St. Andrew's strives to be
the face of Christ within our walls
and beyond our doors.
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From your Interim Rector
Thanksgiving Outreach
This year we are partnering with Chef Roman to help those in need. We are asking for your participation by collecting canned goods, blankets, socks, mittens, scarfs, jackets, and shoes, that will help get anyone through our cold winter season. Our goal is to fill up a wagon that you’ll see in the Vestibule as you enter the church.
Chef Roman will also be offering a free plated meal on Thanksgiving morning from 9 am - 1 pm in the parish hall for families in need. If you’d like to assist with the meals, please speak to Chef Roman.
This is a great opportunity for us to reach outside our walls to those in need in the community.
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All Hallow’s Eve
(Halloween)
All Hallows’ Day is actually the old English name for All Saints’ Day which we celebrate in the church calendar on November 1st every year. The word hallow means holy or sanctified. All Saints’ Day is such an important Feast Day in the church that we are allowed to transfer its celebration to the following Sunday, which this year falls on November 6th. All Hallow’s Eve is observed on October 31, the day before All Hallows’ Day. We are more familiar with the contracted name: Halloween. It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions have evolved from an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain.
Pronounced sow-in, Samhain is a Gaelic word meaning 'end of the summer,' and it is believed to have been a celebration of the end of the harvest and a time to prepare for the coming winter. It was also a day when the Celts believed that spirits could more easily pass into this world to play tricks on humans, and when the dead returned to visit their families (similar to the completely unrelated Mexican “Day of the Dead”).
To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes.
As was often the case with pagan festivals, the Church chose not to try to stamp them out, but rather to reinterpret them in Christian terms. Thus Samhain was transformed to All Hallow’s Eve, leading up to All Hallow’s Day.
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Giving Is an Act of Worship
Giving is a spiritual sacrifice and an expression of love and gratitude because everything we have comes from God (see 1 Chronicles 29:14). Some people say, “I can’t afford to give!” In reality, we can’t afford not to give. David said that he will not give to the Lord that which cost him nothing (see 2 Samuel 24:24). No matter what we give to God, what is left will always sustain us better than if we hadn’t given at all.
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Announcements
On Taking Communion
We’ve been offering communion only by intinction (dipping your host into the wine) since the onset of the Covid epidemic. We are now past the point of intinction being the only accepted means for the reception of communion. You now have the choice of taking a sip from the common communion cup or continuing to receive communion by intinction. The choice is yours.
However, if you're feeling ill at all, if you feel a cold coming on, please do not drink from the common cup. Please dip your host into the wine or receive only the consecrated bread. The Episcopal Church believes that if you receive communion from only one of the elements of consecrated bread or wine, you still receive the fullness of communion.
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October 30, 2022
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 am in the Church
Collect of the Day
Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your
faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we
may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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How You Can Watch the Services |
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Livestreamed to the St. Andrew's Facebook page. You do not need a Facebook account to watch on Facebook (just click the Facebook icon here and it will take you directly to our page).
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Casa Blanca Chapel is now using online Zoom services for the 10 a.m. services on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month as well as continuing in-person services.
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Calendar of Events:
- Sunday, October 30: 10 a.m. Service in the Church
- Monday, November 1: All Saints' Day Feast Day (transferred to Sunday, November 6)
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Birthdays for the Month of October
Todd, Rebecca, Derwent, Steve, Dan
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Watch over your people
O Lord, as their days increase;
bless and guide them wherever they may be.
Strengthen them when they stand;
comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful;
raise them up if they fall;
and in their hearts,
may your peace which passes all understanding
abide all the days of their lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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Prayer List email
If you wish to add a name to our parish prayer list, click here and you will be directed to a form that is sent to
When the request is received, only first names will be used and the name will be read aloud in the Sunday services.
Before you submit a name, please check with the person if possible to see whether they want to be on the published list below or would rather not have the name listed. Private prayers will be made by staff and clergy.
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Please email requests with PRAYER REQUEST in the subject line to:
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Parish Prayer List
Barbara L, Janie, Richard, Jeanie, Larkin, Elizabeth, Bronwyn, Win, “Bear,” Mario, Gisele, Laura, Rosalie
The people of Ukraine, victims of gun violence, and the members of Casa Blanca and St. Andrew's
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Those we love who have died
and those whose names are known only to you O Lord.
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Online Offering/
Offertory
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Please continue contributing!
This virtual collection plate makes donating easy.
Your donation helps St. Andrew's continue its mission
to see and be the face of Christ in the community.
To donate, click on the red Donate Button. The Donate Online link has two donation options:
- one for St. Andrew's for its mission and maintenance,
- one for the Food Pantry of Nogales to support its work of helping feed those in need.
Your donations and pledges, which further Christ's work in the world,
are humbly and gratefully accepted.
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You may contact the Church Office by calling 520-281-1523.
If no one answers please leave a message.
In addition, you may contact Dan Messier, the Interim Rector,
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