Thanks to everyone for so warmly welcoming our Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, when she made her episcopal visitation to St. Andrew's last Sunday.  Bp. Carrie posted a lovely message about her visit (and several great pictures) on her Facebook page.  Thanks to Laura Richardson for coordinating our potluck after the service, and to all who contributed to the $700 gift that St. Andrew's is making to her discretionary fund.

Fr. Ron will preach and preside Sunday.  We have returned to our usual schedule of Rite I at 8:00 and Rite II at 10:00.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Fr. Ron will also preach and preside at our mid-week Eucharist at 1:10 today and next Wednesday afternoon.  The service will conclude by 1:45.

Please continue to send cards and make visits to our former Rector the Rt. Rev. Carl Wright at The View Alexandria, 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community.  Our November Healing Sunday offering of $300 will be sent to the Baltimore International Seafarers' Center, and our December Healing Sunday offering will support Caring Cupboard.

The Rector's Discretionary Fund enables me to work on the church's behalf to care for those in need in our community, and to support the needs of worthy ministries, as I am made aware of these needs.  I am always glad to receive gifts to this fund (either electronically or by checks made out to St. Andrew's with Rector's Discretionary Fund on the memo line). If you are facing job loss or a reduction in your family's income please don't hesitate to reach out to me personally.

--Fr. Jason

Thanksgiving starts with thanks for mere survival,

Just to have made it through another year

With everyone still breathing. But we share

So much beyond the outer roads we travel;

Our interweavings on a deeper level,

The modes of life embodied souls can share,

The unguessed blessings of our being here,

The warp and weft that no one can unravel.

So I give thanks for our deep coinherence

Inwoven in the web of God’s own grace,

Pulling us through the grave and gate of death.

I thank him for the truth behind appearance,

I thank him for his light in every face,

I thank him for you all, with every breath.

--Malcolm Guite

The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.

Rector

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

7859 Tick Neck Road

Pasadena, MD  21122

410-255-1070 (o)

410-241-4838 (m)

priest@standrewspasadena.com