Newsletter for 11/15/2020

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Newsletter for 11/15/2020

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St. Aidan's Weekly Newsletter

Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost 11/15/20

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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FOR COVID19 INFORMATION, CLICK HERE!!!

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.

November 15 Sunday Worship Service

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

Sermon: "Will the Real God Please Stand Up?"

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

The Lectionary Readings are: Judges 4:1-7; Psalm 123; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30. NRSV

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, Nov. 15

Acolyte: Mike Belt

Lector 1: Barb Belt

Lector 2: Joe Fossati

Intercessor: Paul Reed

Ushers: Mark and Norma Sappenfield

Counter: Jane Bush

Altar Guild: Carrie Wilson

Click here for the November-December 2020 ROTA

If you are unable to serve on your scheduled Sunday, please find your replacement.. Sharon Seidel

Fr. Tom's Talk ...

Bishop Bascom has instructed all churches in the Diocese to cease in-person worship and church meetings until December 13, 2020. While we have been enjoying in-person worship and events Covid cases are skyrocketing.

Sunday services, with Spiritual Communion, will be live on the St. Adian's Facebook page on Sunday, November 22, 29, and December 6 at 10 a.m. Remember, you don’t have to join Facebook to watch. On those same dates, Adult Form will be on zoom at 9 - 9:30 a.m., the link and password will be posted in Unison.

Commitment Sunday service scheduled for Nov. 22 will also be held on Facebook at 10am. I’m certain your generosity to St. Aidan’s will continue. Please remember to fill out your pledge card and drop it in the collection this Sunday, Nov 15 or you may mail/return it to the church office by the 22nd. The office will remain open during normal hours.

From now until Easter 2021, a color-coded guide will be posted on the Diocesan website that indicates the severity of COVID in each Kansas county where there is a church. The color-coding is based on the 14-day averages of 10 percent test positivity rate, and per-week incidence rate of 100 per 100,000 cases. If levels rise above both a 10 percent test positivity and a 100 per 100,000 incidence rate, the Bishop will consider suspension of indoor in-person worship for at least an additional two weeks after Dec. 13 across the diocese. For now, let’s hope that we will see each other again on Dec. 13. Please hold one another in prayer during this difficult time.

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 [email protected]. My office hours are Monday - Thursday 10 am - 3 pm. … Fr. Tom

"But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.” Matthew 25:18

We all know how this parable ends… the slave who ‘protected’ his master’s money was later condemned for his hesitancy and lack of imagination. Good stewards seek out ways to use their talents on behalf of the God who gave them to us.

Click here for St. Aidan's November 2020 Calendar

The Calendar at St. Aidan's

Sunday, Nov. 15

9:00 am: Adult Forum, In-House and Facebook Live

10:00 am: Worship Service, In-House and Facebook Live

Tuesday, Nov. 17

8:00 pm: Al Anon

Wednesday, Nov. 18

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

2:00 pm: Pick-up BackSnacks for Thursday Delivery

Thursday, Nov. 19

8:00 pm: Al Anon

Sunday, Nov. 22

9:00 am: Adult Forum Facebook Live Only

10:00 am: Worship Service, Facebook Live Only

Announcement Updates

Vestry News

Please consider serving on the St. Aidan's Vestry for 2021. 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.

Johnson County Christmas Bureau

Johnson County Christmas Bureau is collecting boxes of food for those in need. The boxes are in the Narthex. Attached to each is a list of items to fill the box. Once filled, sign the sheet and re-attach to the box.

Please leave in the library to be picked up by November 30th.

The attached brochure is for those Johnson Country Residents who need additional help for meals.

Click here for Brochure

Angel Tree Is Coming!

St. Aidan's is joining with the Angel Tree Ministry to provide gifts for children of parents in prison. Watch for more information in November!

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

BackSnack Pick-up and Delivery

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

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.

Attached is the Back Snack Pack and Delivery Schedule for the 2020-2021 school year.

Don Seifert,

913-208-7393

[email protected]

Click here to see the BackSnack Packing and Delivery Schedule for 2020-2021

Johnson County Food Ministry at Center of Grace

Center of Grace is closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas. No ministry Outreach for St. Aidan's at The Center of Grace in November or December.

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.

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.

St. Aidan's Information ...

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 [email protected].

Prayer Requests

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

Click here to see November Birthdays and Anniversaries

Thanksgivings and Prayers

Thanksgivings –

We give thanks for the birthdays of Leo Lynn, Barb Belt and Kurt Gordon. We give thanks for the anniversary of Douglas and Tiffany Mays. 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 Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain. In the World Council of Churches Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the people of Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe. In the Kansas Cycle of Prayer, we pray for St. Bartholomew’s at St. John’s, 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 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.