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Newsletter for September 26, 2022

9/25/2022

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St. Aidan's Weekly Newsletter

Sunday, 9-25-2022

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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St. Aidan's Church Office will be closed 9/26 - 9/31

Fr. Tom will be on vacation, out-of-the country, September 26 through October 7. In case of a Pastoral Emergency, please call Paul Reed, 913-269-4564, or Clarice Ewing, 660-909-3037, and they will contact a priest on call.

Also: Our secretary, Sharon Seidel, will be out the office the week of September 26 through September 30. She will return on Tuesday, October 4.

There will be no Live Worship Service on Facebook this Sunday, Sept. 25.

There will be a Morning Prayer Worship Service at St. Aidan's. A sermon by our Bishop Cathleen Bascom will be read.

Join us for 'In-Person' Worship

on Sunday, 9-25-22 at 10:00 am

14301 S. Black Bob Rd

Olathe, KS 66062

913-764-3050

Masks are recommended, but not required.

Sunday, September 25, 2022

No Adult Forum on 9/25 or 10/2: Starting 10/9 new time is 9:00 - 9:30 am

Morning Worship: 10 am, Morning Prayer; Clarice Ewing, Officiant

Serving on Sunday

Acolyte: Ben Strain

Lector 1: Sarah Smith

Lector 2: Paul Reed

Intercessor: Karon Wintrode

Ushers: David Kahn

Counter: Clarice Ewing

Altar Guild: Jane Bush

Be Our Guest: Barb Belt

Please Review the September-October ROTA Below!!! If you are unable to serve on your scheduled day, please find your replacement, and let me know.

Thank You,

Sharon Seidel

**Click here to see St Aidan's September-October 2022 ROTA

Click here to see St. Aidan's Updated 9-1-22 September 2022 Calendar

** Click here to see St. Aidan's October 2022 Calendar

Click here to see St. Aidan's September Birthdays and Anniversaries

**Click here to see St. Aidan's October 2022 Birthdays and Anniversaries

We give thanks for the birthdays of Michael Belt, Rev. Tom Baker and Jessica Alexander.

Episcopal News!

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry gave a homily at Queen Elizabeth's Memorial Service. Click here to read his homily...

Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday as a Category 1 storm and dropped almost 30-inches of rain.

The deadly storm left over 1000 people in need of rescue in addition to leaving the entire island without power and made significant financial impact in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas.

Episcopal Relief is asking for your help! Click here for more information...

Discretionary Fund Sunday - October 2, 2022

The first Sunday of each month is Discretionary Fund Sunday. The Discretionary Fund is used to help those in need of financial assistance for lodging, gas and utilities, etc. Sunday, October

BackSnack Delivery Starts Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Back Snack Volunteers:

I’ve finally heard from Harvesters about their delivery schedule and met with College Church about storage and logistics of picking up the food boxes. Attached is our contact list and proposed loading and delivery schedule for St. Aidan’s based on the school district calendar. We start October 5 with a double pack. We will continue to load our boxes about 2:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, with deliveries to your schools either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning, depending on you and your school’s preference.

FYI. There are a few changes for this year. David Kahn is stepping away from the program after years of dedicated service, but may still help us on double pack days. Kurt Gordon and Karon Wintrode have agreed to be backup drivers as needed. Westview has a new school contact following a retirement, and Rolling Ridge has a new contact while Jessica Click is out on maternity leave. Finally, Fairview school is dropping out of the Harvesters program and initiating a stand alone food program for their school. So unless something changes, we will deliver to four schools this year instead of 5.

Thanks again for all your help as we begin what I think is our 15th year! Let me know if you have any questions or need anything from me.

Don Seifert

Click here to see 2022-2023 BackSnack Schedule

Click here to see the 2022-2023 BackSnack Contact List Info

2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's - KS City, KS/MO

Sunday, October 2, 2022

“Please consider a donation to 'Julie’s Team' or join her in walking!”

Support Julie's team for the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's®, the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research...

Click here to Julie's link.

BackSnack Program

2022-2023

St. Aidan’s is partnering again with Harvesters in the Backsnack program. The official start date is a double pack on Oct. 5.This year we will be partnering with four Olathe Elementary Schools.

Thanks to all our faithful volunteers that make this ministry possible. For more information on the BackSnack program, please contact Don Seifert at

dseifert10@comcast.net

Johnson County Food Ministry at Center of Grace

St. Aidan's helps prepare and hand out meals at Center of Grace in Olathe, on the fourth Thursday of the month. Dinner prep is at 3:00 pm and at 5:00 pm we distribute food at Center of Grace. October 27 is our next dinner service.

*** Also, we need your help by bringing individually wrapped desserts for the Center of Grace to St. Aidan's by 1 pm on that Thursday.

Online Giving

For online giving, for those using technology, please go to our website:

Donations - St. Aidan's Episcopal Church (staidansolathe.org)

Or if you would like to donate through other means, Please contact Tim Tatlock at 913-764-3050

Pastoral Concerns and Prayer Requests

Pastoral Concerns: See "Office Closed" article above.

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.

Vestry Members

Our 2022 Vestry Members are: Paul Reed, Sr. Warden, Clarice Ewing, Jr. Warden, Sarah Smith, Kathy Mencer, Bonnie Eckel, Barb Belt and Tom Wojtas. Our Vestry Clerk is Janet Seifert; and our Treasurer is Tim Tatlock. Thank you all for your faithful service.