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Beckford Parish Newsline
10/22 Weekly Update
ALL SAINTS’ DAY SERVICE NOV. 1 If you have a digital photo and/or name of a loved one who has passed that you would like included in the service, please send them to Melissa (beckfordparishoffice@gmail.com) by this Sunday, Oct. 25. The photos and names are going to be shared publicly, in case that impacts your decision of what to share. Parish kids are going to be our readers for the service. EMMANUEL 2021 PLEDGES A quick reminder to send in…
Meditation for the 20th Week after Pentecost
Resetting a Body of Broken Bones from The Rt. Rev. Porter Taylor, Assisting Bishop In New Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas Merton writes: “As long as we are on earth the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another, because this love is the resetting of a Body of broken bones….There are two things which [people]…can do about the pain of disunion with other [people]. They can love or they can hate.” Our country is…
All Saints’ Day Service: Remembering Those Who Have Died
For the Sunday, Nov. 1, All Saints’ Day service we are creating a list of names along with digital photos of those who have died. Please send all digital photos and/or names to Melissa by this Sunday, Oct. 25, if you’d like them to be included. Photos and names are going to be shared publicly, in case that impacts your choice of whether to include them. Children of the parish are reading for the service.