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| Signs of Fall |
There will be two
services this coming Sunday, September 20th and the 17th Sunday
after Pentecost, one at 8 and 10, with coffee hour following both services. We hope you will join us for worship and
fellowship.
Readings: Proverbs 31:10-31, Psalm 1, James 3:13-4:3,
7-8a, Mark 9:30-37.
Come help us harvest!
JOIN US this Saturday (Sept 19th)
for Our Annual Harvesting Party. We will gather at 9 AM at Gretchen’s house in Tamworth Village (directions to
follow) at 9AM to receive our “marching orders,” and will then proceed to the
field. We will harvest the gourds and squashes
that Gretchen planted in May, wash them down, and prep them for sale at our
booth at the Sandwich Fair. While the harvesting requires a comfortably agile
body, we field workers will happily deliver the produce to the more sedentary
team of washers. So there’s something for everyone to do. Children are welcome.
At midday we’ll return to the house and share a potluck lunch together, so
bring something to share. Please dress accordingly for the weather.
Directions to Gretchen’s: From the church go left (west) down Whittier Road. Take
the first right onto rte. 113 over the bridge towards Tamworth village. Go past
the Brett School and past the Post Office. Her drive way is on the left, shortly
after the PO, 1.8 miles from the corner of Whittier Rd and immediately before the Police Station. There is a house number of
106 posted at the end of the dirt driveway. Follow it to the end. Park along
the side of the driveway, or near the house if you need easy access. Questions
call Gretchen at 323-7459.
HELP! Dinner Bell
needs cooks for October 4th! If you think you would like to help with this
outreach program and have never done this before, it’s easier than you
think. Please contact Carol Tubman with
questions or contact the office with your confirmation to help.
Calling all
bakers and jam makers!!! It’s Sandwich Fair prep time! Apple and/or
pumpkin whoopee pies have become one of our now signature offerings! Small loaves of seasonally appropriate sweet
breads such as pumpkin, apple, apple spice, and zucchini are also top sellers!
If you’re willing to help with some baking, please call Chris Mills at 603-452-4049 or email at alba4me@yahoo.com. She has
a standard recipes to share for the whoopee pies and will provide more details
to anyone who calls or emails. Make some now and freeze them, or commit now to
baking later and have us count on you! Thanks.
Sign up to tend
our booth at the Fair! It’s fun. It’s easy. Be an emissary of Saint Andrew’s! (And it
gets you into the Sandwich Fair!) The fair runs for three days. The shifts are
3 hours.
The Syrian
Refugee crisis is on all our minds and I trust in all our prayers. Please
take the time to read our Presiding Bishop’s statement to the church and
explore some of the background material that is provided within it. http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2015/09/14/presiding-bishops-statement-on-refugees-congregational-and-individual-response-suggestions/
I also
commend to you our Bishop’s September 11 post on his blog “Tending the Vine,” http://www.tendingthevine.org/news/ as together we pray and consider how we as
individuals and as a parish might be called to respond to this, the world’s
largest refugee crisis since World War II.
Planning ahead…
Our Annual Blessing of the Animals will be on Sunday, October 4th.
There will be ONE service only at 9:00 that morning. Dogs should come on
leash, cats and rabbits in carriers, birds in cages. Invite your friends to
bring their pets as well, and if your animal doesn’t feel up to coming in
person, feel free to bring a proxy. This year, our service falls on the actual
Feast Day of St. Francis!
Food for thought (and included in last Sunday’s homily.)
Practice
We often think about religion as a set of beliefs,
doctrines, propositions or formulae for right thinking.
But religion is essentially a program of action;
a program of practices, both ritual and ethical
practices, and it is by faithfully and repeatedly
performing our practice that we come to believe.
And when we believe then we are changed.
doctrines, propositions or formulae for right thinking.
But religion is essentially a program of action;
a program of practices, both ritual and ethical
practices, and it is by faithfully and repeatedly
performing our practice that we come to believe.
And when we believe then we are changed.
-Br.
Robert L'Esperance
See you in church,
Blessings, Heidi+
