Historic St. George's 
Episcopal Church Celebrate Your Faith, Come and Share our Joy. A special invitation to come and Renew Your Spirit
319 Front Street
Hempstead, NY 11550
ph: (516) 483-2771
fax: (516) 483-3117
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COME JOIN US TO CELEBRATE
THE FEAST OF PENTECOST
ON MAY 27:
Services at 8 and 10:15 a.m
Join us for the ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
on
May 29th 2012 at 7.30pm.
There will be an election for
1 warden and 2 Vestry persons.
Light refreshments will be served.
Happy Easter To All
Bishop Provenzano's Easter Message
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Alleluia! Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!Having journeyed the Lenten path it is now the time to celebrate the reality of newlife, everlasting life, given us in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We walk this patheach year—each time presumably drawing ever closer to the reality of new life in a profoundly deeper and richer way. We walk this path each year—each time knowing more clearly the meaning of the resurrection for all of humanity.What we proclaim in Easter is a strange and confounding fact—our God once andfor all putting an end to death and freeing us to eternal life in the resurrection of theone who died and rose for us. The meaning of Easter and the church's celebration of its truth must find context for each of us. Beyond the profound and holy proclamation of eternal life made possible in the resurrection, there is the practical, contextual reality that the resurrection must be lived in the everyday, in the common places, in the experiences of life where too much death and hate reside. This Easter let us make it our mission not to merely proclaim new life in Jesus Christ in the church; but also, to live it every day in the dying places of God's people. Our world, our neighborhoods, our families and our churches need the experience of Easter lived in their midst. I invite you to be symbols of the resurrection by your loving and caring, by your praying and presence in all the places of your life. Jesus Christ is risen as he said—proclaim this truth by the witness of your life. If there is new and everlasting life in Jesus Christ as we believe - we must shout it from the house tops and proclaim it by our lives—every minute of our lives—every place in our lives - with all the people in our lives.
Alleluia! Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
The Rt. Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano
Bishop of Long Island
Our dear sister Chantal Jeanesse Owens passed away in March.
Please continue to pray for the family.
Rector’s Christmas Message 2011
The message of Christmas has as one of its pivotal characters a young woman named Mary. She is described as coming from a small, remote village of Nazareth, way removed from the centers of political and religious power in Jerusalem.
Luke tells us in the first chapter of his Gospel that an angel named Gabriel suddenly appeared to Mary and said “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”
Thus begins, for Mary, the journey of soul searching which issues forth in faith, obedience, humility, motherhood, heartache, pain, grief, joy and glory; the life of a woman, mother of the Jesus of Christmas.
Mary lived in “Occupied Palestine”; and a very oppressive and far-reaching occupation it was. The few at the top of the power structure made life miserable for the large percentage at the bottom. Rights were negated, humanity was ignored and need was great. And the people longed for a Messiah. Why this particular young lady was chosen to be an instrument of God’s rescue plan we do not know. The angel never said why Mary was favored. Mary herself did not seem to know, for in response to the title heaped upon her she was perplexed, disturbed, troubled, upset, and she pondered, wondered and asked herself, “what could this mean”, “why me”?
How sufficient were the answers she received? We do not know. But in a supreme act of faith this young woman surrenders to God’s will and took on the risks, challenges and burdens of the “theotokos” (God-bearer), Mother of our salvation. She, in her simplicity, made herself available to God.
Today, as we approach Christmas, we live in a world, in many ways not dissimilar to the one in which Mary lived. Extreme poverty abounds, political corruption is rampant, exorbitant greed and the lust for power stifle the humanity of both the players and the played. In the midst of this occupation God seeks willing instruments of justice and love to aid in the “salvation project;” to be his vehicles for hope, joy and peace. Any takers? Any willing Marys or Josephs?
Will we be disciples of the Christmas Gospel or consumers of the Christmas farce? Can we be both? Can we really serve God and mammon?
Let us, like Mary, ponder these things in our hearts, and pray that we have the courage to surrender to that which we understand to be God’s will for us and our hurting world.
A blessed Christmas is wished for you.
The Very Rev. P. Allister Rawlins.
Rector.
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Historic St. George's Church
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All things come of thee, O Lord, and of thine own have we given thee.
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319 Front Street
Hempstead, NY 11550
ph: (516) 483-2771
fax: (516) 483-3117
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