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The Fishwrap
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
2535 E. Broadway, Pearland, TX 77581
281.485.3843 www.standrewspearland.org
Sunday
8:00 am: Rite I with organ 9:15 am: Christian Education 10:30 am: Rite II with band
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September 26, 2010 Issue 77
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| Pumpkins are Coming
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 Please plan to attend one or more of the unloads....
Saturday, September 25th at 9AM
Saturday, October 9th at 9AM
Sunday, October 19 at 3PM
If you have any questions, please contact me at 281-485-3843 or debbie@standrewspearland.org.
Thank you! Debbie Allensworth |
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| New Adult Class - Marriage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Standing at the altar, we all had a picture of what our marriage would look like. The problem is this picture of marriage results in expectations that we unload on our spouse. The weight of these expectations will rob your marriage of love and joy. As a spouse you never feel like you measure up and you never feel like you are good enough.
So what are you to do with your expectations? You can't deny them, because most expectations started out as God-given desires. In this series, Andy Stanley explains that you must learn to transform your expectations and look to God if you are to experience marriage as it was designed. DVD and discussion. Jim+ will facilitate. Christine will keep him honest!
Starts, Sunday October 3rd for 6 weeks
$2
RSVP Jim+ click here
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Calling all Animal Lovers!
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Bring your critter to the Annual Pet Blessing on Sunday, October 10th at either morning service.
Yes, we want you to bring your pet to be blessed on this day - St. Francis Day.
You will receive a medallion for your pet as well. Have your friends bring their pets as well. If you absolutely cannot bring your pet, bring one picture.
Bring your pet to church! -- Invite your friends
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Free Money!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back in 2008, we initiated a Capital Campaign to pay off the Quin Loan which helped build our beautiful family life center. For this campaign, the Quin Foundation gave us a 2 for 1 offer of forgiving 2 dollars for every 1 dollar repaid of the loan. Many of you signed up to help us tackle this debt and gain free money.
Total pledges raised for the campaign were $191,246.67 which will pay off the $421,829.25 Quin loan! This is a 3 year campaign and we will be ending our second year soon. For this reason I wanted to give you an update on how we were doing.
To date, we have collected $63,748.67 of the pledges. At 33% of the pledges we are a bit behind, we should end of this year at 66%. Many families pay their capital campaign pledge at the end of each calendar year so we anticipate staying on course. If you have fallen behind, please consider jumping back on the "free money" band wagon! If you are new to St. Andrews and want to jump on the "free money" band wagon - we would love to have you!
The Quin Capital Campaign and the 2 for 1 offer will end December 2011. We can do it St. Andrews! If you have questions about the Quin Capital Campaign please contact me or any vestry member.
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Rock U. Children's Ministry - Our School Year Has Begun!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome back from summer vacation! The school year has started and I wanted to check in with all of you parents and give you a few dates to put on your calendars and some reminders about what we have to offer at St. Andrew's for your children ages 18 months - 5th Grade.
* Classes started Sunday, August 29. The classes for this year are:
Classes are from 9:15-10:15 a.m.
Class/Teachers
Toddlers & 2's - Room 308/Kristin Hearn & Christine Liberatore
Preschool/Pre-K - Room 307/Shelly Bauer & Nikki Adams
K-1st Grade - Room 303/Christina Mortenson & Lisa Hardin
2nd - 3rd Grade - Room 304/5/Anne Harland & Glenn Smith
4th-5th Grade - Room 306/Chelsea Egmon & Darrel Borden & Wade Egmon
Oversight & Helping where needed--Shannon Campbell & Susan Bolin
Annual Parent Meeting
If you missed the Annual Parent Meeting, packets will be sent to your home this coming week with information and sign up sheets for the year.
Important Dates
* Sunday, September 19th - The Church Has Left the Building - no classes or worship this day, sign up for a community service project and join us for an evening celebration at 5 p.m.
* Saturday, September 25th - 9 a.m. - 1st Pumpkin unloading of the year!!!!
* Sunday, September 26th - Large Group Event for Rock U - Parents and all children ages toddlers - 5th Grade - join us in the Parish Hall at 9:15 a.m. for our first Large Group Family Event of the year (this is instead of Sunday School - no adult classes on this day). Come and find out what all the buzz is about.
Special Requests
* Please do not allow your child to bring toys/games/electronics/dolls, etc to Rock U or God Rocks. We cannot be responsible for these items and they are a distraction for the class. A rule of thumb, if it is not allowed at school, please do not bring it to Christian Education either.
*We need subs! If you are willing to offer your services as a substitute for either Rock U (Christian education at 9:15) or God Rocks! (Children's worship at 10:30), please let us know - we will train you :)
Thank you all for sharing your wonderful children with us! We look forward to a great year and it's because of all of you that we are able to offer this ministry to all of our children.
Debbie
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Fusion News
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YES is a weekend retreat for youth 7-9th grade that affirms God's love for us and allows you to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in a unique way.
Happening is a weekend retreat for youth 10 -12th grade that encourages participation in one's own parish and youth group and helps answer many of today's questions of how Christianity is relevant to youth today.
YES and Happening dates for this school year: Nov. 19 - 21
Jan. 21 -23
April 29 - May 1
For more information, go to www.epicenter.org
You can find forms for registration here: http://www.epicenter.org/edot/Forms.asp?SnID=407786740
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| Craft Fair - Save the Date - Be a Vendor
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www.myStandrewscraft.com for applications and more information.
Booths are available: - Inside Booths - 10' X 8' - $100
- Outside Covered Booths - 10' X 10' - $70
- Outside uncovered Booths - 10' X 10' - $40
- Table and Electricity - $10 each
Mention "Fishwrap" to receive St. Andrew Members' Discount
Contact Jeanette Cooper 281.485.9850
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| Volunteer Needs
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Do any of these opportunities fit your gifts and interests?
- 9:15 am Children's Teacher - will train you and you will work with another "seasoned" teacher
- 10:30 am God Rocks! PreK-2nd leader for the worship during the 10:30 service - training and other team members provided
- Finance Team Clerk - once a month
- Office Assistance- once a week or "on call"
- Greeter for Sunday School Welcome Coordinator - weekly with time off
- Facility Promoter-help us rent out the facilities
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| All Saints Day
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Each year, the Church remembers on November 1st those who followed Christ, All Saints Day. We will observe All Saints on Sunday, 11/7, this year.
The evening before All Saints Day is All Hallows Eve or, as you know it Halloween. Yes, Halloween derives from a Church service. The day after All Saints Day, November 2nd, is All Souls Day where we remember those who have died.
Our All Saints Service on 11/7 will combine all three days. We will remember those who have died who are special to us. We also will light candles for those who have gone, before us, to a Greater Life.
To prepare for All Saints, please give us those names of loved ones you wish remembered by name in the prayers. See you on the 7th.
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| Get the Picture!
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Several parishioners are in the process of assisting us with making a new pictorial directory. Please smile brightly when you are approached for your family's picture on a Sunday morning before, between and after the services.
We will take pictures through October. Thank you.
Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com
Photographers
Brittany Porter Terry Brown Christina Sampson
Jason and Nikki Adams Debbie Mayfield Wade and Chelsea Egmon
Benjamin Nye Judy Bettencourt Luis and Julianna Cedeno |
| New Group Forming - Join Us!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  The Gospel in Life- Explore ways to live it out the Gospel in your everyday life. New 8 week group forming,
Starts Wednesday, 9/22 @ 6:30 pm.
Meeting in room 102. Childcare upon request. $10
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Halloween Cookie Decorating
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We will decorate Halloween cookies again this year with the children (2 years through 5th grade) on the Trick or Treat in the Patch night, Sunday, October 24th. The Trick or Treat starts at 6:30 pm. The cookie decorating will start right after the first trick-or-treater. Come after being in the Patch.
Want to help? Click Here
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| Membership Class
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If you are new to St. Andrew's and want to know more about your church, join me this Sunday, September 26th at 9:20 am in room 102 in between the services
One class -Bring your breakfast over from the Parish Hall
Jim+ |
| New Adult Class - Old Testament
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beginning October 17, Fr. Joe's class will begin a 24-week course on the Old Testament.
The DVD lectures are by Professor Amy Jill Levine, PhD, of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. This course is a scholarly introduction to how the Hebrew Bible was produced over a period of perhaps eight centuries, what it meant to the writers and editors over this long birth, and what meanings it may have to modern Christians and Jews.
The cost for the 24 classes is $15.00, a real bargin considering what a Graduate School course costs. The home work will be reading in the Old Testament. |
| Thanks to...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Way to go Garage Sale Helpers!!!
Christine & Tom Lusk
Larry & Donna Musick
Bobby Nicholls
Merv Taylor
David & Carol Purdy
Ed & Tyler Carrette
Tom & Joyce Bell
Ed Woodward
Darrel Borden
Cary, Jesse & Bettie Dru McDonald
Mike & Christina Sampson
Judy & Suzy Bettencourt
Shannon & Jeff Campbell
Mark & Kyle Neitzey
Anne & Craig Harland
Katie Cordes
Jeff, Judy, Suzy & Matthew Bettencourt
Roxie Woodard
Julianna Cedeno
Matt Cowley
Boswell Family
Jim Lawless
Tito Martinez
Maria Osuna
Janie Hernandez |
| Welcome New Members
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zac & Catherine Gruetzner and their son Tag
Laurie Metcalf and her son Jordan |
| Baptisms
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Christopher Daluchi Eshleman, Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
| Want to Know More about the Episcopal Church?
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All Things Anglican  Save the DateWant to know the secrets? New to the Episcopal Church? Going to get confirmed or received? Join Jim Liberatore on Sunday, October 24th at 9:15 am. Bring your breakfast. RSVP Click Here
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Finances - August 31st
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Don't know if you are current in your giving? Contact me at the email address below and I'll be happy to send you a statement.
Actual Budgeted Difference
Disbursed $ 265,745 $ 277,742 $11,997 under budget
Receipts $ 262,860 $ 276,847 $ 13,987 under funded
Long Term Debt $466,181.81
Operating bank balance 1/1/2010 was $15,604.98
You may combine your giving into one check if it is more convenient for you. Just be sure to mark the breakdown on the memo line so I know how to properly enter it. All undesignated checks go into operating to cover general budgeted disbursements.
Questions?
Beth Bishop bookkeeper@standrewspearland.org |
| Renew your Kroger Card and Support St.Andrew's
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  YOU MUST RENEW YOUR CARD NOW OR IT WILL NOT BE VALID.
Support St. Andrew's through your shopping at Kroger.
Click this link.
We earned over $2,500 by linking our Kroger Cards to St. Andrew's. A percentage of each purchase went to fund our ministries. Each year, we must relink our Kroger Card. We will start earning money on July 1st only if we relink our cards.
Print the attached and take it to your Kroger when you shop next and have the cashier link your card with St. Andrew's. The instructions are on the flyer. You only need to link it once and you are done for the year!
Thank you for supporting St. Andrew's in this way. |
| Childcare Needed
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The Montalbano family, friends of St. Andrew's, is looking for a full time caregiver for son Jeffrey. Wendy Montalbano 713 302-1364
Hi everyone,
My family will be in need of a part-time caregiver for our children beginning in late November. We are looking for someone to watch our two children ages 2 1/2 and 6 months in our Silverlake home during the evenings. The hours would be from 3:30-8:30 pm, Monday-Thursday.It could be all 4 days or just a 2 or 3 days if that works better. If you or anyone you know would like more information please feel free to contact me.
Thank You,
Christina Mortenson
(832) 594-3514
mortenson24@gmail.com
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| Pearland Little League Shirts
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Shirts will be available at Koza's. They will be $10 for all youth and adult S-XL. Adult sizes 2XL and 3XL are $12.50. A percentage of sales will go to Pearland Little League.
Go Pearland!!!
J.T. Cole, VP of Sales
Koza's, Inc.
2910 S. Main
Pearland, TX 77581
jtc@kozas.com
281-485-1462 office
281-850-2386 cell |
| Let us Know
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whenever you or someone in your immediate family participates in something special or achieves something special, let me know. We want to share our good fortune with others.
Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com |
| Facebook
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  We now have a presence on the popular social networking website, Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, just click on the box to the left to become a fan of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
If you do not yet have your own profile on Facebook, you can get started in just minutes.
To go to the St. Andrew's page Click Here
To set up a Facebook account www.facebook.com |
Blog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am now putting my devotions and a few other things on a Blog. click hereJim+ | | Quick Links...
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| Calendar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Important Dates Coming Up - Place in your date book
September 25 Pumpkin Unloading (tentative) - 9 am
September 26 Rock U. Large/Family Group Day
October 9 Pumpkin Unloading #2 (tentative) - 9 am
October 10 Parish Elections & Pet Blessing
October 15-16 Craft Fair
October 19 Pumpkin Unloading #3 (tentative) - 3 pm
October 24 Trick of Treat in the Pumpkin Patch
October 24 Rock U. Large/Family Group Day
November 4
Casino Night Fundraiser for Operating Budget
November 24 Thanksgiving Service - 7 pm
November 28 Rock U. Large/Family Group Day
December 12 Christmas Pageant - 6 pm
December 24 Christmas Services 7 and 10 pm
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| RSS feed For the Church Calendar
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We just added a new RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication - Click here) to the online Church calendar Click here.
Now you can use the power of RSS to keep up to date with a list of upcoming events when you subscribe (no fee) to the RSS feed using Outlook, a Web browser or a favorite feed reader, such as Google Reader.
To get started, simply click the RSS icon on your preview calendar or on your Web browser's toolbar. It works like other RSS feeds. | | Contacts
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| Recycling
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cans - Room 114 or the recycle bin next to the drink machine in the Worship Building
Ink Cartridges - 3 recycle boxes on campus
Eye Glasses - Collection bin in entryway of the Worship Building
Cell Phones - Bring to the office
Batteries - Bring to the office
Paper - We have 2 collection bins in the west parking lot
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Office Hours
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8:00 am - 12 Noon 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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