Holy Faith Church Weekly Update - 1/25/2023

You Are Invited to Holy Faith’s 18th Annual Meeting,

To Convene Immediately after the 10 AM Worship Service

This year's Annual Meeting marks the 18th “Wedding” anniversary when Faith Lutheran & Holy Cross Episcopal "tied the knot," back in January 2005. We will celebrate our union in Christ with a slide show, wedding favors, some toasts, and cake. We will give thanks for the past, consider our blessings, and imagine our future.

We will also conduct some business. We'll review the mission of the congregation, elect members to fill vacancies on the Parish Leadership Team, elect delegates to the diocesan convention and synod assembly, approve the annual budget, and receive annual reports. This Friday, look for an online edition of Holy Faith's Annual Report. In it, you will find budget details, committee reports, and the slate of candidates for election. We'll have some printed copies available Sunday morning.

The meeting will take about an hour. Afterwards, Holy Faith's Hospitality Committee (chaired by Dan McGraw) invites you to a hot dog buffet in the parish hall. 

For those of you who cannot attend in person, you may still participate and vote. Michigan statutes allow nonprofits to hold remote and hybrid meetings You will need to be sure that your face is visible (camera on) and that your name is also visible. Married couples wishing to vote should plan to be on two different devices, each with your own names.

Here's to many more years of sharing Christ's hope, peace, joy, and love,

Andrea+



JOURNEY OF FAITH

Come to Centering Prayer Mondays, 10-11 AM, in the Church

Meet with Pastor Andrea to look at the upcoming

Gospel lesson and to spend 10-15 minutes in centering prayer.

Centering prayer is a form of wordless prayer, a no-frills form of Christian meditation. No experience necessary. Come as your schedule allows.

Tuesday Morning Adult Education, 10:30-11:30 AM

This winter, Tish Dersnah will facilitate an exploration of aspects of Early Christianity. The first few weeks, participants will study The Apostolic Fathers. Later, the group will watch videos of Bart Ehrman speaking on his book, Misquoting Jesus. All are welcome.

Questions???

Contact Tish at tish47@gmail.com

12:00-12:30 PM Thursday Online Lunchtime Bible Study - The Story!

Read the story of the Bible and discover God's great love for humanity! Condensed into 31 accessible chapters, The Story! sweeps you into the lessons of Bible characters and events from Genesis to Revelation, presented in chronological order. The group meets for 30 minutes online each Thursday and is led by Christen Mitchell.

This is a drop-in study - you may join for the whole study or just a chapter here and there.

Study Guide: Click here.

Zoom Link: 

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72859058656?pwd=HbdHpzp9KfW17EMNZV37938oDBjXwL.1



Passcode:

dwKk40



SERVICE

Bring Food for Saline Area Social Service

Priorities for this week:



Creamed corn

Pizza sauce

Flavored pasta sides

Breakfast items

Individual juice/drinks

Place food in collection baskets located inside entry door when you come to church. For more information on donations, click HERE.

Offer Thanks & Praise to God by Donating Flowers for the Altar

Help make God’s Table beautiful. Many people

choose to make such a gift in thanksgiving for a loved one, or for a life’s accomplishment, or a joy.

The Flower Guild asks for a donation of $50 towards the cost of altar flowers for two vases, for two weeks. Fresh flowers are placed on the altar every other week. Multiple households may sign up for the same two-week period, indicating the person or occasion they are honoring.

Flowers need to be prepaid at time of order with checks made out to Holy Faith Church and “Altar Flowers” on the Memo.

Sign up on the bulletin board (or online at Signup Genius - see next article) and place your check in the collection envelope. You may also email the office to sign-up at office@holy-faith-church.org, and either send your check to Holy Faith Church, 6299 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Saline, MI 48176, OR go to the egiving page on Holy Faith's website and making a one-time payment.

Read a Lesson, Coffee Hour, Altar Flowers, Usher Signup

Volunteer to read, make coffee, donate altar flowers, or usher on our online sign-up sheet HERE. Anyone may read a lesson. Readers can choose to read from home (online) or in-person. You will receive the reading and instructions several days in advance.

Thank you for considering this ministry of proclamation and witness. 

Did You Know?

The Office of Government Relations of the Episcopal Church gives individuals an exceedingly easy avenue to encourage our legislators to support the development of legislation and policy of the U.S. federal government on critical issues.

Click here to fill out your profile.

You will then be on the mailing list for action alerts for upcoming legislation. Once you receive an action alert notification, simply click on the "Take Action" box, and after reviewing your personal information, click on the "Send Message" box. That's it!



GROWTH AND VITALITY

“Come As You Are” Memory Café Meets Tuesday, January 31st, 2-4 PM

Come either in person or via Zoom! We have fun-filled agendas planned. On the 31st: Chair Yoga with JoAnn Yates, and Magic Joe Fusco.

RSVPs are not required, but if you think you might be attending, please let Lori Venable know at: ltvenable@att.net

The Memory Café is a fun, social outing for people experiencing brain changes and their care partners. Anyone in the community is welcome.

Singers Needed for Lent / Easter Choir! 

Join us to prepare three special choral pieces for Lent and Easter. Rehearsals are on Sundays after church and are not mandatory; just attend when you can. Visit our music hub page to hear recordings of the pieces and view our tentative schedule: 

Holy Faith Music Hub.

Interested? Come to our first meeting on February 5 after church or email Joy Morin at:

joymorinpiano@gmail.com. 

Please Wear Name Tags to Church and to Coffee Hour

Name tags invite conversation and promote fellowship with all parishioners.

If you would like a permanent, plastic name badge (either a new one, or a replacement), please contact Office Manager Laurie Tikkanen at (734) 429-2991 or email her at office@holy-faith-church.org.

SAVE THE DATES

Sunday, February 19th

Mardi Gras Sunday. Celebrate the Last Sunday of Epiphany with New Orleans style, jazzy renditions of favorite spirituals and then eat, drink, and be merry at an All-You-Can-Eat Pancake and Sausage brunch after worship.

If you want to attend, can help flip pancakes, or clean up afterwards, sign up on the bulletin board, or contact Hospitality Chairperson, Dan McGraw: dmcgraw718@outlook.com.

Wednesday, February 22nd, Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent: a time set apart; a holy time; a time to reach deeper into Christ’s love.

Begin the journey by worshiping at Holy Faith at Noon or 7 PM. These services will include imposition of ashes and communion.



PARISH PRAYER LIST

Please pray for:

Those Who Are Sick, In Need, or Grieving:

Rhys, Tish, Jordan, Debbi, Samantha, Jean, Neil, Rudy, Cathy, Ann, Joan, Maxine, Ingrid, Marlyne, Phyllis, Madeline, Martha, Meghan, Jill, Terry, Mary Lou, Heather, Todd, Holly, John, Christine, & Carol, that God's grace enfold them.

Prayer requests may be submitted to the clergy or to Office Manager Laurie Tikkanen at office@holy-faith-church.org. Names will remain on the prayer list for three weeks unless otherwise requested.

People in Ukraine:

Precious Lord, Prince of Peace, may all the people

of Ukraine feel our prayers and be bathed in your protection; that war and suffering may cease; that aggression and violence may be no more; and that a season of hope and relief will arise in your new day and with the love which heals all brokenness. Amen.

Put Prayers for Ukraine into Action by Donating to Either Lutheran Disaster Response and/or Episcopal Relief & Development.