This Week at St. Timothy's

Our Weekly Blast!

The Second Sunday in Lent
3/15/2019

Friday Evening Prayer as a Lenten Discipline

Can you make some quiet time for God at the end of your work week? Evening

prayers can help you thank Him for the day's blessings and ask for His forgiveness of your sins and protection. It is an excellent time to take stock of your week's activities in a quiet atmosphere where, in His presence you can hear His word, make an examination of conscience and say a heartfelt Act of Contrition followed by prayers .

Join us any Friday at 5:15 in the St. Timothy's chapel. The entire service lasts about 30 minutes.

Lenten Small Groups

Lenten Small Group Study - "Living the Resurrection Reality," is this year's Lenten topic. Almost all Christians know about the resurrection but people can sometimes take the commemoration of Jesus' resurrection very lightly, or even grow a bit dull to what it means for us personally. This 6 week study focuses on 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostle Paul's explanation of what it means. Join us for this study as we journey together in Lent towards the cross of Christ.

Sundays, 4:30 p.m. at Dale & Sylvia Walker's home. Starting March 10th.
Sundays, 5:00 p.m. at Emily Osborn's home. Starting March 10th.
Mondays, 7:00 p.m. at Rich Tillman & Laurel Owen's home. Starting March 11th.

Sign-up sheets can be found in the hallway by the Welcome Center.

The Rector's Forum is on Spring Break

The Rector's Forum will not meet this Sunday due to Spring Break. We will resume on Sunday the 24th.

The Food Basket

The Food basket is closed for Spring Break, and there will be great need when they open their doors.

An idea for Lent: Give 40 cans of vegetables, 40 pounds of beans or 40 cans of tuna, or 40 jars of spaghetti sauce. We could really make a difference!

Thanks for your generosity to help our neighbors in need!

Sew much fun sewing for the Batwa!

We had a great time with our sewing days last Saturday and Sunday. We enjoyed each other's company, and we made great progress on sewing feminine hygiene products for the Batwa girls. Our sewing project will help keep the girls in school, and benefits them, their families, and their community. We are well on our way to contributing 50 kits!

Our next sewing days will be Saturday, April 6 from 10:00 - 2:00, and Sunday April 7 from 9:00 - 1:00.

Our group sewing days are open to sewers of all skill levels. If you are a beginner sewer, you can get some practice on the St. Timothy's sewing machine, or bring your own, and we'll help you learn how to use it. The bags and liners are great beginner projects. If you don't sew at all, we can use people who help with things like ironing, tracing patterns and cutting out fabric.

Contact Sondra Griner or Dale Rasco for more information.

Spring Work Day

Saturday, March 30th, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Bring your string trimmers, blowers, clippers, hoes, garden and leaf racks, shovels and wheel barrows.

We will be weeding the flower beds along with some miner clipping. No new mulch this time. We will use garden racks to spruce up the existing mulch.

Bring the kids and make it a family affair.

Lent Madness moves into its second week!

Catch your Lent Madness Saintly Scorecard and bracket in the Narthex!! The Lent Madness website will catch you up if you're considering joining in the madness. If you're just joining in the fun, we're glad you're here! There's plenty of madness to go and we're delighted to have people jump aboard the purple Lenten train at any point in the season. Remember each pairing remains open for 24 hours as participants read about and then vote to determine which saint moves on to the next round. Catch the Bracket winners in the Hall outside the office or down the long hall to the Parish Hall. We're still working through pairings to the Saintly Sixteen. Check with Kim and Mark Lehnhoff for questions! Who will win the Golden Halo???

Fr. Andy Parker Interment

Rev. Andrew Parker's interment and will be Saturday, March 23rd, 1:00 pm at St. Timothy's with Rev. Liz Parker presiding. At 1:00 pm family and friends will gather in our Parish Hall to form a New Orleans-style "Second Line" and process with jazz music and joy to our Grace Garden where Andy's ashes will be laid to rest. Afterwards there will be a reception in the Parish Hall to celebrate Andy. Rev. Andrew Parker was rector of St. Timothy's 2000-2015 and rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Houston at the time of his passing. See Kim Lehnhoff with any questions.