Good food and a few words about EfM classes beginning in September will be offered on Sunday, August 1 after the 10:30 a.m. service in the parish hall.  Graduates and current students are encouraged to attend the brunch as well as those who are interested in hearing more about the structure and content of the class.  The class is open to other denominations, so friends are welcome.  Call Cary Kast (293-3022) or send email to Debbie Scott at spivyscott@aol.com for more information or to volunteer to bring a dish to share.

We will be collecting school supplies for our Out­reach children in July. The sign-up board will be available in the back of the church July 18 and July 25 (and the following Sunday if the names are not all gone.) If you would like to help our outreach students, please take a list, sign your name on the sheet, fill a backpack with the items on the list, and return it to the church by August 8 with the student’s name attached. Pa­rishioners may also make monetary donations (marked “for school supplies”) toward this effort.

Thank you for the great response to our call for paper bags, but we have plenty for now!! Also PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON’T LEAVE USED CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS FOR OUTREACH. We do not have the space to store or distribute them at this time.

Beginning July 14 our Wednesday Book Group will discuss J. Philip Newell’s Christ of the Celts at 10:00 AM in the parish hall following the 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist.  Newell offers connections with the Celtic tradition that enrich our understanding of the presence of the sacred in nature and all creatures.  As events unfold in our environment today, this book prompts us to discuss how we are called to care for our earth and each other.  Newell invites us to consider how wholeness in relationships is essential to salvation.  Newell is the former Warden of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland.  The book is available in the church office or on the table by the church entrance for $15.