Upcoming Events
HOLY DAYS IN MAY AND JUNE
Tuesday, May 1, St. Philip and St. James, Apostles
Monday, June 11, St. Barnabas, Apostle
Monday, June 25, The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Friday, June 29, St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles
These days will be celebrated on the Tuesday in the week they appear at the 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist and Healing service in the chapel.
Evensong
Sunday, May 6th at 4:00 p.m.
The joyous music of the Easter Season.
Greater love hath no man, John Ireland
Choral, Opus 37, Joseph Jongen
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis, C. V. Standford
Mark your calendars, bring your friends, and stay for the gala
reception in the
Commons Room following the service.
Pentecost Confirmation
On Pentecost (May 27) we have two special things happening. As we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the first disciples, we will hear the reading from the Acts of the Apostles in various languages and, at the 10:15 service, The Rt. Rev. Paul V. Marshall will be at Mediator for his biannual visitation. Bishop Paull will include a special children's homily; bring your children.
ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC
Sunday, June 3
Wehr's Mill Picnic area in Whitehall
10:30 a.m. Worship
11:30 a.m. Fellowship and Food Begin
Bring a side dish, or dessert, and
your own drinks.
A jovial crew will grill for you.
The
Annual Tossed and Found sale is just around the corner.
Clean
out attics, garages and basements and save your donations.
You
can begin bringing your donations to church on Sunday, May 13th.
The sale will take place from 9am-2pm in the basement and yard of the church on the same day as the Arts in the Park, which is Saturday, June 16.
FROM 1-2 PM
on the 16th, EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL YOU CAN CRAM INTO A BAG FOR $3.
HELPERS
NEEDED for several categories:
▪ Sorting and setting up (weekdays and
weekends beginning 2-3 weeks before the sale; you can work alone or
with others, as instructions will be posted)
▪ Selling on the parish’s PRE-SALE
Sunday, which is June 10
▪ Creating signs to post in the
neighborhood
▪ Posting of signs in the neighborhood
▪ Selling on the day of the sale
(Saturday, June 16 from 9-2)
▪ After-sale removal of signs posted in
neighborhood
▪ Sellers/workers for Private Parish Sale
the day after the sale, which is Sunday, June 17: all you can fit into
a bag for $3
▪ Cleaning up (Sunday after church until
done. Might include working Monday and Tuesday after the sale).
▪ Trips to Goodwill with leftover
donations.
Call/email
Susan Bingham if you want to volunteer. Sign-up sheets will be posted
later on. 610-573-4141 • susanbingham@chancelopera.com.
Mediator Concession Stand
at
Art in the Park
Saturday, June 16.
How can you help?
Donate brand name sodas, and water.
Bake, bake, bake!!!
Work at the stand on June 16.
APPRECIATING
OUR GIFTS,
ENVISIONING OUR FUTURE
As we anticipate celebrating our 100th “rebirthday” at the corner of West and Turner Streets, and look forward to our 150th birthday as a parish next year, we envision an all-parish workshop Celebrating Our Gifts, Envisioning Our Future. Our original plans to have this workshop held at the end of April have been changed. We are now looking at September 29th. We will be working with an outside facilitator and are developing a 2 1/2 to 3 hour workshop for perhaps two days rather than one all-day workshop. This change is based on the feedback we had received from the parish. Look for more information in future Media-rites and here on the website
Toddler
Group - A New Venture
Lunch
and Play will now be held on the 1st and 3rd Friday from 12-2pm.
Pack
a lunch for you and your tots and join us for wholesome fun and
conversation. Contact Naomi Winch at nomi4732@gmail.com
to be placed on the contact list.
Each week we will be rotating homes.
Lehigh County Conference of Churches Soup Kitchen
Summer at the Soup Kitchen
The
Soup Kitchen will be open this summer and we will serve on our usual
fourth Wednesday of the month.
Would
you consider helping out?
Do
you need some service for a project?
Want
to be a part of living out the Gospel imperative to care for the less
fortunate?
This
is the place!
We meet at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at 8th & Walnut from 10:00am to about 1:30pm. If you can't make the whole time we will help meet your times. We work hard but have lots of fun. The dates are: May 23, June 27, July 25 and August 22. Contact Patricia Gaukler at pgaukler@ptd.net for more information or to sign on for this important ministry.