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Weekly Sunday service information and parish newsletter.
The Reverend Benjamin Hankinson, Celebrant
April 24 - The Second Sunday of Easter

+Holy Eucharist+
Rite I 8 a.m. | Rite II 10 a.m. (Sung)

Masks are optional.

9:00 a.m. Choir Rehearsal
9:15 - Children's Church School in Lower Level
9:15 - Adults - Morning Prayer & conversation in Pearson Hall
10 a.m. service in person & streamed via Facebook Live.
Coffee hour after the 10 a.m. service.
11:30 a.m., Vestry meeting in the nave.

Virtual coffee hour chat available at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81076773055
Readings for Sunday, April 24
Make Your Offering!
Easter 2022 Offerings
 
+Sue Buckley donated to the Altar Guild in memory of Donald and Frances Buckley, to the Flower Guild in memory of Clara Laing, to the Music Fund in thanksgiving for Henry Evans, and to Outreach to help the needy.
 
+Maxine and Doug Callies donated to the Flower Guild in memory of Ed Pakovich.
 
+Sharon and Larry Reader donated to the Altar Guild in honor of their children and grandchildren.
 
+Velma and August Schmidt donated to the Altar Guild in honor of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, to the Flower Guild in thanksgiving for their blessings, and to the Music Fund, Outreach to help the needy, and to support the ministries of St. Andrew’s.
 
+Margaret and Carl Slaughter donated to the Flower Guild in honor of Hugh and Helen McGuiggan and John and Grace Slaughter.
 
+Margaret Strangeman donated to Flower Guild in memory of Harold Strangeman.
 
+David, Kay, and Kyle Werner donated to the Flower Guild in honor of their grandchildren and to Outreach to help the needy.
The Week of April 24

  • Wednesday, Holy Eucharist, 5:30 p.m.
  • Week of April 24 - Fr. Ben will be out of town (taking some time off) this week and next, including Sunday, May 1. Fr. David Boase will be our celebrant on May 1. 

Looking Ahead
  • Parish Hall rented for the day, April 30
  • Healing Eucharist, May 3
  • Spring Book Fair, May 6-7
  • Lunch Bunch, May 11
  • Game Night (tentative), May 13
  • Consecration of Bishop Burgess, May 21
  • Parish Picnic, May 22, following 10 a.m. service
  • Ascension Day, May 26
  • Summer Book Fair, August 5-6
Easter 2022
He is Risen!
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Diocesan Notes

  • Information about Bishop Burgess's May 21 consecration is available at https://www.episcopalspringfield.org/consecration/, including an invitation to youth to participate in the liturgy and to singers to participate in a Diocesan choir.

  • Retired Bishop Dan Martins is at home recovering from heart surgery and his wife, Brenda, who was hospitalized recently, is doing well in a rehabilitation facility per Bishop Martins' recent Facebook posting.

  • Father John Thorpe, former priest-in-charge at St. Michael's in O'Fallon has resigned and will be moving to Oklahoma where he will again be in a teaching position. The Rev.Dr. Gregory Wilde is currently serving as the priest-in-charge for St. Michael's.

  • Church Camp will take place July 3-9 at East Bay Camp in Hudson, Illinois this summer. If you would like more information, go to https://www.episcopalspringfield.org/summer-camp/.
Links

  • Coffee hour: signupgenius.com/go/9040548afa92aa4fa7-coffee

  • Altar Flowers: signupgenius.com/go/9040548afa92aa4fa7-candle

  • Episcopal Diocese of Springfield: www.episcopalspringfield.org/

  • Episcopal News Service: www.episcopalnewsservice.org/

  • Episcopal Relief & Development: www.episcopalrelief.org/
St. Andrew's Communications
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