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| THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD |
JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
THIS SUNDAY, February 2nd, The Presentation of Our Lord, Annual Meeting Sunday, there will be ONE Service Only at 9 a.m.
CENTERING PRAYER
Tuesdays at 5:00 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, February 2nd
The Presentation of Our Lord
The Presentation of Our Lord
Year A
Malachi 3:1-4
Psalm 84
Hebrews 2:14-18
Luke 2:22-40
Psalm 84
Hebrews 2:14-18
Luke 2:22-40
1st Reading: Marta von Loewenfeldt
2nd Reading: Christi Humphrey
Prayers: Carol Tubman
Click below to see the readings:
FROM THE RECTOR
Please join us for worship and
our Annual Meeting this Sunday. We will
have a pot luck brunch following our 9:00 service, and begin the meeting once
everyone has served themselves and found a seat. The Vestry will provide main
egg dishes and Sammie’s famous cheese grits; please bring a side dish of your choice.
If you are not in town you can still join us via
Zoom, using the following information:
Topic: St. Andrew's Annual Meeting
Time: Feb 2, 2020 10:15 AM Eastern
Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID:
206 339 3482
On your
phone or tablet you will need to download the Zoom App from your provider’s
store. If using your computer you can simply click on the link above.
It’s not
quite the same as being here, but give it a try!
Mark your calendars!
Looking
ahead to Lent, there will be two different opportunities for prayer and study.
The first is
a Preparation for Lent Workshop, offered by Christi Humphrey, which will
be held on Saturday morning, February 22, 9:30-12:30. See below for more information.
The second
is a book study using Amy-Jill Levine’s book, Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to Holy Week. It’s
available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501869558/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We so enjoyed
her book and video series, A Beginner’s
Guide to Advent, that we decided to use this during Lent.
We will meet on Wednesdays
during Lent, time to be determined.
Click on the Annual Report PDF link in the office section below to read the report before the meeting.
Caroline
PREPARATION FOR LENT WORKSHOP
Create
in me a clean heart, O God
Saint Andrew’s in the Valley Episcopal
Church, Tamworth, NH
Saturday, February 22, 2020
9:30am – 12:30pm
Create
in me a clean heart, O God, *
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast
me not away from your presence *
and take not your holy Spirit from me.
Give
me the joy of your saving help again *
and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.
Psalm 51:10-12
Create in me a clean heart, O God
Saint
Andrew’s in the Valley Episcopal Church, Tamworth, NH
Saturday,
February 22, 2020
9:30am
– 12:30pm
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
*
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your
presence *
and take not your holy Spirit from me.
Give me the joy of your saving
help again *
and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.
Psalm 51:10-12
Each year, as we are invited to observe a holy Lent at the
Ash Wednesday service, we pray these lines from Psalm 51. The season for
returning and renewal encourages us to times of self-examination and repentance;
prayer, fasting, self-denial, reading and meditating on God's holy Word.
Perhaps you have
established habits which support you or maybe you are looking for inspiration
in shaping a practice for the Lenten season.
Please plan to attend this workshop in which we will look at and try on
different practices of prayer. We will consider what are the components of a
prayer practice, how to get started and how to keep it going.
Facilitated by Christi Humphrey, the workshop will include
times for prayer, contemplation, and conversation.
Christi
Humphrey MDiv, is a spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and a colleague at
the Bethany House of Prayer in Arlington, MA. She holds a Certificate in
Spiritual Direction from the Center for Religious Development. For twenty
years, Christi has accompanied others on their spiritual journey through
various projects -- spiritual formation groups, pilgrimages, mission trips, and
as a Minister of Spiritual Care.
WAY STATION Donations
Don’t
forget to bring your donations for the Way Station! We will send our
donations to the Way Station after the Annual Meeting this Sunday.
The Way
Station, which serves the homeless and housing-insecure in Carroll County is
looking for items to support their good works in the greater Mount Washington
Valley.
The
Way Station is located in a building next to and owned by the Lutheran Church
of the Nativity in North Conway. Its mission is to provide a safe, welcoming,
non-judgmental space and supportive services for anyone who needs it. This
day resource center is currently in need of the following items. In order of
priority:
Hand
& foot warmers
Cans
of hearty soups, chili, beef stew
Can
openers
High
protein, healthy snacks: nuts, trail mix (NOT granola bars)
Crystallized
coffee (boxes of individual sticks)
$5
cards to Dunkin Donuts, Cumberland Farms, MacDonalds
Warm
socks and white socks
Insulated
coffee cups (these are treasured)
Re-usable
water bottles
Toiletries
(Hats
and glove/mittens are not in great need just now...)
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 WMUR9. PLEASE do not travel if it feels unsafe to you. Enjoy a Sabbath morning at home and remember St. Andrew’s in your prayers.
If only the 8:00 a.m. service is cancelled, an email will be sent out to the regular 8:00 attendees.
SAFE CHURCH
If you are up for Safe Church Renewal
you must do your renewal modules on Armatus
then sign up for one of the following meetings online.
Safe Church Zoom Call
If you have questions, please contact Safe Church Minister, Marty Cloran.
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
Come join us! Knitting skills not required.
1st and 3rd Wednesday morning at 10:15 a.m.
If you knit or crochet (or would like to learn how to) and are led to engaging in an outreach mission that provides physical and spiritual comfort to those in need, please join us on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at 10:15 AM in the Prince Room. We are a joyous group that will keep you in stitches! The coffee and tea will be on and new members are always welcome. If you have any questions, please call Lin Frank at 323-0402.
DINNER BELL
Dinner Bell cook teams for the month of February are:
2 Hammond
9 Lewis
16 Tubman
23 Slader
9 Lewis
16 Tubman
23 Slader
Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Swallows
swoop
down
catch
lift
up
swoop
down
catch
lift
up.
This
simple pattern
of
nourishment
echoes
the
feeding
of
my soul.
I
get scared
of
the downward
swoops,
want
only the
lifting
up
but
the swallow
in
me
knows
better,
and
continues
to
swoop down
catch
lift
up.
~
Joyce Rupp
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.
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.
FROM Deb IN THE OFFICE
ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY
February 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
2 Joan Marshall
3 Carolyn Boldt
7 David Manley
13 Bill May
14 Linnea Frank
17 Nathalie Smith
20 Tom Huckman
21 Judy Grace
26 Melissa Bunker
Anniversaries
14 Ken & Debra Hoyt
20 Bill & Valerie May
21 Judy Grace
26 Melissa Bunker
Anniversaries
14 Ken & Debra Hoyt
20 Bill & Valerie May
PHOTO GALLERY
Photos courtesy of Donna Jones
Oreo visits Church
