A Message from our Seminary Intern
In the Episcopal Church we often speak of the ‘communion of saints’ as a spiritual family of God. The term ‘saint’ points us to someone who lived a holy, faithful life in following Jesus Christ. A General Convention identified the term as “chosen vessels of [God’s] grace and the lights of the world in their generations” from among their fellows.
The saints gift us a sort of encouragement, an example of life here on earth through extreme times and trials, a way for us to see how we might live out our baptismal vows.
The saints are also fully human.
This has meant that we have upheld different ideas of sainthood and what it means to live an exceptionally faithful life throughout the ages. As a religion of kings and queens turned towards a religion of democracy, as we as a church became committed to the needs of poverty and the marginalized, as we upheld different patterns of holiness, our saints have begun to reflect the true diversity and beauty of the church.
This Sunday we will have a casual examination of the saints with information on seven sets of saints over coffee hour. By pairing saints together, often at extremes, my hope is to spark some conversations that will ask us to consider what we might think about our family history – and what kind of saint we would like to be.
Among the saints we will remember are:
Queens and Paupers: Queen Liliʻuokalani and Francis of Assisi
Youth and Aged: Agnes and Cecelia of Rome and Polycarp of Smyrna
Traditionalists and Transformists: Thomas Cranmer and Florence Li Tim-Oi
Enslavers and Abolitionist: George Berkeley and Frederick Douglass
Colonists and Native Leaders: Samuel Seabury and Enmegahbowh
Science and Mystic Prophecy: Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler and Hildegard of Bingen
Military Might and Martyrs: Cornelius and Jonathan Myrick Daniels
As the hymn says: “And one was a soldier, and one was a priest, and one was slain by a fierce wild beast…” And some upheld the institutions of their day, while others challenged those very institutions in the name of God, and some found their own pathways of devotion. And they were all the saints of God, may we hope to be one too.
Meghan
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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.
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost All Saints Day
In-Person Sunday Morning Service, November 1, led by Rev. Dr. Jennifer Oldstone-Moore, 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 this service.
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Godly Play Lessons
We are restarting our monthly Godly Play lessons for children of all ages. We are planning on lessons the final Sunday of the month with working around holidays towards the end of the year.
Godly Play is a Montessori-based spiritual formation method that teaches children the language of Christian faith through storytelling, wonder, and play. We tailor the lesson and message based on the children present any given Sunday. If time allows and it fits the lesson, we also often work on craft projects.
Godly Play lessons take place upstairs in the Murray Suite of Hamilton Hall during the first half of the service. The children start the service in Hamilton Hall and then will come into the service usually during the peace.
Here are the dates for the remainder of 2026
- November 22
- December 20
2027 Pledge Drive
Our pledge drive draws inspiration from Leo Tolstoy’s Three Questions, a story reminding us that the most important time is now, the most important people are those before us, and the most important work is to do them good. As we prayerfully consider our gifts of time, talent, and financial support, we invite you to read the story linked above and reflect on how your generosity can put God’s love into action through our church.
Non-Food Pantry Latest
Saturday, November 21
• Noon to 2:00 p.m.
There will be a distribution in Hamilton Hall and light lunches will be served. We are grateful for all those who have worked so hard to obtain supplies for the Non-Food Pantry.
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Save the dates!
Mark your calendars with three special dates!
Nov 15 **date change** 10.15 am Bishop Jennifer’s visitation, and Rite of Confirmation and Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows, St. Andrew’s
Nov 10 5.00 pm Nicholas Voerman, Organ Recital Indiana University, Auer Hall
Dec 19 11.00 am Meghan McConnell, Rite of Ordination of a Deacon, All Saints Episcopal Church, Indianapolis
PRAYERS FOR OTHERS
If you have prayers that you would like offered on Sunday–prayers of thanksgiving, for those in trouble or sickness, or those who have died and those who grieve, please call in or send an email to Michelle. The names will be said aloud on Sunday for four consecutive weeks and then cycled off. If you would like the prayers continued, please tell Michelle and the names will be added to the long-term prayer list.
HYMN NAMES IN THE BULLETIN
In the coming weeks, you may notice a change in the way that hymns are designated in the service bulletin. The information at the bottom of the hymn includes a hymn name in capital letters. The hymn that begins “Jesus Christ is risen today” is set to the tune Easter Hymn. The tune for “Come, Thou Fount” is Nettleton. “Let all mortal flesh” is set in our hymnal to the tune Picardy, and both “Love divine, all loves excelling” and “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus” are set to Hrfrydol.
Our reasons for this change are simply pragmatic: the hymn names are shorter than the first lines, and fit better into our bulletins. But there is also a certain skill—and pleasure—to identifying tunes as well as words, in part because it highlights the artistry of the person who wrote the music. Be sure to look this week for this new feature to our bulletins.
BOOK AND BIBLE GROUP
We will be taking a break through the summer from our Tuesday afternoon gatherings. Keep your eyes peeled for announcements for occasional gatherings of Pub Theology when we will gather to share snacks, a cold drink, and conversation. Evening Prayer will still be celebrated at 4.00 pm on most Tuesdays.
EVENING PRAYER
Join us for Evening Prayer in the sanctuary on Tuesdays at 4:00. Evening Prayer is a wonderful service to wind down the day and move into the evening hours.
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
On Wednesdays at 1:00, we gather for about a half hour in quiet contemplative prayer. A leader introduces the prayer and a bell is chimed; we sit in prayer for twenty minutes until another chime sounds and then close with a spoken prayer. Feel free to come in any time between 1:00 and 1:20 to pray in silence in a lovely sacred space.
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 see the Non-Food Pantry Latest section of the newsletter for items most in need for this month. 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. Please scroll down to view the distribution dates and latest updates. 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.
Your prayers are asked for:
Haile Bane, grandson of Joanne Haymaker
Beth Benedix, friend to many at St. Andrew’s
+Tom Breidenthal
Jennifer Clarke, friend of Patti Harmless
Tom Kaiser, friend of Jen+ & Chris
Lynda, friend of Sarah Finlay-Black
Teresa Masten, friend of Karen & Jim Mannon
Trevor and Christy Moore, friend of Karen and Jim Mannon
Sally Motsch, friend to many at St. Andrew’s
Gordon Redden
Gene Shaw, brother-in-law of Patti Harmless
Elizabeth & Natalie Sheffler, daughter & granddaughter of Page & Narda Cotton
Deloris Smith, friend of Emily Knuth
Jenny Smyth, niece of Patti Harmless
Peter Heuer
Luke Smith, son of Mark Smith
Skip Sutton
Eugene Swanger, friend of Jen+
Ryan Ver Bryck
Donald Voermans, father of Nick Voermans
Edwina Vose, friend of Jen+
Catherine Waggoner, friend of Jen+
Dwight Ziegler, uncle of Stephanie Gurnon
For those who have died, and those who mourn:
Jenny Vermillion and the family of Jenny
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: The Bishop and staff of the Diocese of Indianapolis: The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Canon Brendan O’Sullivan-Hale, The Rev. Canon Giulianna Cappelletti Gray, Ms. Bethany Baugh, Ms. LaShaundra Bridges, Ms. Heather Campbell, Ms. Julie Eledah, The Rev. Peter Gray, Ms. Lauren Hacker, Ms. Jolene Johnston, The Rev. Ian Lasch, Ms. Kelly Nickson, Ms. Elise Shrock, The Rev. Mary Taflinger, Ms. Erinna Vandever
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: Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
Birthdays: Barbara Pare, Oct 28; Fiona Good, Oct 29; Otto Berry, Nov 3
Anniversaries: none
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