Date: September 23rd 2008

  + In the Name of Christ, Amen!

 

This is your weekly e-Tidings from St. Timothy’s.

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The Mission of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church

We gather to experience the Holy Trinity through Scripture, worship, study, and fellowship. Receiving and reflecting God’s love and grace, we are sent out to love and serve our neighbor, see the Christ in others, and share the Gospel by the example of our everyday lives.

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This Week:

+ Monday – St. Matthew’s Day, transferred

Office Closed

+Tuesday

Holy Eucharist offered in the chapel (commemorating St. Matthew, Apostles & Evangelist) at St. Timothy’s, 10 AM – followed by tea and conversation in the library.

+Wednesday

Craft group meets in the narthex at St. Timothy’s, 10 AM – Noon. 

+Friday – Bishop Lancelot Andrewes, AD 1626

- Day of special acts of self-denial and prayer in thankful observance of the Crucifixion.

+Saturday

- Greek Orthodox Mission liturgy in the chapel at St. Timothy’s, 9 AM.

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+Sunday: The 20^th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 21 of the Revised Common Lectionary

-8 AM: Holy Eucharist

-9 AM: Christian formation classes for all ages

-10 AM: Holy Eucharist (Nursery available for children up to 1^st grade; Godly Play for children 3 years old to 1^st Grade)

This Sunday: Parish Acolyte Festival. All acolytes are invited to attend. Please vest and be prepared to process. You will be seated together in pews reserved for you. New acolytes will be commissioned.

Special reception in the narthex following the 10 AM liturgy in honor of our acolytes.

Adult education topic this week at 9 AM: Rector’s Forum (open Q & A time).

Sunday Food Donation: We are focusing on canned fruit this month. Donation baskets are by the font on your way into the nave.

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Next Week:

+Monday – St. Michael and All Angels (Michaelmas)

- Holy Eucharist at St. Timothy’s, 7 PM.

+Tuesday – St. Jerome, priest and monk, AD 420

- Holy Eucharist offered in the chapel at St. Timothy’s, 10 AM.

+Wednesday – St. Remigius, Bishop, 530 AD

“How Your Parish Works” – A St. Timothy’s FAQ Session – 7 PM

A special gathering for all those new to St Timothy’s who want to become members of the parish, and all those interested in learning more about how the parish is structured, who’s who and what’s what and how our shred mission and ministry is carried on. Time for questions will be included.

This will begin both the Inquirer’s Class series (“St. Timothy’s in the Cosmos”) and the new Adult Christian Formation offering on Wednesday nights (“Living in the Kingdom”). Both the Inquirer’s Class and Living in the Kingdom will be offered at the same hour beginning on Wednesday, October 8^th at 7 PM.

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Other Upcoming Events

+Fall Parish Cleanup – 10/4, 9 AM – 3 PM.

Volunteers are needed for staining the Parish Hall, doing some touch painting, weeding, pruning, spreading bark dust, and getting the grounds and church looking good and ready for winter. Bring a sack lunch, work gloves, shovels for bark dust, pruners, &c.

+St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals – 10/4, 5 PM.

An old tradition revived at St. Timothy's! Bring your pets to the patio area by the Parish Hall (weather permitting). A short service will be followed by individual blessings. Pets that might be stressed by other animals should be brought in carriers.

+Grand Chaburah – 10/4, 6 PM (Potluck)

We will gather in the Parish Hall for the kickoff of our fall Chaburah groups. A signup is in the narthex. If you are interested in learning more about these dinner-prayer-fellowship groups, please consider coming to the Grand Chaburah. Bring a dish of your choosing and join other parishioners in this much-loved parish tradition.

+Monthly St. Timothy’s “Do-it-Yourself” Wednesday night series begins 10/8.

See poster in the narthex. Upcoming topics are set to included: No-knead artisan bread making, bicycle maintenance, selecting wines. If you have a skill or interest you would consider sharing, a sign-up for future offerings is available in the narthex.

+All-Parish Stewardship Dinner: 10/25, 6 PM in the Parish Hall. Mark your calendar now!

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+Standing Notices

- The Church Office is open most weekdays from 9 AM to Noon, and from 1 PM to 3 PM.

- Articles for the monthly parish newsletter (St. Timothy’s Tidings) are due on the 15^th of each month.

- Please have items for the Sunday bulletin to the Church Office by the Wednesday prior.

- Vestry normally meets on the 3^rd Tuesday of each month. If you would like to communicate something to the Vestry, please contact the Senior Warden (Ruth Speaker), the Junior Warden (Ron DeWilde), or Fr. Brandon. Vestry meetings are normally open to all parishioners.

- Fr. Brandon’s days off are Friday and Saturday (when practical).

- Please keep our intercessions up to date by contacting the Church Office with any corrections, deletions, updates or (especially) thanksgivings.

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Feedback, submission, suggestions for improvement may be e-mailed to: rector@sainttimothys.org. Submissions to the e-Tidings editor are due in the rector’s mailbox by Monday morning.

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Be Lord:

Within me to sustain me

Without me to preserve me

Over me to shelter me

Beneath me to support me

Before me to direct me

Behind me to bring me back

Round about me to strengthen me

(From Bishop Andrewes’ Private Devotions)

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+At the prayers of St. Mary, St. Timothy, and all the saints, may God’s blessings attend you in all your doings in the service of the Gospel this week!