January 5, 2nd Sunday after Christmas
The Holy Eucharist, 8 a.m., Rite I
The Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m., Rite II
Fr. John Thorpe, officiating
Choir Rehearsal, 9 a.m.
Childcare, 9:45 a.m.
Photo taken on December 22, 2019 after the greening of the church.
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Worship notes
The Collect:
O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
This week’s lessons: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84:1-8; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23
Epistle
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:3-6
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Gospel |
Matthew 2:13-15,19-23
After the wise men had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, "Out of Egypt I have called my son."
When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead." Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee. There he made his home in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, "He will be called a Nazarene."
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The week of December 29
Tuesday, Julian of Norwich Prayer Group, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Vestry Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Looking Ahead
- Sunday, January 5, Father Thorpe's last Sunday at St. Andrew's; annual reports due
- Sunday, January 12, 19, 26, Father Boase officiates at Sunday services
- Sunday, January 19, Parish Annual Meeting
- Sunday, February 2, Fr. Hankinson, our new rector, officiates for the first time
- Saturday, February 15, Installation of Fr. Hankinson by Bishop Martins
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Thank You Father Thorpe!
We are so blessed to have had Fr. John Thorpe with us since last August and will find it hard to say goodbye this Sunday.
We wish him well as he goes forward with his studies and hope that there may be an opportunity for him to visit us in the future. We also extend thanks to his family as we know that they had to adjust to shared Sundays.
His special gift of drawing us into the story of the Gospel passage he focused on each Sunday will be remembered. And, we will also remember some of his contemporary references like "May the force be with us."
Godspeed, Fr. John!
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An Important New Year’s Resolution for 2020
Let’s resolve to keep our St. Andrew’s home safe and secure. It’s easy to do.
If you use a key to unlock an exterior door please be sure to turn the key back to relock the door before you enter the building.
When you leave, please go out the same door you used to enter the building and test the door to be sure it is locked. Together we can keep our church safe and secure for our volunteers!
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Our Daring Dames
Earlier articles have covered the many achievements of St. Andrew’s women, including their key role in founding Edwardsville’s public library, as well as providing the church with gas heating to replace its primitive coal furnace and remodeling the kitchen in the undercroft. More recently, the efforts of our women have benefitted needy families through Outreach and, during the Christmas season, by means of the Angel Tree.
These activities required money, so it’s not surprising that St. Andrew’s women have been active fundraisers. They may have been at their most adventurous in this regard in the early years of their organized existence.
In 1886, a women’s Guild was established, a measure that had been encouraged by the Diocese of Springfield’s synod of 1883. The Guild set to work conducting rummage sales, food markets and, according to our archives, adopting “the money-raising method of reporting in an ‘experience meeting’ how one dollar had been expanded into several” (sounds interesting).
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But arguably the most audacious of these early fundraising schemes was undertaken in 1890, when women of St. Andrew’s appeared in the show windows of the Madison Store on Purcell Street as clothing models. Live models were then a novelty; the first American modeling agency would not open until 1923. At a time when employment opportunities for “respectable” middle-class women were extremely limited, placing their bodies on public display was a daring thing, although the late Victorian fashions of the day revealed precious little of what lay beneath them.
How long St. Andrew’s women served in this capacity and how many were involved is unknown, but the money-making potential was substantial. They were paid one dollar per hour, approximately four times the average workman’s wage at that time.
The Madison Store and the building that housed it are long gone, but that St. Andrew’s survives is due in no small part to the energy and dedication of its women, although they were excluded from voting membership on the vestry until 1968. As noted in a previous article, this was obvious to clerk of the vestry Homer Correll when he declared in 1949 that “It is a well-known fact that any organization progresses through the efforts of the women….” That’s as true for St. Andrew’s today as it was 70 years ago. These newsletters are good examples. -Jim Weingartner
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Happy 70th Anniversary to the Goodmans!
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Earl and Jeannene Goodman celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Sunday, December 29, with a blessing from Fr. Thorpe, flowers from their family, and a special cake at coffee hour.
Jeannene indicated they chose the holidays as the time for their wedding years ago as they enjoyed having the Christmas decorations in the church to use for the wedding. We wish them many more happy years!
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Calling All Vestry Candidates
Anyone interested in serving on the 2020 Vestry should contact a current Vestry member. The Vestry has four openings to be filled: a one-year term and three 3-year terms. The election will occur at the Annual Meeting on Sunday, January 19.
Update on Lance Greve
Lance was released from the hospital on Tuesday and is glad to be home. Anyone who would like to visit the Greves or bring them a meal is encouraged to talk with Mary Bohn or Jane Weingartner on Sunday so St. Andrew’s parishioners can coordinate support for the Greves.
St. Andrew’s Book Club
The St. Andrew’s Book Club is now meeting monthly on the 4th Monday from 1 to 2 p.m. The book selection for Monday, January 27, is
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields. Copies are not available in the Edwardsville Public Library but can be obtained through the library system. An online request can be entered at
www.edwardsvillelibrary.org
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Outreach Report
Thank you to all who participated in the Angel Tree project. Each of our eight families received food, gas, Target and Jack-in-the-Box gift cards, along with the many Angel Tree gifts parishioners purchased and wrapped.
Coffee Hour
The Coffee Hour list is on the Bulletin Board. Sign up for any Sunday beginning with February 2, Fr. Hankinson’s first Sunday celebrating the Eucharist with us.
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Committal Service for
Paula Sue Travis
Friends and family of Paula gathered in the small chapel at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis on December 1, 2019, and shared stories of her welcoming of new people to the church and her activities supporting the church.
Her ashes were placed under a tile bearing her name. Her husband, daughter, son, and grandchildren participated in the service.
Read at the service:
Everyone the Father gives to me will come to me; I will never turn away anyone who believes in me.
He who raised Jesus Christ from the dead will also give new life to our mortal bodies through his indwelling Spirit.
My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices; my body also shall rest in hope.
-From “The Committal” in
The Book of Common Prayer
Sincere Sympathy
is extended to parishioner Keith Filges, whose brother Ron Filges, died recently at age 72. Ron lived in Caseyville and was a student and friend of St. Andrew's organist and choirmaster, Henry Evans, who also lives in Caseyville.
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The St. Andrew's Week-End Update
, a weekly emailed newsletter, is designed to keep parishioners up to date on church activities. Please send news items to Jane Weingartner by 11 a.m. on Tuesday to have them appear in the following Friday's newsletter.
Newsletter Editor Jane Weingartner
Newsletter & Bulletin Editor Marianne Cavanaugh
Newsletter Design Editor, Marian Smithson
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t. Andrew's Episcopal Church
406 Hillsboro Avenue Edwardsville, Illinois
618-656-129
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