FROM THE RECTORI
had hip surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn labrum, and will be on
crutches for the next several weeks. I’m recovering well, but am unable to
drive for now. Vestry members have been kind enough to offer to drive me to
church on Sunday. There will be no 8:00 service this week only. Thank
you for all your help and good wishes!
I
will be at a CREDO conference May 17-24, which is an opportunity to assess and
plan for clergy wellness in multiple areas: physical, emotional, mental,
spiritual and financial health. I attended this conference about 15 years ago
and it was a great experience! I look forward to participating again.
Chip
Robinson will fill in for me on Sunday, May 22 at both the 8:00 and the 10:00
services.
MASKS
ARE NOW REQUIRED in church again, as the Covid numbers have been
on the rise and we know several people who have been infected. I think we can
expect to go back and forth between wearing masks and not as the numbers rise
and fall in the foreseeable future.
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.
JOHN
MCGOWAN’S MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 4 at St. Andrew’s,
followed by a reception in the Parish Hall and on the grounds, weather
permitting.
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!
I
had hip surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn labrum, and will be on
crutches for the next several weeks. I’m recovering well, but am unable to
drive for now. Vestry members have been kind enough to offer to drive me to
church on Sunday. There will be no 8:00 service this week only. Thank
you for all your help and good wishes!
I
will be at a CREDO conference May 17-24, which is an opportunity to assess and
plan for clergy wellness in multiple areas: physical, emotional, mental,
spiritual and financial health. I attended this conference about 15 years ago
and it was a great experience! I look forward to participating again.
Chip
Robinson will fill in for me on Sunday, May 22 at both the 8:00 and the 10:00
services.
MASKS
ARE NOW REQUIRED in church again, as the Covid numbers have been
on the rise and we know several people who have been infected. I think we can
expect to go back and forth between wearing masks and not as the numbers rise
and fall in the foreseeable future.
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.
JOHN
MCGOWAN’S MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 4 at St. Andrew’s,
followed by a reception in the Parish Hall and on the grounds, weather
permitting.
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
Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
First Reading Acts 11:1-18
In this reading from the story of the early church, followers of Jesus living in Judea and Jerusalem are astonished to learn of the conversion of Gentiles as Peter tells them of his heavenly vision and how the Holy spirit fell upon the new believers. The vision helped Peter understand that the observance of food laws and the like was not essential for discipleship.
Psalm 148
The whole of creation and all peoples join together in praise of the Lord.
The Second Reading Revelation 21:1-6
In this lesson John the Seer has a vision of the renewal of all creation and the new Jerusalem as the city in which God will abide with redeemed humanity. The old order has passed away and death is no more, neither pain nor the causes of distress and sadness. Christ in victory, the alpha and Omega, promises living water to any who thirst.
The Gospel John 13:31-35
In our Gospel lesson Jesus speaks to his disciples on the night that he is to be betrayed and handed over to death. Yet his dying as the Son of Man will also be the way that God is glorified-both because of Jesus' sacrifice on behalf of others and because of his resurrection and victory over the power of death. Jesus' disciples will now be known by their following of his new commandment-that they love one another with the same sacrificial love he has shown them.
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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: Kit 05/17, Tim 05/18
Anniversaries: Jonathan and Lois 05/20
Please let the Parish Office know if you would like to add or remove someone
on the prayer list. Thank you.
Food for Thought
What We Need is Here
Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their way, clear
in the ancient faith: what we need
is here. And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye,
clear. What we need is here.
~ Wendell Berry
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