St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Many Blessings among us.
Dear All, we are working very hard to balance our budget for 2019 and many of you have stepped forward and offered sacrificial gifts to our parish. Thank you. We invite everyone's participation in our efforts, and we count on everyone's support, to live faithfully into our relationship with God, each other, and our community. It is our faith and the future of God's mission here that we are investing in.

If you haven't pledged, please do. There are pledge cards available at church and we will send you one with your year-end contribution statement early next week. Your commitment really helps us with our budgeting.

If you plan to fund our mission financially as you did last year, thank you. Please confirm that with a pledge. If you are able to increase your giving so we can fully fund our ministries through our annual giving, please let us know so we can include your giving in our budget.

Wherever you are in your giving, whatever amount you can offer, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I believe our parish mission and ministry are worth investing in, and I believe only through a balanced budget can we live in the right-relationship with God. Together, we can respond to the abundance offered to us by our loving God by our own generosity offered back to God's ministry and mission among us. As was true for the wise men, may our gifts offered to our parish show Jesus that we are offering the best of ourselves (gold), that we are people of prayer (frankincense), and that we are willing to sacrifice for the mission of God through Jesus (myrrh).

In Christ's love, Mother Barbara
What's coming up in our community life
Jan. 11th
Financial Peace University Classes begin
6:30 p.m.

Connecting money to God.
Finding ways to pay off debt.
Learning the basics of budgeting

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Growing spiritually together as the Body of Christ
Jan. 13th
Search Committee Meeting
for our next Music Director
11:30 a.m.

An organizational meeting for the members chosen to guide our parish in searching and finding the next right musician and choir director for our parish

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Searching together
as the Body of Christ
Jan. 14th
Community Meal
5:00 p.m.

Twice a month our parish members offer home-cooked, delicious meals to our neighbors, who have become our friends.
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Serving together
as the Body of Christ
Jan. 20th
Our Annual Meeting
11:30 a.m.

Congregational Survey Results
Vestry Election
Balanced Budget Review
Ministry Reports
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Celebrating together
as the Body of Christ
Jan. 23rd
Spiritual Formation
Gathering
5:30 p.m.

Explore, engage, and learn about the scriptural roots of our Eucharistic liturgy and delve into the worship practices of the early church.

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Forming in our faith together as the Body of Christ
Jan. 27th
Intergenerational Event
11:30 a.m.

Make St. Brigid Crosses in preparation for our Contemplative Eucharist (2/2)

As a YMME, we will build
blue bird houses as part of our theme this year of "All Creatures Great and Small"

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Joyfully being together
as the Body of Christ
Celebrating the light of Candlemas and the Feast Day of St. Brigid
Feb. 2nd
Contemplative Eucharist
5:00 p.m. with awesome reception to follow (6:00 p.m.)

Quiet. Meditative. Reflective. Intimate. Mystery. Communion.
Preparing for Sunday
Baptism of the Lord
To read the lessons in advance, please click here.
To engage in lectio divina (ancient practice of listening to the scriptures with your heart), please click here.
To read Mother Barbara's sermon from last Sunday, please click here. Check out our Facebook page and our website tomorrow to watch the video of her sermon.
8 a.m.
Crucifer:  Bill Gawors
Lector:  Sue Davis
Eucharistic Minister:  Sue Davis
Verger : Mike Stitt

10 a.m.
Verger: Mike Stitt
Altar Guild :   Kathy Varner, Kathy Magaro, Jane Offner, Roseann Sysko
Greeters :   Dan Swab, Julianne Swab
Acolytes : Julianna Swab, Julia Rhodes, Petra D’Annibale
Lectors :   Donna Harpster, Mary Beth Williams
Eucharistic Ministers : Mary Grace Shearer, Harold Herman
Counters: Ken Dotson, Harold Herman
Coffee Hour: The Rhodes Family
Our Bishop's Blog
new year's resolutions... or... the 2019 tweak. - On The Way

It seems that last year I wrote about the custom of making New Year's Resolutions in this blog. (see here: https://www.diocesecpa.org/blog/2018/01/05/transformation/ ) I am a fan of the annual opportunity for reflection and aspirational goal...

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