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the Episcopal church of st. andrew
sixth sunday of easter, 22 may 2022
The Sixth Sunday of Easter - This Sunday we experience the healing power of Jesus. Our 8 o'clock worship is Holy Communion from the Book of Common Prayer. The 10am Eucharist is family-friendly with music led by our choir. It is live-streamed. and the direct link to the YouTube broadcast is HERE. The Order of Service for online worshipers is HERE. The image above is of Santurio de Chimayo in New Mexico.
May Outreach Offering to Navajoland - We hope to raise enough money through our May outreach offering to fund the construction of a tiny house at St. Christopher's Mission in Bluff, Utah.
The community of tiny houses will be used for educational and behavioral health programs and to provide transitional housing. Each house contains a micro-kitchen, a micro-bath, and beds to accommodate as many as two adults and two children within 226 square feet of living space. Once the Clinic is remodeled to become the Catherine Pickett Community Center, in honor of a nurse who joined St. Christopher’s Mission in 1943 to deliver over 500 Navajo children and treat many more, it will offer the residents of these tiny houses two full bathrooms, a full community kitchen, as well as dining and meeting space. The center will host Headstart tutoring and after-school programs, community garden initiatives, AA and Al-Anon meetings, legal services, and behavioral health clinics, none of which are currently being offered in the local vicinity.
Remember that your Last Sunday Offering on 29 May will be matched by our anonymous donors. You make your gift online HERE, place it in the plate on the 29th or send it to St. Andrew's Church, marked for Outreach, P.O. Box 294, New London, NH 03257.
If you are interested in our "pilgrimission" to St. Christopher's this Fall, please be in touch with Lisa Kelly via email (lisankelly@att.net).
Messy Church Celebration on 11 June 2022 - Nicole, Will, Jay and 32 youngsters are having a blast at our after-school program on Friday afternoons along with several church and parent volunteers. We enjoy a snack, play dodgeball, pound African drums in the parish hall, and sing in the sanctuary.
Many of the kiddos are curious about church, so we have scheduled a Messy Church Celebration for Saturday, 11 June from 4-6pm. The fun worship service is centered on arts & crafts and creative activities and is followed by a meal together (the photo above is from our sole Messy Church experience as the pandemic broke). Messy Church connects people of all ages with Jesus and is based on creativity, hospitality and celebration. If you'd like to help with the Messy Church Celebration on 11 June, Jay would love to hear from you!
Holy Land Pilgrimage and Learn of Your Roots - There are now only four places left on our Holy Land Pilgrimage from 27 December 2022 - 8 January 2023. Geared to young people but open to all, the trip includes a 3-day segment in Jordan as well as a week in Israel and the West Bank. The cost is $3,400, flights included, and a detailed brochure is HERE. The photo of the Temple Mount is from our Jerusalem guesthouse.
Margaret Greenwood is one of our pilgrims. As a Senior at KRHS, Margaret has started a successful new business venture: Genealogist for Hire! She writes: "Looking for your roots? Overwhelmed by online sites? I can help!" Experienced and affordable, Margaret invites you to contact her as she raises money for the pilgrimage: 603.748.9051 or mgreenwood328@gmail.com.
Meals for Natalie Davis - Nat's recovery from surgery is taking longer than expected, and she and her husband Dan Allen would be hugely grateful if church volunteers would sign up again to provide and deliver a meal to them on Thursday afternoons. They live on King Hill Road in New London. The Meal Train website makes this easy to coordinate. Just click HERE to sign up and to read what's required. Please call Sharon Blain 313-850-3838 for assistance.
Hosting Outdoor Adventures for Inner-City Youngsters - St. Andrew's has a partnership with summer camps in low-income Boston neighborhoods. After a two-year, Covid-induced hiatus, we'll once again host two groups of campers under the aegis of the Phillips Brooks House Association. Roughly 30 campers and counselors will be with us 19-20 July and a second group from a different Boston neighborhood on 2-3 August. The youngsters (usually a mixed group of boys and girls aged 10-14) get a chance to enjoy the natural beauty of New Hampshire and try out new activities that challenge their spirit and encourage them to grow. The timetable typically looks like this:
Tuesday
We celebrate birthdays this week with Gail Goddard, Harvey Best, Mary Ivey, and Bill Colehower.
Food Bank - St. Andrew's is asked to donate canned fruit in May.
Garden Help Needed - You wouldn't know it by the quality of our landscaping or by watching her work (or ski), but our volunteer gardener Mary Eysenbach isn't far off entering her 10th decade! She needs people to commit to watering twice a week for a 2-week stretch. Or commit to weeding a section of the drip edge. Usual pay rate but the benefits are out of this world. If you can help, please email Mary at eysen@tds.net.
Thrift Shop Accepting Clothes Donations - The Thrift Shop is now accepting Spring and Summer clothing. Please go through your closets and drop off your gently used items when the shop is open: Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 1pm.
Openings on Our Altar Guild - St. Andrew's Altar Guild always welcomes new members. If you are looking for a quiet way to be more involved in church activities, please contact JoAnn Hicks or Judy Ackroyd.
Please Step Up - We need lectors and intercessors to read the Bible and the Prayers of the People in our worship services. And Anne Hall, our Verger, would also love to hear from you if you'd like to carry the cross as crucifer or a candle as an acolyte. We also need individuals, couples and families to serve as ushers. All of these leadership roles come with guidance and a bit of training. Please contact Anne Hall (603.526.8350 or verger@standrewsnl.org) if you are interested and she can provide more information.
Pray for those on our parish prayer list: Morris, Eric Winter, Leni, Gwen Place, Bill Berger, Corey Goodwin, Carol Paige, Chris, Laura, Jessie, Susan & Doran, Angela Behrens, Mike Holt, Al & Gail, Bettine Thomas, Nicole Wakeman, Deb & David, Kate Marshall, Reilly, Dick, Jan Hunt, Janet Benzie, Russell Jacobs, Christina, Robert Murphy, Debbie Knowles, Nate, Christine Taylor, Michael Prosperi, Carol Ryder, Fran Kenney, John Fuller, Cody, Kevin Bland & family, Tuckerman, Christopher Baron & family.
We pray for the repose of the souls of Chet Reynolds and Aaron Gage recently departed.
We remember with thanksgiving William Kieffer, Carol Jordan, Anna Dufault, Leona Chetwind, Donnie Whitcher, Wendell Phillips, Maxine Boyd, Thelma Menard, Margarete Wasilieff, and John Madden.
May Outreach Offering to Navajoland - We hope to raise enough money through our May outreach offering to fund the construction of a tiny house at St. Christopher's Mission in Bluff, Utah.
The community of tiny houses will be used for educational and behavioral health programs and to provide transitional housing. Each house contains a micro-kitchen, a micro-bath, and beds to accommodate as many as two adults and two children within 226 square feet of living space. Once the Clinic is remodeled to become the Catherine Pickett Community Center, in honor of a nurse who joined St. Christopher’s Mission in 1943 to deliver over 500 Navajo children and treat many more, it will offer the residents of these tiny houses two full bathrooms, a full community kitchen, as well as dining and meeting space. The center will host Headstart tutoring and after-school programs, community garden initiatives, AA and Al-Anon meetings, legal services, and behavioral health clinics, none of which are currently being offered in the local vicinity.
Remember that your Last Sunday Offering on 29 May will be matched by our anonymous donors. You make your gift online HERE, place it in the plate on the 29th or send it to St. Andrew's Church, marked for Outreach, P.O. Box 294, New London, NH 03257.
If you are interested in our "pilgrimission" to St. Christopher's this Fall, please be in touch with Lisa Kelly via email (lisankelly@att.net).
Messy Church Celebration on 11 June 2022 - Nicole, Will, Jay and 32 youngsters are having a blast at our after-school program on Friday afternoons along with several church and parent volunteers. We enjoy a snack, play dodgeball, pound African drums in the parish hall, and sing in the sanctuary.
Many of the kiddos are curious about church, so we have scheduled a Messy Church Celebration for Saturday, 11 June from 4-6pm. The fun worship service is centered on arts & crafts and creative activities and is followed by a meal together (the photo above is from our sole Messy Church experience as the pandemic broke). Messy Church connects people of all ages with Jesus and is based on creativity, hospitality and celebration. If you'd like to help with the Messy Church Celebration on 11 June, Jay would love to hear from you!
Holy Land Pilgrimage and Learn of Your Roots - There are now only four places left on our Holy Land Pilgrimage from 27 December 2022 - 8 January 2023. Geared to young people but open to all, the trip includes a 3-day segment in Jordan as well as a week in Israel and the West Bank. The cost is $3,400, flights included, and a detailed brochure is HERE. The photo of the Temple Mount is from our Jerusalem guesthouse.
Margaret Greenwood is one of our pilgrims. As a Senior at KRHS, Margaret has started a successful new business venture: Genealogist for Hire! She writes: "Looking for your roots? Overwhelmed by online sites? I can help!" Experienced and affordable, Margaret invites you to contact her as she raises money for the pilgrimage: 603.748.9051 or mgreenwood328@gmail.com.
Meals for Natalie Davis - Nat's recovery from surgery is taking longer than expected, and she and her husband Dan Allen would be hugely grateful if church volunteers would sign up again to provide and deliver a meal to them on Thursday afternoons. They live on King Hill Road in New London. The Meal Train website makes this easy to coordinate. Just click HERE to sign up and to read what's required. Please call Sharon Blain 313-850-3838 for assistance.
Hosting Outdoor Adventures for Inner-City Youngsters - St. Andrew's has a partnership with summer camps in low-income Boston neighborhoods. After a two-year, Covid-induced hiatus, we'll once again host two groups of campers under the aegis of the Phillips Brooks House Association. Roughly 30 campers and counselors will be with us 19-20 July and a second group from a different Boston neighborhood on 2-3 August. The youngsters (usually a mixed group of boys and girls aged 10-14) get a chance to enjoy the natural beauty of New Hampshire and try out new activities that challenge their spirit and encourage them to grow. The timetable typically looks like this:
Tuesday
- Arrive at 11:30 for a picnic lunch;
- Hike to the summit of Kearsarge or Sunapee;
- Set up camp at Sunapee State Park (primitive sites with lean-tos, water, outhouse);
- Informal ball games and swimming at Sunapee State Beach;
- Cookout with BBQ chicken and vegetarian/halal alternatives;
- Night hike, s'mores and singing around the campfire.
- Breakfast and pack up camp;
- Aerial Adventure Course at Sunapee State Park;
- Cookout lunch (burgers, hot dogs, alternatives) at Sunapee State Beach;
- Swimming and tubing from Sunapee State Beach;
- Depart for Boston at 2pm.
We celebrate birthdays this week with Gail Goddard, Harvey Best, Mary Ivey, and Bill Colehower.
Food Bank - St. Andrew's is asked to donate canned fruit in May.
Garden Help Needed - You wouldn't know it by the quality of our landscaping or by watching her work (or ski), but our volunteer gardener Mary Eysenbach isn't far off entering her 10th decade! She needs people to commit to watering twice a week for a 2-week stretch. Or commit to weeding a section of the drip edge. Usual pay rate but the benefits are out of this world. If you can help, please email Mary at eysen@tds.net.
Thrift Shop Accepting Clothes Donations - The Thrift Shop is now accepting Spring and Summer clothing. Please go through your closets and drop off your gently used items when the shop is open: Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 1pm.
Openings on Our Altar Guild - St. Andrew's Altar Guild always welcomes new members. If you are looking for a quiet way to be more involved in church activities, please contact JoAnn Hicks or Judy Ackroyd.
Please Step Up - We need lectors and intercessors to read the Bible and the Prayers of the People in our worship services. And Anne Hall, our Verger, would also love to hear from you if you'd like to carry the cross as crucifer or a candle as an acolyte. We also need individuals, couples and families to serve as ushers. All of these leadership roles come with guidance and a bit of training. Please contact Anne Hall (603.526.8350 or verger@standrewsnl.org) if you are interested and she can provide more information.
Pray for those on our parish prayer list: Morris, Eric Winter, Leni, Gwen Place, Bill Berger, Corey Goodwin, Carol Paige, Chris, Laura, Jessie, Susan & Doran, Angela Behrens, Mike Holt, Al & Gail, Bettine Thomas, Nicole Wakeman, Deb & David, Kate Marshall, Reilly, Dick, Jan Hunt, Janet Benzie, Russell Jacobs, Christina, Robert Murphy, Debbie Knowles, Nate, Christine Taylor, Michael Prosperi, Carol Ryder, Fran Kenney, John Fuller, Cody, Kevin Bland & family, Tuckerman, Christopher Baron & family.
We pray for the repose of the souls of Chet Reynolds and Aaron Gage recently departed.
We remember with thanksgiving William Kieffer, Carol Jordan, Anna Dufault, Leona Chetwind, Donnie Whitcher, Wendell Phillips, Maxine Boyd, Thelma Menard, Margarete Wasilieff, and John Madden.