Last Sunday's Offering
plate: $39.10; pledge: $655
Last Sunday's Attendance
23

Generously participating parishioners

Today's readings will be Genesis 18:20-32; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13.

General Announcements

The Rector is away on annual vacation until 14 August. All Church business should go initially to the Church Office 415-431-0454 (Monday through Friday 9:30am to 1:30pm). For pastoral emergencies only please call 415-948-6921.

Sunday taking precedence, the feast of Saint James the Apostle, first of the apostles to be martyred (see Acts 12:2), is transferred to tomorrow. St James is depicted with the pilgrim’s hat and the scallop shell associated with Compostela, Spain, whither his shrine attracted multitudinous pilgrims in the Middle Ages. This transference results in the reduction of the commemoration of SS Anna and Joachim, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, properly 26 July.

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.

Our Altar Guild needs you: if able to help prepare the vessels and vestments for Sunday Masses, please contact Anna McHargue (annamchargue@aol.com) for information and training in this invaluable ministry that sustains our worship.

For the revival of the Sceptre, needed are an editor to manage it and also 2-3 people interested in being a part of the Publication Committee to work with the Editor. If interested, please contact Sam Cantin, Senior Warden, by early August.

Mid year statements are coming soon to your mailboxes along with a letter from the Vestry with a mid year Stewardship request because Advent has been operating with a deficit budget each year. The current budget for 2010 has a projected deficit of ca. $10,000. Accordingly, the Senior Warden is drafting a "Deficit Budget Wish List" that will also be issued in a later Orb. Any additional contributions, in any amount, are most welcome in these tough financial times. Please refer any questions to Sam Cantin, Senior Warden, or Jack Jensen, Treasurer.

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.

Next Sunday's readings will be Ecclesiastes 1:2,12-14,2:18-23; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21.