Watercolor by Jean Plout. Approval to use image given by her gallery.
Weekly Sunday service information and parish news.
The Very Rev. Benjamin Hankinson, Celebrant

In light of the recent State of Illinois indoor mask mandate, all worshippers are asked to wear masks when attending church, including those who are fully vaccinated. We pray that through compassionate fidelity to the common good, we will see the present surge subside.
November 14, Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

Religious Study
Sunday Adult Forum - 9:15 in Pearson Hall with Fr. Ben
Church School for Children - 9:15 in the Lower Level Church School Room.
Mask required for all classes.

Holy Eucharist | Rite I, 8 a.m. | Rite II 10 a.m. (Sung)
In-person attendance for up to 75 worshippers | Masks required.
Facebook Live at 10 a.m.
Coffee hour following the 10 a.m. service.
Virtual coffee hour chat available at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81076773055

Readings for Sunday, November 14
  • Daniel 12:1-3
  • Psalm 16
  • Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25
  • Mark 13:1-8
Make Your Offering!
Mail: Send your check to St. Andrew's Treasurer, at 406 Hillsboro Avenue, Edwardsville 62025.
The Week of November 14

  • Fr. Ben's last fall Wednesday class will be online via Zoom at 6 p.m.
  • Vestry meeting, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. in Pearson Hall.

Future Dates
  • First Sunday of Advent, November 28.
  • Electing Synod convenes December 11 to elect the 12th Bishop of Springfield.
  • Christmas services will occur on December 24 and 25.



With Thanksgiving just around the corner, there is a lot going on in the life of the parish and the diocese right now so let me call your attention to the biggest item in each of those categories.
 
By the end of the weekend, videos of the Q&A sessions from the bishop election walkabouts should be up on the diocesan website. This was a long week full of formal and informal engagement with the diocese by our finalists, so please take some time in the coming weeks to sit down with the videos and get to know them in more detail.
 
Closer to home, be sure to check out the stewardship letter and videos. We have upcoming presentations from Walter and Mary Bohn as well as Liz and Mark McKenney on the importance of St. Andrew’s to them and of our collective support of its mission and ministry. These are shared in preparation for making our pledges for 2022.

Likewise, be sure to join us on November 21 as we give thanks for the many blessings we have, including the year that is drawing to a close, and then consecrate our shared commitment for the year to come to Christ the King. 
-Fr. Ben
Stewardship 2022

Please submit your 2022 pledge on or before Sunday, November 21. To help you in your decision-making and submitting of your pledge form, check out these links to stewardship information:
UTO Fall Ingathering Ends November 14

UTO envelopes are available in the Narthex. Parishioners wishing to contribute may also mail to the office their checks payable to St. Andrew’s with UTO in the memo line or make an online contribution.
The Angel Tree Returns November 21!

Thanks to the generosity of parishioners, Outreach is able to give Target and Walmart gift cards to six families this year.

Parishioners can also take a tag from the Angel Tree to meet the specific needs of residents of Good Samaritan House, a homeless shelter for women and their children in Granite City.

The Angel Tree will arrive in Pearson Hall on November 21, the Sunday before Thanksgiving. If you would like to help the shelter, please take a tag, purchase your gift and bring it unwrapped to Pearson Hall by December 8.
 -Mary Bohn
Darrow Deanery WalkAbout, Friday, November 12

Nearly 80 members of Darrow Deanery attended the WalkAbout at St. Michael's in O'Fallon last evening. The group included both clergy and lay members of the deanery, as well as the three candidates for 12th Bishop of the diocese. St. Michael's parishioners served a delightful meal before all gathered in the nave to hear the three candidates' responses to an identical set of questions. Fr. John Thorpe opened with prayer and Fr. Ben Hankinson closed the evening with prayer. Kevin Babb conducted the question session.

St. Andrew's parishioners in attendance included Mary and Walter Bohn, Marianne and Marty Cavanaugh, Bob and Pat Hulme, Fredna Scroggins, and Marian and Mike Smithson. Fr. Boase was also present and visited with many of our parish members in attendance.
Father Thorpe opened the candidate presentation portion of the WalkAbout with prayer.
Mary Bohn and Fredna Scroggins chat with Bishop candidate Rev. Mary Ann Hill.
Above: Candidate Rev. Burgess joined St. Andrew's parishioners for dinner.

Above: Bishop Candidate Rev. Scott Seefeldt. This photo is from his online resume as the Friday photos taken by M. Smithson were very unclear.
Above: Kevin Babb talks with Rev. Brian Burgess and his wife outside the nave of St. Michael's. Below: St. Michael's dining area.
Parish Notes

  • Help needy families who regularly rely on the Glen-Ed Pantry to make ends meet by providing supplies for a good Thanksgiving dinner. Donate a Thanksgiving basket for $30. Send your check to this address:
  • Faith Coalition Edwardsville, P.O. Box 84, Edwardsville, IL 62025.

  • Coffee hour signup is now online. Please consider hosting a Sunday this fall! Link.

  • The Altar Flower and Candle signup is now available online. Just follow this link!

St. Andrew's Communications
Communications Coordinator and Newsletter Editor-in-Chief, Marian Smithson
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