Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

Fr. Ron will preach and preside this 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.

I will preach and preside at our mid-week Eucharist at 1:10 on Wednesday afternoons.  The service will conclude by 1:45.

St. Alban's, Glen Burnie will join us in celebrating the Feast of All Saints on Friday, November 1st at noon here at St. Andrew's.  I will preach and their Priest-in-Charge, the Rev. Lew Bradford, will preside.  The offering from this service will be sent to Episcopal Relief & Development.

The Vestry is proposing changes to our parish's By-Laws to reflect our church's size and the modern means of communication that we employ.  The proposed revisions are attached, and will also be made available in printed form.  We will discuss these proposed revisions after the 10:00 service on November 10th, prior to our Annual Meeting after the service on the 17th, at which the changes will be voted on.

 Please take a few minutes and respond to the Diocesan survey. It may be found at: <https://covidreligionstudy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9GYI89a3NMOwuFw?congregation=13137>

We look forward to welcoming our Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, when she makes her episcopal visitation to St. Andrew's on November 24th.  There will be one service at 10:00; Bp. Carrie will preach and preside, and we will have a potluck luncheon upstairs afterwards.

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 September Healing Sunday offering of $200 was sent to the Maryland Food Bank.  Our October Healing Sunday offering will support the North County Emergency Outreach Network.

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

But let us be keen to call out to God,

Send our prayers into that bright place,

That we may have that hall,

A home on high where there is the greatest of hopes,

Where the King of angels pays to the clean

An eternal reward.  Now may his praise remain

Great and glorious and his might endure,

Eternal and rejuvenated over all creation.

--Cynewulf, The Fates of the Apostles (Old English, ~9th c.)

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

36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!”

39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

40 Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.

St. Alban's, Episcopal Church in Glen Burnie will join us in celebrating the Feast of All Saints on Friday, November 1st at noon here at St. Andrew's.  I will preach and their Priest-in-Charge, the Rev. Lew Bradford, will preside.  Please come and join us!

We have added a new link for your Daily Readings and Research.  It is the Lectionary provided by Vanderbilt University.  This is a service of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library.  To access this resource, select the link found on our Episcopal Links Page.

Enjoy!