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This Sunday, The First Sunday in Lent, there will
be one service at 9:00 a.m.
There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday
mornings at 9 a.m.
READINGS
FOR SUNDAY
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7
Psalm 32
Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11
FROM THE INTERIM RECTOR
A
Big THANK YOU to:
The Shrove Tuesday Pancake
Supper Cooks and Helpers! George Rau and Tom Huckman
were ably assisted by Joyce Carter, Marty Cloran, Vic DeGroot, Bob Seston, Kathy,
Melissa, and Albert Bunker, Bev Hammond, Cathie Lewis and Lexi Davidson. Thanks
also to Preston Mills, who said a beautiful blessing for us, and to Lisa
Thompson, face painter extraordinaire!
We
had a full house, with a nice mix of parishioners, friends and neighbors, and
great camaraderie and conversation, not to mention delicious pancakes, sausage
and homemade applesauce (thank you, George!). It really was a delightful
evening, and I’m grateful to all of you who helped make it possible, as well as
everyone who came. And, we made $183, which will go to outreach. (See
the photo gallery below)
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| Missing from picture: Jen Huckman |
AND Our St. Andrew’s Financial
Review Team! David Manley, Jonathan Brady and Jen
Huckman spent all day at the church on February 11 auditing our financial
records from 2014 – 2016. It was a huge task (it really did take all day!), and
a most important one. Many thanks to the three of them for spending their time
on this, and for the report and recommendations they provided to the Vestry
this week. Thank you to Bob Seston and Debra Hoyt as well, who were also here
all day to answer questions and provide materials to the review team.
Faithfully,
Caroline
WOMEN’S LUNCH BUNCH
Lunch Bunch will meet on Wednesday, March 8, at noon at the Mountain View Station Restaurant in Center Ossipee. This is an open group and invitation extends to all women in the parish and guests from outside the parish as well. If you have questions or need a ride, please call Dale Appleton 539-3761.
RESOURCES FOR LENT
There are
several Lenten resources available this year, either in the parish hall or
online. In the parish hall you will find the workbook, 5 Marks of Love; Living Life Marked as Christ’s Own, which
is what we will use for our Wednesday evening program. In addition to the
workbook there will also be daily videos from the Brothers of SSJE. To sign up
for these videos go to http://ssje.org/ssje/5marksoflove/. The video
series begins this Sunday, February 26.
**Our Wednesday evening Lenten
Study and simple supper begins next week on March 8.
We will begin at 6:00 with supper, and end at 7:30. There is now a sign up
sheet for bringing soup, salad or bread posted on the bulletin board in the
parish hall.
It’s
not too late to sign up for the program – join us!
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Also available
in the parish hall are copies of Lenten
Meditations 2017 from Episcopal Relief and Development. “This year’s
devotional focuses on creating economic opportunities and strengthening
communities, with a particular focus on empowering women. The daily readings
are co-authored by a group of leaders from across the Anglican Communion, who
bring a range of perspectives as they reflect on Scripture and other sources of
spiritual wisdom.” For more information go to: http://www.episcopalrelief.org/church-in-action/church-campaigns/lent.
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Finally,
there is Lent Madness, a fun
and educational, sometimes (often?) irreverent online opportunity to learn
about saints of the church. According to the website, “Lent Madness, the ‘saintly smackdown’ in which thirty-two saints do battle
to win the coveted Golden Halo during the season of Lent,” begins on Thursday,
March 2.
To participate in Lent Madness, go
to http://www.lentmadness.org/
and sign up for a daily email (upper right portion of webpage), or “like it” on
Facebook. On the website you can also be
introduced to the Supreme Executive Committee, Celebrity Bloggers and even
Nina, the Official Horse of Lent Madness.
For more information click here. Also look for the Saintly
Bracket and the Saintly Scorecard, coming soon to the parish hall. Too much fun
to miss!
SAFE CHURCH
If
you are a new vestry member or are in need of refresher training, please
contact Marty Cloran with your interest to attend one of these training
dates. He will advise you if you need to
also complete the online modules prior to the in person training. For more
information of the training sites listed below, click here.
March
4- St. Paul’s, Concord
March
11- Christ Church, Exeter
April
29- Trinity Church, Claremont
Sept
30- St. Thomas Church, Hanover
COMMUNITY
FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions
throughout the year.
The
monthly item for MARCH is Jello.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Dear
People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of
our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to
prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. This season of Lent
provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for Holy Baptism.
It was also a time when those who, because of notorious sins, had been
separated from the body of the faithful were reconciled by penitence and
forgiveness, and restored to the fellowship of the Church. Thereby, the whole
congregation was put in mind of the message of pardon and absolution set forth
in the Gospel of our Savior, and of the need which all Christians continually
have to renew their repentance and faith. I invite you, therefore, in the name
of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and
repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating
on God’s holy Word.
-From the Book
of Common Prayer
Blessings,
See you
in Church!
Photography by:
Lisa Thompson
Caroline Hines
Caroline Hines
Pancake Supper Photo Gallery
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| Brother Knights! |
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