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Marblehead, Massachusetts
The Reverend C. Clyde Elledge, Rector
Weekly Newsletter
February 18, 2018
This week's Bible readings:
Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22: Mark 1:9-15
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Sunday morning services
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Holy Eucharist |
| 10 a.m. |
Holy Eucharist
Children's Chapel (grade 2 & up) in church today
Godly Play (preschool to grade one) in Room 3
Child care for infants and toddlers in Nursery School
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Coffee hour |
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THIS WEEK
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February 14
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Ash Wednesday.
Services at 7 a.m., noon, 7 p.m.
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February 17
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Saturday Night in Marblehead,
8 p.m., $15
Lorraine and Bennet Hammond, multi-instrumentalists, singers and songwriters
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Tickets for April 7th auction are on sale after both services.
See Steve Harrington after 8 a.m. and Chris Stockwell after 10 a.m. service. $25 per person or $40 per couple, payable by cash or check, includes dinner, live auction, and silent auction.
Tickets are limited! Buy now to secure your space for this exciting event!
Can you offer your vacation home for a week or a weekend? Take people out for an afternoon or evening sail on your boat? Provide tickets to a concert or sporting event? Offer a special item for sale?
Please fill out a donation form on the table outside the Parish Hall. Auction contacts are
Chris Stockwell
and
Diane Lovejoy
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COMING SOON
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February 21
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Lenten Program begins
. 6:30-8 p.m. Parish Hall.
Please purchase
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande
and read the introduction and first chapter.
St. Michael's,Grace Church, and Church of the Holy Name have been invited to partner with us.
The program continues on Wednesdays in Lent.
Sign up to contribute to contribute to the light supper for this week and one other week. Sign-up sheet is outside Parish Hall.
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| February 24 |
Salem Classical, St. Andrew's Trio, featuring Mary Jodice, Nicholas Southwick,and Yi Li Chang in an all-Bach program. Old Town Hall, Salem. 7 p.m. $10.
www.salemclassical.com
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| February 25 |
Forum: Presentation by Communications Subcommittee of Century Campaign to share details and answer questions. Led by Elizabeth Muller and Penny Stratton.
Guild Room, 11:30 a.m.
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| February 25 |
Activist and educator Zina Link:
Get Comfort from Discomfort: Leaning into Honest, Bold Conversation about Race. Sponsored by the Beloved Community Team of St.Andrew's and St.Stephen's at St. Stephen's, Lynn, 3-6 p.m.
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| March TBD |
Progressive dinner supporting Refugee Immigration Ministry |
| March 18 |
Faure Requiem with combined choirs of St. Andrew's and Ascension Church, Ipswich--at Tabernacle Church, Salem, 5 p.m. Concert in honor of Ed White. Donations of finger foods for reception welcome. |
| March 25 |
Palm Sunday |
| March 29 |
Maundy Thursday |
| March 30 |
Good Friday noon liturgy, 12 pm
Good Friday Cantata (evening) |
| April 1 |
Easter Sunday services, 8, 9:30, 11:15 a.m. |
| April 7 |
Auction! To donate an item for the live or silent auction, please contact Chris Stockwell. |
| April 14 |
Welcome Newcomers Reception |
| May 12 |
NOTE DATE CHANGE! Rummage Sale |
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New! Memory Cafe
will meet regularly at St. Andrew's on the second Tuesday of the month from 1 to 3 p.m. A Memory Cafe is a welcoming and safe place for people with forgetfulness or other changes in their thinking and for their family and friends to come together. For more information, see the flyers on the table outside the Parish Hall or contact
Victoria Guskiewicz.
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Meals
If you know of a parishioner who would appreciate a meal due to illness or other circumstance, please take and deliver a casserole or soup from the freezer in our kitchen.
Opportunities for Giving
March is our month to stock the Marblehead Food Pantry.
There will soon be a suggested shopping list at the rear of the church and on the entry table into the Parish Hall. Please drop off donations in the vestibule at the rear of the church or near the Parish Hall entrance.
Monetary donations are appreciated and should be in check form, made out to Church of St. Andrew with "Food Pantry" written on the memo line.
Nonperishable food donations are always accepted throughout the rest of the year, as well.
Place small containers of shampoo, toothpaste, etc. in the basket in the Guild Room. They'll be
donated to Lifebridge, HAWC (Healing Abuse, Working for Change), My Brother's Table, the Inn Between, Inn Transition, and other local nonprofits.
To discover additional ways to volunteer and participate at St. Andrew's, see www.standrewsmhd.org/volunteer.html.
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Community Events of Interest
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Ongoing in the Cloister Gallery
Works by Susan J. Schrader and Alexander Gassel
through March 22
Susan J. Schrader, local painter (and parishioner),
is known for her whimsical style. Alexander Gassel, friend of St. Andrew's, is a Russian immigrant who paints using ancient techniques and egg yolk tempera. He previously donated the paintings in our meditation area.
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Susan J. Schrader
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Alexander Gassel
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Weekly at St. Andrew's
Mondays
Junior Choir rehearsal, 4-4:45 p.m. Bring a friend!
Tuesdays
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Choir rehearsal, 7:30-9 p.m.
Wednesdays
Eucharist, noon
Saturdays
Open Way Community Sangha, 8-9 a.m. Peer-led meditation.
Please arrive ten minutes beforehand. Share tea and coffee afterwards.
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Monthly at St. Andrew's
Youth Choir; Children Invited
Third Sunday at 10 a.m. Children are invited to the service instead of Children's Chapel. The Youth Choir usually sings. Godly Play and child care are offered for our youngest members.
Anointing and Prayers for Healing
Second Sunday following 10 a.m. service
Vestry
Third Monday, 7 p.m.
Memory Cafe
Second Tuesday, 1-3 p.m.
My Brother's Table
Serve the first Tuesday; email
Tim Parker, 781-631-5335 Carpool, 4:10
Third Friday. An independent group for all faith traditions. Come to either or both segments: Silent meditation in the Zen tradition, 12:30-1 p.m.; tea and poetry, 1-2 p.m.
Poetry Saturdays
Fourth Saturday, 7 p.m.
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Wyman Memorial Church of St. Andrew
The Reverend C. Clyde Elledge, Rector
135 Lafayette Street
Marblehead, MA 01945
To reach the rector:
in case of pastoral emergency: 781-576-0329
Office hours
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
and by appointment
Cloister Gallery hours
(subject to occasional change due to church events)
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Sunday 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
To reach the editors of the weekly newsletter, the
Chimes, the webpage, and the Sunday bulletin, email
[email protected].
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