St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019

lockwise, from upper left, Cthe Church of All Nations on the Mount of Olives; a view of the city of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives; the 9th Station of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa, with crosses carried by Holy Land pilgrims; a sightseeing boat on the Sea of Galilee; and a walkway to the Church of the Beautitudes H LP on the traditional site of Jesus’ May 27-June 6 See the flyer at the Information Desk for details delivery of the Sermon on the • Mount. ‘Early Bird’ deadline for Holy Land pilgrimage approaching If you’re interested in joining Fr. Ron Baird and other The 11-day trip will depart Columbus for New York on members of your parish family on the Holy Land Monday, May 27, where we’ll take an overnight flight pilgrimage May 28-June 6, remember that the “Early Bird” to Tel Aviv, Israel. We’ll return on Thursday, June 6. The deadline is Jan. 31. Those who make their initial deposit pilgrimage will take us from Bethlehem, where Jesus of $350 by the end of the month will receive $100 off the was born, to his boyhood home of Nazareth. We’ll visit cost of the tour. Registration forms and checks payable Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee, where he began his to “Journeys Unlimited” may be turned in to Fr. Ron on earthly ministry and called his first disciples. And in Sunday. the Holy City of Jerusalem we’ll walk the Via Dolorosa, following in our Lord’s footsteps to the Cross of Golgotha, The cost of the trip is $4,098 (less $100 for those and finally to the place of the empty tomb, where the angel who register by Jan. 31) per person, which includes proclaimed that “He is not here. He is risen!” airfare, accommodations, breakfast and dinner daily, transportation in the Holy Land, and entrance to all places Come join us on this awe-inspiring and life-changing of interest. Not included are lunches, tips and personal journey! items. Ministry reports due Feb. 6 Ministry reports for inclusion in the 2018 Annual Report are due no later than Wednesday, Feb. 6. Ministry report forms are available at the Information Desk, or under the Forms & Downloads tab at standrewspolaris.org. Please contact Judy Baird at 740-548-5112, ext. 3 or jbaird@ standrewspolaris.org with any questions. Vestry elects new officers The St. Andrew’s Vestry, meeting for the first time in 2019 last Monday, elected officers for the coming year. They are Eric Whitehead, senior warden; Jim Menke, junior warden; St. Andrew’s has a new website! and Karen Osmond, clerk. Robin Field was re-appointed to See details inside.i serve as parish treasurer. Please turn to the inside The Daily Lectionary Service of Christian Burial Week of the Third Sunday in Epiphany • Jan. 28-Feb. 2 for Linda Smith Feb. 2 Sunday, Jan. 27 — A.M.: Psalm 66; Genesis 26; John 14:1-14 P.M.: Psalms 70, 72; The Service of Christian Burial in Jeremiah 26; 1 Corinthians 11 thanksgiving for the life of Linda Smith will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Monday, Jan. 28 — A.M.: Psalm 71; Genesis 27; John 14:15-31 P.M.: Psalm 73; Feb. 2, at St. Andrew’s. Linda, wife of Jeremiah 27; 1 Corinthians 12 Randy Smith, died on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Tuesday, Jan. 29 — A.M.: Psalm 74; Genesis 28; John 15:1-17 P.M.: Psalms 75, Linda served 76; Jeremiah 28; 1 Corinthians 13 in several Wednesday, Jan. 30 — A.M.: Psalm 77; Genesis 29; John 15:18-27 ministries at P.M.: Psalms 79, 82; Jeremiah 29; 1 Corinthians 14:1-19 St. Andrew’s, including Thursday, Jan. 31 — A.M.: Psalm 78:1-17; Genesis 30; John 16:1-15 the Sacred P.M.: Psalm 78:18-39; Jeremiah 30; 1 Corinthians 14:20-40 Grounds Friday, Feb. 1 — A.M.: Psalm 78:41-73; Genesis 31; John 16:16-33 Kitchen P.M.: Psalm 80; Jeremiah 31; 1 Corinthians 15:1-34 Ministry. The Sisters in the Saturday, Feb. 2 (Feast of the Presentation of the Lord) — A.M.: Psalms 24, 81; Spirit Small Genesis 32; Luke 2:22-40 P.M.: Psalm 84; Jeremiah 32; 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 Group that Next Sunday, Feb. 3 — A.M.: Psalm 83; Genesis 33; John 17 P.M.: Psalm 85; she was a member of, along with the Jeremiah 33; 1 Corinthians 16 Sunday Mornings Apostles Small — • — Group that Randy belongs to, invite Next Sunday’s Lectionary others who wish to honor Linda in Feb. 3 (Epiphany 4, Year C) some way to join them in making a donation to the Kitchen Ministry in First Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:11-20 her name. Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 14:12-25 Gospel: Luke 4:21-32 Donations may be made payable to St. Andrew’s with “Linda/Kitchen Prayers for the Church Ministry” in the memo section of a Anglican Church in North America: Bishops Andy Lines, John Ellison, Michael gift by check, or on the outside of an Nazir-Ali, Wallace Benn and Ken Barham, and the clergy and people of the envelope with a cash gift. United Kingdom Branch of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON). February Birthdays GAFCON was created in 2008 when 291 bishops and 1,148 clergy and lay Dan Field leaders met in Jerusalem, drawn from all over the . The Barbara Girard purpose was, and is, to “guard and proclaim biblical truth globally and provide Ava Yorke fellowship for orthodox Anglicans” in response to increasingly liberal decisions Jim Oxenham being made in some parts of the Anglican Communion. GAFCON now Bob Seyerle represents the majority of the world’s 85-plus million Anglicans. Mary Ann Pate The Anglican Mission in England (AMiE) was established by GAFCON in 2013 Janet McNelis “to help our English brothers and sisters in the massive task of evangelism” and Sue McKeown “to offer hope and a home to all Anglicans who wish to uphold orthodox faith Joe Pate and practice.” Bishop Andy Lines was consecrated as a missionary bishop for Steve Zacharias the United Kingdom and Europe in 2017 and by December 2017, consecrated Isabella Sylvester the first nine men to serve as newly ordained in the AMiE. (Priests Kathy Seitz from the UK and elsewhere who had already been ordained in other ecclesial Kathy Summers jurisdictions had been active in the AMiE since its inception.) GAFCON UK Avery Sylvester now has five bishops and the number of church plants, clergy, and people is Bernie Schramm growing. Representatives of GAFCON Ireland met for two days in December Xavier Lung 2018 and committed to plant 50 churches. (Source: GAFCON website.) William Yorke Please pray especially for continued church planting and evangelism. Andrew Lowery Drew Lowery Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes: Parish Administrator Steve Stasson and the people of Anglican Church of the Ascension, Marion, Indiana; and Fr. Mark February Anniversaries Scotton and the people of Anglican Church of the Transfiguration, Cleveland. George & Barbara Girard Joe & Celia Nelson Parish Cycle of Prayer: Carlo, Rachel, Genevieve and Mackenzie Cherubini; Wini Cloran; our Young Lambs Class; and our Greeters Ministry. St. Andrew’s has a new website Annual Parish We’re excited to finally go live with our new website! We still have a few kinks Meeting Feb. 24 to work out, however, and appreciate your patience as we do so. The 2019 Annual Parish Meeting will One of those glitches is that the Member Connection unexpectedly went down be Sunday, Feb. 24, from 3 to 5 p.m. in when we uploaded the new site, and we’re working to get that back up as soon the Sanctuary. This meeting will be an as possible. In the meantime, please follow these procedures for some of the opportunity to hear from Fr. Ron things commonly done through the Member Connection: Baird and members of the Vestry about the state of the parish in 2018, • Prayer requests normally made through the online form, which is attached and look ahead to what’s planned for to the Member Connection, may be emailed instead to prayerchain@ 2019. It’s also an opportunity to ask standrewspolaris.org. any questions you may have about • If you need a telephone number or address for a member, please let contact the 2018 Annual Report, which will Judy Baird at [email protected] or 740-548-5112, ext. 3 and she’ll be made available to the parish on email you a parish directory. Sunday, Feb. 17. Child care will be Also, we’re aware that email confirmations for contact forms sent through the provided during the meeting. new website appear to be coming from “CTDEV.” That is a no-reply address for the company that developed the forms plugin we’re using on the new site. Please be assured that contacts made through the forms on the website are coming to the church, and we’ll respond as soon as possible. We appreciate your understanding as we work through some of these issues, which only came to light when we moved the new site from development to the live server. Ultimately the new site will allow us to more effectively communicate the mission of St. Andrew’s, and will provide an enhanced user experience on desktop computers and mobile devices for our members and Watch email, website those who visit us online. Watch “The Net” for further details. for weather cancellations Participants sought for immunology studies We hope that we’ll get through the rest of the winter without another St. Andrew’s parishioner Roshini Abraham, an immunologist at Nationwide church service cancellation! Please Children’s Hospital and professor of clinical pathology at The Ohio State remember, however, to continue to University, is seeking healthy adults and children to participate in clinical check your email, our website, and immunology studies she is conducting at both Nationwide Children’s and OSU. our social media (see below) before Participants are being offered $20 remuneration for healthy adults and $50 heading out to services or other remuneration for healthy children. Both will be payable in gift cards. activities at the church if weather conditions are deteriorating, if roads Data collected through voluntary blood draws from healthy adults ages 19 to are in poor driving condition, or 75 will be used to develop normal values for interpretation of immunological if there are snow emergencies in tests in adults with disorders of the immune system (primary or secondary Delaware or Franklin counties. immunodeficiencies). Details of the study, along with information about who to contact if you’re interested in participating, are available in a flyer at the For cancellations that affect a majority Information Desk, and online at standrewspolaris.org under the “News” menu. of the congregation, we’ll send out a parish-wide e-mail. Church service Details about the children’s study will be announced at a later date cancellations will also be posted on Vestry officers local TV stations. Continued from the front All activities at the church, including The Vestry also welcomed new members Jim Oxenham and Pete Whitehead, services, will be canceled if there is a who along with returning members Jim Menke and Eric Whitehead were elected Level 3 snow emergency in Franklin by the parish in November to serve three-year terms on Vestry. or Delaware counties, as there was last Sunday. Other Vestry members not mentioned above are Eric Emery, Burt Otani, Steve Sattler, Nikki Snead, Jon Wallace, and Ryan Weiser. facebook.com/standrewsanglican

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We’re pleased to share more photos from the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols presented on the last Sunday in Advent. Look for more pictures from Christmas while we’re still in the season of Epiphany!

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