Dear friends,
Look for all links related to Sunday worship on our usual Saturday afternoon posting.
Many happenings at St. Edward’s, all listed below with easy-to-click links for reading and downloading of materials.
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Exciting news about our St. Edward’s Memorial Garden! We have some amazing news to share about our Memorial Garden project:
– Our monument foundation has been poured and we will be meeting with the granite artisan on Monday to secure the installation of the base and the center piece of the monument within the next several weeks, with the engraved “wing” pieces installed shortly thereafter. The perpetual plaques for mounting the name plaques will be picked up from the foundry in 2 weeks and installed onto the granite.
– We will also be dropping off the “St. Edward’s Memorial Garden” plaque on Monday to be installed on the flat piece of granite that will serve as the marker to the entrance of the garden.
– The outside-the-fence landscaping will begin TOMORROW! Very exciting. With the paver pathway and interior garden landscaping scheduled for the first week in October.
– The water feature and benches will also be installed the first week in October.
– The cross will be completed this weekend with the installation of the cross beam and circle on Saturday. Followed up by staining and oiling of the wood.
It is all coming together, thanks to our Memorial Garden committee, with the pastoral guidance and shepherding of the beautification of this very sacred space by Father Rick. To that end, it is not too late to make a donation to this important project! We have some essential elements yet to be secured, and with your help, we can bring this project to its completion. We most heartily thank those who have given so generously to this project and we look forward to the upcoming weeks where you will see the transformation come to life!
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St. Edward’s Talent Show, Boxed Take-Out Dinner & Basket Raffle: Get ready folks!! The talent has been secured. The boxed dinner menu has been set. The baskets have been gathered and are absolutely beautiful and by next weekend you will see a full program and basket catalog to start planning your basket ticket purchases (complete with instructions for this year). It may be virtual, this year, but we guarantee it will be out of this world, fun, funny, & interesting with lots of laughs, wonderful community spirit and energy. Do not miss out on what will be our ONE MAJOR FUNDRAISER for St. Edward’s for 2020! Tell your friends & invite your family to participate!
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Articles, photos, news stories should be submitted to Mac Miller for the October Scepter no later than Sunday, September 20th. Please send to Man at: [email protected]
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Hempfield Area Food Pantry: We are so thankful for all of the monetary (and food) donations that continue to come into our office through the generosity of our parishioners for our local Hempfield Area Food Pantry. As always, the need continues.
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Parishioners-helping-Parishioners: St. Edward’s is a community that has always shown their generosity by helping those in need in Lancaster and the World. On October 3rd we will have an opportunity to help each other in our own parish. The Social Outreach Committee will be hosting a day of giving. The purpose of this day is to assist parishioners that need help with yard work, small house repairs and/or cleaning projects.
We are looking for volunteers to help with the work. We are also asking that anyone in need of these services reach out to the committee chair, Beth Lynch, or fill out the form in the Sunday Announcement Bulletin and leave it in the box in the narthex.
Here are a few ideas that we are able to help with:
Yard Work: Leaf raking, pulling weeds, mulching, planting
House Repairs: Sticking doors, dripping faucet, clog drain, filter changes
Cleaning Projects: Dusting high shelves, decorating for Fall, rearranging kitchen cabinets
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Continue reading below for the details for our Friday and Saturday worship and fellowship activities.
Be well. Stay safe. Keep the faith.
Michelle
Friday Lunch & Learn: September 18th 12 Noon – 1 PM via Zoom
Please join us for this informative and spiritual time together. This week, we will finish our discussion about our Book of Common Prayer (chapter 1 of Walk in Love), and, if time permits, start our Chapter Two session. Attendance at every session is not required. If you would like to join and need a copy of Walk In Love, please contact the parish office.
Handout for this Friday, September 18th Session click here.
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.
Each week, we will provide a hand out in the Monday emails that you can download and review prior to the Friday session.
With Peace,
Father Rick, Bob Mosbach, and Wanda Stoltzfus
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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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Join us for our Virtual Saturday Social from 9 AM – 9:40 AM Saturday morning on Zoom. It will be hosted by Christina McLaughlin. It’s a great time to get together and say “hello” to your fellow parishioners. We look forward to sharing some time of fellowship THIS SATURDAY, September 19th at 9:00 AM. Join Code and Pass Code are in your email.
