Craig Allen needs blood. He has leukemia and need a lot right now. Craig is a member of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church on Scarsdale. Craig's pastor, Randy, is my neighbor.

On March 30th, Mt. Olive is having a Blood Drive for Craig. Let's help. I have sign up sheets with me for the 3/30 drive at Mt. Olive. You can come to church and go to Mt Olive and give or give at Mt. Olive and then come to worship at St. Andrew's.   You may directly donate blood to leukemia patient Craig Allen by going to St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and mentioning that you are donating for Ronald Craig Allen. You may do this any time the SLEH Blood Bank is open.

Please consider showing our love for a fellow Christian with the gift we cannot duplicate.  See me on Sunday to sign up.

Jim+

Thank you all for your support of the Workcampers.

Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com

Wednesday June 11th is Episcopal Night at the Astros. Join thousands of other Episcopalians for the game. Tickets are reduced for Episcopalians that evening if repurchased. More details later

St. Andrew's will have a group in the Field Boxes. Otherwise, you can purchase your own seats in any of the levels. If you tentatively want me to contact you about seats in the Filed Boxes ($23.50,) let me know. If you want to start you own group in other levels let me know and I will get you started.

Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com

Easter is the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox.  This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.

Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is pretty rare. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! 

The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!). The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now).  The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year! 

Congratulations, Matthew Murray!  Matthew earned 1st place honors in the Boys 10 and under, 50yd breaststroke at the Texas Age Group Swimming Championships this month on his birthday!  Over 1,000 of the state's fastest swimmers ages 8-14 competed in boy's and girl's events for their claim as State Champion.

Matthew also placed 4th in the 100 yard breaststroke and improved his state rankings in the 100 yd individual medley and 100 yd freestyle events. Matthew's 50 and 100 yard breastroke times, 36.01 and 1:18.80 respectively, were fast enough to achieve AAAA status, which is the top time standard USA Swimming establishes to represent the fastest 16 swimmers in the country for each age and event.

Matthew Murray is a 4th grader at Massey Ranch Elementary and serves as an acolyte at the 10:30 worship service.

Sisters and Brothers, by the generous support of the Quin Foundation, we have the funds to hire a part time Youth Minister. The harder part will be to find this person.  I ask you to pray that God will rise up the right person for us and I would like you to consider people you know who might be appropriate to contact for the ministry or families who might have acquaintances who would be interested. The person must be a Christian with a passion for youth. Beyond that, I can train them.

ANNIVERSARIES: John and Kristen Dodge, Judy and Jeff Bettencourt