Rev. Horton J. Scott,  Celebrant          

Frank Waiters Jr., Senior Warden,

Louise Meggett, Junior Warden

Forrest Drennen, Organist 

E-mail stbarnabas1.1@juno.com

  
October 2, Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22):

Psalm 80:7-15;
Isaiah 5:1-7; Philippians 3:14-21; Matthew 21:33-43

"The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel Is 5:7a

It’s the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the Old testament Lesson: The Song of the Vineyard The vineyard produces only wild grapes in spite of the lavish care of the owner. The response to psalm 80 (Qui regis Israel) is The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. cf. Is 5:7a Today's parable from the gospel of Matthew is known as the Parable of the murderous tenants. The landowner's son is murdered. The vineyard does not produce. Those in charge - the tenants - react violently to the owner's messengers who were sent to collect the fruit of their work! ."

Let us pray for: peace in our world, all those affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. The famine stricken African countries of Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso, the troubled lands of Africa (especially Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire [former : Ivory Coast ] and Sudan) and the people of Guyana. We also pray for Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, Diocesan Bishop John Croneberger and his wife. We remember in prayer Hazel Carter, Francis Coleman, Carolyn Goodwin, Eula Jefferson, Louise Meggett, Janice Nugent, Rudolph Perry, Tony Pina, Victoria Sawyer, Amanda Scott, Rev. Mildred J. Solomon, and Aquinda Toppins. Finally, we pray for all congregations in our diocese and for the safety of our troops.

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