This Week at St. Timothy's

Our Weekly Blast!

The Season after Pentecost
11/16/2018

Thanksgiving Day Morning Prayer, Nov. 22 9:30 a.m.

We will give thanks with Morning Prayer and Thanksgiving hymns, November 22nd at 9:30 a.m. - led by Tony Janeshek in the chapel.

All are welcome!

Brotherhood of St. Andrew Tamale Fundraiser 2018

The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is having a tamale fundraiser to support our various outreach ministries. The cost will be $11.00/dozen with pick-up starting at 9:00 am in the Parish Hall on Sunday December 9th. Order forms will be available in the Church office and in the Welcome Center in the weeks prior to pick-up, starting Sunday, November 11th. All orders must be in by no later than Sunday, December 2nd. Please complete the forms and turn them in the designated baskets in either the Church office or the Welcome Center.

Join us for Friday Evening Prayer

Join us any week on Friday at 5:15 in the chapel for this special time of prayer. This simple service follows the beautiful words of the Book of Common Prayer. We take about 30-45 minutes for the prayers, Bible reading, and a brief discussion of the day's lessons. This is a great way to transition from the cares of the work week to the weekend.

Get a Reminder: Ministry Scheduler

St. Timothy's uses a software package named Ministry Scheduler Pro to manage our volunteers and ministry schedules. This makes it easy to check your ministry commitments, let us know when you are unavailable, and request a substitute. If you have an iOS or Android device, you can use the MSP mobile app. Or, connect over your browser to https://secure.rotundasoftware.com/l/web-terminal/login/stimothylj .

To get an email reminder, log into the web terminal from your browser, and go to My Profile. You can set how many days ahead of the service to get an email reminder. You can also get a reminder as a text message to your mobile device. To set this up, make sure you have your cell number set up under your profile. On your phone, open MSP, and go to Settings > Push Notifications to choose how far ahead of the service to send a reminder.

Questions? Sondra Griner is our scheduler, and is happy to help. Email: sgriner@sbcglobal.net.

Help bring joy to those in need this Christmas

Join the volunteers who ring bells for the Salvation Army. A sign-up sheet will be located in the hallway outside the Welcome Center after both worship services or call Susan Buell at 979-297-3024.

St. Timothy's 62nd Production of The Living Nativity

Friday-Sunday, December 14, 15 and 16 - Showings at 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on the front lawn.

There are many many jobs for many many people! Everyone is invited to participate! From set construction to animal wrangling, providing dinner for a hungry cast to making cookies for our guests, each of us can contribute in some way.

Sign up at The Living Nativity display under the Come Let Us Adore Him banner in the hallway. Come be a part of our annual gift to the Brazosport community. Contact Susan Laver (979-248-8187, Heartfelt@comcast.net) for more information.

Angel Tree

The Angel Tree program is a national organization that allows parents in prison to strengthen their connection with their children by providing gifts with a personal message from the parent. Each child receives a toy gift, a clothing gift, and an age appropriate religious book. No gift should exceed $20.00

Each October the church receives a list of children who live in the Clute-Lake Jackson area codes. The caregivers are contacted for sizes and gift suggestions. These gift ideas are written on the paper angels placed on the Angel Tree. The "tree" will be in the narthex starting Sunday, November 25. A donor selects an angel, purchases the gift, wraps it, attaches the top part of the angel to the package, and brings it to the church. The gifts are delivered the week before Christmas.

The wrapped gifts should be returned no later than December 16. Donations of money for books can be put in the stocking on the tree or given to Harriet Cutshall or Nancy Carter. Checks should be written to St. Timothy's with a notation of "for Angel Tree".

Looking ahead to Sunday

November 18, 2018

26th Sunday after Pentecost

Our readings for Sunday

1 Samuel 1:4-20
1 Samuel 2:1-10
Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25
Mark 13:1-8

The Food Basket

Go to the store! Get 1 pound bags of flour, sugar, corn meal! Get salt, pepper, salt free seasoning, oatmeal! Take it to church on Sunday for the Interfaith Food Bank, dba the Food Basket!

Thanks to Rhonda Woodard

Our sexton Rhonda has been with us since 2011 and has recently let us know that she is retiring at the end of the month. Rhonda has kept our church clean and has done many other things around the church buildings and grounds with cheer and faithfulness. So we want to publicly thank Rhonda and wish her blessings in retirement during the 10:30 service the first Sunday in Advent. If you see Rhonda in the mornings between now and then, be sure to give her a hug and thank her!

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