JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
THIS SUNDAY, May 27th, The First Sunday after
Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, there will be two services at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
There is a service of Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
NOTE: Next Sunday June 3rd, ONE
service only at 9am followed by Spring cleanup, bring your favorite yard tools!
We hope you will join us for worship and
fellowship.
READINGS FOR SUNDAY
Sunday, May 27, 2018
1st Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Year B
Isaiah 6:1-8
Canticle 13
Romans 8:12-17
John 3:1-17
FROM THE RECTOR
What a great parish meeting we had last Sunday
about the need for a new roof! Thank you to all who attended, asked questions,
and offered input. And thank you to Tom Huckman for his presentation and for
answering our questions, and to Sally DeGroot for all the work she’s done
meeting with roofers and getting bids. The Vestry met on Monday night, and
agreed to accept the bid from Mike Lord pending receipt of his updated bid including
the verbal assurances he has given us.
We will have an electronic vote at that time, and then proceed with an
application for funds through the Diocesan Advance Fund and raising money
through grants and pledges. We are told that it will take 60-90 days to receive
a loan from the Advance Fund, so anticipate work on the roof beginning in the
fall if all goes as expected.
Throughout the week I’ve continued to reflect on
the Royal Wedding. I am not usually so captivated by this kind of event, and I
think the difference for me is our Presiding Bishop’s sermon and the responses
that followed. I have had huge respect and admiration for him since first
hearing him preach in 1999 when I was in seminary. I was delighted when he was
elected Bishop of North Carolina and then Presiding Bishop. He is so well able
to preach the Good News in a way that speaks to our souls. His style is not what we’re used to in the
Episcopal Church (nor what those in the Church of England expected!) yet his
message resonates deep within me. His wedding sermon was a Pentecost message of
the power of the Holy Spirit to unite us in love.
If you don't believe me, just stop and imagine. Think and imagine a world where love is the way.
Imagine our homes and families where love is the way. Imagine neighborhoods and communities where love is the way.
Imagine governments and nations where love is the way. Imagine business and commerce where this love is the way.
Imagine this tired old world where love is the way. When love is the way - unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive.
IMAGINE
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
When love is the way, then no child will go to bed hungry in this world ever again.
When love is the way, we will let justice roll down like a mighty stream and righteousness like an ever-flowing brook.
When love is the way, poverty will become history. When love is the way, the earth will be a sanctuary.
When love is the way, we will lay down our swords and shields, down by the riverside, to study war no more.
When love is the way, there's plenty good room - plenty good room - for all of God's children.
"Because when love is the way, we actually treat each other, well... like we are actually family.
IMAGINE.
“FUN-RAISING”
The
Next Event
Grab your date and
Save the Date!
For:
St Andrew's in the Valley "Senior Prom"
When:
Friday June 8th, 2018.
Place:
St Andrew's in the Valley Episcopal Church Tamworth, NH
Join us for music, dancing, and
refreshments!
Details to follow in the next week,
so check your memo and follow us on Facebook!
THE JAMMING DIVAS
The
Jamming Divas of St Andrew's in the Valley are making way for
this year's jams and jellies! Just your luck! All current stock is
$5.00 a jar for pickles, apple butter, miscellaneous jams and jelly ( lemon,
Blueberry, strawberry) $4.00 a jar for zucchini Relish, $2.00 for pepper jelly.
We have a brand new batch of Orange Marmalade as well for $6.00.
Please call Carol @ 651-8230 or Chris @ 452-4049 for more info! First come, first served.
As
always, proceeds will help to support local charitable organizations through St
Andrew's Outreach Program.
A LITTLE CHURCH HUMOR
ALTAR FLOWERS
Please consider signing up to dedicate flowers until your summer ones are blooming.
When your blooms are
ready to share from your garden please indicate that on a completed envelope
from the Altar flower chart in the Parish Hall and turn in to the office.
We encourage flowers
to be given in memory, in honor of or in thanksgiving. If you do not have
garden flowers and would like flowers to be ordered ($20), please note that
accordingly on the flower chart and submission envelope. Thank you
DINNER BELL
Invitation
Dinner Bell Teams Meeting
Saturday June 2 9-10am
St
Andrews-in-the Valley
Continental Breakfast
Please invite anyone who
might be interested
in joining as a team or
assisting a team
Dinner Bell cook team for this Sunday May 27th
Friends
Dinner Bell cook team for next Sunday June 3rd
Elizabeth Wilcox-Jacobsen
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Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!
SHOP AT Ossipee HANNAFORD
AND BUY A REUSABLE BAG!
From May 1, 2018 through
May 17, 2018,
11 Fight Hunger merge11 sold which equals a
$11.00 donation to Saint Andrew's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church!
Great job!
11 Fight Hunger merge11 sold which equals a
$11.00 donation to Saint Andrew's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church!
Great job!
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
The monthly item
for May is deodorant for men and women.
FORWARD DAY BY DAY FOR
TODAY
THURSDAY, May 24, 2018
Matthew 13:29-30 But [the master] replied, “No; for in
gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of
them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the
reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but
gather the wheat into my barn.”
In this passage, we
encounter the ambiguous image of weeds and wheat bound up with one another, the
root systems inextricably intertwined.
This is a perfect
image for our ambiguous selves and world. The older I get, the less black and
white things become. I’ve discovered that good people can enable or undertake
immoral actions, that so-called “misbehavers” can open up space for the rest of
us to breathe more easily. And slowly—very slowly—I am also learning the wisdom
of the master’s advice: Sometimes it is best to wait a season or two before
passing judgment.
MOVING FORWARD: Consider your own field of weeds and
wheat, their intertwined roots, and the ways they share and compete for
resources. What does it mean to allow both to grow?
FROM Deb
IN THE OFFICE
The Billboard in the back of the
Parish Hall has been redone to be used as we
work on the replacement of our
roof. Please feel free to drop off items
to
add to the billboard as the work
progresses.
May BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
If you do not see your birthday or anniversary listed, please make
sure Deb in the office has an information sheet on file for you.
MAY
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Birthdays
1
John Marshall
7 Elaine South
11 Janet Palmer
13 Ruth Rich
15 Kitty Lou Booty, Betty
Faella
17 Chuck DeGroot
18 Tim Huckman
20 Tom Forbes
26 Dan DeGroot
28 Bob Luz
Anniversaries
13 Tom
& Jen Huckman
20 Jonathan
& Lois Brady
26 Grete
& George Plender
28 Bruce
& Denise Foreman
30 Bob
& Gabriele Wallace
THIS WEEK AT ST. ANDREW’S
Sunday-May 27 8
& 10am -Holy Eucharist
Every Sunday 5
pm -Dinner Bell
Every Tuesday 10a-Noon -Food Pantry
8
pm -AA meeting
Every Wednesday 9 am -Morning Prayer
Every Friday 10a-Noon -Food Pantry
Every Saturday 8pm -AA (Parish Hall) Al-Anon
(Prince Room)
June 2nd 9am Dinner
Bell Annual Meeting
Sunday,
June 3rd- One service only at 9am followed by Spring cleanup!
Wednesday,
June 20, 7:00 pm – Celebration of New
Ministry at St. Andrew’s
Sunday,
June 24th- 10:00 am – Parish Picnic at
White Lake
Wednesday,
June 27, 6:00 pm – Betsy Hess’ Ordination to
the Priesthood at St. Barnabas, Berlin
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