This coming Sunday, December 30, 2012, The First Sunday after Christmas we will
have an 8am Service of Morning Prayer and 10am Service of Lessons and Carols.
What a glorious week of Christmas
Services. There was an abundance of people here
to rejoice on Christmas Eve enjoying music with Val May on harp.
Jasmine and Victoria join Aislinn (
and Connor) in vested roles at the 5pm service Christmas Eve.
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| The children arrange figures into a nativity scene before the altar. (Placed first, before anything else was the moose, bear and fisher cat.) |
Please view the additional pictures below.
Please
plan to attend this Saturday, December 29th at 11 AM, when
we will celebrate the life of Fred Jones, who passed away on Friday, December
15th. If you would like to make a contribution to the reception
table, it would be most welcome.
Donna’s address is 1701 White Mountain Hwy #55, Tamworth 03886. Please keep Donna and their children and grandchildren in your prayers.
Donna’s address is 1701 White Mountain Hwy #55, Tamworth 03886. Please keep Donna and their children and grandchildren in your prayers.
On
Sunday, January 6, we will celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany with
ONE service only, at 9:00. We will welcome Ginger Heard’s recorder group as our
guest musicians. The coffee hour will be hosted by the Pastoral Care Committee.
After the service all are invited to a discussion of our Outreach & Mission
distribution of funds.
Bishop
Rob's Installation: This celebration will take place at 11
a.m. on Saturday, January 5 at St. Paul’s Church in Concord. All are
welcome and invited to this event. If you would like to offer a ride or
need a ride, sign up on the bulletin board. This will be the formal occasion
when Bishop Rob becomes the Diocesan Bishop.
Bishop Rob will be visiting Saint Andrew's on February 10th. If you think you might like to be confirmed or officially received on that occasion, please let me know soon so we can work on preparation.
Bishop Rob will be visiting Saint Andrew's on February 10th. If you think you might like to be confirmed or officially received on that occasion, please let me know soon so we can work on preparation.
"Food
for thought ... from the Medieval mystery plays of Coventry, England ...
The Coventry Carol
"Herod the king, in his raging
Charged he hath this day,
His men of might, in his own sight,
All young children to slay.
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay"
On the church's calendar each year on December 28th we remember "The Holy Innocents" (see Matthew 2:16-18)...
To protect himself against being supplanted by an infant king (Jesus), King Herod is said to have ordered the slaughter of all male children unter the age of two in Bethlehem and the surrounding region. No one knows how many were killed, but the Church has always honored these innocent children as martyrs. Augustine of Hippo called them "bud, killed by the frost of persecution the moment they showed themselves."
May we remember as well all other young children massacred through senseless acts of war and violence in our own time as well. In the words of the collect for today,
"Receive, we pray into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your great might frustrate the designs of evil tyrants and establish your rule of justice, love, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Blessings, All, in this holy season.
Heidi+
The Coventry Carol
"Herod the king, in his raging
Charged he hath this day,
His men of might, in his own sight,
All young children to slay.
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay"
On the church's calendar each year on December 28th we remember "The Holy Innocents" (see Matthew 2:16-18)...
To protect himself against being supplanted by an infant king (Jesus), King Herod is said to have ordered the slaughter of all male children unter the age of two in Bethlehem and the surrounding region. No one knows how many were killed, but the Church has always honored these innocent children as martyrs. Augustine of Hippo called them "bud, killed by the frost of persecution the moment they showed themselves."
May we remember as well all other young children massacred through senseless acts of war and violence in our own time as well. In the words of the collect for today,
"Receive, we pray into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your great might frustrate the designs of evil tyrants and establish your rule of justice, love, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Blessings, All, in this holy season.
Heidi+
It’s that time of year…that is YEAR
END!
Our Annual Meeting is scheduled for
Sunday, February 3rd, following our
ONE service at 9:00 AM.
Debra will be looking for your Annual
Reports as soon as you can get them to her, final due date being January 18th. Please
don’t wait until the last minute. Send them via email to the office or drop
off a hard copy to her in-box.
If you need a copy of last year’s
report, please send your request to her and she can either email it to you or
provide a hard copy.
ALL ARE WELCOME! To join a Service of Morning Prayer, every
Wednesday at 9 AM, led by one of our three licensed worship leaders.
Blessings from The Office at St. Andrew’s
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| About 75 people enjoyed Christmas Dinner in the Parish Hall. |
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| Peg and her daughter Mary Ellen were there. |
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| The chefs became servers for the Prince Room buffet line. |
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| Several of Carol's friends were back to help again. |
