FROM THE RECTORMy move is complete, and the settling in process has begun. My new home is smaller than the last, so more sorting and getting rid of items is underway. And, of course, there are still many boxes to be dealt with! But it's coming along, and each room is functional, with paths cleared between the boxes. I'm still looking for items that must be in an unmarked box (like a knife block and sheets for the guest rooms)!
I will be in the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and will work remotely on Monday and Thursday. See the weekly Saturday email for my new address. My cell phone number remains the same.
JOHN MCGOWAN’s MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 4 at St. Andrew’s. Weather permitting, the reception will follow at his home on Great Hill Rd.
MASKS ARE NOW OPTIONAL in church except while singing, when our respiratory droplets can spread as far as 15 feet. There is an area in the back of the church on the Memorial Garden side that is reserved for those who are more comfortable being masked and physically distanced. Signs will be posted in that area. Masks are required for singing, so please bring a mask or pick one up at the door.
As before, please, for the safety of others, plan to attend church on Zoom if you have recently traveled commercially and/or been present at large gatherings, or are not feeling well.
LINK TO FORWARD DAY BY DAY For some unknown reason we didn’t receive this quarter’s copies of Forward Day by Day. For those of you who are missing it, it is available online at this link: https://prayer.forwardmovement.org/fdd/
If you would like to receive the daily reflection via email, scroll to the bottom of the website page and click on the “Subscribe” button.
If you’re a Facebook user it’s also available there. Search for Forward Day by Day and follow the page. We hope to receive next quarter’s booklet on time!
My move is complete, and the settling in process has begun. My new home is smaller than the last, so more sorting and getting rid of items is underway. And, of course, there are still many boxes to be dealt with! But it's coming along, and each room is functional, with paths cleared between the boxes. I'm still looking for items that must be in an unmarked box (like a knife block and sheets for the guest rooms)!
I will be in the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and will work remotely on Monday and Thursday. See the weekly Saturday email for my new address. My cell phone number remains the same.
JOHN MCGOWAN’s MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 4 at St. Andrew’s. Weather permitting, the reception will follow at his home on Great Hill Rd.
MASKS ARE NOW OPTIONAL in church except while singing, when our respiratory droplets can spread as far as 15 feet. There is an area in the back of the church on the Memorial Garden side that is reserved for those who are more comfortable being masked and physically distanced. Signs will be posted in that area. Masks are required for singing, so please bring a mask or pick one up at the door.
As before, please, for the safety of others, plan to attend church on Zoom if you have recently traveled commercially and/or been present at large gatherings, or are not feeling well.
LINK TO FORWARD DAY BY DAY For some unknown reason we didn’t receive this quarter’s copies of Forward Day by Day. For those of you who are missing it, it is available online at this link: https://prayer.forwardmovement.org/fdd/
If you would like to receive the daily reflection via email, scroll to the bottom of the website page and click on the “Subscribe” button.
If you’re a Facebook user it’s also available there. Search for Forward Day by Day and follow the page. We hope to receive next quarter’s booklet on time!
Blessings, Caroline
Blessings, Caroline
Both services are held in person
The 10:00 service is also available via Zoom
(email RectorSAITV@gmail.com for Zoom information)
and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/standrewsinthevalleytamworth/
AND...
JOIN US FOLLOWING THE SERVICE FOR
JOIN US FOLLOWING THE SERVICE FOR
The Collect
O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
First Reading Acts 9:36-43
Psalm 23
The Second Reading Revelation 7:9-17
The Gospel John 10:22-30
Click below to see the readings:
Health and Wholeness for our:
Parish: : Audrey, Carolyn, Marty, Judy, Jim, Sue, Joan, Elizabeth, Grete, Becky, Steve, Gabriele and Bob
Family and Friends: : Megan, John, Angela, Gary, Grace, Tracy, Carolyn, Jack, Laurie, Alexa, Chris, Lyse, Margaret, Melody, Peg, Curt, Sage, Sharon, Mary
For those who have died:
Birthdays:
Anniversaries:
Please let the Parish Office know if you would like to add or remove someone
on the prayer list. Thank you.
Food for Thought
My sheep hear my voice.
I know them, and they follow me.
—
Sitting by the pond
it sounds like I don’t hear anything but birds and breeze.
And the little brook. Like kids whispering.
The water flows into the pond,
and on into the sea.
What I hear flows through me,
water in the pond, flowing through my blood,
I hear it inside me.
It knows me.
I hear the ocean answering.
I know this little stream, the word of God, like blood.
I hear it within. I follow it,
as water rippling through rocks,
as love rivering through the world,
following the voice of the earth,
not an effort but a flowing.
This flow from cloud to spring to river to sea to cloud again
is eternal,
the right path on which the shepherd leads me.
This is the still water
that is also the spring of living water gushing up to eternal life.
In stillness I hear it gushing,
And I follow the voice of the flowing
and enter into the deep water.
And it bears me into the ocean of grace.
I hear birds, and the mouth of the breeze.
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
