September 29, 2016

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP

This Sunday, the Feast of Francis of Assisi  and  The First Sunday of Pledge Season, there will be ONE service only at 9 a.m. which will include a Blessing of the Animals.  Please join us for coffee hour following the service.  

There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.

READINGS FOR SUNDAY

Lamentations 1:1-6, Psalm 148:7-14, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Luke 17:5-10.

FROM THE INTERIM RECTOR

This Sunday promises to be a wonderful day! Not only will we have the Blessing of the Animals at our 9:00 service, it is also the kickoff day for our stewardship drive. You will see that our theme this year revolves around sheep. 

"Barnabas"

Throughout scripture there are images of God's people as the sheep of his pasture, as his flock, and of Jesus as the shepherd of the flock - specifically, the Good Shepherd. We will be hearing more about these images in the coming weeks, and I invite you to think about being God's flock in this particular part of God's Kingdom. Sheep are known for their ability to recognize their shepherd's voice, and to follow only their shepherd. How well do we listen, and how well do we follow our own shepherd, Jesus? How do we as individuals and as a parish live out our role as members of God's flock?

You will find the stewardship mailing on the piano - please pick yours up if you are here this Sunday. And come meet Barnabas, my very large stuffed sheep, who will be in church on Sunday morning to greet kids of all ages! He's very huggable.

May God bless you this day and in the days to come,

Caroline

CROPWALK

The 2016 Cropwalk is scheduled for Sunday, October 16th, beginning at 1PM.  Walkers meet at the Sandwich Baptist Church.  The walk benefits the Community Food Center and Dinner Bell.  See Gretchen at coffee hour or call 323-7459 to sign up as a walker and get donation envelopes. Join the comradery in this powerful outreach program.

AS WE APPROACH CONVENTION

Please think about helping with these very important Outreach programs:

United Thank Offering~ Pick up a blue box from the Parish Hall table and drop your coins in every day. Bring your box to church by October 23rd so that we may send a check to Convention with our Delegates.

The ChIP’s (Children of Incarcerated Parents) Project, a program of the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire, provides Christmas gifts for incarcerated parents to give to their children. Each October we invite contributions of cash or gifts to this hugely-needed and much-appreciated project. Please mail cash contributions to the church or put them in the plate. Look for more information in your bulletin this week!

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER

Food Pantry item for Octob er is  Deoderant (for Men and Women). Thank you for your contributions of these items.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

God of Abundance, we thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the beauty of the world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love, Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know Christ and make him known; and, at all times and in all places, may give thanks to you in all things, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Blessings,

See you in Church!  

Production and editing: Deb Hoyt

September 22, 2016

HAPPY FALL!!

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP

This Sunday, the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 21)  there will be two services at 8 and 10 a.m. followed by coffee hour.  Please remember to wear your name badge!

There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.

READINGS FOR SUNDAY

Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16, 1 Timothy 6:6-19, Luke 16:19-31.

NEXT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

There will be ONE service only at 9AM with the Blessing of the Animals.

FROM THE INTERIM RECTOR

Two items have come to me in the past week from The Episcopal Church that I'd like to share. The first, as mentioned during announcements last Sunday, is a new video from our Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Michael Curry. In this video he talks in more depth about what he means when he talks about being the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement. Both the video and the transcript can be found at http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2016/09/15/video-michael-curry-on-loving-liberating-and-life-giving/. As has been true of his other videos, this is a moving and engaging glimpse into who our Presiding Bishop is, as well as an expansion on the Jesus Movement as "loving, liberating and life-giving." It's well worth a few minutes of your time!

The second is a "Word to the Church" issued by the House of Bishops from their meeting this week in Detroit. It is a word of encouragement in this trouble time of violent protests and divisive political rhetoric. The letter may be found here: http://www.nhepiscopalnews.org/ and includes a link to a video in which our own Bishop Rob appears. Print copies will be available on Sunday for those who would like one.

May God bless you this day and in the days to come,

Caroline

CROPWALK

The 2016 Cropwalk is scheduled for Sunday, October 16th, beginning at 1PM.  Walkers meet at the Sandwich Baptist Church.  The walk benefits the Community Food Center and Dinner Bell.  See Gretchen at coffee hour or call 323-7459 to sign up as a walker and get donation envelopes. Join the comradery in this powerful outreach program.

AS WE APPROACH CONVENTION

Please help with these very important Outreach programs.

United Thank Offering~ Pick up a blue box from the Parish Hall table and drop your coins in every day. Bring your box to church on Sunday, October 23rd so it can be counted and included in the amount that will be presented at Diocesan Convention.

The ChIP’s (Children of Incarcerated Parents) Project, a program of the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire, provides Christmas gifts for incarcerated parents to give to their children. Each October we invite contributions of cash or gifts to this hugely-needed and much-appreciated project. Please mail cash contributions to the church or put them in the plate.

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER

Food Pantry item for September is Laundry Detergent. Thank you for your contributions of these items.

  

Blessings,

See you in Church!  

Production and editing: Deb Hoyt

September 15, 2016

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP

This Sunday, the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20)  there will be two services at 8 and 10 a.m. followed by coffee hour.  Please remember to wear your name badge!

There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.

READINGS FOR SUNDAY

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, Psalm 79:1-9, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Luke 16:1-13.

CAROLINE’S FIRST SUNDAY

Please check out the gallery below for more photos.

  

FROM THE INTERIM RECTOR

I have a new email address: InterimSAITV@gmail.com. If you were using my personal email, please delete that, as emails sent to that address may get lost in the shuffle. If you inadvertently use my old address and do not hear from me, please try again using this address. 

Free Books! In the process of settling in to my office here, I needed to clear out some books to make room for my own. Please take a look at the books on the window sill in the parish hall, and help yourself to anything that interests you.

And speaking of clearing out.... Moving as often as I do has helped me learn the value of "cleaning house". And by that I don't mean household chores, but getting rid of "stuff" - I have way too much! In each move I clear out a little more, and in this last move I focused on books (again). Books are perhaps the hardest thing for me to part with, but if it's 20 years old, I haven't looked at it in the past 10 years, and I don't think it's something I will loan to anyone, it's probably time to let go of it. 

So I've been in that mode lately, and it has transferred to the Rector's office here. I don't say that to discourage you from taking home a book or several(!), but to share what is a sort of spiritual practice for me. This "cleaning house" seems to have an interior impact - an interior cleansing if you will - that is freeing. Do you have any "stuff" that you no longer need or use? Might someone else benefit from it? If so, consider passing it along. 

Caroline

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING UNDERNEATH THE CHURCH!

A major cleaning is taking place of the church basement.

See the photo gallery below for more pics!

DINNER BELL HELPERS

A little "Girl Scout" help at dinner bell.

See the photo gallery below for more pics!

NEWS FROM LAKES REGION CONVOCATION…

9/06/16 hosted by Saint Andrew’s. Many thanks to the Vestry for providing a delicious array of “soup to nuts”.

DID YOU KNOW?

Both Houses of the 78^th General Convention adopted resolutions calling dioceses and parishes to “appropriate action”. Among the topics to inspire us to bring The Jesus Movement into and out from our congregations are the following (the full list can be found on the Diocesan website):

·        Life-long Christian Education

·        Development of on-line Christian Education resources

·        Food Ministries

·        Developing spiritual practices as a means of prevention and healing of drug-related abuse

·        Protection of rights for people with varying abilities

·        Examine the impact of oppression including acts of racial discrimination and profiling

DID YOU KNOW?

When a local thrift shop (not the Etc. Shoppe) closed, Trinity Church, Meredith responded. Together with the Congregational and Roman Catholic churches, Trinity opened a new Thrift Shop in the village. They signed the lease and are now visible in the community with an ecumenical, all-volunteer staff.

All Saints’ Wolfeboro has successfully installed solar panels on both east and south roofs.

At Saint John the Baptist, Sanbornville, proceeds ($2,800) from ARFF (Animals Raising Funds for Food) will provide 7,567 meals to children. 

Lakes Region Convocation delegates meet to share and learn from our successes and challenges. But we are primarily the connection between our parishes and the basic unit of the Episcopal Church, the diocese. As delegates to Lakes Region Convocation and to the Diocesan Convention on November 5, our responsibility is both to understand the Diocesan Budget and Resolutions and to bring our diverse congregations on board with what is happening to bring The Jesus Movement into and then out from our congregations into the communities around us. 

Delegates from Saint Andrew’s to Lakes Region Convocation and Diocesan Convention are: Cathie Lewis, Carol Tubman, Marty Cloran (Gretchen Behr-Svendsen, and Lisa Thompson, Alternates).

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER

Food Pantry item for September is Laundry Detergent. Thank you for your contributions of these items.

Blessings,

See you in Church!  

Production and editing: Deb Hoyt 

Photography: Lisa Thompson

PHOTO GALLERY

Caroline's first Sunday

Cleaning the Basement

A helping hand from Kevin Mort

Tom Huckman handing up more for the dump.

Dinner Bell...

September 8, 2016

   

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP

This Sunday, the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19)  there will be two services at 8 and 10 a.m. followed by coffee hour.  Caroline Hines, our Interim Rector, will begin this Sunday. Please come and welcome her! 

There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.

READINGS FOR SUNDAY

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, Psalm 14, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-10.

ABOUT OUR INTERIM RECTOR

From Caroline: "I was ordained to the priesthood at Christ Church Exeter, NH in 2000, and remained there as Associate Rector until 2009, when I began my ministry as an interim rector. I have served as Interim in Exeter, Maine, Toledo, OH, and most recently at St. James in Keene, NH.

I enjoy close relationships with my siblings, who live in Chicago, Maryland and Mississippi, and am looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with them in Talum, Mexico this year, as we celebrate my younger brother's 50th birthday.

 

Prior to attending seminary I worked for twenty years as a Master's level child and youth psychologist in Western North Carolina. The Tamworth area reminds me of that part of the country, and it is already feeling like home. Though I grew up in the South, I consider myself a transplanted New Englander, and am happy to have been called to St. Andrew's. I am so looking forward to getting to know everyone at here, and to ministering among you!"

PLEASE WEAR YOUR NAME BADGE

Please wear your name badge. It will help Caroline get to know "who's who".  If you need a name badge, please leave a note in Deb's in box.  Also those who have requested one will find theirs in their parish hall mailbox or hanging in the entrance hallway.  If you would like a Parish Hall mailbox, please leave that request for Deb also.

PICTURE GALLERY

The picture gallery below offers pictures from Tuesday night’s Lakes Region Convocation Meeting courtesy of Lisa Thompson.

WOMEN’S LUNCH BUNCH

The Ladies will meet for lunch at noon on Wednesday, September 14th, at the Mt. View Station Restaurant in Center Ossipee. If you have questions, please contact Dale Appleton.

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER

Food Pantry item for September is Laundry Detergent. Thank you for your contributions of these items.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

 Blessings,

See you in Church!  

Production and editing:

Deb Hoyt

PICTURE GALLERY

lAKES REGION CONVOCATION MEETING

AT ST. ANDREW'S

Arriving for Convocation

Walking the Labyrinth before the meeting

 

The vestry prepared a feast!

Getting settled in the Prince Room

Cathie Lewis, Co-Convener speaks with the
Rev. Randy Dales

Newly ordained Deacon, Maryan Davis, shares Parish
news from Saint Mark's, Ashland

The Rev. Randy Dales presents the 2016 Dioscesan
Convention resolutions

Faithful "pray-er"

Marty Cloran leads Compline

September 1, 2016

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP

This Sunday, the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18)  there will be ONE service only at 9:00 a.m. followed by coffee hour.  This will be the last Sunday with Rev. Bill Cruse. We thank Bill for serving with us this summer.

Coffee hour host for the first Sunday in September is the Choir.

 There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.

READINGS FOR SUNDAY

Jeremiah 18:1-11, Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17, Philemon 1-21, Luke 14:25-33.

LAKES REGION CONVOCATION

The September 6th Convocation Meeting will be hosted at St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley. Carol Tubman is asking for assistance with a light supper preparation and cleaning up. If you can help out please call Carol at 651-8230.

and…

In preparation for the meeting….a major cleaning of the Prince Room is taking place.

Thank you to Cathie Lewis, Kevin Mort, Mary Harrington, Joyce Carter, Ann Albrecht, Midge Pendergast, and Gretchen Behr-Svendsen for carpet cleaning, wood dusting, chandelier polishing, book straightening, (lunch) window washing and removal of unnecessary accumulated "stuff". Encouragement to keep the space "Neat".

OUR DUTIFUL USHERS

-Many thanks to St. Andrew's reliable ushers, some of whom have been doing this job for years.  Thanks, also, to Barbara Lord who has been setting up the schedules for the last several years and filling in wherever needed.

Churchgoers are greeted each Sunday by the ushers at the front door.  The ushers also bring the bread and wine to the altar for Eucharist, take collection, and perform several duties after church while locking up for the day.

On Sunday, August 28, the ushers: Ann Albrecht, Dale Appleton, Barbara Lord, and Joan Wright met in the sanctuary to go over all the many little duties.  Thank you Dale Appleton for the excellent demonstration on how to properly lock the front door.

The schedule of ushers is as follows:

   First Sunday of the month: Dale Appleton

   Second Sunday: George Rau

   Third Sunday: Joan Wright

   Fourth Sunday: Ann Albrecht

   Fifth Sunday: Open

Anybody interested in ushering for the fifth Sunday should contact Ann Albrecht at 323-7578.  It's about four Sundays each year.

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER

Food Pantry item for September is Laundry Detergent. Thank you for your contributions of these items.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

shared from Patricia Turner

  

Blessings,

See you in Church!  

Production and editing: Deb Hoyt