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St. Andrew’s Annual Celtic Festival 2012 [PHOTOS]
Thank you to the many folks at St. Andrew’s who made this year’s Celtic Festival a great evening of terrific food, music, fun, and community.
And thank you to:
Our Sponsors and Auction/Raffle Donors (listed below the photos).
Marlene Schumann, Bob Waters, and Mike Videon of Finnegan Ridge for the great music.
Jimmy and Nan Conley of Conley’s Books & Music for being our ticket outlet and selling all of the tickets available at their store.
Sermon, Photos: October 2, 2011, The Feast of Saint Francis
The Lessons
Old Testament Genesis 1:20-31
A Canticle of Creation
The Epistle 2 Corinthians 6:2-10
The Gospel Luke 12:22-32
The Sermon The Rev. David Gunderson
Photos:
Ministry Fair 2011 Followup
The Ministry Fair was an enthusiastic event with a number of folks in the parish expressing an interest in becoming a part of meeting Saint Andrew’s three main goals through participation in the Care, Youth and Families, and Education committees.
Please consider saving Thursdays throughout Fall, Winter and Spring, as we prepare a detailed calendar of the offerings and activities of these committees. We hope to make “Thursdays at Saint Andrew’s” enriching for our congregation and our broader community. Check back here for more information in the next couple of weeks.
Meditative Retreat 2011 Followup
Note: The full texts referred to are included below the commentary and photos from the event.
We affirmed to set aside the day, to put down our daily striving, and to remember.
The framework for our Meditative Retreat was contained in readings that Father David shared from poet laureate Mary Oliver, and from Isaiah 58, and Luke 12 (“consider the lilies”).
Mary Oliver in her poem “The Summer Day” talks about what a prayer is. The folks who gathered at the Pine Creek Campground followed her mantra. By that I mean we learned a measure of what it was (quoting Oliver) to “pay attention…to kneel in the grass…to be idle and blessed…to stroll through the fields.”
It was a fun day that very intentionally used our experience outdoors in nature to bring about a state of prayer and make us attentive to our relation to creation. Our walking meditation on the trail and conversations around the campfire helped us to answer Oliver’s question: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Karen Searle
September 10, 2011
