Thanksgiving Eucharist
10:00am - 10:30am
Join us at Ellsworth Chapel on Thanksgiving morning for a Thanksgiving Eucharist. The service will begin at 10:00 and end at 10:30. Come to rejoice in the blessings God has bestowed upon His people. There is no Wednesday noon Eucharist this week.

Bring your items for the Akron nursing home 
on Sunday!




This Advent, the Anglican Relief and Development Fund is focusing on the need for education around the world, especially in Uganda, Pakistan, Kenya, and South Sudan. Each year, St. Augustine's participates in the mite box ministry through the ARDF.  You and your family will have the opportunity to get involved in this important work by placing a small donation in your mite box each day. And, there will be suggested daily prayers related to education around the world this Advent.  

Get your mite box from Fr. Kevin on November 29th, the first Sunday in Advent.
Calling on Support for Faith Mission on December 5th

From St. Ann

Hi Everyone!
 
We're serving at Faith Mission on Saturday, December 5th. For those of you who haven't served before, we provide/serve lunch to the residents and some locals from the surrounding community.  This is a wonderful mission and folks are really grateful.  We'll be serving Mexican lasagna, tossed salad, tortilla chips & cookies & brownies for dessert.  I'm looking for help with the followings duties: 
 
Bakers - Need 5 people to bake 3 dozen cookies or brownies.  Please deliver baked goods to my home on Friday, December 4th unless you're planning on serving at the mission on Saturday - I'll leave a cooler on the porch if I'm not home.  My address is 821 Watten Lane, Westerville, OH  43081.  My cell number is 579-9797.
 
Servers - 2-3 - Plan to arrive at Mission at 11:00am to help prep - serving begins at 11:30am - we're finished at 1:30pm
 
The Mission is located at 245 N. Grant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215.  It's on the corner N. Grant Ave. & Naghten St.  Park in the front and go around the building to the door on the opposite side of building and knock for someone to open the door.
 
Please let me know if your interested in helping.
 
Blessings,

Ann
One Meal at a Time Makes a Difference
by Carl 

This past Wednesday, several intrepid souls from St. Augustine's braved the traffic and volunteered with One Meal at a Time, packing up Thanksgiving meals for those less fortunate. We arrived at the facility and were immediately given tasks; some of us sorted donations, while others filled up boxes with all the fixings of a good Thanksgiving meal. Later on in the evening, Curt and I were called upon to flex our muscles and help unload a truck of recent donations, and, let me tell you, some of those boxes were quite heavy! We were there for about two hours, but the time went by quickly, as there was always another job to be done. Overall, it was another great year of helping a wonderful organization spread some love and cheer to those in need during this holiday season.
Our seminarian-in-residence, Terry Gatwood, is offering Friday Morning Prayer during Advent. The first service will be held on Friday, December 4th, at 7:00am (yes, 7:00am!!) at Ellsworth Chapel. Please join Terry for this time of worship and prayer.
The LIVING GOD:  A Personal Journey
by Jeff Caleb

Jeff Caleb is a member of Central College Presbyterian Church. Also, he is on the staff at the church and lends support to St. Augustine's on Sundays. Following is his personal testimony about the power of God in his life.

Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God. This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites." (Joshua 3:9-10) 

There was a time in my life when I doubted God's existence. As a child I had the faith of a child, that is like most children. I believed what I was told by my parents and other family members. At 18, as I struck out into the world on my own, I entered the military and, shortly afterward, I found myself in Vietnam surrounded by death and destruction. The child-like faith quickly faded and, for a brief time, I even considered myself an atheist. But I hadn't the stamina for it, so I settled instead into a long and comfortable agnosticism. Maybe God existed, maybe he didn't. I neither knew nor cared. I had grown calloused and numb to the carnage around me; I found solace in drugs and alcohol. 

For years as my wounds from the conflict remain unhealed, I found myself spiraling down farther and farther into my addiction. One day in September of 1989, as I found myself in the hospital for my alcoholism, God came and spoke to me.k Without my asking, He healed my wounds, and delivered me out of bondage to alcohol. 

Because of that experience with God, I understand what Joshua meant when he told the Israelites, poised on the threshold of the Promised Land: "This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites." I knew God was with me because he was driving out my enemies-my addiction, my fear, the sense of hopelessness and meaninglessness-and replacing them with his blessings-with freedom, confidence, peace, and a sense of purpose. 

Today, you may be facing enemies of your own. Pray to the Lord, asking him to drive them out before you, for that is how you will know that El Chay, the Living God, is alive and well, working out his good plan for your life. He is a God who hears, who speaks, and who stands ready to work his wonders in your life.
Birthday Cake  

November Birthdays
11/29 - Chris Phillips

November Anniversaries
None


Don't Forget!

11/29 - St. Luke's Donations Due

12/15 - Taize Service at 7:00pm

12/24 - Christmas Eve Service at 5:30pm










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