Pentecost

Dear Friends, June 13, 2011

Yesterday, Rev. Pat preached on themes of Pentecost. This is the longest season of the Church Year and gives us opportunity to live the lessons we are learning day by day. Lessons of how the Holy Spirit can help overcome our fears and lead us to realize our dreams. God has a great plan for us and is happy with us. All growth comes from the Holy Spirit working in us.

We are off to a good and busy start with Rev. Pat.
But you are needed personally to help write our next chapters!
Please make your personal commitment to be present in person on Sunday mornings -
to greet Pat, to give her your ongoing Welcome and to share in the promise and fulfillment
of the ministries old and new that are to be ours and hers.

P.S. - if you have a dog crate/cage to lend, for a 61 lb greyhound dog, please call Rev. Pat before 6/18. Thanks!
Rev. Pat wants to be accessible to us - please make a note - phone number 732-428-2000 ;
e-mail: patcashman2010@gmail.com ;
mailing address: The Rev. Patricia Cashman, 185 Bennington Hills Court, West Henrietta, NY 14586

Kindly keep in your daily prayers all those in need of healing, and those who serve in our military forces. To assist in our spiritual life, Forward Day by Day booklets are $.85 each in the Tower Room.

You are important...If we want to grow and share God's prosperity of faith, we must love God, love our friends and then speak openly to them. A congregation grows starting with each faithful person. God will help us share the Bread of Life.....God will help us live into our Baptismal Covenant of sharing His word and our lives and resources. We never know how ready a friend may be to hear a word of encouragement in faith.
We never know when God will bring someone to speak to us, to enrich our own life and the life of that person. Be on the lookout, and ready
to share your faith.

As you know, our Ascension Piecemakers Quilt Group made a stunning queen-size quilt. The drawing was held yesterday at the Coffee Hour, and all proceeds will go to the Bell Tower Restoration Project. The lucky recipient is Kelley Balcomb, a neighbor of Joan Swan.

SPECIAL REQUEST: Please remember those in need of our help. Due to the long winter and food price inflation, the MEEK food cupboard needs your extra financial contributions [envelopes in church] and food donations [place items in back of church/Tower Room], and also seeks volunteers to assist in this ministry. Please call Jan Wills 621-3900 if you can assist as a volunteer. Checks, made out to MEEK, may be handed to Jan Wills or sent to the Church Office.

Please mark your calendar for this Thursday, June 16 at 7:00 PM, when Bishop Singh will preside in the Church at the install the new Dean of the Rochester District and the new diocesan leader for Urban Ministry. [Our Choir is encouraged to sing, joining the St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Choir, rehearsal at 6:15, no robes.]

Calling all those 18-40 for a Meet 'N Greet Pizza Party in the Library - next Sunday June 19 at 6:00 PM. Spread the word and make calls to family and friends age 18-40. Don't Miss This!!!

It'll Be Huge!!! On Sunday, June 26th, 9 AM, Seabreeze Park on Culver Rd at the Lake - a Diocesan Eucharist and a day of fun and interaction with others from our many parishes. Please check your calendar and plan to join in and invite a friend! Tickets are $13. Scholarships for kids are encouraged. Please call Jan Wills for more details 621-3900. On that Sunday, both our 8 AM and 10 AM services will be Morning Prayer, led by Bob Crystal, as Rev. Pat and many will be at Seabreeze Park.

Coffee Hour after the 10 AM Sunday service is a wonderful opportunity to greet friends, old and new, and catch up on news. There are opportunities to host Coffee Hour in the weeks ahead. Won't you help this ministry? If not sure how to host, you may call Nancy Lennox at 663-5805 or Stu or Gene Denison at 663-0988. To sign up - see list in the back of the church or call 458-5423. Thanks!

As we happily share the good news of Rev. Pat, please phone or visit a friend whom you've been meaning to contact. There are many who would love a call and an invitation to church or an inquiry as to when you might pay a visit. We can invite friends to accompany us to church - and take them out for brunch afterward!

To beautify our worship, in upcoming weeks there are opportunities for altar flowers. Will you take up this ministry to the glory of God and to our spirits? To donate, please contact Laurie Phillips, 865-2802 or email LBP@rochester.rr.com

If we wish to learn the true Meaning of Life, grow as Christians and share our love of God, we need to know and be able to share the stories of the Bible.
Thursday Bible Study is in the Library at 9 AM. Please 'Come and See'.
This is a time for careful reflection on Jesus’ teachings and how we model our faith to family, friends and all whom we meet. God’s Word guides such a process. Much food for thought and often refreshments to share. The study is of the Gospel Lesson for next Sunday, found below.

The Rochester Interfaith Jail Ministry asks your ongoing help - by donating through United Way or directly by check to R.I.J.M.,
2 Riverside St., Rochester, NY 14613. This will bring books of healing and group sessions to those needing to start lives anew.
Remember the Good Samaritan... Please answer this call. To volunteer, call 254-6790. The invitation to help is ongoing, so
you are not late to the party! We recently began doing visits to the young men ages 16-19 in the Downtown Jail.
Many Thanks! Please include this ministry in your daily devotions:
Holy Spirit, You are always with us; help us to sense Your presence in all our
days. Help us always to act knowing You are listening, watching and trying to
guide us. We pray this week for those who are being released from the County
jails after being kept apart from their friends and families for long months..

There is God's work for each of us when we see new people on Sunday or at an event.

Let's introduce ourselves and make them welcome. An invitation to chat at Coffee Hour is a great ice-breaker. So is sitting with a new person and guiding her/him in the service, if this is a first or second time with us. We never know when we may entertain angels unaware.


Do you have a pocket card to hand to a friend who asks where you go to church? These cards are

on the table in the back of the church. Please take a few and be ready to share. We have some

pocket crosses, also, in the drawer for anyone who answers the call to "Come and See". This is all

part of the Growing Season of God.


Every season of the church year offers beautiful music to lift our hearts.


If you have a new or better email address for yourself, or know someone
who might like to receive this weekly e-letter, please send in that
information.



Below is a recipe for a treat for yourself, friends and loved ones.

This is a home-style red potato salad to temp your taste buds.

[We can also make extra for someone in need of our kindness.]

Blessings and all good wishes,
Dyson
D. Dyson Gay
585-671-0364
dysongy@aol.com

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My Mother's Potato Salad
By Linda Larsen - from internet. [Thanks!]

This is my [Linda Larson's] mother's recipe, and it is the best potato salad recipe ever. It is the standard against which I
compare all potato salads! I usually roast potatoes for salad, but for this recipe they are really better boiled. The dressing
is velvety and creamy, perfectly seasoned.....Make extra dressing and bring it along to the picnic, adding it to the salad if
it seems dry, since the potatoes will absorb dressing as they stand.

Cook Time: 20 minutes
Chilling time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours, 55 minutes
Yield: 10-12 servings
Ingredients:
• 5 pounds red potatoes
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup Miracle Whip salad dressing (do NOT substitute)
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 Tbsp. yellow mustard
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 bunch green onions, sliced
• 1 bunch radishes, cleaned and sliced
• 6 hard cooked eggs, sliced
Preparation:
Boil the potatoes until tender. about 20-30 minutes. You may need to take the smaller potatoes out at the 20 minute point;
larger potatoes may take up to 30 minutes. They're tender when you can easily stick a fork into the potato. Place on wire rack.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl blend mayonnaise, Miracle Whip, milk and mustard until smooth. This dressing should be fairly thin,
so don't skimp on the milk! Add salt and pepper to taste.
When cool enough to handle, peel the potatoes. Cut the warm potatoes into cubes and add to the dressing, folding carefully
as you add them. Add green onions and radishes and blend well. The hard cooked eggs are layered on top for a pretty
presentation. Chill well to let flavors blend.


GOSPEL FOR NEXT SUNDAY - Trinity Sunday
Matthew 28:16-20
The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."