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Simple Gifts is Coming to St. Edwards on Saturday, November 5th!

Two women plus twelve instruments equal one good time when Simple Gifts takes the stage at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church at 2453 Harrisburg Pike in Landisville on Saturday, November 5, 2016 for a concert at 7:00 p.m. preceded by a workshop from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public, but an offering will be taken at both events. This program is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

This award-winning band performs on an impressive array of instruments, including two violins, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, recorders, and guitar plus some more unusual instruments like the bowed psaltery, baritone fiddle, banjolin, guitjo, and doumbek.

Simple Gifts presents a wide variety of ethnic folk music, including everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer freilachs, haunting Gypsy melodies, and exotic Balkan dance tunes. Throughout their performances, they put their own distinctive stamp on traditional tunes, blending styles from diverse cultures with their American roots.

According to the Celtic Classic Festival in Bethlehem, PA, “few musicians can match the warmly personal stage presence Simple Gifts possesses.” It is obvious that these women love the music they play, and they know how to share their talents, their enthusiasm, and their sense of humor with the audience.

Linda Littleton and Karen Hirshon have performed as Simple Gifts since 1995. The group was founded by Littleton in 1989 and has performed throughout the mid-Atlantic region, including appearances at the Smithsonian, Brooklyn Museum of Art, National Governors’ Convention, Longwood Gardens, National Theater, Whitaker Center, Hershey Theatre, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ontario Center for Performing Arts, and dozens of colleges and universities throughout the region. Simple Gifts has opened for Natalie MacMaster, Tom Paxton, John McCutcheon, Robin and Linda Williams, Jay Unger and Molly Mason, and Boys of the Lough.

Simple Gifts has recorded six albums. Their newest, “Crossing Borders: Music of Many Lands,” was recognized by Indie Acoustic as including “one of the best songs of 2005.” Their previous album, “Time and Again,” won a bronze star (third place) in the Crossroads Music Awards. Their recordings include traditional music from Romania, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, France, Sweden, Denmark, and America, plus original compositions by each group member.

“These women share a chemistry that infuses their music with energy, integrity, and joy. Theirs is a special gift.” –David W. Johnson, Boston Globe

Listening to [Simple Gifts] is like sampling an international buffet … The number of instruments they pick up in a typical concert makes the group anything but simple. … [This is] acoustic music of the highest order.” –Will Lebzelter, Centre Daily Times

      “Simple Gifts wowed our audience with a cultural and educational program that was fun, informative, and energetic.” –Teresia Bush, Smithsonian Institution

This recital is part of a series of events at St. Edward’s showcasing the church’s fellowship outreach. To get on the church’s email list for events’ notifications, readers should email: [email protected] with “Subscribe Events” in the subject line.

St. Edward’s Episcopal Church is a community of faith, giving to God, giving to each other, giving to the world. The Reverend Canon Stephen C. Casey is its rector. On the web at: www.sainteds.org. For more information, call the church at 717.898.6276.

2nd Annual St. Edward’s Night of Mystery – October 22, 2016 Buy Your Tickets This Sunday

Saturday, October 22, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Who stole feckless Farmer Fred’s Prize Portuguese Pet Pig? You, the audience, will vote on the culprit, choosing from a band of quirky castaways!  Come enjoy great food, great auction items, door prizes and great fun and silly theatrics at St. Edward’s annual fund-raising event! Get your tickets now!

 

A chance to place your tickets for the basket you have been setting your sights on (there are 2 “mystery baskets” that are quite fantastic!) and final bids for the Silent Auction will take place.  Cape Cod cottage!  Hilton Head condo!  Dutch Apple Theater and Barnstormer tickets! And so much more.

 

Bring your friends and neighbors.  It is all for FUN and St. Edward’s Fundraising.

St. Edward’s Annual Silent and Basket Auction Fundraiser: September 25 – October 22, 2016 Help Us Reach Our Goal!

The Annual St. Edward’s Basket Auction and Silent Auction is moving full steam ahead!  Our fundraising goal this year is $5,000 and we are a little over halfway there.  With 1 more Sunday and our Night of Mystery Event on October 22nd, you still have an opportunity to help us reach our goal.  Buy tickets to take a chance to win a basket or get your bidding number to bid on a variety of great trips, entertainment, gifts, and specialty items.

We want to thank all of the individuals, as well as local businesses that have donated to our two auctions this year.  Without your support, we would not have had the beautiful and wide selection of over 35 baskets, Silent Auction items, and Night of Mystery door prizes.

If you have not already purchased your tickets to the Night of Mystery, please do!  It promises to be a great event of fun, frivolity, fellowship and food.  Bring a friend!

Adults:  $10  Kids:  FREE

Dress is “country casual” to go with our mystery theme.

Please consider supporting the local businesses that support us in our annual fundraising efforts – click on their name to get to their website and learn more about the services they offer:

Brubaker

Leisure Lanes

Village Greens Golf

Spooky Nook Sports

Venice Pizza & Pasta

Hot Z Pizza

Kitchen Kettle Village

Royers Flowers

Tangles Salon

The Moveable Feast

Stauffer Kissel Hill

Black Olive Family Diner

Dutch Apple Dinner Theater

Good’s Store of Quarryville

Wiley’s Pharmacy

Moe’s Southwest Grill – Centerville Road

Friendly’s

Salad Works

 

Stewardship Campaign 2016: Prayer & Voices

Stewardship 2016

As we conclude our Stewardship Campaign for 2016, we would like to leave you with this lovely compilation of all of the parishioners who shared their reflections over the course of the campaign.  Each week, during the campaign, we had the opportunity to listen in on a St. Edward’s parishioner sharing their story about what the ministry of St. Edward’s has meant to them.  We encourage you to meditate on these precious words and stories shared, and pray the prayers for stewardship that were provided each week by the spirituality ministry. Go back and listen to the complete posts that were shared throughout the campaign and share and like them on Facebook and other social media outlets, and email the links to your friends.

Stewardship Prayer for the week of September 8th:

Heavenly Father, open our eyes to the needy individual close by, to those groups serving the needy  in our communities and the poverty stricken in our world.  Direct us how and where to share our time and treasure with them.  Amen.