ALL SAINTS
NET 2004
Vicar’s Message
This
has been a busy fall. We hit the ground running in September with a wonderful
kickoff to the program year. As the summer drew to a close, we saw the historic
rise in attendance and the advent of Sunday School swell the numbers in the
pews. I love the slow, easy pace of those summer Sundays, but that feeling
fades when the enthusiastic faces of a multitude of children flood the aisle of
the church at the main service. It is good to see energy return to St.
Andrew’s, and its joy in itself is apparent to all. God has indeed richly
blessed us in this interim period. The Spirit is moving among us in so many
ways!
In this edition of the NET, you will receive
much good news, though some of it will come to you not so much as notice but as
a challenge to action. Even as the gifts of the Spirit move us into growth and
evolution as a church, we are being called on to reach more deeply and
profoundly into our personal resources to support the work of the
Working from a local to a global context, I call
your attention first to the articles by our warden, the director of the St.
Andrew’s School and the Director of Religious Education. Even as we discover new
challenges in caring for the historic structures of
In the School: the staff, Board and volunteers
have kicked off one of the most successful school openings in recent memory.
Enrollment is up, new programs are finding their footing and interest in the
school continues to grow in an increasingly challenging and saturated market.
All this abundance, however, does raise an new issue. There are days, and not just Sundays, that we
do not have enough spaces in the parking lot! I congratulate Diane Kostibos,
director and Rachel Weinberger, Board President and their leadership teams for
these advances and ask your prayers for them as we move forward into the
2004-2005 academic term.
Please remember to thank Joyce Kern and the
devoted Sunday School committee who have grown our Sunday School numbers by a
factor of two in the past year. We have met that expansion of students with an
extension of program time: more
informative and more fun, giving our youth more time to learn and grow in
Christ. Having become better stewards of christian formation here at St.
Andrew’s we have re-established a stable Christian Education program for our
youngest parishioners. We are also now
in the process of exploring the formation of a new youth ministry initiative
for the pre-teens and teens.
This growth and change does not end in the
program side of the church, however. Our efforts to reach beyond our own want
and needs in the name of Christ have found a new footing on many levels. For
the first time, the School Board has proposed to the vestry turning over a percentage
of its revenue from its most profitable fund raiser, the Annual Golf and Tennis
Classic, to the support of a Day Care/Nursery School in
We have also achieved a coup with regard to a
renewal of energy around our common mission as stewards of the Church in this
place. Through the profound commitments of long-term members and newcomer
alike, St. Andrew’s is on the brink of being able to finance the purchase and
installation of a new organ. The fund is still open and growing. There are
quite a number of you, however, who have not yet pledged. Please know that there is no amount too small
or which “won’t make a difference.” All pledges are appreciated and each
mountain is conquered one step at a time.
Join the members who have started this climb and reap the joy of
reaching the summit together. We are all
confident that we can move forward with the plan but we need each and every one
of your commitments to achieve success. In the coming months we are starting a
youth choir and this new organ is crucial for the maintenance of good liturgy
mixed with music and growth. This organ
will be a reward for all the hard work which has been done in these recent
years and more importantly it will ensure the quality of worship within these
walls for the future generations of St. Andrew’s. God willing, on Easter Sunday
2005, the 45th birthday of this parish… a new organ will greet the
Rising Lord (and a NEW Rector) and we will raise our voices in praise to God,
supported by a sound (at this point) we can only imagine!
Fall 2004 is a season of renewal. For the past
two weeks, we have enjoyed a revival of musical theater here at St. Andrew’s.
By the good grace of Howard Dreizler, Carl Santiago, David Jules, a group of
parishioners, and other musical friends of St. Andrew’s are staging a
production of “To Whom It May Concern.” This show reasserts the tradition here
of faith made manifest in performance. We offer a special note of appreciation
for the devoted cast and crew who have made this awesome gift of the Spirit
come to pass. If you have not seen it
yet, you are missing a wonderful performance with gorgeous voices and I urge
all of you to come to one of the two remaining performance (see the Music Section for dates and times).
I realize that this column may seem like a
laundry list. I usually try to present some spiritual theme for you to enjoy
over your morning coffee. The reality of life here on the campus of 419,
though, offers a superb illustration of God being active among us. That is very spiritual. Even as we are
surrounded by the explosion of autumn colors, teetering between the hues of
summer on our way to the frost of winter dormancy, the life of this church
continues to bear fruit! As we move into a season of change, and as we prepare
for an advent of anticipation, I hope we have been able to remind you that the
life of Christ in this place is vital, vibrant and ever-green…ever blooming.
God’s Peace,
Marshall+
Warden’s
Word
Wardens
have to be adventurous people. Every day
is a day of discovery, and usually, problem solving. For example, yesterday included spending some
time in the basement assisting in the emergency repair of our sump pump (it was
estimated that it hadn’t been lubricated in over 8 years), after spending an
hour with a slate roof repair expert. So
in one day, I traveled from the heights to the depths. Recent weather has served to bring
dramatically forward the state of our buildings. We have several significant but not major
leaks ranging from the first floor vestment closet to the third floor ceiling,
the second floor choir room and vestment closet, and of course the familiar
drips in the Parish Hall. Our Vicarage needs
attention in very short order, to repair leaks which run down the inside walls
during a heavy storm. Along the way I had the opportunity to review vestments
and altar dressings discovered in the basement that apparently belonged to
Canon Shreve. The mouse droppings in the
box were immediately recycled, I’m pleased to report.
Not
to be dismayed I heard a brief report on the progress of the
Your
Vestry is committed to maintaining and improving our physical plant. We are each personally supportive of all of
the new initiatives and activities going on in our Parish and School. It is our fondest hope that this year’s
budget can be balanced and our dependence on the School for financial support
can be significantly modified. Wouldn’t
it be great if we could make a contribution to the Diocese in support of our
Fair Share? We’ve accomplished almost
miraculous things in the past and, with prayer, deep reflection and faith will
do so again in the present moment as well as in the future. Please give careful and thoughtful attention
to your participation in this year’s
David
Morris
Search
for The Rector
The search for a new rector for St. Andrew's has finally moved
into the actual search phase. We have begun to receive names of prospects
and will begin interviewing in the next week. The Parish Profile has been
completed and is available on the church rector search website search.standrewschurch.org in the
"About Us" section. Also, copies of the Parish Profile will be
available at the church. Please limit yourself to one per family since
they are costly to produce.
While we are very actively searching and interviewing prospects,
it is not too late to make a suggestion of a candidate. As you
can well imagine, we are seeking someone who is a truly
exceptional preacher, pastor, spiritual leader, administrator and
agent for growth, among many other qualities. If you are aware
of an exceptional prospect, we welcome your referral of the
name. Please forward the name to either Denise Preston or Bob Ashmun at
church or via email at pgapreston@aol.com
or rash1111@aol.com.
Our goal is to have a new rector in
place during the first quarter of 2005. However, we are committed to
finding the right person for St. Andrew's and will continue our search for as
long as it takes to achieve that end.
Please feel free to contact anyone on the Search Committee
with your questions or comments.
Bob Ashmun, Search Committee Co-Chair
Good Stewardship
Shortly
we will be starting our
As we begin to put together the ’05 budget,
however, we need to prayerfully and carefully examine our individual and
personal commitment to the future of this precious place. Parishes that depend on fundraisers to
support their operating budget are engaged in specious theology and suspect
financial management. Surviving is not a
good enough goal. We, as a congregation
are in a growth mode. Your Vestry is
dedicated to continuing that trend, and as regards stewardship, has already
pledged approximately 20% of the anticipated ’05 budget funding. But like other major fund raising efforts we
need a broad participation from the Parish to evidence the kind of gratitude
and commitment we all share to the continuation and development of our communal
life in Christ.
You will be hearing more from the Vestry and
Stewardship Committee in the near term. It
is our deepest hope that with your committed contribution/pledge that we will
be able to leverage off of our progress to date and continue to establish a
firm financial base for the life of our Church and School.
Brotherhood
of St. Andrew
Late last week St Andrew’s received the Charter
for a Chapter of The Brotherhood of St. Andrew, a ministry for the spread of
Christ’s Kingdom through men and youth in the Episcopal Church and Anglican
Communion. The Brotherhood is an
international ministry of men, with corporate offices in
Establishment of a Chapter requires six men to
begin an effective ministry. Chapter
members are called Brothers Andrew and are required to accept and observe the
Brotherhood Disciplines of: PRAYER, STUDY and SERVICE.
Here at St. Andrew’s in
Joe La
Choir
It
is a real pleasure to welcome the choir back to our regular services. Many thanks to those of you who participated
in the summer choir. This was a new
activity this year and very successful.
We all appreciate the dedication of these people in their leadership of
the summer services.
Our
rehearsals on Thursday evenings have been well attended. In addition to the regular Sunday service
music we are looking forward to doing some new anthems as well as starting
preparations for the Advent and Christmas seasons.
We
have received the music for the spring concert (mark Sunday afternoon, April 17, 2005 on your calendars now) and
will start rehearsing very shortly.
Speaking
of the concert – we would welcome the participation of members of the
congregation who are unable to join the choir on a regular basis. The music, by Mendelssohn and Leavitt, is
challenging but quite interesting. Both
numbers this year will be in English. We
will be rehearsing after church on Sundays starting in the next few weeks, and
alternate Saturdays starting in January.
We would very much enjoy having some of our excellent singers from the
congregation join us. Please see any
choir member or me if you would like additional information.
We
are planning a Christmas liturgy of Lessons and Carols at the regular
As
you could see from the size of the choir last Sunday (October 10) we are still in
need of new members. Many of our members
have business, family and personal matters that require them to be away at
various times. With our small numbers
these absences are quite noticeable, particularly when several people have to
be out at the same time. We particularly
need additional voices in the women’s sections (unusual for a church choir!),
but would welcome additional people in any of the voice parts, male or
female. Please see me or any choir
member, or just come to a rehearsal on Thursday night at
Musical
As
I write this article we are in the final week of performances for our show, To Whom It May Concern. The opening weekend was a SMASHING
SUCCESS! While the cast members may not
be from Broadway, all have extensive experience in community theater
productions. The St. Andrew’s “Theater Critics” have only RAVES: “Everything
about it is first-rate and outstanding.”
Thanks
to the efforts of Marian Bahler and her assistants the receptions after each
performance have been and will continue to be a “tasteful ending” to each
experience.
Ticket
prices remain at $15.00 for general admission, with a discounted rate of $12.00
for students and seniors. You may buy
tickets in advance from Carl Santiago or Bridgett, or pay at the door. Should you find that you need to attend on a
different date than shown on the ticket you purchase, we will be happy to honor
all tickets at each performance.
Organ
Fund Update
As
of October 17 the Louise Larsen Anderson Memorial Organ Fund has received
$69,100 in new pledges and donations.
This is in addition to the approximately $7,000 in the fund prior to the
start of our campaign for a new organ.
The total of $76,100 puts us at 85% of our goal of $90,000.
The
wardens and Marshall+ extended our deadline one more week. By the end of that
Sunday we were even closer. Though we
are not completely there, we are feeling confident enough that with the latest
contributions the organ WILL happen.
While we are making excellent progress towards our financial goal, we
are looking for a wider range of support from the broader membership. Several people have given substantial
amounts, with 18 individuals or families outside the choir and Organ Committee
returning their commitments. Three of
our young families with children have pledged to date. As we look forward to
starting a youth choir, this new organ will be such a great investment toward
keeping music at St. Andrew’s as vital in the future as it is for all of us
today.
We ask everyone who has NOT participated so far to see if
there is any amount that they can offer for this fund. We are ever hopeful that as each and every
one of you will look into your hearts (and budgets) so that there will be a
happy end to this fund drive. Even $10 will be helpful and appreciated. Please return your Organ Fund Pledge card or
give a one-time check or a couple of dollars out of pocket to Howard Dreizler
or Margaret Miano, ALL gifts, large or small, will be received with a spirit of
appreciation. We are so close, let’s
dedicate our energy to the continuing joy of music here at St. Andrew’s!
KEEP
THE MOMENTUM GOING!
Pledges & gifts for
the Organ Fund can be turned in on Sunday, or mailed or delivered to the church
office.
Margaret Miano, Organ Fund Committee Chair
Evensong
Services
We
are planning a service of Evensong to start the Advent season which will be
followed by a pot luck supper. It will
be at
Howard
Dreizler
Minister
of Music
Sunday
School Spirit
By Joyce Kern
Welcome
Everyone !
Opening
Day was a time to welcome everyone to our Sunday school as we begin another
year together. We had a successful
registration and are thankful to our Fall Term teachers for providing fine leadership
to our children each Sunday.
Many
thanks to Joan McCoy for coordinating the Welcome Sunday Picnic this year and
to Foster McCoy for cooking the delicious barbequed burgers and hot dogs. He also
provided a wonderful barbeque aroma that wafted through Sunday Services so the
food would be ready to serve! The successful event was held outside with the
beautiful weather and was a wonderful success for our parish family. We are grateful to all those who helped plan,
set up and prepare for this wonderful event for all ages at St. Andrew’s.
Our
registration and classes continue to grow! We now have 65 registered from
Nursery to Grade 7. Many new families
are coming to St. Andrew’s Church and have registered their children in our
Sunday School. Each family is given our handbook that tells about what we do to
develop a religious education for their child at St. Andrew’s. Every family
should have a blue Sunday School Handbook to use as a resource for the whole
year. They are available in the front entry on the table or in the Christian
Education Office.
Teacher Appreciation
On
behalf of the children and parents of St. Andrew’s Sunday School I want to
thank the Fall Term Teachers for providing all the exciting “experiential”
learning lessons and activities for our children. All of our teachers use
“Living the Good News” and “My Episcopal
Faith Episcopal Curriculum Leaders” guidebooks to bring the best possible
lessons to the children every Sunday.
The curriculum is lectionary-based so the children are learning about
the same Gospel lesson as adults have in worship service. The lessons include the learning styles of
seeing, listening, doing, or tactile so all children can enjoy learning in
their own way. We hope they have fun learning at Sunday School each Sunday!
Every lesson is different every Sunday.
Parents Note: Ask your child about Sunday School each Sunday,
read the Take Home Papers to know about their lesson, do the activities, and
read the Parent Hints. This will connect the church and the home with the
lessons each week.
Children
and new families are coming “aboard” to join our nursery crew! We welcome everyone on board! Meredith Talbot is our very friendly and
competent regular nursery student staff member who is there every week and
provides continuity and care for the children.
In addition we encourage parents who use the nursery to sign up as parent
assistants up for “a month of Sunday” at a time to serve with Meredith so there
are always two adults for supervision.
We welcome all parents to stay as long as your child needs you, until he
or she feels secure in the nursery.
Parents of children from infant to 6 months are welcome to use the room
as a baby comfort area during the service and to come and go as needed from the
service
I
encourage parents to bring their children on time so they can be in class when Sunday
school starts at 9:30am. The teachers can then begin class right on time to
provide a full lesson for the class. Our new start time allow us to have more
quality time to complete lessons and experience music with Nancy Murray at
10:30am before entering the worship service to participate in the Eucharist
together as a family. This timing is important for a balance between church
school and worship service offering children a depth to religious education each week… we have only
37 hours a year to teach your child in our Sunday school classes! “First Cup” is a time for parents and
interested adults to have conversation and fellowship each Sunday.
In
the Parish Hall at 10:30 am every Sunday, we are proud to be able to ADD MUSIC (with
Nancy Murray) to the children’s Sunday School
experience. On the third Sunday
of the month (usually) we practice songs to sing together in the services. Our many thanks to Carl Santiago for playing
the guitar when the children sing in the service.
NEW Stewardship Sunday
School Programs Begin October 31
The
theme this year is “Stewardship and Discipleship.” The word “steward” means to take care of” as
the church nurtures our faith we can help the church take care of others. Children
will be encouraged to bring an offering to church each Sunday to be collected
in class. It will be part of the collection in church each week from our Sunday
School.
A program will be held
during Sunday School on October 31 at 10:20am before music in the Parish Hall
to teach children about being stewards and why they bring in an offering to
church for Grades P/K to Grade2. Grades 3 to 7 will go into the church service to
hear a “Rock Story” Sermon about stewardship by Marshall Shelly
NEW Family “Moonjar”
Moneyboxes … Spending, Saving, Sharing
What
is a “Moonjar”? The Moonjar money program provides parents with a valuable
opportunity and teaching tool to talk with your child about spending, saving,
and sharing. If you would like to know more information, the Moonjar website is
www.moonjar.com. Teaching children about money is an important and valuable
life skill/lesson, like “reading, writing and arithmetic.”
On October 31 at the
9:30am “First Cup” and Coffee Hour after church service, a sample “Moonjar and
information will be available to parents and families. “Moonjars” will cost
$3.00 each, to help with purchasing and postage. A sign up sheet will be available to order
the Moonjars for families who are interested in this stewardship program. This
program is an optional at home family project separate from
the Sunday School Stewardship Program. Please sign up to order a Moonjar for
use at home.
The
word Chrismon means “Christ’s Monogram”.
We will decorate a “Chrismon Tree” to honor Christ in Advent for
illumination in preparation for the celebration of Christmas. All the ornaments
are in gold and white…gold for royalty and white for purity. The theme for 2004
will be the Church Seasons. Children will learn about the Liturgical Church
Year and the Symbols for each Season Decorating
the Chrismon Tree with the Chrismon ornaments will be on December 12 during the service and Lighting the Chrismon Tree will
be on December 19 after the children
enter the service. Join us!
Come and
visit to see St. Nicholas and learn about his good deeds for others! St.
Nicholas will have gifts of Clementine oranges and gold coins for the children
Youth Group
Are you
interested in having a youth group at St. Andrew’s? We would like to start a
Youth Group at St. Andrew’s in January with volunteer leaders from the parish.
Robert Bohrer and Caren Posniak have agreed to be two of the leaders. We would
like two more volunteers to help coordinate the group. It would involve two
youth meetings a month and a choice of activities to be selected and scheduled
by the leaders and group. The Youth Director for the Diocese will be contacted
to meet with the adults to make plans for a Youth Group. If you are interested
in being a Youth Leader, please contact Joyce Kern
Christmas Narrative
Plans
for the popular Christmas Narrative are under way! Eileen Fairchild will be the director,
leading us through the Christmas Story of the birth of Jesus. Narrative sign up
sheets will be distributed in mid November Look for information in upcoming
bulletins. Enjoy the spirit of Christmas at St. Andrew’s!
Important
Dates:
Narrative
Sign Up Distribution Dates:
Nov. 21, 28, and Dec. 5;
Narrative
Rehearsal Dates:
Dec. 12, Sunday,
after church in the
Sanctuary
Dec. 18, Saturday,
Christmas
Narrative:
Dec. 24,
Please mark your
calendars
Operation
Christmas Child Begins October 17
Operation Christmas Child is a nationwide effort spearheaded by
Franklin Graham to provide Christmas gifts to children in underprivileged
countries. Last year Operation Christmas
Child delivered 6.6 million shoeboxes to children in 95 countries. These
shoeboxes, filled with toys, candy, personal hygiene items, school supplies,
and other gifts bring Christmas joy to children, many of whom have never
received a Christmas present. If you
would like to participate – please assemble a shoebox for a girl or boy ages
2–4, 5–9, or 10–14 and bring it to church by Sunday, November 14.
Each shoebox should indicate the gender and age of the intended
recipient and must include a check to cover shipping for $5 made out to
“Samaritan’s Purse”. Additional
information and suggestions for specific items to include in the box is
available in the church office. Thank
you in advance for your participation. Jennifer Carriker, and Maggy Taylor will be
helping me with our outreach project this year. Save your shoeboxes!
Cynthia Macdonald
Advent Celebration
Would
you like to help with the Advent Wreath Making event?
The word Advent means: “coming”…a time to
prepare our homes for the celebration of Advent. The fragrant Advent Wreath of
fresh greens and four candles represent the four Sundays in Advent.
Volunteers are needed to help prepare for this
festive annual family parish event on November 28 after church service. Karen
Talbot will be able to be an advisor this year to help the volunteers shop,
order supplies and instruct about the set up and event preparations. We will
need a person to go with Karen to order the supplies, and two others to help
set up on Saturday for about two hours and to help on Sunday morning with the
Advent Wreath Making. If you can volunteer to assist with this special family
Advent event please contact Joyce Kern by November 1, so plans can be made.
Nursery School
Fall
is in the air and the children are all enjoying the many indoor and outdoor
experiences St. Andrew's has to offer.
Our
"Fore the Children Golf and Tennis Classic," on
Our New Kindergarten Wrap Around Program began Monday September
20th. The children leave each day chattering about the event of the day, and
looking forward to tomorrow! What a wonderful way to reach out to our
surrounding community and offer exciting enrichment programs.
The first "Friday
Night Out"
this year was on October 8, 2004. Parent's enjoyed a night out on the town
while we entertained their children from
Don’t forget to pick up
your cookie dough Nov. 10th-,
and pies or pretzels etc. Have a yummy treat…bake something warm and fresh for
the holidays. Why wait? You already
bought them... come and get ‘em!
Mark your calendar!
October 27, 7:00 -
9:00pm Parish Hall, "Emergency First Five Minutes" presented by
Halloween Parades, October 26, 28, and
29, 2004 - 9:15am,
Come
and see our children's parade in that very special costume!
October 29, Friday 2:30pm-
4:00pm come and "Trick or Treat" at the Nursery School and Church
office and the vicarage. You might not recognize us!
St.
Andrew's Nursery School & Kindergarten will again support a children's
shelter with toys and gifts for the holidays. We donated over 85 toys last
year. This outreach project could not have been a success without the support
of the church and school.
As
always, Thank you for "always putting St. Andrew's children first"!
Diane
Kostibos, Director of Nursery School
3rd Annual Golf &
Tennis Classic
The 3rd Annual St. Andrew’s Golf and
Tennis Classic was held September 27th at the Fairmount Country Club
and was a wonderful success again this year. Over 95 golf and tennis players
(and those who claimed to be . . .) kicked off the day with their respective
tournaments and were joined by an additional 50 St. Andrew’s parents, teachers,
parishioners and office staff at the cocktail/dinner reception and silent
auction. We raised just north of $30,000.00 from the event which will be used
for our school and for a donation to the
Hugo Barth, Chairman of the Golf Committee
BUILDINGS
AND GROUNDS
We
have contracted to complete landscaping of the lower School entrance and have
removed the dead Cherry Tree from the playground. The recent spate of torrential rains caused
some impressive flooding in the basement of our main building and accentuated
the need to address roof leaks. Of
immediate concern is a major leak in the Vicarage along with continuing
problems in the first floor Vestment closet, the second floor Choir room, the
Third floor front class room and the third floor middle dormer. On the exterior, the
The
beautiful
The incredible work of GOSA continues to keep
our campus looking beautiful. And, the
Eagle Scout project is progressing nicely along the driveway side of the
David
Morris
GOSA REPORT
October 16th , GOSA volunteers did yeoman’s
work on the list for FALL CLEAN UP. The
weather cooperated and we were blessed with 14 volunteers! Of course, the
campus is 4 acres and so there is
still a good bit of work that could be done.
Thank you to Bob Ashmun,
Bob Craig, Jim Conover (and his chainsaw), Abby, Marty & Sue Dragos, Tom
Kelsey, Barbara Pape, Doug &Linda Pitney(and their wood chipper), Denise
Preston and Sheila Silverstein - they gave up their Saturday morning to help
keep St. Andrew’s a beautiful place to worship! Also
Thank you Rev. Marshall, Laura, Eileen Walsh and Clarice Milbrodt for the
bagels, donuts and coffee that helped us
get going .
Keep
your eyes out for future opportunities to help weed, rake or winterize the
grounds.
Every
little bit helps
…can you?
Ask
Rick Anderson
What
more needs to be done.
Rick
Anderson and Joyce Kern
Dusting Out
the Cobwebs
(And the junk
and...the “left behinds” and... all the stuff folks leave)
The
Annual Curbside Bulk Waste Pick up Week in
Though we realize that the basement back room
seems like the only space here in church which
is “out of the way”… this space is intended for use by the staff and
Raphael for storage of cleaning supplies and other daily use items. This buildup of “stuff” had taken over the
space, leaving it very difficult for the staff. Not to mention, making the room
a general eyesore and cleanliness nightmare.
There was a ton of old papers in boxes that were either slated for
actual filing or deemed “recyclables” (and dealt with appropriately). Also
discussed was a system for cataloging of other large items with a “Tagging
System”; each item would be tagged with the name of the depositor and the
item’s reason for storage in church basement and where it is meant to be stored. (In the event it is moved...it
could be easily replaced to it’s appropriate location.) Since all the hard work
is done by the staff, in the future let’s show our appreciation for them by NOT
leaving things in that room unless you have permission.
Thank You
Bridgett, Diane, Howard,
Raphael, Rick Anderson and Elizabeth Jordan for
ALL your hard work. The room looks wonderful!
(Cliche-phobes read no
further)
As
a church, we should remember:
Cleanliness
is next to Godliness right?
Rick
Anderson and Laura Shelly
Guten
Tag!
Adults of St. Andrew’s
Join Us
for Oktoberfest!
7pm –10pm
Oct. 29th
Come! Fill your hearts
and stomachs, with good food and the
good company of other St. Andrew’s “Beer & Brats” lovers. Don’t forget the German music—OOM PAH PAH music
supplied by our own Howard Dreizler and company
Profits to be split between Cropwalk
& our Operating Fund
Good Food, Drink
and Fun for adults.
Prizes to win & 50/50 drawing!
So get a babysitter and lift a stein or two at this traditional celebration of the autumn harvest – German Style!
$20 regular $15 seniors
Outreach
Coat Collection
During October,
coats will be collected at St. Andrew’s for the
Crop Walk
St.
Andrew’s will again participate in the Annual Community Crop Walk. Envelopes are ready for walkers to take and
to begin obtaining sponsors who donate funds.
Crop Walk is being organized locally by
During November
we will again raise funds to buy turkeys for those in need, and we will
deliver them on
Monday Nov. 22nd, just before Thanksgiving.
We raise funds by “feathering” a turkey on a display board in the
foyer. Each feather is worth $1.00.
The
Interfaith Council for Homeless
There is a great
need for volunteers to help with the homeless at Faith Lutheran when this
church acts as host for this group. The
need is for hosts who will sleep at the church for one night. You may also have
dinner with the guests. The Mianos and the Bahlers have been faithful hosts for
the homeless. Talk to them if you want
to find out how this ministry is a warm and vital one for those it serves and a
rewarding activity for those who particpate. Another need is for cooks – to
make a dish and help serve a meal. See
Sarah White who will pass your name on to the coordinator, Kim Delatour of
Faith Lutheran,
Stuffed Animals
In conjunction
with the St. Francis’ Day blessing of the animals, we had a collection of
stuffed animal to be blessed and sent to the children at
Knitting
Group
We
have been very busy this summer and have amassed a great collection of vests,
scarves and hats for the Christmas-at-Sea Program. These will be delivered to
Port Newark on Monday, November 8th.
As
usual, we are looking for drivers to help us transport our items. Those of you
who have made the journey in the past will know it is a very rewarding day. We
spend the morning at Port Newark’s Seaman’s Church Institute, preparing gift packages,
and then we attend Eucharist in the chapel followed by lunch. We plan to leave
St. Andrew’s at