PINEY POINT BEACH CLUB
BOBBY & ADELE DUNCAN
BRAD MORSE & FRANCINE KEALEY
BARBI & BOB SANDERSON
RAY RANDALL
RAY’S BROTHER-IN-LAW SAM
SEA FUEL
MADELEINE & KIRK SMITH
SHARLIE SUDDUTH
HANNA MILHENCH
DOUG HARPER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS OF TIME AND TALENTS IN MAKING OUR CLAMBAKE
A SUCCESS AND PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED FUNDS FOR OUR OUTREACH MINISTRY.
THROUGH THESE EFFORTS WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE $2,565! WELL DONE!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SILENT AUCTION & 50/50 RAFFLE WINNERS!
SUSAN POYANT – “HARBOR SCENE” WATERCOLOR PAINTING
BOB SANDERSON – “ONSET COTTAGE STREET” WATERCOLOR PAINTING
ADELE DUNCAN – SEA FUEL GIFT CERTIFICATE
MIMI HENDERSON – HANNA’S FAMOUS RUM CAKES
RAY RANDALL – 50/50 RAFFLE
BOBBY & ADELE DUNCAN
BRAD MORSE & FRANCINE KEALEY
BARBI & BOB SANDERSON
RAY RANDALL
RAY’S BROTHER-IN-LAW SAM
SEA FUEL
MADELEINE & KIRK SMITH
SHARLIE SUDDUTH
HANNA MILHENCH
DOUG HARPER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS OF TIME AND TALENTS IN MAKING OUR CLAMBAKE
A SUCCESS AND PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED FUNDS FOR OUR OUTREACH MINISTRY.
THROUGH THESE EFFORTS WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE $2,565! WELL DONE!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SILENT AUCTION & 50/50 RAFFLE WINNERS!
SUSAN POYANT – “HARBOR SCENE” WATERCOLOR PAINTING
BOB SANDERSON – “ONSET COTTAGE STREET” WATERCOLOR PAINTING
ADELE DUNCAN – SEA FUEL GIFT CERTIFICATE
MIMI HENDERSON – HANNA’S FAMOUS RUM CAKES
RAY RANDALL – 50/50 RAFFLE
Friends in Christ,
As I have watched news reports of flooding in the Greater Houston, TX area, I have learned that more rain has fallen in that city in a short period than in any other place in the 48 contiguous United States in all of our recorded history. Nearly 50 inches of rain has fallen as of earlier today, Wednesday, August 30th. Obviously, millions of our fellow American citizens have been adversely affected.
We have two parishioners, Jerry and Cynthia Pyle, who spend summers with us, but whose primary home is in Houston. They are both okay, thank God. I asked them if they could recommend a good organization or ministry that could put our gifts to work quickly and effectively in the most helpful ways. Without hesitating, Jerry recommended the Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Houston, where they worship and serve. Cynthia sent along a letter from the Cathedral Dean, The Very Rev. Barkley Thompson. An excerpt of that letter is printed below. They are poised and eager--with classic big-hearted Texan good neighbor care, to begin the restoration work as soon as conditions permit.
I am recommending to our Outreach Committee that we make a generous gift to enable them in this work of godly compassion. I am writing a check from the Rector’s Discretionary Fund, and will include a check from the Piper’s household checkbook. I don’t want it said of me that when the opportunity was at my fingertips to act in Christ’s redeeming love that I checked out... or turned away... or moved on with my own work and pleasures. Let’s pool our resources through gifts this week to St. Gabriel’s. Encourage one another to join in this team effort. Every cent earmarked for hurricane relief will be sent on to Christ Church Cathedral to enable their ministry of restoration with the most vulnerable of the flood victims. God will certainly bless what we do in faith, hope and love.
Here is the excerpt from Dean Thompson's letter:
The fruits of our vision plan are substantial... we have renewed our commitment to downtown Houston; we have enhanced our ministry to the homeless at The Beacon; and we have deepened our commitment to one another through pastoral care.
In other words, we have done all the things necessary to nurture and strengthen our Cathedral community so that, when crisis comes, we are able to respond in faith. Without realizing it, we have been preparing for three years for just such an event as Hurricane Harvey. Unawares, we have been cooperating with God’s plan for us, so that together we can see the dawn.
As soon as power is restored at the Cathedral and our team can safely get to work, we will formulate a plan with our lay leaders to assess our parishioners-in-need and match them with parishioners who are able to offer aid. At The Beacon, Becky Landes, Mike Puccio, and their phenomenal staff are discerning the most effective ways to assist our fellow citizens who lived on the very margins of society even before this storm. Beyond that, I am already working with Bishop Doyle and his diocesan team to develop longer-term plans for Christ Church and our sister parishes to play a major role in relief and restoration efforts across the city. In this, we will be able to draw upon the strength of our stellar C.U.S.E. program.
Friends, Hurricane Harvey won’t prevail. The rising floodwaters will not have the final word. On the other side of this storm, we will be stronger, closer, and more faithful. We will care for one another. Through us, God will speak words of power and grace in the neighborhoods where we live, and in downtown. For God has plans for us, for a future filled with hope!
Grace and peace,
The Very Reverend Barkley Thompson, Dean
You may send donations to St. Gabriel's with Hurricane Harvey Relief in the memo line. If, for your own reasons, you would rather not contribute in this manner, please consider sending along a gift directly to the Red Cross, here: http://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief/hurricane-relief , or,
through Episcopal Relief and Development, here: https://support.episcopalrelief.org/hurricane-harvey-response?ID=170829DWMHH0100&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=fy17hurricaneharvey&utm_source=170829DWMHH0100
or through another agency you know and trust. Bless you for your active, faithful, practical demonstration of compassion in Christ’s name.
Let’s not miss our opportunity to shine Christ’s light when it is most acutely needed.
Geoffrey Piper
As I have watched news reports of flooding in the Greater Houston, TX area, I have learned that more rain has fallen in that city in a short period than in any other place in the 48 contiguous United States in all of our recorded history. Nearly 50 inches of rain has fallen as of earlier today, Wednesday, August 30th. Obviously, millions of our fellow American citizens have been adversely affected.
We have two parishioners, Jerry and Cynthia Pyle, who spend summers with us, but whose primary home is in Houston. They are both okay, thank God. I asked them if they could recommend a good organization or ministry that could put our gifts to work quickly and effectively in the most helpful ways. Without hesitating, Jerry recommended the Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Houston, where they worship and serve. Cynthia sent along a letter from the Cathedral Dean, The Very Rev. Barkley Thompson. An excerpt of that letter is printed below. They are poised and eager--with classic big-hearted Texan good neighbor care, to begin the restoration work as soon as conditions permit.
I am recommending to our Outreach Committee that we make a generous gift to enable them in this work of godly compassion. I am writing a check from the Rector’s Discretionary Fund, and will include a check from the Piper’s household checkbook. I don’t want it said of me that when the opportunity was at my fingertips to act in Christ’s redeeming love that I checked out... or turned away... or moved on with my own work and pleasures. Let’s pool our resources through gifts this week to St. Gabriel’s. Encourage one another to join in this team effort. Every cent earmarked for hurricane relief will be sent on to Christ Church Cathedral to enable their ministry of restoration with the most vulnerable of the flood victims. God will certainly bless what we do in faith, hope and love.
Here is the excerpt from Dean Thompson's letter:
The fruits of our vision plan are substantial... we have renewed our commitment to downtown Houston; we have enhanced our ministry to the homeless at The Beacon; and we have deepened our commitment to one another through pastoral care.
In other words, we have done all the things necessary to nurture and strengthen our Cathedral community so that, when crisis comes, we are able to respond in faith. Without realizing it, we have been preparing for three years for just such an event as Hurricane Harvey. Unawares, we have been cooperating with God’s plan for us, so that together we can see the dawn.
As soon as power is restored at the Cathedral and our team can safely get to work, we will formulate a plan with our lay leaders to assess our parishioners-in-need and match them with parishioners who are able to offer aid. At The Beacon, Becky Landes, Mike Puccio, and their phenomenal staff are discerning the most effective ways to assist our fellow citizens who lived on the very margins of society even before this storm. Beyond that, I am already working with Bishop Doyle and his diocesan team to develop longer-term plans for Christ Church and our sister parishes to play a major role in relief and restoration efforts across the city. In this, we will be able to draw upon the strength of our stellar C.U.S.E. program.
Friends, Hurricane Harvey won’t prevail. The rising floodwaters will not have the final word. On the other side of this storm, we will be stronger, closer, and more faithful. We will care for one another. Through us, God will speak words of power and grace in the neighborhoods where we live, and in downtown. For God has plans for us, for a future filled with hope!
Grace and peace,
The Very Reverend Barkley Thompson, Dean
You may send donations to St. Gabriel's with Hurricane Harvey Relief in the memo line. If, for your own reasons, you would rather not contribute in this manner, please consider sending along a gift directly to the Red Cross, here: http://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief/hurricane-relief , or,
through Episcopal Relief and Development, here: https://support.episcopalrelief.org/hurricane-harvey-response?ID=170829DWMHH0100&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=fy17hurricaneharvey&utm_source=170829DWMHH0100
or through another agency you know and trust. Bless you for your active, faithful, practical demonstration of compassion in Christ’s name.
Let’s not miss our opportunity to shine Christ’s light when it is most acutely needed.
Geoffrey Piper
|
The Rev. Geoffrey Piper- Rector The Rev. Catherine Harper - Deacon Leslie Piper - Choir Director & Organist Janet Bullock - Administrative Assistant Terry Saulnier - Bookkeeper Amos Perry - Sexton Church office hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Our Weekly Schedule Sunday Rite I 8:00 in the Chapel Rite II 10:00 in the Main Church Sunday School for grades Pre-K through grade 6 is at our 10:00 service. Nursery is also available at our 10:00 service Wednesday Morning Prayer with Communion in the Chapel at 7:30 followed by a Bible Study at 8:00 and a Women's Bible Study at 11:00 in the Library St. Gabriel's Episcopal church is located in Marion, Massachusetts on the corner of Front and South street at 124 Front Street. Parking is available on South Street as well as in the lot located on the right between South and Main Streets. |
|
Please click for our Facebook Page or to Email the office-------------------------->
|
|
