Tuesday and Wednesday

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend. July tends to be a quiet time around the Palmer campus, but if you are in town, consider some opportunities you may not have taken advantage of before. There are so many!

On Wednesday, you can attend Morning Prayer at 7:30 am in St. Bede's, or join the Parish Bible Study at noon in Fellowship Hall. At 6:00 in Holy Cross Chapel, come for the Healing service with unction; afterward you can attend the Old Testament video/discussion class in the Canterbury room. In A201, join the meeting of the Order of St. Luke. This is is an ecumenical organization dedicated to the Christian healing ministry. Members meet to study Scripture, especially the biblical stories of the healing miracles, as well as other books on Christian healing. For more information on any of these, call the church office at 713-529-6196.

Yesterday, your Palmer Editor had the rare experience of being the lone attendee at the noon worship service in St. Bede's. I arrived (late) to find The Rev'd Kit Wallingford deep in a meditative silence, as if having a worship service even though no one was yet in attendance. We decided to proceed with the service; instead of a homily we each shared brief impressions of the epistle and gospel readings. We shared the eucharist. It was warm, intimate, blessed, and deeply comforting. Come, make room in your busy work day, and be fed.

In other news, the north doors are not yet completed or installed, so access to the church will still be through the south doors or the west gate for a bit longer. With the rain we had this morning, the schedule for installation is not certain.

Summer hours for Palmer staff have been adjusted, with office hours 9:00 am to 4:00 pm from now until August 1.

Fellowship opportunity for Friday, July 10: meet other Palmers at the Miller Outdoor Theater for a free night of musical theater, beginning at 8:15 pm. Sarah Oldrin (soldrin@sbcglobal.net) and Denise Zwicker (ZwickerDA@aol.com) will be there early, in chairs on the left side, staking out space for the Palmer group. Please let them know if you are coming so they can save enough room and keep an eye out for you.

More tomorrow, friends. Thank you for your support.