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WORSHIP SERVICES AT ST. TIMOTHY'S

+ Holy Eucharist is celebrated each Sunday at 8 AM (said service) and 10 AM (sung service). The 10 AM service is also shared via Zoom for those who are physically unable to attend in person.

+ Wednesdays there is an in-person Holy Eucharist at 10AM, using the traditional-language rite. This service is followed by tea and conversation in the parish library.

+ Current masking policy: All persons may wear a face mask as a health tool. Some persons (especially those in higher-risk groups) should wear a mask. However, no one must wear a mask. The parish provides good quality face masks for those desiring them. 

+ We have an upgraded HVAC air handling system to maximize the safety of our indoor environment.

+ We encourage vaccination for all eligible persons to prevent communicable disease at church or elsewhere.

+ Please contact the parish office for more information, and to be added to our Zoom invitation lists.

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+ Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Note on Contacting the Parish Church:

We are making a major transition in our telephone / internet service, leading to much-improved service. The line has been trenched and we are in the midst of scheduling the necessary wiring, &c. We hope to have this completed by month's end. 

Due to this changeover the parish church currently does not have a functioning telephone line. Our internet connection (and thus email access) is working, however. To reach us by phone, please call our Parish Administrator, Emma Glennen, direct on her  (503-899-3053) or email the Parish Office at mail@sainttimothys.org.
The Week Ahead...

Thursday, June 18: Bernard Mizeki, Martyr, 1896

  • 6 PM: Men's Group

Friday, June 19: Adelaide Teague Case, Educator, 1948; Juneteenth

  • Fridays are marked by acts of discipline and self-denial. If you wish to know more about the meaning of this practice and its benefits, please enquire with Fr. Brandon. 

Saturday, June 20: Ferial Day

  • Prayers for the the Departed in Christ, traditionally said on this day  
+ 8 AM: Holy Eucharist (said). In-person.

+ 9:50 AM: Nursery open (Godly Play is on break for summer)

+ 10 AM: Holy Eucharist (sung). In-person and online.

Coffee Hour following the 10 AM Liturgy.
Baskets and notecards to write messages for our new graduates will be available in the narthex for one more Sunday.

Monday, June 22: Alban, Martyr, c. 304

  • The parish office is closed on Monday.

Tuesday, June 23: Ferial Day

Wednesday, June 24: The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

  • 10 AM: Rite I Holy Eucharist
  

Prayer Requests from this Parish:  Joan Williamson, Pat Klopfenstein, Martina Sierra, Liz McClure, Dale & Jeanné Cannon, John & Judy Sullivan, Juanita Rivera, Br. Matthew Tenney nOGS, Scott Kohl, Robert Barbor Jr, Rorey DeWitt, Rich Zorko, Mike Martin, Mary Ann McMurren, Julia Smith, Kerrie Harwood, Family Promise, Salem for Refugees, Mending Wings Youth Ministries. For peace; for those who serve in the Armed Forces and their families.

For Those with Birthdays Next Week: Chuck Kuhlman

For the Dead in Christ: Keith Eckley; for his family and friends, who mourn him.

In the Diocese of Oregon: St. Catherine, Manzanita 

In the Anglican Communion: The Church of South India (United)
Zoom Recording of Last Week's Sermon

Sunday, June 14
Passcode: 2n&BjYm4

Links will be valid for two weeks.
The Lectionary Readings for this past Sunday can be found here.
Parish Office Summer Hours
Tue, Wed, Thurs: 9:30 AM - 2 PM
 
With the start of summer break, there is a change to the Parish Office hours to accommodate childcare needs. The hours that the office is physically open are Tue, Wed, Thurs from 9:30 AM - 2 PM. Emma is also working from home for some hours during the summer, and will continue to be available via phone and email on Fridays. On Mondays the Parish Office will be closed. 

From Your Parish Librarian

Saint for This Week ....

Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea (329-379) Feast day: June 14.

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Six of Basil’s family members are also venerated as saints of the Church: his grandmother, Macrina the Elder (hid in the forest and caves near the Black Sea from Roman persecution, surviving on wild game and vegetables); his father, Basil; his mother, Emmelia; his older sister, Macrina the Younger; and his younger brothers, Gregory of Nyssa (an early architect of the doctrine of the Trinity) and Peter of Sebaste (mostly a solitary ascetic who assisted Basil and Macrina in the management of their monasteries).

Basil was entrenched in academia when his beloved younger brother, Naucratius (a desert hermit who cared for the elderly) died refocusing him towards the Church. At that same time, his older sister Macrina founded the first monastic order for women. Encouraged by her, 28-year-old Basil was baptized and soon after ordained a deacon.

Inspired by his sister’s example, Basil founded a men’s monastery. Assisted by his good friend, the brilliant theologian of the early Church, Gregory of Nazianzus (c329-390), Basil compiled “The Longer and Shorter Rules” which transformed solitary anchorites and desert hermits into a disciplined community of prayer and work.

Basil was wrenched out of his quiet, peaceful, isolated monastic life when Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (c260-339 and known as the primary historian of the early Church) called him to defend the Church against the persecution of the Arian Emperor, Valens. Basil decided the way to fight against the heresy of Arianism was by succeeding Bishop Eusebius as bishop.

Bishop Basil wrote a treatise, “On the Holy Spirit,” maintaining that both the language of Scripture and the faith of the Church require that the same honor, glory and worship are to be paid to the Spirit as to the Father and to the Son.

He asserted that it was proper to adore God in liturgical prayer, not only with the traditional words, “Glory to the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit,” but also with “Glory to the Father with the Son together with the Holy Spirit.”

After Basil died at 50, his will stated that his family estate become a village with housing, a hospital and a Church for the poor and a hospice for travelers.

Two years after Basil died, the Council of Constantinople affirmed the Nicene faith.

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From a blog by Todd Granger; edited by Bonnie Bonham, St Timothy’s Parish Librarian. If you would like to receive a short, saint biography almost daily in your email, sign up “For All The Saints” here: In the right margin, you will find a black <Subscribe> button to fill in with your email address.

If you should use your volition to subscribe and receive saint biographies from wordpress.com, then you and the Librarian could submit dueling saint biographies together to Shelf Life. Fr Brandon could be our “second.” The affaire d’honneur could be held on alternate After-Ten-Forums.

Think about it.
Prayer of Saint Basil

We bless you, O God, most high and Lord of mercy.
You are always doing great and inscrutable things with us,
glorious and wonderful, and without number.

You grant us sleep for rest from our infirmities,
and repose from the burdens of our much toiling flesh.
We thank you, for you have not destroyed us with our sins,
but have continued to love us;
and though we were sunk in despair,
you have raised us up to glorify your power.

Therefore, we implore your incomparable goodness.
Enlighten the eyes of our understanding
and raise up our minds from the heavy sleep of indolence.

Open our mouth and fill it with your praise,
that we may be able, without distraction,
to sing and confess that you are God,
glorified in all and by all,
the eternal Father, with your only begotten Son,
and your all holy, good, and life giving Spirit,
now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
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We gather to experience the Holy Trinity through Scripture, worship, study, and fellowship. Receiving and reflecting God’s love and grace, we are sent out to love and serve our neighbor, see the Christ in others, and share the Gospel by the example of our everyday lives.
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St. Timothy's Parish Office Summer Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 9:30 AM - 2 PM
Friday, 9 AM - 3 PM via telephone/email/text
The Parish Office is closed on Mondays

Parish Office Contact Info
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7416; Salem, OR 97303
Email: mail@sainttimothys.org
Phone: 503-363-0601

Rector's Days Off:
Fridays and on Saturday mornings
Please contact Fr. Brandon on his days off if you have an emergency.
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Lent at St. Timothy's

Ash Wednesday | March 18th

+ 10 AM: Holy Eucharist (said)

+ 7 PM: Holy Eucharist (sung)
with Bishop Akiyama preaching and presiding

Thursdays during Lent

6:30 AM: Holy Eucharist (said)
In a revival of classic Lenten practice, this simple Holy Eucharist service is an opportunity for those seeking a heightened observance during Lent or an additional time for quiet, contemplative, yet communal, worship. Following the service, those who wish can join together for a simple breakfast nearby.

Fridays during Lent

7 PM: Stations of the Cross
We will once again be using the form of the Way of the Cross and employing short readings from Blessed Julian of Norwich. Parishioners are encouraged to attend at least one of these services in Lent. It is one of the best ways to come to a deeper understanding of the Love of God found in the Passion

HOLY WEEK AT ST. TIMOTHY'S

PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 29

  • 8 AM: Blessing of Palms & Holy Eucharist (said)
  • 10 AM: Palm Procession & Holy Eucharist (sung)
    The 10 AM service will be available via Zoom

MONDAY & TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, MARCH 30 & 31

7 PM: Antecommunion
Confessions following

WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, APRIL 1

7 PM: Tenebrae

THE HOLY TRIDUUM

One Liturgy Spread over Three Days
All Episcopalians are to join together for worship if physically able to do so. (Main services in underlined bold text)

MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 2

7 PM: The Maundy Thursday Liturgy
Prayer Watch following until Noon Good Friday
The first part of the Holy Triduum, which does not conclude until the end of the Great Vigil of Easter, this service commemorates Christ’s command to love each other as he has loved us, and his commandment to “do this in remembrance of me” by sharing in the Holy Eucharist. The Holy Sacrament is then removed to the Chapel and the altar is stripped in recollection of Christ’s arrest and being mocked. We then leave in silence as the lights are lowered.

The Prayer Watch at the Altar of Repose in the Chapel now begins, lasting until noon Friday, in remembrance of Jesus’s words in the garden of Gethsemane, when he asked his disciples to spend an hour in prayer with him. Parishioners sign up to take an hour in prayer in the chapel before Christ in the Holy Sacrament. A member of the parish will be at the church all night to let people in and walk them to their cars.

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 3

Noon: Stations of the Cross

7 PM: Good Friday Liturgy
The Good Friday Liturgy is the most solemn service in the Church Year. Its starkness points to the truth of both human brokenness and God’s complete identification with us in our need. The highlights are the Great Silence at the start, then the reading of the Passion Gospel according to St. John, the Solemn Collects (intercessions for all humanity), the bringing out and veneration of the Good Friday Cross, and the Communion from the Reserved Sacrament, brought from the Altar of Repose in the Chapel. Once more, we leave in silence.

Good Friday is marked by as complete a fast as health allows, from sunrise until at least 3 PM, the traditional hour of Christ’s death upon the cross.

HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 4

10 AM: Little Tomb Service of the Burial of Christ
The morning service is a short, spare gathering at the now-denuded altar where we hear of Christ’s hasty burial and contemplate his lying in the tomb, even as God the Son has descended to Hades, there to liberate those long held by the Evil One. A glorious sermon from the very early Christian period is read and prayers for those who have died are offered.

EASTER EVE

Saturday, 9 PM: The Great Vigil of Easter,
followed by the Agape Feast
The Easter Vigil is the heart of our life as a parish and as a people. It is our main Easter service. It must be experienced, not explained, but it consists of the lighting, blessing, and sharing of the New Fire, the great song before the Paschal Candle (The “Exsultet”), the readings of the Old Testament prophecies, Renewal of Baptismal Vows, the Proclamation of the Resurrection, the great Easter Homily of St. John Chrysostom, and the First Eucharist of Easter. This is the high point of the entire Church Year. The Vigil is followed by a grand feast, to which all are invited. Come and see!

EASTER DAY, APRIL 5

11 AM: Holy Eucharist (said, with hymns) in person & online
The Easter Day Eucharist at St. Timothy’s is quite a bit simpler than the Vigil. However, it is a joyous celebration and includes the beautiful, ever-new account of Mary Magdalene meeting the Risen Christ in the garden. With this Eucharist, our celebration of Easter Day concludes…but the Great 50 Days of Eastertide has just begun.