February 25, 2021

 



FROM THE RECTOR

I will be off Tuesday, February 23 – Monday, March 1. 

Bishop Rob is leading a diocesan Morning Prayer service on February 28, so we will worship with the Diocese that day. 

In the event of a pastoral emergency please contact our Sr. Warden, Patti Rau at geopat96@roadrunner.com or 367-8223.

 Blessings, Caroline

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
The 1st Sunday of the month at 9:00 AM
The remaining Sundays at 10:00 AM

The Second Sunday in Lent - Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 9:30 am

Bishop Rob will preside at a Morning Prayer service.

You are invited to join the zoom meeting HERE or

on our YouTube channel.



READINGS FOR SUNDAY

The 2nd Sunday in Lent

Collect of the Day

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson             Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16


Psalm     22:22-30


The Second Lesson      Romans 4:13-25


The Gospel                     Mark 8:31-38


Click below to see the readings: 

LECTIONARY PAGE

PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER
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:  Diana Riley, John Maloy, Brittany & Connor Cromwell, Frank, Amy, Judy Grace, Jeannette Mead, Margaret, 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,  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

Sunday, March 8th
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 

SAFE CHURCH TRAINING

Safe Church Zoom Trainings 2021

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 6:00 pm - Click HERE to register

Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:00 pm - Click HERE to register

 Reminder: The list of required online modules has been updated. For details or to register for the February 17th call, please visit the diocesan Safe Church page. 

Praesidium, the operator of the Armatus System that tracks and presents our safe church training is planning a major system upgrade. As a result of this upgrade your email address will now become your user/login name and your unique identifier effective Friday, February 26. Accounts with more than one person using a single email address and users without an email address will no longer be allowed.  Please be aware of this change and report any problems to Marty Cloran.

 Thank you, Marty Cloran


DINNER BELL

No DINNER BELL until further notice.

Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!

COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY

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: March 3
Any questions call 603-960-4067



FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A Lenten Prayer composed by the School of Ministry in Plymouth, NH

Almighty God, Source of all mercies: As your love protected Jesus during his time of isolation and trial, may it also strengthen us. Help us to trust in your love’s power to heal. Take away our pride, and give us the courage to seek your way, so that when this Lent is over, we might find ourselves renewed for the hard and holy work of living as one human family. We ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.


FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
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
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

FROM THE OFFICE
RESOURCE MATERIALS  CAN BE FOUND 
ON THE SHELF OUTSIDE THE OFFICE DOOR




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