THE BEAT GOES ON I know that there were quite a few people who were particularly disappointed when Covid 19 struck because it meant we couldn’t go into our church and work at some of those building projects that had been planned. I’d heard talk of refinishing pews, interior painting, fixing up our skylight over the altar and perhaps even putting lighting in our steeple so it could be seen at night. Decisions hadn’t been made about some of these things but they were in the planning stage before it all ground to a halt back in March. Well, just so you know that we’re not sitting back and twiddling our thumbs, one of those projects will be moving ahead very shortly. The floor covering where the choir sits and the corresponding floor by the pulpit will be replaced very shortly and will be looking great when we all gather once again. A generous donor came forward and made an offer and with the approval of the warden’s and rector Carpet 1 measured up the space, showed us flooring samples to choose from and when that was done they ordered the materials and will be coming in the near future to do the work. It’s going to be somewhat in the colour of what is presently there but will be crisp and new and very sharp looking and will make the front of the church look awesome! It’s good news that we wanted to share.

SOME PRETTY SPECIAL OCCASIONS 90th 6th 60th Norma Hankinson celebrated her birthday on June and Gerry and Linda Penny celebrated their 4th. anniversary on June Congratulations from us all at Emmaus and we hope you got to celebrate well!

DON’T FORGET Emmaus Church holds a food drive on the third Wednesday of each month for Vincent Place. The next one 17th. will take place on Wednesday June

### To donate call the church at 705-759-2545 and leave a message or e-mail Bob at Carricou96@gmail.com

THE BUCK STOPS HERE Back in March when the present pandemic burst upon the scene and the churches were closed we were concerned about the finances of Emmaus Church. I wrote a slightly tongue in cheek appeal for people to keep up their givings if possible but when it became obvious that this would impact a lot of people financially I stopped pushing it because I didn’t want people who perhaps were going to have difficulty paying for their necessities to feel badly about not being able to help financially at Emmaus. Things have gone on long enough for most people to know what is “financially normal ” for them right now and so I feel it is appropriate to cautiously ask people to consider their givings to Emmaus. If you can resume giving financially to the church or if you can possibly increase your givings it would be greatly appreciated. Offering can be mailed to: Emmaus Anglican Church, 1643 Wellington St. East, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont P6A 2R8 or they can be dropped in the mail slot by the front doors of the church. You can also phone the church at 705-759-2545 or e-mail Fr. Bob at Carricou96@gmail.com and someone will come to pick up your donation. Thank you.

AND FINALLY To show that Christians don’t have a lock on wisdom I’ll finish with a Zen story.

Two Buddhist monks were traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection. “Come on girl,” said one of them and lifting her in his arms he carried her over the mud. The other monk did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. “We monks don’t go near females,” he told the first monk, “especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?”

##### “I left the girl there,” said the first monk. “Are you still carrying her?”

What are you still carrying that perhaps it is time to put down?

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