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My Life Group would like you to join us for the next go round. Food, Fellowship and some Fun. We even supply childcare at the church if you let us know. The group includes the Liberatore's, Taylor's and Harbuck's right now. Join us. RSVP Jim+ @ frjimbo@msn.com.
We will start up on Wednesday, October 10th at 6:30 pm. Our topic will be "The Best Question Ever."
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| 10/13 2nd Pumpkin Unloading. Be at the church at 9:00 am. SAVE THE DATE |
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Important Dates Coming Up
Place in your date book
10/3 Mission meeting, 6:30pm, room 102
10/19-10/20 Craft Faire
10/27 3rd-6th Grade Lock-In 6:00 pm
11/1 - Daughters of the King All Saints teaching 10-noon All welcome
11/1 - Worship - All Saints Service
7 pm
11/3 - Turn Back You Clock!
11/10-11/11 Fall Festival
11/30-12/2 Parish Retreat
2/5 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper 6:00 pm
2/6 Ash Wednesday
2/17 Bishop's Visitation and Confirmation |
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| BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK |
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Happy Birthday
Jeff Bettencourt, Juliana Cedeno, Amanda Funke, Letitia Farnie, and Landon Smith
Happy Anniversary
Larry and Ogechi Eshleman
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| PRAISE & ACCOLADES |
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Thanks to Richard Stevens who went beyond the call to assist with the Saw You At The Pole Youth Gathering at St. Andrew's last week. Atta boy!
Thanks to Holli Rich and the Altar Guild for such great preparation for the Pet Blessing (including "accident" preparations.) |
| EDITOR OPPORTUNITY |
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| We have an opening for one additional editor for the eFishwrap. You will be trained and work once a month. Contact frjimbo@msn.com
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| WORSHIP TIMES |
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Worship Times
Every Sunday, 8:00 am Rite I worship with organ, 9:15 am Christian Education for all ages, 10:30 am Rite II worship with band. |
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Contacts:
Fax: 281.485.4936
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Are you using your Kroger Card? It helps us to
do ministry. Call 281.485.3843 or email
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| THOUGHT |
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Give Thanks
If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, no discoverable riches but much weakness, small faith and difficulty,...then we hinder god from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Jesus Christ.
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| WHAT IS STEWARDSHIP? |
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It is a lifestyle of generosity built on the sacrificial giving of yourself through sharing, taking time for others, loving, being responsible,
taking care of God's creation, and the financial support of St. Andrew's.
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| HOT BREAKFAST |
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Hot Breakfast
The Hot Breakfast Team heard you. You will
now have Hot Breakfast on 2nd and 4th
Sundays. Come before classes start. Don't
forget your donation help out. |
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Results are in!
The Vesty is pleased to announce the candidates for the October elections. They are:
J.T. Cole, Larry Musick, Ed Woodward, and Jeanette Cooper. You will be given a ballot on Sunday, as required by the Cannons of the Episcopal Church, and we ask that you vote for all four candidates.
-The Vestry Discernment Committee
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| MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES |
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1. Kid's Lock-In - The kids love the 3rd-7th grade Lock-In. But we cannot do it without adults. Will you help? October 27th. With adults, we will do it again this year.
2. Do you know how to say "Hello?" - Care about our church? People make their decisions about a church based on the first 5 minutes on campus. Are you a person who would make a great impression with a smile and a "Good Morning." Let us know. Once a month for 20 minutes.
3. Musical Offering - Play and instrument? Sing? We would love to have you perform something during worship as a special offering.
4. Altar Help - Do you care about our worship? Want to know more about Episcopal worship? Do you want to help make it happen? Once a month ministries are open in worship set up. We will train and love you. Once a month for a few hours.
5. Yuck! - Have you seen the carpet outside room 102? It has never been shampooed. Never! And, it looks it. Would you be willing to shampoo the carpet in the 102 area? It is the equivalent of a few rooms in your house. Help make a great impression. Respond to Fr Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com or 281.485.3843.
6. Like to work with wood? - I need 25 cubes of any kind of wood about 2" square. With the corners slightly rounded. Like giant dice. Need it for November 10th. Can you help? It's for the kids. Thank.
7. We have a small delivery to make to Shriner's Hospital. Anyone willing to deliver them would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Holly at 281-485-3843 or holly.warnowicz@gmail.com.
8. Cans - The Jr. and Sr. Sunday School group is recycling soda cans. Help them out by bringing in your soda (empty) cans. They can be dumped
into the recycling barrel by room 114 in the Worship Building.
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Imagine sitting in the pumpkin patch on a bright sunny day (cooler than today, of course) and reading a story to a group of bright, cheery children who are thrilled to be out of school for an hour and enjoying St. Andrew's Pumpkin Patch.
If this sounds like fun to you, we're looking for a few storytellers to volunteer for a couple of shifts during the month of October. No special skills required other than willingness to talk to children, tell them a little bit about our pumpkin patch and read them a couple of stories.
We need people who would be available at least one hour one weekday next month to join our storytelling team. We provide the stories, coloring sheets and stickers for the kids, you provide the love.
If you are interested, please contact Debbie Allensworth at debbie@standrewspearland.org or 281-485-3843. Thank you!
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Come shop, Come help!
St. Andrew's is sponsoring their 20th Holiday Craft Fair Friday, October 19th and Saturday, October 20th from 10am to 5pm on both days. Please stop by to start your Christmas shopping with our unique group of artists and crafters!
We have a variety of crafters/artists participating this year selling handcrafted items including fall wreaths and décor, handmade purses, Christmas wreaths and stockings, wood crafts, handmade children's clothing, homemade fudge and pralines on-site, beaded crafts, handcrafted jewelry, gift baskets, natural hand and body lotion, Chirstmas ornaments, Christmas gift chests, antique tea cups, silver gift items, potpourri, dream catchers, scrapbooking supplies, hand poured candles, jewelry boxes, painted vases, pottery, painted glassware, handcrafted wrapping paper, yard decorations, fireplace screens, plant stands, rhinestone t-shirts and hats, Mary Kay, gourmet food mixes, Barbie dolls, cookie jars, marshmallow guns, marshmallow roasting bears, and a Dachshund Rescue Booth!
The Boy Scouts will be selling food and drinks. The Daughters of the King are sponsoring a Bake Sale and will be selling our popular cookbook "Divine Cuisine." We are also holding a Silent Auction again this year.
There are still a few areas where Keith and I could use some help with the Craft Fair. Please let me know if you can help us with any of these areas:
§ Bake Sale goodies - we need your cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, cookie bars, coffee cakes, muffins, etc. by Thursday, Oct 18th or no later than 9:00 am Friday, Oct 19th in the Parish Hall kitchen
§ Bake Sale Booth volunteers to sell goodies (please contact Jan Henderson at 281-482-4076 if you can work a 2-hour shift)
§ Set-up Team to assist crafters (Thursday, Oct 18th 3-7 pm and Friday, Oct 19th 7:30-9:30 am)
§ Clean-up Team (Saturday, Oct 20th 5-7 pm)
§ Construct some large wooden signs to place at major intersections around town to advertise Craft Fair (I will place words on signs myself)
§ Donate items for Silent Auction (need by October 14th)
For those of you who have already volunteered/signed up, THANK YOU!
We would REALLY appreciate any assistance you can give us in making this Craft Fair a big success for customers and vendors alike! The proceeds from the Craft Fair go to help support St. Andrew's many ministries.Please contact me if you can help:
832-355-2177 (work)
281-997-2601 (home)
jforsyth@sleh.com
jnkforsyth@comcast.com
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Altar Guild
Sorry to take the "panic" route but we are down to just a few people who are serving on the Altar Guild. The Altar Guild works about once every three weeks (if the people are on the team...now, it is almost once a week) and does the set up and clean up of the worship space.
We must have this ministry or we will need to forfeit communion for a while. I don't believe God is planning on that, so I believe there are 4-5 people who are called to this ministry or one person with a great idea that requires no Altar Guild (hey, God can do anything.)
If you care about worship, like things to go well and look good, and are a behind-the scenes" person, please contact me at frjimbo@msn.com. Search your heart if this is right for you to try out and see if it works.
Thank you.
Jim+ |
| AMAZING FAITHS DINNER DIALOGUES |
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| Thursday, November 15th
7:00pm-9:30pm
The Amazing Faiths Project invites you to participant in the Houston Dinner Dialogues on Thursday, November 15, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Around the table, over a simple dinner, people of diverse backgrounds will break bread together and share their personal thoughts about life, faith, spirituality, and living and working together on this earth. Join us as we build a movement that brings people of diverse faith traditions, and cultural backgrounds together to learn about one another through dialogue, conversation, and fellowship; to create an atmosphere of understanding, respect, and reconciliation; and to stand as witnesses against the climate of intolerance, religious bigotry, and hatred that abounds in the world today. HAVE DINNER, CHANGE YOUR LIFE, TRANSFORM THE WORLD. PLEASE JOIN US FOR DINNER! To register, please visit www.amazingfaithsproject.org, or contact Lauren Foe at (713) 533-4904. THE AMAZING FAITHS PROJECT is Co-Operated by The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University and Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, in partnership with the Office of the Mayor, Houston, Texas. |
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Second Membership Class
This Sunday at 9:15 a.m. we will be offering the second in our membership series of classes for St. Andrew's. This class is called "Building Blocks of Faith" and will be taught in Room 104 in the Worship Building. It is a one hour class and is required for confirmation and is highly recommended for all those joining St. Andrew's or those who are interested in finding out more about their own personal spiritual growth. Please RSVP for this class to Debbie Allensworth at debbie@standrewspearland.orgThank you! Debbie |
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Meeting
Just a reminder, if you are interested in a summer Mission Trip for you or your child/youth, we will be having a general meeting about this Wednesday at 6:30 pm in room 102. RSVP Jenn Neitzey, mneitzey1@comcast.net if you have not already done so. Jim+
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Once a year, much of St. Andrew's takes off to
the piney woods near Navasota for a weekend
away. We go to the Episcopal Camp, Camp Allen.
We stay in nice cabins (you can stay in a motel
as well) and have a weekend of fun and
fellowship. This years retreat is from 11/29-12/2.
We need 8 people to help plan our retreat. We
will have three meetings. Each planner will be
assigned an area to coordinate. Once we have
people, we can have a reatreat.
Contact Jim+ at 281.485.3843 or
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| CALLING ALL KEYS! |
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Greetings to everyone!
If you are involved in counting and depositing the contributions, would you please check your pockets, purses, and cars for the bamk night drop box key and re-deposit it in the vestry office the next time you are at the church.
We need all keys on deck for current and upcoming events.
Thank you for your diligence and commitment!
Blessings,
Beth Bishop
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| PUMPKIN SHIFTS |
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Hi everyone!
Thank you again to all the wonderful people who braved the monsoon to help us finish unloading pumpkins this past Saturday! Awesome job!
This week, we have a few shifts still open that we need to fill ASAP - so if you can take one of these, please reply and i'll add you to the list:
Wednesday, Oct 3 2-4 pm
Thursday, Oct 4 4-6 pm
Saturday, Oct 6 6-8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct 7 10-Noon; 4-6, and 6-8
If one of these shifts won't work for you and you want to work later in the month, let me know and I'll help you find another shift.
Thank you all for your efforts for this years Pumpkin Patch!!
Debbie
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Drivers Needed
Can you spare 3 hours between 9am - 12pm
every 8 weeks to deliver hot meals to elderly,
housebound Pearland seniors? Then you might
be interested in becoming a St. Andrew's "Meals
on Wheels" volunteer.
There are two routes to
drive each day of the week with 10-12 houses
per route. Since each driver only takes one route,
we need 2 drivers per day. We still need 5 regular
drivers,as well as, regular substitutes, to fill up our
weekly delivery schedule for this very important
ministry.
Our next two scheduled weeks for meal deliveries
are: Oct. 22-26 and Dec.17-21. If you are
interested in becoming a driver or being on the
substitute list, please contact Judy Bettencourt
at 713-500-9754 during the day or 713-436-2436
in the evening.
You can also send an email to judith.l.bettencourt@uth.tmc.edu
Special note to PAST Meals on Wheels drivers:
If you have been involved with Meals on Wheels
in the past and are still interested in volunteering,
please contact Judy since we don't have any
documentation on who used to deliver meals. All
you need to get involved are a few hours, a car
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