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and onour Youth Missions Trip to New Orleans.God has and will continue to grace us with knowledge and love of him as

we experience all that he has made. But we must pray for eyes to see and ears to hear.

One person who embodied this so well is one of my favorite poets, Gerard Manley Hopkins, especially in his writing the

following:

Pied BeautyGlory be to God for dappled things--

For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;

For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;

Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches wings;

Landscape plotted and pieced--fold, fallow, and plough;

And all trades, their gear and tackle

and trim.

All things counter, original, spare, strange;

Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)

With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;

He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:

Praise Him.

I have always loved the last line: Praise Him, it exclaims. Fundamentally above all else this is the right and proper

response for us, his creatures whom he fathers-forth, along with all the other gifts of our existence. Hopkins here is

simply echoing James 1:17: Every generous act of g iving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the

Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change (NRSV).Godwho does not changegivesus many things which do change and grow; our children, our gardens, our friendships and our families.

Are you intentionally taking time to enjoy them this summer? Moreover, does your enjoyment of them spur you onto

praise their source?

To be sure, sometimes praise looks like a smile intentionally lifted to God, or a simple thank you, Lord spoken over a

cold iced tea on a summer day. At other moments it may look like being enraptured with a favorite hymn, or humbled by

Gods gracious presence in the Eucharist.

My hope and encouragement for you this summerwould be for you to make this poem a kind of daily prayer. Be inspired

to notice Gods gracious gift in the minutiae of life or in the grandness of lifeand praise him!

The Deacons Corner

Deacon Carol Hobson

Mother Come Back

Sad and sorrowful are the eyes when thelight is gone and connections fade.No more questions, no more tears.

Thats not my mom behind those eyes, for she would know my name.

Where did you go? What dream has cast its spell across your waning years?

Is it paper dolls and skates and boys, or ghostly tunnels

and spider webs through gateless walls that dont make sense?

Theres no more light on the path youve trod, the past not even a memory now; Before you only empty space descending down and out of sight.

I watch, I watch that fading light and call it back, dont go,

Until the faintest ember dies and you is mine no more.

Maybe its then the true light is born within the soul,When body and mind are at their quiet and the voice of God is clear.


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Around the Parish

Summer Liturgical Schedule!the last day of our summer liturgical schedule will be Sunday, August 24. Thesummer schedule is: Sunday, Holy Eucharist at 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, Healing Liturgy and Holy Eucharist

at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, Morning Prayer and Holy Eucharist at 9:30 a.m. Questions? Please contact Holly in the office.

Peddlin Padre Strikes Againover $2,500.00 was raised to assist in completion of our new bathroom on theparish hall level. Thank you to all who have been so generous!

Prayers for HealingSunday,

August 3 in the Saint Augustine Chapel. The Order of Saint Luke will be available

immediately following the 9:30 a.m., and 5:00 p.m. liturgies to pray for all who are in need of healing.

Bishops Visitation and Confirmationon Sunday, August 31, Bishop Lambert will be with us to celebrate,preach, and confirm during the 10:30 a.m. liturgy. There will be a reception for Bishop Lambert and the new confirmands

immediately following in the parish hall.

Welcome Back SundayJoin us on Sunday, September 7 during the 9:15 a.m. Christian Education hour forWelcome Back Sunday. Have breakfast with us, meet your teachers and find out more about the exciting opportunities for

you and your family this school year!

Christ ian Education

Childrens Sunday Schoolhas ended until September, but we still have a lot going on. Childrens Chapel takes

place each week during the 9:30 a.m. liturgy. The children exit the main liturgy immediately following theprocessional

hymn.

We will not have Childrens Chapel on Sunday, August 3 and Sunday August 10. We will resume on Sunday,

August 17.

Thank you to everyone whohelped with VBS this year.All of your donations and time spent with the children and behind

the sceneshave beengreatly appreciated.We had thirty-five children registered.Everyone had a wonderful timewith

Moses!

Save the Date for our Back to School Breakfast on Sunday, September 7 at 9:30 a.m. Come join us to meet the teachers,

learn more about our Sunday School program and to register your children for SundaySchool. We will look forward to

seeing you then.If you have any questions please see Joyce Jones-Duffey or June Adams.

Organizations and Ministries

CursilloWhat is Cursillo? Cursillo is intended to help Christians learn and live what is fundamental as a Christian,and to help these same Christians to discover and live out a personal vocation. Cursillo is a movement of the Episcopal

Church, under the authority of the Diocesan Bishop. The goal of Cursillo is bring the world to Christ by empowering

adult a Christian leaders through the use of a specific method, which equips and encourages Christians to live out their

Baptismal Covenant to serve Christ.

The word Cursillo comes from Spanish and means a short course of lectures. The full title, Cursillo s in Christiandad,

has been translated, short courses in Christian living.

Cursillo is intended to make saints

and apostles. Saints are people who know God, who know Gods love and grace, and

who live their lives from this relationship. Apostles are saintswho have a mission to share that same knowledge with others. The goal of Cursillo is to use specific methods and tools to

grow Christ-centered leaders for the work of mission and ministry.

Still another way to put the purpose of Cursillo is in the phrase: For usfor others. That is, it captures the Old

Testament sense of the call of Abraham, I will bless you so that you will be a blessing (Gen. 12:2). This blessing is for a

purposenot just to be receivedfor usbut also to be handed onfor others.

Cursillo attempts to reach its goals by:


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1. Helping Christians discover the depths of their faith to appreciate its reality and richness;

2. Inspiring Christians to pursue their mission in the world by hearing and heeding Gods call;3. Connecting Christians in networks that empower them to carry out their mission;

4. Holding up examples of Christians who are carrying out their mission in ordinary life settings.

If you are interested in taking this next step in the development of your faith talk to one

of the Cursillistas at Saint Davids

or contact David Mays.

Daughters of the KingThe DOK will meet in the parish library on Saturday, August

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at 10:00 a.m. for their

monthly meeting. For more information please contact Judy Johnston at 940 -482-6538 or email to

[email protected].

Junior Daughters of the Kingon Sunday, August 3, the Junior DOK willjoin together for fun and fellowshipand a SWIM PARTYat the home of Betsy Kensinger, 601 Seville Rd, Denton from 1 :00 p.m.to 3:00 p.m.

The Junior DOK gives baptized girls age 7 to21a special opportunity to grow in love and knowledge of our Lord Jesus

Christ, while serving our church and community.

We experience the joy of belonging to Christian fellowship with friends and mentors. We study the Bib le, discuss our

faith, support each other, and pray for the needs of our community and our world.

We wear a silver cross with the initials FHSFor His Sakeas a symbol of our promise. For Christs sake we pray, weserve, and we reach out in love to all.

Please contact Betsy Kensinger ([email protected] ) or the Parish Office for more information if you know

someone who might be interested in joining our chapter.

Men of Saint Davids (MOSD)the MOSD has two projects that we are working on; one that is startingimmediately and one that is under consideration. The immediate project is to start providing some support for our

homeless brothers and sisters. During the week there are places for them to get food, however, on the weekends thereare

lessresources available. On Sundays they congregate near the Senior Center/Civic Center area. We have startedputting

together small snack packs of foodwhich aretaken to the Civic Center area and distributedalong with water each Sunday.

We are calling on the Parish to help supply the needed items so that we can show our love by our acts.

The second project is to have a booth at the Jazz Festival next year selling the African baskets such as the ones that w e

have had here at the church. This will be a true outreach opportunity as we spread our name in the community and raise

money for the missions. However, to do this we will need the help of more than just the members of the MOSD to staff

the booth for three days. In addition if you do crafts and would like to have your wares in our booth or have us handle

them on consignment we are open to that. In order to proceed we need to know if there are people who are willing to helpstaff the booth. If you are interested please contact Vern Bassett, Steve Hale, Lynn

Stanphill or Dave Mays.

Our August meeting will take place on Saturday, August 16 at 8:00 a.m. beginning with Morning Prayer followed by

breakfast and the meeting.

Bottled Water Donationswe are collecting bottled water for Our Daily Bread and the homeless shelter thissummer. Please leave all donations in the parish hall.

The Order of Saint LukeA primary objective of the OSL is to promote understanding that healing is an ongoing,lifelong process of growing into the wholeness that God wills for all of us. His plan is wholeness for individuals, for the

Body of Christ, for the nations, and for all creation.


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Each OSL member is asked to be an ambassador for Christ by being a channel of Jesus healing love in the lives of others,

wherever they may be, filling them with the Lords joy, courage, and peace. In like manner each chapter is primarilycalled to spread the Good News that Jesus Christ brings salvation, wholeness, and healing today as He did centuries ago.

Some of the ways that our chapter doesthis is regular participation in the healing service held on the first Sunday of each

month, participating in the healing liturgy held every Wednesday evening (did you know that we have a weekly healing

liturgy?), praying for the sick, and visiting shut-ins when possible. When we visit we lay on hands and offer healing

prayers and on Wednesdays if there is no priest available we lay on hands and offer healing prayers.

Are you ready to take your place in Christs commission to go and heal the sick? If you are or if you just want moreinformation contact our chapter Chaplin (Deacon Carol) or our Convener (Dave Mays). We are eagerly awaiting your

participation.

Women of Saint DavidsSave the date: Saturday, September 6, for the Women of St. Davids fall meeting. Wewill collect our Thank Box offerings which will go to Denton Christian Preschool, a longtime program for underprivileged

children. We will also form a Nominating committee for the election of officers in December. Another date to remember is

ourFamily Game Night on Saturday, October 4. This will be great fun for the whole family. We hope to see you at both

events.

Apple Tree Thank You!The Interfaith Ministries of Dentons Apple Tree Projecthas been in existence since1996. This is a program designed to help low-income families who have children attending school in the DISD receive

back-to-school essentials: school supplies, new backpack, pair of new shoes, and two sets of new clothing. Parents register

their children and each child is then represented as an Apple which is adopted by individuals who buy the two sets of

clothing in the childs size. This year there were some 1,500 students registered. The program is held during the summermonths and the program concludes in August shortly before the new school year begins. The Women of St. David has

supported this project for quite a few years.

A big THANK-YOU to the following for making the Interfaith Ministries Apple Tree Project a success here at St. David's

by adopting 20 Apples: Esther Andrews, Bonnie Bassett, Ann Bradbury, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Lori Goin, Deacon Carol

Hobson, Bonnie Ivins, June Kirkpatrick, Jolayne LaCour and Wayne Zimmerman, Jaimie and Ben Miller, Judy Nichols,Merrily Prescott, Sheri Sager, Chelsey Stafki, Linda Touraine, and Nita and Dick Wells. Your generosity will be greatly

appreciated by the DISD students who are recipients of your purchases.

Mark your calendar now to adopt your Apple next year in June!

Come to Tea!Join us for a tea sponsored by the Women of Saint Davids,Saturday, September 20, 2014, 2:00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m. in the Saint David of Wales Parish Hall.

Guest speaker is Emanda Johnson. Emanda holds a Master of Arts in Art History specializing in Medieval Art and

Architecture.She has taught at the University level locally and guided study abroad tours to Scotland.Her love of art andarchitecture and her trips abroad have informed and inspired much of her quilt art. She was president of the Denton Quilt

Guild from 2011-2013.

Tickets are $15 and Seating is limited so RSVP earlyto Jolayne LaCour at [email protected] or 940-390-2595.

Youth of Saint DavidsThis years missions trip to New Orleans was a wonderful success, insofar as these things

can be measured. We served at-risk youth/students, inner city schoolteachers, homeless individuals and families and theCity of New Orleans itself! (Make sure to check out our pictures on Facebook!) But there is no reason why you should

take my word for it. Here is what some of our students wrote concerning what they learned:

"What have I learned about myself? I have learned that in God I find happiness, and in happiness I find God."

--Kaitlyn Stafki

"I am usually trying to avoid homeless people, but now I know that they are God's people too. They have just had certain

events that put them in this state. We shouldn't judge people by the clothes they wear or how they look, since we are allbrothers and sisters in Christ, we should love one another." --Matthew Chafin

"This week I learned that I had to putmore of an effort into getting to know people, putting aside differences to be closer

to my peers." --Catherine Pruden


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These are some pretty profound lessons that us adults would do well to ponder upon as well! The YOSD want to thank the

parish for their generous support of our mission and all the chaperones who accompanied Father Clint and the students. In

particular, I (FatherClint) want to thank Geri Chafin, Lee Stafki, Ben & Jamie Miller and the WOSD for their help with

fundraising.

Saint of the Month

Jeremy Taylor, Bishop and Theologian

August 13

Jeremy Taylor was born at Cambridge in 1613 and ordained in 1633. In the years between 1633 and the ascendency of the

Puritans in 1645, he was a Fellow of two Cambridge colleges, and chaplain to Archbishop Laud and to King Charles.

Under Puritan rule, he was imprisoned three times, and forced into retirement as a family chaplain in Wales. After the

Restoration, in 1661, he became Bishop of Down and Connor in Ireland. Among his many books

on theological, moral,

and devotional subjects, the best known are The Rule andExercises of Holy Living(1650) andThe Rule and Exercises ofHolyDying(1651), usually cited simply asHoly LivingandHoly Dying.Many readers, including Charles Wesley a

century later, have reported finding these books of great spiritual benefit. Another work of his, Liberty of

Prophesying,argues for freedom of conscience and freedom of speech in a religious context. Being stationed in an areathat was largely Roman Catholic, he was, perhaps inevitably, drawn into controversy, and he wrote a book called

Dissuasion (orDissuasive) Against Popery.

One of the prayers for the Visitation of the Sick as found in theBook of Common Prayer(p 316 in the 1928 American

edition) was written by Taylor. It reads as follows:

O God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be Numbered; Make us, we beseech thee, deeply sensible

of the shortness and uncertainty ofhuman life; and let thy Holy Spirit lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days:

that, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a

good conscience; in the communion of the Catholic Church; in the confidence of a certain faith; in the comfort of a

reasonable, religious, and holy hope; in favour with thee our God, and in perfect charity with the world. All which we ask

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be Numbered: Make us, like your servant Jeremy Taylor,

deeply aware of the shortness and uncertainty of human life; and let your Holy Spirit lead us in holiness and righteousness

all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.


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19:00 Fitness Class

Rectors Day Off

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Memorial

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Prayer and

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109:30Holy

Eucharist

5:00 Holy

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