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| Perfectly imperfect. The last blossom of summer (taken November 1) |
This Sunday, the 9th of November, the Twenty
Second Sunday after Pentecost, there will be two services at 8 and 10 am.
Please join us after for coffee hour to welcome our guest priest, Susan Ackley.
The
readings for this Sunday are Joshua24:1-3a, 14-25, Psalm 78:1-7, 1
Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13.
Song
of the Saints: A retreat between All Saints’ Day and Advent exploring together the lives of some of
the saints of the Anglican tradition, and what their stories and spirituality
have to say to us in the present day. This is an offering for members of the
Lakes Region Convocation of the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire (which
includes us)! It will be led by the Rev. Grace Burson of Holy Spirit, Plymouth.
All are welcome-invite your friends!
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit
263
Highland Street
Plymouth,
NH
9
AM-2 PM, Saturday, November 22nd
Cost
: $10 for lunch
To
register, please email holyspiritrector@gmail.com or call 603-536-1321 (leave message if no
reply).
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| Our weaving is almost complete. Do we have your strand? |
Weaving
Generosity into our Life: Have you
woven in your symbolic thread? Please do! Thank you to those of you who have
done so as you turned in your pledge card. A basket of possibilities is provided,
but feel free to bring a fabric strip or ribbon of your own. This Sunday marks
the culmination of our Fall Pledge season. Though pledges received after Sunday
will still be appreciated, we announced our total pledged to date at our
Celebration Breakfast. Please remember that it is with generosity of spirit and
gratitude to God for all that we have that we that we pledge our support to the
ministry and mission of the church. No pledge is too small! None is too large!
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| Lingering for conversation at the end of the Stewardship Breakfast |
We hope you will join us for
a Saint Andrew's Harvest Supper and Pie Auction, to
be held on 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.
We also need help delivering flyers. Please pick them up in the
Parish Hall.
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.
St.
Barnabas is planning to provide a series of art lessons to prisoners at the Berlin State Prison. This
will include lessons by a professional artist with experience working with
prisoners, as well as providing appropriate art supplies. Very few creative
opportunities are available to state prisoners due to budget
cuts. Beautiful cross stitched mini-magnets with original designs have
been contributed to raise funds for this project. They will be
available for donations after church. Suggested donation $4 each, or
whatever the Spirit moves one to contribute. These would make wonderful
stocking stuffers, gift tags, etc. for the Christmas season. Contact Betsy Hess for more information.
Yikes! The Holiday Fair at Saint Andrew’s (formally known as Boughs and Bonbons) is a only month 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….Stay tuned for ways in which you can
participate.
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.
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.
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Bankok "The scene from our breakfast table. Not your average stateside airport hotel:-) Warm air. Fragrant with flowers." |
Duane
and Heidi are on their way, to
return November 20, just in time for the Harvest Supper and Pie Auction. (See
details in last week’s MEMO.)
The Rev. Jay Hutchinson will be here on November 15. 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.
See below for latest from Heidi!
The Rev. Jay Hutchinson will be here on November 15. 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.
See below for latest from Heidi!
And
this closing Food for Reflection and Prayer
A prayer for pledge offering…Holy
One, we give thanks to you for your ongoing faithfulness to us, your
stewards. You placed us in your garden
to tend, toil, and care for your creation and you weave as together as your
people.
It is our highest privilege to use
the gifts that have been entrusted to us – relationships and resources – to bring
about your dream of life abundant for all.
With humility and joy, we offer these pledges as a token of our
gratitude for your faithfulness and for all the gifts you have entrusted to
us.
We ask you to bless and multiply
these offerings. Guide us, your faithful
stewards, as we use these gifts to serve and honor you, so that all may
flourish in the life abundant you came to give.
See you in
church!
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
We made it easily and safely to Thailand, believe it or not, by way of
crossing the Arctic Ocean.
Today is Loi Krathrong, which is celebrated by setting candles surrounded by flowers adrift in the river and launching paper lanterns, illuminated and lifted aloft by a tiny fueled flame. Thousands upon thousands of them! Quite amazing. Some say it to appease the river gods. Several hundred thousand people in the streets and cheek by jowl down to river to set our candles headed down stream. And fireworks and crackers everywhere! Quite a scene ...happy, exuberant and well-mannered.
Each of those little dots on the sky is an illuminated lantern. The large white one is the full moon!
Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9-Noon
Phone: 603-323-8515
Office Administrator: Debra Hoyt
A Post card from Heidi!
Today is Loi Krathrong, which is celebrated by setting candles surrounded by flowers adrift in the river and launching paper lanterns, illuminated and lifted aloft by a tiny fueled flame. Thousands upon thousands of them! Quite amazing. Some say it to appease the river gods. Several hundred thousand people in the streets and cheek by jowl down to river to set our candles headed down stream. And fireworks and crackers everywhere! Quite a scene ...happy, exuberant and well-mannered.
Each of those little dots on the sky is an illuminated lantern. The large white one is the full moon!
