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Worship Services
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Restrictions for indoor worship services
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We will continue to gather in person outside Saturday at 5:00 p.m. for Mass on the Grass and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. With new CDC guidance and Broome County entering into the substantial new Covid cases zone, everyone will wear a mask when entering and exiting the sanctuary and when in line for communion. You may mask throughout the service and please return to distancing. We encourage everyone eligible for the Covid vaccine to receive it for their own safety and for the love of neighbor. Our Sunday worship is live-streamed and recorded through our YouTube channel: Christ Episcopal Church Binghamton.
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No offering plate will be passed. Gifts will be collected online or in plates placed near the Church entrance.
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Parking in the Metro Center parking lot is available. Press the button and take a ticket to enter. Please leave the entry ticket in the car so that it is readily available when exiting. Ushers will provide a ticket which you will need to exit. Both tickets will be needed in order to exit.
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Saturday Worship at 5:00 p.m.
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost:
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In-person worship service outdoors on the lawn. We will follow proper social distancing protocol during the service. Masks are optional but encouraged for those who wish to wear them. Leashed pets are welcome to attend!
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Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m.
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost:
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In-person worship service live-streamed via Youtube at 10:00 a.m.
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Reader Schedule
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Altar Flowers
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The flowers on the altar are given to the honor and glory of God by the family of Theodore Acquisto, Eva Banick, Arabella Tiziani and Giovanni Tiziani in thanksgiving for their baptisms this weekend.
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Announcements
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Well Wishes
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Several of our parishioners are currently recovering from medical injuries and illness.
If you would like to send cards to Don Stanton his new mailing address is as follows:
Good Shepherd Village Endwell
Donald Stanton - Room 133
14 Village Drive
Endwell, NY 13760
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If you would like to send cards to Sally Owen her mailing address is as follows:
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Sally Owen
3408 Lynwood Place
Vestal, NY 13850
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We will continue to hold each other in prayer during these difficult times.
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Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 11!
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To remember the people who lost their lives and their land, we would like to hold a service of remembrance at the Newtown Battlefield state park on September 11. We will read the Thanksgiving Address which is offered before every Haudenosaunee council meeting to honor the ways in which they relate to creation. We will also offer our own prayers for reconciliation, contrition, and hope.
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Following our service at 11:00 a.m., we will have a picnic. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be provided. We have reserved a shelter for those attending.
Carpooling will be available should anyone need it.
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We do need to have some idea of the interest in this event, and would appreciate an email note from anyone who would like to attend.
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We are looking forward to this event as part of our participation in the Diocesan Racial Reconciliation team as an opportunity to enlighten ourselves and honor those who died there, both colonists and indigenous peoples.
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- Mother Becky and Deacon Kay Drebert
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Donations
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If you are sending an online donation via paypal in memory of Lettie Trevarthan please put IN MEMORY OF LETTIE TREVARTHAN in the paypal notes so our bookkeeper knows the nature of the donation. Thank you!
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SPECIAL THANKS to Paul Cienniwa for playing the organ while Bobbie is recovering from her injury.
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ROOF/ CROSS REPAIR—WE NEED YOUR HELP!
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Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this project. We are continuing our fund-raising campaign through September.
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Donations and pledges of over $40,000 have been received to date!!! Your generosity is GREATLY appreciated. In addition the Foundation of the Diocese has accepted our application and has given us a $5000 grant.
The Vestry has approved and signed a contract with Lupini Construction and a start date in September has been agreed upon. The start date may be moved to a closer date if Lupini Construction is able to do so. Exciting times are ahead! Thank you again for all your support and generosity!
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Pledges & Donations
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Christ Episcopal Church remained and remains present to our congregation and the broader community in this time of pandemic. We thank all who have supported our work and worship and ask for your ongoing contributions that we may remain a positive presence in the lives of many and in caring for one another.
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Pledges and other donations can be mailed to the church. If you do not have envelopes, we will use the name on your check.
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You can donate via our website at www.christepiscopalbing.com/donate/. You can now click donate to send your pledge or other special donations. You can donate specifically to CHOW, Katie's Closet, the Rector's Discretionary Fund and Cross/Roof Repair.
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A big THANK YOU to those who already have!
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Christ Church Amazon
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When you're shopping on amazon go to smile.amazon.com and list "Christ Church Binghamton" as your charity of choice. The Church will receive .5 % of your purchase!
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Amazon informed us that almost $500 has been given to Christ Church from your purchases since its program began. THANK YOU for designating Christ Church to receive these proceeds. Every little bit helps.
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Prayers & Prayer List
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I cannot tell you how the light comes, but that it does. That it will. That it works its way into the deepest dark that enfolds you, though it may seem long ages in coming or arrive in a shape you did not foresee.
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And so we pray we may turn ourselves toward the light giving thanks for Christ’s birth and this communion. May we lift our faces to let the light find us. May we bend our bodies to follow the arc it makes. May we open and open more and open still to the blessed light that comes. *
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With thanks to Jan Richardson*
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Prayer List
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In the week ahead, please pray for comfort and healing for: Bill, Bobbie, Candie, Connor, Connie, Don, George, Joell, Kathy, Mark, Millie, Mother Elizabeth, Osmond, Rick, Rose, and Sally, Scott.
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A Word From Your Junior Warden
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Prayer for our Country:
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Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favor and glad to do thy will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to thy law, we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in thee to fail; all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Road Trip: Gather, Learn, Pray, Eat
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The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign and our prayers for reconciliation, contrition, and hope Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 11 at 11 a.m. Join us at Newtown Battlefield near Elmira One of the defining events in the formation of upstate New York was the Sullivan-Clinton campaign in 1779 during the Revolutionary War. Not only was it a victory for the colonists against …
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Only He Who Sees Takes Off His Shoes
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Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning This Thursday and next I am away taking some time apart. Though I imagine some hours will be in the spirit of sitting around and plucking blackberries, my hope …
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Mary Magdalene - Spiritual Leader
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Let us take a closer look at Mary Magdalene and follow her spiritual leadership in giving herself fully to Jesus
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Despite the changes around us we are a Church and a community that stands together in faith despite adversity. We feel fortunate to have each other during these difficult and uncertain times.
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