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| Kids with the ChIP's truck. |
Services for this coming Sunday,
the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, will be at 8 and 10 am. We hope
you will join us for worship and fellowship.
The readings for this Sunday:
1 Samuel 1:4-20, Psalm 16, Hebrews 10:11-25, Mark 13:1-8.
Special thanks to the Bunker family
for being the purchasers for our ChIPs Project Christmas gifts. The youth
delegation at convention received our wonderful assortment of games, stacking
them into a U-Haul truck along with purchases from dozens of other parishes. As
you can see, from the picture at the top, they we happy to pose for us!
If you would like to help wrap the gifts, that will happen on November
23 at 6 pm. Email mmciancio@comcast.net for details.
Our Harvest Supper and Pie Auction
is always a lot of fun for everyone! And now it’s just a week and a day
away! Friday, November 20th: 6 o’clock for the meal, 7 o’clock
for the pie auction. Tickets (adults $10, children $4) will be available
at the door. We hope you will plan to come and invite your friends!
But a Pie auction’s not a Pie Auction without your
pies! Once again, we’re counting on you to provide your delicious baked pies to
be auctioned following the meal. (Pies that can be frozen for Thanksgiving
feasts are especially welcome.) Note: Pies should be delivered on the day of
the dinner/auction by 3 p.m.
Please contact Carol Tubman (651-8230) or Christine
Mills (452-4049) with questions or to offer your services to help with the
dinner or clean-up.
Good news as we close in on our Pledge Season
goal!!! As of today, we’re at $138,525.00, That’s just
$1,475 short of our goal of $140,000. Abundant thanks to you who have
pledged. And if you haven’t yet pledged, we welcome your support.
213th Annual Diocesan Convention held in Concord at
the Graponne Center on November 7: Thanks to all who attended
and participated in last Saturday's lively and engaging Convention. In
attendance from Saint Andrew’s were Cathie Lewis, Lisa Thompson, Gretchen
Behr-Svendsen, Betsy Hess, and Heidi Frantz-Dale. We were at maximum capacity
of 300 gathered to hear guest speakers Katie Merrow (from NH Charitable
Foundation) and the Rev. Ben Campbell (of All Our Children), both speaking
about and encouraging faith-rooted community partnerships with public schools.
Bishop Rob’s address continued the Convention theme
of God's Mission: Our Kids. Click here www.nhepiscopal.org/convention for copies of the speakers’ PowerPoints, which
include some eye-opening graphs and statistics, as well as the full text of the
Bishop's Address. The legislative business included only two resolutions – the
diocesan budget and a 1% clergy compensation increase.
Food for thought, reflection, and prayer…
Wednesday of this week was the Saint’s Day of
Martin, Bishop of Tours, who died on November 11 in 397. Martin is perhaps best
known for the following: He was a soldier in the Roman army, and while still a
catechumen (meaning he was a Christian believer but was not yet baptized), he
was approached while crossing a bridge by a poor man asking for alms in the
name of Christ. In response, Martin drew his sword and cut off half of his
military cloak and gave it to the beggar. The following night, Jesus appeared
to Martin in a dream, clothed in half a cloak, and said to him, “Martin, a
simple catechumen, covered me with this garment.” Martin went on to be
baptized, ordained as a priest, inspired a new monastic movement, committed himself
to an ascetic life, and – to his own dismay – was elected as bishop of Tours, France, in
372. He was a diligent missionary among the non-Christian country folk and a
staunch defender of those who were poor and helpless.
The readings assigned to Martin’s Feast Day
contained a number of very specific and interesting questions which led us to
some interesting conversation. I offer them to you for your reflection as well:
Isaiah 58:6 Is not this the fast that
I have chosen: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free?
Psalm 15: 1 Lord,
who may dwell in your tabernacle? Who may abide upon your holy hill?
Luke 18:18 A certain ruler asked Jesus,
“Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
I invite you to ponder your own responses to these
questions, then pull out your Bible and go to the source and explore what
proceeds and follows each question.
Blessings,
Heidi+
Heidi+
