Last Sunday's Offering
plate: $147; pledge: $2,470
Last Sunday's Attendance
63

Hospitality for Reception after Latin Mass (3 July):
S. Hendrickson, M. Stroup, S. Bartlett-Re, M. Dwyer, Fr R. Thompson, J. Klopacz, B. Barberini, B. Logan.

Generously participating parishioners

Today's readings will be Isaiah 66:10-14; Galatians 6:7-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20.

General Announcements

Flowers at the altar are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of L. Clint Rice on his year’s mind, by Bonnie Barberini and Lewis Brown.

Monday, Independence Day Deacons’ Fare: Join us in feeding our neighbors in need. Volunteers should arrive at 10am to help set up or serve the meal. Contact Christopher Fredricks or Daniel Schwartz for more information (650-344-8615). Donations are also welcome to help offset the cost of feeding our guests (make checks payable to Church of the Advent, earmarked “Lunch Bunch”).

Next Sunday, remember one and all to bring some simple edible (e.g., a bag of cookies from the grocery store) or drink to share at coffee hour as we offer fellowship. As we have no designated hosts in the summer, any help setting up or cleaning up would be appreciated.

Next Sunday taking precedence, the commemoration of St Benedict, Abbot, ca 540, properly 11 July, will be noted only in the collect concluding the Prayers of the People. The spirituality of this father of Western monasticism has animated this parish over the decades.

A call for female choristers: In the absence of Schola Adventus this summer, Paul Ellison would like to establish a women’s chant choir to assist in singing on 8 and 22 August. Any female volunteers who would like to sing in this group should contact Paul soon (music@advent-sf.org) as he plans to hold an audition in late July. It is important to have a basic knowledge of chant notation (square note notation). In order for the group to be viable, we need at least four singers.

Consider sponsoring Fr Jack Fredricks, who will be participating in the AIDS WALK for the 20th time on Sunday, 18 July. He would welcome any donations; no amount is too small. Checks should be made out to AWSF and can be handed to him or sent to him at P.O. Box 296, San Mateo, Calif 94401.

Independence Day was first included in the 1928 Prayer Book. Although propers had been aired in the proposed Prayer Book of 1786, they were omitted in the official Prayer Book of 1789 out of consideration for the clergy who, during the Revolution, had been loyal to the Crown. The collect for the 1928 BCP was composed by Bishop Parsons of California; it has been altered considerably in the 1979 BCP. On this day in 1826, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of each other, suitably on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Next Sunday's readings will be Deu 30:9-14; Col 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37.