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1. 00 Jackie Funds 130 00 Other Sources 61 00 Please be aware that pledge envelopes will be delayed and that your pledge envelope number may change Our website is being revamped and you are invited to provide feedback Now available for download online Bulletins and Order of Service ECW and Men s Guild the next meeting will be held on January 18th 2015 at 1PM After Sunday service The Vestry Next meeting will be at 9 30AM on January 10th 2015 Confirmation classes will resume on January 7th at 7PM in the conference room Please use Madison Street entrance Next Baptism is set for Sunday January 4 2015 Applications for baptism can be found on the table in the back of the Church Instruction for baptism will be Saturday January 3 2015 at 12 00 noon Join Us for Healing Service on Wednesdays at 12 00 noon Need Prayer Call church office and request your name be added to the prayer list Let us know when you are available so we can pray with you Moving forward let us get together as a team and put our time talents and treasure to the service of our church The Parish Hall and common room are available for conferences and for recreational group use These spaces have capability for projection use and Internet access Electronic Waste Reuse Program Manager Technician Position Available send a cover letter and resume to info lesecologycenter org Visit lescologycenter org for details Registration Deadline has pas2. The Staff The Rev Nathanael Saint Pierre MIS MCPD Priest In Charge 917 232 9583 priestincharge staugnyc org Mrs Carolyn Bensen Acting Director of Music Ms Sandra Joseph Bookkeeper Mr Roberto Perez Sexton Mr Oland Saltes Verger The St Augustine s Project Mr Rodger Taylor Chair Ms Minnie Curry Vice Chair St Augustine s Project Website www staugsproject org The Vestry 2015 Mr Nimrod Daley Warden 917 576 9603 Ms Irene Alladice Ms Barbara H King Clerk Mr Oland Saltes Ms Phyllis Simmons 2016 Ms Barbara Allie Mr Christopher Morris Ms Gwendolyn Pereira Ms Bobby Wright 2017 Mr William Gordon Ms Raquel Murray Treasurer Ms Sharifah Se a Mr Rodger Taylor SERMON NOTES CHURCH INTERCESSIONS Shut Ins Homebound Ellen Bradley Gwendolyn Hanks Harry Fiyalko Eleanor Suriel Lorraine Albritton Robert Mittiefrances Combs Prayers Mr Basile Bernice Henry Daly Maybelle Sanford Beverly Rosario Diane Ellis Doadie Brown Dorothy Henderson Edgar Hopper Ellen Daley Freder ick Lorraine Albritton Jacynth Paterson Orridge James Robinson Parran Joyce Johnson Juan Cosme Kenny Johnson Krauser Family Luis Annie Garcia Maris sa Nicolo Marlene Ward Torain Mildred Hancock Minnie Curry The Mussenden Family Nancy Scott Norberta Mieles Nydia Flores Ruth Strother Walford Family Tyrone Wong Robert Vernestine Exum Zoraida Oliveri Armed forces Brian
3. with the gift of Je sus When my daughter was born on December 25th 1988 was happy because saw her as the best gift had ever received was 25 years young and wanted a little toy a Mini Me a little doll could play with and never considered the responsibilities was called to face A child is a heavy responsibility that The Rev Nathanael Saint Pierre sometimes we don t properly evaluate We look at our babies as extensions of ourselves creatures of Pest thae our own doing or as a gift that will bring us joy and joy only Some of us are quite surprised when they start crying keeping us from sleeping at night While Natou has brought so many wonderful moments to my life and am so grate ful and thankful to her for that she is also the gift who deeply changed who was Yes was born in a homophobic culture and religion where even for a small difference from the norm an individual could be stoned because s he was considered a sinner While the majority of the leaders of the country political as well as religious including me were corrupt and with no credibility this has not changed we wanted to keep the country under high moral values and in our sick minds moral values were limited to sexual behaviors and orientation dress code brief every exterior accoutrement disguise we could use to demonize some one Fanaticism is a blinder that produces intolerance and hatred and prejudice etc When one grows up in a culture l
4. First Sunday after Christmas Holy Eucharist Service Year B December 28 2014 Services 8 30 AM Healing Liturgy 10 30 AM Choral Eucharist ORDER OF SERVICE Processional Hymn THE WORD OF GOD Opening Acclamation Gloria in Excelsis The Old Testament Psalm 147 13 21 The Epistle Prayers of the People Confession of Sin The Peace OFFERTORY Choir Anthem Offertory Hymn The Doxology The Great Thanksgiving Sanctus Memorial Acclamation The Lord s Prayer The Fraction Anthem Agnus Dei THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD Administration of the Sacrament Communion Hymn Homeless Soup Kitchen Offering Welcome amp Announcements Post Communion Prayer Recessional Hymn Dismissal BCP Book of Common Prayer Hymnal 1982 p 83 Hymnal 1982 p S 280 Collect Ist Sunday after Christmas Isaiah 61 10 62 3 Galatians 3 23 25 4 4 7 Sequence Hymn LEVAS p 21 The Gospel John 1 1 18 Sermon The Rev Nathanael Saint Pierre The Nicene Creed BCP p 358 Available on screen only To a Virgin Meek and Mild Hymnal 1982 p 102 THE HOLY COMMUNION Eucharistic Prayer A Hymnal 1982 p S125 Hymnal 1982 p 87 BCP p 355 BCP p 213 BCP p 805 BCP p 359 BCP p 360 BCP p 361 BCP p 363 BCP p 364 LEVAS p 268 LEVAS p 270 LEVAS p 24 Mission Statement BCP p 365 BCP p 366 service to others and one another z i LEVAS Lif
5. Robertson Andrew Davis Frank Magezi Johnson Kevin Rud dell Francis Heard Bobby Carter Todd LeGroan We remember those who celebrate another anniversary of their birth especial ly December Ist Kenneth Scott ShayQuan Spain James Williams III 2nd Barba ra Allie 3rd Charlene Cox Denise Peterson Margaret Wade Brianna Hamilton 4th Edward Lewis Lynn Collins Jeremy Gonzalez 5th Marilyn Singleton Andrew Warbington Vanessa Ortiz Pamela Semper Alexandra Small 6th Chante Ferrell Margaret Jenkins Juanita Walker 7th James Campbell Beverly Graham 8th Mark Kelly Michael Steele Terrance Franks Jr 10th Ebony Christian Matthew Green Jr Marcus Reid Jennifer Woody Jessica Woody 12th Victoria Vessells Vanessa Vessells Gabrielle Strother Jayla Terry 13th Edna Fenton Charlene Cox Sandra Jefferson Jeffrey McBride 14th Daniel Padilla Khaylan Ramsey 15th Jamal Brock Tyrah Mulaine 16th DeShawn Adams Robert Blackwell Romare Taylor Kira Britt 17th Richard Patterson Betty Vessells 18th Xavier McInnis 19th Vivian Duncan Justin Pretlow 21st Verleese Mulraine Mialonie Martinez 22nd Warren Bradley Zendrah Bonnick 24th William Curry 25th Doris Daly Shaun Fortune Onika Abraham James Archibald Noreen Archibald Ebony Smoot Damien McMillion Natoutchika Saint Pierre 27th Ruth Fenton Eugene Simmons 28th Latoya Single ton Keiche Winfield Harris Darrell Samuel Carlie Vasquez 29th Aquira Greene 30th Ellen Allen Ja
6. clyn Gutierrez 31st Ashley Hartley Brandon Samuel We pray for those who have died Etta Jean Winfield Lionel Davis Sidney Rich ards Justice and Peace in all lands Especially we pray for Japan China Western In dia Darfur Afghanistan Haiti the Holy Land Lebanon Iraq Niger Sierra Leone Sudan all of Africa this nation and the United Nations Niger Sierra Leone Sudan all of Africa this nation and the United Nations The St Augustine y eCho is a newsletter to keep our members and the larger com munity informed about what is happening at St Augustine s and beyond We welcome story contributors to submit articles poetry advertising and any information one may want to share Please submit your contribution by e mail to info staugnyc org no later than on Wednesdays for the Sunday edition In an effort to reach a broad audience St Augustine s Church occasionally records through video and photography its services for publication on the Internet Your attend ance at a service or event constitutes your consent to be included in any filming photographing audio recording or broadcast and for any other use in whole or in part includ ing publicity and promotion Announcements Insert Welcome Visitors We welcome you this morning We are happy that you have come to worship with us If you have no church home we invite you to unite with us The process begins with you completing a Parish Census Form that can be f
7. d ideas and expectations Jesus is a gift that can make us stumble both when we preach it and when we receive the preach ing The word of God is not always music to one s ears We don t serve one another by saying what we believe is good to hear but by saying what God wants us to convey We have not received a crown in Jesus we have received a cross a call and challenge to maintain a relationship with God but also to acceptance toward each other We have received the grace in Jesus Christ and also a call to newness where everything we know may come to pass and all things in him are anew redeemed refurbished rebuilt reformatted reconstructed 3 Jesus is the gift that takes away the sins of the world And when he returned to Capernaum after some days it was re ported that he was at home And many were gathered together so that there was no more room not even at the door And he was preaching the word to them And they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men And when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic Son your sins are forgiv en Mark 2 1 5 One cannot receive the gift of Jesus and not be transformed There will be transformation in word thought and deed By receiving Jesus we accept to become a gift ourselves and transform live
8. ike that and has lived under these rules for 30 years it is unusual to change That s the way it is done That s the way we are Don t try to change it it is tradition are sentences have repeated myself and comfortably But God did change me have learned to successfully accept my beloved daughter for who and what she is and have stood stand and will stand by her until die as one of the best gifts God has given me will defend her against all attacks from wherever they come stand al so from now on beside all who are stigmatized or ostracized for their race gender orientation or for any other difference Growing up in God helped me to understand that this is my responsibility We don t pick our gifts the giver somehow thinks that s what we deserve and can handle My daughter is not just Mini Me a female younger version of myself that can mold the way want She is Natoutchika Nakianoel Born on Christmas Day just a mere extension of my DNA but a different and unique entity A separate identity with her own ways her own life her own destiny She was introduced into my life to teach me new val ues not the values I took for granted not the values wanted to be immutable Jesus is not a gift we wish a gift we order sur mesure made on size or customized a gift we should try to or can control 1 Jesus is the gift that saves Jesus is a spiritual gift similar to the gift Natou is in my material
9. life He is not a toy to distract and only release stress Sometimes Jesus can be the cause of our stress Differently from Natou though Jesus comes with a user manual the Bible but most of us do not take the time to read until we end up with a part in our hands that we don t know where it fits You opened up your gifts last Thursday but how many of you have taken the time to read any literature con tained in the box I have to tell you sometimes they are so ridiculous I ve read one that came with an electric iron received as a gift Do not iron cloth on yourself or on a medication Keep out of reach of children This contains poison and might kill drink milk if ingested We have no time to waste reading the user manual of a product made in China and Google translat ed You should see some French translated user manual for computer where the driver for a printer or any device become the chauffeur when translated We tend to try by ourselves to assemble that gift we receive from a well intentioned friend If you want to know what kind of gift Jesus is read the Bible Jesus is the gift that saves For by grace you have been saved through faith And this is not your own doing it is the gift of God Ephesians 2 8 So we have come to know and to believe Continued on page 3 First Sunday after Christmas December 28th 2014 2 OOO the love that God has for us God is love and whoever abides in love abides in G
10. od and God abides in him 1 John 4 16 Even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him You know him for he dwells with you and will be in you John 14 17 and the most descriptive one when it comes to Jesus is the well known passage from John 3 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life Certain people may believe you are lost Jesus has given his life to save you and me Certain people may think we do not deserve that gift God has selected you and me 2 We have the responsibility to serve one another As each has received a gift use it to serve one another as good stew ards of God s varied grace 1 Peter 4 10 The Bible also explains what to do with the gifts we have received from God they should be multiplied Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us let us use them if prophecy in pro portion to our faith Romans 12 6 We have not received the same gift God is not Santa he knows the tool set that will make us better beings We don t all have the same faith and our prophecy our proclamation or preaching cannot be iden tical Our results cannot be the same We will touch some people and will upset others with the same words or the same actions Let us pray for God to provide tolerance love respect and understanding to receive his gifts without preconceive
11. ound on the table in the church Give it to an usher and we will be in touch with you very soon However if you are just passing through we are honored by your presence and we wish you Godspeed as you complete your journey Our organist this morning is Ms Carolyn Bensen who has graciously extended her service as our Acting Music Director Usher s Guild will host Coffee Hour for the month of December SCOPE Senior Citizen Church Outreach Program and Eldership is seeking for volunteers Bingo is now the only activity we have for the Senior Citizens Please contact Mr Daley or Father Nat for assistance It would be great to have some help and to develop this ministry to include other health and recreational activities Congregation Census Form Help us update our Records Have you changed your address your telephone number married divorced or changed your email address Please update your profile by filling out the Census form available in the back of the Church and return it in the alms basin or give it to the Warden Mr Nimrod Daley Sunday s collection December 21st total 4 072 25 Pledges 999 00 Open Plate 49 00 Regular Support 0 00 Special Offerings 301 00 Tenants 0 00 Rentals 1 200 00 Jackie Funds 275 00 Other Sources 1 100 00 Soup Kitchen 50 25 SCOPE Bingo 98 00 compared to December 14th total 4 783 00 Pledges 2 084 00 Open Plate 26 00 Regular Support 0 00 Special Offerings 82 00 Tenants 1 500 00 Rentals 900
12. s the way our own is being transformed Accepting the gift of Jesus is to become self offering to God in his plan of salvation for the world No am not asking you to let yourself be crucified with a hammer and 5 nails on a cross but people will sin against you Learn to do with them what the gift of Jesus has done for you Free yourself by letting go of their offenses free them by your for giveness God had a plan in giving me Natou God HAS a plan in giving Jesus to the world A plan that to this day is still unfold ing Sometimes question it sometimes try to walk away from it because it goes against what have been raised to believe But through it all am blessed and have grown up spiritually because God s plan for me AND FOR YOU is that no gift given to us is to be dismissed or wasted God wants us to receive Jesus in the Eucharist today as the gift that saves the gift that compels us to face our responsibilities and transforms who we were and the gift that takes away the sins of the world And the word became flesh and lived among us Jesus is right here right now among us as a gift from God to transform us First Sunday after Christmas December 28th 2014 ee eee Office Hours 9 00 12 00 1 00 5 00 Church 286 290 Henry Street Office 333 Madison Street New York New York 10002 T 212 673 5300 F 212 673 5201 Email info staugnyc org Website http www staugnyc or Facebook h WWw fi k com
13. sed Congregational teams may be made up of clergy and or lay leaders As with the first Indaba we hope that the Rector or Priest in charge will participate where possible and that the team will reflect the diversity of the congregation We encourage the participation of a young adult where possible The three 2015 weekends will be January 24 25 May 2 3 and September 26 27 If interested contact us within office hours 212 673 5300 or 917 232 9583 Jackie Bradley s Funds Please contribute to Jackie s formation Envelopes are available on the table in the back of our church We are accepting Articles and Advertisements to publish in the St Augustine s eCho Change in administration Volunteers are welcome to help with the phone lines Worship Services New Year s Eve Wednesday December 31 No Noon Healing Service 11 00 PM Holy Eucharist Second Sunday after Christmas The Epiphany Sunday January 4 8 30 AM Said Eucharist 10 30 AM Sung Eucharist
14. t Every Voice amp Sing 7 Hymnal 1982 S Augustine of Hippo A Parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York Weekly Services Sunday Services 8 30 AM Said Eucharist 10 30 AM Sung Eucharist Wednesday December 31st 2014 No Healing Service St Augustine s Church is a Christ centered ministry where everyone is invited and welcome We are a loving Christian body that seeks to en hance spirituality and community We confirm this by developing minis tries that empower the mind body and soul We are nurtured through OSOP One Song of Praise First Sunday after Christmas December 28th 2014 December 28th 2014 cor Sia i With Every Gift Comes A Set of Responsibilities The Reverend Nathanael Saint Pierre Jesus is a gift no different from the gifts described in several stories of the Bible From the story of the talents the master gave to his servants in Matthew 25 14 30 to James 1 17 where it is written Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change we realize that gifts are not given to us to enjoy irresponsi b bly The craziness of the secular Christmas may lead us to consider a gift that has only a positive out come The reality is that a gift can be a curse for the one who receives it What kind of gift is Jesus for us What are the responsibilities we face by receiving Jesus What should we do
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