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St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 333 S. Drexel Ave., Columbus, Oh 43209 Phone 614-253-8549, Website http://www.stalbansbexley.org; email [email protected]
Parish Office Hours Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; Labyrinth Prayer Walk and Memorial Garden always open for prayer and meditation
The St. Alban’s Fridge Sheet
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Today at St. Alban’s
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:00-10:00 Open Session Search Team 9:15 a.m. Prayer Toolbox (AL) 9:30 a.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for Children (Ed. Bldg.) 10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II 11:30-12:30 Open Session Search Team This Week at St. Alban’s Apr 23 1:30 Art with Liz Cartwright Apr 23 7:00 Search Team Apr 26 7:30 Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) Apr 28 9:00-1:00 Vestry Retreat Make-up Next Sunday, April 29 2018 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:30 a.m. Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for Children (Ed. Bldg.) 10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Upcoming Events: Apr 30 Search Teams May 1 Wise Women May 3 Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) May 5 Youth Group May 7 Search Team
St. Alban’s Youth Group Meeting
May 5th 5:30-6:30
Hosted by Tiffany Hayes
All 5th thru 12 graders are invited!
Friends Welcome Dinner Provided
Make a Donation by Credit Card: You may pay your pledge or make a gift using your credit/debit card. Simply fill out the form on the table in the back of the church and turn in the office or in the offering plate.
St. Alban’s
Dear Fellow Congregants,
Members of the Search Committee will be avail-able on Sunday, April 22 after each service to answer questions you might have about the search process to date. Members will be available after the 8:00 service in the living room and after the 10:15 service in the library. We will also be introducing a visual representation of the progress thus far. This representation will remain in the living room area throughout the remainder of the search as a reference for you. We look forward to seeing you! Thank you.
Regards,
The Search Committee
Wise Women Mark your calendar for
Tuesday, May 1st 5-7:00 p.m.
in the Parish Living Room.
All the women of St. Alban’s are invited. Bring some gifts from the list below to support our partner minis-try, The Community Kitchen, where hygiene kits for both women and men are assembled.
Suggestions: Soap, shampoo, lotions, razors, tooth brushes, toothpaste, deodorant, combs, hairbrushes, & personal hygiene.
This Wise Woman event is being organized by Betsey Miner, Lain Howarth, and Kay Holley. The first one was led by Carolyn Christy and Ann Lowder
Are you willing to organize one in the future? If yes, please contact Carolyn Thomas or
Ann Lowder.
Parish Announcements
STOP - POP - DROP
For more than three decades, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio (RMHC) has been serving families with seriously ill children by provid-ing a home-away-from-home at the Columbus Ronald McDonald House.
For years the tabs of beverage cans have been col-lected as a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House. They are able to generate thousands of dollars from their pop tab collection (a compact, easily collect-able source of aluminum) program every year. So, STOP (before you recycle the can) POP (the tab) and DROP (the tab in a receptacle).
There is a collection receptacle in the Living Room.
April 26 Charlotte Langolf April 26 Fiona Ceballos April 27 Laura Piazza
And to all having a birthday this month.
Looking for a great way to meet your
fellow parishioners and our first time
guests?
Please consider hosting one of our coffee hours
after the 10:15 service. Signing up is easy and con-
venient, just fill in your name in your preferred
date on the sign- up sheet in the living room.
Questions?
Contact either Tim Williams
or Jenny Hoffman
FOOD COLLECTION
Please help feed the hungry through food donations to St. Philip’s Episcopal Church Food Pantry. Es-pecially good are canned vegetables.
When you go grocery shopping, please pur-chase a couple of cans of vegetables or other items to donate.
Staples such as rice, spaghetti, cereals, peanut but-ter, and canned fruit are great too. Also needed are diapers, soap and other hygiene items that cannot be purchased with food stamps.
There is a box in the Living Room for your contributions.
Welcome to the Prayer
Toolbox
*Prayer Opportunities for
Everyone
There will be user-friendly, every comfort-level oppor-
tunity for prayer on Sundays, April 8th-May 13th in the
Adult Library, 9:15-10 am.
There will be a variety of prayer “tools” available to
help us in our journey to grow closer to God.
Come and Pray!
2 Cents-a-Meal Program
The 2 Cents-a-Meal Program is designed to remind
us of the poor and needy at
mealtimes. Two pennies per per-
son per meal is collected for hun-
ger ministries as they give thanks
for their own food.
The NEXT COLLECTION is April 29, 2018.
Call the church (614) 253-8549 if you have any ques-
tions.
Pastoral Care Contact Information
For pastoral care needs during normal office hours call the church at (614) 253-8549. After hours call or text 614-407-5987 and you will be for-warded to the person on-call (normally the Rec-tor). Pastoral Care has an email address meant for non-urgent pastoral care needs : [email protected].
PLEASE NOTE: Unless you notify the church or one of the Pastoral Care leaders, we do not know if a parishioner is ill or in the hospital and needs or wants prayers, visits or assistance .
Earth Day is Sunday April 22, 2018
Ohio Interfaith Power & Light, during National
Faith-Climate Action Week (ApriI14-22), is
launching a new pilot project offering parishion-
ers residential energy audits to increase efficiency
in their home energy use.
For every residential energy audit completed
(costs $50 per home-though valued at $500-and
usually includes a programmable thermostat and/
or low flow shower head, safety check of gas fur-
nace and more), the congregation itself would get
$20 back to benefit St Albans.
For more information about Ohio Interfaith Pow-
er and Light visit them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohipl/
Upcoming meetings:
May 14th 7pm Host/Location: Ann Lowder - 5746 Bastille Place, Cols 43213 Book: Killer of the Flower Moon by David Grann Discussion Leader: TBD
June 11 7pm Special Family/Teen CoRead Host: Marjorie Menaul Location: St Albans Library Book: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas Discussion Leader: Laura Piazza
Rachel M Barnes [email protected] 714-267-4782
THE NEHEMIAH ACTION MEETING:
Nehemiah Action Meeting sponsored by B.R.E.A.D. (Building
Responsibility, Equality and Dignity) brings a diverse group of
individuals together from more than 50 congregations to seek
solutions to community problems. The 2018 issue is
“Affordable Housing.” The next meeting is
May 7, 2018. B.R.E.A.D. 7 :00 p.m.
At the Celeste Center, Ohio Fairgrounds
Please meet at St. Alban’s beginning at 4:30 PM (Come when
you can; later is OK) for a light meal and at 5:30 PM, after din-
ner we will carpool to the Celeste Center. Tickets, directions,
and parking information will be available at that time.
Please sign up on the bulletin board in the Living Room if you
plan to attend so we have an idea about food and the number
of people for the meeting.
For more information about B.R.E.A.D. The website
is: http: //www.breadcolumbus.com/
For information or questions, contact Ernestine Ujah (614-497-
2463), June Robb (614-236-1553).
We ask your prayers for...
St. Alban’s in this time of transition as we move for-ward to a promising future.
Thanksgiving for all the blessings of our lives.
Our members worshipping at home, especially: Bob
Benefiel, Connie Bommer, Jodie and Bill Ferguson,
Virginia Giggi, Erma Grey, Pat Johnston, Leah Ster-
ling, and Joan Taylor.
Those recovering from surgery or injury, especially:
Bill Dixon, and Peter Williams.
Those in any need or trouble, including: Francie Al-
exander, Alice, Mary Jo Baker, Tim Boyer, Joe Clax-
on, Mary Cull, Dan, Arnold Dick, Dorothy, Marcia
Early, Josh Fisher, Jenny Floch, Glenn Fout, Hanna
Giggi, Harold, Nick Gilbert, Erma Grey, Peter, Rob-
ert Larson, Ellen Lebson, Dennis Leukhart, Anne
Lodge, Ms. Mayo, Mark, Nancy Maturo, Eileen Mei-
er, Anne Meshanko, Betsey Noethlich, Pat Norwood,
Paula, Charlie Powell, Patricia Ratcliff, Kathleen Ri-
ley, Sara Rivera, Robert, Roy Rosler, Sam, Grant
Schroeder, Frank and Penny Shyjka, Esther Sweeney,
Jim Tatman, John Thatcher, Natalie Theibert, Dorothy
Thomas, Timothy-Scott, Sharon Washington, Viola
Washington, Marcia Leake Wetherbee, Jonah Whisler,
Ramona Whisler, Peter Williams, Laura Winchester,
Addie Wisniewski, Taylor Wisniewski.
Those serving in the military, including: Brendan,
Carl, Christian, Christopher, David, Greg, Jake, Josh-
ua, Mallory, Patrick, Peter, Ryan, Shaun, Taylor, and
Tyler.
Those serving in places of danger, including: Steven,
Anne, Sam, Ben, and Maria Becknell, Monty and
Thomas..
For all our guests-in-need.
We commend to God’s loving mercy all who have
died, especially Gretchen Leutheuseur Davis and Dick
Lodge,.
For those on our prayer list, for the mission and min-
istries of St. Alban’s Church, and for all those whose
need is known to God alone. Amen.
Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look gra-ciously on your Church, and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a rector for this parish, that we may receive a faithful pastor, who will care for your people and equip us for our minis-tries; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Your Pastoral Care Team welcomes all prayer re-quests. Please include:
1. Whether you wish both the first and last name of the person, or only the first name on the prayer list.
2. Name of hospital, when appropriate.
3. Whether the person would like a visit and/or Com-munion from a member of the Pastoral Care team.
4. Your name, and how to reach you, in case we need contact information for the person.
Tell Us How To Reach You!
Why is this important? Because it could save your life...
Recently, a parishioner who regularly attends meetings did not show up for several days. No one heard from him. Concerned for his safety, a fellow church member tried to contact him. Checking the parishioner’s pastoral care contact file, information was found on how to reach a neighbor and friend. As a result of team work with the neighbor, medical assistance was pro-vided and a dear parishioner’s life was saved.
This sounds dramatic, and it is! It illustrates how important it is for the church to have a “contact person” for you in case of an emergency. All in-formation is confidential.
The church is your place for renewal, and some-
times rescue! Please take a minute to contact
Rev. Nicolette, Eileen Becknell, or Ernestine
Ujah to supply your information.
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