Weekly News from St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church

OCTOBER 21, 2008

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH

EVENTS & NEWS

 

Sunday Services: Sunday, October 26^th: 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. at St. John’s in Southwest Harbor.

 

Lectionary readings for October 26^th: Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17; Deuteronomy 34:1-12;

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-46.

 

Sunday School: Sundays during the 10:00 service in the undercroft, with the Godly Play lessons.

 

Sunday Forums at 9:00 a.m. in the Undercroft: October 26: Open, Conversation and Coffee (possible report on convention); November 2: Patsy Fogarty and Jim Vekasi, The Why of Stewardship: A Church Budget That We Can All Support; November 9, 16, 23: Vesta Kowalski, Faith Caring for Our Island Earth, discussions based on a book by Nancy Roth (Grounded in Love: Ecology, Faith, and Action.)

 

Weekday Morning Eucharist: Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.

 

Magda Kegley, the woman in charge of Children, Inc. (through whom we sponsor Marlon Antonio Mayorquin) will be on MDI Wednesday, October 22^nd.  Lin Gould, from MDI High School, invites you to tea from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. at Gail Reiber's house to meet and hear Magda speak (at about 3:15 p.m.)  For directions, call or email Joan Bromage.

 

Finance Committee Meeting: Thursday, October 23, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

 

All Saints Day: Saturday, November 1^st -- Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a.m., followed by light breakfast and Fall Cleanup Day.  See you there!

 

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Service: Sunday, January 18^th. Help is needed for choir members, readers and clergy. Contact Thayer Fanazick at 667-7852 or zicks@toplinesoftware.com to volunteer or for more information.

 

1^st Monday, Women Sharing: November 3^rd, 7:00-8:30 p.m. “Why Stress?” Irene Greene Murphy, LCSW, LADC, will talk about dealing with stress through the holidays, at St. John’s. Lessons with a Pro. No reservations needed, just come.

 

Baked Bean and Pie Supper: Saturday, November 8^th. Two seatings: 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. Donations will benefit the Westside Food Pantry. For more information or to help bake pies, make beans, set up, serve or clean up, call Dianne McMullan at 244-4582 or Mary Mitchell at 244-9951.

 

Hancock County Medical Mission is collecting donations of OTC unopened medications for adults and children: vitamins, painkillers (ibuprofen, Tylenol), cough medicines, anti-fungal/biotic creams. Place in the “back pew.”

 

Craft and Food Sale: Saturday, November 29^th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Contact Mary Mitchell (244-9951) to help.

 

Quietside Nativity will be displayed throughout the Advent season with a “live nativity” prior to Christmas. Volunteers are needed for: carpentry, painting, sewing (contact Mary Mitchell), choir development, refreshments, and coordination. To help or for more information, call Bruce Carlson at 244-5003.

 

New e-mails:  

Ken Cochrane – cochrane428@gmail.com

Rita Redfield – redfield39@gmail.com

 

Office hours next week: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.