[ July 11, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. August 8, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Sundays @ 7 will meet on the 2nd Sunday of the month during summer (June, July, August) Come join the singing with young adults and young at hearts for a sung evening prayer with coffee and snacks after the service.

[ June 20, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Come join us for a family friendly worship on Sundays @ 10 am.

This Sunday J will include Holy Eucharist and baptism. Your presence is joyfully requested.

Like most Christians, I don’t pay attention to missives from church leaders. This week, however, dueling pastoral letters issued for Pentecost from Rowan Williams, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, and Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, caught my attention — because one so rarely witnesses a first-class theological smackdown between tea-drinking Anglican primates.

But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. 2 Samuel 11:27b

The thing that David had done? What thing?

Sometimes I get really frustrated with our lectionary. (For those of you who are struggling to master Episco-speak, that’s the book that tells us which chunks of Scripture to read in church on a particular Sunday.) A lot of people don’t realize that the lectionary sometimes leaves stuff out. Look at this Sunday’s Old Testament reading, for example: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-15. What happened to verses 11 and 12? I’ll let you read them and decide for yourself why the lectionary crafters might have edited these out of our Sunday worship. Of more concern is that, in this case, the lectionary leaves out the beginning and middle of the story.

Dear Faithful Readers,

My weekly reflection will return next week.

In the meantime, I wanted to share with you an answer to prayer.

[ June 18, 2010 to June 20, 2010. June 25, 2010 9:00 am to June 27, 2010 9:00 am. ] The Commission on Ministry is planning a two-weekend preaching workshop June 18-20 and 25-27 at St. John‚s Cathedral in Spokane. The session is open to anyone interested in honing their preaching skills . . . .

[ December 8, 2009; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 12, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. February 9, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. March 9, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. April 13, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. May 11, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. June 8, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. July 13, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] join other gentlemen for beers & burgers at O’Doherty’s Irish Grille — 525 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (across from the Riverfront Park carousel) — second tuesday of each month from 5pm to whenever — no reservations, no rsvp — just show up!

questions?  call paul @ 509.263.7793 or walt @ 509.624.2217