January 24, 2019



JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
THIS SUNDAY, January 27th, The Third Sunday after the Epiphany,  there will be two services at 8 a.m and 10 a.m.

ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 3rd
One Service only at 9 a.m.
Bring a favorite dish to share
for the brunch table.

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
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.

READINGS FOR SUNDAY

Sunday, January 20th
3rd Sunday after the Epiphany
Year C

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
Luke 4:14-21


FROM THE RECTOR
When we miss a Sunday because of weather it feels like we haven’t been together in ages! But it was the right decision to cancel services - none of us needed to be on the roads. Nonetheless, it will be good to see you all this Sunday.
The news of the week?

THE ROOF IS RAISED!!!
Mike and his crew finally completed the job on Wednesday. Some of you know Will, one of the crew – he was so happy to be finished he asked if he could ring the church bell. (He apparently had wanted to ring it since the first time he saw it.) There will be substantial clean up to do when the snow melts, so we held a portion of the final payment until that is done. Perhaps in June?
If you’ve been at the church lately you will have noticed the mountains of snow all around the building. We are pretty sure the new roof has alleviated the roof-to-ground ice dams that used to form, as the snow comes off the roof quickly. But now we have a new challenge: keeping the pressure of the piles of snow from breaking any of our windows. Tom Huckman and Victor DeGroot came before last weekend’s storm and dug out the snow from the Prince Room windows. Plywood sheets will serve to protect the windows for the rest of this winter, but we will need a long-term solution before next winter.

Meanwhile, come to church on Sunday and enjoy our beautiful, watertight roof!
Caroline

DINNER BELL
 

Dinner Bell cook teams for January are:

27th-Sandwich Community Church
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Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

In memory of Mary Oliver, who died last week

When Death Comes

When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;

when death comes
like the measle-pox

when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,

I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?

And therefore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,

and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,

and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,

and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.


When it's over, I want to say all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.

I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.

I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.
-      Mary Oliver

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 24, 2019
Mark 4:31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.
The Mustard Seed Furniture Bank takes donations of new or gently used furniture and other household items and distributes them to those in need.
Several years ago, Mustard Seed delivery workers discovered many children slept on floors or doubled and tripled up on couches and in chairs. In response, Mustard Seed began a new program to ensure that more children have their own beds.
Behold this image of the kingdom: a giant bush with thousands of mattresses hanging from its branches! What a lovely reminder that the kingdom is not separate from us, way up where we cannot see. The kingdom of God is here on earth each and every time we participate in actions of mercy, grace, love and peace.

MOVING FORWARD: Is there a ministry like the furniture bank in your area? How can you support it?

FROM Deb IN THE OFFICE
ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 3rd
A link to preview the annual report will be ready in next week's Thursday Memo.

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

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