News from St. Andrew's

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
Greeter for Sunday School Welcome Coordinator - weekly with time off
Facility Promoter-help us rent out the facilities

Free Money!

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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.

Chrisitne Lusk - mphdv8@yahoo.com

Vestry News

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9/21/10 Vestry Meeting

Approved that the following slate of candidates - Rebecca Maxwell and Joe Donaldson- be accepted for the 2010 Vestry Election and, be it further resolved, that they be elected by acclamation and no parish election held (due to the fact we have 6 vacancies coming up).

Approved to provisionally accept Mark Farnie (the vestry had not heard back from him prior to the meeting) for the 2010 Vestry Election by acclamation and no parish election held.

Approved to reduce the number of Vestry positions from fifteen (15) to twelve (12) effective 1/25/2011.

Approved the following Stewardship Statement: We know that God Passionately loves us and all creation. We believe that the generous use of our gifts and resources is a faithful response to God's love and helps us to overcome our fear of scarcity. Inspired by God's abundant gifts and prayerful reflection, we commit ourselves to lead by example; to share our vision of stewardship; to offer our special talents and gifts to the glory of God; to talk openly about money and ministry; to examine our individual pledge with respect to proportional giving; and to increase or pledge by at least 1 % of our income per year, working toward the tithe (10%) as a standard of our giving. We invite you to join us in joyfully making this commitment.

Vestry approved the payment of $9,000.00 (approximately 20% increase to 2010) of the proposed 2011 Missionary Asking of $28,246.

Approved the appointment of Bobby Nicholls as Council Representative for 2011-2014.

Approved to allow Cary McDonald the opportunity to form a team to determine the feasibility of a 2011 Casino Night fund raiser.

Approved Jennifer Neitzey to serve as Eucharistic Minister.

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 November. 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

Halloween Cookie Decorating
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Dear Friends,

We will be decorating cookies on Trick or Treat in The Patch Night again this year. I would love to have your help. The date is Sunday, October 24th from 6:30-7:30 pm.

Here is what you would be agreeing to do.
o       Be here to help set up or clean up (you need only pick one)
o       Set up decorating materials on your table
o       Take one table of six 10 years old and under decorators
o       Provide 2 cookies each to each decorator
o       Resupply cookies and decorating as children come and go
o      Clean up

If you are interested, please reply to me either

□ I will help from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
or
□ I will help from 6:30 till 7:45 pm

Thank you,
Jim+

New Adult Class - Old Testament

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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.

Baptisms

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Daphne Rose Gould on Sunday September 26, 2010.

Daughters of the King

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The Daughters of the King 2010-2011 Officers were installed Sunday, September 26th at the 8:00 service. The Daughters of the King is an order for women who are communicants of the Episcopal Church. Please join us on Saturday morning.

President..............Barbara Kinsey
Vice President...........Jeanette Cooper
Secretary/Treasurer...Melissa Porter

4 Week Class on Islam

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Are you interested in a 4 week class on Islam? If so, email me at frjimbo@msn.com.

Dive into the rich tradition and cultural fabric of Islam, including what it means to be Muslim in modern America. Hear Muslim women offer their perspective on their traditions and roles, examine the effect of 9/11 on the West's view of Islam, and understand the Islamic holiday of Ramadan. Confront the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as you listen to a Palestinian and a Jew who have risen above personal tragedy to join forces in an effort to end hatred and war.

I will offer the class: Sunday, starting 1/16/11 @ 9:15 am, room 102 and Wednesday, starting 11/3/10 @ 6:30 pm, room 102

Thank you.

Jim+

Want to Know More about the Episcopal Church?

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All Things Anglican

Save the Date

Want to know the secrets? New to the Episcopal Church? Going to get confirmed or received? Join Jim Liberatore on Sunday, October 24th at 9:20 am. Bring your breakfast.

RSVP Click Here

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

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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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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

Let us Know

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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

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