This Week of July 21

He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

Mark 6: 31

REMINDER!

This is the Annual Big Nick's Ride weekend. We will have only one service on Sunday morning at 9:00 AM to allow our worship to end in time to enable us to cheer for the bikers as the roar by.

Weekly Calendar

Quick Links for Online Worship and Fellowship

Supporting The Riders

We hope you will join us in our annual "Blessing of the Biker's" during Big Nick's Ride this Sunday after the 9:00 AM service. We will have small American flags for waving. Feel free to bring pom poms or make your own posters or banners to express your support. Allison will have some extra markers and rolls of paper available in Walden Hall for anyone who wants to create their own message for the riders to see. Big Nick's Ride has grown into an major fundraiser that supports not only the families of Cape Cod's Fallen16 but also provides grants to many other Cape Cod based charities and service organizations.

Click here to see a list of the 2023 grant beneficiaries.

Prayer Requests

If you have additions to our Parish Prayer List, please fill out this,

Online Prayer Request Form There are also always paper forms available in the rear of the church or our parish office.

Wednesday Spirituality Discussion Group

Meets every Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM in the carpeted section of Walden Hall. The group is currently discussing the Gospel of Mark. If you would like to join this group, please reach out to Deacon Elizabeth Whitmore. All are warmly welcomed!

Thursday Morning Holy Eucharist, Book Discussion And, Breakfast Group

Please consider joining our weekly gathering on Thursday mornings in Walden Hall at 8:30 AM. All are welcome! Each week different participants take turns facilitating the discussion and contributing tasty breakfast treats.

Meet and Greets with Father Michael Continue:

We have added more opportunities to meet with Father Michael Horvath. If you have not signed up to attend an event yet, please take another look at the on-line sign-up. There are meet and greets scheduled in parishioners homes as well as in Walden Hall. Click here for the online sign-ups. Your hosts will reach out to you with any specific information or directions a day or so before the gathering. Please be sure to sign-up in advance to help our hosts plan. Thank you!

Update from the Garden Committee

Our well-pump, drip irrigation and sprinklers are back in action! We are thrilled to see the plants rebounding. With all of the continued heat we are still in need of volunteers to water specific sections of the garden. Please reach out to Allison if you are willing to spend about a half an hour a week either watering or dead-heading in our gardens. This is easy and enjoyable duty but, it is also a huge time saver for our garden committee members. Allison will give you specific areas and instructions. Thank you in advance for your help!

Thanks also go to our Flower Guild members for working hard to use the flowers we are growing in their beautiful altar arrangements.

Are you coming to our All Parish Barbecue?

Don't forget to R.S.V.P. to Allison.

Thank you!

All Parish Barbecue

Date: Wednesday July 24

Time: 5pm till dark, rain or shine

We hope you will join us in celebrating Summer, our new rector, and Saint Mary's beautiful gardens. This is an opportunity for the entire parish to gather and mingle with friends from all three services. Barbecue and drinks will be provided. We are asking for everyone to bring their favorite Summer salad or dessert to share. Please RSVP to Allison so we have sense of how much food to purchase. As always, ALL ARE WELCOME!

INREACH

Volunteer opportunities at Saint Mary’s:

Lemonade on The Lawn Season is Here

Lemonade on the Lawn is always weather dependent. IF it is truly nasty out, we will set up inside Walden Hall. We do not provide coffee in the summertime so please be sure to get your needed caffeine before you come to church.

Please consider signing up to host! There is a paper sign-up sheet in the sunroom on the bulletin board. Hosting the fellowship hour after our worship services is a great gift to our community. As host or hostess you and a companion provide store-bought or home-made finger food goodies for all to enjoy after the 10:00 AM service. There is also a Fellowship Hour scheduled after the 8:00 AM service on the first Sunday of each month.

It's all with the help of our wonderful Sexton, Lanny who assists with set-up and clean-up.

There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the sunroom. Click here for more information.

Contact person: Hub Mathewson, 774-994-158 or at hubmathewson@comcast.net

OUTREACH

Calling all local singers and performers!

We are looking for local talent to perform in a concert, to benefit Amazing Grace Camp!

We have some talent in our congregation at St Peter’s, but we would love to expand and add some new voices in our cause! The Amazing Grace Camp is a program started at St Mary’s Episcopal to provide free camperships to kids with one or more parents incarcerated.

It’s a great cause and we hope to make enough money to pay for a campership: ($1000)

Come sing with us! Tentative date: Saturday late in Sept. or in Oct.

For more info call Linda Martin: 508 364 5437.

Featured Finds of the Week

Angels' Treasures has everything you might need to replace for your beaching and boating . We have beautiful beach umbrellas, pop up sun tents perfect for taking baby to the beach, coolers with wheels, beach chairs, beach toys and even some lifejackets and safety boat cushions.

Angels' Treasures thrift shop is open from 10 AM to 3 PM Wednesday - Saturday.

We are trying to spread the word about our shop into the community. If you haven't already

liked, FOLLOWED and SHARED our facebook page please take a minute to do so, Thank you so much for your support! Remember the proceeds from AT Thrift go to support our church's outreach.

Thank you!

The Barnstable Village Association invites you to:

The Jailhouse Jams

Every Wednesday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

July 3 – August 21, 2024

Bring your blankets and dancing shoes to the outdoor stage at Barnstable County Courthouse!

All concerts subject to change or cancel without notice.

Come and see some of our own parishioner musicians:

• Thorie Jilson with Soul Purpose on THIS Wednesday, July 24
• Thomas and John Bresette with Nikki and The Barn Boys on July 31



2024 Concert Schedule

July 3: Moonlighters

July 10: Sarah Swain and the Oh Boys

July 17: Accent

July 24: Soul Purpose

July 31: Nikki & The Barn Boys

Aug. 7: Fred Clayton Band

Aug. 14: Willie J. Laws Band

Aug. 21: Funktapuss

Book Signing and Read Aloud

Please join our parishioner, Jean Ciborowski Fahey PhD on July 27 at 1:00 PM at the Hyannis Barnes and Noble. Please click here for more information.

Noontunes Summer Concert Series, presents;

Dr. Mark Lawlor, Organist and Janice Smith, Instrumentalist

Please join us on Wednesday, July 31st at 12:15pm at the Church of the Messiah in Woods Hole, for the final concert of our 2024 Noontunes Summer Concert Series. The program will be presented by Janice Smith, instrumentalist and organist Dr. Mark Lawlor. Please click here for more information on the concert.

An Invitation From The Unitarian Church of Barnstable

Announcing the Cobb’s Hill Concert Series

The Unitarian Church is celebrating its new Steinway Model B Grand Piano by offering 6 concerts of classical music starting in July and running through December 2024. Click here for a complete list of all the concert performers.

Tickets are $25 each or $125 for the 6 concerts in the series

tickets are available here or at the door.

1891 Society News

The 1891 Society is an honorary group of church members and friends who have made a financial commitment to leave behind a gift to the Church upon their passing. You can become a member by stating

you have made a commitment to include the Church. No minimum gift is required and you will not be asked the amount. All members will receive equal recognition in appreciation of their universal “Spirit of Giving.” Members will be acknowledged on a plaque and a small tree on their name tags. Click here for more information.

Improving Our Social Media Presence

Allison will be working to improve our social media and keep it a bit "fresher" and more engaging. We want everyone outside of Saint Mary's to see what a wonderful and vibrant community we are. In an effort to communicate all that we have to offer, Allison will be trying to post more frequently on our facebook and instagram pages about daily life at Saint Mary's. If you see Allison or Julie snapping pictures and videos around campus, please don't be alarmed. We would also love to have your contributions. Please share any of your own pictures or news with Allison so she can keep the feed fresh and lively.

Additionally, if you have not yet followed our Facebook or Instagram pages please do so. We have a public facebook page as well as, a private facebook group page we use for more internal communications. We use our instagram page to reach an even broader part of the community with hopefully compelling visuals of all that is happening at Saint Mary's. We want our social media to represent who we are and your contributions and feedback are most welcome. Thank you for your help.

• Weekly E-News deadline: Wednesday at noon.
• In an effort to keep it brief we will only highlight happenings of the next 10 days in our E-News.
• The deadline for submissions for our Monthly E-Newsletter is the 25th of the prior month.
• For your convenience, the Monthly Newsletter (printed out) will be available in the sunroom and the back of the church for those who would like a paper copy. If you know of someone who would enjoy receiving a paper copy in the regular mail please let Allison know.

     Saint Mary's Episcopal Church

P.O. Box 395

3055 Main Street

Barnstable, MA 02630

508-362-3977

www.stmarys-church.org