O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

THIS WEEK'S READINGS

Acts 2:1-21, Psalm 104:25-35, 37, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13, John 7:37-39

Sunday

10 AM 10 AM The Holy Eucharist and Sunday School (bulletin)

Wednesday
9 AM The Holy Eucharist

SUNDAY SCHOOL . . . is held at 10 AM each Sunday for grade school age children (kindergarten to 5th grade). After their lesson and activity, the children will join the congregation for communion.

ABOUT THE DAY OF PENTECOST . . . Pentecost (in the Anglican tradition also called “Whitsunday”) is the second most important feast on the Christian calendar (only Easter ranks higher) and marks the last of “The Great Fifty Days” that comprise the celebratory Easter Season.  The Jewish faith has for millennia celebrated Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, which in ancient Greek was called “Pentecost”— fifty days after Passover (their liberation from bondage in Egypt)—which commemorates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.  The Christian Pentecost falls fifty days after Easter, which is our Passover (“The Paschal Feast”, when the fallen world was liberated from bondage to sin and death) and celebrates the giving of the Holy Spirit to the disciples in the upper room (Acts 2:1), empowering them for ministry (as is recounted in the rest of the Book of Acts and the history of the Church since then).
 
The color for this day is red, for the Holy Spirit’s appearance as tongues of flame on the head of each of the disciples. The Paschal Candle returns to its place near the Baptismal Font and will be lit hereafter only for baptisms, symbolizing the new life we share in Christ, and at funerals, as a reminder of the Resurrection.

Thank you to our volunteers for this Sunday

Warren Hirstius, crucifer
Leslie Bisdale and Larry Toppin, torches
Daisy Toppin, usher
Paula Ricca, Sunday School
Kathy Nathan, reader
Leslie Bisdale and Trish Landi, altar guild
Heather Nobles and Paula Ricca, coffee hour
Larry Sunden and Aelicia Yeates, counters

OUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR . . . the sick and those in need, especially Anna Maida, Amy Bryant, Audrey Pfranger, Wesley Endo, Theresa Peter, Kristi-Ann McGrath, Carol Reynolds, Chris Nordone, Adam Strauss, Jennifer Wright, Francis Royer, Mariam Kamal, Ann Hopper, Dave D'Orazio, Mitch Mann, Thomas Petrullo, Daniela Parisi, Chris Spilker, Suzanne Morris, Lauren and Callie Manlapig, Charlotte Wilson, John Whitlock, and Gaylord Hitchcock, sometime rector of Grace Church.

For those celebrating birthdays especially Matthew Liddle (5/24), Eric Gardner (5/27), Christopher E. Mueller (5/27), and those celebrating anniversaries especially Theresa & Akinola Okunlola

For those who have died especially Lulu Doremus (5/17), Lucille Finnegan (5/17), Harry  Houghton (5/17), Eleanor Reinhard (5/17),  Mary Sewalk (5/18), Florence M. Butz (5/19), Elizabeth K. Demarinis (5/19), Gertrude Gardener (5/21),  Richard Landi (5/21), Darius A. Davis (5/22), and Adelaide Del Valle (5/23).

Flowers on the altar this Sunday are given to the glory of God and in honor of the birthday of Christopher E. Mueller.

PRAYER LIST REQUESTS . . . To add any names to the parish prayer list, please send an email to this address with the name of the person to be prayed for, your name, and a brief description of the person’s health or other situation (note if long-term or chronic). Names are listed for four weeks, and then rotate off, but they can be added again as needed.  If you have questions, please speak with the wardens or Father Anthony.