Dear friends of St. Edward’s,
We welcome you to online worship this weekend.
For those who feel comfortable with coming to church, we are fortunate to be able to hold in-person worship on Sundays at 8 AM – Rite I and 10:15 AM – Rite II. We hope that you will join us! We continue to follow healthy practices for your comfort and safety and we are mindfully complying with mitigation efforts through the governor’s office, as well as our diocesan office.
Please know that we extend our warm invitation of worship to those in the wider community and those parishioners who are still at home, via YouTube Live, with our live streaming service each Sunday. We are one community of faith and we are worshipping together!
A new feature on our YouTube Channel: We offer an opportunity for those viewing our online service to Donate to St. Edward’s via our Paypal link directly from our YouTube Channel. On the St. Edward’s Channel Home Page, in the lower right corner of the image of our church is a “Donate to St. Edward’s” link. You can also find it in the “About” section, just scroll down to “links” in that section. We have installed it, tested it, and it works securely and wonderfully!
Click here to download the Sunday Service 10:15 AM bulletin – Rite II
If you prefer the said service of Rite I, we have provided our service bulletin for you to download and enjoy the service.
Click here to download the Sunday Service 8 AM bulletin – Rite I
We also wanted to take this opportunity to share with you important announcements that are in our paper bulletin on Sundays, that may be of interest to you, at home, regarding upcoming events, as well as prayer and adult spiritual formation opportunities.
We ask that you keep all of the people of our far Western states in your prayers as they battle the horrendous wildfires. Click here to read more about how we can help.
Blessing of the Animals is happening on October 2nd! Click here to download the flier with details.
There is still time to submit your articles, photos, announcements to Mac Miller for our October Scepter. Please send to Mac at: [email protected] by Sunday, September 20th.
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 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
Please contact Beth Lynch at [email protected] with your name and phone number if you would like to volunteer or if you could use some help with a chore.
Join us, at St. Edward’s, and with our convocation churches, for wonderful offerings, each week, of prayer and adult spiritual formation, via Zoom. Join in, anytime! Click here to learn more.
We have an additional course offering from our friends at St. Luke’s, Mount Joy that may be of interest to people. The details are below. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in attending.
What if you could defuse tension and create accord in even the most volatile situations—just by changing the way you spoke?
Course details: Wed October 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 12 noon.
There are four sessions of 60-90 minutes each, via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87241283345
The session will be recorded, in case you cannot attend live. Please contact the office for the link to the recording.
Course objectives:
- Identify the four steps of the Nonviolent Communication process
- Employ the four-step process in every dialogue you engage in
- Utilize empathy to safely confront anger, fear, and other powerful emotions
- Discover how to overcome the blocks to compassion and open to our natural desire to enrich the lives of those around us
- Observations, feelings, needs, and requests—how to apply the four-step process of Nonviolent Communication to every dialogue we engage in
- Overcoming the blocks to compassion—and opening to our natural desire to enrich the lives of those around us
- How to use empathy to safely confront anger, fear, and other powerful emotions
Besides prayers, calls, cards and emails, there is one more thing you can do to support St. Edward’s during this time. Please keep up-to-date with your pledge or regular contribution. Pledges/giving can be mailed to the church, and we also have an easy-to-use “Give to St. Edward’s” button on our website that links to our secure Paypal page. We have had several people engage with this newly installed Paypal giving button with great success, so please consider that as an easy way to support St. Edward’s.
To assist parishes, the diocese has set up online giving for each parish. If you feel comfortable making your weekly giving or pledge donation in this manner (it is a secure giving tool), simply go to the diocesan web site, click on the tab up top and it will take you to a page where you can scroll down, find St. Edward’s, and continue with making your contribution! Thank you for maintaining your faithfulness through your financial stewardship!
To learn more about St. Edward’s, please click our website, YouTube, or Facebook icons at the bottom of this email.
Be well. Stay safe. Keep the faith.
– Michelle