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St. Aidan's Weekly Newsletter

Sunday 11-28-2021

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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Join us for 'in-person' worship on Sunday, Nov. 28. It is the First Sunday of Advent!

“Our Vestry has decided that those who are fully vaccinated need not wear a mask during Sunday services unless they feel safer wearing one.

We ask those who are not vaccinated to please continue wearing a mask.” In the spirit of our faith we will trust each other.”

NOTE: St. Aidan's Sunday Services are also on Facebook Live. You can access the Live Facebook broadcast through our website.

Check UNISON, FACEBOOK, and our Website for Schedule Updates.

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November 28, 2021 Sunday Worship Service

Holy Eucharist RITE II, 10:00 am - Rev. Thomas Baker

Sermon: Deacon Karen Schlabach

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 Worship Booklet

ROTA for Nov. 28, 2021

Acolyte: Mike Belt

Lector 1: Sarah Smith

Lector 2: Barb Belt

Intercessor: Karon Wintrode

Ushers: David Kahn, TBD

Counter: Mike Belt

Altar Guild: Karon Wintrode

Be Our Guest: Janet Seifert

NOTE: The Final December ROTA is done. I made some changes. I have added Blue Christmas and Christmas Eve Services to the Bottom of the ROTA. Servers for those services have not yet been assigned. If you know you will be available for either service, please let me know by Dec. 12.

Also, please find your replacement if you are unable to serve on your Sunday. Then please let me know.

Thank You, Sharon Seidel

St. Aidan's December 2021 ROTA

St. Aidan's October-November 2021 ROTA

Jesus said: "Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down ... with the worries of this life. ... Be alert at all times. Luke 21:24,36

The message of Advent is clear: Be ready, the Lord is coming. In our daily lives, this might encourage us to be alert to persons and situations in need. The Thanksgiving we've just celebrated reminds us how wonderfully we've been blessed and how generous we need to be.

Annual Joint Thanksgiving Feast and Worship Service with St. Mark's Lutheran Church 11/21/21

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Sunday, Nov. 28 - First Sunday of Advent

8:45 am: Adult Forum

10:00 am: Sunday Worship Service

... In Person worship and on Facebook Live

11:15 am: Coffee and refreshments

Wednesday, Dec. 1

12:00 pm: Noon Day Prayer - Live on Facebook

7:00 pm: Advent Wreath Lighting Service - Live on Facebook

Thursday, Dec. 2

7 pm: Mark Pretzel and JCCC Orchestra Concert

Sunday, Dec. 5 - Second Sunday of Advent

8:45 am: Adult Forum

10:00 am: Sunday Worship

... In Person worship and on Facebook Live

11:15 am: Coffee and refreshments

1115 am: St. Bridget's Chapter of DOK Meeting

Click Here to see St. Aidan's December 2021 Calendar

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

Mark Pretzel and the JCCC Orchestra Concert - December 2

Mark Pretzel and the JCCC Orchestra is having a concert at St. Aidan's on Thursday, December 2 at St. Aidan's.

Join us for Adult Forum on Sunday mornings at 8:45.- 9:15.

Our Sunday Forum during December will be reflections on the Sunday Service.

Advent Wreath Candle Lighting Service

Wednesdays 12/1; 12/5; 12/12; 12/19 at 7 pm.

Please join us for the candle lighting services. They are on Facebook Live.

12/1 is the lighting of the first Advent candle: Hope

Living Well Through Advent

A free PDF or on line copy of Living Well Through Advent is available at the link below.

The Rev. Lisa Senuta, Canon for Spiritual Formation and Clergy Care for our Diocese is one of the contributors.

Click Here for Living Well Through Advent

ANGEL TREE IS COMING TO ST AIDAN'S

As we have for the past few years, St Bridget's Daughters of the King is assisting our Parish with providing families of incarcerated people with Christmas gifts through the Angel Tree Program. We will be hanging Angels on our special tree in the church soon. Each Angel will have names & ages of children with gift requests. St Aidan's has been so generous in the past with this project. The families have been very appreciative of our help to make their Christmas Day a happier one.

Thanks to all!

Christmas Service December 2021 Service Schedule

Dec. 21: Blue Christmas Worship Service at 6:30 pm

Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Worship Service at 6:30 pm

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

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BackSnacks

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

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

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. Thursday.

You're also welcome to drop off individually wrapped desserts to the church by 2 pm that Thursday.

Pledges and Offerings

Please send your pledges and offerings to the church office.

You may also donate online.

MAKE SURE YOU DESIGNATE ST. AIDAN'S IN THE DROP DOWN BOX.

Click here for Donation form.

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].

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.

Thanksgivings and Prayers

Thanksgivings – Birthdays & Anniversaries

We give thanks for the birthdays of Landon Jayaram, Barbara Chlumsky, Janet Seifert, and Lisa Henderson. 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 our Full Communion Partner, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

In the World Council of Churches Cycle of Prayer we pray for the people of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.

In the Kansas Cycle of Prayer, we pray for St. James' Wichita.

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 Jane Bush, Mark Sappenfield, Sarah Smith, Kathy Mencer, Bonnie Eckel, Clarice Ewing and Paul Reed; for the Vestry Clerk, Janet Seifert; 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.