COS Notes

AUGUST
BIRTHDAYS

 8/1 – George Lambert
 8/1 – Isabelle McGowan
 8/1 – Paul Twitchell
 8/4 – Molly Baker
 8/5 - René Taber
 8/6 – Zoe Rose Fernandes
 8/6 – Nadine Maxwell-Henry
 8/6 – Donna Wolfe
8/11 – Amy Hottlemann
8/14 – Sharon Edwards
8/15 – Floyd Hardwick
8/19 – Michael Eder
8/19 – Lisa Humphreys
8/21 – Nabila Adio
8/22 – Laurie DeMarco
8/23 – Mike Wilson
8/25 – Greg Fernandes
8/28 – Hilary Lambert
8/29 – Sam and Wendy Humphreys

O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on George, Isabelle, Paul, Molly, René, Zoe, Nadine, Donna, Amy , Sharon, Floyd, Michael, Lisa, Nabila, Laurie, Mike, Greg, Hilary, Sam and Wendy as they begin another year. Grant that they may continue to grow in wisdom and grace, and strengthen their trust in your goodness all the days of their life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

AUGUST DATES OF NOTE

August 4 - Wednesday Evening on the Lawn program, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, on the rear lawn at COS

August 8 - Summer Exchange Service of Holy Eucharist with St. Michael's Episcopal Church at St. Michael's, 9:00 am,
112 Randolph Avenue, Milton

August 11-  Wednesday Evening on the Lawn program, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, on the rear lawn at COS

August 14 -  COS Volunteer Day, Helping Hands Essentials Pantry, Christ Church, Quincy, 10:00 am - Noon

August 14 - COS Volunteer Day, Milton Community Food Pantry, Parkway United Methodist Church, 9:00 am - Noon

July 21 - Wednesday Evening on the Lawn, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, on the rear lawn at COS 

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

For the Summer Season
(June 6 - September 5),
Holy Eucharist will be at
10:00 am, with childcare
available. Fellowship will
begin at 11:00 am.

A Tribute to Martin Luther King

A poem by Milton student Vanda Bernadeau,
Accompanied by Milton student artwork
(From a workshop at the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Celebration, at Temple Shalom)

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Paging Dr. King, can you heal us with your speech?

The world is sick of people who don't practice what they preach.

Your eyes and ears were stethoscopes that heard the world's heart beat.

You observed all of our symptoms and diagnosed the street.

You saw the fists and weapons and our youth fade in the blasts.


Rosa Parks, Milton Student Illustration

 

And gave us all a remedy when you said, "Free at last."

Your speech shook souls and moved us all; it took great strength to make it.

Yet sometimes we forget the remedy or just won't take it.

We cough up hateful words and hurt people every day.

And instead of speaking up, some of us just walk away.

Is there a Doctor in the house to step up and heal our world?

No more prejudice is what we need; let's teach the boys and girls.

What Dr. King had dreamed for all of us to one day see.

That we're sick, sick and tired of not living equally.

Dr. King the world is sick, but let your soul be assured.

That our dreams are like yours, may our world one day be cured.

~ A poem by Milton student Vanda Bernadeau