With Bulletin For October 31 Service

Dear St. Paul’s Church Family,    I have been finally reading a book given me some years ago after a Baptism on the beach. The author’s mother, Esther de Waal, is a Welsh Celtic scholar who visited with us on several occasions and shared her wisdom brilliantly in parish forums. The book is titled The Hare with Amber Eyes - A Hidden Inheritance, written by her son Edmund de Waal. What I enjoy most about this book is its exploration of art history, always a joy for me.   De Waal references the influence of Japanese culture on French art in the late nineteenth-century, especially works like Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, which inspired Monet’s painting of a series of thirty unique haystack images. These studies of the same scene in different seasons and light remind me of Olly, Meatball and my hiking on Block Island, where our daily walks down the same paths are fresh with subtle variations every time. It is an experience of serenity. It is that way too with our walks here on Nantucket.   Parish friend, The Rev. Peter Chase, comes to the island for a couple of weeks as we head off with our critters to the other island for rest and refreshment. Come to church on Sundays at 9:30 when on island! Thank you for your prayers and generous support. Love, Max Dear Fellow Parishioners,   Your support and generosity are already on display in our 2022 Stewardship Campaign, with the theme of "Love, Serve, Thrive"! So far, we have received 47 pledges totaling $185,000 with many new and increased pledges. As of Friday, the average pledge for this group was $3,600—up 22% from 2021. Our goal for 2022 is $475,000 in pledges from 200 parishioners, up about 10% from 2021. This target will help assure funding for our growing mission and ministries, particularly our substantial increase in outreach to our community, fellow parishioners and neighbors in these challenging times. There are many ways to pledge for 2022: You can mail your pledge card back to us, drop it off at the church office or drop it in the collection plate in person on Pledge Sunday or any Sunday service. You can also pledge and make pledge payments securely on line at our website here: https://stpaulschurchnantucket.org/give/give-treasure-pledge-donate-or-gift/, where you can also download a pledge card and brochure. Also try our new app — go to your app store and download the Ministry One app, which is purple with a white cross in it; just follow the instructions to get started.  If you have any questions about the 2022 campaign, feel free to email the church office or one of this year's co-chairs, Peter Barnes at   or Patsy Wright at  . Praise God from whom all blessings flow!  Thank you!  Peter and Patsy The information to access our daily broadcast offerings is as follows:   Sunday Holy Eucharist at 9:30am via Facebook Live at St Paul's Church in Nantucket - Episcopal or via Zoom at click here and then click on Join a Meeting and use the ID code and then the Passcode when prompted with the meeting ID # 983 0366 8882 Passcode: 373740 to phone in 1-301-715-8592 code: 98303668882#   Thursday morning Bible study 11:30-12:30 via Facebook Live or Zoom (with the meeting ID # 957 8383 4554 and Passcode 206515).   Joe Hammer’s Music Monday; Prayers from the Attic & Compline on Wednesdays with Olly & me for Sweet Hour of Prayer via Facebook Live or Zoom (with the meeting ID: 977 4392 2196 and Passcode 834439); all at 8:30pm on Facebook Live. All of our Facebook offerings: are taped for later viewing and also available on St. Paul's- Nantucket - YouTube St. Paul's Church in Nantucket is on AmazonSmile Log on to Amazon Settings Amazon Smile Choose charity St. Pauls' in Nantucket Turn on notifications Amazon will donate .05% of all Smile purchases to St. Paul's. If you have questions please call either Patsy Wright at 617-460-2006 or Peter Barnes at 617-838-4662 A note about our new online giving portal: it is secure, and your personal information will not be shared with any third party. As before, you may sign up to make one-time donations or recurring ones. If you have been making recurring pledge payments or gifts through our old website, please transfer your account information to our new one here: https://stpaulschurchnantucket.org/give/. If you have any questions about this transition, please contact our finance office at  .  St. Paul’s Church in Nantucket (Episcopal) Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, October 31, 2021     Holy Eucharist                                Prelude   Praeludium                                                 Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)        Please continue to wear your mask when singing   Hymn 551                               Rise up, ye saints of God                                Festal Song Opening Acclamation Collect for Purity Gloria Collect of the Day The Lessons   A Reading from Deuteronomy 6:1-9                                                                                      Psalm 119:1-8 A Reading from the Gospel according to Mark.                         (Mark 12:28-34)    Sermon                                                          The Rev. Max Wolf Music Meditation       When I’m afflicted, poor, and low        Ian Robertson       Words: Isaac Watts (1674-1748); Music: William Bradley Roberts (b. 1947) (Nelson) When I'm afflicted, poor, and low, and light and peace depart, my God beholds my heavy woe, and bears me on his heart. I waited patient for the Lord, he bowed to hear my cry; He saw me resting on his word, and brought salvation nigh. ♦ He raised me from a horrid pit, where mourning long I lay, and from my bonds released my feet, deep bonds of miry clay. Firm on a rock he made me stand, and taught my cheerful tongue to praise the wonders of his hand, in a new thankful song. ♦ How many are thy thoughts of love! Thy mercies, Lord, how great! We have not words nor hours enough, their numbers to repeat. When I'm afflicted, poor, and low, and light and peace depart, my God beholds my heavy woe, and bears me on his heart.   Prayers of the People Form III (BCP 387)   Concluding Collect The Peace The Peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you. Announcements At the Offertory        Three variations from Old 100th Partita:                                                  Placido; Allegro, portato; Misterioso                                                  James L. Boeringer (1930-2014) Ingathering of Pledges        Doxology                                                                                                            Old 100th Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.   The Holy Communion The Breaking of the Bread                                               At the Communion Prière                                                       Léon Roques (ca. 1800s)   Postcommunion Prayer (BCP 365)   Blessing   Please continue to wear your mask when singing   Hymn 372                               Praise to the living God                                        Leoni                  Dismissal   Voluntary               Toccata in D minor, BWV 565                                                                      J.S. Bach (1685-1750)          Upcoming Events Nov. 23 ~ 7:00pm   Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Broadcast on NCTV 18 Nov. 25 ~ 9:30am   Thanksgiving Eucharist Service Dec. 3 ~ 7:00pm     Christmas Stroll Concert & Reception       Reader                                          Lucy Bixby Ushers                                          Bob Felch, Trish Anderson Altar Guild                                    Dottie Gennaro, Ann Smith Ministers of the Parish               All Members of St. Paul’s Church Vocalist                                         Ian Robertson Music Notes This morning’s Music Meditation is based on the hymn, “When I’m, afflicted, poor, and low.” The hymn was written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), based on Psalm 40.   Watts wrote educational books on geography, astronomy, grammar, and philosophy, which were widely used throughout the 18th century. He is now best known, however, for his hymns and  considered the father of English hymnody. His first collection of hymns and sacred lyrics was Horae Lyricae (1706), quickly followed by Hymns and Spiritual Songs(1707), which included “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” “There Is a Land of Pure Delight,” and others that have become known throughout Protestant Christendom. The most famous of all his hymns, “Our God, Our Help in Ages Past” (from his paraphrase of Psalm 90), and “Jesus Shall Reign” (part of his version of Psalm 72), were published in The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament… (1719).     The Hymnal 1982 lists seventeen hymn numbers to Watts. Visit our website