Rev. Horton J. Scott,  Celebrant          

Frank Waiters Jr., Senior Warden,

Louise Meggett, Junior Warden

Forrest Drennen, Organist 

E-mail stbarnabas1.1@juno.com

  

Sept. 18, Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20):

 

‘So the last will be first, and the first will be last.’

 

It’s the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost and all are welcome, This weeks church calendar brings the Feasts of St. Matthew 1^st Cent. Apostle and Evangelist. According to one ancient tradition, he was the first evangelizer of Nubia (modern Sudan), September 21 and St. Maurice and his Theban Legion (September 22) Nubian Martyrs, who were killed at Agauno, Switzerland ca. AD 287 for refusing to sacrifice to pagan divinities, These African officers defended Swedes during the Scandinavian rebellion against Germany. Several settlements in Europe - including St. Moritz - are named after these Africans. The white flag with the black profile became the flag of several separate Orders named for St. Maurice, which sprung up all over Europe in the 12th century. Tradition portrays him as the black knight who taught chivalry to the other knights.

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 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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