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| October at St. Andrew's |
Services for this
coming Sunday, the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost will be at 8 and 10 AM. At
the 10:00 service we will welcome Lily Young as a member of Christ’s church
through the sacrament of Holy Baptism. (Lily is Kitty Lou Booty’s
great-granddaughter.) We hope you will join us for worship and celebration, and
to welcome Lily and her family.
Readings for this
Sunday: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm
66:1-11; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19.
This is Sandwich Fair
Weekend!!!! Come visit our booth in the Farmers’ Market. Enter through Gate
C, which is off the Bean Road, and you will find us there. A number of talented
crafts-people in our parish have created amazing, spectacularly decorated
gourds, which will be for sale, along with our (now famous!) homemade jams,
jellies, and dessert sauces.
Reminder to our booth staffers: Remember, we are counting on you! Please arrive on time, and come suitably dressed for the weather – rain or shine, hot or cold, wind or calm.
Reminder to our booth staffers: Remember, we are counting on you! Please arrive on time, and come suitably dressed for the weather – rain or shine, hot or cold, wind or calm.
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| Xena's Blessing |
Adult acolytes and
eucharistic ministers (LEMs): It’s time to brush up on what we do and why
we do it. If you missed the first refresher/training, come on October 19 from 8:30 to 11:30. We will
begin with Morning Prayer, followed by breakfast (so no need to eat first) then
the training. The expectation is that everyone who serves will attend. Please
let Lisa know so that we can plan accordingly. It is quite likely that we will
finish well before noon.
There is a Service of Morning Prayer every Wednesday at 9 AM. We
hope you will join us for worship and fellowship
Remember the Children
of Incarcerated Parents: October is ChIPs month at St. Andrew’s. Last year
our parish raised about $500 that was used to purchase Christmas gifts (both
toys and books) for children of prisoners, so that these parents have the
possibility of giving something to their children. The gifts are presented at
holiday parties where each child receives a gift and a book. Gifts should not exceed $20 retail value,
must be new. Some restrictions apply: no jewelry, balloons, crayons, play dough,
glue, bubbles, long sticks, knitting needles, glass items, clothing, sharp
tools, or toy weapons of any kind.
If you prefer to contribute financially, make the check out to Saint Andrew’s with “ChIPs Project” in the memo line. The deadline is Friday, November 1st, so that our delegates can hand them on to the organizers at Diocesan Convenention.
If you prefer to contribute financially, make the check out to Saint Andrew’s with “ChIPs Project” in the memo line. The deadline is Friday, November 1st, so that our delegates can hand them on to the organizers at Diocesan Convenention.
The Annual Ingathering of our United Thank Offering boxes is coming
up. (We turn them in at Diocesan
convention on November 1.) If you need a blue box, please pick one up in the
Parish Hall. Drop a coin in daily as you give thanks for the blessings
of the day. UTO boxes and/or check donations must be turned in by Sunday,
October 27. Please make checks payable to St. Andrew’s with UTO in the memo
line.
No health
insurance? Baffled by the new Affordable Care Act? If
you could use help sorting out your options
and signing up, Carol Tubman (our Senior Warden and unofficial Parish Nurse) is
well informed through her work as a visiting nurse, and is happy to provide
consultation. Contact: 539-2780 or cctubman@msn.com
We are looking
for a volunteer or two who would be willing to work on getting
vendors signed up for the Holiday Fair.
We do have some vendors who are coming back again this year, but hope to
find some new craft people with interesting, salable items that would fit with
our overall theme. Contact Lynne Clough or Patti Rau if you can help out in
this way.
Peg R
Answer to last week's Bible Trivia:
What book in the Bible (well, the Apocrypha) has a geniune, tail-wagging dog? The Book of Tobit!
Familiar food for
thought from Mary Oliver,
as the days shorten and the air cools…
as the days shorten and the air cools…
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountain and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clear blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountain and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clear blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
See you in church!
Blessings,Heidi +
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| Hettie & Treml |
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| Treml & Rusty |
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| Xena & Peg |
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| Rusty & Brooks |
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| Cocoa gets a bird's eye view from David's shoulder. |
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| Oreo & John |
