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The Epistle of Saint John’s Church
The Episcopal Church in Park Slope
The Fifteenth Sunday
after Pentecost – September 5, 2010
Air Conditioned
Solemn Choral Mass 10 am
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have a child to be baptized and would like to join those who will receive the
Sacrament this Saturday at noon, email
Fr. Powers TODAY!
Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means Labor Day, the first Monday in
September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social
and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly
national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength,
prosperity, and well-being of our country.
The first Labor Day holiday was
celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance
with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its
second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883. In 1884 the first Monday in
September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the
Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the
example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that
date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885
Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country. Labor
Day Legislation Through the years the nation gave
increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came
through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From them developed
the movement to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced
into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by
Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by
legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and
Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the
holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an
act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the
District of Columbia and the territories. A
Nationwide Holiday The form that the observance and
celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of
the holiday — a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and
esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community,
followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and
their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day.
Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis
was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still
later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of
1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and
dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement. The character of the Labor Day
celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large
industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a
problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of
expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists,
educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in
newspapers, radio, and television. The vital force of labor added
materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the
world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our
traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate,
therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much
of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker. A Prayer for Labor Day Dear God, Father and Savior, since you have commanded us
to work in order to meet our needs, sanctify our labor that it may bring
nourishment to our souls as well as to our bodies. Make us
constantly aware that our efforts are worthless unless guided by your light
and by your hand. Make us faithful
to the particular tasks for which you have bestowed upon us the necessary
gifts, taking from us any envy or jealousy at the vocations of others. Give us a good
heart to supply the needs of the poor, saving us from any desire to exalt
ourselves over those who receive our bounty. And if you should
call us into greater poverty than we humanly desire, save us from any spirit
of defiance or resentment, but rather let us graciously and humbly receive
the bounty of others. Above all, may
every temporal grace be matched by spiritual grace, that in both body and
soul we may live to your glory. – Amen
A DVD of our 184th Anniversary Service with the |
Coming Parish Events v September
7, Tuesday - Clergy Day with the Bishop in Garden City v September
11, Saturday, Baptism at noon v September
15, Wednesday - Vestry Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Parish Office v September
25, Saturday - Weddings at 11 AM and at 2 PM in the Church v September
26, Home Coming Sunday. Sunday
Schedule returns to 9 and 11 am Masses. v October
3, Sunday School Resumes at 11 AM
Each Week at St. John’s v Summer Sundays, Choral Mass at 10 am followed by Garden Fellowship v AA Meets Mondays
6:30 and 8 PM & Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. v Good Dog Association meets Tuesdays at 7
p.m. v HAMS meets Tuesdays at 7 pm v Kindermusik on Saturdays with Miss
Katie for babies and moms from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.; “Sign
& Sing” for toddlers and moms from 10:30 a.m. to 11
a.m.
Sunday Sunday Offering Counters: Patty
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