We will have one service
at 9 for this coming All Saints’ Sunday, the 4th of November. Join us following the service for the Festive Brunch
hosted by the Stewardship Committee to celebrate our pledges of support to the
church.
To date 21 pledges
have been received. Thank you to those
of you who have made your pledge for 2013.
If you have not turned in your pledge card, please do so and help us
celebrate.
Reminder: Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend; Set your clocks back one hour!
Names of the departed. We will begin our liturgy on Sunday with the reading
of the names of departed loved ones and others of importance to you. If you
have names you would like mentioned, please phone (and leave a message) or
email Debra immediately so that she can put the lists together Friday morning.
Readings
for this Sunday: Wisdom of
Solomon 3:1-9, Psalm 24, Revelation 21:1-6a, John 11:32-44.
ALL ARE WELCOME! Join us for Morning Prayer, every Wednesday morning at 9, led by one of our three licensed worship
leaders.
Inquirers’ Class
forming. Are you relatively new to the Episcopal
Church? Are you an “old-timer” who is experiencing a new sense of the Holy
Spirit moving in your life? Are you hungry for something that will help you
connect Sunday morning worship with your vital, week-day life? Are you just
plain curious? Please drop Heidi+ an email. Our new bishop, Rob Hirschfeld,
will be here on February 10th. The Inquirers’ Class may serve as
preparation for confirmation, being received, or making a public reaffirmation
of your baptism, all rites for which a
bishop preside.
Sunday, November 11th the Boy Scouts will be here selling popcorn following both services.
Please plan on supporting their annual fundraiser.
Note: Pies
should be delivered on the day of the dinner/auction by 3 p.m.
Looking ahead: It is with great joy that you are invited to the
Baptism of Connor, Albert, and Melissa, the Bunker children, on Sunday, November 25th, the Sunday following
Thanksgiving. Their baptism will also be the celebration of their formal
adoption by Kathy and Alan. We want to let you know, so that you might plan
accordingly. Please be present to part of the congregation as we pledge our
support to these three remarkable children (and their parents) and welcome them
"into the household of God!"
Yikes! Our annual Boughs & Bonbons Christmas Fair is less
than a month away – Saturday, Dec. 1st. This year, the committee is hoping to enlist
the help of “many hands” to prepare the decorations for the approximately 60
wreaths that are such a popular part of our Fair. And, since wreath decorations are fairly
pricey, we are hoping that you can bring “no-longer-being-used” embellishments
you have on hand as well as any natural materials (pinecones, acorns, branches, mosses,
lichens, etc) that you might find in your backyard or on a walk through the
woods. This should be a fun way to get
us in the holiday spirit. Hope you can
join us. ~The Christmas Fair Committee~ Please
contact co-chairs Lynne Clough (323-7046) or Patti Rau (367-8223) with questions
or offers of help. Let’s make this
Boughs & Bonbons the best ever!
Celebrating and thanking Bishop Gene Robinson:
*All Saints’ Church, Littleton: Saturday,
November 3 from 2 to 4
*Grapone Center, Concord: Saturday,
November 10 from 1 to 4
Food for thought from Von Christierson’s great stewardship hymn “As those of old their
first fruits brought…” (705, Hymnal 1982)
“With gratitude and humble trust we
bring our best to three,
to serve thy cause and share thy love with all
humanity. O thou who gavest us thyself in Jesus Christ thy Son,
help us to give ourselves each day until life’s work is done.”
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 11/2:
10a-noon Food Center
Sat 11/3:
8pm AA & Al-Anon(PH,PR)
Sun 11/4:
8 AM Holy Eucharist Rite I10 AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
5 PM Dinner Bell (Cook Team: Brett School)
Mon 11/5: Church office closed
Tue 11/6:
10am – noon Food Center8pm -AA
Wed 11/7:
9 AM Service of Morning Prayer
Thu 11/8:
