January 24, 2013


Thursday MEMO for January 24, 2013

Services for this coming Sunday, January 27th, the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, will be at 8 and 10 am. Annual Reports for 2012 have been printed and distributed to your Parish Hall mailboxes. Please pick up your copy and take it home to read in preparation for next Sunday’s meeting.

Readings for this Sunday: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19;
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21

Coffee Hour Hosts are needed:  Please check the signup sheet in the Parish Hall for dates that need to be filled for after the 8am and 10 am services. There are people who will gladly show you the ropes if you have never hosted.

Next Sunday, February 3rd – ONE service and our annual Meeting! Get here any way you can. If you need a ride, call the office my Wednesday. Please join us in the parish hall after church for a sit-down brunch, followed by our Annual Meeting. Come and say thank you to Sammie Wakefield who is stepping down after 5 years as Sr. Warden and other retiring vestry members. Then vote for new ones! See the slate below. Bring a dish for the food table and we will all feast together!

Also please check the posted list of members eligible to vote. If your name is not there and you would like to be voting member of St. Andrew’s, please talk to Rev. Heidi.

The Nominating Committee presents the following slate for 2013:

Senior Warden:  Carol Tubman (1st year of two-year term)
Clerk: Chris Mills (1st one-year term)
Treasurer: Bob Seston (2nd one-year term)
Vestry:
            Lynne Clough for a one-year term  (to fulfill Chris Mills’s unexpired term)
            Barbara Lord (1st year of two-year term)
            David Manley (1st year of two-year term)
            George Rau (1st year of second two-year term)
            Phil Wallick (1st year of second two-year term)

Convocation/Convention Delegates:
            Bruce Kennedy (1st year of second 2-year term)
            Cathy Lewis (1st year of second 2-year term)
            Kaitlyn Marshall (Youth Representative)
            George Rau (1st year of second 2-year term)
          Parish Representative to Nominating Committee: Lisa Thompson

A reminder of Parish Policy about Nominations “From the Floor:

While additional nominations may not be made literally “from the floor” at the time of the meeting, additional names will be accepted between now and this coming Wednesday, January 30th. Please do not nominate without consulting your nominee and contact George Rau, chair of Nominating Committee, if you would like to put someone forward.

Plan ahead! In two weeks on Sunday, February 10, our new bishop, Rob Hirschfeld will be here at Saint Andrew’s for his first visit. We will have ONE service only on this occasion, and it will be at 10:00. Bishop Rob is eager to get to know this parish and our people (including you)! Mark your calendars now and save the date.

 Food for reflection from Brother Curtis, SSJE in this season of increasing light…
You are a living mirror. Bear the beams of God’s love. Let God’s light teem from your own countenance. Look upon others and be radiant with God’s love for them. They may otherwise never know how much God loves them.


Stay warm and enjoy the pristine beauty of these frigid days and sparkling, moonlit nights!

Blessings,

Heidi+

                            

From the office at St. Andrew’s: Office Hours:  Tuesday-Friday 9am-Noon

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Winter Weather Advisory!!!  Please keep in mind during the winter when the weather looks questionable for safe travel to call the church before you leave home to check for schedule changes. If a storm comes in on Saturday evening or Sunday, I will make a judgment by 6:30 AM about whether to hold, cancel, or delay services. Cancellations will also be announced on WMWV radio 93.5. I will also send an email out to you if you have provided me with your email address. PLEASE do not travel if it feels unsafe to you. Enjoy a Sabbath morning at home and remember St. Andrew’s in your prayers.

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UPCOMING WEEK’S CALENDAR:

Fri  1/25:
               10 AM-noon  Food Center
                             
Sat 1/26:              
                8 PM AA & Al-Anon (PH,PR)
              
Sun 1/27:
                8 AM Holy Eucharist Rite I
                10 AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
                5 PM Dinner Bell
            (Cook Team: Clyne/Beecher)

Mon 1/28:             Church office closed
                6:30-8:30 PM Boy Scout Troop (PH)

 Tue 1/29:             
                10 AM – noon  Food Center
                8 PM AA Step Meeting
                               
Wed 1/30:
                9 AM Service of Morning Prayer
                               
Thu  1/31: