Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we experience the love of Jesus Christ and share it with others.

Looking Ahead - Special Events

Saturday, October 17

8:00-11:00 Fall Work Day

Sunday, October 18

8:30 Holy Eucharist Rite I

10:15 Nursery & Playroom available for kids (1 mo.-3 years)

10:30 Godly Play (ages 3-10 years)

10:30 Holy Eucharist Rite II with organ

Tuesday-Thursday, October 20-22

10:00-2:00, 5:00-7:00 Drop-off donations for River of Hope Garage Sale, Parish Hall. NO EARLY DROP-OFFS.

Thursday, October 22

5:00-7:00PM Garage Sale Early Bird, Parish Hall

Friday-Saturday, October 23-24

8:00AM-noon River of Hope Garage Sale, Parish Hall

Saturday, October 24

noon - Between the Covers Book Club, discussing The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks, BYO lunch

October 5 - November 1

Thanksgiving Food Drive. (peanut butter, see below)

Monday, October 26

Last day for Blessing Bag donations. Please donate low dollar H-E-B gift cards.

Sunday, November 1

Stewardship In-Gathering and Fall Parish Meeting, following 10:30 service

Blessing Bags Assembly for Youth after lunch

Thanksgiving Food Drive Ends. (peanut butter, see below)

Sunday, November 8

Last day for greenery orders, (see below)

December - 12, 13

Living Nativity

Most Weeks

Sundays

7:30 Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month

11:45 -12:20 Children's Chime Choir (Oct. 25, Nov. 8&22, Dec. 6&20)

Mondays

7:00 PM Round Dance Lessons, Parish Hall

Tuesdays

7:45 - 10:30 Volunteer - Food Distribution at the Food Basket

6:00 PM The Mahjong Bunch, Blue Room

Wednesdays

8:30 AM ARM (Army of Retired Men)

noon -12:30 PM Silent Prayer, Sanctuary

6:00 PM Handbell Choir rehearsal, Choir Room

7:00 PM Chancel Choir rehearsal, Sanctuary

8:00 PM Compline (Facebook Live)

Fridays

10:00 AM Healing Prayer Group, Welcome Center

Saturdays

7:45 - 10:30 Volunteer - Food Distribution at the Food Basket

2:00 - 4:00 PM Tabitha's Guild - Sewing Room - Room 250

A Word from Pastor Robin

A Week of Discernment

Room Enough — Stewarding the Gift of Our Lives

In Sunday's Gospel, Jesus asks a simple question about a coin: "Whose image is this?"

The answer is Caesar's. Jesus responds, "Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God."

But what belongs to God?

We do!

Scripture tells us that we are created in God's image—Imago Dei. Every one of us bears that image, not because of what we accomplish or contribute, but simply because we are God's beloved.

This is the foundation of Christian stewardship. Our time, talents, resources, and relationships are gifts entrusted to us. How we use them matters.

As Episcopalians, we begin with worship. Each Sunday we gather to hear God's Word, receive forgiveness, be nourished at Christ's table, and begin again. Then we are sent into the world to love and serve.

Worship grounds us. Study helps us grow. Prayer helps us listen. Service puts our faith into action.

Paul describes the Thessalonians by their "work of faith, labor of love, and steadfastness of hope." What a wonderful description of the kind of community we are called to be!

A Week of Discernment

This week, I invite you to use the seven-day time log in your bulletin. Notice how you spend your time and prayerfully consider:

What am I doing with my time?

What is the fruit of it? Does it bring joy, deepen relationships, nurture faith, or serve others?

What might God be inviting me to begin, change, or release?

This isn't about becoming busier. Rest, recreation, and time with loved ones are also faithful ways of stewarding our lives.

There's Room Enough for You!

Perhaps God is inviting you to explore one of our ministries: Sewing on Saturdays, helping with the garage sale or Food Basket, preparing a meal for the Port Ministry, or calling or visiting someone who is homebound or living in a nursing home.

Curious about your spiritual gifts? Take the spiritual gifts quiz included with our stewardship materials. I'd love to visit with you about what you discover and where your gifts and joy might meet the needs of others.

To schedule a conversation, text me at 832-922-7022.

Remember, God isn't asking you to do everything. God is inviting you to discern how to live faithfully with the gifts you have in this season of life.

We gather in worship to receive God's love. We go into the world to reflect it.

Whose image do you bear? And how will you reflect God's love this week?

In Hope,

Pastor Robin+

A Week of Discernment

Spiritual Gifts Quiz

Meet Your Vestry Nominees

On November 1, we will meet after the 10:30 service for our Stewardship In-Gathering and Fall Parish Meeting. During the meeting, we will vote on our vestry nominees.

Ellen Adriance

1. What is your occupation and how would your gifts and experiences contribute to the functioning of the vestry? Retired analyst/project management/educator instructional design: organizational skills and educational systems planning, project implementation.

2. Our parish’s mission is “Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we experience God's love and share it.” What does this statement mean to you personally? This allows for each person to bring their gifts as motivated through their heart and experience, providing variety in offering gifts and sincerity in how we express and share God’s love.

3. What would you consider to be the top priority for St. Timothy’s in this season of our parish’s common life? My involvement at St. Timothy’s has not been deep or varied enough to offer insight or direction, however my skills and willingness for service will support the choices of the vestry.

Mark Lehnhoff

1. What is your occupation and how would your gifts and experiences contribute to the functioning of the vestry? As a retired coach/teacher, my gifts of a common sense approach, organization, team leading and management skills contribute to the efficient functioning of a vestry. My gifts of patience, thoroughness and attention to detail benefit a vestry.

2. Our parish’s mission is “Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we experience God's love and share it.” What does this statement mean to you personally? Inviting and welcoming individuals and families to St. Timothy's means many things. In the past, when tradespeople have come to our parish for work and they indicate they are looking for a church, I invite them. When people are new to our church services, I welcome them just as I welcome our long-time members. Inviting and welcoming is an ongoing process of positive attitude and hospitality.

3. What would you consider to be the top priority for St. Timothy’s in this season of our parish’s common life? In my mind the ongoing maintenance and the continued fiscal responsibility to use funds to promote our parish, ministries, and mission is the top priority for St. Timothy's.

Bonnie McDaniel

1. What is your occupation and how would your gifts and experiences contribute to the functioning of the vestry? As a real estate agent/Broker, I’ve had the pleasure to assist and provide direction to many individuals, families and businesses to navigate purchasing and/or selling properties. To do that well, it’s helpful to have a servant’s heart and to be aware of and inform them of all pertinent information needed to make a good decision. That often meant researching relevant information at City Halls and County entities, from inspectors, insurers and always continuing education. As a business owner, marketing skills were a necessary priority.

Along the way, I have served on numerous boards and commissions and served three+ terms as an elected Angleton City Councilperson. Responsibilities included budget decisions and strategic planning. I’m currently serving on the board of directors of the Angleton Area Emergency Medical Corps, a non-profit EMS serving the greater Angleton area.

2. Our parish’s mission is “Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we experience God's love and share it.” What does this statement mean to you personally? Our parish’s mission to share God’s love means the Holy Spirit is among us and as we experience God’s love we are led to love others and share our time and selves prayerfully with each other. God’s love overflows into relationships in our families, with friends and our community and is expressed through service, sharing, caring and sometimes just being there.

3. What would you consider to be the top priority for St. Timothy’s in this season of our parish’s common life? A top priority for St Timothy’s is to welcome new families so they can know and feel God’s love with us.

Opportunities and Events

The people of St. Timothy's have been very generous with socks and utensils, but we still need low-dollar H-E-B gift cards. Please consider purchasing a $20 or $25 card the next time you are there. You can drop them off in the church office on Tuesdays - Friday, or speak with Jackie Kaus.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR DONATIONS IS OCTOBER 26!

Thanksgiving Food Drive

Now through November 1

It's that time of year again! Please help our neighbors have a blessed Thanksgiving by donating peanut butter in roughly 16oz jars. Any brand, smooth or chunky - it's all good! Our target is to donate at least 144 jars, so let's get going!

Greenery Sale

Altar Guild Fundraiser

Your St. Timothy's Altar Guild is again hosting our Christmas Greenery Fundraiser for 2026. Christmas Greenery purchased from Sherwood Forest Farms, located in the Pacific Northwest, supplies beautiful holiday greenery to provide the beauty of the Christmas Season! Proceeds from this fundraiser directly support St. Timothy's Altar Guild and the beautiful Eucharistic Table we feast at each Sunday.

Be on the lookout for our flyers, handouts, with QR codes for ordering greenery because our sale kicks off next week, October 8th. The last day to order is November 8th. Ordering online or on your phone is a breeze! We will also have a box for traditional order forms and checks (made payable to St. Timothy's--please note on the Memo line: Altar Guild Greenery-- in our narthex and office. Kim Lehnhoff will be available on Sundays to help with and support orders by check or any online order question. The delivery window for the greenery is after Thanksgiving until December 10^th-ish—just in time for the Christmas Season.

Our goal is $1800 in sales with hopefully 50%-ish in funds for Altar Guild returning to us.

Contact Kim Lehnhoff for information about our fundraiser or joining Altar Guild. We’d love to have you on our Ministry Team!

Tabatha's Guild (Sewing)

We have a new project! For the Blessing Bags, (see the article above,) we need about 20 simple backpacks. We already have eleven, so if we get just a small group together, we could whip them out in a matter of a couple of hours. We have plenty of supplies.

As usual, the sewing room will be open on Saturday from 2-4PM. We will also be available for anyone who has a project or wants to learn using our supplies.

Sondra Griner

Food Basket Needs

Want to donate food? Here are the top needs at the pantry.

Canned tuna in water
Canned peaches
Canned vegetables

Join us for Mahjong

If you have been thinking of trying out Mahjong, it might help you to know the teaching is patient and the company is good! Great snacks as well! It's nice to laugh a lot as well. Thank you to Jon Cox, Alexa and Douglas, Kim, Angela and Shannan sharing your experience. Join us Tuesdays at 6PM in the Blue Room.

Prayers and Thanksgivings

We pray especially for members: Lola, Bunny, Char, Maria, Jane, Christina, Roy, Fran, Emily, Lela, Kurt, Anna, Carolyn, Charlie and Norma, Mary, Donna and Larry, Kay and Sam, John and Gayle, Denis & Judi, Linda, the Cline family, Peggy Mungerson, and Steve Mathis.

Thank you for the privilege to pray on behalf of friends and families. Carol, Marty, Phyllis, Claudia, the Cardenas family, John, Sandra, Martha, Cathy, Shelby, Steve, Lillian and David, Connie, Leola, Doug, Ann, Rebekah, Alexandra, Katie, Paul, the Luna family, Gilbert and family, the Dye family, Doris, Kaytlynn, Cody, Liam and family, Mita, Alexander, Douglas, Kellye, Liz, Loorie, Derek, Mary, Eric, Kelly, Jocelyn, Cheryl, Terry, Matt, Kevin, Claire, Susan, Ben & Paula Stafford, the Patton family, Billy, Lisa, Ann, Rick, Jean, the Willcox family, Travis Smith, and Mondo & Bea.

We pray for our men and women serving in the Armed Forces. Cory, Jordan, Brad, Lucas, Annie, Justin, Joseph, Caleb, Ed, Brett, Thea, Jaycob, Cody, Joshua, and our veterans, John Pitts, Gary Jones, Randall Goodson, Rich Tillman, Roy McKneely, and George Dingee Sr.

We pray for all who have died, especially Austin Stallman and Joe Rinehart, that they may have a place in your eternal Kingdom.

For the diocesan cycle of prayer: St. Stephen’s in Beaumont, St. Stephen’s in Liberty, Trinity in Anahuac, Trinity in Jasper, and the Diocese of Peshawar.

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Birthdays: Raven Coomer, Jim Cutshall, Carolyn Hinderer, and Benjamin Friehauf

Anniversaries: Kurt Ruthstrom & Bonnie McDaniel

Birthday and Anniversary Prayer

O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on your servants as they begin another year. Grant that they may grow in wisdom and grace, and strengthen their trust in your goodness all the days of their life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Altar Flowers

In 2026, our set of 2 Altar floral arrangements will be present at regular St. Timothy’s Sunday services only on the occasions when parishioners provide flowers for special thanksgivings or remembrances. Floral arrangements may be given in memory, thanksgiving or celebration of whomever and/or for whatever the person/family donating flowers chooses for that selected Sunday. A pamphlet by the Flower Chart in the Narthex outlining this process is available. Please do note on our wall-mounted flower chart the Sunday(s) you wish to provide flowers and sign on that date. We have 2 local floral shops—Carriage Flowers and LJ Flower Co.—we use. By the Monday or Tuesday of the week before your selected Sunday contact your choice of shop to arrange for and pay the flower shop directly for your 2 arrangements order. You will no longer provide a check to St. Timothy’s for flowers. Kim Lehnhoff will coordinate flowers and is available to help with any step in the process of arranging for your flowers. Contact Kim at (979) 299-9777 or email kim60lehn@gmail.com with questions or for help.

Carriage Flowers: (979) 297-9927

LJ Flower Co. (979) 297-3213

Resources

Request Prayer

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 4:6

There are 2 ways for prayer requests to be included in the Prayers of the People during worship and the weekly Blast. Details will remain confidential.

Call the office to share your request (979-297-6003).

Use the online form found on the church website or scan the QR code found here or in your bulletin.

Whether prayers of supplication or of thanksgiving:

Incorporate your personal prayers into worship
Use the longer pause during the Prayers of the People for spoken and unspoken prayer
Join a member of the Healing Prayer team at the side chapel after taking communion

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

Matthew 18:20

Round Dance Lessons

Round Dance lessons are held in the Parish Hall on most Mondays. We are doing a variety of ballroom dances. Newbies are welcome as we currently have very low numbers of attendees, you'll get lots of personal instruction. Wear casual clothes with comfortable shoes that slide. Join us for fun exercise and to meet new friends. Cost is $5 per person per lesson approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours on Mondays starting at 7:00PM. Questions, contact Gigi at 979-529-5887 or stop by and check us out.

Get our Church Directory

Our digital church directory is a great tool to help you know who's who, associate a name with a face, and reach out to another member. To get started, download the Instant Church Directory app, and log in with the email you provided to the office.

New to St. Timothy's? Have an outdated picture? Take a new picture, and send it in to the office, (office@stimothy.org.)