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| Peg Cade receives special recognition award |
Services for this coming Sunday, February 9, the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, will be at 8 and 10 AM. Each service is followed by a coffee hour. We hope you will join us for worship and fellowship.
Death
By Chocolate, our third annual murder mystery dinner, is this
Friday, Valentines Day (February 14th)! Reservations
are required and seating is limited.
There are fewer than six places left. Please call the office
(323-8515) immediately to make your reservation.
Our Annual Meeting last Sunday:
Weather notwithstanding, we had a healthy quorum for
our Brunch and Parish Meeting. Lynne Clough completed her Vestry term and is
stepping down from chairing the FUN-Raising Committee; Patti Rau completed her
term as Alternate to Convocation and Convention, as did Lee Custer. The parish
extended their thanks to each of them and gifts were given in their names
through Heifer Project international.
The dessert table included a birthday cake for Peg Cade.
Thanks to everyone for your contributions and spirit!
Baptismal Preparation and Inquirers’ Class: Have you been thinking about getting baptized? Or do
you have questions about faith, Christianity, or the Episcopal Church that
weren’t resolved when you were twelve and confirmed??? I will be working with
at least one person, and it would be wonderful to make it a group. We would
begin in early February and culminate with baptism and reaffirmation of vows at
the Easter Vigil on April 19th or Easter Sunday. I am envisioning a
program that would have some group meetings, maybe some on-line or at-home
learning, and some individual meetings as appropriate. If any of our
middle-school/Junior High young people are interested, it would be wonderful
for them to be included. The details will be worked out as I discover who would
like to be involved. Please call me at church or home (367-8220) or email me (frantzdale@gmail.com). And if there are
a couple of people who want a “brush-up,” catechesis and formation always
benefit from a group with varied experiences to share, I would welcome some
“Companions-on-the-Way” who might serve as mentors. I look forward to embarking
on this together!
And a message from the Rector…
As those of you who were at church on Sunday saw, I was stunned beyond words by the surprise recognition of my ten years as your rector. (Duane and I moved in on February 2, 2004.) Special thanks to the Liturgy Committee and the Vestry who composed the litany in which you all joined and presented us with a lovely gift certificate to Snow village Inn at the close of the Annual Meeting. It is an honor to serve as your priest and pastor; thanks be to God for your presence in my life and for all that we are able to do together!
As those of you who were at church on Sunday saw, I was stunned beyond words by the surprise recognition of my ten years as your rector. (Duane and I moved in on February 2, 2004.) Special thanks to the Liturgy Committee and the Vestry who composed the litany in which you all joined and presented us with a lovely gift certificate to Snow village Inn at the close of the Annual Meeting. It is an honor to serve as your priest and pastor; thanks be to God for your presence in my life and for all that we are able to do together!
Eleanore's Project news...
Here are pictures for boxing day for Eleanore's Project that took place at my house on Saturday February 1. On Monday I drove the shipment to Rehabilitation Equipment Suppliers (REQ) in Manchester where we put 44 cartons and seven specialty wheelchairs on six pallets for shipment to Iowa and eventually to Lima, Peru.
Here are pictures for boxing day for Eleanore's Project that took place at my house on Saturday February 1. On Monday I drove the shipment to Rehabilitation Equipment Suppliers (REQ) in Manchester where we put 44 cartons and seven specialty wheelchairs on six pallets for shipment to Iowa and eventually to Lima, Peru.
Food for thought from Sunday’s litany:
Almighty and everlasting God, … open our hearts and
minds and hands in mutual ministry [and] accept our thanks and praise for the
ministries you have set before us in this place. May our care for each other
grow constantly more reverent and more discerning; may our concern for the men,
women, and children in our communities be real and shaped by our faithfulness
and love; may our compassion for our sisters and brothers across the world teach
us to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God. Amen.
For minds
to think, and hearts to love, and hands to serve, we give you thanks, O God.
Holy and Eternal God, give us such trust in your purpose, that we measure our lives not by what we have done or failed to do, but by our faithfulness to You. Amen.
For minds
to think, and hearts to love, and hands to serve, we give you thanks, O God.
See you in church.
Blessings, Heidi+
Blessings, Heidi+
