THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL’S In recognition that all we have are gifts given to us by God, it is the purpose of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church to work, pray and give for the spread of God’s kingdom.
Bring your favorite chili recipe in a crock pot on Sunday March 8th for the 2020 St. Paul's Chili Cook Off! In lieu of 2nd Sunday Lunch, we will sample everyone's chili and judge and vote on who at St. Paul's has the best recipe! Bring your chili in a crock pot to the kitchen before the 10:30 service. Everyone will have a chance to sample and vote on several categories of awards. Do not have to be present to win (as in, those who attend 8 o'clock service are welcome to bring your chili at 8, and leave it for the voting if you are unable to stay for lunch). SIGN UP ON THE BULLETIN BOARD Anne Holliday 804.339.2933 hollidaymoody@aol.com
2020 EASTER LILY FORM In Memory of__________________________________________________________ In Honor of____________________________________________________________ In Thanksgiving for_____________________________________________________ $9.00 per lily. Check payable to St. Anne’s Altar Guild. Payment and form must be turned in to the church office by April 5.
Hospitality ust a reminder to sign up to provide refreshments after either service. You may be reimbursed. The church provides coffee, lemonade and paper goods. It does not have to be elaborate. Thanks to our February hosts and hostesses! Mark your calendars for the special 2nd Sunday lunch on March 8. Anne Holliday is planning a chili cook-off. Yum!
Hanover Christian Firewood Ministry (HCFM) Annual St. Patty’s Dinner March 14th 5:30 - 7:30 PM RSVP to Chad, Patti, Carl or sign up on the bulletin board
Last Friday Please remember to order your Easter lilies. We will use them to vest the church for Easter. See the order form. Please return it to the church office or put in the alms basin. The deadline is Sunday, April 5. Checks should be made out to St. Anne's Altar Guild. The Altar Guild for March is : Ann Long, Corinne Barber, Jenny Kelley
Wednesday, March 4th is the first of six evenings in our Lenten study with The Rev Nick Forti from Fork Church. There will be dinner starting at 6 PM with a discussion following at 7 PM. There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board if you can help set-up or clean-up.
March 27th More Info Coming
Shrine Mont Camps Shrine Mont Camp registration is now open. Once again, through the generosity of the Kraft Foundation, your child can attend at no cost to you. If your child would like to attend please register as soon as possible as camps tend to fill up quickly. When registering, pay the deposit and choose which payment plan you would like. Once you receive your invoice, please send it to: Lcreeves2@comcast.net. Once I receive the invoice I will see that you are reimbursed for the cost of the camp. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about Shrine Mont Camps, www.shrinemontcamps.net. Please feel free to contact me: Lynn Reeves, (804) 512-5001.
Mary Sue Ancarrow, Diane Andrick, Richard Barrett, J.C. Coleman, Garnett Cross, Charlie Dillon, Marie Engel, Kris Farrell, Virginia Carlton Finley, Don Fritsch, Kathy Galbreath , Roy & Pam Giglio, Anne Harris, Hunter Harris, Emily Heins, Scott Hobson, Mary Grace Holloway, Mary H. Holloway, Mary Lou Hopkins, Bill Hutchins, Heather James, Terry Jones, Debbie Jurgens, Paulette Longan, Kathy Mullin, John Nelson, Ruth Nowalk, Robert & Ethel Reece, Joyce Soghoian, Swank Family, Matt & Sarah Sutor, Mae Taylor, Dawn Thomas, Retha Tompkins, Tim Waltman, Gena Williams.
SUNDAY SERVERS FOR MARCH LECTOR- 8:00AM
LECTOR 10:30AM
LEM 8:00AM
LEM 10:30AM USHERS
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Anne Heacock
Hamilton Holloway
Anne Holliday
08
Ashley Epperly
Sandra Heins
Ashley Epperly Randi Wortham
Thimmesch/Ransone
15
Hank Ford
Anne Cross
Hank Ford
Harris/White
22
Mark DePollo
Michelle Pauley
Ashley Epperly Randi Wortham
White/Kent
29
Hank Ford
Carl Heckel
Paul Cash
Holiday/Harris
CRUCIFER/SERVER
PSALM
Ann Long
Pauley/Long
Marshall Taylor
Nolan Heiter
TORCHES
01
Morgan Pauley
Morgan Pauley
Adam Pauley/Abby Pauley
08
Corinne Kent
Meadow Messerschmidt
Nate Snellings/Emily Snellings
15
Holly Johnson
Lauren Hession
Lilly Hession/Volunteer Needed
22
Sibyl Harrell
Sibyl Harrell
Megan Hawkridge/Sean Hawkridge
29
Meadow Messerschmidt
Meadow Messerschmidt
Emily Snellings/Nate Snellings
March Altar Guild: Ann Long, Corinne Barber and Jenny Kelley
March 2020 SUN
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8:00 AM Worship 8:45 AM Fellowship 9:15 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 11:45 AM Fellowship
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Daylight Savings Time Begins 8:00 AM Worship 8:45 AM Fellowship 9:15 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 11:45 AM Fellowship
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8:00 AM Worship 8:45 AM Fellowship 9:15 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 11:45 AM Fellowship
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8:00 AM Worship 8:45 AM Fellowship 9:15 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 11:45 AM Fellowship
MON
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TUE
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6:30 PM Yoga
Lenten Series 6 PM Dinner 7 PM Discussion
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6:30 PM Yoga
Lenten Series 6 PM Dinner 7 PM Discussion
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8:00 AM Worship 8:45 AM Fellowship 9:15 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 11:45 AM Fellowship
THU
FRI
SAT
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12
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8-11 AM Moments of Hope
2 PM Prayer Group 6:30 Vestry
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8-11 AM Moments of Hope
2 PM Prayer Group 6 PM Mo Hope Board Meeting
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HCFM Annual St. Patty’s Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM
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2 PM Hanover Woman’s Club
8-11 AM Moments of Hope
2 PM Prayer Group
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6:30 PM Yoga
Lenten Series 6 PM Dinner 7 PM Discussion
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25 10 AM Pastoral Care
2 PM Prayer Group 6:30 PM Yoga 7 PM Ruritan
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WED
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2 PM Prayer Group 6:30 PM Yoga
Lenten Series 6 PM Dinner 7 PM Discussion
6:30 PM Last Friday
8-11 AM Moments of Hope
View from the Back Pew
photo by Tara Wright
View From the Back Pew In the Parable of the Faithful Servant, Jesus talked about the man who went on a journey and left his servants in charge of his home. Each received a job and he tasked one with watching the gate until the master’s return. They did not know when he would return nor whether it would be day or night. Jesus said the master would reward those that remained vigilant and alert with a feast. Those that forgot the instructions or abused other servants would receive a severe rebuke upon his return. The parable ends with a well-known saying, “From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded” (Luke 12:48). All of us have times when we feel like the servants waiting for the master to return. We toil faithfully at sometimesthankless tasks and wonder whether the ends justify the means. Jesus was certainly talking about his second coming in the parable but the story and its message speaks to many aspects of our daily lives as well. It reminds us there is no easy path to a place worth going. Recently someone asked me how the search for the new rector was progressing. They expressed support for the work the vestry is doing but voiced concern the process might drag on unnecessarily and take too long. I was about to explain the Diocesan process for hiring a priest and its many steps when it occurred to me they were not asking for a recitation of the tasks we have to undertake. They were letting me know they need a consistent voice in the pulpit each Sunday. I stopped in mid-sentence and said truthfully, “I understand, that’s what I want too, and that’s what we’re working toward.” By the time you receive this newsletter the vestry will have met to review and condense the parish survey and submitted the Community Ministry Profile to the Diocese. The ministry transition office will review the profile and prepare a list of individuals for our consideration. We should begin to receive applications by late April or early May and start interviewing candidates in June. If everything continues as planned, we will have a new priest-in-charge by fall. I am grateful to be associated with the group of folks we have on our vestry. They are a committed group of talented individuals focused on the tasks we have before us. I am confident we will meet the schedule and we will soon have the consistency and stability in the pulpit we all want and need. There used to be a small train depot near Hanover Courthouse that was a stop on a daily run to and from Main Street Station in Richmond. After World War II, the train was full of young people travelling to Richmond for work each day. Given the large number of single women in the work force and the returning veterans rejoining the same, its riders quickly knew it as “The Romance Train”. My mother and father met on that daily train, as did many others. In 1949, more than a dozen couples from the courthouse area and other places the train stopped were married. My parents were one of the first to take the plunge and were married on February 12, 1949. It was my mother’s 21 st birthday and a few days before Valentine’s Day. The couples dubbed themselves “the 49ers” and celebrated their joint anniversary year together for many years. I’ve only recently begun to appreciate the significance of so many local couples marrying in such a short period of time. They had all lived and fought through a world war and were eager to return to the things that matter the most. Of course, the result was the baby boom. I am eternally grateful to all of those couples for their examples of hope, commitment and love. As my mother occasionally told me when she was angry with my father, “Love can make you do crazy things”. I wish those 49ers and all of you a belated and Happy Valentine’s Day. Faithfully, Scott “Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It’s loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weakness.” —Ann Landers
In The Diocese of Virginia
Dates to Remember
The Right Reverend Susan Goff
Bishop of Virginia
The Reverend Alwin Reiners, Jr.
Rector Emeritus
March 4th,11th, 18th, 25th
Scott Harris
Senior Warden
Jonathan White
Junior Warden
Sue Selz
Parish Administrator
Lenten Series and Dinner Begins Every Wednesday Night 6 PM Dinner, 7 PM Program
Becki Rosenfeldt
Youth Group/Sunday School Coordinator
March 8th Chili Cook-Off
Sunday Services are at 8:00 am Holy Eucharist (Rite I) and 10:30 am Holy Eucharist (Rite II). Nursery is available for the later service. Refreshments follow all services. Parish office hours for the Parish Administrator are Tuesday & Thursday 9:00AM—3:00PM .
March 14th Hanover Christian Firewood Ministry (HCFM) Annual St. Patty’s Dinner
March 27th Last Friday Supper Club
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Phone: 804-537-5516 E-mail: stpaulshanover@comcast.net www.stpaulshanover.org St. Paul’s Episcopal Church P. O. Box 441
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