Dear parishioners & friends of St. Edward’s,
As we begin a new week, and are on the eve of entering a new month, tomorrow, we offer this Collect from Evening Prayer II:
A Collect for the Presence of Christ
Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope, that we may know you as you are revealed in Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of your love. Amen.
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In case you missed it, we invite you to view our Sunday worship:
Sunday, November 29th – Rite II – 10:00 AM
Please mark your calendar for Saturday, December 5th at 3:00 PM as we celebrate the life of our beloved parishioner, Rose Dixon. While the in-person service is for immediate family only, we will be livestreaming our service, via our YouTube Channel. Please tune in here. We will publish this link, again, in our Thursday email.
Be well. Stay safe. Keep the faith.
Michelle
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Krist Kindling has begun! Please contact Meredith Westgate at week’s end if you have any questions after your first week! Be safe in your travels and have fun! Keep your Krist Kindling partner(s) in your prayers.
The December Scepter will be online this weekend. We will print color copies and leave in the table in the front entry, if you would like to stop by, during the week, from 11 AM – 3 PM, to pick up a copy.
Grocery cards will be available by Monday, December 7th. If you would like yours mailed, please contact the parish office.
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Our 2021 Stewardship Campaign is coming to a close. But, if you have not mailed in your pledge commitment as of November 30th, please prayerfully consider participating in the stewarding and ministry of St. Edward’s! 2021 promises to be a wonderful year filled with new ministry and continued care and feeding to our church campus and it is exciting to think we can all be an integral part of our parish community’s success! Thank you, one and all, for your continued support of St. Edward’s.
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Annual Jesse Tree Project
What an amazing response to this important seasonal ministry, especially this year! In speaking with Leslie Arnold, today, she reports we have exceeded the expectations of social outreach with our outpouring of support for these families in need and we will be providing a wonderful gift package to each of the children from COBYS we have committed to support. Thank you!!!
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Hempfield Area Food Pantry: We continue to receive monetary donations, from our parish family, that are so needed at HAFP. As we have been witness, in our news cycles, to the heartbreaking, and endless, lines at food pantries around the country, it is encouraging to know that the people of St. Edward’s are helping to support our local wider community with such love and generosity. Thank you for your dedicated and continued support, as we enter this next holiday season.
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MINISTRY, WORSHIP & FELLOWSHIP CALENDAR FOR THIS WEEK VIA ZOOM
Wednesday Evening, December 2nd – 6:30 PM Contemporary Bible Study
Led by Bill and Yvonne Gasperetti via Zoom. Please email Bill or Yvonne if you would like to participate.
Friday, December 4th, Lunch & Learn Adult Spiritual Formation – 12 Noon – 1 PM
Join us for this series led by Father Rick, Bob Mosebach, and Wanda Stoltzfus. Scroll down to note the Zoom meeting join information.
Friday Evening Prayer – December 4th
We invite you to Evening Prayer this Friday evening at 7:00 PM. This is a wonderful way to peacefully end our week and is led by Patrick Ishler.
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December 13th at 3:00 PM: Mark your calendars for a St. Edward’s Virtual Cultural Event, LIVE, on our YouTube Channel.
Fire in the Glen has been performing in south-central Pennsylvania since 1999, and they’ve been sharing A Celtic Christmas over the holidays for the last decade. The holiday-themed show blends traditional Scottish and Irish music with familiar Christmas melodies and some more obscure holiday tunes from England and Ireland. The band features Tom Knapp on fiddle and bodhran (the traditional Irish drum), Megan Mullen on vocals and keyboard, and Mick Mullen on vocals and guitar.
Although their set list varies, the show will include a selection of the following: What Child is This, The Devonshire Carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Christmas in Killarney, The Snowflake Jig, Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, Deck the Halls, Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake, Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, The Golden Carol of the Wisemen, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Joy to the World, Silent Night, O Holy Night and an assortment of traditional Celtic songs and tunes!
A special treat added to this Celtic Christmas event is a performance of Irish dance by our very own Faith Carter Ishler! A dancer since the age of three years old, Faith has been competing at the Open Championship level, the highest level of Irish dance, since 2011. She has traveled extensively to pursue competition opportunities in both the United States and abroad, including British Columbia, Montreal, Dublin, Killarney, Belfast and Glasgow. She has earned awards at many prestigious competitions, including two recalls at the World Championships, ranking in the top twenty-five of all dancers in her age group. She also enjoys performing and achieved a successful audition for the international dance phenomenon “Lord of the Dance” in 2017. A 2020 graduate of Lebanon Valley College with a degree in journalism/social media, Faith trains at the Hooley School of Irish Dance.
Friday Lunch & Learn: December 4th 12 Noon – 1 PM via Zoom
Our conversation continues, this week, with Chapter Five, in our text. We have had engaging and enlivening discussions each week! Perhaps you would feel comfortable in delivering the closing prayer, this week? We would welcome your participation. Attendance at every session is not required.
We encourage you to have your Book of Common Prayer for each session and the text, Walk In Love is optional, but can be ordered at forwardmovement.org or by contacting the parish office (we have copies on hand). If you do not have a copy of the BCP on hand, this link will give you the downloadable pdf.
With Peace,
Father Rick, Bob Mosebach, and Wanda Stoltzfus
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