Turn clocks back one hour this weekend.
JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
Please bring your favorite dish to add to the table.
CENTERING PRAYER
Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.
MORNING PRAYER
Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
COFFEE HOUR HOSTS NEEDED!!!!!
Please check the sheet in the Parish Hall and ask someone to “team up” with you for Coffee Hour. Hosts are needed for all dates for all of Nov and Dec.
WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
READINGS FOR SUNDAY
Sunday, November 4th
ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY
Year B
Year B
Isaiah 25:6-9
Psalm 24
Revelation 21:1-6a
John 11:32-44
"Lazarus, come out!"
FROM THE RECTOR
As the weather turns cooler, the leaves fall and the
calendar turns to November, my thoughts turn to Thanksgiving, and gratitude. In
the wake of the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh last week,
gratitude seems especially important. How are we to deal with such horrors in
our country? How are we to deal with violence in a synagogue? I like what our
Presiding Bishop had to say:
“We must pray, we must
pray for the gunman, we must pray for the spirit of our nation, that a spirit
of love and compassion and goodness and decency would pervade, and that spirits
of hatred and bigotry would be cast away. But, above all, at this time, pray
for those who have died and for their families and their loved ones. Pray for
those who are wounded. Pray for the first responders, pray for our brothers and
sisters in the Jewish community. Pray for the Tree of Life synagogue. Pray for
the City of Pittsburgh. Pray for America. Pray for us all.
And then, go out and do something. Do something that helps
to end the long night and helps to bring in the daylight. Visit a neighbor.
Remind our Jewish brothers and sisters that they do not stand alone. Care for
someone. Love. Stand for what is right and good. Then pray. And then act.”
And I would add, remember your blessings, and give thanks.
Remember to be grateful, because living with a spirit of gratitude helps us
deal with all that is wrong in our world. If we begin each day by thanking God
for all that is good in our lives, and end each day in the same way, if we do
what we can for others, we can be agents of God’s love and light even in the
face of hate and violence. May it be so with each of us.
Caroline
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(Thanks to Ann Cady for passing this along.)
In the busyness of this day
Grant me a stillness of seeing, O God.
In the conflicting voices of my heart
Grant me a calmness of hearing
Let my seeing and hearing
My words and my actions
Be rooted in a silent certainty of your presence
Let my passions for life
And the longings for justice that stir within me
Be grounded in the experience of your stillness
Let my life be rooted in the ground of your peace O God,
Let me be rooted in the depths of your peace.
Grant me a stillness of seeing, O God.
In the conflicting voices of my heart
Grant me a calmness of hearing
Let my seeing and hearing
My words and my actions
Be rooted in a silent certainty of your presence
Let my passions for life
And the longings for justice that stir within me
Be grounded in the experience of your stillness
Let my life be rooted in the ground of your peace O God,
Let me be rooted in the depths of your peace.
Amen
- Celtic Benediction
J. Philip Newell
RAISE THE ROOF
Your help is needed to sell Quilt Raffle Tickets
Please sign-out tickets to sell to your family, friends and neighbors.
You may pick up the quilt raffle tickets in the office or after the Sunday 10:00 am service
Drawing will be December 2nd
Drawing will be December 2nd
CHURCH BILLBOARD
DINNER BELL
Dinner Bell cook team for this Sunday November 4th
Friends
Dinner Bell cook team for next Sunday November 11th
Wakefield
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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 November is paper towels.
FORWARD DAY BY DAY
Thursday, November 1
Wisdom 3:1 But the souls of the righteous
are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them.
At times I have pictured the saints
like superheroes. They may not have invisible jets or capes like Wonder Woman
or Superman, but for me, saints are incredible and exotic. Occasionally I see
glimpses of truth, like on a cold, wet, January day in 2014, when I gathered
with several hundred people to honor the martyrdom of a saint.
Following prayers, the crowd
venerated the relics of the saint. I saw a speck of bone encased in gold and a
pair of gloves worn by the martyr on the day he died. Both seemed small and
vulnerable—very much human, very much like me. I reached into my coat pocket to
touch my own gloves.
In that tender and tactile moment, I
realized how very human are the saints of the Church and how their humanity
gives us a fuller image of God’s plan. As I left the church, I couldn’t help
but sing a song of the saints of God. God help me to be one too.
MOVING FORWARD: Remember your favorite saint in
your prayer time today.
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.
Birthdays
9 Alys Walker
10 George Rau, Bruce Foreman
10 George Rau, Bruce Foreman
Anniversaries
22 Tony & Betty Faella
25 John & Joan Marshall
25 John & Joan Marshall
THIS MONTH AT ST. ANDREW’S
"FUN" Raising
HARVEST SUPPER & PIE AUCTION
SAVE THE DATE
Friday November 16th
Dinner will begin at 6 PM followed by the Pie Auction at 7 held by the entertaining & charming Christopher Boldt. Tickets are $15 with a simple supper of Hearty & delicious sausage and root vegetable soup, bread, salad and apple crisp. Children under 12 are just $5. BYOB beer or wine. Please tell your friends and acquaintances as this is an entertaining evening and a great place to pick up the following Thursday's Thanksgiving dinner's dessert. Lastly consider helping at the dinner by being either a dessert contributor or a helper, lists to be posted in couple of weeks prior to the event.
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