Come Join Us this Sunday, July 2nd, The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, for our Holy Eucharist Service and Celebration of Independence Day. Our Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us from Home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate our Nation’s Independence Day with Us.

The Collect for the Nation BCP page 258

Lord God Almighty, you have made all the peoples of the
earth for your glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace:
Give to the people of our country a zeal for justice and the
strength of forbearance, that we may use our liberty in
accordance with your gracious will; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Readings:

A Reading from The Mayflower Compact by William Bradford
November 11, 1620

Declaration of Independence (Opening)

ABIGAIL ADAMS TO JOHN ADAMS March 31, 1776

ABIGAIL ADAMS TO JOHN ADAMS May 7, 1776

“We do not want any other piece of land,” 1851

(Record of the meeting between representatives of the United States
Government and the Santiam Band of the Kallapooya Tribe of Indians)

A reading from Frederick Douglass.
THE CHURCH AND PREJUDICE
(Speech delivered at the Plymouth County Anti-Slavery Society
November 4, 1841)

Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address
Washington, D.C. March 4, 1865

Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48