INTRODUCTION TO CENTERING PRAYER
at
Holy Cross Monastery

August 28th, 9:30 AM—3:30 PM (Arrival & Registration 8:30—9:30 AM)

Monastic Eucharist 9:00 AM (optional) Suggested Donation of $35 includes the workshop and lunch. Further info or to register, call the Guesthouse at Holy Cross: 845-384-6660, ext. 3002 or email guesthouse@hcmnet.org.

CTK PARISH FAMILY NEWS

• Congratulations  to Tana Miller’s granddaughter Katie  Miller , who graduated from Saugerties High  School and will attend Syracuse University this fall.
• Thanks to Denise Sweeney for donating the handicap rails in the bathroom, and Tim Sharpe for installing them.
• Our deepest thanks to Jim Blair, for organizing the Ulster County Jail work crew, and to Ed Fielding, Rod Basten, Tim Sharpe and Jim Sullivan for purchasing supplies and/or being on hand to answer questions.  Thanks to Wendy Blair for organizing daily lunches for the crew—and to all of you who were able to provide food.  We are very grateful to our crew who did a terrific job!
• Thanks to Tana Miller, Richard Aronoff and all our community lunch volunteers for another wonderful year of food and fellowship.
• Many thanks to Colleen Depuy, who is doing a terrific job with birthday cards!
• Thanks to Jim Sullivan for organizing the Baccalaureate for this year’s graduating class—it was an awesome service.  Thanks to all who brought goodies for the reception.
• Thanks to Kathy Puffer for her demonstration of the Godly Play curriculum during the service on June 20th.
• Thanks to Daniel Crocker for washing and ironing altar linens while Charlotte Gray was away.  And thanks to Charlotte who carries out this ministry week by week, with great dedication.  Speaking of the altar guild—we are grateful for each of you for    setting up for the Eucharist each week, cleaning up afterwards, polishing silver and brass, making sure the candles are filled with oil, etc.  We always need new members if you are interested in this ministry.
• Thanks to Lourd Basten who is keeping our lawn mowed.
• Thanks to Angela Garnier for her lovely landscaping work around the church, and to Leah Gherardi for helping out with spreading mulch.
  

MISSION TRIP TO KENTUCKY

We have 20 people going to Kentucky on July 10th, to do home repairs for low income homeowners in Estill County, in the southeastern part of the state. We will be leaving from Christ the King at noon on the 10th, driving to West Virginia, where we will spend the night at an Episcopal church (St. Thomas A Beckett in Morgantown, WV). On Sunday the 11th, we will arrive at St. Timothy’s Outreach Center in Irvine, Kentucky and get ready for our week of work. Please pray for all of us, and for all the people we will meet, that it will be a time of growth and learning, that we will sense the nearness of God and that we will return safely. Thank you for supporting this mission and making it possible. If you would like to make a donation, we could still use some help with the trip expenses.

GODLY PLAY

Godly Play is the curriculum used for the younger children. Several people have expressed interest in learning more about it, after it was demonstrated by Sunday school teacher, Kathy Puffer in church. Here is the description found on their website, www.godlyplay.org. “Godly Play is the product of a lifetime of research and practice by theologian, author and educator the Rev. Dr. Jerome Berryman. It began with the proposition that children have a natural sense of God and that what they lack is the appropriate language to help them identify and express it so it can be explored and strengthened. The Godly Play approach developed by Dr. Berryman teaches classical Christian language in a way that does not block or distort the child’s authentic experience of God but enhances it so it can contribute to the creative life of the child and the world. Godly Play teaches children the art of using Christian language—parable, sacred story, silence and liturgical action—helping them become more fully aware of the mystery of God’s presence in their lives. When Christian language is learned by the Godly Play approach, it is learned as a means to know God and to make meaning of our lives. … It’s about understanding how each of the stories of God’s people connects with the child’s own experience and relationship with God. The goal of Godly Play is to show how to be open to the Holy Spirit, The Creator and the Redeemer all at once and all the time in every place. To achieve this goal is to help children become deeply rooted as Christians and yet at the same time use this powerful language and community to be open and creative.” Many thanks to Kathy, and to Stephanie Kelly who assisted all year, and to Beth Vargas and Margie Menard for leading the older Sunday school class. It was an exciting year, and we were delighted to welcome some new families with children.

COMING SOON: SUGGESTION BOX

A suggestion box has been ordered for the table in the narthex (Episcospeak for hall). Please make liberal use of it to share ideas, concerns etc. with the staff and vestry. Also, please free to speak to the rector or members of the vestry anytime if you have comments, suggestions etc. Current vestry members are: Tim Sweeney and Wendy Blair (wardens), Elaine Orman, Nick Cialello, Kathy Friend, Andy Lutz, Drew Minter, Jim Sullivan, Jeff DaPuzzo, and Rod Basten. Our intrepid treasurer, Pat Boyer also attends all vestry meetings and can answer all questions regarding the church’s finances.

Harpers and Harpists from across the northeast
will be gathering to participate in a

Harps for Whole Communities Benefit Concert on

Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 6:00 PM

Professional musicians playing large harps, small harps, gut harps, wire harps, pedal harps & lever harps will join together to present an informal Harp-Circle Concert of varied repertoire including Celtic airs and dance tunes, medieval modes, New Age mists and classical counterpoint –

there will definitely be something for everyone! 

Solo virtuosity, small group harmonies and the singular beauty of massed harps will explore the unique musical world of the harp, seasoned with whistles, pipes and more. 

A suggested donation of $20 will benefit the Church of Christ the King and

CTK Vacation Bible School at Camp Epworth

Monday, August 23—Friday, August 27

9 AM—2 PM ~  Ages 4—12

Come and bask in the hypnotic sound of one of the oldest
instruments know to humankind –
the Harp; the instrument of the angels!

SUMMER MINISTRY
TO
THE MIGRANT WORKERS

Jane Wood has agreed to coordinate our outreach to the Gill Farm workers this summer.  We are already collecting toiletry articles as part of our welcome.  In late July, there will be a welcome dinner, co-hosted with other area churches.  Finally, at the end of the summer, we will participate in an ice cream social at the Gill Farm to say farewell.  If you would like to help out, please contact Jane, and she will be making announcements in church about what is needed.  MANY THANKS to Jane for taking this on.

BATHING SUITS NEEDED FOR CAMP

We would like to have on hand extra bathing suits for our summer campers. If anyone has any they could donate, we are looking for bathing suits for boys and girls, sizes 4—16.

Italian Night

At Lomontville Assembly of God, 123 Ashokan Road, Kingston
Jointly Sponsored by the:
Rondout Food Pantry
The Town of Marbletown (Pending)
Lomontville Assembly of God
Date of event:
Friday, October 15, 2010
Serving from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Donations to the Food Pantry:
Will be accepted by cash or check the night of the event.
Checks should be made payable to Lomontville Assembly of God.
All proceeds of the dinner will be given to the Food Pantry in one check.
All costs for the dinner will be donated by the church. 
100% of the money donated will be given directly to the Food Pantry.

A TRIP TO GREAT ESCAPE

(a 140 acre theme park in Lake George, NY) for everyone is planned for July 6th and the cost is 30.25 for a Barbeque lunch, parking and admission. This is planned by St. John’s as a regional event, and details will follow.  Feel free to express your  preliminary interest as we plan transportation.

AN OVERNIGHT AT HOLY CROSS MONASTERY is being planned for early September as our local “cathedral night” for early September for our youngsters – stay tuned for details.

SUMMER CHRISTIAN SERVICE WEEK
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH

            Grades: 5—8th         Date: July 26—30th

            Time: 9—3 PM         Place: Marbletown Reformed Church, Stone Ridge

            Contact: Betsy Rama 687-0309