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ALERT!!!
St. Vincent de Paul Society has been providing approximately 400
needy families with basic food supplies for over10 years. St
Andrew’s Church has contributed to this worthy cause through the
activities of the ECW club and the outreach program who sponsor
the Souper Bowl Sunday and the Thanksgiving meal food drive.
Another contributing activity is the antique car show. Donations
to the Society can be left in the narthex at Sunday services,
delivered directly to the St. Vincent de Paul pantry or by
calling Irvane Spracklin-609-261-2241. The pantry is located
behind the Sacred Heart Church, 269 High St, Mount Holly. Their
hours are: Mon-Tues-Wed-Fri from 11am to 1pm Mon 6-8pm
Thurs-6:30 to 8:30pm The basic food needs are items such
as soups, baked beans, cereal, meals in a can or box,
vegetables, rice and peanut butter and jelly.
St. Andrew’s Church, Parish House and Office
closed July 28, 29 & 30 while the electrician hooks up the air
conditioning. Please schedule any necessary visits around these
dates as there will be NO EXCEPTIONS. If you need anything
please call the office this week to make arrangements.
GARDEN COMMITTEE: Meeting is scheduled today after the service.
If sunny we will meet outside. If we have rain we will meet in
the Parish House. All are welcome and you don’t have to have a
green thumb to be a part of keeping St. Andrew’s garden’s
beautiful. If you have any questions please call Paula Horvath
at 609-871-9323.
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE—The American Red Cross is in need
of blood and Miller Ford is going to have a mid-year Blood
Drive. It will be held on Friday August 14th in the Ford Store,
1596 Rt. 38 in Lumberton from 1:30 to 7:00 p.m. We need your
help to make the August Blood Drive as successful as the
February Drive. Please contact me to schedule an appointment and
please tell your friends and neighbors too. Thanks for your
support. Beth Hofstein, Assistant to Charles S. Miller, at
609-261-6847 or via email at www.millertransgroup.com.
ACOLYTES: Mark your calendars for Acolyte training, September 12
from 9:30 to 10:30 am. September 13th is Homecoming Sunday and
September 20th is the 1st day of Sunday school.
AL-ANON: Meetings are held in the Parish House on Mondays from
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. If you or somebody you know needs a
support group to help deal with a friend, neighbor or loved one
who has an addiction problem, all are more than welcome to
attend. Even if you are just curious about Al -Anon, please
come. For further info, contact the Church office at 267-0225,
Polly Horvath.
SAINT ANDREW'S MODEL TRAIN CLUB Kids and adults welcome. Train
Schedule for 2009: 1st and 3rd Thursdays 7 PM - 9 PM and the 2nd
Sat. 9AM-11AM of each month in the Parish House. Please call
Bruce Turner (609) 265-1372 or Bill McBride (609) 914-0778 for
details.
FOOD PANTRY NEEDS. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Food
Pantry is in desperate need of food. They are now serving over
400 families per month and find they cannot keep up with the
demand. Currently they are in need of: tuna, rice, cereal,
canned fruit, soups, vegetables, boxed or canned potatoes, meals
in a can, stuffing, and juice. Donations may be placed in the
basket by the information rack in the Narthex. Thank you so
much for your continued generosity! If you have any questions
about the food pantry, call Beth Turner at 609-265-1372.
ACME RECEIPTS: We are still collecting the blue and white Acme
receipts for St. Vincent de Paul. St. Vincent’s receives 1% of
the total purchase price. There are no date expiration
restrictions on the receipts. Place any receipts in the food
donation basket in the Narthex or give to Beth Turner.
QUILT RAFFLE- Tickets are now available for the "Turning Thirty"
handmade quilt made by the St. Andrew's Mysterious Five.
Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 tickets for $5.00. All proceeds are
supporting the Window Restoration Fund. To purchase tickets or
obtain packs of tickets to sell, please contact Lynn Warren,
609-261-2695 or Dorothy Leverich, 609-261-1117. Drawing will be
held on Nov. 29, 2009.
RESERVE YOUR ECW CHINESE AUCTION TICKETS AT SUNDAY SERVICES: The
ECW will hold its bi-annual Chinese Auction on Sunday, November
15th at the Quality Inn on Rt. 38 in Maple Shade. Tickets are
not in but can be reserved at either the 8am or 10 am services;
please see Sharon Carr or Lynn Warren at the 8am and Beth Turner
or Mia Baker at the 10 am to reserve your ticket. The cost is
$40 which includes lunch, a sheet of auction tickets and loads
of fun! For more information contact Mia Baker at 702-0309.
BIRTHDAYS: We pray God’s continued blessing on Kathy Murphy,
Carmen Scott and Craig Vaughn.
ALTAR FLOWERS: Altar flowers given today by the Memorial Fund
for the Glory of God in memory of Alice O. R. Paul.
ALTAR CANDLES: Altar candles given today by Mr. & Mrs. Charles
S. Miller for the Glory of God in memory of Paul and Francis
Miller and Elizabeth Madara.
SHORT-TERM PRAYER LIST: Frank Horvath, Marti Ida, The Zoz Family
& The Ida Family, Evelyn Shemelia, Skip Dunker, Nelson Troster,
Sr., Ruth Curlis, Gene Kline, Joe Leusner, Joseph Phillip, Jr.,
Matthew Farr, Janice Lutz, Kathy Weaver, Jeanette, Eddie Jones
and Tracey Dilkes.
LONG -TERM PRAYER LIST: Hannah, Lee Ann, Emily Grace, Juanita,
Nadine, Ellen Barnett, Cole Bodine, William Russell Bowker, Bill
and Nancy Braddock, Lucye Burrage, Edward Burroughs, Nancy Gsell
Calcara, The Callahan Family, Linda Carilli, John Connolly, Jane
Cook, Margaret and R.J. Costa, Stephen Cotton, Hilary Cox, David
Daglis, Jean Dietrick, Christine & Robert DiTullio and son
Jayden, Gary Donnelly, Ron Doyle, Gregory Gsell, Heather Earle,
Eleanor Forbes, Ed Espenshade, Tina Fulkrod, Byron Gartland,
Marissa Gayles, Nicholas Gilbert, Brittany Goldberg, Lee Hein,
Deborah Heller, Ruth Horn, Jean Kimble, Beverly Krasnansky,
Matthew Kuntzi, Phyllis Lang, Charles Longstreet, Steve Lutz,
Perry & Anita Manzer, Kevin Markel, Julie Neill, Hannah Parayil,
Melanie Pielacha, Carole Potter, Michelle Reed, Cyndie Regn,
Kristina Rivera, Catherine Rodner, Amy Ryan, Shirley Sapp, Mary
Schafle, Barbara Signorelli, Darlene Simpson, Barbara Smith,
Venus Speed, Thomas Sundstrom, Kim Stanton, Jim Sween, Ken, Meg,
Sean, Mary Kate Trout, Sue Trout and the Trout Family, Zack Van
Tine, Jessie Voinski Family, Ronald Wallis, Susan Zeranski and
Cyndi Zimmerman.
OUTREACH NEWS
The Outreach Committee has decided on two programs that we would
like to introduce to our congregation over the summer. If you
can help with either or both projects, we will be able to help
people in Providence House, the "Safe House" for abused women
and children, by providing them with children's new underwear.
When the family leaves a dangerous situation, they have just the
clothing on their backs. The boys and girls desperately need our
help in supplying them with new underwear. All sizes, for both
boys and girls, are needed. If you can help by purchasing a
package of new underwear, and bringing it to church, we will
have a box in the Narthex throughout July and August. It will be
taken to Providence House in time for the new school year to
begin.
The children of Mount Holly will no longer be given basic school
supplies by the school system, as has been the policy in past
years. Many families in our area with several children will find
this quite a hardship this year. During the month of July and
into August, Walmart, Target, Shoprite, CVS, Staples, to name a
few of the stores, run great sales on crayons, pencils, glue,
notebooks, etc. We would like to be able to take a box of
supplies to Brainerd and Folwell Elementary Schools, from the
parishioners of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, to give some
relief to the families with children in both schools. Anything
you can do to help, will be deeply appreciated. Again, boxes
will be placed in the Narthex, labeled "School Supplies". Thank
you for any help you may be able to give!
HELP NEEDED: To clean and paint the Sunday School Classrooms on
Saturday, July 18 and 25 from 9 am to 1pm. If you can lend a
hand please call Stacy McBride at 609-914-0778 or Vanessa
Meredith at 856-669-4738. All help will be greatly appreciated.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Moorestown Visiting Nurses & Hospice is
seeking caring and compassionate volunteers to visit terminally
ill patients in their home or care facility. Training is
provided and volunteers can give as little or as much time as
they wish.
Volunteers are also needed for office work, community outreach,
and bereavement.
Please contact Volunteer Manager by calling 856-552-1300 or
emailing volunteer@moorestownvna.org. We look forward to hearing
from you!
THANK YOU: I'd like to thank everyone that responded to my plea
for help for Heather Earle's son and family, who had suffered
the loss of their home and ALL of their possesions, in a recent
fire. The gifts that you brought into church or dropped off at
my house were greatly appreciated, as was the cash that is being
used to purchase a gift card to their local Walmart. At the
present time, although they still need furniture, etc., we will
not continue collecting household items, as the Red Cross has
set them up in a very small apt., and they just have no place to
fit it all in, nor do they have a storage area. Again, I can't
begin to express their (and my) thanks, for such a wonderful
outpouring of generosity from our congregation! Carol Kensler
Remember in prayer our parishioners, friends, and relatives of
parishioners who are serving in the armed forces of our country
especially: Christopher Allen, Brad Belfer, Robert Bromley,
Bobby Burness, Dave Chaka, Matthew Cooper, Chantal Cragg, Chris
Davey, William Day, Alejandro Diaz, Thomas Dill, Randy Eller,
Jennifer Espenshade, Robert Fredrickson, BJ Frullia, James
(Jimmie) Hambley, Patrick Holland, Robert Hood, Shay Howard, Dan
Hummel, Eddie O. Johnson, Matthew Kennedy, Adam Langborgh,
Andrew Langborgh, Brian Lomonoco, Valentino Lopez, Robert
McCullough III, P.R. Moore, Jessica O’Connor, Craig Pache, Duane
Peterson, Patrick Reimer, Stacie Rembold, Terry Rembold, Nelson
Rivera, Teddy Scott, Christopher Sheridan, Richard Suedekum,
Timothy Tafe, Cody Taylor, Ken Tucker, Ricky Urizzo, Travis
Watts, Melissa Weikert, Brian Wesley, Nicole Whitman, Greg
Wildung, Corey Williams, Richard Woods, Allen Wurpel and Will
Zuzzio.
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping
all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad.
Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them
in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the
perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding
presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen.
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