Worship Schedule Sunday - St.Paul's Ardmore · 2018-08-12 · December 2016 Worship Schedule Sunday 9:00 & 10:30 am: Holy Communion First Sunday of month: Family Worship at 9:00 am

The Chimes December 2016

Worship Schedule Sunday

9:00 & 10:30 am: Holy Communion First Sunday of month: Family Worship at 9:00 am

(service designed with children in mind); Remaining Sundays: 9:00 am service concurrent with Sunday School

Christmas Eve Christmas Eve services at 5:00, 7:00 & 11:00 pm

Sunday, December 25: Worship at 9:30 am (one service only)

Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

415 E. Athens Ave., Ardmore, PA 19003 The Rev. Laura Tancredi, Pastor

610-642-3211 610-658-3262 (fax) www.stpaulsardmore.com

Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/stpaulsardmore Pastor Laura’s blog: pastortancredi.wordpress.com

http://www.stpaulsardmore.com/

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8th Annual

Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 11

4:00 pm The annual Lessons and Carols service returns to

St. Paul’s on December 11, at 4:00 pm. Featured will

be the Adult, Youth and Children’s Choirs, and the

Handbell Choir. This year we will be accompanied by

a string quartet and oboe as well as the organ.

Our tradition of displaying Nativity sets lent by

St. Paul’s members, will continue this year and the

church will also be fully decorated for the Christmas

holiday. There will be a cookie reception afterward.

The Lessons and Carols service has come to us

through the tradition of King’s College, Cambridge,

England where it was heard for the first time in 1918

and every year since. It is a beautiful format that

allows us to hear and sing the carols of Advent and

Christmas in a candlelit setting.

Please join us for this most beautiful service.

Andy Heller

Director of Music

The Chimes, the newsletter of Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, is published for the inspiration, education and entertainment of its members and friends. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Just mail, e-mail or deliver them to the church office. The next issue of The Chimes will be published on Tuesday, December 27. Your articles are due in the office no later than Tuesday, December 20.

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Advent blessing to you all! Every year, I am struck anew by the juxtaposition of Advent and

December. The church season dedicated to waiting, longing, and patient expectation takes place

in possibly the busiest, most hectic month of the year.

It was not always this way, of course: the season of Advent, of preparing for the birth of Christ in

our homes and in our hearts, existed long before the craziness of the holiday season focused on

gifts, parties, and consumption. It is difficult, sometimes, to hold these two somewhat discordant

events together.

And yet we always manage, somehow. It helps, I think, when some of the events we find

ourselves busy with help to share in the spirit of hope and peace. This year, as always, we will

have many events and activities to mark the seasons of Advent and Christmas at Saint Paul’s:

--Service at Zion Baptist Church, Sunday, December 4, 5:00

--Breakfast with Santa, Saturday, December 10, 9:30-11:30

--Decorating the church, Saturday, December 10, 9:30

--Lessons and Carols, Sunday, December 11, 4:00

--Christmas Pageant, Sunday, December 18, 9:00

--Christmas Caroling, Sunday, December 18, 2:00

--Christmas Eve Worship, Saturday, December 24, 5:00, 7:00, and 11:00

--Christmas morning worship, Sunday, December 25, 9:30

We are also holding Advent Dinner Church again—a break in the week to slow down, eat

together, and consider how the light of Christ is already dawning in our world. There will be two

more dinners, on December 7 and 14.

My hope is that in the midst of this busy season, you may find time for both excitement and

peace, for celebration and hope, for patience and festivity.

May you live within the light of love in these coming days. May love call forth the songs you sing.

May love enliven your celebrations. May love be within you, and may love surround you. May you

know–deeply know–the abundance of God’s steadfast love.

In Christ,

Pastor Laura Tancredi

Pastor’s Letter

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Prayers

Please pray for our men and women in the armed services, especially Mark Allen (son of Carol Henry); Michael Burns, Army Reserves (son of Linda & Bob Burns); Sean Hopkins (son of Terry Hopkins); Justin Kolb (son of Melanie Kolb, grandson of Bill & Pat Miles) and Brandon Mader (grandson of Wendy Black).

Prayers are also requested for: Dick Ameisen (friend of the Burns’); Miranda Bagnet (friend of Beth McElvenney); Amy Carafa (daughter of Judi DellaBadia); Nathaniel Chletsos (friend of Amanda & Andrew Vickrey); Charlotte Conybear; Steve Engh (father of Anita Engh); Bob Ewers (friend of Bill Henderson); Aubrey Fells (friend of Christa Scheidly); Bob Geyer (brother of Barb Keyser); Rob Hansell (friend of Bill Henderson); Eustacia Jacob (friend of Dottie Buchanan); Barbara Johnson (wife of Jack Johnson); Johanna Karén (granddaughter of Dorothy Linderman); Gregg Martin (brother of Linda Martin); Helen Moschella (mother of Lisa Tintera); Eric Muller (brother of Mark Muller); Marion O’Kane (grandmother of Paul Trombello); Kim O’Rourke (friend of Missy Perry); Lori Poisner (cousin of Bill Henderson); Walter Proschinger (brother of Christa Scheidly); Delores Stevenson (mother of Debbie Moran); Marge Tomarelli (mother of Louise Pierce); Mary Ann Whalen (friend of Missy Perry); Marty (friend of Debbie Keyser) and Maya (friend of Debbie Keyser).

DECEMBER TUESDAY NOON

RECITALS:

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

201 South 21st Street (at Walnut)

Philadelphia, PA 19103

The American Guild of Organists hosts weekly recitals as a gift

to the public from the members of the Philadelphia Chapter.

They are open to the public and are 30 minutes in length

beginning at noon every Tuesday.

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Birth

Congratulations to Angela and Patrick Freestone on the birth of their son,

John Patrick, on November 9. John joins a brother, Tommy. We rejoice

with Angie and Pat and pray for God’s blessings on their family.

Change of Address

Michael & Megan Ruehr Nancy Trimbur 104 Red Fox Place 3300 Darby Rd, Apt. 3318 Media, PA 19063-1180 Haverford, PA 19041

Baptism

Abigail Jeanne Doctor, daughter of Marzban and Carolyn Doctor was baptized on November 27

Aid for Friends Thank You Many thanks to James Meyers, Ryan Linn, Julien Gruber, Satori Chin, Steven Chen, Dale Decatur, and Rose McDonnell - our intrepid cooking volunteers from Friends' Central. Under the capable and enthusiastic leadership of Phyllis Hanson, they produced almost 300 nutritious homemade meals and an additional tasty 300 soups. The students raise the money to purchase groceries, plan the menu, and do all the prep and cooking themselves. Our Aid for Friends clients will greatly appreciate the warm delicious meals as we welcome the crisp fall weather. Please keep AFF trays handy as you fire up your ovens and crock pots this winter. Though our freezer is happily packed for now, the holidays are always a time that meals are much appreciated. Your leftovers become a much appreciated dinner for our AFF clients. Trays are available in the narthex - thanks so much for remembering our silent hungry neighbors. Lisa Lexa

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Christmas Cookies for the Homebound

Each year, the youth of St. Paul's bakes cookies, makes

Christmas cards and creates an ornament for our homebound

parishioners. These are delivered during the Christmas

caroling event the following week. All youth are invited to

join us in the basement after church (meet downstairs at

10:15) on December 11 to bake cookies and create craft

items.

Attention Committee Chairpersons

Annual reports on all activities for the year 2016 are

due in the office by Thursday, December 29, 2016.

Please note that reports are expected from all

committees, subcommittees and groups.

2016 Contributions Reminder All contributions for 2016 must be in the office or

postmarked by December 31, 2016 in order to be

counted for this year’s donation. No exceptions.

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Families with Young Children

Breakfast with Santa!

Saturday, December 10

9:30 – 11:30 am in Fellowship Hall

Pancake breakfast, picture with Santa, nativity dress-up

and make an Advent calendar!

Families, please bring the following items:

A – M Muffins

N– Z Fruit

Please register with the church office by

Wednesday, December 7

(610-642-3211 or [email protected]).

Family and friends are welcome.

Free-will offering

mailto:[email protected]

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Join us for these Advent Events

ADVENT DINNER CHURCH

This year St. Paul’s will hold three mid-week

Advent services: November 30, December 7

and December 14. Many times in the Gospels,

we see Jesus sharing a meal with his disciples

and other followers. Gathering around a table

brings people together in ways that few other

things do. We will gather at 6:00 pm and prepare a simple dinner

together. Everyone will be able to help either cooking or setting

the table. Then gathered around a meal we will consider scripture

and sacred story together. All ages are welcome to share in the

conversation. This Advent season, consider taking a few hours a

week to pause and wait with us!

LESSONS & CAROLS; NATIVITY DISPLAY

On Sunday, December 11, at 4 pm, one of our most loved

traditions, the Lessons and Carols service, will take place. With

all of our choirs participating, the musical offerings are always

beautiful and the Scripture readings set the tone for worship. This

lovely service does much to help us prepare our hearts and minds

for the coming of the Christ Child.

This year we will again feature a nativity display, which has

become an annual tradition. All nativity sets (both serious and

cute) are welcome and will be displayed in the narthex.

The sets should be delivered to the church by

Friday, December 9 so they can be viewed in conjunction with

the Lessons and Carols service, and will remain on display until

after the children’s Christmas pageant on Sunday, December 18,

after which they can be claimed by their owners, although

leaving them at church until after Christmas is also an option.

All contributions will be greatly appreciated.

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DECORATING THE CHURCH

Another traditional event in preparation for Christmas is the

decorating of the church, which will take place on

Saturday, December 10. Come at 9:30 am with your gloves,

cutters and other tools and be part of the festivities. If you don’t

have time for breakfast at home, coffee and munchkins will be

available. All members (and friends) are encouraged to come;

it’s lots of fun and a wonderful way to draw worshipers into the

beauty of the events surrounding our Lord’s birth.

Help is also needed to remove the decorations on Sunday,

January 8 after the late service.

Christmas Pageant Sunday, December 18

This year’s Sunday school

Christmas Pageant will take place

on Sunday, December 18 during

the 9:00 am service.

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Christmas Caroling

to the Homebound

Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 pm

Join us as we sing to many of our homebound members. All are

welcome! No choir membership is required. We will meet at the

church at 2:00 pm, split into groups, and carpool and caravan to

the different residences. RSVP to the church office by

Wednesday, December 14, to allow for route planning.

Can you help lead a group instrumentally (guitar or other)? Let

Joy Baxter know as soon as possible (610-789-2408).

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AmazonSmile for the Holidays

St. Paul’s is now an eligible charity with AmazonSmile. Listed

below are the details on how your holiday purchases on

www.smile.amazon.com can support St. Paul’s.

St. Paul’s has a unique link that will take you directly to

smile.amazon.com. You will be asked if you want to support

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

Our link is: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-1352135

Once you select to support St. Paul’s we will receive 0.5% of all

eligible smile.amazon.com purchases. Only purchases made at

smile.amazon.com are eligible for donations.

Mark your calendars!

Red Cross Blood Drive at St. Paul’s

Monday, December 19

Fellowship Hall 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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Saint Paul’s Christmas Eve

Services

5:00 pm – Candlelight Communion Service with Youth Choir (prepared especially with Families in mind)

7:00 pm – Traditional Candlelight Communion Service with Brass Ensemble (preludial music begins at 6:45 pm)

11:00 pm – Traditional Candlelight Communion Service with Arioso String Quartet (preludial music begins at 10:45 pm)

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St. Paul's Hosts AGO Organists Master Class

This Year, St. Paul's is honored to host local organists in a master class

conducted by Sandor Kadar, Organist at First Presbyterian Church, West

Chester. The class, which is open to all organists, is being held one

Saturday a month, and is designed to improve the participant’s skills in

liturgy playing, hymn playing and improvisation.

Sandor Kadar was recently granted the Fellow of the American Guild of

Organists, the highest certification the Guild gives for playing skills. He

was the organist for the Papal Mass held in the Parkway last year.

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Transition Update On behalf of Congregational Council this is an update on progress on the transition process since our last update in September.

As we had shared previously, we are working through a Synod-directed process. The aim of that process is to aid council in revisiting and articulating a vision for the future ministry of St. Paul’s. With that vision as a guide, council will develop a pastoral position description and candidate profile that best matches that vision.

We have had great feedback from the congregation as we work to articulate the vision of our ministry. That input started at the individual level with 103 responses to the Missional Assessment Profile, through small groups at the cottage dinners in September and the congregational core values exercise led by our transition consultant Pastor Saarela last month. Not to keep secrets, the five core values identified in that exercise were:

Liturgical worship characterized by inspiring music and powerful

preaching

Fellowship and meaningful connections among members

Compassionate service and outreach to the community

An inclusive welcome to all people

Engaged youth

We hope that those core values resonate with you.

In our last meetings, council has been working at identifying the qualities, characteristics and capabilities in a pastor that will drive realization of those core values. Next is development of a position description and an assessment of what resource – pastoral or other staff – is needed to fulfill those expectations.

Council continues to meet twice a month with the objective that we can reach a decision about the level of pastoral resource – one or two pastors, potentially other staff for identified ministries – and a decision about a call by mid-December. As we have said before, council has the lead role in the process articulated by the synod, but any pastoral call or calls will be put to the congregation for vote at a special meeting.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support as the congregation moves through this period of transition. If you have anything that you

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want to share with us as we move into the final stages of information assessment and ultimately pastoral decisions, please feel free to contact anyone of us on council. Don Parman, Council President

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Paul Moock Bequest-

We are delighted to share news of a wonderful gift to St. Paul’s from Paul Moock. St. Paul’s has been advised that Paul named the church as the beneficiary of one-third of his estate. Paul also designated St. Paul’s as the beneficiary of a one-third interest in an IRA. We received a distribution of over $253,000 from that IRA, all but $5,000 of which will be deposited in the Endowment Fund. Paul’s thoughtfulness and generosity will have an impact on St. Paul’s ministries for years to come.

Finance Committee

Changes in Dedicating Altar Flowers Beginning in December there will be one dedication per week. The cost for altar flowers will increase to

$35.00 a week beginning in January.

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DECEMBER Birthdays

1 Trisha Christian, Runa Kennedy, Marian Wagner 2 Jack Johnson, Jr., Adelaide Joyce, Al Luistro 4 Brandyn Cronin, Oliver Quick, Tracy Scota 5 Michael Brophy, Wolfgang Ellmer, Linda Martin, Diane Zimmer 7 Phil Jacobsen 9 Taryn Riggs, Robert Williams 10 Brianna Riggs, Heather Hunt-Shaw 11 Spencer Groff 12 Renate Dietzschold, Cynthia McGeever 13 Sydney Allman, Dylan Curtis, Larry Dieter, Ann Kilbride 14 Amy Bashore, Caroline Hampson, Rob Hampson 15 Sophia Harkins, Lilia Legreid 16 Pamela Marlin, Patricia McFillin, Stephanie O’Mara 17 Joy Baxter, Anita Engh, Alexia Gibb, Rolando Luistro 18 John Lieb 19 Stephen Carroll, Jonathan Memmel 22 Stu Krissinger, Cady Schimpff 23 Jennifer Lyons 24 Will Bozman, Bob Perry 25 Michael Aleardi, Hazel Pelletreau 26 Elizabeth Cassidy 27 Carol Henry, Barbara Keyser, Peter Lucas 28 Andrew Vickrey 29 Finnegan Annunzio, Fiona Annunzio, Barbara Erickson, Charles Horn 30 Jim Perry, Laura Tancredi

Gifts of Flowers for the Altar Consider becoming a weekly or monthly sponsor of altar flowers for Sunday

morning worship. The cost of the flowers is $35 per week. A sign-up chart for sponsoring altar flowers is available in Fellowship Hall, or you may call Dottie Buchanan at 484-420-4969. The dedication(s) for your flowers will be published in the appropriate Sunday bulletin(s).

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DECEMBER CALENDAR

Thursday, December 1

8:30 am Community Bible Study/Throughout Church

1:00 pm Women’s Christian Fellowship/Kugler Room

6:30 pm Children’s Choir rehearsal/Choir Room

7:30 pm Adult Choir rehearsal/Choir Room

Sunday, December 4 2nd Sunday of Advent

9:00 am Holy Communion & Ingathering Dedication

10:00 am Alternative Gift Fair

10:30 am Holy Communion

5:00 pm Youth Choir at Zion Baptist Church

Monday, December 5

12:30 pm Mahjong/Kugler Room

6:30 pm Greater Phila. Paper Pholders/Fellowship hall

6:45 pm Property Committee Meeting/2nd floor Meeting Room

Tuesday, December 6

8:30 am Community Bible Study leaders/Kugler Room

7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall

7:30 pm Finance Committee Meeting/Finance Room


6:00 pm Advent Dinner Church/Fellowship Hall


8:30 am Community Bible Study/throughout Church



7:15 pm Council Meeting/Kugler Room


Saturday, December 10

9:30 am FwYC Breakfast w/ Santa/Fellowship Hall

9:30 am Decorate the Church for Christmas

Sunday, December 11 3rd Sunday of Advent

9:00 am Sunday School


10:15 am Youth baking cookies/Basement Kitchen


4:00 pm Lessons & Carols Service/Sanctuary

Monday, December 12


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Tuesday, December 13



6:00 pm Advent Dinner Church/Fellowship Hall





Sunday, December 18 4th Sunday of Advent

9:00 am Children’s Christmas Pageant


2:00 pm Caroling to the Homebound (meet in Fellowship Hall)

Monday, December 19


1:00 – 6:00 pm Red Cross Blood Drive/Fellowship Hall






Friday, December 23 Office Closed

Saturday, December 24 Christmas Eve

5:00 pm Candlelight Holy Communion Service with Youth

Choir (Prepared with families in mind)

7:00 pm Traditional Candlelight Communion Service with

Brass Ensemble (Prelude music begins at 6:45 pm)

11:00 pm Traditional Candlelight Communion Service with

Arioso String Quartet (Prelude music begins at 10:45 pm)

Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day


Monday, December 26 Office Closed



Friday, December 30 Office Closed

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Mark your calendars –

Annual Meeting

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Following worship at 9:30 am

(One service only; no Sunday school)

The meeting will be held in the Sanctuary; a luncheon

will follow in Fellowship Hall.

All members are encouraged to attend this important

meeting & luncheon that follows.

2017 Women’s Retreat March 3-7, 2017

More details to follow

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I/We would like to share in decorating St. Paul’s for Christmas by donating the following: In loving memory of __________________________________________________________ In honor of _________________________________________________________________ Name(s) of donor(s): _________________________________________________________ _____ Poinsettias @ $12.50 per plant = $__________enclosed _____ Wreaths @ $25.00 each = $__________enclosed Contribution toward pine roping = $__________enclosed Contribution toward cemetery decorations = $__________enclosed Total = $__________enclosed

I/We would like to sponsor a musician for the Christmas Eve services: In loving memory of __________________________________________________________ In honor of _________________________________________________________________ Name(s) of donor(s): _________________________________________________________ _____ Brass/string instrumentalist(s) @ $250.00 = $__________enclosed Entire string quartet @ $1000.00 = $__________enclosed Donation in any amount = $__________enclosed Total = $__________enclosed Any funds received in excess of the actual cost of the Christmas musicians will be used to support the music program at Saint Paul’s. Names of all contributors will appear in the Christmas Eve bulletin.

The church office must receive your completed form and check payable to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church no later than Friday, December 9, in order to include your

information in the bulletin.

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