October 24th, 2020

St. Aidan's Weekly Newsletter

Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost 10/25/20

The mission of St. Aidan's is to make disciples by proclaiming Christ as Lord and making a difference in our community.

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Our Sunday service is now broadcast live on our Facebook page. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT TO ACCESS THE LIVE BROADCAST. You can access Facebook through our website. Click Videos and you will see the Live Broadcasts. There will also be a red LIVE indicator if it is in progress. Be sure to check in a few minutes early.

October 25 Sunday Worship Service

Holy Eucharist RITE II, 10:00 am - Rev. Tom Baker Sermon: "Mic Drop"

We have different documents you can access for our worship service. The In-House Bulletin includes the order of service using the Pentecost Worship Booklet. It also includes Announcements, Thanksgivings and Prayers. Click here for the Bulletin used for In-House Worship. Click Here for the Season after Pentecost Worship Booklet The Lectionary Readings are: Deuteronomy 34:1-12; Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-46  Click here for the Lectionary Readings For those who wish to use the Book of Common Prayer while watching on Facebook Live, use this order of service link. It includes the Lectionary readings and Prayers of the People. Click here for the order of service using the Book of Common Prayer. This link is also available on our Facebook page under Notes.

In-House Service: Remember Social Distancing! If you are attending our In-House Worship Service, please remember to sit on a chair holding the Worship Booklet and Bulletin.

ROTA for Sunday, October 25 Chalice Bearer: Ben Strain Lector 1: Joe Fossati Lector 2: Clarice Ewing Intercessor: Barb Belt Ushers: Mark and Norma Sappenfield Counter: Mike Belt Altar Guild: Julie Wojtas Click here for the September-October 2020 ROTA ATTENTION: I am working on the November-December ROTA! If you know you will be out of town or unable to serve on the ROTA any Sunday in November or December, please let me know so I don't schedule you. Thank you! If you are unable to serve on your scheduled Sunday, please find your replacement.. Sharon Seidel

Fr. Tom's Talk ... When you hear the word “Stewardship,” what do you think of? Money, obligation...or gratefulness? When Jesus talked about money and material goods he was really talking about how we use what God has given us. When we talk about Stewardship in the church we sometimes forget that it is really about what we do with all the gifts God has given us. In the Genesis creation story we are not given power over creation. God asks us to watch over, care for, and protect creation. Stewardship is really all about God and our relationship with God.  Don’t get me wrong, we are talking about money. But we’re also talking about all the other gifts God has given us. Your family and friends, your life, St. Aidan’s, your talent, your time, the gift of prayer and the gift of witness (if you’re wondering what witness means, that’s coming next week). As we enter our Stewardship season, prayerfully consider how are you using all of these gifts for the glory of God?  Please let me know if you’d like to sit down and talk or enjoy a coffee, at a social distance of course, or feel free to call me at 785-670-0158, or email me at tbaker1102@yahoo.com. My office hours are Monday - Thursday 10 am - 3 pm. … Fr. Tom

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart...and your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:37, 39

The kind of love that Jesus commands requires commitment, action, and courage. Perhaps that’s why it’s so frequently ignored! Jesus was not offering pious platitudes, but a course of action.

Drive-thru Communion - Sunday, October 25 - from 11:15-11:30 am St. Aidan's now has a once-a-month, drive-thru communion. It is usually on the fourth Sunday of the month from 11:15 am - 11:30 am.

Click here for St. Aidan's Updated October 2020 Calendar

The Calendar at St. Aidan's Sunday, Oct. 25 9:00 am: Adult Forum, In-House and Facebook Live 10:00 am: Worship Service, In-House and Facebook Live 11:15-11:30 am: Drive-thru Communion Tuesday, Oct. 27 8:00 pm: Al Anon Wednesday, Oct. 28 12:00 pm: Noon Day Prayer - Facebook Live only 2:00 pm: Pick-up BackSnacks for Thursday Delivery Thursday, Oct. 29 8:00 pm: Al Anon Sunday, Nov. 1 - ALL SAINTS DAY Daylight Savings Time Ends! 9:00 am: Adult Forum, In-House and Facebook Live 10:00 am: Worship Service, In-House and Facebook Live

St. Aidan's Basket of Goodies for Briarwood Elementary Teachers and Staff

Announcement Updates

Olathe Schools Request The Olathe School Foundation has requested 50 or more 6 to 8 gigs of memory flash drives for children doing virtual learning. Checks with “flash drive fund” in the memo can be made to St. Aidan’s or you can purchase drives and give them to Kathy Mencer.  Deadline for donations is Nov 8!

Remember Loved Ones on All Saints Day! All-Saints Day is next Sunday, Nov 1. There is a special insert in the bulletin for remembering the saints in your life. Please fill out and place in the offering plate, or you can email your list to the church staidansolathe@sbcglobel.net by Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 10 am. Special envelopes are also in the bulletins for your memorial donations.

National Service for Healing and Hope A National Service for Healing and Hope will be held on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 3 pm CST on the Washington National Cathedral Facebook and web page. Click here for Service on Nov. 1 at 3 pm CST

BackSnack Pick-up and Delivery St. Aidan’s is in our second decade of working with five Olathe Elementary Schools in this important ministry. Kurt and I will meet at the church at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 28, and pick up the correct number of boxes from the food production center. Drivers should plan to be at the church about 2:00 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 28, and we will load the correct number of boxes in your vehicle for delivery on Friday. If for some reason you can’t make it on Wednesday afternoon, let me know, and we will leave your boxes in the narthex. Please remember to wear PPE (masks and gloves) when you deliver to your respective schools on Thursday. October BackSnack Packing/Delivery Schedule: Pick-up: 10/28 at 2 pm. Deliver: 10/29 Please add these dates to your October Calendar. Also Attached is the Back Snack Pack and Delivery Schedule for the 2020-2021 school year.  Don Seifert, 913-208-7393 dseifert10@comcast.net Click here to see the BackSnack Packing and Delivery Schedule for 2020-2021

Johnson County Food Ministry at Center of Grace St. Aidan's provides the Fourth Thursday of the month drive-thru meal through Johnson County Food Ministry at Center of Grace. Contact for the JCFM Fourth Thursday meal at Center of Grace is Barb Belt 913-515-9001 or Carolyn Sturgeon. 913-499-9375.   We are making 150 meals, boxing them and distributing them outside - the dining room is still closed. Volunteers will be needed to shop, prepare food, box the meals, make individual baggies of cookies/brownies, and hand out the packages at 5:30 that evening.

St. Bridget's Chapter of the Daughters of the King - Food Ministry! St. Bridget's Order of the Daughters of the King has started an all-parish food ministry. We will strive to keep on hand at the church seven grocery paper bags of food (with a long shelf-life) to be available for Father Tom to give as needed.

We will use the Harvesters' Most Wanted Food List to guide us in filling our grocery bags. We invite any parishioner who would like to help with this ministry to contact any Daughter on Sunday after church or text/call Carolyn Sturgeon at (913) 499-9375

Click Here to see the Harvesters' Most Wanted Food List

Vestry News

Please consider serving on the Vestry for 2021. We also need a Vestry Clerk. For more information see the weekly newsletter. If you are interested, please contact Julie Wojtas, 630-865-3931. Both of these positions require a once-a-month meeting.

Unison The parish email system is accessible through our website – www.staidansolathe.org! See Julie Wojtas (630 865-3931) for information or any questions. Be sure to check Unison for all updated information regarding St. Aidan's .

Adult Forum Adult Forum is on Sunday at 9 am. It is both in-house and on Facebook.

Noon Day Prayer with Fr. Tom and the Prayer Book Please join us for Noon Day Prayer on Wednesday. It is on Facebook only.

St. Aidan's Weekly Newsletter The Weekly Newsletter is sent out on Fridays at Noon.

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Pledges: Reminder, if you are unable to attend the in-house service at St. Aidan's, you can send your pledges and offerings to the office.

Pastoral Concerns In case of pastoral emergencies, please contact Fr. Tom Baker at 785-670-0158 (call or text) or email him at tbaker1102@yahoo.com.

Prayer Requests Please email any prayer requests to Karon Wintrode, and she will post them on Unison.  kwintrode22@comcast.net.

Click here to see October Birthdays and Anniversaries

Thanksgivings and Prayers  Thanksgivings – We give thanks for the birthdays of Jan Jordan, Tiffany Mays and Mark Pretzel. We give thanks for the people of St. Aidan’s and the privilege of serving each other, our church and our community throughout the year. We give thanks for the faithfulness and resilience of St. Aidan's parish as we all work together during this difficult time, finding new ways to stay connected in spite of the challenges.   Cycle of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church in Bermuda. In the World Council of Churches Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the people of the Indian Ocean islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Maldives. In the Kansas Cycle of Prayer, we pray for St. Jude’s, Wellington. For Our Parish Leadership – We pray for our rector, Rev. Tom Baker and his wife, Cherie. We pray for the members of the Vestry: Senior Warden Julie Wojtas, Jane Bush, Mark Sappenfield, Sarah Smith and Kathy Mencer; for the Vestry Clerk, Carolyn Sturgeon; for our Treasurer, Tim Tatlock; and for our delegates, Carolyn Sturgeon, and Sarah Smith.   For Our Troops, Veterans, and Law Enforcement – Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women in the service and law enforcement at home and broad. Defend them with your grace; give them courage; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence; through Jesus Christ. Amen.   For the Departed – Eternal Lord God, you hold all souls in life: Give to your whole Church in paradise and on earth your light and your peace; and grant that all your faithful people may at the last enter into your unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   For Guidance and Grace Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.    For Healing – Heavenly Father, giver of life and health: Comfort and relieve your sick servants, and give your power of healing to those who minister to their needs, that those for whom our prayers are offered may be strengthened in their weakness and have confidence in your loving care; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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