April 13, 2017


Fra Angelico, "Jesus Apearing to the Magdalene"
(1440-41), Convent of San Marco, Florence
JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
This Sunday, EASTER Sunday, there will be ONE service only at 10 a.m.
There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m.


READINGS FOR SUNDAY
Acts 10:34-43
Psalm 118 1-2, 14-24
Colossians 3:1-4
John 20:1-18

LAST SUNDAY
See below for the wonderful picture gallery of Palm Sunday
Courtesy of Photographer Lisa Thompson

FROM THE INTERIM RECTOR
BRING YOUR BELLS!
Remember to bring your bells to Easter Vigil, Saturday at 8pm.

Easter Morning Coffee Hour
There will be a potluck brunch for Coffee Hour after the 10am Service. You are encouraged to bring your favorite item to add to the table.

Easter Supper
If you are looking for somewhere to go for Easter Supper, Carol Tubman will be cooking for dinner bell on Sunday evening and you are invited to join at 5pm.

Faithfully, Caroline

GOOD FRIDAY OFFERING
Each year the Presiding Bishop asks us to support the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem through the Good Friday Offering, and we will participate once again this year. For more information about this cause, see the Presiding Bishop’s letter HERE, and look for more information in the Sunday bulletin.


A NOTE FROM ELAINE SOUTH
Received April 3, 2017
To the dear people of St. Andrew’s
Thank you for your kind words and hugs and all the behind-the-scene work for Brooks’ farewell. We love you all!
Sincerely,
Elaine South

DINNER BELL
Volunteer Cook Teams are needed for April 23rd and all Sundays for month of MAY. Please consider enlisting some friends to team up and help with this important outreach ministry. Please contact Carol Tubman or email the office with your availability.

SEARCH COMMITTEE
The Parish Survey is ready and your imput is important to the success of this survey.  All responses together will help create an accurate parish profile for our search process.  There will be opportunities to discuss the survey topics during our small group meetings.
Please complete the survey by May 1, 2017.
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.
Search Committee: George Rau, Lisa Thompson, Cathie Lewis, Tom Huckman, Betsy Hess and Pat Adams.
  
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
GREETINGS! 
Starting April 1st, the Hannaford Cause Bag program at the Hannaford store located at 891 NH 16, Ossipee, NH will be focused on the sale of the FIGHT HUNGER BAGS in support of THE COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER food pantry!!
Every day counts~ we hope you find the resources at http://newhannaford.bags4mycause.com/ helpful in your continued outreach.
And, don’t forget to share with everyone that the Fight Hunger bags with the message “This bag helped feed someone in need” can be found on the reusable bag rack at various registers.
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
The monthly item for APRIL is laundry detergent.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
“…for Jesus yesterday was not the time, but now is the time. His hour at last has come and he is ready for whatever comes next. And what comes next unleashes a whole host of events that reverberates to this very day. What comes next shaped history, changed lives and ultimately brought us all to this very place. For what came next had to do not only with Jesus, but with you and me as well.
What came next was water and towel, bread and wine, kiss and cross, tomb and terror, light and life. What came next was seeing, and sending and saying.  Now is the time for Jesus and in a few short days we will hear him say “it is finished.” And for Jesus, his work will be done. But for us it will be just beginning.
So pay attention. Pay attention to what happens in the next few days. Pay attention to what goes on around you and within you. Pay attention to the water on your feet and the roughness of the towel in your hand. Pay attention to the softness of the bread and the sting of the wine in your throat. Pay attention to the brusqueness of the kiss and the splinters of the cross. Pay attention to the coldness of the tomb and the terror that clutches your heart. Pay attention to the brightness of the dawning light and the life that bursts forth.
Something has happened and now, now is the time Jesus tells us for him to be lifted up from the earth that he might draw all people to himself.
But soon, soon it will be our time to see, and be sent and to say so that all the world may believe.”
-­ Br. James Koestler
Society of St. John the Evangelist
Cambridge, MA
FROM Deb in THE OFFICE

Quarterly Giving Statements
While I had the best of intentions, due to an unplanned 4 days away, I am unable to get the statements out this week. I will endeavor to send them out before the end of the month of April.

  
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

 Palm Sunday Photo Gallery


The Procession







Coloring Alleluias

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