October 24, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM PATRICK

Neighbors

Driving to Boston this past Sunday after church, I couldn’t help but notice the political lawn signs proliferating among the plastic skeletons and Halloween inflatables. 

Trump/Vance and Harris/Walz signs seem somehow especially concentrated in particular neighborhoods – as if one neighbor’s posting has called forth a counter-posting. On two neighboring lawns near my Route 6 onramp, the signs for the competing tickets have progressively thickened in recent weeks, a kind of silent shouting match.

I wonder about these neighbors. Is the rivalry humorous? Do they borrow tools? Cups of sugar? Merrily try to best each other’s holiday lights every December? Or are they perhaps only approaching speaking terms?

If you were with us after church on September 29 perhaps you’ll remember a TED Talk we screened featuring evangelical Christian climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe. A Canadian living in Texas, Hayhoe has learned how to connect with people who differ profoundly from her on climate change. For the most part, she starts by asking questions of the person she has just met. What’s important to you? How do you spend your free time? Hayhoe is a natural connector who believes that the most important thing any one of us can do to reverse climate change is to start talking about it – and that our pushing off point needs to be the humanity we share with whoever’s listening. Listening is as important as talking.

There’s nothing natural about empathy, suggests another Canadian, the author and politician Michael Ignatieff. “It is a rope bridge of language. Cut the bridge and we gaze across at each other as if upon racks of meat.”

Perhaps the scariest dimension of this Halloween election season is the degree to which silent assumptions about others is capable of reducing them to “meat.” Whatever the outcome of this pending election, its result will leave roughly half of our American “neighbors” on a conceptual “outside.” Perhaps it’s important to remember in such a time that in Genesis, God creates the world through speaking it into being. What we say to our neighbors can likewise begin to make the world new.

Faithfully and fondly,

WEEKLY WORSHIP SERVICES

TUESDAY MORNING LECTIO DIVINA AND PRAYERS

(Formerly Healing Service)

Lectio Divina is a monastic mode of prayer, contemplation, and Bible study.

All are welcome to experience this with us.

 10:00 a.m. via ZOOM

A Zoom Meeting invitation email is sent on Monday mornings.

It includes links to the Zoom service and Service Bulletin and Readings.

HOLY EUCHARIST and PRAYERS FOR HEALING

Thursdays at 11:00 am in the Church

Join us for a simple service of weekday Holy Eucharist

with a short meditation.

Private prayers for healing available after the service concludes.

GLIMPSE OF THE GOSPEL

‘Glimpse’ meets in the Fireplace Room on Sunday mornings at 8:45. Participants are sent a copy of the readings from scripture for the Sunday service earlier in the week to give opportunity for reading, reflecting, and inwardly digesting beforehand.

Contact Tom Dewing, email st.dewing@verizon.net or 508-255-2656.

All Welcome!

WARDENS' REPORT

The Annual Parish Picnic on September 8 Photo by Celia Calhoun

We have moved from summer to fall, but as I write on Monday. it is a beautiful warm sunny day – we are so blessed to be able to live here!

We all gathered for a fun Parish Picnic after church on September 8.

On October 3, a dinner was held for recent newcomers and some Vestry members, at which we all got know something interesting about each other.

Three of your Officers (both Wardens and the Treasurer) attended a zoom session on October 5, led by The Rev. Kelly O’Connell, Regional Canon, and The Rev. Bill Parnell, Canon to the Ordinary, on some Diocesan policy changes, including Safe Church Training requirements, Compliance, and new regulations on the management of Memorial Gardens and columbariums.

The Bishop’s Fund for Allston Abbey is receiving gifts through the end of October to honor retiring Bishop Alan Gates. It houses a residence and community center for Boston area Episcopal seminarians, a need since many come here to study at Harvard or BU, and Episcopal Divinity School has closed.

The Vestry met on September 19 and received a report from Jenn Gale on Food 4 Kids' successful 2024 program: 51,777 meals served. New ventures include hot meals and Grab and Go meals, both of which were much appreciated. Financially, they came out ahead of budget and are researching sources for additional funds for 2025.

At the Vestry meeting on October 17, John Harter, Treasurer, reported that nine months into the budget we are doing well and are on track for income received for the year. Some slight reductions in planned expenditures mean we are tracking towards a good end to the financial year.

Eight Neighborhood Tables have been organized, and the first meetings of each are being scheduled. Sarah Gregory is chair of a group to revise the By-laws which were last revised in 2012, and a draft was presented to Vestry for discussion at next month’s meeting.

The Kimball Guild has plans to clean out their room, purchase new tables and find new ways to expand their craft’s exposure. Galley West is celebrating its third anniversary, and the winter show will feature 33 artists with 130 pieces of new art.

On Friday, December 6, a Feast of the Little Candles, a Colombian tradition with candles, a parade and food is being organized by parishioner, Monica Montoya.

And as always, thank you for your prayers and support,

Celia Calhoun and Priscilla Isner, Co-Wardens

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS

Photos by Suzy Gray

Celebrating the ministry of St. Francis of Assisi on October 6 -- All furry, finned and feathered friends were welcomed!

HOLIDAY BAZAAR

CO-SPONSORED

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

HOUSE IN BREWSTER

UPDATE

HABITAT HOUSE DEDICATED

On Saturday, October 19^th, the CHS co-sponsored Habitat build was dedicated, honoring Gilbert Merritt and Nat Goddard. Construction began in 2023 in the cold, winter months, continued through beautiful spring days and hot summer days, concluding in these colorful days of autumn. Volunteers from many venues, including those from CHS, arrived on Tuesdays and Saturdays to build a house to become a home. 

Soon the family will move in, enjoying a home wrapped in “shingle prayers”, five hand-crafted quilts with hand-embroidered blessing, four bookcases, and $75 Gift Certificates for each of the children to the Brewster Book Store…all donated by CHS volunteers. A remarkable achievement! 

The Habitat House is the result of CHS largesse and many volunteers, who not only talk about faith and sing about love, but “put that faith and love into action”. “Well done, good and faithful servants.”

Pictured above: Tara Cronin, Director of Resource Development at Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod, addresses the gathering at dedication ceremony in front of the CHS-sponsored home.

Habitat photos by Patrick Ward

PASTORAL CARE

Above: Donna Traut and Anne Koehler play several hands of Cribbage.

Below: Dilys Smith and Dick Koeppen compete at Scrabble.

Photos by Brenda Ridgeway

Did you know our pastoral care ministry will coordinate an occasional meal delivery to those in need to make life a little easier?

If you would like to volunteer to provide a meal for 1 or 2 people on occasion, or to learn about this ministry, contact Patrick or Michele Puzo.

If you are unable to attend one of our Eucharist services and would

like to receive communion at home...or...

If you are in need of a pastoral visit...or...

You or a family member has been admitted to a medical facility

(hospital, skilled care, etc.)...or ...

You want to request prayers for you or a family member or friend...

Please call the church office at (508)-255-0433

or email pastoralcare@chsorleans.org

There is also an Intercessors group that offers confidential prayers. Please email your request to intercessors@chsorleans.org 

SACRED GROUND

About 20 members of our parish are now midway through the 12 session course addressing racial justice offered by Episcopal Church. This is the first offering of this course at CHS. There are two groups, one meeting after coffee hour on Sunday and the other on Monday afternoon. Each is being facilitated by the Rev. Marilyn MacMillan, recently retired, who had been Deacon at St. David’s Church in South Yarmouth.

Ask any of the participants, and he or she will attest that this is proving to be a mind-opening, emotionally challenging odyssey through the history of injustice in the United States. Sessions meet every other week for discussion and prayer of assigned reading and video presentations. There is ample opportunity to reflect on our own family histories and that of the church as we encounter what other families have lived through.

Interested to hear more? Stay tuned. There will be opportunity to participate in the next round.

OUTREACH NEWS

At our October meeting, CHS parishioner, Cheryl Kyle, gave a slide show presentation on Endupoto School among the Maasai children and adults in Tanzania.

Much has been accomplished since the first classroom was built in 2008 when there were 98 girls and boys. Now in 2024, the total is 852. Seventy-nine students graduated from Endupoto Primary School in 2023. Four hundred twenty-four students have graduated from Standard (7th grade) since 2008. Sixty percent of each class have passed the National Exam and attended Oljoro Secondary School.

Of those who have completed secondary school, 17 have gone on to college which will include training to become teachers, medical assistants, nurses, tourism professionals, human resource professionals, accountants, community development professionals, and more.  

Kimbay Kisusu (pictured below) graduated at the top of his class and has been accepted at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center to be a brain surgeon. Half of his tuition is paid by St. Jude School there and by The Church of the Holy Spirit!  

Cheryl will return to Endupoto again in January. 

A photo of Kimbay and his father taken in the Maasai Steppe in Tanzania. His father signs his name with his thumbprint and is very proud of Kimbay.

Endupoto Primary School is located in Tanzania. Some of the 852 Maasai girls and boys surround Cheryl Kyle from CHS, as they welcome her each year.

Photos courtesy of Cheryl Kyle

MARK THESE CHURCH SCHOOL DATES!!

Weekly Sundays at 9:45 in Lower Level of Parish Hall - Church School

Friday, October 26 @ 5:30 pm - Pumpkin Carving and Pizza in the Gathering Room

Weekend of November 1-3 - Barbara Harris Camp (See Matt Thompson for details.)

CHS BOOK GROUPS

MONTHLY MONDAY NIGHT

BOOK GROUP

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FELLOWSHIP & DISCUSSION

Over the summer, Cheryl Kyle invited her fellow parishioners

to form a Book Group which has met four times at her house

in Brewster to discuss books we all committed to read: The Surgeon in the Village, An American Doctor Teaches Brain Surgery in Africa by Tony Bartelme, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, James by Percival Everett, and In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger. We had great discussions and delicious food, and will restart next May when Cheryl Kyle is back with us. We recommend the books!

SUNDAY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

The Book Discussion Group selects books to enlighten and inspire us. Our discussions reflect our individual experiences of spirituality and how we can live out what we learn. Each Sunday after the service, we gather in the Fireplace room or attend our Rector’s interesting forum and then meet for a discussion of our current book. We are delighted to have gained new members again this year. Please join us in January when we return from our temporary hiatus! Please contact Brian or Brooke-Eaton Skea with questions.

LADIES LUNCHEON

Our next Ladies Luncheon will be held on November 7th. Please mark it on your calendar, remind your friends, and invite new people to join us.

Our offering to support A Baby Center, ABC, has been outstanding! Elizabeth Merritt shared a thank-you letter from them and showed us two beautiful quilts and a knit blanket that her friend Bonnie Adams created for the center. 

Volunteers for our November meeting are as follows: Chips, Nancy Ludewig; Paper goods, Katharine Mockett; Juice/tea, Ginny Lucil; Table Decorations, Joanie Barnes; Dessert, Brenda Ridgeway.

Hope to see you a little before 12:00 noon, in the Parish Hall. Bring a sandwich 

or salad, and the rest will be provided.  

HANDBELLS - YOUR CHANCE TO RING!

If you enjoy the offerings of our handbell choir, the Belladonnas, and wondered what it is like to actually ring yourself, The Church of the Holy Spirit is hosting a Cape-wide skill-building workshop on Saturday, November 16, from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM.

The morning sessions will offer you a choice of three workshops taught by leading clinicians, including one on basic ringing, followed by time for a brown bag lunch. The afternoon session will be a massed ring of several pieces, including the repertoire for the Spring Ring, which is another opportunity to join in.

You may attend either session for $15 or the entire day for $25. We own more bells than we use for our current bell choir, and we have plenty of those snazzy white gloves, so this is your chance to revisit or begin your journey in handbell ringing!

Pre-registration is required, so please contact Joan Kirchner (508-246-7198) if interested in participating.

BUILDINGS & GROUNDS

Fall is upon us, and the gardens are beginning to shed their beauty. But wait! Look at what was discovered on our 10/19 Garden Party!

Photos by Lynn Van Norman

Can you see the last monarch caterpillar of the season? Lynn Van Norman spotted it munching on the last viable milkweed leaf! Now, if you look closely at the second photo, you’ll see tiny orange specs marching up the stalk of this plant. These are orange aphids commonly found on milkweed and are detrimental but provide some nutrition for other predatory bugs. Just more proof that our sometimes unruly-looking garden spaces are critical habitats for some less than glamorous insects. Good or bad, they provide critical resources to keep our plant and animal systems going.

And, have you noticed a new water control and beach plant installation behind the Kimball House and Administration building? Be sure to see it and ask Peter Jensen about the area.

A huge thank you to September and October garden volunteers: Chuck Dow, Celia Calhoun, Carol Baffi-Dugan, Peter Jensen, Lynn Van Norman, Meredith Perkins, Sue McDormand, Sarah and Rich Gregory, Dann Jung, Fay and Ike Cole, and any of you silent contributors!

Lastly, here is a link to the last Pollinator Pathway newsletter with some fascinating reports from many geographical areas: pollinator-pathway.org

Brian Ridgeway & Ann Pike-Paris

GARDEN PARTY DATE

We have scheduled a Saturday Garden Party on:

November 16

Arrive around 8:30 - We stop by Noon

MARK YOUR CALENDARS, BRING YOUR TOOLS, AND JOIN US!

SAVE THE DATE -

48th ANNUAL ANTIQUE SHOW and SALE

It’s hard to believe that our plans are already underway for the 48th Annual Holiday Antiques Show and Sale! The event is held in the Parish Hall of The Church of the Holy Spirit – Episcopal on:

Ø Friday, November 29^th 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Ø Saturday, November 30^th 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

We’re excited to welcome 25 esteemed dealers from across New England, offering a stunning array of choice antiques. Discover treasures from the 18th and 19th centuries, including:

Ø Furniture - Nautical items - Quilts - Staffordshire China - Ironstone

Ø Early American Pattern Glass - Jewelry 

 Americana  Brass Candlesticks

Ø Vintage Postcards -  Chocolate and Ice Cream Moulds

Ø Primitives - Textiles -  Folk and Fine Art

This show is a beloved parish tradition, and we’re thrilled to continue it for the 48th year. Advertising has begun and all show proceeds support our parish programs, so your participation makes a meaningful impact. Thank you for your continued support!

Join us and help make this year’s show the best yet! If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering (“manning the gate”, reception/entrance, help set up/break down, lunch café), contact me:

774-722-4739 Debbie Meguerdichian, Chair

FRESH HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS

The holidays are fast approaching and happily, once again, the Fresh Holiday Arrangements team is making plans to create our very popular, fresh greens centerpiece arrangements, swags, and mantel boughs. We don’t think you’ll find better bargains anywhere else for the quality of these beautiful decorations.

Invite your friends and mark your calendar: FRESH HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS SALE!! Thursday, December 12 through Saturday, December 14, 10 am-

4 pm. We would like to remind you that all proceeds from the Fresh Holiday Arrangements Sale will go to local charities.This is a great way to decorate your house and benefit others.

ARRANGING - If you have some experience arranging fresh greens and enjoy decorating them with holiday materials, we could use a few more people to help us this year. Arranging starts on Tuesday afternoon, December 10 and continues through December 14 from10 am - 4 pm. You do not have to commit to every day, but some people just can’t tear themselves away! If you would like to participate in this activity, please call the office at 508-255-0433 or call Dotty Walsh or Arlene Barrett.

PRUNING - If you plan to prune, we will happily accept cuttings from your shrubs and trees (white pine, Leland Cypress, and other evergreens, but NOT holly). Kindly bring them in a lawn bag to the side deck of the Parish Hall by December 9, the fresher the better.

FOOD 4 KIDS

Now it's time to ensure we can sustain our growth and success with grants, donors, and a refreshed Steering Committee. If you have a keen interest and the time to help shape and sustain the program, or know someone who would be a good fit, please contact Jenn Gale at jenngale@food4kidscapecod.org.

FREE SHOP

THE FREE SHOP

A HAPPY PLACE FOR ADULTS & CHILDREN

OPEN: Every Monday & Wednesday - 10 to 1

GRATEFULLY RECEIVING: Your Fall & Winter clothing donations -

Please no summer clothing , men’s suits, worn shoes/boots.

Receiving bins are located on the first floor of the Parish Hall 

by the elevator.

DID YOU KNOW?

* The Free Shop welcomes 30 to 50 customers every Monday & Wednesday

* 2 to 3 faithful volunteers sort and hang clothing every Monday & Wednesday -

each volunteer works one day per month - come join the team!

* Clothing donations come from this parish and the Lower Cape community

* The Free Shop recycles every thing received - if it can’t be hung on rack or

placed in a bin - Suzy Gray recycles it!

CHS GALLERY

One more week - one more Sunday to view the art of Lizzy Thompson - Raven/Lizzy is the featured artist for the month of October - you don’t want to miss this show!

The featured artist for the month of November is Brooke Eaton - Skea...

The Border

In the mid-80’s I lived with my family in McAllen, Texas, a town on the border of Reynosa, Mexico. In those days, we and our friends from Mexico frequently went back and forth across the border. It was not until 2014, when there was talk of building “a big, beautiful wall”, that I thought much about the border between us and our Mexican neighbors. 

Working with the Safe Harbors Ministry of St. Peter’s Lutheran and other faith communities on the Cape opened my eyes to the difficulty and complexity of immigrating to the United States. Meeting migrants who are asylum seekers, refugees, undocumented workers, and students and hearing their stories through programs such as Safe Harbors, Youth Outreach and Hospitality, and the Refugee Support Team of the Nauset Interfaith Association has made immigration a very important issue for me.

A few years ago, distraught by what I was reading and hearing in the news and by reading a book entitled "Children at the Border: An American Human Rights Crisis" by Jo-Anne Wilson Keenan, I made some prints and collages that began my work on this exhibit. Since then, I have looked at hundreds of photos of people seeking refuge in our country and have painted small portraits of some of them. Also included in this exhibit are a couple of prints I made while living in Texas.



Proceeds from the sale of work will go to the Refugee Support Team of the Nauset Interfaith Association.

 Brooke Eaton-Skea

Holiday Marketplace will be featured in the gallery for the month of December - it is a festive “group show”.

Thank you Norm Stubbendick, Kimball Guild, Donna Tavano, Pia MacKenzie, Diane Fromm, Cris Harter, Jean Collins, Andrea Stubbendick, Ellen Adamson, Sue Sasso, and Janet Winter for participating!



If you would like to show/sell your holiday art/craft - contact Sharyn Laughton or Gail Binney Sterne.

The 2025 CHS GALLERY poster is located in the window by the gallery door. Sign up for one month to show/sell your art/craft. Install your show the first day of your chosen month - take down the last day of that month - easy - fun - rewarding - help in installation is always available!

Sharyn Laughton & Gail Binney Sterne - CoCurators

GALLEY WEST ART GALLERY

GALLEY WEST ART GALLERY

The gallery celebrated its 3rd anniversary on

October 16th.  

Thank you to everyone who has supported us on this amazing journey.

WINTER SHOW 2024 Opens

Wednesday October 24^th at 10:00 a.m.

Opening Reception 3:00 - 5:00

Come celebrate with us and see the amazing art by 33 Lower and Outer Cape Cod artists. Many wonderful holiday gifts or something for yourself! Or just come in and immerse yourself in our beautiful gallery.

The Winter Show will be open through December 21st, Wednesday - Saturday 10 - 2, until 6 on Thursdays and Open every Sunday after service.

The 2025 show season will be posted on our website in January.  www.galleywestartgallery.com

Have questions about the gallery or entering a show, please contact the gallery at contact@gwagart.com

Sue Sasso - Managing Director & Sharyn Laughton - Creative Art Director

CENTERING PRAYER

Beginning this month, Centering prayer will meet at 3 pm on Mondays at the Federated Church of Orleans and 3 pm on Thursdays here at The Church of the Holy Spirit. As the weather gets cooler, we will come inside to the Sanctuary of the Federated Church and to the Reception Area/Gallery here.

Many thanks to those who pitched the tent and to those who took care of the plants out by the labyrinth at the Federated Church, and to those in the Garden Party who tended the Memorial Garden here for our times of prayer. 

This year marks our 11th year of meeting together and is a foundational part of our spiritual life. Twice a week we meet for 30 minutes of silent prayer, a time to consciously be together in God's presence. It is something we can do by ourselves, but we have found that sharing silence with others has a way of making us feel more connected to each other. Please join us. The circle is open to all. 



Contact Brooke Eaton-Skea if you want to learn more about Centering Prayer.

HEALTH MINISTRY

Is anyone feeling like you’re in vaccine overload??

COVID, Flu, RSV - what next?? 

Here is the recommendation, according to the latest CDC guidelines:

●     The Flu vaccine is recommended annually

●     The Pneumococcal vaccine is recommended once for those age 65 or older, sooner if at high risk for illness.

●     The RSV vaccine is recommended once for those age 75 or older, sooner if at high risk for illness.

●     The 2024-2025 COVID vaccine is recommended for “everyone ages 6 months and older.”

●     The 2024-2025 COVID vaccine is especially important “if you are age 65 + older, are at high risk for severe COVID-19, or have never received a vaccine.”

Check out the easy-to-read links below for more information, and consult your doctor to stay up to date:

Recommended Vaccinations for Adults | Vaccines & Immunizations | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-schedules/adult-easyread.html

Vaccine Schedules For You and Your Family | Vaccines & Immunizations | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-schedules/index.html

Staying Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines | COVID-19 | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html

Let us know if we can help in any way!

Health Ministry, chair Meg Nemitz

Other Health Resources:

Barnstable County Human Services:  www.bchumanservices.net (Comprehensive website

with multiple resources on the Cape)                 

Councils on Aging

Orleans: 508-255-6333Brewster: 508-896-2737 Chatham: 508-945-5190  

Eastham: 508-255-6164Harwich: 508-430-7530Wellfleet: 508-349-0319

Yarmouth: 508-398-9866Truro: 508-487-2462

VNAs of Cape Cod

Hyannis: 508-957-7400Falmouth: 508-495-5716So. Dennis: 508-957-7400

Cape Cod Hospital Social Services Department

508-862-5501

Cape Cod Healthcare Newsletter: Go to this link:   https://www.capecodhealth.org/

First page has a free sign up.

Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line

Call or text:  833-773-2445 (BHHL)

Online chat: masshelpline.com

Alzheimer’s Family Support Center

alzfamilysupport.org  (508)896-5170

Cape Wellness Collaborative

cape wellness.org   (774)408-8477

BIRTHDAYS ~ ANNIVERSARIES ~ REMEMBRANCES

IF YOU WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR BIRTHDAY OR

ANNIVERARY LIST, PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE

BIRTHDAYS

Lauren Gentile 10.29 Elizabeth Suraci 10.30 Barbara Wahlquist 10.30

The Rev. Stephen Jacobson 11.4 Phil Schultz 11.7 Karen Gentile 11.8 Barbara Mahoney 11.11

Brian Skea 11.14 Diana Crighton 11.17 The Rev. Herbert Skelly 11.20 Richard Anderson 11.20

Karen Sweeney 11.23 Suzanna Gray 11.24 Celia Calhoun 11.25 Donna Tavano 11.26

Priscilla Isner 11.29 Bruce Henley 11.29 Robert LaBranche 11.30 Karen Gardner 11.30

Raymond Thompson 11.30

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

The Rev. Douglas and Dianne Fromm 10/27/84

Jack and Susan Sasso 11/3/84

The Rev William and Margaret Ann Heuss 11/21/09

REMEMBRANCES

Nora K. Hersey 10.24.13

Robert Wagner 10.25.17 Frederick C. Heller 10.28.08 Elinor Rust 10.28.11

Mary Webbere 10.28.14 Clyde Bruce MacKenzie 10.29.16 Beatrix Gardiner 10.31.69

Anne Wardrop 11.01.17 Rosemary Von Schlegell 11.02.06

The Rev. G. David White 11.04.09 Frank Gawle 11.05.07 Philip Stevens, Sr. 11.05.90

Mac Kirkwood 11.06.07 Mike Leugers 11.06.19 Pat McLeod 11.06.23

William L. Beattie 11.07.10 Barbara Nelson 11.07.03 Frederick W. Thomas 11.07.13

Walter Morgan, Jr. 11.08.80 Connie Purdy 11.10.03 J. Howard Glover 11.13.10

Charles Chandler 11.14.85 Ruth Smith 11.14.81 Judith Bernhardt 11.15.97

Herbert Fuller, Sr. 11.15.68 Richard C. Butterworth 11.17.12

Frances Nickerson 11.17.10 Chester McLeod 11.18.06

The Rt. Rev. George Rath 11.18.95 Mary Kelsey 11.18.22

Thomas Frend Carey 11.19.98 Barbara Grant 11.19.20 Pete Miller 11.20.09

Agnes Delano 11.21.95 Elizabeth Mason 11.22.01 William Lester Udall 11.22.98

Keith F. Miller 11.23.14 Christine Miller 11.25.05 John Hallstead 11.26.08

Samuel M. Nickerson, III 11.26.72 Charlie Puzo 11.26.17 Russell Ford 11.27.11

Herbert Fuller 11.27.96 Virginia Thompson 11.27.92 Myrtle Haynie 11.28.07

Robert A. LaBranche, Sr. 11.28.19 Adrienne Smith 11.29.05

Donald Clifton 11.29.08 David Moore 11.29.15

RECENT DEATHS

Virginia Clarendon 5.15.24

John Sterne 5.19.24

Joan R. Proctor 8.31.24

Sandra H. Cole 10.13.24

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Watch over thy children, O'Lord, as their days increase..

Bless and guide them wherever they may be

keeping them unspotted from the world.

Strengthen them when they stand.

comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall.

And in their hearts, may thy peace, which passes all understanding,

Abide all the days of their lives.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.,

CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS

• Friday, October 25 - Pumpkin Carving and Pizza in the Gathering Room (5:30 p.m.)
• Saturday, October 26 - Funeral for John Stern (11:00 a.m.)
• Sunday, October 27 - Third Stewardship Sunday

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• Friday - Sunday, November 1 - 3 - Youth Group Weekend at Barbara Harris Camp
• Friday, November 1 - Bazaar set-up and prep
• Saturday, November 2 - Holiday Bazaar (9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
• Saturday, November 2 - Turn clocks back 1 hour!
• Sunday, November 3 - All Saints/All Souls Day; Presentation during coffee hour
• Monday, November 4 - Election Eve Prayers for our Nation (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)
• Tuesday, November 5 - Election Day; Church open for private prayer 10:00 am-3:00 pm
• Tuesday, November 5 - Tuesdays @ Two in the Fireplace Room (2:00 p.m.)
• Thursday, November 7 - Ladies' Luncheon (11:45 a.m.)
• Saturday, November 9 - Diocesan Convention
• Sunday, November 10 - Blessing of the Pledges
• Saturday, November 16 - Garden Party (8:30 a.m. - noon)
• Tuesday, November 19 - Tuesdays @ Two in the fireplace Room (2:00 p.m.)
• Thursday, November 28 - Thanksgiving Service (9:00 a.m.)
• Friday & Saturday, November 29 - 30 - Antique Show (10:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

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• Sunday, December 1 - Advent Wreath Making (11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
• Thursday - Saturday, December 12 - 14 - Fresh Holiday Arrangements Sale (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
• Wednesday, December 18 - Advent Lessons and Carols (5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.)

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