Don’t miss the animal Blessing photo gallery at the end..
Services for this coming Sunday, October 12th, the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, will be two
services of Holy Eucharist, at 8 am and 10 am .
The readings for this Sunday are Exodus 32:1-14, Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23,
Philippians 4:1-9, Matthew 22:1-14.
Weaving
Generosity into our Life: Our
Fall Pledge season is rolling as we weave generosity into our lives in so many
ways! Thank you to those of you who have already turned in your pledge card and
taken the opportunity to weave their strands into our growing banner. As soon
as you have turned in a pledge card, each member of your family is invited to
add to the weaving. A basket of possibilities is provided, but feel free to
bring a fabric strip or ribbon of your own.
Our learning and conversations of Embracing an Alternative Orthodoxy, a study series, with DVD presentations
by Richard Rohr continues next week on
October 15, at 11 am in the Prince Room. The topic is “Eco-Spirituality. [See
the Food for Thought section at the
end for some reflections on today’s conversation.] If you missed yesterday’s
session and would like to view the DVD on your own, please speak to Heidi. Session
3, The Cosmic Christ, will meet on October 22 and Session 4, Orthodoxy vs.
Orthopraxy, on October 29.
Sandwich Fair: The fun begins!!!
But it's OCT 11-13 (Sat. thru Monday). We've fixed the sign!
Look for our booth with our new banner (!) in the Farmers’ Market section adjacent to the Crafts building. The closest entrance is from the Bean Road parking lot.
But it's OCT 11-13 (Sat. thru Monday). We've fixed the sign!
Look for our booth with our new banner (!) in the Farmers’ Market section adjacent to the Crafts building. The closest entrance is from the Bean Road parking lot.
Thanks to all of you who have agreed to staff our Booth
and to all of the jelly-makers, bakers, growers, and crafters!
But we’re looking for
some Whoopie Pie makers! They were a big hit in past years, especially the
pumpkin and apple versions. Our secret recipes have been located, and Chris Mills now has them. You can call her cell phone at 452-4049.
All baked goods – preferably wrapped/packaged – can be
dropped off at the church by 3:30 Friday afternoon, with a list of ingredients. Chris will have "blank"
labels that she can put on last-minute items. Thanks!
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Are
there names you would like to have remembered at the altar during our All
Saints’ Day service on November 2nd? Please take one of the
sheets for that purpose from the bulletin table or send an email to Debra at office@standrewsinthevalley.org
. The sheets can be put in the plate or the office. All names will be recorded in our “Book of
Names.”
Looking
ahead to the Bishop’s Visit on December 14th: About every two years, the Bishop
makes an “official” visit to Saint Andrew’s. On that day we will have ONE
service at 10 o’clock at which Bishop Hirschfeld will preach and preside, as
well as baptize, confirm, or receive into this branch of the church any who are
interested. If you would like to be baptized, confirmed, or received, please
talk to the rector right away so that we can make appropriate preparations.
Please mark your calendars now for this special service so that you can plan to
be with us.
Food
for thought in the Franciscan tradition … follow-up on our Saint Francis Day focus from last Sunday
and preparation for our next Embracing an
Alternative Orthodoxy session next Wednesday, the topic for which is
“Eco-Spirituality”…
I offer these questions in advance of our meeting since it is often helpful to come to a group conversation after personally considering some of the issues that will be raised. These reflective questions are intended to open your mind, memories, and emotions relating to this topic. Feel free to jot down your responses.
I offer these questions in advance of our meeting since it is often helpful to come to a group conversation after personally considering some of the issues that will be raised. These reflective questions are intended to open your mind, memories, and emotions relating to this topic. Feel free to jot down your responses.
1. When you hear the term eco-spirituality, what comes to mind for
you?
2. Based on your reading and various media presentations, what are you noticing these days about the global ecological crisis? What feelings does this engender in you? How do your spiritual practices address this growing crisis?
3. In the time before the next session, find an opportunity to go to a place that allows you to practice “an open-eyed reverencing of reality.”
4. Think about the ways our life as a congreation is structured and managed. Look for ways that it encourages transformation of human life toward a deeper consciousness of God’s presence in all things. Look for ways that it maintains the status quo and encourages dualistic thinking (Dualistic thinking is either/or thinking, winners and losers, for me or against me.) , rather than mystical consciousnessƒs.
5. Last Sunday copies of St. Francis’s “Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon” was made available. We also sang a musical setting of it as our opening hymn, “All creature of our God and King” [Hymn 400]. The text of it also follows in this MEMO. Find times during the week to read this, maybe even several times, both aloud and in silence. Allow the reading to carry yyou into a worldview of St. Francis, who granted animals, elements, and planets subjectivity, respect, and mutuality by calling them brothers and sisters.
2. Based on your reading and various media presentations, what are you noticing these days about the global ecological crisis? What feelings does this engender in you? How do your spiritual practices address this growing crisis?
3. In the time before the next session, find an opportunity to go to a place that allows you to practice “an open-eyed reverencing of reality.”
4. Think about the ways our life as a congreation is structured and managed. Look for ways that it encourages transformation of human life toward a deeper consciousness of God’s presence in all things. Look for ways that it maintains the status quo and encourages dualistic thinking (Dualistic thinking is either/or thinking, winners and losers, for me or against me.) , rather than mystical consciousnessƒs.
5. Last Sunday copies of St. Francis’s “Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon” was made available. We also sang a musical setting of it as our opening hymn, “All creature of our God and King” [Hymn 400]. The text of it also follows in this MEMO. Find times during the week to read this, maybe even several times, both aloud and in silence. Allow the reading to carry yyou into a worldview of St. Francis, who granted animals, elements, and planets subjectivity, respect, and mutuality by calling them brothers and sisters.
The Canticle of Brother
Sun and Sister Moon
Frances of Assisi, Friar, 1226
Frances of Assisi, Friar, 1226
Most High,
all-powerful, good Lord,
Yours are the praises, the glory, the honor, and all blessing.
Yours are the praises, the glory, the honor, and all blessing.
To You alone, Most
High, do they belong,
and no man is worthy to mention Your name.
and no man is worthy to mention Your name.
Praised be You, my
Lord, with all your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun
Who is the day and through whom You give us light.
especially Sir Brother Sun
Who is the day and through whom You give us light.
And he is beautiful
and radiant with great splendor;
And bears a likeness of You, Most High One.
And bears a likeness of You, Most High One.
Praised be You, my
Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,
in heaven You formed them clear and precious and beautiful.
in heaven You formed them clear and precious and beautiful.
Praised be You, my
Lord, through Brother Wind,
And through the air, cloudy and serene, and every kind of weather
Through which You give sustenance to Your creatures.
And through the air, cloudy and serene, and every kind of weather
Through which You give sustenance to Your creatures.
Praised by You, my
Lord, through Sister Water,
which is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.
which is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.
Praise be You, my
Lord, through Brother Fire,
through whom You light the night
and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
through whom You light the night
and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
Praised be You, my
Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth,
who sustains and governs us,
and who produces varied fruits with colored flowers and herbs.
who sustains and governs us,
and who produces varied fruits with colored flowers and herbs.
Praised bye You, my
Lord, through those who give pardon for your love
and bear infirmity and tribulation.
and bear infirmity and tribulation.
Blessed are those who
endure in peace
for by You, Most High, they shall be crowned.
for by You, Most High, they shall be crowned.
Praised be You, my
Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death
from whom no living one can escape.
from whom no living one can escape.
Woe to those who die
in mortal sin.
Blessed are those whom death will find in Your most holy will,
for the second death shall do them no harm.
Blessed are those whom death will find in Your most holy will,
for the second death shall do them no harm.
Praise and bless the
Lord and give Him thanks
and serve Him with great humility.
and serve Him with great humility.
See you in church!
Blessings,
Heidi+
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Heidi+
St.
Andrews-in-the-Valley P.O. Box 436, Tamworth, NH 03886
Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9-Noon
Phone: 603-323-8515
Office Administrator: Debra Hoyt
Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9-Noon
Phone: 603-323-8515
Office Administrator: Debra Hoyt
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PHOTO GALLERY from Animal Blessing last Sunday.
Photos by Zack DeGroot.
Photos by Zack DeGroot.
