January 26, 2023

     

  FROM THE RECTOR                                                         

Mark your Calendars:

Due to the forecasted wintry mix late morning on Sunday, January 29 we will have one service only, at 9:00, followed by the Gifts Workshop. My apologies for the short notice.

Gifts Workshop, Part 2 - January 29, 2023: Part 2 of the Gifts Workshop will focus on identifying the gifts of others and looking at the ministries of St. Andrew's.  Are you called to join a new ministry? All are welcome! There's no need to bring back materials from the first workshop, and you don't need to have attended it. We hope you will join us!

Annual Meeting - February 5, 10:30: We will follow the same format as in previous years, with a 9:00 service followed by a brunch and the Annual Meeting. Please plan to bring a main dish or a side for our brunch. Sammie is bringing cheese grits!!

Bishop's Visit - February 12: The Bishop will be with us for his annual visitation. He will be the Celebrant at the Holy Eucharist at both 8:00 and 10:00. He will meet with the parish between the two services, at 9:00, and join us for Coffee Hour. Following Coffee Hour he will meet with the Vestry. Please plan to attend one of our services and welcome him to St. Andrew's

Caroline's last Sunday - February 19 (though I will be in the office until February 28)

Fragrance Reminder: As many of you know, we have several parishioners who are sensitive to fragrances, and exposure to them can make the worship experience difficult. For the comfort of all worshipers please refrain from the use of products with fragrances when attending worship and other church activities. Thank you!

The CDC places Carroll County in the MEDIUM range for Covid community spread. Masks are not required (but are welcomed!) and the section across from the choir is reserved for those who wish to sit with others who are masked.  We will have coffee hour after the service unless Carroll County is ranked in the high range.

PARISH CALENDAR                                                                                     

 

Sun. Jan 29	8 and 10	Holy Eucharist
	11:15	Gifts Workshop, Part II
Wed. Feb. 1	10:15	Prayer Shawl Ministry
	11:00	Food Pantry
Sun. Feb. 5	9:00	Holy Eucharist
	10:00	Brunch
	10:30	Annual Meeting
Sun. Feb. 12	8 and 10	Bishop’s Visit
Sun. Feb. 19	8 and 10	Holy Eucharist, Caroline’s last Sunday
	Every Week
Tuesday	8:00 pm	AA Meeting
Wednesday	9:00 am	Morning Prayer
	1:00	Transition Team
Saturday	8:00 pm	AA and Al Anon Meetings

 

 SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP                                          

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP 

This Sunday - January 29, 2023

Services will be at 8:00 and 10:00AM 

Both services will be in person,  the 10:00AM service will be livestreamed via Zoom and Facebook Live.

Email RectorSAITV@gmail.com for Zoom meeting information or
visit Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/standrewsinthevalleytamworth/

AND...
JOIN US FOLLOWING THE SERVICE FOR

READINGS FOR SUNDAY                                                                            

Sunday January 29, 2023

The Collect of the Day

Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

• Micah 6:1-8

IIn our lesson from the Hebrew Bible God contends with the people of God, reminding them of the saving acts done for them and instructing them in the good that God expects. the very mountains and hills are called as witnesses. God led the people out of Egypt and through the wilderness in safety. Yet they sin. It is not animal or human sacrifices the Lord wishes, but that the people act in justice, and loving kindness, and humility.

• Psalm 15

The psalm describes the virtues of one who is worthy to worship the Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

In this reading Paul directs the Corinthians' attention to God's way of using what is week and lowly-even what the world regards as foolish-to accomplish the divine purposes. Paul emphasizes this understanding because a number of these new Christians had come to think of themselves as especially gifted, powerful, and wise. As the cross has shown, however, God's ideas about what is wise and noble are often quite different from ours. Our only boast can be in the Lord.

• Matthew 5:1-12

The gospel lesson is the opening sayings of the Sermon on the Mount, words of both comfort and challenge. The values of the kingdom are quite different from worldly standards. Those who are to find blessing will know want and thirst, if not because of their own circumstances, then for the sake of others. Those who hunger for righteousness will find fulfillment, bu first they must experience persecution.

  Click below to see all the readings: 

LECTIONARY PAGE  

              

LAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE                                                                       

	January 29	February 5
Acolyte	Lisa	Gretchen
LEM	Cathie	Kaitlyn
1st Reader	Patti	Bob
2nd Reader	Kaitlyn	Sammie
Prayers	Tina	Dale
Camera	Sammie	Christi
8:00

PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER                                                                        

This Week We Pray for:

Health and Wholeness:

Parish: Carolyn, Judy, Grace, Tim, Sue, Barbara, Joan, Bill, Elizabeth, Grete, Steve, Gabriele and Bob

Family and Friends: Megan, Alec, John, Angela, Kate, Gary, Grace, Dick, Tracy, Jan & George, Carolyn, Jack, Laurie, Alexa, Chris, Lyse, Margaret, Melody, Peg, Curt, Sharon, George Randall, Mary, and Amy.

Birthdays: Kim Whitefeather Altimare 01/26, Carol Tubman 01/27, Joan Marshall 02/02,Carolyn Boldt 02/03, Bill May 02/13, Lin Frank 02/14, Nathalie Smith 02/17, Tom Huckman 02/20, Judy Grace 02/21, Melissa Bunker 02/26

Anniversaries:  Valerie and Bill May 02/20

Please let the Parish Office know if you would like to add or remove someone 

on the prayer list. Thank you.

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER                                                                       

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER

The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.

Food pantry continues to serve the communities needs with new hours.

Alternating Wednesdays

11am-3pm 

                                                                                                                                                               February 8 and February 22

                 Any questions please call 603-960-4067.   

FOOD FOR THOUGHT                                                                                     

The Awareness of Presence

Silence is not merely the absence of internal and external noise. Within the stillness arises our awareness of presence.

We can feel the presence in an empty cathedral, or standing in a mountain forest, or in an open meadow at sunset as the stars begin twinkling while the echo of the whip-o-will dances across the woodland valley.

This silence soaks us with a stillness that allows us to become aware of the presence of eternity behind everything around us. Behind everything we see. Like pinpricks of light breaking through.

When I was five, I would stand out on the wide open hillsides, gazing up at the stars with the moon shining over my shoulder...my heart would expand and soak in the presence of eternity.

God is all around us. Silence allows us to become aware in the stillness, of God's presence.

Another time we were flying into Jackson Hole. The airport is in the middle of the Grand Tetons National Park. We were off-boarding the plane, stepping onto the tarmac, when the vast silence enveloped me. I broke down and wept. I was home.

In the Celtic lands, these are called thin places. The silence brings us into a stillness where we are able to become aware of the presence of eternity all around us. An awareness of seeing that everything is connected, everything is interwoven, and everything belongs.

Silence brings me to our senses, and stillness brings me home.

He leads me beside still waters, He restores my soul.

~Psalm 23:2

Bob Holmes, Contemplative Monk

January 12, 2023

    

  FROM THE RECTOR                                                         

ANNUAL REPORTS ARE DUE ON JANUARY 15. If you wrote a report last year for the Annual Report chances are high that you also need to write one this year. Please send your report to the office by Sunday. 

This Sunday Canon Tina Pickering will be with us to talk about the transition process and where we currently stand. We will have one service at 9:00 and the meeting will begin in the church after a brief Coffee Hour, at about 10:15.

We are excited to welcome Tina Quinn as our new Parish Administrator following Marti Shedd's resignation for personal reasons at the end of 2022. Many thanks to Marti and the good work she did for us. We are sad to see her go, but are grateful that Tina can step into the role so quickly. In order to take this position Tina has resigned from the Vestry.

Mark your Calendars:

Gifts Workshop, Part 2 - January 29, 2023

Annual Meeting - February 5, 10:15

Fragrance Reminder: As many of you know, we have several parishioners who are sensitive to fragrances, and exposure to them can make the worship experience difficult. For the comfort of all worshipers please refrain from the use of products with fragrances when attending worship and other church activities. Thank you!

The CDC places Carroll County in the MEDIUM range for Covid community spread. Masks are not required (but are welcomed!) and the section across from the choir is reserved for those who wish to sit with others who are masked.  We will have coffee hour after the service unless Carroll County is ranked in the high range.

PARISH CALENDAR                                                                                     

Sun, Jan 15	9:00	One service
	10:15	Meeting with Tina Pickering
Wed, Jan 18	10:15	Prayer Shawl Ministry
Sat, Jan 21	10:00	Barbara Lord's service
Sun, Jan 22	8 and 10	Holy Eucharist
Mon, Jan 23	6:30	Vestry
Wed, Jan 25	1:00	Transition Team
	Every Week
Tuesday	8:00 pm	AA Meeting
Wednesday	9:00 am	Morning Prayer
Saturday	8:00 pm	AA and Al Anon Meetings

                                 

 SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP                                          

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP 

This Sunday - January 15, 2023

One Service at 9:00AM 

followed by a meeting with Canon Tina Pickering

The service will be in person and  livestreamed via Zoom and Facebook Live.

Email RectorSAITV@gmail.com for Zoom meeting information or
visit Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/standrewsinthevalleytamworth/

AND...
JOIN US FOLLOWING THE SERVICE FOR

READINGS FOR SUNDAY                                                                            

Sunday January 15, 2023

   The Holy Name

The Collect of the Day

Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that 
your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance 
of Christ's glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.

• Isaiah 49:1-7 

In our Hebrew scripture lesson the servant of the Lord reflects movingly on his mission-its sorrows and frustrations -and God's high calling and promise to be with him. The servant is sometimes thought to be an historical individual, or is understood as an idealization of Israel. This song was probably composed as the exiles from Jerusalem wee preparing to return to their devastated city. Despite appearances, the Lord will make this servant a light to the nations.

• Psalm 40:1-12  

A prayer for deliverance and a song of thanksgiving to God who has saved the Lord's servant from great troubles and made it possible to sing God's praise.

• 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

In this lesson Paul greets the members of the new Christian community in Corinth and offers thanksgiving for their growth in Christ. He is writing from Ephesus some months after his first stay with the Corinthians, and he will shortly be concerned with many of their problems and questions. Now he reminds these disciples of their high calling and expresses his gratitude for their spiritual enrichment.

• John 1:29-42

In our gospel passage John the Baptist declares who Jesus is. The next day two of John's followers become disciples of Jesus. One of these disciples was Andrew, who then brings his brother Simon Peter. John has led them to understand that Jesus is God's chosen one, the servant on whom God's Spirit rests. He is the Lamb of God who will be a sacrifice for the sins of the world.

  Click below to see all the readings: 

LECTIONARY PAGE  

              

LAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE                                                                       

	January 15	January 22
Acolyte	Ann Cady	Kaitlyn
LEM	Gretchen	Ann Cady
1st Reader	Marty	Valerie
2nd Reader	Lois	Cathie
Prayers	Jonathan	Bruce
Camera	Sammie	Patti
8:00		Marty

PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER                                                                        

This Week We Pray for:

Health and Wholeness:

Parish: Carolyn, Judy, Grace, Tim, Sue, Barbara, Joan, Elizabeth, Grete, Steve, Gabriele and Bob

Family and Friends: Megan, Alec, John, Angela, Gary, Grace, Dick, Tracy, Jan & George, Carolyn, Jack, Laurie, Alexa, Chris, Lyse, Margaret, Melody, Peg, Curt, Sharon, George Randall, and Mary.

Birthdays: Tom DeThomas(01/02), Donna Jones(01/03, Jen Huckman(01/04), Pat Adams(01/09), Ginger Heard(01/19, Jonathan Brady(01/19), Ann Cady(01/25), Conner Bunker(01/25), Kim Whitefeather Altomare(01/26), Carol Tubman(01/27)

Anniversaries:  

Please let the Parish Office know if you would like to add or remove someone 

on the prayer list. Thank you.

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER                                                                       

COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER

The Food Pantry thanks you for your contributions throughout the year.

Food pantry continues to serve the communities needs with new hours.

Alternating Wednesdays

11am-3pm 

                                                                                                                                                              January 25 and February 8

                 Any questions please call 603-960-4067.   

FOOD FOR THOUGHT                                                                                     

WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREES 

When I am among the trees, 

especially the willows and the honey locust,

 equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,

 they give off such hints of gladness. 

I would almost say that they save me, and daily. 

I am so distant from the hope of myself, 

in which I have goodness, and discernment, 

and never hurry through the world 

but walk slowly, and bow often. 

Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, 

“Stay awhile.” 

The light flows from their branches. 

And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,

“and you too have come into the world to do this, 

to go easy, to be filled with light, and to shine.” 

            

                                           from THIRST, Mary Oliver