January 26, 2023

     



  FROM THE RECTOR                                                         

Mark your Calendars:

Due to the forecasted wintry mix late morning on Sunday, January 29 we will have one service only, at 9:00, followed by the Gifts Workshop. My apologies for the short notice.

Gifts Workshop, Part 2 - January 29, 2023: Part 2 of the Gifts Workshop will focus on identifying the gifts of others and looking at the ministries of St. Andrew's.  Are you called to join a new ministry? All are welcome! There's no need to bring back materials from the first workshop, and you don't need to have attended it. We hope you will join us!

Annual Meeting - February 5, 10:30: We will follow the same format as in previous years, with a 9:00 service followed by a brunch and the Annual Meeting. Please plan to bring a main dish or a side for our brunch. Sammie is bringing cheese grits!!

Bishop's Visit - February 12: The Bishop will be with us for his annual visitation. He will be the Celebrant at the Holy Eucharist at both 8:00 and 10:00. He will meet with the parish between the two services, at 9:00, and join us for Coffee Hour. Following Coffee Hour he will meet with the Vestry. Please plan to attend one of our services and welcome him to St. Andrew's

Caroline's last Sunday - February 19 (though I will be in the office until February 28)

Fragrance Reminder: As many of you know, we have several parishioners who are sensitive to fragrances, and exposure to them can make the worship experience difficult. For the comfort of all worshipers please refrain from the use of products with fragrances when attending worship and other church activities. Thank you!

The CDC places Carroll County in the MEDIUM range for Covid community spread. Masks are not required (but are welcomed!) and the section across from the choir is reserved for those who wish to sit with others who are masked.  We will have coffee hour after the service unless Carroll County is ranked in the high range.

PARISH CALENDAR                                                                                     

 

Sun. Jan 29

8 and 10

Holy Eucharist

 

11:15

Gifts Workshop, Part II

Wed. Feb. 1

10:15

Prayer Shawl Ministry

 

11:00

Food Pantry

 

 

 

Sun. Feb. 5

9:00

Holy Eucharist

 

10:00

Brunch

 

10:30

Annual Meeting

 

 

 

Sun. Feb. 12

8 and 10

Bishop’s Visit

 

 

 

Sun. Feb. 19

8 and 10

Holy Eucharist, Caroline’s last Sunday

 

 

 

 

Every Week

 

Tuesday

8:00 pm

AA Meeting

Wednesday

9:00 am

Morning Prayer

 

1:00

Transition Team

Saturday

8:00 pm

AA and Al Anon Meetings

 

 SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP                                          

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP 
This Sunday - January 29, 2023
Services will be at 8:00 and 10:00AM 

Both services will be in person,  the 10:00AM service will be livestreamed via Zoom and Facebook Live.

Email RectorSAITV@gmail.com for Zoom meeting information or
visit Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/standrewsinthevalleytamworth/

AND...
JOIN US FOLLOWING THE SERVICE FOR



READINGS FOR SUNDAY                                                                            
Sunday January 29, 2023

The Collect of the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

IIn our lesson from the Hebrew Bible God contends with the people of God, reminding them of the saving acts done for them and instructing them in the good that God expects. the very mountains and hills are called as witnesses. God led the people out of Egypt and through the wilderness in safety. Yet they sin. It is not animal or human sacrifices the Lord wishes, but that the people act in justice, and loving kindness, and humility.

The psalm describes the virtues of one who is worthy to worship the Lord.

In this reading Paul directs the Corinthians' attention to God's way of using what is week and lowly-even what the world regards as foolish-to accomplish the divine purposes. Paul emphasizes this understanding because a number of these new Christians had come to think of themselves as especially gifted, powerful, and wise. As the cross has shown, however, God's ideas about what is wise and noble are often quite different from ours. Our only boast can be in the Lord.

The gospel lesson is the opening sayings of the Sermon on the Mount, words of both comfort and challenge. The values of the kingdom are quite different from worldly standards. Those who are to find blessing will know want and thirst, if not because of their own circumstances, then for the sake of others. Those who hunger for righteousness will find fulfillment, bu first they must experience persecution.

  Click below to see all the readings: 
              
LAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE                                                                       

 

January 29

February 5

Acolyte

Lisa

Gretchen

LEM

Cathie

Kaitlyn

1st Reader

PattiBob

2nd Reader

KaitlynSammie

Prayers

Tina

Dale

Camera

Sammie

Christi

8:00



PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER                                                                        

This Week We Pray for:

Health and Wholeness:

ParishCarolyn, Judy, Grace, Tim, Sue, Barbara, Joan, Bill, Elizabeth, Grete, Steve, Gabriele and Bob

Family and FriendsMegan, Alec, John, Angela, Kate, Gary, Grace, Dick, Tracy, Jan & George, Carolyn, Jack, Laurie, Alexa, Chris, Lyse, Margaret, Melody, Peg, Curt, Sharon, George Randall, Mary, and Amy.

Birthdays: Kim Whitefeather Altimare 01/26, Carol Tubman 01/27, Joan Marshall 02/02,Carolyn Boldt 02/03, Bill May 02/13, Lin Frank 02/14, Nathalie Smith 02/17, Tom Huckman 02/20, Judy Grace 02/21, Melissa Bunker 02/26

Anniversaries:  Valerie and Bill May 02/20

Please let the Parish Office know if you would like to add or remove someone 

on the prayer list. Thank you.


COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER                                                                       
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
Food pantry continues to serve the communities needs with new hours.
Alternating Wednesdays
11am-3pm 
                                                                                                                                                               February 8 and February 22

                 Any questions please call 603-960-4067.   


FOOD FOR THOUGHT                                                                                     

The Awareness of Presence

Silence is not merely the absence of internal and external noise. Within the stillness arises our awareness of presence.

We can feel the presence in an empty cathedral, or standing in a mountain forest, or in an open meadow at sunset as the stars begin twinkling while the echo of the whip-o-will dances across the woodland valley.

This silence soaks us with a stillness that allows us to become aware of the presence of eternity behind everything around us. Behind everything we see. Like pinpricks of light breaking through.

When I was five, I would stand out on the wide open hillsides, gazing up at the stars with the moon shining over my shoulder...my heart would expand and soak in the presence of eternity.

God is all around us. Silence allows us to become aware in the stillness, of God's presence.

Another time we were flying into Jackson Hole. The airport is in the middle of the Grand Tetons National Park. We were off-boarding the plane, stepping onto the tarmac, when the vast silence enveloped me. I broke down and wept. I was home.

In the Celtic lands, these are called thin places. The silence brings us into a stillness where we are able to become aware of the presence of eternity all around us. An awareness of seeing that everything is connected, everything is interwoven, and everything belongs.

Silence brings me to our senses, and stillness brings me home.

He leads me beside still waters, He restores my soul.

~Psalm 23:2

Bob Holmes, Contemplative Monk