Sunday Morning Zoom Link HERE
If you have never used Zoom before, when you click on the link, you will be asked to download the software. You then will be asked if you want to use computer audio or phone (computer is better if you have that capability.) And you will be asked if you want to open the video to let us see you. Downloading the software will take about 10 minutes.
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
March 29, 2020
Virtual Service of Holy Communion 10:45am
Assisting in Liturgy
Lay Reader - Priscilla Moot
Music - Joe Breczka
Happy Birthday
March 31 Julia Leibring April 1 George Waters Jr
April 2 Stacy Lampman April 3 Merick Villeneuve
Message of Gratitude…
To Reverend Randi for reaching out to us after our car accident.
It was so kind of her.
Josh, Laurie, and Madeline Gregory
Easter Adopted Families
We will continue to accept your donations for our adopted families thru March 29th for Easter. However, due to the suspension of in-person church services, as well as, suspension of office hours... If you have a key and would like to drop them off, please put perishable items in the kitchen refrigerator and non-perishables in the bin near the parking lot door. If you do not have a key, please contact Jamie Gailie
(270-7066, jgailie30@gmail.com) to arrange an alternative.
Easter Flowers - For when we worship in-person again
Prudy has asked me to pass along more detailed info for the Flowers.
Lilies, Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths, & Mums are $6.50 each
Azaleas are $15 each
Hydrangeas are $20 each
All flowers are from Niagara Produce
Please contact Prudy (778-7850) with your order.
Check payments can be mailed to Prudy (3089 Coomer Rd, Newfane, NY 14108). Please make checks payable to "St Andrew's" with "Easter Flowers" in the memo line.
Office Hours
By order of NYS, all non-essential employees are to stay home. Shawn will be working from home until further notice. There will be no office hours until this order is lifted. While phone messages will be checked, the best way to reach Shawn will be via office email.
The office hours are also changing effective April 1st. The new base hours will be
M-F, (weekdays) 2-5pm with the remaining hours on a rotating schedule at different times throughout the week. If you need to contact Shawn, in-person or by phone/email, the office will be open between 2-5pm weekdays, once the NYS order has been lifted.
Community Easter Egg Hunt
Due to the Covid-19 Outbreak, we are cancelling the Egg Hunt this year. Although toys have already been purchased for the Hunt, we will save them for next year. Thank you to all that donated items and monetary funds!
April 18th - Game Night & Dinner
We are postponing this event for obvious reasons, BUT it is only postponed. We will reschedule, once everything gets back to normal.
Pledges
Even though we are not worshipping in-person on Sundays, you can still honor your pledge and donate by mailing your checks to the church office, or by using the PayPal link on our website. Thank you for your continued support as we journey together through these difficult days. Our financial obligations do continue, and we are depositing pledge checks and mailing accounts payable checks.
March 29, 2020
Virtual Service of Holy Communion 10:45am
Assisting in Liturgy
Lay Reader - Priscilla Moot
Music - Joe Breczka
Happy Birthday
March 31 Julia Leibring April 1 George Waters Jr
April 2 Stacy Lampman April 3 Merick Villeneuve
Message of Gratitude…
To Reverend Randi for reaching out to us after our car accident.
It was so kind of her.
Josh, Laurie, and Madeline Gregory
Easter Adopted Families
We will continue to accept your donations for our adopted families thru March 29th for Easter. However, due to the suspension of in-person church services, as well as, suspension of office hours... If you have a key and would like to drop them off, please put perishable items in the kitchen refrigerator and non-perishables in the bin near the parking lot door. If you do not have a key, please contact Jamie Gailie
(270-7066, jgailie30@gmail.com) to arrange an alternative.
Easter Flowers - For when we worship in-person again
Prudy has asked me to pass along more detailed info for the Flowers.
Lilies, Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths, & Mums are $6.50 each
Azaleas are $15 each
Hydrangeas are $20 each
All flowers are from Niagara Produce
Please contact Prudy (778-7850) with your order.
Check payments can be mailed to Prudy (3089 Coomer Rd, Newfane, NY 14108). Please make checks payable to "St Andrew's" with "Easter Flowers" in the memo line.
Office Hours
By order of NYS, all non-essential employees are to stay home. Shawn will be working from home until further notice. There will be no office hours until this order is lifted. While phone messages will be checked, the best way to reach Shawn will be via office email.
The office hours are also changing effective April 1st. The new base hours will be
M-F, (weekdays) 2-5pm with the remaining hours on a rotating schedule at different times throughout the week. If you need to contact Shawn, in-person or by phone/email, the office will be open between 2-5pm weekdays, once the NYS order has been lifted.
Community Easter Egg Hunt
Due to the Covid-19 Outbreak, we are cancelling the Egg Hunt this year. Although toys have already been purchased for the Hunt, we will save them for next year. Thank you to all that donated items and monetary funds!
April 18th - Game Night & Dinner
We are postponing this event for obvious reasons, BUT it is only postponed. We will reschedule, once everything gets back to normal.
Pledges
Even though we are not worshipping in-person on Sundays, you can still honor your pledge and donate by mailing your checks to the church office, or by using the PayPal link on our website. Thank you for your continued support as we journey together through these difficult days. Our financial obligations do continue, and we are depositing pledge checks and mailing accounts payable checks.
Please remember to regularly check your email for announcements from the office.
We will not be having in-person worship until at least April 19th, and the Bishop may extend the date past then.
We will not be having in-person worship until at least April 19th, and the Bishop may extend the date past then.
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Lent
Early Christians observed "a season of penitence and fasting" in preparation for the Paschal feast. The season now known as Lent (from an Old English word meaning "spring," the time of lengthening days) has a long history. Originally, in places where Pascha was celebrated on a Sunday, the Paschal feast followed a fast of up to two days. In the third century this fast was lengthened to six days. Eventually this fast became attached to, or overlapped, another fast of forty days, in imitation of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. The forty-day fast was especially important for converts to the faith who were preparing for baptism, and for those guilty of notorious sins who were being restored to the Christian assembly. In the western church the forty days of Lent extend from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, omitting Sundays. The last three days of Lent are the sacred Triduum of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. Today Lent has reacquired its significance as the final preparation of adult candidates for baptism. Joining with them, all Christians are invited "to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word" (BCP, p. 265). An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church |
IMPORTANT FISH FRY ANNOUNCEMENT:
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St. Andrew's family and friends, the inter-generational group would like to invite you to join us for a Zoom Social Hour scheduled for Friday, April 3rd from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm via Zoom.
If you have not yet used Zoom, no worries at all! CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK. You will be prompted to download Zoom on your computer or the Zoom App on your tablet or Ipad. Once you have joined the meeting I will be providing a brief overview of Zoom and how to use all the sharing applications. Then, virtually we will have time to chat in small groups (Break-Out Rooms) and connect as a larger group to talk with everyone to see how they are doing during "social distancing" So, grab your favorite beverage and join in the fun! From Pam :) |
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Gratitude Messages
Would you like to thank someone for the great work they are doing at St. Andrew's or in our community? Or share your gratitude for our church, the community or the positive things happening in your lives? Then fill out and submit your messages of gratitude using (1) one of the paper forms found on the table in the Narthex or in the pews or (2) digitally by sending an email to Shawn or completing the google form located on St. Andrew's website. Your messages will be shared with the congregation via our weekly emails, in the weekly bulletins (when there is room), on our St. Andrew's website, and in our newsletters. If you have any questions about the gratitude messages, please talk to Pam Leibring or email/call her at leibring@yahoo.com and 716-807-9535. OUR RECTOR:
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PAYPAL LINK
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Check it out: Presiding Bishop Curry's Podcast Link HereFor Pastoral Emergencies, Hospital and Eucharistic Visits, call
Pastor Randi on her cell at 571.218.0984 |