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This
Sunday, the 5th of August, the Transfiguration of our Lord and the
85th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church, there
will be one service at 9 a.m., with coffee hour following. We hope you'll join
us for worship and fellowship as we give thanks for the consecration of our new
bishop and for the 85 years of Saint Andrew’s-in-the-Valley!.
Readings for this
Sunday: Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99, 2 Peter 1:13-21, Luke 9:28-36.
Morning Prayer every
Wednesday at 9 am.
The consecration, on your computer: A live video “broadcast” of the consecration of our
new bishop will be available over the internet, for parish or home
viewing. If you can watch a YouTube video on your computer, you can
probably receive it. Access to the video stream will be available at http://search.nhepiscopal.org/index.php/consecration.
Alternatively, just go to nhepiscopal.org, click on the Consecration title on
the right, and that will take you directly to the right page. The top box on
that page will be the video link by 10:45 on Saturday. The Program Booklet will
also be available there.
The Consecration begins at 11 AM this Saturday, August
4th. The video coverage is expected to begin with the preludes at 10:45.
Rita Rouner's family is inviting all St. Andrew's friends who would like to come to a committal service for Rita this coming Sunday, at 3.p.m. at Rita's and Leroy's home, 223 Maple Ridge Road in North Sandwich. Rita's ashes will be buried in the old cemetery on the property and a reception will follow at the house.
Women’s
Lunch Bunch will meet on Wed, August
8th at Noon at the Mtn View Station Restaurant in Center Ossipee.
Please contact Dale Appleton if you have questions.
Announcing our
next meal event: On Friday of next week,
August 10th. We will be hosting a Backyard Barbecue Bluegrass Bash! We’ll fire up the charcoal pit for a chicken
barbecue with fresh corn, potato salad, coleslaw, and our (now famous)
blueberry buckle for dessert, all with fabulous, live, musical entertainment by
the Bluegrass Mountain Boys! So mark your calendar, invite your friends. 50% of
our proceeds will go to local and regional outreach and 50% to the church.
(This event is taking the place of our Lobster bake, since our lobster-boiling
friends were not available this year.) We’ll need lots of help, so check out
the sign-up list! Carol Tubman and Chris Mills will be co-chairing the event.
Parish Gatherings
coming up: The Vestry invites you to
participate in one of four remaining comparable gatherings to be held at homes
of parishioners. It’s been along time since we’ve gathered groups of 10 to 12
together to talk about the life of our parish – our strengths, our challenges,
and our hopes and dreams. Each gathering will be facilitated by two parish
leaders; refreshments will be served. Please sign up at the table in the Parish
Hall.
Thur., Aug. 9th,
6:30pm-8:00pm
Tues., Aug 14th,
6:30pm-8:00pm
Thurs. Aug 16th,
3:30pm-5:00pm
Our Annual Rummage Sale will have a
few changes this year: It will take
place in August this year to help families be ready for the start of school:
Friday Aug. 24th and Saturday Aug. 25th.
Diane Lombardi is the chairperson.
This will be a morning event only, on both days. So start sorting your
closets and clothes. We will be receiving contributions beginning on Tuesday,
August 21st. Please remember: everything should be clean and in good
condition. Clothing and fabric household goods only (linens, towels, curtains,
etc.)
On Friday, August
10th, there will be a food drive
benefitting our food pantry at Hannafords in Ossipee. We hope you will come out and support this.
Insulation work
is now underway! There will be absolutely NO ACCESS to the building from
Monday, 7am until Tuesday, 10am. The
foam insulation needs to harden before it’s ok to come into the building.
The Ramp rebuilding is
also about to happen! This will definitely entail several days when the ramp
door will be unusable. We will have good signage to direct you to alternate entrances, including
the possibility of a “drop off” point at the far end of the Parish Hall.
Temporary inconvenience; permanent improvement.
Calling all lovers of homemade jams, jellies, pickles, etc. Sandwich Fair is only a few short months from now. Any person who
wishes to create their own delicacies for sale, please contact Gretchen, Chris
or Carol with questions and requests for labels. For any person who loves to
consume home made canned goods, consider saving you empty jars for re-use by
one of us. Also, If you frequent yard sales and happen to see two piece 8 or
16oz canning jars, grab them. (new jars run from $8-$12/case of twelve) We will
reimburse you.
Food for thought on Choice, from Brother David Vryhof of SSJE…
Every time we make a
choice we are turning some deep and inner part of ourselves into something a
little different than it was before. With all our innumerable choices,
throughout the whole of our lives we are slowly turning this deep and inner
part of ourselves into something that is in harmony with God and with God’s
purposes in the world, or into something that is contrary to them. Each of us
at each moment is progressing one way or the other.
See you in church! Blessings,
Heidi+
From
the office at St. Andrew’s
Office Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 9am-Noon
If you have anything that you would like to have put
in the Thurs. Memo, please email to the office by the previous Wednesday. Your
submissions are welcome.
UPCOMING
WEEK’S CALENDAR:
Fri 8/3:
10a-noon Food Center
Sat 8/4:
8pm
AA & Al-Anon(PH,PR)
Sun 8/5:
9 AM Holy Eucharist, Rite II
5 PM Dinner Bell (Cook Team: Manley & Friends)
Mon 8/6: Church office closed.
Absolutely no access to the building because of insulation work.
See paragraph about insulation, above.Absolutely no access to the building because of insulation work.
Tue 8/7:
Probably no access to the building before 10 a.m. because of insulation work on Monday.See paragraph about insulation, above.
10am – noon Food Center
7pm Discernment Committee
8pm
AA (PH)
Wed 8/8:
9 AM Service of Morning Prayer
Thu 8/9:
