SEASON OF LIGHTS
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| CHRISTMAS |
FROM THE RECTOR
Merry
Christmas, everyone! In spite of the pandemic and not being able to celebrate
Christmas with family as you normally do, I pray you will all have a joy filled
and peaceful Christmas, filled with the light and love of Christ. Today we will
celebrate by singing Carols at 3:45, and with a Eucharist livestreamed from the
church at 4:00. And on Sunday we will
continue the celebration with Lessons and Carols at 10:00. So much time and
effort has gone into these services – I hope you will be able to attend
both.
My
thanks to everyone who has made these services possible!
- All
of our musicians: Bernice Thompson, Chris and Carolyn Boldt, Ann Cady, Val May,
Preston Mills, Tina Quinn and Carol Tubman, who spent hours recording. And
especially Bernice, who played for all of the recording sessions!
- Sammie
Wakefield, Lisa Thompson and Tina Quinn, who have spent many hours cleaning and
putting the Chancel back together for Christmas!! (The Chancel had become
storage space for the Sacristy during painting.)
- Gretchen
Behr – Svendsen for picking up our Advent/Christmas wreaths last month and the
poinsettias for Christmas.
- All
the readers and co-hosts on Zoom
Announcements:
Did
you know…. Cece Crapser will turn 100 on December 28! Be sure and send her a card at: 19
Saco Woods, Unit 4, Center
Conway, NH 03813
There
will be no Compline tonight. The normal schedule will resume on
Monday, December 28.
From
Chris Boldt: the Wonalancet Christmas Eve service will be posted on You
Tube about 5 p.m. on the 24th. If you type in “Wonalancet
Union Chapel” while in YouTube, it should pop up.
Stay tuned for details on our Service of Light on January 6, the Day of Epiphany.
May your Christmas be merry and bright,
Caroline
JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
The 1st Sunday of the month at 9:00 AM
The remaining Sundays at 10:00 AM
This Sunday-December 20th
at 10:00 a.m.
The First Sunday after Christmas
via Zoom (email RectorSAITV@gmail.com for Zoom information)
One thing we can always do while we stay at home is to pray for each other! We would like to keep our prayer list up to date and publish it each week in the Thursday Memo. Please email Deb at office@standrewsinthevalley.org with any updates.
This Week We Pray for
Health and Wholeness for: Bev Sullivan and grandson, Mary Ireland, Jean DeThomas, Terri Hooper, Martin, John McGowan, Sue Huckman, Steve Thompson, Joan Marshall, Marilyn Cloran, Kitty Lou Booty, Gabriele and Bob Wallace, Dave Appleton, Carolyn Boldt, Angela B., Tom, Carolyn Jarvis, Doug Crapser, Peg Patenaude, Joyce Humphrey,
For those who are homebound: Joyce Gendron, Marge Hagerup, Elizabeth Pease, Brian & Sara Kelley, Elizabeth Wiesner, Judy Grace, Audrey Berry.
For those who have died:
For our First Nation people and those in this country who are living in impoverished areas of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans and the inner city areas populated by some of our poorest citizens.
For all those who are on the front lines serving communities during these difficult times.Updating the Prayer List
Please let Deb know if you want to put someone back on the prayer list going forward. Thank you for helping us keep our prayer list up to date.
THINK SPRING, PLANT A SEED
EFM, or Education for Ministry, currently has a combined New Hampshire/New York group that meets online weekly. This group was started by Rev. Bill Cruse, and was initially a New Hampshire group, but due to graduation, the group became too small for sharing and discussion, thus combining with the New York group this year. It has been a wonderful process, learning and sharing with new friends from an area totally different from rural NH. We would love to keep this group viable looking forward to next Fall.
If you like meeting new people, sharing your story and your faith with others, lively discussion about scripture and other authors, praying together, all from the comfort of your living room, EFM may be for you! If you need more information, Jen, Carol, Sammie, or Pat would be happy to answer any questions.
On another note, if you enjoy Compline, and miss it on Friday evening, please join Carolyn Black, one of our New York friends, who does Compline every Friday evening at 7:00PM. Here is linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktLGR7kHffE
BISHOP CURRY'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Joy to the world! The Lord is come: let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing.
Safe Church Training Call - Monday, January 11, 2021 at 10:00 am |
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Monday, January 11, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
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| Please note - This email does NOT indicate your need for safe church training. If you have a question as to your training status, please contact your safe church minister. The first safe church zoom training will be held on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 10:00 am You will need to complete the required online modules prior to this training. The current list, which has been revised, of required online modules for those completing safe church training for the first time and for those completing refresher training can be found on our website: www.nhepiscopal.org/safe-church under the Universal Training paragraph. If you need information on how to complete these modules, please contact your safe church minister. If you have other questions or need the contact information for your safe church minister, please contact Lynn Eaton at leaton@nhepiscopal.org. A list of those requiring safe church training and other resources and information can be found on our website, www.nhepiscopal.org/safe-church. |
| Thank you for your attention to this important ministry. Sincerely, Lynn Eaton Episcopal Church of New Hampshire leaton@nhepiscopal.org 603-224-1914 |
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No DINNER BELL until further notice.
Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
Food pantry continues to serve the communities needs
New Hours
Alternating Wednesdays
12-4 pm
Next Food Pantry: January 6
Any questions call 603-960-4067
BIRTHDAYS AND 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
6 Carolyn Seston
12 Hettie Buck
13 Suzanne Morgan
26 Sarah & Jim Huckman
27 Debra Hoyt
30 Gretchen Behr-Svendsen
Anniversaries
8 Bob & Carolyn Seston
21 Chris & Carolyn Boldt
Annual Reports due in January.
A SEASON OF LIGHTS
Photos shared by the Bunkers
Photo shared by Sammie Wakefield
3 of 15 Candles in the windows
Photos shared by Dale AppletonPhoto shared by Susan Ines
Photo shared by Jane Horn
Photo shared by Jen Huckman
SHARE YOUR LIGHTS!
Send to Deb at office@standrewsinthevalley.org
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