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Advent Tells Us Christ Is Near; The Sword of The Spirit Advent - Christmas 2011 Saint Paul’s Church www.saintpaulsbrookfield.com (203) 775-9587 Advent tells us Christ is near; Christmas tells us Christ is here…. “The Coming” A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." (Isaiah 40:3) Dear Friends in Christ, Vol. XLXVII-No. 8 The coming of the Messiah. Like a light cleaving the darkness, the prophecy of Isaiah so many years ago would foreshadow a time where those sitting in darkness Inside this issue: for so long would see a great beacon ahead, one lowering the steep cliffs of despair, This Week 3 rendering the twisted paths straight and The Church Year 5 infusing hope for the world like never before. Christmas Calendar 8 "The Coming"…that is the meaning of Sunday School 11 the word, Advent. In Latin, adventus is the translation of the Greek word St. Paul‟s OWN 13 parousia, commonly used in reference Scholarly Speaking 15 to the Second Coming. Christians believe that the season of Advent serves Sunday Readings 19 as a dual reminder of the original Lay Schedule 22 waiting that was done by the Hebrews December 23 for the birth of their Messiah, as well as Calendar the waiting that Christians today display for the second coming of Christ. The season of Advent at St. Paul‟s is a time for reflective action: we reflect on the profundity of how Love came down, how God loved the world to the point of Incarnation, becoming one of us, in all of our glorious agony…and hope; and it is upon this reflection that we find our action, bringing our own incarnational ministry into the lives of others, as Christ dwells within us. Reflective action marks us as Advent people, where we celebrate the past while anticipating the future. Advent reminds us that it is love of the truth driving us from the world to God, and the truth of love driving us back from God to the world. As we make the journey together toward our Christmas celebration, may God reveal the light of Jesus to us all. Faithfully, St. Paul’s Church 174 Whisconier Road Brookfield, Connecticut 06804 (203) 775-9587 www.saintpaulsbrookfield.com (The Rev.) Joseph Shepley The Rev. Joseph Shepley, Priest-in-Charge Priest-In-Charge Beth Miller, Parish Office Coordinator 2 † Covenant Envelopes ovenant envelopes for 2012 will be at the back C of the church the beginning of December. Please take yours and those of any friends who may be absent, as this helps save on mailing costs. Please DO NOT use the 2012 BLUE envelopes until the new year, and DO NOT use the 2011 GREEN envelopes after December 31st. If you do not care to use covenant envelopes, as long as your gift can be identified, an account is set up in your name and you will receive quarterly statements. If you have any questions, please direct them to Carol Gurski, Financial Secretary; 203-775-1765.or [email protected]. † This Week at St. Paul’s Thu., Dec. 1 - 7:30 pm - Mission Committee, Guild Room 7:30 pm - Music Night, Sanctuary Sat., Dec. 3 - 7:30 am - Men‟s Prayer Breakfast, Parish Hall Sun., Dec. 4 - Second Sunday of Advent 8:00 am - Traditional Eucharist 9:15 am - High School/Young Adult Bible Study, Youth Lounge 9:15 am - Adult Christian Education, Guild Room 10:30 am - Sunday School 10:30 am - Contemporary Eucharist 5:00 pm - Youth Group 6:15 pm - Vespers Mon., Dec. 5 - 4:30 pm - Christian Caring, Tuck Room 7:00 pm - Stephen Ministry, Guild Room Tue., Dec. 6 - 9:15 am - Ladies Bible Study, Guild Room Wed., Dec. 7 - 10:00 am - Holy Eucharist and Healing Thu., Dec. 8 - 1:00 pm - Dorothy Day Ministry, Danbury 7:30 pm - Music Night, Sanctuary † Sword of the Spirit vs. Sword Points or more than 50 years The Sword of the Spirit has served us well as our monthly F print newsletter. Two and a half years ago "Sword Points" was created to be a weekly media to move us into the age of faster electronic communications. Starting with this issue both publications will be combined at the beginning of each month and will be e-mailed to Sword Points readers and mailed to our remaining non-e-mail parishioners. The monthly The Sword of the Spirit will contain the monthly calendar, lay schedule, Rector‟s letter as well as the weekly items normally in Sword Points. 3 † Bishop Rowthorn Here on Sunday his Sunday, December 4th, Bishop Jeffrey Rowthorn will be preaching and T celebrating with us at the 10:30 am service. The liturgy we will be using was authored by Bishop Rowthorn in his book “The Wideness of God‟s Mercy.” † Off to Africa athy and Bill Schrull left for Tanzania and the Kasulu C Bible College in Africa on Tuesday and will be there until Dec 15th. They have prepared a blog site that they will be updating each day during their stay. Click here to follow the Schrulls. † Your Prayers Are Requested For… t is such an intimate time when praying for the health and I well being of others and such a privilege. The people that we lift up to The Lord are part of our hearts for all time. The Healing Please pray for… Ministry .….Dot Blake, convalescing from a offers short times of stroke at Filosa in prayer at Danbury. The 8 AM and 10:30 …..Christ Church, Bethany; St. Thomas‟, AM Sunday Services. Bethel; Christ Church, Bethlehem; Old St. Andrew‟s, Bloomfield. Once a month on …..Joe Cennamo, doing well after a recent open heart surgery. Healing Sunday 3-4 Pray for a full quick recovery. teams offer prayer at …..Daniel and Ruth Hatch, complete healing and peace. …..Doug Azzarito, healing of blood cancer. the altar. …..The Bishops‟ Fund for Children; all ministries for children at risk. Classes are held one …..Drew Crocker, for his continued healing, physically, Thursday a month for emotionally, and spiritually. the team. Special …..Kelly & Tim Malloy, their children and their team, safety in Jos, Nigeria. Thanksgiving that the situation there is retreats are held twice quiet for the moment. yearly. The basic healing course is † From the Prayer Chain offered every two ...Answered Prayers years for anyone e prayed for a parishioner travelling to Ecuador to interested in healing. W visit her grandparents. Her grandmother was suffering from a surgery gone wrong and was unconscious. For further Her grandfather was ill and had to have his prostrate removed. Upon her safe return she reported that her grandmother was information call walking and doing great, her grandfather was as well. Tara Shepley We have been (203) 267-3231 praying for Jim Beck to or the church office find employment. After (203) 775-9587 many prayers he has a job. 4 † The Church’s Year: Pageant or Remembrance? Many older Episcopalians grew up being nurtured on the sentiments of Hymn 235 in The Hymnal 1940. (see page) Advent tells us Christ is near; Christmas tells us Christ is here…. Holy Week and Easter then Tell who died and rose again. e have experienced the Church Year as our yearly walk through the life of Jesus. W It is experienced as a historical drama. We begin with the announcement to Mary, move on to Jesus' birth at Bethlehem, see the arrival of the wise men, beneath the cross of Jesus we humbly take our stand, and we go with the women to find the tomb empty. Year after year we walk through the drama of redemption with all the thoughts, feelings, and emotions that the journey brings. Thoughtful clergy have tried many things to help us carefully make this journey. Services of lessons and carols, Christmas pageants, Three Kings cake, myriads of Lenten programs, Stations of the Cross, Tenebrae, three hour preaching services on Good Friday, and helium-filled balloons for the Ascension have all found their way into the churches. We have experienced these things to help us follow Jesus through his earthly life. Unfortunately many have gotten bored with the yearly drama. Children subjected to another session on the Church Year yawn and tell us they know the story. Yes, it is the drama of redemption, but many do not seem to be able to understand where they fit into it or where it fits into them. It all happened a long time ago and the Church Year often comes across as a long history lesson. History is a subject many people dislike intensely, and people still ask, "What has the past got to do with me?" Children and teenagers are loud in their expressions of boredom and rebellion. For adults the boredom is expressed in a "business as usual" attitude or in leaving the church to find Jesus in a fundamentalist or charismatic community. An example of this can be seen in the way the church keeps Lent. We don't keep it! The drama goes on in church but so do the bazaars, craft fairs, St. Patrick‟s Day dances, roast beef Suppers, and other examples of "business as usual." People want, or at least need, a deeper way of entering into the Church Year. They need to move from the yearly historical pageant into a deeper remembering (anamnesis). Anamnesis is the antithesis of amnesia. A person with amnesia has lost identity and purpose. To know who you are, to whom you belong, and where you are headed, you must remember...
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