The services for this
coming Sunday, July 21st, the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, will be at 8
and 10 AM.
Readings for this
Sunday: Amos 8:1-12, Psalm 52, Colossians 1:15-28,
Luke 10:38-42.
See Picture galleries below for
-the Celebration of the Life of Our Friend
and Brother in Christ John Booty on July 13th.-from Church Island in Squam Lake where Heidi preached last Sunday.
Tickets
are going fast for our Holy Smoke Backyard Barbeque to be held on July
26th. Have you reserved or purchased yours? Call
or stop by the office or plan on picking them up this Sunday.
The Celebration
of the Life of Billy McAdams, long-time grounds-keeper and
snow-remover for Saint Andrew’s and good friend of the parish, will be held
this coming Sunday afternoon, July 21, at 4 PM in the meadow behind the
Norcross house, at 1218 Bearcamp Highway (Rte 25), South Tamworth. This is
about half a mile past the South Tamworth country store coming from the church.
There will be signs designating the location. Gina, Shana, and Joshua are
extending an open invitation to all who knew and loved Billy. Please join those
of us who will be there as a way of expressing Saint Andrew’s appreciation of
Billy and his years of service to the church. Come be the church out in the
community!
Billy
died very suddenly of a heart attack on July 10th. There is a Billy
McAdams Memorial Fund that is being set up at the Meredith Village Savings
Bank. Checks may be made out to the "Billy McAdams Memorial Fund"
and mailed to Tom Vachon at PO Box 28, South Tamworth, 03883. Billy’s several
jobs were the major income source for his family. It is hoped that this fund
will assist the family in making ends meet during this difficult time of
transition. Questions? Talk to Rev. Heidi or Elizabeth Wiesner.
Another
untimely death: Arrangements are being made for a funeral
for Jeb Pike to be held at St. Andrew’s next week – date and time yet to
be determined. Jeb was a long-time Tamworth resident, owner of Granite State
Self-Storage in Chocorua, and a former parishioner and vestry member at St.
Andrew’s in the 1980s. His wife, Beverly, extends an invitation to all who knew
or remember Jeb to attend the service.
Calling
all walkers!!! The Annual Church World Service CROP Walk will
take place on Sunday, August 4th, beginning at 1:30 from the Baptist
Church in Sandwich. Please plan on walking the five-mile loop through Sandwich
and Sponsor envelopes will be available this Sunday following both services.
Our Community Food Pantry and Dinner Bell both benefit significantly from the
money raised.
Saint
Andrew’s will be at the Tamworth Farmers’ Market this Saturday! Stop
by the Market between 9 and noon at the four corners in Tamworth Village. You
can buy your tickets to our Holy Smoke Backyard Barbeque to be held
on July 26th and/or a chance for two tickets to a Red Sox
Game, as well as sign up to walk in the CROP Walk – all while you enjoy the
pleasures of this extended community. Another opportunity to be the church
out in the world!
People
of the Way discussion groups are now underway. This
coming week, the Wednesday morning group will focus on chapters 2, 3, and 4,
meeting at 10:15 in the Prince Room. The Wednesday evening group will meet at
5:30 for a light supper followed by discussion of the introduction and chapters
one and two. Please confirm with the office if you plan to attend.
Thank
you to all who provided such wonderful hospitality for
John’s service last Saturday, with special thanks going to Sally, Carol,
Gretchen, David and Duane for handling set-up, a wonderful reception, and
clean-up, and to Bernice for her organ-playing, accompanying Clare
Fischer-Davies for two solo offerings and the congregation for the splendid
hymns.
Food
for thought from poet Mary Oliver…Summer Story
When the hummingbird
sinks its face
into the trumpet vine
into the funnels
of
the blossom
and the tongue
leaps out
and throbs,
I am
scorchedand the tongue
leaps out
and throbs,
to realize once again
how many small, available things
are in the world
that
aren’t
pieces of gold
or power ––
that nobody owns
pieces of gold
or power ––
that nobody owns
or
could buy even
for a hillside of money––
that just
float about the world,
for a hillside of money––
that just
float about the world,
or
drift over the fields,
or into the gardens,
and into the tents of the vines,
and now here I am
spending
my time,or into the gardens,
and into the tents of the vines,
and now here I am
as the saying goes,
watching until the watching turns into feeling,
so that I feel I am myself
a small bird
with a terrible hunger,
with a thin beak probing and dipping,
and a heart that races so fast
it
is only a heartbeat ahead of breaking––
and I am the hunger and the assuagement,
and also I am the leaves and the blossoms,
and, like them, I am full of delight, and shaking.
See you in
church!and I am the hunger and the assuagement,
and also I am the leaves and the blossoms,
and, like them, I am full of delight, and shaking.
Blessings, Heidi+
-the Celebration of the Life of Our Friend and Brother in Christ John Booty on July 13th.
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| Rev. Heidi, Bp. Rob, Rev. Ellen Aitken (preacher) |
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| Clare Fischer-Davies |
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| Kitty Lou, Gillian and Diane bringing forward the bread and wine. |
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| Retired NH Bp. Theuner with former St. Andrew's rector Clare Fischer-Davies |
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| Bell-ringer Elsa |
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| The Rectors of St. Andrew's Clare Fischer-Davies, Heidi Frantz-Dale, Peg Custer |
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| Sammie, former Sr. Warden for all three rectors!
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| The boat ride out |
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| View from Church Island |
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| What is it about the front pews??? |
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| Morning Prayer officiant and preacher |
