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The service for this
coming Sunday, September 1st, the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we will
have ONE service only at 9AM. Join us for this Sunday of Labor Day weekend as
we round out the summer season. The coffee hour following the service will be
hosted by the Choir.
The
Celebration of the Life of Stan Coville, long-time member and friend of
Saint Andrew’s, will take place this Saturday, August 31, at noon at the
Wonalancet Chapel. Rev. Heidi will officiate. All are welcome.
There is a Service of
Morning Prayer every Wednesday at 9 AM. We hope you will join us for
worship and fellowship.Readings for this Sunday: Jeremiah 2:4-13; Psalm 81:1, 10-16; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14.
A new parish directory is in the works!!! Now we need your picture! Duane will be available to do photos after the service this coming Sunday, as well as the following Sunday. Please see him in the “photo studio corner” of the Parish Hall. If you have already left town for the season or happen to have a favorite “head shot” of your own, you are welcome to email your picture to Debra in the office (office@standrewsinthevalley.org). Even if we have your picture from a previous directory, maybe it’s time to update it? Thanks.
Our
Annual Rummage Sale will be held next Saturday, Sept. 7, from 9 to 3, which means
next week is “drop-off” time! We welcome the donations of clean clothing (for
all ages) in good condition, as well as shoes, accessories, jewelry, and
household linens. We especially are
looking for children's clothing for the back-to-school time and outerwear, as
we head into colder weather.
Drop-off times: Tuesday, Sept. 3rd and
Wednesday, Sept. 4th from 9 to noon and from 3 to 7. We will not be able to
accept any drop-offs after 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
Additional
drop-off days for parishioners: This Sunday, Sept. 1st and Monday,
Sept. 2nd for those who have a key.
We
also need your help for set-up on Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as for
staffing the event itself. Whatever help you can give will be much
appreciated. Please contact Diane
Lombardi at 986-2981 with your offers to help and availability times.
Preparations are
beginning for the Sandwich Fair – October 12-14.
As there was a setback in growing
produce for the Fair, we will be depending on the “value added” items even
more. If you can make jams and jellies – great! If you know where elderberries
or blackberries are plentiful for picking, let Gretchen know (323-7459). We are also looking for people with artistic
and crafting skills to help with turning dried gourds into decorative items –
every ability is helpful, from cleaning to painting.
This
year is the 250th anniversary of the Town of Sandwich. There is a theme of “Then and Now” for
vendors. We are looking for some “then” items
to decorate the booth. Gretchen’s
brother is building us a wooden structure from which we can display things. An
idea of “old fashioned” wire-topped jam jars, etc. If you have ideas, please call Gretchen or
see her in church. Thank you.
The next Evangelism Institute will take place on Saturday,
September 21, 2013, from 10:00 to 3:00
at Lake Opechee Inn, in Lakeport, (Laconia) NH. The registration
deadline is September 8. Please register by going on-line to http://evangelism.nhepiscopal.org/
Several vestry members will be
attending, but having a strong group participating together will provide a
stronger core to bring the information and practices back home. Learn about
inviting new people to church through the “Come and See” program, integrate new
members into our church with the
“Koinonia” program, and looking ahead at the changes coming to New
Hampshire in upcoming decades! This is particularly helpful for our greeters
and all who have connections with people who have no church affiliation (which
is all of us).
This year’s Institute will
feature fewer speakers, but more conversation leaders. As attendees, you will
be more engaged with the presenters but also with each other at your tables.
The day will be broken into four movements: Speed Evangelism, Come and See
Q&A, a Welcoming Ministries panel, and a World Cafe conversation.
Food for thought as we learn to let go, from poet Denise Levertov…
Suspended
I had grasped God’s garment in the void
but my hand slipped
on the rich silk of it.
The ‘everlasting arms’ my sister loved to remember
must have upheld my leaden weight
from falling, even so,
for though I claw at empty air and feel
nothing, no embrace,
I have not plummeted.
but my hand slipped
on the rich silk of it.
The ‘everlasting arms’ my sister loved to remember
must have upheld my leaden weight
from falling, even so,
for though I claw at empty air and feel
nothing, no embrace,
I have not plummeted.
Blessings as
we round out this summer season.
Heidi+