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

10:00Barbara 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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 
              
LAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE                                                                       

 

January 15

January 22

Acolyte

Ann Cady

Kaitlyn

LEM

Gretchen

Ann Cady

1st Reader

MartyValerie

2nd Reader

LoisCathie

Prayers

Jonathan

Bruce

Camera

Sammie

Patti

8:00


Marty

PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER                                                                        

This Week We Pray for:

Health and Wholeness:

ParishCarolyn, Judy, Grace, Tim, Sue, Barbara, Joan, Elizabeth, Grete, Steve, Gabriele and Bob

Family and FriendsMegan, 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