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| See more wonderful pictures from Heidi in the gallery below! |
This Sunday, the 16th of November, the Twenty Third
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, Jay Hutchinson.
Thank
you to Susan Ackley, our guest priest for last Sunday.
The
readings for this Sunday are Judges 4:1-7, Psalm 123, 1 Thessalonians
5:1-11, Matthew 25:14-30.
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 two weeks and if not claimed
will be given away. Items: box with Styrofoam insert,
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 and a blender.
Thank you.
We hope you will join us for
a Saint Andrew's Harvest Supper and Pie Auction, to
be held on next 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.
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).
What Boyscout Troop 151 has been up to! “This season we
welcomed 3 new scouts to our Troop, Joe & Dawson from Ossipee and James
from Moultonboro. November 1st was a
work weekend at the CCC Camp. A new oil
furnace was donated and installed from the troop from Dover. Stephen helped at Riverside Cemetary Nov.
1st. He is planning an eagle project around a cemetery in Effingham” from
Scoutmaster, Tim Brown.
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.
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.
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.
See below for a picture gallery from
Heidi.
Food for thought from the Buddha...
From signs along the long climb up
the steps up to the chedi above the wat at Doi Chiang Dao:
"The blind can not see the
outside world. It is dark to them. Those who can see the world but do not
practice the Dhamma (with the goal of) abandoning greed, desire, and ignorance,
these people are blind to their own darkness within."
"Tolerance and patience in
response to problems are always preferable to complaining."
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
Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9-Noon
Phone: 603-323-8515
Office Administrator: Debra Hoyt
Pics
FROM HEIDI
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| In a Hill Tribe village, reading to Lahu children with translation help from Taan Noah |
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| Venerations at War Phra That Lampang Luang |
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| Architectural details at Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, the oldest standing wooden structure in the country, dating back to 1476. |
