Rev. Patricia Stelz
Interim Rector
Site updated May 15, 2012
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Search Committee Members Announced
Members of the Search Committee after meeting with the Vestry at
Camp Washington
The Search Committee would like to thank everyone for taking the time to fill out the parish survey. Your input is important in the selection of our next rector. The results of the survey can be found by following the link below.
Articles or comments can be sent to
SoundproCT@aol.com
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May 28th June 3rd June 5th | Memorial Day Pre-Parade Breakfast. 7:30 to 9:30 Vestry Forum. Spend some time with the vestry after the 8 and 10 o'clock services. Find out what's going on and get your questions answered. Committee Meetings for all committees |
I Will With Gods Help
Here is the communal Psalm and Creed that came out of the Lenten Program
Communal Psalm for “I Will With God’s Help”
For God alone my soul in silence waits;
From the Lord comes my salvation
Loves comes from the heart to ease the
Soul and bring peace into our lives.
Open our hearts and minds
To your will and may your
Love be ever present
Be present in the early hours of the day
And guide me to rest with trust in You at night
Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble and need
For you are my rock; my strength; my joy
For God alone my soul in silence waits;
From the Lord comes my salvation
Blessed to have a beautiful family in this wonderful world
Please be with us in joyous time
As well as trying times
Right now my mind is blank
But my heart is full
Help me Lord to be thy faithful servant
Be with me in my unbelief as I struggle
I long for patience Lord to complete
The tasks you have given me
Creed of the Worldly-minded
Lord Jesus,
My culture tells me to believe that if it looks good, it
is good; that the more I accumulate, the happier I will be.
I am subtly taught that I need more and more “stuff” – expensive
cars, home, jewelry: purchases that promise to make me happy and content.
The material world fools me into believing that I have the “perfect” life.
It tries to make me forget about the poor, the homeless,
the hungry, the disenfranchised.
Lord Jesus,
How can I think about those at the margins of society
when I am led to believe that I do not need to worry even about
my own necessities in life? I am urged to thoughtlessly
overspend on the incidentals: artificial tans, exceptionally
white teeth, the most up-to-date fashions and
the gym-perfect hard body.
The future, O Lord,
seems to be less important than living in the “now”. It is more
important to put my trust in excessive possessions than in
believing that “less is more”. The isolation of modern
technology is to be chosen over face-to-face contact or the social
enjoyment of music, dancing, or involvement in team sports.
Lord, how am I to witness in the world today?
Am I to give the message that I strive for perfection through
perfect hair, a thin body, and the most expensive car in the
neighborhood? Is it best to charge what I ‘want’
as though it were what I need?
Help me, Lord, to understand
that “feeling” complete doesn’t replace being complete
in Your presence. Give me the willpower to turn off the TV, the
cell phone and its ever-demanding attention to the outside
world, so that I might spend time in meditation on Your
loving Presence.
“For You, O Lord, my soul in silence waits.” Psalm 62: 5