"If you had faith the size of a mustard seed..."  Luke 17: 5-6

The Reverend John Henry, Celebrant

Deacon Mark Klamer, Assisting

October 2

Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

+The Holy Eucharist+

Rite I 8 a.m. | Rite II 10 a.m.

Masks are optional.

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. - child care in the nursery.

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite One

9:00 a.m. - Choir Rehearsal | Confirmation/Reception Class

9:15 - Adults - Morning Prayer & conversation in Pearson Hall

10:00 a.m. - Church School, Lower Level

10 a.m. service in person & streamed via Facebook Live.

Coffee hour following the 10 a.m. service.

2:00 - Blessing of the Animals with Fr. Boase - Columbarium Garden

Sunday Readings

• Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
• Psalm 37:1-10
• 2 Timothy 1:1-14
• Luke 17:5-10

Sunday, October 2, 2 p.m.

“All praise to you, Oh Lord, for all these brother and sister creatures.” - St. Francis

Fr. Boase, Celebrant

Columbarium Garden

Make Your Offering!

• Online: standrews-edwardsville.com/stewardship/
• Mail: Send your check to St. Andrew's Treasurer, at 406 Hillsboro Avenue, Edwardsville 62025.

UTO Fall Ingathering Ends October 9

UTO envelopes are available in the Narthex. Parishioners wishing to contribute may also mail to the office checks payable to St. Andrew’s with UTO in the memo line or make an online contribution.

The Week of October 2

• Monday, October 3,  7 p.m., Parish Open Forum Zoom meeting. Contact Senior Warden to participate.
• Monday through Friday - Daily 8 a.m. morning prayer and 5:30 p.m. evening prayer in the chapel.
• Friday - 7 a.m. - AA Meeting at in Pearson Hall.

Looking Ahead

• Sunday, October 9, circa 11:20 a.m., first all parish meeting re Rector search surveys.
• Sunday, October 16 - Relay for Life Book Sale at Parkfest
• Friday, October 21, 3 p.m., Diocesan Music Workshop
• Friday & Saturday, October 21-22, Synod Meeting, Diocese of Springfield
• Sunday, October 23, circa 11:20 a.m., second all parish meeting re surveys.
• Saturday, October 29, community Halloween Walk.
• Thursday & Friday, November 4 - 5 - Fall Book Fair

In commemoration of the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi (October 4), the Blessing of the Animals will take place on Sunday at 2 p.m.with Father Boase officiating. Please bring your animal friends of all species. The service will take place in the Columbarium garden.

The first congregational meeting to discuss the rector search process will take place next Sunday, October 9, after a shortened Coffee Hour. We will discuss the results of the recent parish surveys, and ask for additional input from the congregation concerning our search. There will be a similar meeting on October 23, to accommodate people who might not be able to make Sunday's meeting. Parishioners are welcome to attend both meetings but are encouraged to attend at least one of them.

The next parish "open forum" will take place, via Zoom, on Monday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. These meetings are held between Vestry meetings, to give parishioners the opportunity to express any concerns that may need attention before the next Vestry meeting. There is no advance agenda. If you would like the Zoom link to participate, please email me by clicking on the link below.

St. Andrew's is registered as an exhibitor at the City of Edwardsville's Halloween Walk at the City Park on September 29 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. This event is a great opportunity for St. Andrew's to participate in a well-attended community event. Please let me know if you would like to attend the event--which involves set-up, giving out candy, and disassembling our table and tent. All parishioners are asked to contribute candy for distribution, and a basket for contributions has been placed near the elevator door on the second floor. 

Kevin Babb

Senior Warden

Update from the Junior Warden

Junior Warden, Carl Slaughter, was unable to attend the September 18 vestry meeting so he provided an update on several items in an email to the vestry. The following summary reflects his communique:

• Carl is looking into the options our Spectrum Business account offers for voice messaging management and whether we can eliminate the existing voice mail machine and replace the functions with Spectrum options.
• Items needed to update the carillon have arrived and Carl plans to install them when the outdoor temps are appropriate for him to work in the bell tower.
• A locking bar will soon be installed on the Aspen Waste dumpster at the back of the church so that St. Andrew's can control who is dumping items in the dumpster. 
• He is working on the parish hall door issue that has come up since the new carpet tile was installed.
• Stair runners in the addition have been checked and repaired.  
• The lighting on the stairs at the rear entrance to the parish hall needs replacement and Carl is looking into options for replacement.



Updated Parish Directory for Fall 2022

A few updates to the parish directory were submitted since last Saturday's newsletter; consequently, a revised directory will be sent out this coming week in a special email.

Support Parish Ministries

Join St. Andrew's Choir!

St. Andrew's Choir is looking for additional members. Consider joining the current six members in singing at the 10 o'clock service from September through May and also at some special services during the year. Henry Evans, our Choirmaster, indicates no choral experience or skill in reading music is required. Enthusiastic singers who are 15 years of age or more are welcome. For more information, talk to current choir members: Marianne Cavanaugh, Nichole DeWall, Mary Jane Helsel, Elaine Klaus, Sam McKenney, Brian Pezza, or Meg Solon. Or, contact Henry Evans at hhe62234@gmail.com.

What’s in a Name?

by Jim Weingartner

High Church, Low Church, Broad Church, Evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, Protestant Episcopal, Prayer Book Catholic, Reformed Episcopal—all of these are labels that have been attached to various manifestations of Episcopalianism. They represent differing ideas of what the Church should be, sometimes resulting in confusion and discord. That is the theme of a fascinating case study produced by Professor of Religion David Holmes of the College of William and Mary in a scholarly article entitled, “From Low Church to Anglo Catholic and Back Again: The Saga of a Middle American Parish.”

The parish is St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, Illinois. It was established in 1864 as the American Episcopal Church stood on the brink of what some were to call a “Ritualistic War,” pitting the Low Church with its simple evangelical orientation against the Anglo-Catholicism that sought to restore to Episcopal practice much of the medieval richness and mystery of the Roman Catholic Church. It was a powerful force within the then Diocese of Illinois, part of what was sometimes called the “Biretta Belt.”

At its inception, St. Mark’s was firmly low church. To its parishioners, Anglo-Catholicism was nothing less than a revival of the “detestable practices of the Bishop of Rome.” In choosing a new priest in 1876, St. Mark’s vestry failed to do its homework and discovered to its later horror that it had selected in 24-year-old Fr. James Stewart Smith an “advanced ritualist.”

Smith came to a small run-down wooden church with a four-foot altar devoid of cross and candles – more like a chicken coop than an altar, he thought. There was no altar cloth or linen except three pieces of fabric, one of which was part of a tablecloth belonging to the senior warden. The number of services had been held to a bare minimum with the Eucharist offered once a month. Parishioners were accustomed to sermons on “strictly ethical and semi-political subjects [with]…. churchmanship of a breezy and inconsequential order, distinctly low.” Attendance at services was typically 30-35 worshipers.

Smith left an account of his 4-year rectorship at St. Mark’s to show “the condition and ignorance of the people” when he arrived (and, presumably, how he had enlightened them). With the energy and perhaps arrogance of youth, he set about remaking St. Mark’s in the Anglo-Catholic image, with frequent “Holy Day” services, enlarged altar with reredos, altar cloth, linens and brass cross. Silver service vessels were acquired, and the weekly Eucharist performed with Sanctus bells and ablutions. Joint activities with other denominations were abolished. (Click here to continue reading.)

Parish News and Notes

• Mike Barford was admitted to St. Elizabeth Hospital on Sunday, September 25 following his collapse in church. He was released the next day. Mike reports he is recovering and looks forward to returning to St. Andrews soon. Both Mike and Liz are grateful for the love, care, and immediate response during this emergency.

• The family of Henry Evans sent a thank you to St. Andrew's for the flowers sent to the funeral of their mother, Doris Evans. "It was a wonderful reminder of our mother's love for flowers" was stated in the note.

• Glen-Ed Pantry: The Pantry needs donations of cleaning supplies and personal care products as well as other items. Items can be placed in the basket in the foyer of Pearson Hall, across from the soda machine.

• St. Andrew's donations for Good Samaritan House were joyfully accepted by a House representative last week. Mary Bohn provided this photo on behalf of the Outreach Committee.