JOIN US
FOR WORSHIP
This Sunday, The Fourth Sunday in Lent, there
will be two services at 8 and 10am.
There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday
mornings at 9 a.m.
READINGS
FOR SUNDAY
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Psalm 23
Ephesians 5:8-14
John 9:1-41
FROM THE INTERIM RECTOR
Coffee/Coloring
Hour!
Do you like to color? Or did you when
you were a child? Many of us have re-discovered coloring as a relaxing and
engaging activity, regardless of our age.
Following the 9:00 service on Sunday,
April 2, join us for an intergenerational coloring coffee hour. We’ll have
markers and colored pencils on hand (if you have some favorites feel free to bring
them), and multiple Alleluia coloring posters and coloring sheets to complete
between now and Easter Sunday, when they will be on display.
Here’s a partially
completed example but let your coloring imagination flow and use whatever
colors you wish!
Faithfully,
Caroline
DINNER BELL
We need a volunteer cook team for this coming
Sunday, 26th. There was an error in posting in the bulletin and there is no
one signed up. Please contact Carol Tubman if you can fill in for this very
important Outreach ministry.
EASTER ALTAR FLOWERS
Easter Flower dedication slips will be provided in
the bulletins and also by the flower chart in the Parish Hall. Please consider a contribution and dedication
to help with this cost. The dedications need to be in to the office
by April 10th. Please send an email to office in advance
of payment if you need to get your dedication in on time.
RESOURCES FOR LENT
The Lenton
Study 5 Marks of Love; Living Life
Marked as Christ’s Own, continues on Wednesday March 29th at
6 pm with a simple supper.
SEARCH COMMITTEE
Prayer for St. Andrew’s during this phase of the search process.
Loving God, giver of all good gifts, grant to the Search Committee, and to the parish, wisdom and faith. Be with us as we develop and create the Parish Profile. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
SAFE CHURCH
If
you are a new vestry member or are in need of refresher training, please
contact Marty Cloran with your interest to attend one of these training
dates. He will advise you if you need to
also complete the online modules prior to the in person training. For more
information of the training sites listed below, click here.
You
must sign up 5 days in advance of the live training date.
April
6- 7-9pm St. Peter’s,
Londonderry
April
29- 9am-noon Trinity Church, Claremont
Late
April/Early May 9-noon Trinity Church, Meredith
Sept
30- St. Thomas Church, Hanover
FOOD FOR
THOUGHT
Teach
me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;
knit my heart to you that I may fear your
Name. - Psalm 86:11
The
way of the Lord (and what I need to learn) is wholeheartedness. To live this
way means I can hold nothing in reserve - I must be open and willing to risk
the whole of my heart for God, in the service of others, seeking what Jesus is
offering me with himself. - from Forward Day by Day, March 23
FROM THE PARISH OFFICE
Giving Statements:
The first quarter giving statements will be sent
out after next weekend. If I have an
email address on file, they will be sent via email, others will go via regular
mail. Please let me know if you do not
receive it and also provide an email address if you have not and want to
receive it in the future.
Please advise of any corrections that need to be
made to your statement.
We are happy to be moving toward a “greener”
future and reducing paper costs.
Birthdays & Anniversaries:
These will be posted in the Thursday Memo (at the
end) for the month. If you have not
given this important information to the office and would like to be recognized,
please send your details to me at office@standrewsinthevalley.org.
Bulletin Boards:
Unfortunately, I have not had the extra time (or
anticipate any in the near future) to keep the bulletin boards up to date and
looking sharp and creative. I am looking
for pairs of volunteers (maybe trading
off for seasonal changes) who would like to show off their creativity and
dressing up the boards. If you are
interested, please see Deb to discuss appropriations for materials and
providing photos, etc. This is not a
huge, time consuming project but could be fun and maybe could include our
younger folks to participate and help.
Holy Week Bulletin assembly:
If you think you can lend a hand to assemble the
MANY bulletins needed for Holy week, please let me know. I will be scheduling assembly times for the
week of April 3rd and 9th during my in-office hours/days. Please let me know if you can be here to help
during any of these times.
Wed-Thur(5th-6th) 2p-5p //
Fri(7th) 9a-11a
Tues (11th )9a-11a. // Wed-Thur (12th-13th)//
Fri(14th) 9a-11a
Thank you.
Deb, Parish Administrator
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
The monthly item for MARCH is Jello.
APRIL
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Birthdays
2 Ellen
Keith
3 Christine
Mills
8 Ann
Albrecht
14 Audrey
Berry
15 Elizabeth
Pease
24 Dave
Adams
26 Todd
Horn
28 Peggy
Cannon, June Young
Anniversaries
8 Christine
& Robert Mills
16 Peter
& Trudy Thompson
19 Marty
& Marilyn Cloran
David & Patricia Adams
LINKS FOR MOBILE VIEWERS:
Photography by:
