November 14, 2013


Altar flowers were given in loving memory of Fred Jones and William Rooks
 Services for this coming Sunday, November 17th, the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, will be at 8 and 10, the Rev. Randy Dales preaching and presiding. Randy is the retired rector of All Saints’ Church, Wolfeboro and currently serves as diocesan chaplain to retired clergy. Following the 10:00 service, you are invited to gather with our parish representatives to Diocesan Convention and Randy for a discussion of our recent Diocesan Convention. Come and hear more about the issues that were discussed and the decisions that were made.

Heidi and Duane will be in California on retreat for a week with their son at his monastery. If you are in need of pastoral care or have important questions, please call the office (323-8515) and leave a message, or contact senior warden Carol Tubman (615-8230).

A message from your Stewardship Committee: Thanks to the many people who have responded by turning in pledges for the coming year! It is only by knowing what the church can expect to receive that the Finance Committee and Vestry are able to make budgetary decisions for 2014. If you have misplaced your pledge, additional cards are available on the piano. Completed pledge cards may be put in the offering plate on Sunday or mailed to the church office. Once you have turned yours in, be sure to open your “door” on our Grounded in Giving tree on the piano … and if you’ve forgotten your number, or if you find that yours has been opened already, just open any door, folding it back firmly, so the picture can be seen. Questions? Talk to Gretchen or Lisa (or Debra in the office).
Our final Ingathering Celebration will be on Sunday, November 24th, at which time all the pledges will be offered to God in Thanksgiving during the liturgy.
 

 

Plan to join us for a Saint Andrew's Harvest Supper and Pie Auction, to be held on Friday evening, November 22nd. Tickets will be available at the door. Plan to come and invite your friends! We are hoping that many of you will provide your delicious baked pies (pies that can be frozen for Thanksgiving feasts are especially welcome) to be auctioned following the meal, beginning at about 7:30pm.  Note: Pies should be delivered on the day of the dinner/auction by 3 p.m.
 
A message from the Food Pantry: The Food Pantry is always grateful for your contributions of food, but at this time of year, as preparations are being made for the Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets, please know that cash contributions are especially helpful, since Food Pantry purchasers are able to buy items at much reduced prices, so your contribution dollars go further! Thank you.

Thank you to Sammie for organizing the inspiring visit last Sunday from her friend and colleague Tamara Kittleson-Aldred of Eleanore’s Project. The audio of Tamara’s sermon will be available next week. Meanwhile, enjoy the pictures as a number of us had a chance to explore wheelchair use … land to realize the enormous skill required!!!

Yikes!  St. Andrew’s Boughs & Bonbons Holiday Fair is a only month away. Saturday, December 7th – 9 AM – 1PM

We need your help with this last fundraising event of the year.

We would like to put cookies in tins this year. If you have any holiday tins that you could donate, it would be appreciated. They should be big enough to hold about a dozen cookies.  We also need volunteers to help….

·         Make bows: Monday, Nov 25th at 6:30 pm
·         Decorate wreaths: Thursday, Dec. 5th at 9am
·         Bake cookies
·         Make candy
·         Bake bread or make jams, conserves, dessert sauces, etc.
·         Deliver posters
·         Set up and clean up
·         Work at the fair

Please contact co-chairs Lynne Clough (323-7046) or Patti Rau (367-8223) with questions or offers of help.  Let’s make this Boughs & Bonbons a continued success!

Food for thought: A reflection on giving thanks
from The Very Rev. Sam Candler, Cathedral of St. Phillip, Atlanta, Georgia…
…Maybe this is what it’s like to be close to the Kingdom of God, where all is made new: When I realize how much I do not need, I am that much freer to acknowledge the simple wonders God has for me right now – the simple gifts like love, and family, friends, the church, and community.

Maybe this is what real thanksgiving feels like: Thanksgiving is freedom from the unnecessary clutter of our lives – freedom from what we do not need, so that we can see anew the simple gifts God has for each of us.

Have a good week. You will be in my thoughts and prayers as I sit by my tent in the avocado grove. 

Blessings, Heidi+