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Today's Reading

Saturday, July 31
9:30 a.m. Tai Chi

Sunday, August 1
11:30 a.m. New Member Welcome

Monday, August 2
9:15 a.m. Seniors Exercise Class
11:30 a.m. Seniors Potluck Luncheon
7:30 p.m. Prayer Group

Tuesday, August 3
7:00 p.m. Discipleship Prayer Service

Wednesday, August 4
9:30 a.m. Tai Chi

Thursday, August 5
7:00 p.m. Discipleship Prayer Service
7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts

Friday, August 6
9:00 a.m. Holy Hour

Saturday, August 7
9:00 a.m. Discipleship Prayer Service
9:30 a.m. Tai Chi
10:00 a.m. Uniform Exchange

Sunday, August 8
1:30 p.m. Baptism Preparation

Notes

In the story of Christianity, there have always been folks who believed that they could be Christians without a church community. It is probably  to challenge this notion that some of the first Christian writings were instructions about how Christians live and work together. The early epistles of St. Paul were addressed to church communities, not to individuals. They taught about a life together, not a Christian life lived alone. Our independent spirits can sometimes prompt us to believe that we can find salvation alone, but in the Christian experience that is not possible.

You cannot tell the story of God without telling the story of Israel. You cannot tell the story of Jesus without telling the story of his followers. When we say the creed at Sunday Mass, it is not an accident that after we profess what we believe in God, we follow it with a profession of a belief in a church—"we believe in One, Holy Catholic, and Apostolic Church." more...