November 18, 2014
Pentecost
DEAR FRIENDS,
As you may recall, last year we unveiled our new Advent
Blue altar vestments. The color change from purple to blue
is an intentional resetting of our theology of Advent.
Hubert Dunphy, in his book Christmas Every Christmas,
writes this about the beginnings of Advent piety practices:
Nobody knows exactly how Advent started, but
the custom is very ancient. In his History of the
Franks, St. Gregory of Tours wrote that one of his
predecessors, St. Perpetuus, who held the see
around 480, decreed a fast three times a week from
the feast of St. Martin, November 11, until
Christmas. In 567, the Second Council of Tours
enjoined monks to fast from the beginning of
December until Christmas. This penance was soon
extended to the laity and was pushed back to begin
on St. Martin’s Day. This 45-day Advent was
nicknamed “St. Martin’s Lent.” From France the
practice of doing penance during Advent spread to
England as is noted in Venerable Bede’s history.
So you see, Advent had its roots as a “little Lent.”
Recently (at least in the last 30 years to my reckoning) the
church has sought to remove Advent from the penitential
posture to a more expectant one. The color blue was
identified as a valid alternative to the traditional purple as
a way of visually giving some sensual shift in the
observation of Advent to expectation. The color is meant
to evoke that sense of the first light that begins to lighten
the East as the sun begins to rise to a new day. The long
night has not yet passed, but the hope of the new day is
promised in the eastern horizon.
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING
SERVICE NOV. 25 AT 7 P.M.
The Marblehead Interfaith Thanksgiving service will be
celebrated on Tuesday, November 25, at 7:00 p.m. at
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Marblehead. Please
join with others in the community to come together in
thanksgiving.
UPCOMING DATES
Nov. 22
Nov. 24
Nov. 30
Dec. 1
Dec. 2
Dec. 7
Dec. 7
Dec. 12
Dec. 12
Dec. 13
Dec. 13
Poetry Night
Confirmation
Advent Wreath-making
Confirmation
Serve at My Brother’s Table
Nominations Due
St. Nicholas Night
Chimes Deadline
Memorial Flower Deadline
Caroling
Toy Sale
Inside this issue:
Embracing hope then is the focus of Advent. In spite of the
darkness that surrounds us still, the light already is
penetrating the darkness. This light of Christ begins with
the promise of God that God is going to do something
radically new, beyond our understanding. The prologue to
the Gospel John reminds us, “What has come into being in
him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The
light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not
overcome it.” (John 1:3b-5)
Penitence is definitely one way to prepare the heart for the
new thing that God promises. But while we perhaps make
a more concerted effort to focus our lives toward God, the
changing light on the horizon reminds us also that God is
already acting. The blue of Advent then, for me at least, is
(cont. on page two)
St. Andrew’s Day
November 30
Cloister Gallery—2, 9
Poetry Night—2
Advent—2-5
Children’s Ministries—3
Stewardship—6, 7
Book Group—7
Baby Group—9
Confirmation—9
Nomination Form—10
Serve at MBT—11
Bible Study—11
Pastoral Care—11
Chimes Schedule—11
a reminder not only to repent but to participate in the
great thing that God is doing. This promise and invitation
to participate in God’s act of incarnation is not penitential
at all but celebratory!
LIKE TO SING?
Please consider joining the choir for
Advent and Christmas. Amy LeClair will
lead the choir, accompanied as always by
music director (and organist) Janet Parker.
More voices are very welcome in
December . . . and beyond!
We sit in the darkness and we wait. We take the
necessary actions within ourselves to offer to God a
humble and contrite heart. And while we are doing that,
God acts. The darkness cannot comprehend the light and
recedes. That light remains in us. We are en-fleshed in the
image of God to be the means by which God acts in
the world. This time of darkness-sitting is an invitation to
prep our hearts, to come to terms with our demons and
failures but to not be defined by them. For just as the light
conquers the darkness with the new day blazing in the
East, so too the light of love and hope rises in our hearts
to dispel and drive the darkness away. We are NOT
defined by our losses nor are we defined by our failures.
We are defined by the unimaginable and undefinable love
that the Divine brings to us as we open our hearts God.
This is Advent. Penitential, yes, but glorious as well.
Look to the East in your time of darkness and be ready to
be amazed.
ADVENT OFFERING
This year we will again offer some resources for your
home devotions. With the help of people in our
community, we will have available a weekly packet of
Advent meditations. In addition to offering this home
resource, we will be having two community engaging
events each Sunday that will give you an opportunity to
discuss your journey in Advent with these meditations.
First, during Adult Forum each Sunday at 9:00 a.m., we
will devote our time to reflecting on our experiences
with the meditations from the prior week. Additionally,
there will be a similar opportunity during coffee hour
after the 10:00 a.m. service in the Children’s Chapel
area. Please consider engaging your heart and your
community in this Advent season. Come reflect with
your friends about your Advent journey.
See you in church,
Clyde+
CLOISTER GALLERY
Group Art Show
Dave Early, Steve Eckman,
Mary Taddie, Pete McDade
The Cloister Gallery is featuring an exhibition of artwork
by local artists Dave Earley, Steve Eckman, Mary Taddie,
and Pete McDade. The show will run through January 8.
Dave Earley enjoys various paint mediums including
acrylics, oil, and pastels, and practices with sculpture and
mosaics. His particular interest now is capturing the
preciousness and experience of street people worldwide.
Steve Eckman is a local photographer who lives in
Swampscott. He enjoys taking photographs of sailboats
(see page 9), lighthouses, humorous signs, and other
objects that strike his fancy. Mary Taddie focused
primarily on watercolors earlier in her career before
becoming interested in classical art forms, such as ancient
mosaics. Mary has transitioned her work from the ancient
mosaic form to a unique, contemporary form of wall art
using a ring saw to shape ceramic tile, marble, and stone.
Pete McDade has been taking photos since around 1970.
His work focuses on images from the natural world. He is
a member of the Zen Center.
ADVENT HOME GET-TOGETHERS
On Wednesdays in Advent, parishioners may gather in
“Advent Homes” to explore the day’s meditation. It
may be for a pot-luck meal or a dessert, or even a wineand-cheese gathering. Each home’s hosts decide on the
particulars. Hosts (that may be you) may post the event
on “St. Andrew Around the Town,” use a sign-up list in
the Parish Hall, or even invite folks in person. Who
knows how the darkness of this season might be
illuminated as we come to together?
The givingThanks Auction has been
postponed to allow more time for
gathering donations. Look for the new
date to be announced soon.
POETRY NIGHT SATURDAY, NOV. 22
ALL ARE WELCOME!
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CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES
Shauna Le Blanc, Director of Christian Formation
[email protected]
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Event
All Donations due no later than November 23 at noon
Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes are due back to Shauna or the church office by noon on
Sunday, November 23. You may wrap it so the lid can still be removed. Attach the label and return
the box, along with $7 for the S&H by November 23. If you do not wish to fill a box but would still
like to bring in donations, please leave them in the my office or give them to me on Sunday,
November 23.
Annual Advent Wreath-Making Event with Weekly Meditations
Sign up for the upcoming Faith, Fun and Fellowship Event on Sunday, November 30.
After the 10:00 a.m. during the coffee hour, join us to for the
annual Advent wreath-making event with weekly meditations.
Christ is coming, prepare the way!
Each year Advent invites us to prepare for God’s coming among us in Jesus Christ. What better way to prepare for the
coming of a guest than to make your home even more beautiful. Please join us in making beautiful Advent wreaths on
November 30 after the 10:00 a.m. service, during coffee hour. This Advent there are many ways to engage your spirit
with the St. Andrew’s community. In addition to the weekly services, there will be weekly reflections as well as lighting
a candle to help remind us He is coming. I invite you to join in these meditations as a gift to yourself. Jesus came into
this world so that we may have life, and live it more abundantly. Abundant life can only exist when the spirit is fed. In
this Advent season, give yourself the gift of a pause.
St. Nicholas Night Help Needed
This event is such an amazing way to learn about St. Nicholas and his history. We all gather here
at the church for a delicious meal and a wonderful presentation by Clyde and the youth. This event
will be held on Sunday, December 7, the second Sunday in Advent (see page 5). We need help
preparing and serving the meal. If you are able to help make this event a success once again,
please contact me at [email protected].
All Hands on Deck!!! Christmas Pageant Help Is Needed!!!
We need adults to direct and lead children in the preparations, rehearsals, and production of our annual Children’s
Christmas Pageant. If you are able to help in any way to make this event a success once again, please contact me at
[email protected].
From the Desk of Shauna Le Blanc, Director of Christian Formation
Advent invites us to prepare for God’s coming among us in Jesus Christ. For me, preparing for someone’s arrival is often
filled with frantic busyness as I try to make sure that things are perfect for my guest’s arrival. I doubt that I am alone in
putting so much energy into preparations for a guest’s arrival. When we put so much time and effort into creating a
warm and welcoming space for our guests, it makes sense that we would do even more for the arrival of Emmanuel—
God dwelling within us.
Except, the season of Advent is not inviting us into a fit of frenzy as we prepare for the arrival of the Christ Child. In the
hustle and bustle of this season, Advent can be the very gift that our souls need. Every time one engages in a spiritual
practice there is a bit of peace created that you might not even notice, but God is with you now and always and He wants
you to make time to be with Him also. Our faith reminds us that Jesus came to the world not to blot out darkness, but to
accompany us and to give us hope deep in our hearts. Blessing to all of you and your families!
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HERE WE GO!
Here we go again; this wonderful and crazy time of year. It seems full of duality to me; I’m looking forward to the
holidays and there’s a part of me that is dreading them—the work, the chaos, and the disappointment. Don’t we have
expectations that are often dashed? I wonder if we have some expectations that may not be truly necessary; expectations
that God may not have for us. But that does not diminish my enthusiastic anticipation. I love looking forward to the
holidays, imagining them as I would like them to turn out—purchased, wrapped, decorated, cooked, invited and
“festivated.” I even imagine myself as I would like to BE doing those things: prepared, grounded, delighted. It is easy
during Advent to be running ahead of ourselves, listing, controlling, imagining.
Advent? Really? I don’t have time for ONE more thing! Advent! Go Advent-yourself! Candle-lighting? Prayers? Well,
you may talk me into it if I trick myself into believing that this Advent spiritual practice will some how MAKE
Christmas (the one I’ve created in my head) happen. You know, the Christmas that “should” be. In other words, a
practice of Advent as magic. I do these prayers and candle-lighting and “Poof!” PERFECT Christmas. You see where
I’m going with this, don’t you?
And I think if we’re honest, we may notice ourselves “doing” Christianity as this kind of magic, too. Do these holiday
observances, do these prayers, do this “church,” and poof! Perfect Life. Ah. Right.
What if we consider Advent on its own terms for a moment? I sat with the daily scriptures for the first week of Advent
the other day. And I noticed a very exciting theme: The Divine in these ancient writings is described as taking on a
project; a project with humans. Amazing.
There may be a chance, just a chance, that this ancient wisdom written on skins, rolled up, stuffed into clay jars, buried
in caves, and valued for generations, has something for us in this season. Perhaps something for us especially in this
season of hoping and imagining and of sometimes getting lost in ourselves and our ideas of what “should be.” This
Divine-Human project may be all about living in a relationship of unfolding experience that is co-created. What if
Advent is about orienting ourselves into a posture of welcoming the possibility of this relationship?
“Posture,” you ask? Well, it does not seem to be a season for “believing” something, or “doing” something, but a season
of non-verbal communication, a season of peering into an unknown, dark landscape of possibility. It seems to involve reorienting, instead of relying on my vision/hope/wish; of waiting, instead of forging ahead with my checklist-of-life; and
of non-knowing, instead of pre-planning and visualizing. Instead of living from my fabricated expectations and my
efforts of control, it may be an invitation to a way of living life with the Divine, entering with the Holy One into
something like that space between comments when people actually listen to each other, when you don’t know what will
be said next.
So now Advent, all of a sudden, seems like a season for this season. An invitation into a way of being (perhaps all yearround) that might be quite an adventure, and it might be an invigorating way to go through the holidays.
As a result I could not help but write down meditations for each day of Advent to share. For you to use. This stuff is just
too fabulous and amazing not to. And I am inviting any and all who have Advent-ish materials on such themes: waiting,
not-knowing, darkness, hoping, joining—anything visual, musical, poetic, etc., to send them to me to enrich what is an
Advent resource for us all to use.
I invite you to pick up this weekly Advent resource, that we are calling “Navigating Advent,” each Sunday,* to use it in
that beautiful moment you light the week’s candle on your Advent wreath, or in the morning as you start your day. Come
to the “Reflection Sessions” during coffee hour in the alcove while Shauna engages the children in an Advent-informed
craft adventure, or to the Adult Forum at 9:00 a.m. And, as my father quoted Bishop Desmond Tutu to me this week:
“Without you, God won’t. Without God, you can’t.” Maybe Advent is an opportunity to explore what that means, and
how it may become real for us—especially in this crazy season, and all year long as well. We are in this journey
together. See you on the path. Here we go.
*We may, if technology permits, be able to make an electronic version available online as well. Stay tuned.
-Edith Bross Johns
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ADVENT WREATHS—NOV. 30
DEC. 13 TOY SALE NEEDS TOYS
Start putting aside gently used or new toys for the
upcoming Toy Sale on Saturday morning, December
13, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., to purchase holiday gifts at
bargain prices. The elves’ workshop to clean and
arrange items is Friday, Dec. 12, at 3:00 p.m. Please
contact Santa Jim Santoro if you can help either Friday
or Saturday—call 617-529-3218 or e-mail
[email protected]. Thank you.
On November 30, after the 10:00 a.m.
service, our Fellowship, Fun, and Faith
event will be making Advent wreaths. All
ages and stages of ability are encouraged
to join in. (See article on page 3 for more
details.)
ST. NICHOLAS NIGHT: PROGRAM,
DINNER, AND HOLIDAY HYMNS
SING-ALONG—DECEMBER 7
We will be offering a time for our
young ones to experience St. Nicholas
and the ministry which began the
legend of Santa Claus. Please come out
on Sunday, December 7, for an evening
of storytelling and fun. A community
meal follows and after dinner we will
go back into the church and sing carols
in the nave. St. Nicholas Night begins
in the church at 5:30 p.m. We will come together for a
meal at 6:00 p.m. and begin our caroling at 7:00 p.m. If
you would like to help with food preparation, please see
Clyde. A group of us will get together to plan this
evening soon. If you are able to help make this event a
success once again, please contact Shauna Le Blanc
[email protected].
NEIGHBORHOOD CAROLING
DEC. 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Come join members of the Noteworthies on Saturday,
December 13, at 7:00 p.m. to sing some carols for our
church neighbors, including some parishioners. We’ll
meet inside the main entrance at 7:00 p.m. and head out
at 7:15 to spread some cheer. We’ll aim to be back at
the church around 8:15 for some hot chocolate, and
finish up by 8:45. This is a fun event for families or
individuals. You do NOT need to be able to carry a
tune! Please e-mail Steve Eckman at
[email protected] if you have any questions.
CHRISTMAS MEMORIAL FLOWERS
I know it seems too early to be thinking of
Christmas Flowers however the deadline
of December 12 is less than a month
away!
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
If you would like to have a loved one remembered in the
beautiful flowers that adorn the church for Christmas,
please either call me at 781-631-7394 or drop me a note
with your names. Any amount you would like to
contribute will be greatly appreciated. The monies that we
receive at Christmas and Easter provide the income for
Altar Guild expenses throughout the year—wine, wafers,
candles, linens, etc. are all purchased with your
contributions. Checks should be made payable to
St. Andrew’s Altar Guild and either mailed to me at
15 Sparhawk Terrace, Marblehead or left in the collection
plate with my name on the envelope.
Please join us for our Christmas worship services.
Wednesday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve
3:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
Pageant “The Angels, the Shepherds,
and the Family from Nazareth,” by
Bob Franke, and Holy Eucharist
Family Eucharist
Festal Eucharist
Thursday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day
Thank you and I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
-Kathy Loveland
10:00 a.m.
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Holy Eucharist, carols and organ
STEWARDSHIP: MINDING OUR D’s AND P’s
How many of you were in church Sunday? Last Sunday, the 9th? When I spoke about the three D’s and three P’s? Hands
up, now . . . Hmmmm. Maybe a little review, eh? Here’s the “mustard seed” size sermon:
St. Andrew’s, last year and this year, operated on a deficit budget. Here’s why:
Our budgeted support comes from three sources, the “3 D’s.” Donations from us are 76%, the Deceased contribute from
endowment income 11%, and Diverse other sources, including Rummage Sale, contribute 13%, for a budgeted total of
$337,000. Our budgeted expenses go to three categories, the 3 P’s: Place, our buildings and grounds, take 20%; People,
our paid staff, receive 53%; and Purpose, spending on programs, is 27%, mostly Diocesan Assessment. The budgeted
total is $376,000, a deficit of $39,000.
Support is on budget after the successful Rummage Sale. Expenses are over budget, by $14,000. The projected deficit
(my estimate) is over $50,000 for 2014.
St. Andrew’s is on a “Faith budget”—we don’t know where the money will come from, but we have faith it will be there
when we need it. It worked in 2013: the deficit was made up before the year end, but it’s not happening this year. We
plan to withdraw funds from Endowment.
And it looks as though 2015 will also be a “Faith budget,” unless we can turn it around. Can we turn it around? It’s
possible, if we pull together. Here are the numbers:
•
YTD =
year to
date-9/30
•
Budgeted
deficit
And here’s the profile of
our donations—76% of
all support for St.
Andrew’s, and the only
part of our income that
we, you and I, can
change.
Over 30% of donations
come from 5 or 6
families. The average age
is over 70 years.
$25 per month can make the difference.
Can you give $25 per month more than last year? For some, I know, this isn’t feasible, but for others, if you can do it, it
will make a big difference, and may enable a responsible budget to be built that is balanced.
-John Howard, Stewardship Chair
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STEWARDSHIP: SECURITIES AND
AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS
JOIN ST. ANDREW'S
AROUND THE TOWN!
There are many ways to contribute financially to
St. Andrew’s. More and more people are finding that
automatic payments from banks are the easiest way to
make recurring payments. Others prefer donating stock.
We invite you to join a new group whose purpose is
fellowship. There are no set meetings—just join the
group! Members post a date and information about an
event and extend an invitation to others to join them,
through group text or e-mail. An event is any activity
that you think might be of interest: a walk or bike ride,
a lecture, a coffee meet, happy hour, beach time,
farmers’ market, a movie or theater, a meal at a local
spot, live music, an exhibit at the PEM, a ministry
happening, a simple everyday event or something
more. You decide!
New forms have been designed to facilitate donations of
securities and establishing automatic payments of
pledges. They are available at the back of the church, in
the office, and will shortly be available directly on the
St. Andrew’s Web site.
This fall the group has enjoyed happy hours and meals
at restaurants, plays, celebratory church services, and
concerts. Guests are always welcome!
Interested in participating? Contact Pat Brown at
[email protected] or 802-282-9043.
NONFICTION BOOK GROUP
NEEDED: PERSON COMFORTABLE
ON LADDERS
Date: Sunday, Jan. 11, 7:00 p.m.
Place: Bonnie & Don Howard’s house
Book: How We Got to Now: Six Innovations that Made the Modern World,
by Stephen Johnson
From time to time St. Andrew’s needs to enlist the
assistance of parishioners to scale the heights of the
sanctuary to replace a light bulb, or, as will be the case
soon, to place Christmas roping around the stained
glass windows. Is there anyone who has a comfort level
on ladders that could help our sexton, Stephen Ruoff,
with these occasional tasks?
“How We Got to Now offers a fascinating glimpse at
how a handful of basic inventions—such as
measurement of time, reliable methods of sanitation, the
benefits of competent refrigeration, glassmaking, and
the faithful reproduction of sound—have evolved in
surprising ways.”
-Shelf Awareness
Tim Parker has been our second-story man for a few
years, a job he has courageously performed, and he is
most willing and able to continue. In addition to Tim,
we would like to have a few people to call upon for
those times in which he is unavailable or in which it
will take more than two Episcopalians to change a light
bulb.
“What makes this book
such a mind-expanding
read is Johnson’s ability
to appreciate human
advancement as a vast
network of influence
rather that a simple chain
of one invention leading
to another, and result is
nothing less than a
celebration of the human
mind.”
- The Daily Beast
Please call Stephen Ruoff at 978-744-4075 if you are
able to help. Thank you.
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PEOPLE OF THE RUMMAGE SALE
THANK YOU to the many hands and hearts that contributed to the Rummage Sale, along
with others who donated, baked, and shopped! It was a time of gathering stuff . . . and
gathering together . . . and it was a great help to St. Andrew’s and to the many people who
found good buys. Next sale is May 2, 2015.
Matt Adams, Dennis Aletter, Dulany Alexander, Jeana Anderson, Jean Appeltofft, Jutta Ayer, Judy Beals, Ed Bell,
Barbara Bell, Sheila Benger, Jen Bird, Leah Bokenkamp, Mary Ellen Branscombe, Laurie Brengle, Nancy Brothers, Pat
Brown, Bev Bucknam, Cooper Caldwell, Tori Caldwell, Jeff Chelgren, Ani Chickering, Patti Churchill, Janet Cook,
Connie Cooney, Shawn Cooney, Patricia Cox, Barbara Cross, Paul Crowley, Resha Crowley, Candi Derderian, Kirky
DeLong, Alicia Diozzi, Hannah Diozzi, Karen Driscoll, Ben Duffy-Howard, Tim Duffy, Jen Dulac, Kate Dulac, Pat
Dunbar, Margaret Eckman, Steve Eckman, Charlie Elledge, Clyde Elledge, Mary Rose Elledge, Becky Ellis, Christine
Engel-Russo, Deb Eskenazi, Evie Fessenden, Margi Flint, Jessica Fontela, Candice Ford, Wendy Frisch, Sharon
Gardner, Meg Gatterman, Wanda Gonzalez, Denise Hammer, Steve Hahn, Siri Hanner, Patty Hanson, Steve Harrington,
Jim Harshbarger, Sallie Harshbarger, Janice Hart, Cynthia Hibberd, Doug Hill, Chau Ha, Emily Hodgkinson, Bonnie
Howard, Jody Howard, John Howard, Laurence Howard, Peg Howard, Rick Howard, Jane Hunt, Tim Hunt, David
Hutchison, Nina Hutchison, Charles Ives, Marni Ives, Stevie Jacobs, Tom Jacobs, Annie Kaull, Peter Kirkpatrick, Nancy
Knowlton, Miller Krauss, Wendy Krauss, Andy Liming, Mimi Liming, Eleanor Mancusi-Ungaro, Jenn Mancusi-Ungaro,
Margaret Mancusi-Ungaro, Mike Mascolo, Chris McAlpie, Craig McLanahan, Jan McLanahan, Marianne McDermott,
Janice Moniatis, Merel Monaco, Carolyn Morrell, Elizabeth Muller, Karen Musumen, Tere Nyren, Bill O’Meara, Grace
O'Meara, Lily O'Meara, Bob Osgood, Janet Parker, Peter Phillips, Georgette Pied, Tim Parker, Alexandra PinerosShields, Isabella Pineros-Shields, Thomas Pineros-Shields, Jan Rand, Anne Remington, John Reynolds, Kathleen
Reynolds, Margaret Rieck, Jim Ringer, Merritt Ringer, Mary Kay Roper, Eric Rosenvold, Lee Rosenvold, Suzanne
Ross, Jane Rowe, Steve Ruoff, Isabel Santoro, Jim Santoro, Leo Santoro, Susan Schrader, Deb Sheehan, Leli Simpson,
Dave Somerset, Marcia Somerset, Bonnie Sorensen, Janie Stephenson, Katherine Strothman, Penny Stratton, Richard
Stratton, Fred Sullivan, Katie Sullivan, Moon Tormo, Claire Wahl, Dan Waslo, Laura Waslo, Steve Waslo, Betty Whear,
Ed White, Nat Wysor, plus the students, staff, and alumni of Embark and Peabody. (If a name is missing, we are sorry.
Please e-mail [email protected] to fix the record.)
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BABY GROUP FORMING
JANET PARKER TO BE HONORED
If you are interested in joining a baby group to get to
know other young families, please check out the
following link on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
groups/SAFFF/. You may also e-mail Cassie Watt to let
her know that you would like to get together for a play
date. Cassie’s e-mail is [email protected].
Janet Fitch Parker, St. Andrew’s music director for 40
years and director of the Marblehead Food Pantry for 20
years, will be honored at the Marblehead Champions for
Character Recognition Breakfast by the Yankee Clipper
Council of the Boys Scouts of America. The
Marblehead Food Pantry provides services to about 60
people each week, and serves 200 Marblehead households annually. Janet previously has been honored by
the Rotary for her food pantry work, and has received
the Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow award. The
breakfast will be held on Wednesday, December 3, from
7:00-8:00 a.m. at the Masonic Hall on Pleasant Street.
Congratulations, Janet!
CONFIRMATION CLASSES
The Confirmation Class meets every first and last
Monday of the month from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. until the
Confirmation service in the spring. This is for anyone 13
years and older. The next two meetings are November
24 and December 1. If you have questions, please get in
touch with Clyde.
FOOD FOR OTHERS
St. Andrew’s supports the Marblehead Food Pantry
during the month of March, but it would be wonderful to
help stock our local food pantries as the holidays
approach.
Photograph by Steve Eckman, currently on exhibit
in the Cloister Gallery
It is our hope to fill baskets placed near the entries of the
church during the course of a month with nonpersishable
food items. We will deliver the food to a local soup
kitchen or food pantry. So when you go shopping, just
buy an extra something for those less fortunate and drop
it off on your way into church on Sunday.
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NOMINATIONS
It’s once again time to nominate fellow parishioners for vestry positions. Please carefully consider who you think should
fill these leadership positions at St. Andrew’s. Before you nominate someone, please speak with them to confirm that
they would like to be nominated. Then use the nomination form below and drop off the form in the collection plate or
deliver it to the church office. Please complete the form by December 7. The Nominating Committee will take it from
there and prepare the slate.
A reminder about voting procedures: Parish members either must be present at the Annual Meeting to vote or have
someone who will be present to vote in their stead by giving that person a signed proxy. Proxies may be obtained in
the office or on the Web site. Each person may vote only two proxies. This voting procedure brings us into compliance
with both our own and diocesan bylaws.
CURRENT ELECTED LEADERS
OFFICERS: Serve until January 2015 (one-year term)
VESTRY (three-year terms)
Senior Warden
Peg Howard
Until Jan. ’15
Junior Warden
Greg Mancusi-Ungaro
Patricia Cox
Hannah Diozzi
Steve Harrington
Treasurer
Bonnie Howard
Until Jan. ’16
Clerk
Mary MacDougall
Tom Jacobs
Janice Rand
Chris Stockwell
Until Jan. ’17
Dulany Alexander
Pat Brown
Tom Pineros Shields
CONVENTION DELEGATES (one-year term)
Until Jan. ’15
Margaret Eckman
Georgette Pied
NOMINATION FORM
NOMINATION FORM
I nominate the following person(s) to be a candidate.
Please check with the person first.
I nominate the following person(s) to be a candidate.
Please check with the person first.
SR. WARDEN
SR. WARDEN
(one-year term)
(one-year term)
JR. WARDEN
JR. WARDEN
(one-year term)
(one-year term)
TREASURER
TREASURER
(one-year term)
(one-year term)
CLERK
CLERK
(one-year term)
(one-year term)
VESTRY (three 3-yr. terms)
VESTRY (three 3-yr. terms)
Youth Member
Youth Member
(one-year term)
(one-year term)
CONV. DEL. (2)
CONV. DEL. (2)
(one-year term)
(one-year term)
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MY BROTHER’S TABLE
PASTORAL CARE
Come be part of a team to help serve dinner the first
Tuesday of every month at My Brother’s Table, Lynn.
December 2 is the next date.
If you know of someone who needs a ride,
please contact Peter Phillips at [email protected] or
781-631-0201.
If you know of someone who needs a meal, please
contact Jan Rand at [email protected]
or 781-639-2614.
For a pastoral visit, please contact the rector, Clyde
Elledge, directly at [email protected].
For more information, or to volunteer, contact
Tim Parker at 781-631-5335.
In case of pastoral emergency, please call
Clyde’s cell phone, 781-576-0329.
BIBLE STUDY
Tuesday morning Bible study, 9:15 a.m.—
All are welcome. We meet in the Guild Room
LOTIONS AND POTIONS
Please save your hotel-sized toiletries and drop them in
the basket in the Guild Room. Diana Isbrandtsen will
be making up holiday baskets to take to local shelters
soon. Thank you.
CHECK THE BULLETIN BOARDS
The bulletin boards in the hallways provide a wealth of
information on concerts, lectures, support groups—and
jobs!
CHIMES SCHEDULE
HAVING A MEETING?
The Chimes is published monthly.
(Please e-mail articles to [email protected].)
It is important for everyone using the building to have a
schedule of events and meetings. Please notify Pat
Dunbar in the parish office if you are scheduling a
meeting or event and let her know the time and room
preference. Depending on the time of the event, there may
be need to make arrangements to open the building.
Thank you.
Deadline: Noon on Friday
December 12
January 16
Articles submitted after the deadline
may have to be placed in the next issue.
PRAYER LIST
Please notify the parish office if you would like to add
someone to the prayer list. Unless you request otherwise,
the name will remain on the prayer list for two months.
WEDNESDAY NOON EUCHARIST
All are invited to the Wednesday noon Eucharists in the
choir section of the sanctuary. Come as you are!
As of old, St. Andrew heard it
by the Galilean lake . . .
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Church of St. Andrew
135 Lafayette Street, Marblehead, MA 01945
Telephone: 781-631-4951
Fax: 781-639-7937
Web site: standrewsmhd.org
Email: [email protected]
C. Clyde Elledge II, Rector ..................... 781-631-4951 x113
Patrick LaFortune, Ministerial Intern ............... 781-367-0608
Janet Fitch Parker, Music Director ................... 781-631-5335
Shauna Le Blanc, Dir. of Christian Formation . 781-631-4951
Janet Cook, Director, Altar Guild ..................... 781-596-7030
Kathy Loveland, Altar Guild Treasurer ............ 781-631-7394
Pat Dunbar, Parish Administrator ............ 781-631-4951 x101
Stephen Ruoff, Sexton ...................................... 781-631-4951
Gail Power, Nursery School Director ............... 781-631-5543
Alan Daley, Historian ....................................... 781-631-3167
Laura Tufts, Cloister Gallery Coordinator........ 781-631-4679
Elizabeth Muller Reynolds, Chimes Editor ...... 781-593-6275
Peg Voss Howard, Senior Warden .................. 978-745-3608
Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, Junior Warden............. 781-639-4039
Mary MacDougall, Clerk.................................. 978-430-9335
Bonnie Howard, Treasurer ............................... 781-631-7998
Dulany Alexander, Vestry ................................ 781-405-8730
Pat Brown, Vestry ............................................ 802-282-9042
Patricia Cox, Vestry.......................................... 781-588-3039
Hannah Diozzi, Vestry ..................................... 978-741-1154
Steve Harrington, Vestry .................................. 781-581-5085
Thomas (TJ) Jacobs, Vestry ............................. 978-745-0897
Jan Rand, Vestry............................................... 781-639-2614
Thomas Pineros Shields, Vestry ....................... 617-869-7741
Chris Stockwell, Vestry .................................... 781-631-4610
Margaret Eckman, Convention Delegate .......... 781-596-9337
Georgette Pied, Convention Delegate............... 978-740-0158
Mission Statement
God calls us at St. Andrew’s to grow spiritually and
personally and to reach out to others as part of the global
family. We will strive to respond to this challenge every
day of our lives through:
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Worship that strengthens and inspires
Love, mutual care, nurture, and fellowship
Christian formation and teaching Christian
discipleship at all stages of life
Mission and outreach into the community
and the world
Faithful stewardship in gratitude for God’s
creation and gifts