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

Looking Ahead - Special Events

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

Sunday, October 25

7:30 Brotherhood of St. Andrew

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

11:45 -12:20 Children's Chime Choir

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

Time change - "Fall back"

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

Blessing Bags Assembly for Youth after lunch

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

Monday, November 2

10:00 Graveside service for Peggy Mungerson, Old Columbia Cemetery, 401 S. 16th St, West Columbia, TX

Sunday, November 8

Last day for greenery orders, (see below)

Friday, November 20

Last day for tamale 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

Greetings from Clergy Conference

Grace and peace to you Beloved of God from clergy Conference at Camp Allen. It’s been a full week of fellowship, learning and a bit of rest.

My favorite workshop was presented by one of your own, Rev. Will Parker. He presented how improved skills can help us love well. You can see the list on screen. Listening with an intention to make the other person a success was thought provoking!

The focus of our three days was hunger. We heard from many leading experts. It’s not what you think. The solution is connection, community, collaboration.

There is still an opportunity to sign up to show your support to have our legislators support SNAP. You can sign up here or on the sign up sheet in the Hall. Your information will not be shared or stored beyond the legislative office.

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.

Alison Rule

1. What is your occupation and how would your gifts and experiences contribute to the functioning of the vestry? I am a capital project manager for a chemical company. In this role, I bring various people together to agree on project objectives, scope, and implementation plans. I also put together bid packages and submit them to contractors. Then I review the bids to ensure they are technically comparable and the project requirements are met. This experience could be very applicable if there are upcoming projects for the church. But even in a more general sense, I have a gift for getting a team on the same page by listening to viewpoints and finding common ground.

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? To me, the action word is “share” – we should share not only God’s word, but our time and any other blessings we can. This might be donations of material items or volunteer time, but to me it also means being a compassionate listener, offering encouragement, and stepping up to help others.

3. What would you consider to be the top priority for St. Timothy’s in this season of our parish’s common life? I believe a church should always seek to grow its congregation, but based on seeing the same handful of people filling a variety of roles in the church, I think finding more volunteers should be a high priority. I didn’t get involved as a videographer until I was asked - in part because I didn’t realize there was a need and in part because I didn’t know what the role required. I think these are two questions that could easily be answered and posted where the congregation can review.

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Welcome Baby Phillips!

Join us in celebrating and thanking God that baby Phillips was born on Sunday! Many blessings to Preston and Megan, and siblings Pierce, Bryn and Blair!

Parker Jace Phillips

Born 10/18/26 @ 2:27 pm

9 lbs, 21.5 inches long

Please join us for lunch, the Stewardship In-Gathering, and Fall Parish Meeting. The Lehnhoffs are supplying meats, so please sign up in the hallway to bring either a side dish or a dessert.

Opportunities and Events

St. Timothy’s Brotherhood of St. Andrew Tamale Fundraiser

The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is once again having a tamale fundraiser to support our various outreach ministries. The cost will be $15.00/dozen with pick-up in the Parish Hall either from 10:30 am-12:00 am Friday December 4^th (when they will still be hot) or 8:30 am - noon on Sunday December 6^th. NOTE: Health Department regulations now prevent our supplier from delivering on weekends.

Order forms will be available in the Church office and in the Welcome Center in the weeks prior to pick-up, starting Sunday, October 18^th. All orders must be in no later than Friday, November 20 ^th . Please complete the forms and turn them in the designated baskets in either the Church office or the Welcome Center. Please make checks payable to St. Timothy’s.

Order Form

3Q2026 Finance Health Check is Good!

• Expenses are still tracking below budget, reflecting effective spending controls and timing of planned expenditures.

• Ministry leaders have done a fantastic job of fund raising/donations to fund their ministries!

• Income is slightly above plan for pledges, regular gifts are slightly below budget.

• Lower expenses and on-track pledge income have resulted in a balanced budget through the third quarter. Let's keep it going.

• Every gift, no matter the size, helps share God's love, support ministry, and impact lives in our community. Thank you for your faithful generosity!!!

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 give thanks for new vestry candidates: Ellen Adriance, Bonnie McDaniel, Allison Rule, and Mark Lehnhoff.

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, Steve Mathis, and Sandra & Anne

Thank you for the privilege to pray on behalf of friends and families. Pray Silently or aloud: Carol, Marty, Phyllis, Claudia, the Cardenas family, John, 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. Pray silently or aloud. 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, Joe Rinehart, and Peggy Mungerson, that they may have a place in your eternal Kingdom.

For the diocesan cycle of prayer: Calvary in Richmond, Christ Church in Eagle Lake, Christ Church in Matagorda, and the Diocese of Peshawar.

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Birthdays: Benjamin Friehauf, Anne Weir, Kay Aplin, and Chuck Genella

Anniversaries: Donald & Jackie Kaus, Linda & Billy Henson, and Ron Weeks & Irenna Garapetian

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: Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God by Janet Hicks in celebration of the Fall season.

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.)