JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
THIS SUNDAY, July 15, The Eighth Sunday after
Pentecost, 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.
There will be a Celtic Evening Prayer Service on
Wednesday, July 25th.
We hope you will join us for worship and
fellowship.
READINGS FOR SUNDAY
Sunday, July 15, 2018
8th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 10, Year B
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
Psalm 24
Ephesians 1:3-14
Mark 6:14-29
FROM THE RECTOR
On Tuesday Bob
Seston, Sally DeGroot and I went to Concord to meet with the Standing Committee
of the Diocese to discuss our application for a $50,000 loan from the Diocesan
Advance Fund. For our presentation Sally described the background work of the
Building Project committee several years ago and meeting with all the roofing
contractors; Bob summarized our current Raise the Roof pledge drive, and we showed
them the video that Tim Huckman made, showing Tom explaining why we need a new
roof. They thought the video was excellent, and had only a few questions for
us. They told us we would hear their decision in a few days, and we departed.
While we were still
in the parking lot, one of the members I know pretty well, Teresa Gotcha, came
to the window and called my name. I went back and stood where I could see her
through the window, and she said, “You got the loan!” Needless to say, we were
a happy trio as we drove back to Tamworth!
I will be in touch
with the CFO of the Diocese and with Mike Lord, our roofing contractor, and we
will get the roofing job scheduled, I hope sometime in August.
Meanwhile, we are
making good progress raising the needed funds. Pledges have begun to come in,
the quilting project that Barbara Lord is leading is underway (see below for
more on that) and Nancy Spencer-Smith, Patti Rau and I are looking into grants.
Thank you to those of
you who have already turned in a pledge card and/or sent a check! If you sent a
check without a pledge card, we ask that you still turn in a pledge card so we
will know your intentions. If you have not yet made a pledge, please
prayerfully consider making one. We ask that you return your pledge cards by
Sunday, July 29. Together, we can do this!
Pledge
cards for Raise the Roof project can be
found
on the
back wall bulletin board in the parish hall.
RAISE THE ROOF
As of this week beautiful fabric has been generously donated, and a volunteer is getting it ready to be cut into patches. Here is the plan for completing the quilt:
Monday, July 23rd is cutting day. We plan to cut all the pieces and put them into packets, with directions, ready to give to those who will sew patches together into 12 1/2” squares. We will meet at 9:30 in the Parish Hall.
Monday August 27th is assembly day. We will meet in the Parish Hall at 9:30 to sew the 12 1/2” patches into a quilt.
On Monday, September 10th, assuming all is ready, we will put the quilt on the frame and begin quilting, beginning at 9:30 in the Parish hall.
Everyone is invited to help make this happen. If you would like to participate in any way please let Barbara Lord know. Or just come to the Parish Hall on those days and enjoy the fellowship!
THE JAMMING DIVAS
Jammin’ Divas’ jams and jellies were a big hit last year, and Carol and Chris are gearing up to make more, all to benefit St. Andrew’s outreach efforts! Joyce Carter has offered to sell their goodies at the Farmer’s Market as soon as they have new batches of jam ready.
They would appreciate your help too! What can you do? Donate to the cause:
· Fruit- fresh if possible. Strawberry season is coming right up, followed by raspberries, rhubarb and then blueberries. Peaches are usually ready in August. If you are going to pick any of these local crops, please consider donating an extra pint or two to the Divas. And even better, if you have time, wash, hull and freeze them and pop them in a ziplock bag.
· 8 or 4 ounce canning jars.
· Sugar
· Powdered pectin
Thank you!!!
and 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
IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP ON THE CHART FOR ALTAR FLOWERS
PLEASE MAKE SURE A CARD GETS TO THE OFFICE WITH YOUR
DEDICATION REQUEST. Thank you.
DINNER BELL
Dinner Bell cook team for this Sunday July 1st
RAU
Dinner Bell cook team for next Sunday July 8th
ADAMS
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Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
The monthly item
for July is dish detergent.
FORWARD DAY BY DAY FOR
TODAY
THURSDAY, July 12, 2018
Psalm 18:17 He reached
down from on high and grasped me; he drew me out of great waters.
Even now, more than
fifteen years after it happened, I can feel the suffocating weight of water
pressing me down and down, robbing me of air. “So this is what it’s like to
die,” I remember thinking. Then a voice somewhere inside my head told me to
quit trying to hold on to the tree I could barely reach, to let go and let the
current carry me away. And so I did.
I popped up
somewhere downstream, grabbed a grapevine that happened to be dangling above
me, and hung there, shocked to be alive. There’s more to the story, but what
matters here is that ever since that day, I’ve understood what it means to be
drowning one moment and safe the next. It is a gift simply to be able to
breathe.
Passages like this
one speak so clearly to me: I was drowning, overwhelmed, the
psalmist says, but God plucked me out of the water.
MOVING FORWARD: Consider
times when you’ve needed God’s saving grace, whether the “waters” be spiritual,
psychological, or physical. How will you share the story of God saving you?
FROM Deb
IN THE OFFICE
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.
July BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Birthdays
1 Lisa Thompson
5 Don Pease
17 Vic DeGroot
18 Davis Dassori
21 Jennifer Brady
28 Marge Hagerup
30 Jim Theodore
Anniversaries
2 Ann
Cady & Rob Walty
16 Todd
& Jane Horn
29 Don
& Elizabeth Pease
31 Carla
& Jack Knapp
THIS WEEK AT ST. ANDREW’S
Sunday-July 15 8 & 10am -Holy Eucharist
Every Sunday 5
pm -Dinner Bell
Every Monday
July 23 7pm Vestry
Every Tuesday 10a-Noon -Food Pantry
8
pm -AA meeting
July 3 9am Farmer’s Market Cooking Class
Every Wednesday 9 am -Morning Prayer
July 11 Noon Lunch Bunch at Mt View Station
Restaurant
July 25 5:30pm Celtic
Evening Prayer
Every Friday 10a-Noon -Food Pantry
Every Saturday 8pm -AA (Parish Hall) Al-Anon (Prince
Room)
79th GENERAL CONVENTION UNDERWAY THIS WEEK
The 79th General Convention kicked off last week in Austin, Texas
with revival, witness and the Way
of Love! For live coverage; sermons by the Presiding Bishop;
TEConversations about Racial Reconciliation, Evangelism and Creation Care; and
more go to the General Convention Media Hub HERE.
General Convention is the governing body of The Episcopal Church,
which includes the House of Deputies, and the House of Bishops. The 2018
meeting convenes for a nine day legislative session ending on July 13th.
Currently attending General Convention as New Hampshire delegation
are: clergy deputies Kate Atkinson, Gail Avery, Sue Poulin, Richard
Davenport, and first alternate Janet Lombardo, and lay deputies Sarah Ambrogi, Margaret
Porter, Gloria Gallant, Benge Ambrogi and first alternate Marti Hunt. Please
keep them in your prayers as they carefully discern how best to represent the
Church of New Hampshire.
For more information about The
Way of Love - Practices for a Jesus Centered Life click HERE.
For more information about General Convention click HERE.
Margaret Porter will be maintaining our
Convention blog again this year. To keep up to date on what is happening
with our deputation, click here.click he
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