JOIN US
FOR WORSHIP
This Sunday, the Twenty-Third Sunday after
Pentecost & the Fourth Sunday of Pledge Season, there will be two services
at 8 and 10 a.m. followed by coffee hour.
There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday
mornings at 9 a.m.
We hope you will join us for worship and
fellowship.
READINGS
FOR SUNDAY
Joel 2:23-32, Psalm 65, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18,
Luke 18:9-14.
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FALL WORK
DAY
Our Fall Work Day is this Sunday, October 23rd,
following the 10:00 service. Wear your
work clothes to church, and bring your rakes and other tools. The Building and Grounds committee will put
us to work!
Please bring finger food for the workers, whether
you can stay or not!
FROM THE INTERIM RECTOR
Hurricane Matthew
Response Fund Episcopal Relief
& Development (ERD) invites you to join us in prayer for communities in the
Caribbean and the US affected by Hurricane Matthew. ERD is in contact with our
partners in the hurricane’s path to best support responses and address needs as
more information becomes available. Local churches and partners are assessing
damage, confirming the safety of members and others in their communities and
using available facilities and resources to respond to immediate concerns.
Your contribution
to the Hurricane Matthew Response Fund helps Episcopal Relief &
Development support Church and other local partners as they provide critical emergency assistance. To help care for those affected by this crisis, you may contribute online at episcopalrelief.org/hurricane-matthewresponse. Thank you for your compassion and prayers. With your partnership, we are healing a hurting world.
Development support Church and other local partners as they provide critical emergency assistance. To help care for those affected by this crisis, you may contribute online at episcopalrelief.org/hurricane-matthewresponse. Thank you for your compassion and prayers. With your partnership, we are healing a hurting world.
Note: If you
would like to write a check to support this effort there will be information
available on Sunday.
STEWARDSHIP
“We are the sheep of his pasture.”
After prayerful
consideration please return your pledge form and “sheep” either to the
collection plate on Sunday or in the return envelope provided. Many thanks to
those of you who have already made your pledge! Our ingathering and celebration
will be on All Saints’ Sunday, November 6th. Thank you for being a part of this flock!
The Stewardship
Committee
ALTAR
FLOWERSNow that the garden florals are no longer available to adorn our altar please consider donating for the purchase of simple flowers to place on Sundays. You are encouraged to dedicate flowers in memory or thanksgiving of loved ones and friends. Please complete an envelope from the flower chart in the Parish Hall and write on the chart for the Sunday you wish to dedicate. Thank you.
ChIP'S AND UTO
This Sunday please turn in your contributions for ChiP's and UTO so we may send the check with delagates to Convention. Thank you.
COMMUNITY
FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions
throughout the year.
The
monthly item for October is
Deodorant (for men and women).
FOOD FOR
THOUGHT
A
Stewardship Prayer
Almighty God, giver of every good gift, we give
you heartfelt praise and thanks for your beloved church, St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley. We pray for guidance, wisdom and discernment
as we seek to be faithful stewards of your bounty. Lead us in fulfilling our mission of ensuring
the on-going financial stability of our parish.
And grant us grace, courage and energy to meet the challenges and
changes that may lie before us, remembering always that we are held in your
steadfast love. In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
Blessings,
See you
in Church!
