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Dear Friends,
The lessons for this Sunday include from 2 Samuel, wherein David is to be told by the prophet Nathan that it is not he but his heir (Solomon) who is to build a house for the Lord "to live in". It is rather fun to hear God, speaking thru Nathan, sounding like our conception of a (loving, yet nagging) Jewish parent. The epistle again concentrates on the sameness in Christ of both Jews and Gentiles. It is especially lovely that Paul (probably the writer of Ephesians) uses the structure of a temple when insisting that the people of the church are "no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God" with "the whole structure is joined together and (growing) into a holy temple in the Lord". The gospel lesson from Mark seems quite different with talk of many healings done by Jesus, with crowds gathering around him. You can see why at the beginning Jesus tells his disciples they have need to "rest a while". It seems clear that the OT and Epistle are related by making an analogy in the latter to the physical temple building in the former - and the analogy is lovely. But at this point in the height of the "heat of summer" we commend the need to go to a quiet place and retreat - rest a while. May we all find such a quiet place, even in our own meditations, to find such rest! Our love to all, Bart (and Tony!) and for all of us at St Matthew Church in San Ardo! Events St Matthew Church will be meeting Sunday morning at 10am for Morning Prayer. Other Events Our friends at Good Shepherd Church in Salinas (Corral de Tierra) tell us that any and all are welcome at a free concert at the Carmel Bach Festival on July 25 beginning at 7pm. The concert will take place at Cypress Community Church with a reception to follow. They also tell us they are having a series of Summer Barbecues on Wednesdays in July and August at 6pm. Bring meat or veggies to grill and a dish to share. St Benedict Church in Los Osos tell us of a change to their Tuesday morning Spiritual Discussions as follows: "The Tuesday Morning Prayers & Spiritual Discussion group - Over the summer we will be focusing on shorter meditations and videos rather than a book. Come join us! Tuesdays at 10:30 on Zoom." Contact the parish or go to St Ben's websites for detail / links. We have a reminder that the screening of the film "The Philadelphia Eleven" about the ordination of the first women priests in The Episcopal Church will take place at St Barnabas Church on Thursday, July 25 at 7pm preceded by a light supper. To sign up go to https://saintbarnabas-ag.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=debb1b33eb11372203a975524&id=3067b4ece7&e=acee3ced34 St Paul Cathedral reiterates that San Diego Pride will have big events this weekend, including the Pride Parade and Picnic tomorrow (Sat, July 20). To join the contingent in the Parade, meet at the Cathedral's Dean's Court at 8:45am. The parade ends in Balboa Park (across from the Cathedral where a BBQ awaits. We hope many will join this festive and affirming event! For full details on this and the Cathedral's many other events go to www.stpaulcathedral.org Also note that on Sun Jul 28 St Paul Cathedral Parish will celebrate Comic-Con Sunday and parishioners are encouraged to attend dressed in the costumes of favourite characters. Finally, an investment community website sent the following links to stories about Buddhist nuns running a charity in rural Taiwan - we hope you might enjoy them as we did. It seems a good thing that even investors want to hear about God's good work on earth. https://seekingalpha.com/pr/19784868-taiwan-based-buddhist-charity-attempts-to-take-founding-nuns-message-of-compassion-global
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