal.net.
~ Sandy Keith, Rectors Warden
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Beloved Community Resource Newsletter
JULY 2021
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The Commission for Intercultural Ministries seeks to help our worshiping communities live into our Christian values as articulated in our Baptismal Covenant. This includes welcoming and appreciating the diversity of the people among and around us. It means reaching out to people in our communities who may have a different cultural or ethnic background, and engaging with them toward the goal of being a Beloved Community.
Read the July 2021 CIM Newsletter |
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Thanks to the generosity of members of St. Patrick's Church and Kenwood Community Church 48 people will have a meal. The Blessing Bags were delivered Tuesday, July 13. Rich and Betsy Randolph were ably assisted by their grandson Matthew, age 10 (almost 11!), during his visit from Huntington Beach.
If you would like to participate in this outreach ministry please plan to deliver your Blessing Bags by August 8. Please deliver them to Rich and Betsy's house at 8399 Oakmont Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95409. If you need further information on the contents or have any other questions please call Betsy at (408) 981-2024.
Thank you to all the very caring people of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church and Kenwood Community Church. You're a blessing to our community, especially those in need.
~ Betsy Randolph
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Richard Rohr
Daily Meditation
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Go Ahead, Do Something
Theme: The Sermon on the Mount
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM
The Sermon on the Mount
Go Ahead, Do Something
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
My fellow Albuquerque resident Megan McKenna is an author, storyteller, and theologian who challenges us to imitate Jesus. She writes of the importance of translation when it comes to understanding the meaning of Jesus’ words:
The blessings and woes have so much depth and latitude, so many layers of meaning that are unveiled throughout the gospel of Luke, especially in the parables. Even the meaning of the word beatitude is rich and complex when seen from different perspectives. . . . [In Elias Chacour’s book We Belong to the Land] there is a marvelous description of a beatitude that enhances our understanding of what Jesus means when he says “blessed are you.”
Knowing Aramaic, the language of Jesus, has greatly enriched my understanding of Jesus’ teaching. Because the Bible as we know it is a translation of a translation, we sometimes get a wrong impression. For example, we are accustomed to hearing the Beatitudes expressed passively:
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
“Blessed” is the translation of the word makarioi, used in the Greek New Testament. However, when I look further back to Jesus’ Aramaic, I find that the original word was ashray,from the verb yashar. Ashray does not have this passive quality to it at all. Instead, it means “to set yourself on the right way for the right goal; to turn around, repent.”. . .
How could I go to a persecuted young man in a Palestinian refugee camp, for instance, and say, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted,” or “Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”? That man would revile me, saying neither I nor my God understood his plight and he would be right.
When I understand Jesus’ words in Aramaic, I translate like this:
Get up, go ahead, do something, move, you who are hungry and thirsty for justice, for you shall be satisfied.
Get up, go ahead, do something, move, you peacemakers, for you shall be called children of God.
To me this reflects Jesus’ words and teachings much more accurately. I can hear him saying: “Get your hands dirty to build a human society for human beings; otherwise, others will torture and murder the poor, the voiceless, and the powerless.” Christianity is not passive but active, energetic, alive, going beyond despair. . . .
“Get up, go ahead, do something, move,” Jesus said to his disciples. [1]
Megan McKenna concludes:
The beatitudes mean deeper mercy for those who experience more divisive misery, deeper blessings for those whose hope is dimmest. They give an ultimate authority to certain people and their plight in the world. They signify not just a religious attitude, but a social attitude toward realities that should not exist among humans.
References:
[1] Elias Chacour with Mary E. Jensen, We Belong to the Land: The Story of a Palestinian Israeli Who Lives for Peace and Reconciliation (HarperSanFrancisco: 1990), 143, 144.
Megan McKenna, Blessings and Woes: The Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke (Orbis Books: 1999), 22–23.
Story from Our Community:
Living in liminal space has made more and more sense to me over the years. It reminds me that my actions matter. If I love God with all my strength, love my neighbor as myself, and practice the beatitudes as best I can, everything else falls in place. While I am not capable of doing all of the above perfectly, I do get better over time by having a focus on my actions. —Allan Y.
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Public Safety News from
City of Santa Rosa
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Wildfire Ready: Preparing Your Deck for Fire Season and Making it Safer
Decks are often one of the most beautiful parts of a home, but they can also contribute to the spread of a wildfire. There are several critical steps that you can take, that range from the type of material used to build or rebuild the balcony or deck, keeping the area under clean and clear and by creating defensible space. READ MORE
More Public Safety News
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COVID-19 Updates from City Connections
City of Santa Rosa
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Update on COVID Cases at City’s Homeless Shelter
The County of Sonoma, City of Santa Rosa and Catholic Charities are responding to positive cases of COVID-19 at the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter (SJH). Intakes at the shelter have been paused since July 2, when shelter staff became aware of the first COVID-positive cases. As of Tuesday, July 20, 90 cases have been confirmed, with seven new cases confirmed since the last round of testing on July 15. Individuals who have tested positive are being housed at an Alternate Care Site in Healdsburg with access to 24-hour medical care, except for six individuals who are close to the end of their isolation period and who will stay in an isolation area at the SJH Annex. Shelter intakes will remain paused until at least two weeks after the last positive test result.
READ MORE
All People, Including the Vaccinated, Recommended to Wear Masks Indoors
With cases of COVID-19 rising locally and increased circulation of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley recommend that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places to ensure easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked in those settings and as an extra precautionary measure for all. READ MORE
Vaccine Update
As of July 20, a total of 613,803 doses have been administered to Sonoma County residents, which currently stands at 32,677 people partially vaccinated and 299,106 fully vaccinated. This means 69 percent of the 12 and older population is now fully vaccinated, while 77 percent has received at least one dose. This weekend, there are vaccine events in Santa Rosa including, Exchange Bank (400 Dutton Ave.) on Thursday, July 22, from 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. and at the Santa Rosa Town Center (2805 Santa Rosa Ave.) on Saturday, July 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Check the full calendar for additional dates, times and locations. VIEW CALENDAR
More COVID-19 News
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Click the logo below to learn more about updates within our Community.
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Regathering Indoors at St Patrick's Church
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Submitted by St Patrick’s Ministry Transition Team
Welcome to our Regathering with Holy Eucharist. Our worship will include those at home worshipping with us via Zoom. Please be aware that you may be heard or seen by those watching online.
To care for others and our neighbors, it is important to wear face coverings and to keep a distance of at least 6 feet.
It is highly recommended that you be fully vaccinated.
Reservations for services will be required. Please place your reservations by calling the church office at 707-833-4228 and speaking to Bobbiejo. Anyone who makes a reservation should provide their name and contact information. If the space is full by the time you make your reservation, you will be considered for the next available space for the next week’s service if you so request.
Seating is available on a first-come basis. Pease be aware that there will be no singing inside the church other than by our soloist.
We are so excited about finally being able to worship together in person indoors! We hope to see you there on July 18, 2021 at 9:30.
Please Join us for future indoor gatherings going forward! Continue to RSVP with Bobbiejo Maggard at 707-833-4228. **Please note, future indoor gatherings are subject to change.
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Let us pray.
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give
us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Please Support Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church Ministry
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Please remember that if you choose to mail your gift, our mailing address is P.O. Box 247, Kenwood CA 95452.
Thank you!!!
If you choose to mail in your gift, please consider to send checks only. This is for your security.
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Priest Doyle Dietz Allen Contact Information
Email: stpatricksrector@gmail.com
Parish Office Phone: 707-833-4228
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9000 Sonoma Highway
PO Box 247
Kenwood, CA 95452
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