October 2011

THE RED DOOR

ST. ANDREW’S

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The Rev. Gayle Hansen Browne,

Vicar

Come Grow With Us

HARVEST CELEBRATION Sunday, October 30

3-5pm—Ride combine & more 5pm—Bless the harvest

Meet at our cornfield in Highland County

Potluck Supper afterwards at Bob & Liz Rea’s Lake House

(see From the Vicar article, p.2, for driving instructions)

Ride the combine! Bless the trucks!

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Inside this issue…

From the Vicar. . . p. 2 Blessing of Animals Come Grow Harvest Celebration

Weekly Worship & Education p. 3 Vision Statement p.3

Healing Service Information p.3

The Well Update p.3 How to Give Altar Flowers p.4 2012 Financial Campaign p.4 St. Andrew’s Cat’s Meow p.4 Thank You for Workday p.4 Rally Weekend & Thanks p.5 Monthly Ministries p.6

Birthdays & Anniversaries p.6 October Calendar p.7

Looking Ahead p.8

FROM THE VICAR…

The month of October begins with a

blessing and ends with a blessing—

the Blessing of Animals on the first

weekend and the Blessing of our

Come Grow with Us harvest on the

last. I hope that all of you will make time to

participate in both blessings for a blessed Oc-

tober.

In Christ,

Mother Gayle+

BLESSING OF ANIMALS

2:00 PM, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 ST. ANDREW’S CHURCHYARD

Cats, dogs, hamsters, lizards and the like, as well as farm animals and whatever else you are able to transport are—all welcome.

COME GROW WITH US HARVEST CELEBRATION

Sunday, October 30 Directions to the Cornfield

The field is located at the corner of Highway 50 and North Beach Road in Highland County. From St. Andrew’s, you travel South on US 41 to Greenfield—14 miles. Then, follow signs for Rt. 753 through Greenfield. Out of Greenfield, travel 10 miles on St. Rt. 753 S. to Rainsboro. Turn right on US Rt. 50 towards Hillsboro. Stay on Rt. 50 West for 4 miles. Turn left on North Beach Road. There is a motel (Tu Lakes Motel) at the corner of this intersection. Park in the motel parking lot. The field is next to the motel on the left side of North Beach Rd. and is marked with our “Come Grow With Us” sign. Travel time is approximately 35-40 minutes. See front page for times and events. An article describing the harvesting process is post-ed on our website—www.standrewswch.org. Directions for the potluck supper at Liz and Bob Rea’s house will be distributed at the cornfield on that Sunday.

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SAINT ANDREW’S

WEEKLY WORSHIP & EDUCATION

Sundays 9:00AM Sunday School and Adult/

Teen Study Group 10:00AM Holy Eucharist with tradi-

tional hymns and contemporary music, Nursery and Children’s Chapel

Noon Holy Eucharist (a brief service without music; sometimes Morning Prayer will be held instead.)

Tuesdays

10:30AM Adult Study Group 5:00-6:00PM Time Out w/the Vicar

at the Willow First Wednesday of the Month

6:00PM Holy Communion with pray-ers for health and healing.

VISION STATEMENT

To grow relationships with God, self, others and all creation by inviting and welcoming people of all ages into an intimate, compassionate communi-ty with a focus on spiritual nurture, education and service to our neighbors in the counties surround-ing Washington Court House. In short, we want to be a congregation that invites others to

COME GROW WITH US

A ministry of St. Andrew’s in

partnership with 32 other area

churches. OCTOBER CHALLENGE: Toys & Towels

FREE STORE NEED: We would like to have a

few more linear clothing racks in order to

expand our sorting space. Please see con-

tact information below to volunteer.

COMMUNITY MEAL NEED: We are looking

for enough volunteers to field a team for a

Thursday night meal (in addition to the Tues-

day night meal). Please see Contact Infor-

mation below to volunteer. WELL HOURS Free Store Tuesdays 9-11am Thursdays 9-11am Sorting Mondays 6-8pm Tuesdays 11am-1pm Free Meal Tuesdays 5:30-6:30pm Loads of Love Tuesdays 5-8pm Wednesdays 11am-2pm

Contact Information

740-333-5088 www.wellsunnyside.org

email: wellsunnyside@yahoo.com

HEALING SERVICE Holy Communion with

Prayers for Health and Healing

Wednesday, October 5—6:00 pm

Lector: P. Luneborg Litanist: S. Timmons

Prayer Teams: P. Luneborg, S. Timmons

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HOW TO GIVE

ALTAR FLOWERS

Parishioners who participated in our August Town Hall Meeting made numerous sugges-tions for providing altar flowers. Here are the ones we have decided to implement:

As before, you can sign up to have Clau-dia Coe order the flowers from our floral provider, parishioner Kendra Hernandez, Back-en-Thyme. The cost is $44.00. Claudia collects the money and places the order. You let Claudia know (335-0927) what dedication you would like to have in the Sunday bulletin (please do so by the Tues-day preceding your Sunday). Also, if no one has signed up for a Sunday and you decide you want to, please let Claudia know by Tuesday.

Or, you can indicate on the sign-up sheet (or notify Claudia by Tuesday) that you will provide the flowers yourself for a Sunday—either from home gardens or your own purchase. Please notify Claudia about the dedication as indicated above.

Or, you may make a monetary donation to the Memorial Fund designated for “Altar Flowers”. In this case, there is no specific dedication because we only draw on the fund to supply flowers when no one has signed up.

Currently, there is a sign- up sheet on the bul-letin board in Story Fellowship Hall with op-portunities to provide flowers through Ad-vent. Sometime in November Claudia will post a sign-up sheet for 2012.

KEITH FOSTER TO LEAD ST. ANDREW’S 2012 FINANCIAL

COMMITMENT CAMPAIGN

For the third year, Keith Foster will take the reigns for our Fall Financial Commitment Campaign. This annual campaign provides parishioners and friends of the parish with the opportunity to pledge monetary support to fund St. Andrew’s mission and ministry for the coming year—this year for 2012. Kickoff for the campaign will be on Sunday, October 9. Pledge cards will be distributed to those in attendance on that Sunday and mailed to those not in attendance during the following week.

ST. ANDREW'S CAT'S MEOW

Remember the “St. An-drew’s Cat’s Meow” keepsakes we ordered in

2002? In response to several requests, we plan to order similar ones in time for Christmas. The cost is $15, and we are placing an order sheet in Story Hall. Questions? Call Sue Tim-mons 335-5351.

THANK YOU FOR WORKDAY

Thank you to all who helped with our outside work day on Saturday, September 10 We had 20 workers—the most we've had in a long time. In addition, several who could not come on Saturday came during the week to pitch in. We painted, worked on landscaping, trimmed trees, cleaned out gutters, power-washed, sowed grass seed, and much more. Please check the poster in the Parish Hall for jobs that still need to be done. Or, if you are una-ble to help in person, please consider helping us hire outside help.

Thanks again, Bob Timmons, Junior Warden

A BIG THANK YOU — to Kim Stover and Jane Stout for keeping

the Memorial Garden and many other areas weed-free and looking wonderful

throughout the spring and summer.

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WHAT A GREAT TIME!!! RALLY WEEKEND

THIS WEEKEND WAS BROUGHT TO US BY . . .

RALLY SUNDAY: Coordi-

nated by Liz Rea. Special

thanks to Kim Stover for

helping with Sunday

School and to Pauline

Foster and Mary Link for

kitchen clean-up after the

Potluck. Thanks, also to

Chris Tokarz for provid-

ing outdoor games. Pho-

tographers—Sharon Ma-

vis (Sunday School and

Worship), Shannon Ja-

cobs and Julia Hidy

(Potluck).

WINE AND CHEESE BLOCK PARTY: Coordinated by

John and Mary Link, Gary and Jane Stout, Bob and

Sue Timmons. Photographer—Barbara Kowalski.

ACADEMY OF SCHOLARS DINNER: Coordinated by

Bob Rea, (overall event), John Link (kitchen), Sue

Timmons (decorations), Jon Sauer (servers and enter-

tainment), Mariann Wright (desserts). Photographer—

Chris Tokarz. Special thanks to The Willow for cater-

ing the food and to Vicki Staffan for donating ice from

Roller Haven. Special thanks to Liz Rea for helping

Bob Rea haul numerous tables and chairs and to Tom

Trimmer for holding umbrellas, overseeing cleanup,

and even retrieving balloons from the ceiling. Special

thanks to Washington Middle and High School teachers

for serving as waiters and waitress and to the DJ’s un-

der the tent for a rollicking good time. And, a special

thanks to numerous St. Andrew’s parishioners who

helped with set-up and clean-up, serving plates and

washing dishes, as well as all of the folks who baked or

bought “tons” of delicious cookies, cupcakes, brown-

ies, and more for dessert.

AND MOST OF ALL—THANKS TO

270 SCHOLARS AND THEIR PARENTS FOR

SUPPORTING SUCH OUTSTANDING STUDENTS.

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MINISTRY AT ST. ANDREW’S

October 2, 2011

Altar Guild C. Coe, T. Rawlins

Ushers G. Stout, S. Timmons

Greeter D. Ladd

Acolytes T. Rinehart (Crucifer)

B. Rea (Server)

Euch. Min. R. Timmons

Prayer Team D. McKinney, J. Stout

Nursery J. Stout, K. Stover

Fellowship To be announced (TBA)

Flowers S. Timmons

October 9, 2011

Altar Guild M. Link, J. Stout

Ushers G. Marks, B. Rea

Greeter J. Stout

Acolytes R. Trimmer (Crucifer)

Sharon Mavis (Server)

Euch. Min. C. Coe

Prayer Team G. Stout, P.Luneborg

Nursery S. Timmons, P. Luneborg

Fellowship TBA

Flowers See sign-up sheet

October 16, 2011

Altar Guild S. Oesterle, M. Wright

Ushers D. Ladd, G. Stout

Greeter S. Timmons

Acolytes Josh Rinehart (Crucifer)

Tim Rinehart (Server)

Euch. Min. S. Timmons

Prayer Team J. Stout, M. Link

Nursery M. Link, L. Foster

Fellowship TBA

Flowers See sign-up sheet

October 23, 2011

Altar Guild C. Caldwell, P. Leeth Ushers R. Wright, D. McKinney

Greeter M. Link

Acolytes B. Rea (Crucifer)

Sharon Mavis (Server)

Euch. Min. G. Stout

Prayer Team V. Staffan, M. Wright

Nursery K. Stover, S. Timmons

Fellowship TBA

Flowers See sign-up sheet

October 30, 2011

Altar Guild C. Coe, T. Rawlins

Ushers R. Caldwell, C. Caldwell

Greeter D. Ladd

Acolytes J. Rinehart (Crucifer)

T. Rinehart (Server)

Euch. Min. R. Wright

Prayer Team D. McKinney, G. Stout

Nursery P. Luneborg, J. Stout

Fellowship TBA

Flowers See sign-up sheet

October Birthdays and Anniversaries

1 Jenny (Bienz) Breedlove, Hannah Case 3 Pamela McKinney Yahn, Gordon Marks 4 Naomi Miller 5 Paul Peters, Jason Bryan 6 Molly (Timmons) Smith 7 Ron Coe 9 Tammy Reisinger, Sally McConkey 10 Pat Bienz 14 Matthew Burbage 17 Avery Roger Bennett, Jackson Stover 22 Tracy Bryan 24 Scott Flynn, Jennifer Browne MacIsaac, Joseph Hassman, Nathan Hassman 30 Jason Link, Don Ladd

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2pm Blessing of Animals—churchyard

2 9am Educa-tion—all ages 10am Worship 11:15am Fellowship Noon Worship

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8pm AA

4 10:30am Study Group 5pm Time Out at the Willow

5 6pm Holy Commun-ion with Prayers for Health and Healing 7pm Choir Practice

6 12:30pm Euchre 7pm WAA 8pm AA

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Mother Gayle’s Day Off Office Closed

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9 2012 PLEDGE KICKOFF 9am Educa-tion—all ages 10am Worship 11:15am Fellowship Noon Worship

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3pm Healing Service at Country Glenn

8pm AA

11 10:30am Study Group 5pm Time Out at the Willow

6-10pm VFW

12 11:30 CAC Board (CAC Building) 7pm Choir Practice

13—7am The Well Board (at the Well) 12:30pm Euchre 7pm WAA 8pm AA

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Mother Gayle’s Day Off Office Closed

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16 9am Educa-tion—all ages 10am Worship 11:15am Fellowship Noon Worship

17 8pm AA

18 8:30am FCMA (Our Place) 10:30am Study Group 5pm Time Out at the Willow

19 Noon Continuum of Care (CAC Building) 7pm Choir Practice

20 12:30pm Euchre

7pm WAA 8pm AA

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Mother Gayle’s Day Off Office Closed

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23 USUAL SUN-DAY SCHEDULE (See above)

24 8pm AA

25—10:30am Study Group 2:30pm Communion at Carlton Manor 5pm Time Out at the Willow

26 7pm Choir Practice

27 12:30pm Euchre

7pm WAA 8pm AA

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Mother Gayle’s Day Off Office Closed

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30—USUAL SCHEDULE 11:30AM Vestry 3:00PM Harvest Celebration

31 8pm AA

PLEASE NOTE TIMES BELOW FOR Blessing of Come Grow with Us Harvest 3-5pm Rides 5pm Blessing Potluck Supper following Meet at our Cornfield —call church office for directions—335-2129

October 2011

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Looking Ahead to November/December

November 6 All Saints Sunday: Blessing of Pledges, Celebration Meal, “Town Hall” 11-12 137th Convention of the Diocese of Southern Ohio ( near Dayton) 12 Coats for Kids Distribution 20 Ministry Area Coordinators’ Meeting (after worship, with lunch at Rectory) 27 First Sunday of Advent and Celebration of Feast of St. Andrew December 3 Parish Christmas Party at the Timmons’ home 4 Bishop’s Visitation with Sacrament of Confirmation 10 Spirit of Christmas for Kids (S.O.C.K.S.) Distribution 11 Annual Parish Meeting with Elections (Vestry Meeting following) 18 Paper Bag Christmas Pageant (evening—time to be announced) 24 Christmas Eve Midnight Mass 25 Sunday Worship on Christmas Day—a quiet service of Holy Communion 29-31 Winter Family Camp—a diocesan event for all ages at Procter Center

THE REVEREND GAYLE HANSEN BROWNE, VICAR

OFFICE: 740-335-2129 EMAIL: st.andy.vicar@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.standrewswch.org

ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

733 ST. RT. 41, S.W. WASHINGTON C.H., OHIO 43160