April 26, 2018

There is a loud chorus of peeping behind St. Andrew's
SPRING IS HERE!

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
THIS SUNDAY, April 29th, The Fifth Sunday of Easter, there will be two services at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.
READINGS FOR SUNDAY                
Sunday, April 29, 2018
5th Sunday of Easter
Year B
Acts 8:26-40
Psalm 22:24-30
1 John 4:7-21
John 15:1-8
 
FROM THE RECTOR
Rev. Caroline will be away through April 27th.
ALTAR FLOWERS

 Our Easter Lilies will not make it through to the end of Easter. Please consider signing up to dedicate flowers until your summer ones are blooming.
When your blooms are ready to share from your garden please indicate that on a completed envelope from the Altar flower chart in the Parish Hall and turn in to the office.

We encourage flowers to be given in memory, in honor of or in thanksgiving. If you do not have garden flowers and would like flowers to be ordered ($20), please note that accordingly on the flower chart and submission envelope. Thank you
 DINNER BELL

Dinner Bell cook team for this Sunday April 29th
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Dinner Bell cook team for next Sunday May 6th
Sandwich Community Church
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Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!

 
SHOP AT Ossipee HANNAFORD
AND BUY A REUSABLE BAG!
Our  local Hannaford store has selected
Saint Andrew's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church
as the
 May recipient of the
Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program!
for the benefit of the Dinner Bell Program

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
The monthly item for April is Laundry Detergent.
FORWARD DAY BY DAY FOR TODAY
THURSDAY, April 26, 2018
Acts 12:7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
Preaching the gospel often results in trouble for the apostles. Later in Acts, they will be described as “turning the world upside down.” When Herod’s fear of the Jesus Movement leads him to imprison Peter, no doubt Herod assumes prison walls can stem the tide of the gospel. He either has not heard or does not believe the story of the resurrection; otherwise he would know that not even death can withstand the love of God.
Breaking chains is the work of Christ in the world. Through his life, death, and resurrection the chains that bind us to sin are broken. Our work is the same as Peter’s—to “get up quickly.” The Book of Common Prayer suggests that service to God is “perfect freedom.” It seems counterintuitive to suggest that in order to be free we have to submit to God, but this is how our life of faith in Jesus works. Placing anything else at the center of our lives binds us to that which does not save.
MOVING FORWARD: What chains have been broken in your life or community recently? How are you proclaiming that good news?
 FROM Deb IN THE OFFICE
NAME TAGS  I will be doing a name tag print next week. If you need a name tag please drop a note in the office or email me at office@standrewsinthevalley.org. Thank you.

May BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
If you do not see your birthday or anniversary listed, please make sure Deb in the office has an information sheet on file for you.
     
                            
MAY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

     Birthdays
1              John Marshall
7        Elaine South
11      Janet Palmer
15      Kitty Lou Booty, Betty Faella
17      Chuck DeGroot
18      Tim Huckman
20      Tom Forbes
26      Dan DeGroot
28      Bob Luz

     Anniversaries
13      Tom & Jen Huckman
20      Jonathan & Lois Brady
26      Grete & George Plender
28      Bruce & Denise Foreman
30      Bob & Gabriele Wallace
         
PHOTO GALLERY

Don’t let that “Photo Opportunity” pass by. Use your cell phone to snap a picture of that moment to share in the Thursday Memo.  Send your photo with a description to Deb in the office: office@standrewsinthevalley.org.  If you don’t have your camera, there is one in the office that is available to use.


Thank you Carol for this week's candid photo!

Rev. Nancy Spencer-Smith,
our guest priest last Sunday
(photo by Carol Tubman)
  
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