JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
THIS SUNDAY, January 20th, The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, there will be two services at 8 a.m and 10 a.m.
Winter Weather Advisory!!!
Please keep in mind during the
winter when the weather looks questionable for safe travel to call the church
before you leave home to check for schedule changes. If a storm comes in on
Saturday evening or Sunday, I will make a judgment by 7:00 AM about whether to
hold, cancel, or delay services. Cancellations will posted on WMUR 9. The church phone message will also reflect any
cancellations. PLEASE do not travel if it feels unsafe to you. Enjoy a Sabbath
morning at home and remember St. Andrew’s in your prayers.
ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 3rd
Reports still needed - see below!
Reports still needed - see below!
CENTERING PRAYER
Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.
MORNING PRAYER
Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
and FELLOWSHIP
and FELLOWSHIP
READINGS FOR SUNDAY
Sunday, January 20th
2nd Sunday after the Epiphany
Year C
Year C
Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm 36:5-10
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
John 2:1-11
Psalm 36:5-10
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
John 2:1-11
FROM THE RECTOR
The weather forecast
could make for an interesting weekend! If it holds, and we are in the middle of
heavy snow on Sunday morning, I will cancel church. It will only be the third
or fourth time I’ve ever done that. We canceled one morning my first year here
because my everyone’s driveways were a sheet of ice. And I think I canceled
once when I was Interim Rector at St. James in Keene. Usually though, if I can
get in I lead services for anyone who comes. I remember one Sunday in Exeter
when we were at the end of a storm like the one that is forecast for this
weekend. It was still snowing, but expected to stop later in the morning. The
power was out at the church, so the 15 or so who had mostly walked or skied to
church gathered around the fireplace and shared the Eucharist. It was quite
nice, and is still a clear memory. But it sounds like we will be right in the
middle of this storm on Sunday morning, and none of us live next door to St.
Andrew’s! So check WMUR for a cancellation alert, or call the church office. I
will update the voice mail message by 7 am if services are cancelled.
Nine of us are
leaving today for a parish retreat at the SSJE monastery in Cambridge, MA. The
retreat is supposed to end Sunday after lunch, but the weather may send us all
home on Saturday (I always intended to leave on Saturday). Please keep those on
retreat in your prayers: Betsy Hess, Cathie Lewis, David Manley, Val May, Ellie
McLaughlin, Lisa Thompson, Carol Tubman and Sammie Wakefield. The title of the
retreat is “Living in the Real Present”. Our leader, Br. Curtis Almquist,
describes it in this way:
Our weekend retreat in the beautiful sanctuary of
the SSJE Monastery will offer an experience of being really present to the real
presence of Christ, now. We will share prayer and worship, teaching and
reflection, the blend of music, the rhythm of poetry, and delicious food
throughout a weekend promising to be re-creative for the soul.
We are all so looking
forward to this! Please keep us all in your prayers while we are there, and as
we travel back this weekend.
Study of Paul’s Letter to the Romans
We had our first
meeting for this study last night, and decided to meet each Wednesday at 5:30 –
7:00 pm. We will begin with a simple soup supper, followed by discussion of the
Romans readings for the week. It’s not too late to join us. The schedule of
readings may be found here: http://www.goodbookclub.org/readings/
Please let me know if
you plan to attend on January 23 so that we can plan for food. The study will
run through Wednesday, February 27, the Wednesday before Ash Wednesday.
Caroline
DINNER BELL
Dinner Bell cook teams for January are:
20th-Slader
27th-Sandwich Community Church
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Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A portion of Canticle
12 - A Song of Creation
Glorify the Lord, you
angels and all powers of the Lord, *
O heavens and all waters above the heavens.
Sun and moon and stars of the sky, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
O heavens and all waters above the heavens.
Sun and moon and stars of the sky, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Glorify the Lord, every
shower of rain and fall of dew, *
all winds and fire and heat.
Winter and Summer, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
all winds and fire and heat.
Winter and Summer, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Glorify the Lord, O chill
and cold, *
drops of dew and flakes of snow.
Frost and cold, ice and sleet, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
drops of dew and flakes of snow.
Frost and cold, ice and sleet, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Glorify the Lord, O nights
and days, *
O shining light and enfolding dark.
Storm clouds and thunderbolts, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
O shining light and enfolding dark.
Storm clouds and thunderbolts, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Book of Common Prayer, pp. 88-89
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
The monthly item for January is shampoo/conditioner.
The Community Food Center (CFC), which operates out of St. Andrew’s Church on Old Route 25 in Tamworth, is looking for new volunteers to help with this important program. The Center is open on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00 am to noon for clients to come in and pick up their food. On each of these days, two volunteers staff the Center and a CFC Board Member is on hand to help and answer questions. Scheduling is done bi-monthly and substitutes provide flexibility for volunteers who have other commitments.
FORWARD DAY BY DAY FOR TODAY
THURSDAY, January 17, 2019
Psalm 18:1 I love you, O Lord my strength, O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven.
“I love you, Lord…” my mother’s voice still echoes in those words. Even when dementia clouded her thinking in conversations with people, she prayed with complete clarity.
Today’s readings are full of God’s might. In Psalm 18, God thunders out of heaven with hailstones and coals of fire to rout the enemy. In Mark, Jesus forgives the sins of a paralytic and heals him physically. In Ephesians, we learn that everyone in the world has access to God. We are saved—no longer separate from God or each other. Mighty works, indeed!
I believe in God’s might. But I also believe that what matters most to God, is our sincere and deep love. I can only imagine the joyful moment when my mom met Jesus face to face and they both proclaimed, “I love you.”
FROM Deb IN THE OFFICE
ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 3rd
Reports were due on the 15th. This is so I have enough time to put them together with time for review.
If you have not turned in your Annual reports I ask that you please see that they are sent in as soon as possible. I will be out of the office next Wed. and will expect to put the Annual Report together on Tuesday for Caroline's review.
PLEASE PLEASE GET THESE REPORTS IN TO ME. Thank you.
If you have not turned in your Annual reports I ask that you please see that they are sent in as soon as possible. I will be out of the office next Wed. and will expect to put the Annual Report together on Tuesday for Caroline's review.
PLEASE PLEASE GET THESE REPORTS IN TO ME. Thank you.
January 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
3 Donna Jones
4 Ellie McLaughlin, Jen Huckman
6 Joyce Carter
9 Pat Adams
19 Ginger Heard, Jonathan Brady
25 Connor Bunker, Ann Cady
27 Carol Tubman
