A Message from the Junior Warden:
The sight of combines operating in farm fields and overflowing grain trucks on local roads indicate October in Indiana and harvest time. The finality of successfully bringing in a crop, five to six months after planting season, must bring not only a sense of relief but also one of exhilaration. This cycle of production, dependent on so many uncontrollable factors, requires a high level of necessary patience.
A harvest doesn’t happen overnight. A farmer or gardener knows it takes consistent nurturing and endurance to yield the desired results. In a spiritual context, many facets of daily life; prayer, choices, actions, our influence and interactions with others, are all components of planting a “life’s” harvest. We invest time, energy, and effort into cultivating these figurative seeds, with the expectation that our dedication will ultimately yield positive outcomes comparable to a successful harvest.
Again, fruits from this type of labor might not be easily recognizable. Regardless, I remain faithful in those working, daily, to plant seeds of positivity, goodwill, kindness and care despite the negativity that surrounds us.
I believe that good will grow from positive efforts even if results aren’t immediately evident.
Jim Ensley, Junior Warden
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Rector’s Office Drop-In Time
Rev. Jen has set her office drop-in day as Wednesday of each week from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. for anyone who would like to stop in and visit. You are always invited to make an appointment for a time convenient for you. Mondays are her Sabbath day. NOTE: Rev. Jen will be out of the office Tuesday, October 7 – Friday, October 17 so there will be no drop-in hours during those 2 weeks. She will also be away Thursday, October 23 – Saturday, October 25.
The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 23
In-Person Sunday Morning Worship Service, October 12, led by Pastor Steven Albertin,10:15 a.m.
You can stream the service via St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Greencastle, Indiana Facebook Page. Click on this link to view the Live Stream. We will start the Live Stream 5 minutes prior to the start of the service.
Click here for the service booklet for October 12.
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SAINT ANDREW’S 2025 DIRECTORIES
For those of you who had your photos taken for the new church directory, you can pick them up in the office during normal business hours, Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – noon, or on Sundays at church from Karen Hirt Mannon. For those who didn’t have their photos taken, please inquire with Karen as there are only a limited number of extras available.
TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY
The Book and Bible Group has begun again, meeting at 4:30 p.m. most Tuesday afternoons with Evening Prayer celebrated at 4:00 p.m. The next one will be Tuesday, October 21 at 4:30 p.m. All are welcome.
ALTAR FLOWER CALENDAR
An altar flower calendar is posted in Hamilton Hall. Sign up to sponsor the altar flowers to commemorate a birthday or anniversary, remember a loved one, or in thanksgiving for an important event. We ask a donation to help offset the cost of the altar flowers and other worship expenses. Be sure to tell the office your dedication so that it can be printed in the bulletin. Please make checks payable to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and in the memo field please put this information: Altar Flowers, person’s name, occasion, Sunday date you’d like for the flowers to be on the altar.
VESTRY MEETING MINUTES
If any of you are interested in what your Vestry is doing, there are two copies of each month’s minutes on the music stand in Hamilton Hall. Feel free to read and return!
SHOPPING LIST FOR NON-FOOD PANTRY
Please add Adult Pull-Ups (all sizes) and bed pads to your shopping list for the NFP for the month of October. If you are donating adult pull-ups/briefs, they should be the ones without tabs. We are currently overstocked in adult diapers and period products. Meals and conversation in Hamilton Hall are going well. Patrons are now able to pick out items they most need. Your contributions help our budget go farther in helping meet the needs of those in Putnam County. The next Non-Food Pantry will be Saturday, October 25 from noon – 2:00 p.m. If you can help with this ministry in any way, please contact Harriet Moore or Carl Huffman.
KROGER COUPONS
If you have any unwanted Kroger coupons, please bring them to Hamilton Hall and place in the window ledge near the “Little Library”. We would like to make them available to our Non-Food Pantry recipients so that they might be able to take advantage of them to help extend their food budget. Thanks in advance!
FREE DAILY DEVOTIONAL
We have some large print Day by Day daily devotionals in the sanctuary that you are free to take home for your personal devotions–and if we know that people would like copies, we can order the right amount. Many of you may also appreciate the on-line version of Day to Day. Click here.
ON-GOING COVID PROTOCOL
We continue to respond to both our county’s current CDC designation and to the current variant. Masking is optional. Decisions on COVID policy have moved from the Reconvening Committee to Rev. Jen and the Wardens.
Prayers and Reflections for This Week
We have heard that the daily reflections and scripture readings provided during Lent were appreciated. The meditations are written by persons from Gobin UMC and Beech Grove UMC. They will be in the newsletter each week. Whether you enjoy these every day or as the Spirit moves you, may this resource continue to bring you spiritual food for the journey. Blessings!
Click here to view the readings and accompanying links.
Non-Food Pantry Latest
Saturday, October 25
• Noon to 2:00 p.m.
There will be a distribution in Hamilton Hall and light lunches will be served inside. We are grateful for all those who have worked so hard to obtain supplies for the Non-Food Pantry. Items are having to be purchased from a variety of sources making it much more expensive. Donations to help offset this extra cost will be gratefully accepted!
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Your prayers are asked for:
Haile Bane, grandson of Joanne Haymaker
Beth, friend of Jen+
Beth Benedix, friend to many at St. Andrew’s
Jennifer Clarke, friend of Patti Harmless
Lynda, friend of Sarah Finlay-Black
The family of Jeanne Fitzpatrick
Katie Gleichman, relative of Jim & Cathryn Ensley
Joanne Haymaker
Tom Kaiser, friend of Jen+ & Chris
Hansford Mann, friend of Joanne Haymaker
Teresa Masten, friend of Karen & Jim Mannon
Mickeal
Sally Motsch, friend to many at St. Andrew’s
Mary Mountz
Tom Mullen, father of Patti Harmless
Elizabeth & Natalie Sheffler, daughter & granddaughter of Page & Narda Cotton
Deloris Smith, friend of Emily Knuth
Skip Sutton
Sydney, friend of Joanne Haymaker
Larry Taylor, former member of St. Andrew’s
Tom
The family of Edith Welliver
Dwight Ziegler, uncle of Stephanie Gurnon
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St. Luke’s, Shelbyville: Ms. Sherrie Wood, Senior Warden.
Our companion dioceses: The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil: The Most Rev. Mauricio Jose Araujo De Andrade, Primate of Brazil and Bishop of Brasilia. The people and Diocese of Haiti and Saint Andre’s Parish and school in Mithon.
Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church of the Province of Uganda.
Birthdays: Elyse Ensley, October 14 .
Anniversaries: Chris Torrence & Anna Harmless, October 14 .
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