Community Announcements
September 2, 2010
Passing Through Death
 The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
Whether on the battle front, or in desolate displacement camps, believers experience the numinous, healing, recreating presence of God. God is unreservedly the God of salvation revealed in the One who has passed through death and now abides among his people. The diversity of this Church is both its strength and its weakness, its hidden wealth, and its fragmentation. We close with an acclamation from one of Sudan’s most popular vernacular hymns:
Let us give thanks.
Let us give thanks to the Lord in the day of devastation;
and in the day of contentment.
Jesus has bound the world round
with the pure light of the word of his Father.
When we beseech the Lord and unite our hearts and have hope,
then the evil power has no strength.
God has not forgotten us.
Evil is departing and holiness is advancing,
these are the things that shake the earth.
From “Death has Come to Reveal the Faith: Spirituality in the Episcopal Church of the Sudan Amidst Civil Conflict” by Marc Nikkel, in Anglicanism: A Global Communion, edited by Andrew Wingate, Kevin Ward, Carrie Pemberton, and Wilson Sitshebo. Copyright © 1998. Used by permission of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY, www.churchpublishing.org. From Episcopal Café.
 The Choir of Our Saviour Season Begins
Rehearsals begin Thursday, September 9th at 7:30 pm, and the choir sings for the first time this season at the 10:00 Sunday service on September 12th. Interested in joining this lively ministry of music? You would be warmly welcomed! The Choir rehearses weekly on Thursday evenings and meets at 9:00 am on Sunday mornings to prepare for 10:00 am worship. Contact Dr. Dan Hoggatt for further information.
Register for Church of Our Saviour's
Sunday School Programs
Register your children and youth now! It's easy, free, and takes only a few minutes using our online registration form.
Our Programs continue on Sunday, September 12th
(meeting at 9:45, Sunday mornings)
Godly Play Near Room: Pre-K through 1st Grade
Godly Play Far Room: 2nd-4th Grades
Middle Saints: 5th-8th Grades
EPIC Youth Group: High Schoolers (Meeting 11:30 am on Sundays)
Contact our Youth Minister, Willie Van Doren
Questions? Call 388-1907 or email the office
Join us this Sunday, September 5, 2010
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am - Eucharist, Rite I
9:45 am - Community Sunday - No Church School
10:00 am - Choral Eucharist & Community Sunday for children
 Annual Parish Retreat
The Heart of Our Community in Christ:
Exploring Our Gifts in Every Age
September 10th - 12th, 2010
The annual parish retreat at the beautiful Bishop’s Ranch, Healdsburg is coming up next weekend: September 10th – 12th, 2010. Childcare will be available for small children on Saturday. Drive up Friday evening. Following our program on Saturday morning, enjoy the fresh air and late summer tranquility of the Bishop's Ranch, join others to visit area wineries, head out for a hike, or plan your own activity! We regather for our famous retreat social hour and dinner, followed by a campfire and s'mores. The retreat concludes after Eucharist and lunch on Sunday.
We will be staying again this year in the Ranch House and Webb Lodge. This is always a popular gathering for Church of Our Saviour. More information about the retreat will be sent to registrants soon.
Register now.
Questions? Contact the parish office or Valerie Robin.
Wednesday Bible Study has room for you!
Join our weekly Bible Study on Wednesday mornings following the 10:30 am Eucharist. All are welcome! Come enjoy tea, cookies, fellowship and conversation about the Bible readings for the upcoming Sunday. Starts about 11:30 am, but come earlier if you like.
From the Godly Play Classrooms
Look what we found! Tons of markers, crayons, and school supplies. Do you need some at home or know of a school or organization that might be able to use them. Please pick up any and all that are available in the corner of the COS library.
Closet organizing help? Have you always wanted to help with church school but not in the classroom? Sally Thomas needs help re-organizing the Godly Play supply cabinet. Do you have an hour or two to spare? We could easily find a time that is convenient for both of us to try and make our supplies tidy. Please give me a call at 415-706-3890 or millvalleysally@yahoo.com
CURTAIN THEATRE presents: Shakespeare's “As You Like It”
Directed by Michele Delattre
The Curtain Theatre, Mill Valley’s own company of Shakespeare players, will present William Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It" for its eleventh summer production in Old Mill Park. Our own Steve Beecroft is performing in the production and is also the choreographer this year.
The play tells the tale of a courtly society whose conflict and corruption leads gentlemen and ladies to flee to the forest of Arden--to live, we're told, like old Robin Hood. The exiles include Rosalind (disguised in man's attire) and her cousin Celia; the young nobleman Orlando, hoping to evade his murderous brother Oliver; and Jacques, a loquacious commentator on the manners of court and country. Cut off from their social moorings, the characters assume an array of identities--outlaw, hunter, lover, jester, shepherdess, wizard. All find their hearts' desires amid Arden’s transformative influence; even the story's villains are happily redeemed.
"As You Like It" runs Saturdays and Sundays (plus Labor Day Monday), August 28-29, Sept. 4-5-6, 11-12, 18-19. All shows start at 2 p.m.
The Curtain Theater performs on the stage beneath the Mill Valley Public Library in Old Mill Park, which is at 375 Throckmorton Ave. Admission is free, but donations are happily accepted.
For more information, check out the Curtain Theatre’s website, http://www.curtaintheatre.org.
 Help with Driving
You are invited once or twice a month to provide transportation to and from our regular worship services for parishioners who are no longer driving.
If you are interested in helping with this ministry, and would like more information, please contact Gayle Partmann at (415) 455-9303.
Spititual Life in Community: Adult Christian Education Series this Fall
For three Sundays in October adult education forums will be held following the 10 am service. At each one, members of different religious communities will speak with us about how they live more deeply into the baptismal life.
October 17th: Vows of Stability - Fr. Thomas Matus on the Benedictine Way in Christianity
October 24th: Members of the Anglican Franciscan orders on following St. Francis into Radical Renunciation
October 31st: Members of the Brotherhood of St. Gregory will speak about the nature of apostolic religious community
For more information see the September issue of the Perspective or speak with Fr. Richard.
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Interested in being confirmed as an adult?
Or being received by the Episcopal Church from another denomination?
Or in just learning more about our faith?
The adult education committee is planning a series of classes beginning next fall for the adult seeker. Meetings will be monthly on a Sunday evening from October - May. If you are interested, please contact Fr. Richard or Kathleen Piraino.
Zilpha Snyder: The Life of a Writer
On November 7th, Zilpha Snyder will speak in Hammond Hall after the 10 am service on "The Life of a Writer." A light lunch will be provided by the Adult Education Committee. 
Zilpha is an award winning children's book author of 44 books (3 of which are Newberry Honor winners) and who has been published in 13 languages.
Zilpha's writings target 8-13 year olds, but her stories appeal to all age groups. We are encouraging the entire parish to join in the fun by reading one (or more) of her books. With so many titles to choose from, Zilpha suggess the following as a good introduction:
The Egypt Game
Black and Blue Magic
The Headless Cupid
Gib Rides Home
The books are available in the Marin County Library system and (except for Black and Blue Magic), in the COS Library. For more information on Zilpha and her writing, visit her website: www.zksnyder.com.
COS Library News
Almost there! We are lmost finished the cataloguing portion of our project. Then comes the organizing!
With the guidance of Elaine Crepeau we are in the process of bringing the Church of Our Saviour library into the 21st century. You can get a taste of things to come by taking a look at the online catalog. You can search by subject, title or author. The COS library catalog is live from the web. Check it out!
Coming Up at Church of Our Saviour. . .
Mark Your Calendars!
Monday – September 6: Office Closed for Labor Day Holiday
Wednesday – September 8 – 7-9 pm – Vestry Meeting
Friday-Sunday – September 10-12 – Parish Retreat
Monday – September 13 - 10:30 am – Godly Play training
Friday – September 17 – 11:30 am-1:30 pm – Women’s Lifecycles Prayer Group - Library
Sunday – September 19:
Choir Commissioning at 10 am Service
9 am – Stewardship Meeting
11:30 am – Outreach Meeting
Tuesday – September 21:
9:30 am-Noon – Mt. Carmel Homeless Lunch
Noon – Community Sunday Meeting
1 pm – Youth & Family Ministries Meeting
Sunday – September 26 – Deacon Betsy will preach
11:30 am – St. Anne’s Circle – Choir Room
5 pm – Mission Trip Barbecue in Courtyard
Tuesday – September 28 – 11 am-1 pm – ECW hosts a Parish Luncheon with Guest Speaker – Fireside Room
 Prayers and Thanksgivings this Week
In our Church of Our Saviour Cycle of Prayer, we pray today for Janet Upham, the Coleman-Jensen family and the Collins family, and for the ministry of the COS Library, and for Billie Wallace as she celebrates her birthday. In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for The Episcopal Church of the Sudan. Please pray for those who are ill and in need of comfort, especially Janet, Graeme, Gail, Dick, Dan, Jack, Don, Arlene, Harriet, Nick, Alison, Simone, Jane, Katherine, Brett, Lisa, Mark, Lucille, Hunter, Sarah, Nell, Billie, Wesley, Ada, Selina, Phil, Judy and Chuck; those serving in the military, especially Leif, Eric, Steven, Dash, Arthur, Daniel, Justin and Jason; and those who have died, especially Carolyn and Pat. Please pray this week also for all who have served this country in the cause of freedom.
Prayers of the People are updated weekly. Names of those desiring prayers may be added to the Sunday prayers or to this bulletin, with their permission, by contacting the church office.
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Diane Amses - An Extra Pair of Hands
- Babysitter can’t make it?
- Hosting a party but need help with set-up and clean-up?
- Want a home-cooked family meal, but don’t feel like cooking?
- Need help setting up your new home office?
- Want to get your kids started with music lessons?
You have a busy life and sometimes you need a little help – an extra pair of hands. Let me be that extra pair of hands. I can
- Watch the kids
- Fix lunch for the older adult in your house (and spend the afternoon so you can have a spa day)
- Cook supper for you and your family
- Help set up/clean up/serve at your adult or child’s party
- Walk the dog and play with the cat
- Weed the garden and deadhead your roses
- Proofread/edit your written material
- Help organize your home office
- Teach you how to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint in Windows (PC) format
- Beginning voice lessons (children and adults)
- Anything else you need help with
In previous incarnations, I was a nurse (LPN/LVN), music teacher, administrative assistant, gift shop manager, Gallup pollster, proofreader/editor. I earned a Professional Sequence in Technical Communications from the UC Berkeley Extension with a 4.0 GPA.
Whatever help you need, let’s discuss it. I’m available every day but Wednesday and Friday (and Sunday mornings, of course). Contact me via cell phone at 609-408-6048, or email at damses@jps.net. (Rates depend on your needs.)
I look forward to hearing from you, and to helping you.
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