St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
News & Notes
May 11, 2020
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NO Drive - Up Communion today
UPDATED LINK FOR SUNDAY'S SERVICE BELOW...
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The liturgy for this Sunday can be found by:
- clicking the red tab...
- going to our website's front page
- going to the St. Andrew's YouTube page:
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Men's Bible Study and Fellowship
will continue to meet throughout May via ZOOM
Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m.
The Men are studying 1
st
Corinthians.
Go to the St. Andrew's calendar page for the link or contact John Lovo.
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Women's Bible Study and Fellowship
will continue to meet throughout May via ZOOM
Friday's at 10:15 a.m.
The Women are studying Parables of the Bible.
Go to the St. Andrew's calendar page for the link or contact Mary Campbell.
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The St. Andrew's OUTREACH Committee
has directed its Red Bag collection in
May to benefit the St. James Food Pantry.
Protein items are always appreciated, but any dry pantry goods are welcome. If you find yourself returning north for the summer, consider dropping off unopened items to the church or Chapter House.
Your donations are greatly appreciated.
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Some of you may know that I encouraged Fr. Geoffrey return to Massachusetts (home) the 1st of April to be with Leslie and to "shelter at home." But though absent from us in person...he was no way absent in spirit! Fr. Geoffrey labored to get the St. Andrew's Community up and running on Zoom. Through out the month of April he led Morning Prayer (M,W,F) and Evening Prayer (T, TR) on Zoom, continued to meet with the Monday and Tuesday morning Men's groups via Zoom and made pastoral calls to check in on parishioners.
Fr. Geoff, I cannot thank you enough for your positive presence and energy throughout the season, but especially so during these unsettling "pandemic" times. Thank you for helping to make this season one for the record books. I know you are ready to enjoy retirement...but we will keep a place in our hearts...and on the church staff open!
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Friends at St. Andrew’s,
None of us could have predicted that way the winter/spring season unfolded for us in parish and community life.
I still believe that staying
APART
while we try to learn how to grapple with a new public health reality gives us a good acronym. We do well to be
Alert, Prepared, Adaptive, Resilient, and Trusting
(in the grace, power, and love of God).
Leslie and I have returned to our home in Massachusetts, and our official connection with St. Andrew’s concluded on April 30th. But I believe that friendship is indelible, and that many of us will again cross paths in other settings in the years to come.
We send along our deep gratitude to Mother Michelle, the Vestry, the parish staff, and especially to the choir, prayer groups, and the men’s groups for the generous and warm reception that we both received among you. We trust that God’s Spirit will continue to infuse, guide and sustain us in Christ. We bless you from afar, even as we hold you in our hearts.
If any of you are ever migrating through southeastern Massachusetts, give us a shout, and we’ll pick up our friendships where we left off. Again, our thanks to each of you in the St. Andrew’s fellowship!
In Christ’s sure love for us all,
Geoffrey & Leslie Piper
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Your prayers are asked this week especially for:
- Jeff Baumgartner who will be donating his kidney this week. Prayers for health and safety for Jeff and the recipient are asked.
- Kim Bax who is undergoing emergency surgery to correct a metal rod in her neck that has moved.
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Ivan, Jeffrey Baumgartner, Riley Zellers Burton, Riley Callen, Vera Chelnokov,
Brian Covachuck, Hadley Cox, Shannon Glenn, Connie Gregg, Tonya Hillenbrand, Jake Hulbert, Bud and Mary Jenne, Bill Kipp, Jennifer Lilly, Mac Martin, Peggy Mason, Bob McKinney, Nora Neely, Pete Nicholas, Michael Ott, Bobby Parker, Ava Potts, Fletcher Rollinson, Jamie Rollinson, Hal Russell, Kathleen Scotto, Anne Siefert, Shirley Thayer, Jennifer Weaver, Ginny Wharton, Hunter and Katie White and Gunter Zerbe.
MILITARY PRAYER LIST
Blaise Bess, Max Hoffman, John Life Ikenberry, Colin Jackson, Anthony Kopp,
Alex Lovo, Renier van Breen and Arch Wilson.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 272 ~ Boca Grande, FL 33921
(941) 964-2257
www.standrewsbocagrande.org
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