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6/26/2022

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St. Aidan's Weekly Newsletter

Sunday, 6-26-2022

The mission of St. Aidan's is to make disciples by proclaiming

Christ as Lord and making a difference in our community.

Visit Our Website

Join us for 'in-person' worship on Sunday, 6-26-22 at 10:00 am

Note: St. Aidan's Sunday Services are also on Facebook Live.

You can access the Live Facebook broadcast through our website.

If you are watching our online worship service, please use the attached Worship Booklet below. It includes our Lectionary Readings and Hymns

Click here for the Sunday Worship Booklet

Check Unison, Facebook, and our Website for Schedule Updates.

Click Here to view You Tube Channel

Week of June 26, 2022: Meetings, Activities and Committees

1. DOK meeting - 11:15 on Sunday, 6-26

2. Care of Creation meeting, Sunday, June 26, after Sunday morning Worship Service. All are welcome.

3. Dinner and a Movie, Wednesday, June 29, 6:30 pm-see announcements

4. Join our Finance, Stewardship, or Liturgy Committee and help our church grow! See Fr. Tom for information.

Masks are recommended, but not required

If you have any questions, please contact me.

In prayer, Fr Tom

Someone said to Jesus, "I will follow you wherever you go." And Jesus responded, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." Luke 9:57-58

It doesn't sound like Jesus was complaining....He was simply observing that he had chosen to share the lot of those who were poor in the eyes of the world. Nor does he demand that his followers do the same. No, they are simply told to proclaim the kingdom of God. How are we to do that?

Sunday June 26, 2022

Morning Worship: 10 am, Holy Eucharist RITE II - Rev. Tom Baker

Rev. Karen Schlabach, Youth, Campus and Digital Missioner

Serving on Sunday

Acolyte: Paul Reed

Lector 1: Mark Sappenfield

Lector 2: Barb Belt

Intercessor: Karon Wintrode

Ushers: David Kahn, TBD

Counter: Mike Belt

Altar Guild: Jane Bush

Be Our Guest: Barb Belt

See the June and the July-August ROTA below. If you are unable to serve on your scheduled day, please find your replacement, and let me know.

St. Aidan's May-June ROTA

St. Aidan's July-August 2022 ROTA

Thank You,

Sharon Seidel

Click here to see St. Aidan's June 2022 Calendar

Click here to see St. Aidan's July 2022 Calendar

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

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

We give thanks for the birthdays of Laurie Bush and Mark Sappenfield.

It's that time again! Olathe School District Underwear Drive!

Olathe School District Outreach Event is July 28th. St. Aidan's will be collecting new underwear for kids pre-school through High School. Donations can be made with a check. Please specify underwear drive on your Check. All donations need to be turned in by July 24th.

Thank you,

Kathy Mencer

SUMMER OF FUN! Dinner and a Movie, "CODA" Wed. June 29, 2022

Lights, Camera, Action!

Dinner and a movie at St. Aidan’s

Bring a snack or popcorn to share

BYO drinks and wine

Movies will be shown in Sifers Hall; bring a lawn chair.

Dinner and a movie starts at 6:30 pm.

A Sign-up Sheet for the movie is in Sifers Hall, our fellowship room. Please be sure to sign up as we need to know how many are attending. Thank you.

Movie showings:

Wednesday June 29, "CODA"

Wednesday July 27, "The Way"

Wednesday August 17, "The Mission"

Summer Field Trip!

KC Winery

13875 S. Gardner Road, Olathe, KS.

Friday, July 15, 4-7pm

Food truck, music, and wine

No admission fee, 21+ only

Link to KC Wine Co. Website

Lay Representative for the Northwest Convocation to the Council of Trustees.

Any lay person in good standing is invited to submit a nomination to join the Bishop’s staff and others to help guide the mission planning for our Diocese. The Council is the governing body between conventions and functions as the Diocese’s Standing Committee. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month on Zoom and once every three months in Topeka. For further information and to submit a nominee, please see Fr. Tom.

New Committee - "The Creation Keepers"

In helping envision and planning new ways to use our grounds to benefit pollinators and our community. See Clarice Ewing or Fr. Tom for information regarding this committee.

Come BEE with us!!

HELP UKRAINIAN REFUGEES!

Episcopal Relief & Development is partnering with Anglican agencies and other ecumenical partners to provide humanitarian aid in response to the refugee crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Partner with Episcopal Relief & Development by donating to the International Disaster Response Fund. Your support will help meet critical needs for people fleeing the violence including food, cash, blankets and hygiene supplies. Help today | Read more about the response.

Episcopal Cursillo 2-Day Weekend Sept. 23-25

NOW... Seeking Candidates and Sponsors, and Cursillistas

The Heartland Episcopal Cursillo of the Dioceses of West Missouri and Kansas, including the Metropolitan Kansas City area, is pleased to present an Episcopal Cursillo Two Day Weekend on September 23‐25, 2022. The weekend will take place at the Heartland Retreat Center in Parkville Missouri, in north-western KC metro area.

We are currently seeking Candidates and Sponsors, and Cursillistas who would like to join our weekend team. Questions regarding the weekend may be directed to:

Cursillo Lay Leader: Carolyn Thompson Email: [email protected]

216‐481‐6403

Cursillo Table Leader: Ray Wheeler Email: [email protected]

913-269-0542

Information about “Episcopal Cursillo Ministry” can be found at: episcopalcursilloministry.org

Sign-up Sheets...

Cursillo 2022 Candidate Packet

Cursillo 2022 Team Application

BackSnacks

School is out for the summer!

St. Aidan’s is in our second decade of working with five Olathe Elementary Schools in this important ministry.

Our Drivers pick up BackSnacks and deliver them to these five schools, so the students get healthy weekend snacks all school year.

... See St. Aidan's Facebook and Web page for more information about BackSnacks.

JCFM 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. July 28 is our next dinner service.

Dinner prep is at 3:00 pm and at 5:00 pm we distribute food at Center of Grace.

Also, we would appreciate 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:

In case of pastoral emergencies, please contact Fr. Tom Baker at

785-670-0158 (call or text) or email him at [email protected].

Prayer Requests:

Please email any prayer requests to Karon Wintrode, and she will post them on Unison. [email protected].

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.

Sustaining Earth, Our Island Home

“I would like to share with you an initiative from the National Episcopal Church's office of the Most Rev. Michael Curry. "Sustaining Earth, Our Island Home" tackles the Episcopal Church's pledge for the care of creation and provides support for individuals and parishes seeking to take those incremental steps toward living in a more sustainable, moral manner when it comes to the impact we have upon the Earth and our capacity to continue to live on it. To paraphrase Bishop Bascom the biggest environmental problems are not biodiversity, water usage, or climate change but greed, selfishness, and apathy.

To learn more about this program, please visit http://www.sustainislandhome.org/ and enroll yourself in this program. Please remember to list St. Aidan’s, Olathe as your parish. Our Bishop will reward the parish with the most participation.”

Fr. Tom Baker

Click here for link to Sustaining Earth and Island Home