Weekly Trumpet

Here's the News from St. Gabriel's for this weekend and the rest of the week.
Enjoy your weekend.

SAINT GABRIEL'S HAPPENINGS

                     REMINDER - INTERFAITH FOOD COLLECTION THIS SUNDAY, MAY 2nd -We collect non-perishable food items and household good the first Sunday of each month for our local food pantry, Interfaith Relief. They are always looking for peanut butter, canned goods, pasta, cereal, spaghetti sauce, etc. Please bring items to church this Sunday and place your donations in the basket at the entrance.

                     CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTINUES - All classes begin at 10:00 a.m. with children returning to their parents at the Peace for Communion
• Ages 3 to 1st grade meet in Music Room #2
• 2nd grade to 5th grade meet in the Cafeteria
• Middle Schoolers meet in Music Room #1

                     Adult Forum MINISTRY: In the spirit of the Easter season, we will be trying something new today! Join Pastor Shearon for a conversation about today's sermon on Acts 11: 1-8. We will be thinking about the sermon as a conversation starter and asking &quotWhere is the lively intersection between today's passage from Acts and my/our experience?" We will meet in Chorus Room 2 after the service and coffee.

                     Pastoral Care: Pastor Shearon will be away Tuesday, May 4th through Friday, May 7th. In the event of a pastoral need, please contact the Rev. Ann Ritonia, Assistant Rector at Christ Church Winchester. Her cell phone number will be on Saint Gabriel's answering machine as well as with Sharon Boivin, our Senior Warden.

                     DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER FOR THE Shrine Mont Parish Retreat, MAY 7TH-8th -Please mark May 7th-9th on your calendar for the all-parish retreat at Shrine Mont! It's always a wonderful way to rest, relax, and recreate in fellowship with your church family. Registration is now open and forms are available on the information table. You can mail in registrations or drop them off at church office . Registration form attached.

                     Vestry Nominations- ANNUAL MEETING, SUNDAY, JUNE 6th- Our annual meeting is coming up on June 6th. If you have nominations that you would like to make, please send them to our Senior Warden, Sharon Boivin, at sharonaboivin@gmail.com. You may make self-nominations or submit the names of others. Please remember to ask those you wish to nominate before submitting their names.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION/ VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

OUTREACH PROJECTS UPDATE First thanks to everyone who sewed, knitted, purchased and donated to all our Lenten Projects, you are the people who show the world St. Gabriel's is Christ's hands at work. We have given 22 hats and 2 wraps to the Hats and Wraps project at Leesburg hospital as well as 7 hats to Hats of Hope at Loudoun Hospital. We have given one quilt to the pediatric unit and 2 wheel chair blankets to the Leesburg hospital and 2 wheelchair blankets are ready to go to Walter Reed. We also have 10 bags almost ready for the emergency foster placement department of Loudoun DFS. While our projects started as service projects for Lent they all cover ongoing needs. Both hospitals need hats for their oncology patients; both appreciate the lift that a cheerful lap blanket can give their wheelchair patients and both caregivers and children alike appreciate quilts for the pediatric unit so if you sew, knit, crochet, weave or just want to donate something to a worthwhile cause this certainly covers all the bases. We committed to putting together 10 overnight bags for children who have to be placed in a foster home in a hurry and hopefully we can meet that commitment by the end of this week. People have been VERY generous but we still need sleepwear for the older children, PJ's can be expensive but for the warmer months T shirts and appropriate boxers work just fine. Can you help? If you have questions call Sue Hands-Renwick 703-729-9693 or email at suehr@msn.com 

                     In the Gospel of Matthew, (Matt 25:35) Jesus reminds us that life in Him means that we are to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and visit the sick. You can do your part by being available to provide a meal to those who are ill or to provide a ride to those who cannot drive, or to run an errand for someone who is homebound. If you would like to offer your services to do any of these things, the LifeCare team would welcome your help. You would become part of an email list. The coordinators would contact those on the email list when a need arises. You would have the option of saying if you could help out or not, and when. Please email Anne Denzin at sewcreativeva@gmail.comm  and offer your help.

                     H1N1 VACCINATION- If you still need to get your H1N1 Vaccination, the Health Department will be providing free shots at the Dulles Town Center every Tuesday and Thursday from 1pm-7pm. Or you can go to the Leesburg Clinic at 102 Heritage Way, Monday thru Fridays from 9am-4pm.

                     VOLUNTEERS OPPORTUNITIES: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE-RUST LIBRARY LOCATION-Volunteers participate in a small group, leading and encouraging general conversation in English. This is not a teaching exercise instead it is an opportunity for the participants to practice conversational English. (Monday thru Friday, mornings, afternoon & evening hours needed. Must be 18 or over). Contact Jack Frear at 703-777-0369 or Jack.Frear@loudoun.gov .

YOUTH VOLUNTEERS-ADOPT-A-GRANDPARENT, SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, LEESBURG-Volunteers are asked to spend one hour a week for one year with their &quotadopted grandma or grandpa" so as to build a close and meaningful relationship. Volunteers also need to acknowledge major holidays in some way. (Sundays thru Saturdays, morning, afternoon & evening, hours needed. Must be willing to commit to 1 hour per week per year. Age Minimum: Under18) Contact #: 703-777-1971.

CHURCH NEEDS

                     THE HOSPITALITY MINISTRY NEEDS YOUR HELP- If you can help by providing hospitality on Sundays in the coming weeks, please sign-up on the sheet on the Information Table. It is such an easy thing to do, and is a wonderful way to welcome old friends and guests every Sunday. Best of all, you'll get first crack at the goodies!

CAN YOU COUNT? -Of course you can! That's why we're looking for a few good counters like you to serve as tellers. Tellers count up the donations in the offering basket on Sundays and fill out the deposit form. It quick and easy, but is so important to the smooth running of St. Gabriel's. Please consider volunteering for this; contact Jodi Moore at jandrmoore@yahoo.com <mailto:jandrmoore@yahoo.com>.

                     HELPING HAITI -You may be surprised to know that the Episcopal Church has a significant presence in Haiti, and Diocese of Virginia missioner The Rev. Lauren Stanley serves there. The terrible earthquake has caused death and destruction in that troubled but beautiful place. Your prayers are of paramount importance! Please also consider helping in relief efforts by donating to Episcopal Relief and Development. Their online giving page is &lthttps://www.er-d.org/GiveNow/> . The need is great. As the Diocese of Virginia formulates a plan for further aid to Haiti, we will keep you informed.

Reading Ahead in the Lectionary

                     REading Ahead in the Lectionary - As part of your own spiritual practices, try reading the Scripture lessons for the coming Sunday. Here are the readings for next Sunday. Read ahead. Mark, learn and inwardly digest. You may hear things you never expected, and it may enrich your experience of worship on Sunday.

                     May 9th, Sixth Sunday of Easter:
• Psalm 67;
• Acts 16:9-15; Revelation 21:10, 22--22:5;
• John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9

                     May 16th, Seventh Sunday of Easter:
• Psalm 97;
• Acts 16:16-34; Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21;
• John 17:20-26

                     THE LECTIONARY LINK-If you would prefer to access these readings online here is the link to the Lectionary Page, <http://www.io.com/ËÅ“kellywp/>. Just click on the date you want to read. We use the RCL version, and if there are alternate readings for a given Sunday, we always use the first set of readings.

CHURCH & COMMUNITY LIFE

                     INTERIM PASTORAL CARE UPDATE - Those in need of pastoral care should contact The Rev. Shearon Williams at 703-548-0914 or Shearon.Williams@comcast.net.
Do You Suffer From Food Allergies? We now have communion wafers available that are gluten free, wheat free, dairy free, corn free, and soy free. They do not have any ingredients that were produced using biotechnology. Ingredients: filtered water, sweet rice flour, potato flour, organic palm fruit oil, potato starch, methylcellulose, sunflower lecithin. If you would prefer to receive these wafers rather than the regular wheat wafers, please email Pastor Shearon at Shearon.Williams@comcast.net.; we will make sure that they are consecrated and available.

                     OUR LIFE CARE TEAM provides most of the ongoing support that you may need during many

                     life events. Peg Coleman maintains our published and confidential prayer lists. Please send your prayer and thanksgiving requests to Peg at: prayer@saintgabriels.net. Anne Denzin is now responsible for gathering information and following up on the effectiveness of support; call Anne at (703) 858-5841 if you need care or assistance. Some of the needs that the Life Care team is able to provide include hospital visiting, home communion and delivered meals.
Looking ahead to Confirmation- We will be blessed by a visit from Bishop Ted Gulick, on November 14, 2010, who is assisting Bishop Shannon and Bishop Jones in making these Episcopal visits. If you are interested (or if your child is interested) in being confirmed at that time, or if you have been confirmed already in other denomination but would like to be formally received into the Episcopal Church, please talk to Pastor Shearon. We will plan ahead for Confirmation preparation classes and it would be helpful to know how many people would like to do this.

                    Baptisms - Can be scheduled on most Sundays of the church year, but are particularly appropriate on certain feast days. Thus, we usually celebrate baptisms on Baptism of our Lord (or following Sundays in Epiphany), Easter (1st Sunday following), Pentecost and All Saints Sunday. The bishop will be visiting on November14th, 2010 and baptism or confirmation can be scheduled for that date. If you are interested in being baptized, or having a child be baptized, please call the church office.

CHURCH DATABASE ONLINE - Did you know that you can find a church directory, check your own giving status, and update your personal information right at your own computer? Simply go to www.saintgabriels.net, click Resources, and click Member Information to get to the log-on screen. If you have an email in our database, you can log in and do searches.

                     ADD A PHOTO TO THE DIRECTORY - Let's try to update our current online directory with family and individual photos. Simply go the membership database through our website, which is password secure, find your own family in "directories", click "edit" and add a family photo from your own electronic files.

                     SENDING SOMETHING BY MAIL TO ST GABRIEL'S.  Please remember that our mailing address is NOT Belmont Ridge Middle School, it is 14 Cornwall Street, N.W., Leesburg, VA 20176

ST. GABRIEL'S e-GIVING WEBSITE

Now it is even easier to be good stewards than it was before. It's simple, secure, quick, and efficient. Log on to our e-Giving Website and set up automatic payments for your contributions to the church. Visit our website at www.saintgabriels.net and click Resources and then St. Gabe's Electronic Contributions. Your continued Stewardship helps all of us to meet our goals of Encountering God, Building Relationships, and Making a Difference in the World.

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

                     For the church: For St. Gabriel's, as we seek to live out our mission more fully; for our mother church, St. James'; for St. Gabriel's, Boitumelo, South Africa; and for Santa Maria, the Episcopal Hispanic Mission in Northern VA.

The Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: The Anglican Church of Kenya The Most Revd Eliud Wabukala Archbishop of Kenya & Bishop of All Saints Cathedral Diocese. Parish Cycle of Prayer we pray for: St. John's, Richmond-the Rev. Laura Inscoe; Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond-the Very Rev. Bo Millner., the Rev. Michael Cadaret, the Rev. Lauren Kuratko; St. Andrew's, Burke-the Rev. Randall Prior, the Rev. Jeanie Martinez-Jantz; St. George's, Fredericksburg-the Rev. Jim Dannals, the Rev. Gay Rahn; St. Luke's, Alexandria-the Rev. Tuck Bowerfind, the Rev. Lynda Hergenrather, the Rev. Ketlen Solak, the Rev. Michael Moore; Calvary Church, Front Royal-the Rev. Debbie Rutter.

Send prayer requests to prayer@saintgabriels.net

Total Attendance, Sunday, April 25th, 2010: 50 Total Average: 64