This Sunday, the 23rd of November, the Last Sunday
after Pentecost, there will be two services at 8 and 10 am. Please join us
after for coffee hour. Welcome back to Rev. Heidi.
Thank you to Jay Hutchinson, our guest priest
for last Sunday.
The
readings for this Sunday are Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Psalm 100,
Ephesians 1:15-23, Matthew 25:31-46.
We hope you will join us for
a Saint Andrew's Harvest Supper and Pie Auction, to
be held tomorrow evening- Friday,
November 21st: 6 o’clock for the meal, 7 o’clock for the pie
auction. Tickets (adults $10, children
$4) will be available at the door. Plan to come and invite your friends! We are
hoping that many of you will provide your delicious baked pies (pies that can
be frozen for Thanksgiving feasts are especially welcome) to be auctioned
following the meal, beginning at about 7:30pm.
Note: Pies should be delivered on the day of the dinner/auction by
3 p.m.
Please
contact Patti Rau (367-8223) or Christine Mills (452-4049) with questions or
offers of help.
From obituary printed in the Miami Herald.
Christine Holt Kurtz-White, of Miami, Florida passed away November 9, 2014 at the age of 85.
She is survived by children Brooks Kurtz (Sharon), Christopher Kurtz (Felicia),
Christine Spire (John), Tinder Burris and Virginia Schrader (Bob), brother
George E. Holt, Jr. (Alice), numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Christine was born in Miami, Florida in 1929, and was a proud graduate of
Cushman School, Miami Edison Senior High School and Connecticut College. She
was predeceased by her son Holt and her parents Senior Circuit Judge George E.
Holt and Christine Frix Holt. During her life she held various positions in the
Miami business community including head of personnel for First Federal Savings
and Loan of Miami. She was the first Director of the Women's Business Development
Center at FIU and taught etiquette to numerous children and young adults
through her business Manners & More. Thank you to the warm and caring staff
at Hazel Cypen Tower, Miami Jewish Health Systems, and Seasons Hospice for
treating her with kindness, dignity and respect.
Condolences
can be sent to her daughter, Christine Spire or her son, Christopher
Kurtz. Contact information was provided
in the email link to this week’s memo, or contact Debra via the office
email: office@standrewsinthevalley.org.
A memorial service will be held in Miami in January.
The Holiday Fair at Saint Andrew’s (formally known as Boughs and Bonbons) is only two
weeks away: Saturday, December 6th
from 9 to 3!
The
committee has some new additions planned for this year, including serving a
simple chowder lunch in the Prince Room, which will be beautifully decorated
for Christmas.Of course we also need volunteers to help.
Today-Thursday November 20th- 9am-Noon. Join Barbara Lord in helping to make bows for the wreaths. Please call Barbara if you have questions.
The Alternative Orthodoxy group that has been meeting on Wednesday
mornings during October will take a break while the rector is away. We will
reconvene for a final session to explore the topic Mysticism over Moralism on Wednesday, December 3rd from
11 to 12:30, followed by lunch for those who’d like to stay.
The following items are in the Prince Room and need to be taken home. While it is very generous thinking that we could repurpose dishes in the church kitchen, we are very well stocked and do not have extra room for any additional odd dishes, or equipment. They will be there for another week and if not claimed will be donated to the food center to be given away. Items: glass jug with spout and metal cover, large plastic bucket, purple cooler, red basket, set of 3 casserole dishes in bag with name Barbara on it. Thank you.
December calendar reminders:
On the 3rd Sunday of Advent, December 14th, our Bishop, Rob Hirschfeld, will be with us for his biennial parish visit to baptize, confirm, receive, preach, celebrate, and visit with us. We will have ONE service only at 10 o’clock. Please mark your calendars and do your best to be with us that Sunday as we welcome him to Saint Andrew’s and share the Advent season with him.
On the 3rd Sunday of Advent, December 14th, our Bishop, Rob Hirschfeld, will be with us for his biennial parish visit to baptize, confirm, receive, preach, celebrate, and visit with us. We will have ONE service only at 10 o’clock. Please mark your calendars and do your best to be with us that Sunday as we welcome him to Saint Andrew’s and share the Advent season with him.
On the 4th Sunday of Advent, December 21st, we will again have a single service at 10:00 for our Greening of the Church liturgy, at which, within the liturgy, we prepare the church for Christmas. This is a wonderful opportunity for those who will be out of town for the actual Christmas holiday to share in the joys of the season here at home.
Duane
and Heidi will be returning November 20, just
in time for the Harvest Supper and Pie Auction. If you have urgent pastoral
needs, please call the office or one of the wardens: Carol Tubman at 651-8230,
Gretchen Behr-Svendsen at 323-7459.
If you are friends on facebook,
follow her and Duane on their journey as she posts regularly. |
| Heading home: Suvarnabhumi Airport gates |
Words of wisdom from the abbot of War Khao Yai
It was the same little saying of
luang pu's that was printed outside the sala at wat khao yai:Take generosity as your capital
Take the fruits of merit as your returns
Take happiness as your reward for life
See you in
church!
Heidi
St. Andrews-in-the-Valley, P.O. Box 436, Tamworth, NH 03886
St. Andrews-in-the-Valley, P.O. Box 436, Tamworth, NH 03886
Email: office@standrewsinthevalley.org
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
