February 4, 2021 Dear Friends of St. Timothy's: I have heard from a good number of parishioners that they have received the vaccine, or have got themselves an appointment to receive it. These are tidings of great joy! Though I think I personally will have to wait a little while yet, I encourage you to call your local health department and see if you are eligible. Here in Massillon, I know they are currently taking appointments for those 70 and older. There is light at the end of this long tunnel! On to the updates . . .

WORSHIP You can find this week's bulletin insert HERE. Sunday 2/7, St. Epiphany V, Rite I 10:00 am we will stream a Rite I service of Holy Eucharist, at our website and on our Facebook page, using Choirmaster Andrew Bolden's Third Street Mass, which can be found HERE. This week's service outline is HERE, and hymns are HERE. Note: We will be using Rite I on Sundays up until Ash Wednesday. Tuesday 2/9 7pm Our weekly evening service, based on the Taize' model. You can tune in at 7pm, on Facebook and at our website. You can find an outline of the service HERE.

LAST CALL FOR PALMS On February 17th at 7pm, will stream our Ash Wednesday service, and you are encouraged to impose ashes at home. While the ashes we use in church are created by burning palms from the previous Palm Sunday, any sort of marker will suffice (e.g. ashes from your fireplace, residue from a burnt candlewick, etc.) If you would like to burn palms from last year--and haven't kept yours around--we will be happy to mail some to you, along with instructions for safely making ashes. If interested, please fill out the form HERE, or call the church office before Feb. 7th. (330.833-3183) Next week, we will send a mailing to everyone on our mailing list, with a bulletin for Ash Wednesday, instructions for burning ashes, and additional options for the imposition of ashes.

MACCA LENTEN SERVICES Though we cannot gather our local congregations together during Lent as usual, the area churches will gather virtually on Wednesday evenings using Facebook. If you are interested in participating in some or all of these, please join the Facebook group at this LINK. I will try to work out uploading these to our youtube channel.

PRAYERS REQUESTED Please continue to pray for all those affected by COVID-19, and please keep these friends and parishioners in your prayers: ✥David & Judy Wigginton  ✥Anne Smith  ✥Bob Meyer  ✥Chris Lane ✥Priya Kurian  ✥Chuck Tilley  ✥Michael Flamm  ✥Bob Long  ✥Jeff Frank ✥Bobbie Muhlbach  ✥Isaac Leggett  ✥Patty  ✥Mike Requa  ✥Toni Contini ✥Anita Bowers ✥Brian Dorosch  ✥Gail Moss ✥Ann Spencer ✥Mike Streb ✥Beth Conley ✥Colleen Major ✥Tim Petry ✥Dave Cottrill Please also pray for the doctors, nurses, and other frontline workers who risk their own lives to keep us safe and healthy.

WEEKLY PUZZLE As I left church after Taize' on Tuesday, I was so stunned by the drama of the church lit up in the snow that I turned around and went back to take a photo. (I am easily distracted, it seems.) But I wanted to share the view with you in this week's puzzle. You will find the puzzle by clicking HERE. You can choose your background color, number of puzzle pieces, and even set it to display just the edge pieces. Plus, you get a very affirming crowd reaction once you have completed it!

BIRTHDAYS and ANNIVERSARIES Celebrating birthdays this week: Anne Buchman (2/7), Cody Strawder (2/12), Linda Morrow (2/13), and Bonnie Burns (2/13). Kevin and Kathryn Miller will celebrate their anniversary on Feb. 8. Be sure to send happy thoughts and good wishes to all who celebrate this week!

WINTER CONVOCATION The Diocesan Winter Convocation will take place February 7-14. This is, of course, held entirely online. But bonus: it's entirely free! You can pick and choose any events you'd like to attend. More information can be found at THIS link.

A LITTLE UPGRADE And, speaking of the Diocese, the Office for Congregations has come up with grants for parishes in order to help us to continue streaming services even after we're back together. All I had to do was participate in yet another weekly zoom meeting. So, we're getting an actual video camera (as opposed to using my cell phone), which should improve our stream quality, once I figure out how to integrate it into the software. "See you" online . . . Faithfully, Fr. George