Don’t miss other pictures from last Sunday below.
Services for
this coming Sunday, January 11th, the
First Sunday after the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord, will be at 8 and
10 a.m. with coffee hour following both services. Our guest priest will be the
Rev. Ted Rice, who recently retired as interim at All Saints’ church in
Wolfeboro. The rector will be taking her “post-Christmas Sabbath Sunday.”
Readings for this Sunday:
Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 29, Acts 19:1-7, Mark 1:4-11.
Coffee Hour Hosts are needed: Please check the signup sheet in the Parish
Hall for dates that need to be filled for after the 8am and 10 am services.
There are people who will gladly show you the ropes if you have never hosted.
ALL
ARE WELCOME every Wednesday at 9 AM, for a
service of Morning Prayer held in the church led by one of our three licensed
worship leaders.
Our Annual Parish Meeting is coming up! Mark your calendar and plan to attend the on Sunday, February 1st. We will have an All Parish Brunch
immediately following the single 9:00 a.m. morning service, with the Annual
Meeting beginning at approximately 11 a.m.
All annual reports from committee chairs are due in the office by Friday,
January 16th. Please
don’t wait until the last minute. Send them via email to the office or drop
off a hard copy to Debra’s in-box. If you
need a copy of last year’s report, please send your request to her and she can
either email it to you or provide a hard copy.
Also please check the posted
list of members eligible to vote. If your name is not there and you would like
to be voting member of St. Andrew’s, please talk to Rev. Heidi.
Women’s Lunch Bunch will meet this coming Wednesday, January 14th at noon at the Mountain View
Depot Restaurant in Center Ossipee. Questions or need a ride? Call Dale at
539-3761.
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| Sammie trims the wicks |
As a Parish we have supported the work of over a dozen
organizations locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally that are an
extension of our hearts and hands reaching out in the name of Christ. The money
we give away results from the success of many of our fundraising activities.
Notes of gratitude from these organizations are posted on the “stage area”
bulletin board. Take a look and become familiar with the valuable work that is
being done through your support.
The Freezer key is missing! In fact, it’s been missing
for several weeks. It belongs on a hook on the trim of the adjacent kitchen
doorway. We lock the freezer not to keep people out (The key should always there.) but to guarantee
that the freezer door is securely
closed. Best guess is that someone put it in their pocket while using the
freezer and accidentally took it home with them. If you used the freezer in
December, please check your pockets! It's a cylindrical key.
Winter
Weather Advisory!!! Please
keep in mind during the winter when the weather looks questionable for safe
travel to call the church before you leave home to check for schedule changes.
If a storm comes in on Saturday evening or Sunday, I will make a judgment by
6:30 AM about whether to hold, cancel, or delay services. I will also send an
email out to you if you have provided me with your email address. PLEASE do not
travel if it feels unsafe to you. Enjoy a Sabbath morning at home and remember
St. Andrew’s in your prayers.
Food for thought: Reflections on last Sunday
Don’t assume winter weather
means no church! Last Sunday was one of those “winter weather Sundays.” We
cancelled morning services and 18 of us met instead at 4 pm, once the roads had
been cleared.
The evening darkness invited us to began our worship
with the liturgy for light – a perfect opportunity for our celebration of the
Feast of the Epiphany in song, prayer, and sacrament. Parishioner (the Rev.)
Ellie McLaughlin presided, I preached on the Visit of the Magi to the Christ
Child, inviting us all to ponder how their lives might have been changed by
that visit, which of course raises the question of how each of us has been
changed by how we have met the Christ anew this Christmas. All of us offered a blessing for Ellie+ on
her significant birthday, and in place of coffee hour following the service, we
were invited by George and Patti Rau to join the Dinner Bell gathering for
supper! The weather out side was cold and wintry, but the spirit inside was
rich. Lively and warm!
“Change”,
the Word for the day from the brothers at SSJE…
The wise men had come to Him who was Himself the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. None can come to Christ at Bethlehem and go away as they came. Our coming to Christ changes everything, and therefore even to the old scenes we return with changed hearts and new powers.
-Richard Meux Benson, SSJE (1824-1915).
The wise men had come to Him who was Himself the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. None can come to Christ at Bethlehem and go away as they came. Our coming to Christ changes everything, and therefore even to the old scenes we return with changed hearts and new powers.
-Richard Meux Benson, SSJE (1824-1915).
Blessings in the new season of
Epiphany!
See you in church!
Heidi+
See you in church!
Heidi+
Our Evening Celebration of the
Epiphany
