Happenings @ St. David's

Greetings!

There is so much in our lives for which we are grateful. Even when life makes it difficult to see those things in our life for which we are thankful, we return to God in gratitude for hope. Each and every week we give thanks in the Great Thanksgiving when we remember to whom we owe all thanks in our lives.

How might you name something each day this week for which you are thankful?

We look forward to seeing you this weekend.

Faithfully yours,

Fr. Will

(P.S. Go Nats!)

We Need Your Pledge in 2020!

We have entered our fifth week of our six-week Annual Giving Campaign and invite you to join your fellow parishioners who have already stepped forward to support our wonderous church! We need your pledge within the next two weeks! Please take the time to discern about making a pledge. St. David’s is self-supporting and relies upon people like you to make financial pledges to pay our expenses that allow us to hold church services, support ministries, and most importantly transform lives. In other words, we need every parishioner, if financially able, to make a pledge for the 2020 calendar year. If you haven’t made a pledge before, please take this step. We do suggest you consider pledging a dime an hour which equates to about $900 for the year. However, the amount you pledge is between you and God; any amount is appreciated. We also offer electronic withdrawal to make it more convenient to you. If you are a returning pledger and want to continue your electronic withdrawal, you still must fill out a pledge card. Also, we encourage returning pledgers to increase your pledge this year to help our church continue to meet our needs. Please bring your completed pledge card to one of the three church services and bring it to the altar and then place a “brick” on our Wonder Wall! Thank you so much!

Happening this week!

Wednesday, October 16th

12 pm Centering prayer

6:30 pm Becoming Beloved Community

6:45 pm Confirmation Class

7 pm Vestry meeting

9 pm Compline (via Facebook)

Thursday, October 17th

11:30 am Landsdowne Woods service

6 pm Handbell practice

7 pm Adult choir practice practice

Saturday, October 19th

10 am Needleworkers meeting

6 pm Saturdays @ Six service

Sunday, October 20th

9 am Contemporary Service

10:10 am Community 101/Sunday School/Reach meeting

11 am Traditional Service w/Children's

Chapel

4 pm TopGolf Fellowship event

4 pm AA meeting

7 pm NA meeting

Monday, October 21st

9:30 am Women's Bible Study

4:30 pm Cherub choir

5 pm WOW choir

7 pm Seraphim choir

7:30 pm AA meeting

Community 101

Women Giving Back

What does it mean for St. David's to be an engaged community of transformation at a time when our hypermobile culture barely gives us time to know our neighbors or each other? Please join Will Samson next Sunday at 10:10 am for the second session in his 7-week series entitled "Community 101", where we will explore our spiritual biographies, the role of community in our Christian formation and the unique challenges we face as we seek to do life together. We will meet at 10:10 am in the adult education room. Will Samson has a Ph.D with a focus on the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and is a scholar of Christian community.

All ladies of Saint David's please join the Daughters of the King sisters Tuesday, 10/15, 4 - 6:30 pm at the Women Giving Back facility on 20 Export Drive in Sterling for a "Sip and Sort". Sip and sort BYOB (bring your own beverage), enjoying each other's company while sorting through gently used clothing to help this local nonprofit assist at risk women and children in our community. To volunteer contact dok@sdlife.org.

Communion Class

Fall Communion Class for children and parents will take place on Tuesday, November 6th and Tuesday, November 13th from 4:30 - 5:30 for ages 5+. Please register by emailing mcarey@sdlife.org .

St. David's Fellowship Day -- 10/20

Join fellow parishioners on Sunday 10/20 from 4-6 pm for a “Par Tee with St. D”

at TopGolf in One Loudoun. Cost is $30 per person, $15 for children under

12 or $150 for a bay (up to 6 participants). You may register in the narthex or online at www.tinyurl.com/SDParTee19 (no refunds). All participants will receive a TopGolf membership card. The deadline for ticket sales is Friday, October 18th.

Reach 2020

Youth Ministry Events

Next summer, St. David's Reach ministry has selected "Reach Hurricane Relief" in North Carolina. Dates are June 21-27, 2020. Registration for St. David's and Reach alumni starts 10/20 (there will be a kickoff meeting at 10 am that day in the Annex). Contact Jae Mitchell for any questions at reach@sdlife.org .

October 20 - Top Golf (4:00-6:00), Go with the Youth Group and get the $15 rate! Sign-up here to get in a Youth Bay. (no golf experience necessary)
October 27 - Service Sunday at Rise Against Hunger in Ashburn, 3:00-5:30. Save thousands of lives in a couple of hours. Sign up at this link now so we can let them know how many meals we can pack.

Document Shredding and Recycling Event -- 11/2

Join us on Saturday, 11/2, 9 am—12 pm in the St. David’s parking lot. In the event of inclement weather this event will be canceled. This event is brought to you by the Virginia Green Initiative (VGI) and St. David’s Episcopal Church and School. Got clothing or household items to donate?

Bring ‘em! Got electronics?

Bring your other typical electronics, tablets, phones, laptops, PCs, etc. (NO

monitors please).

A $10 per item fee will apply. Hard drives can be removed for an additional fee.

Financial records? Shred 'em!

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