My grandfather Edward taught me to fish from a motor boat on Florida’s
Lake Okeechobee. We saw kingfishers, and alligators, and miles and miles
of everglades during our expeditions. I learned from him how to bait a hook and how to cast, especially how to snap the rod at the end to make the line fly out with that satisfying sound long into the water. I wasn’t great at fishing. I caught some fish. The point was more about being with Grandpa...
At St. Bede's we offer spiritual formation for adults and children alike.
Sunday Adult Forums Sun 9am
New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton, Upper Room
Weekly Lectionary Discussion, Chapel
Godly Play Sun 9am
Monday Bible Study Mon 2:30pm
Wednesday Class: Way of Love Wed March 4-April 1, 6pm
**Coming in March!
The Presentation of our Lord Feb 2, 2020
By the Rev'd Marlene Mutchler
If you have ever read Leviticus, you might be amazed at the carnage. There are a lot of rules about making appropriate sacrifices and offerings. Burnt offerings, meal offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, trespass offerings. Sacrificing for this and for that. Offering the first fruits of the field. Offering sacrifices for things I would never have thought of, like for having a child for instance. The temple was essentially a slaughterhouse in Jesus’ day. I am told that there was a special channel on the altar to allow the blood to drain away. Once, when reading through Leviticus for my Hebrew Scriptures class, I was stunned by the bloodbath portrayed. What an amazing amount of gore there must have been in the temple...
CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS
February 2020
1 Brotherhood of Saint Andrew, 8am, Fellowship Hall
Plant Swap, 9am
Congregational Discernment Retreat, 10am, Our Lady of Guadalupe
2 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary, including
“Welcome to Newcomers”
Outreach Committee after Church
Worship Team, 11:30am
3 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
5 Holy Eucharist, 10am, Chapel
6 Evening Prayer, 5pm, Chapel, followed by Pub Fellowship at Old Town Vault
8 Stitchery, 9am, Fellowship Hall
9 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary
10 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
12 Morning Prayer, 10am, Chapel
13 Evening Prayer, 5pm, Chapel, followed by Pub
Fellowship at Old Town Vault
15 Brotherhood of Saint Andrew, 8am, Fellowship Hall
16 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary
Pastoral Care Meeting, 11:30am
17 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
19 Holy Eucharist, 10am, Chapel
BAC meeting 6:30am, Fellowship Hall
20 Evening Prayer, 5pm, Chapel, followed by Pub
Fellowship at Old Town Vault
22 BAC Retreat, 10am, in Banks (Kerry VZ’s office)
23 Morning Prayer, 8:30am, Chapel
Adult Forum, 9am, Fellowship Hall
Godly Play, 9am, Upstairs classroom
Holy Eucharist, 10am, Sanctuary
24 Bible Study, 2:30pm, Library
25 Food Bank, 4pm, All Saints Church, Hillsboro
Shrove Tuesday Pancakes and Games, 5pm,
Fellowship Hall
26 Morning Prayer, 10am, Chapel
Ash Wednesday Services
12pm, Chapel
7pm, Sanctuary
28 Stations of the Cross, 12pm, Sanctuary
SERMONS
ST. BEDE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1609 Elm St. Forest Grove, OR
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner & Game Night Tues Feb 25, 5pm
MESSAGE FROM OUR VICAR
Join us as we celebrate the day before Ash Wednesday with pancakes and games. We will make pancakes and bacon at the church. Everyone is welcome to bring a small side dish to share.
Annual Meeting, January 26, 2020
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