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Dear friends,

I hope that you are as energized and excited by the work of the Strategic Planning Team as I am. At our Annual Meeting in February, Tammy Retalic led a presentation on what the team had been working on since last September. The vision they created is based on all the data gathered at the Appreciative Inquiry service, as well as at the extra sessions provided for parishioners to share their dreams and hopes for St. Andrew’s. The Strategic Plan includes recommendations for improving our financial health, our worship, our religious education, and our mission to the community and the world. The condensed form and the longer, more detailed form are both available on our website. If you do not have access to the internet, call the office, and we will print a copy for you. I do commend both versions to you. The team, consisting of Tammy Retalic, Scott Salley, Paul Issacs, Sarah Larson, and Kathy Coates, worked many hours to offer smart, attainable goals for the next 3-5 years. As I requested at Annual Meeting, please do read the plan and see where God might be calling you in making this plan a reality. Scott Salley will continue to be the vestry person for strategic planning, and he would be happy to answer any questions or to help you find a role in the work ahead. Perhaps this can be a part of your Lenten discipline this year. Where might God be calling you in serving our community and the world? What talents do you have to share in meeting our goals? Are you ready to be made uncomfortable, to have your soul stretched a bit for the sake of building the Kingdom of God in Framingham? Yours in Christ, Julie

St. Andrew’s Clergy and Staff The Rev. Julie A. Carson,

Rector jcarson@

standrewsframma.org 508-877-6725

Dr. James Ferguson, Director of Music

jferguson@ standrewsframma.org

508-881-0950

Lauren Webb, Administrative Assistant

office@ standrewsframma.org

508-875-5095

John Cento Communications

Coordinator Jcento@

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Ken Hatfield, Sexton

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A Monthly Newsletter from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Framingham, Massachusetts 3 Maple Street, Framingham, MA | 508.875.5095 | standrewsframma.org

MARCH 2017


Vestry Person of the Month

March 2017 WELCOME HAYLEY KOSMATKA

CAMP CALUMET YOUTH RETREAT March 10-12

Calumet Camp and Conference Center, Freedom, NH Winter Fling is an excellent opportunity for youth groups to get away and spend some fun and exciting time together learning more about themselves, each other, and God's wonderful love for them. While the camp is Lutheran, all youth are welcome! Questions can be addressed to Cathy Molkenbur-Newman or Eleanor Verette. http://calumet.org/winterflingforyouthgroups

OUTREACH REPORT St. Andrew’s and Lutheran Church of Framingham are partnering in Outreach Ministry. The Outreach Committee meets the second Sunday of each month in the Library, at 9:00 a.m. Our next meeting is Sunday, March 12, and all are welcome to participate. We’re off to a great start, and we have a lot of activities planned and in process. Thank you to all for your generous gifts. Recent Activities Souper Bowl for Caring: 132 containers of soup and $125 were collected on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, and donated to A Place to Turn, Natick. Feet Need Socks: 445 pairs of socks have been donated as of mid-February. Socks can be donated through March 5, at which time the socks will be blessed and given to Common Cathedral, Boston. Upcoming Activities Diaper Collection at Stop & Shop, Natick to benefit the Diaper Project at A Place to Turn: The collection will take place on Saturday, March 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Save the date and come and collect diapers from Stop & Shop shoppers, or bring diapers and diaper wipes to St. Andrew’s to be donated. More information will be provided soon. Ongoing Activities Food Pantry Collection: Donations of nonperishable canned food are given to the Pearl Street Cupboard & Cafe at Park, a program of the United Way of Tri-County. The Cupboard currently serves 1,500 families. In addition to the food donations, volunteers are welcomed, Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Salvation Army Miracle Kitchen: St. Andrew’s and LCF members prepare and serve a delicious and nutritious meal the third Friday of each month at 4:30 p.m. Volunteers are always appreciated. For more information about any of these activities, email Carol Esbig at [email protected].

CHURCH SCHOOL Church school classes will be held each week, as there are no holidays or vacations this month. The seasonal church color is purple. Let's see how many of us can wear something purple to church each week. Please consider donating toward the children's snacks. We would like large bottles of water, Pirate's Booty, Saltines, and Graham Crackers. The fantastic Jesus Rocks Association will rehearse most Sundays during March, after the 10:00 a.m. service, omitting March 5. Is anyone out there feeling the Spirit to join as a vocalist?

CRAFT-A-THON Saturday, March 18

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Celebrate National Quilting Day by coming to a Craft-a-thon to create quilts and afghans for charity. Come for an hour or for the day. Your help is needed to cut, sew, iron, knit, laugh, and more. We'll show you what to do. All skill levels are welcome. And your friends are welcome, too! A light lunch will be served. For more information, contact Judy Artley ([email protected], 508.788.0732) or Anne O’Connell. We are working on the Simply Woven Quilt by Jessica Kelly. The instructions are on the Moda Bakeshop site if you want to piece squares in advance. The Craft-a-thon is sponsored by the Outreach Ministry and St. Claire’s Guild.


SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY FORMS First Meeting, March 6

The first meeting of the new Social Justice Ministry group will be Monday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m., in the Library. Come with your ideas and your energy. All are welcome!

FELLOWSHIP Please wear your name tag.

As our Episcopal and Lutheran congregations get to know each other, let us continue our practice of wearing name tags at Coffee Hour. If you don’t have a name tag, please add your name to the list of name tags to be made. They will be added to the tag rack each week.

ANDREW’S ANGELS Are you looking for something meaningful to do with your extra time? Lend a ride! Drivers needed! If you're willing to help others get where they need to go, doctors appointments and such, please contact Elizabeth Mazza (508-875-7249) and you too can be an Andrew's Angel.

FOOD PANTRY The Food Pantry is in need of thee basic items all year long: canned meats (tuna, chicken), low-sugar cereals, canned fruits and vegetables, peanut butter, hearty canned stews and soups, instant oatmeal, pasta and pasta sauces, biscuit and baking mixes, beans, and kid’s snack items (granola bars, apple sauce). Please remember those in need when you shop.

JOINT OUTREACH EVENT Diaper Collection

Partnering in mission and ministry, St. Andrew’s and Lutheran Church of Framingham will hold a Diaper Collection event to support the Diaper Project at a Place to Turn (Natick). On Saturday, March 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., volunteers from St. Andrew’s and LCF will be at the Stop & Shop on Route 9 in Natick. We will hand out flyers to interested shoppers and ask them to purchase and donate diapers and wipes. If you are interested in helping at Stop & Shop, please sign up on the Outreach bulletin board. If you aren’t able to go to Stop & Shop on March 18, you may still help by bringing unopened packages of diapers or wipes to the church (Memorial Room) between now and Friday, March 17. The Diaper Project has the greatest need for sizes 4, 5, 6. You may also make a monetary donation to support this event. Checks should be made payable to A Place to Turn and write “Diaper Project-St.A’s & LCF” in the memo line. Last year, LCF collected 3,753 diapers (92 packages) and 23 packages of wipes. If you have any questions, please contact Carol Esbig at [email protected].

LENT AND EASTER WORSHIP AND DEVOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Provided by St. Andrew’s and Lutheran Church of Framingham

Wednesday Evenings through Lent March 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5, at 6:00 p.m. Soup supper, conversation and prayer. All are welcome. Palm Sunday, April 9 8:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist with Blessing of the Palms and Reading of the Passion 9:00 a.m., Pony Rides in the parking lot! 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, with Palm Sunday Neighborhood Procession and Reading of the Passion Maundy Thursday, April 13 6:00 p.m., Last Supper Holy Eucharist and Foot Washing. A family-friendly dinner, Last Supper reenactment, foot washing and Eucharist for all ages 7:30 p.m., Holy Eucharist and Foot Washing A traditional service for Maundy Thursday, including foot washing and the stripping of the altar 9:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m., Maundy Thursday Watch in the Fuller Shrine. Sign up to keep vigil overnight as Jesus asks his disciples to stay awake with him for an hour Good Friday, April 14 12:00 p.m., Framingham Interfaith Association Ecumenical Good Friday Service, hosted by St. Andrew’s and Lutheran Church of Framingham. 7:30 p.m., Good Friday Liturgy, including music and veneration of the cross Holy Saturday, April 15 7:00 p.m., Bluegrass Easter Vigil, featuring Throgs Neck Music Sphere. An ancient service of Easter featuring a vigil fire, candlelight, and the first chance to shout Alleluia! Easter Sunday, April 16 8:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist with music 10:00 a.m., Festival Holy Eucharist with guest musicians and “Alleluia Chorus” sing-along 11:30 a.m., Special Coffee Hour and Easter Egg Hunt for Children 2nd Sunday of Easter, April 23 8:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist 10:00 a.m., New Life Sunday Eucharist. Come celebrate our new life in the resurrected Christ and bring home a spring plant for your garden. 3rd Sunday of Easter, April 30 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist Bon Voyage to the Carsons as Julie celebrates her last Sunday before her sabbatical.


DEACON’S MESSAGE — MARCH 2017 Grace and peace to you! I write this message days before my installation as Deacon of the Lutheran Church of Framingham, having been called by the people of LCF to serve and lead them in partnering in mission and ministry with St. Andrew ’s Episcopal Church. Together, through the grace of God and by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are doing something new here! Doing “something new” is part of the DNA of the Church bodies - like the Lutheran and Episcopal churches - that grew out of the Reformation. Change within the Church - always being made new - is part of who we are as people of God, as we are always reforming - individually and collectively - so as to come closer to perfect union with God. The “something new” to which God is calling us is often revealed to us through a process of discernment, a time of prayer and contemplation of scripture. Martin Luther, reformer of the Church, offers an example of how discernment leads to reformation. As a young monk, Martin Luther was obsessed by the idea that there was nothing he could do to overcome his sinful nature and make himself right with God. He was tormented by the thought that what he desired most in life - to be in a loving and right relationship with God - he could not have by his own merit, no matter how hard he tried. Luther was in agony for years over this dilemma - what could he do to be saved if his own works were not good enough? One day, as Luther was reading the Bible, the authority through which he sought meaning for his life, he came across this verse from Romans 5:1 - “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord, Jesus Christ…” (NRSV). Now, I bet that Luther had read that verse many times during his life. This time, however, he read and understood it in a new way. Further reading and prayer led him to new understanding of his relationship with God, an understanding that is still considered to be the core belief of the Reformation and the church bodies that grow out of it: We are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ Jesus alone. What does this mean? To be justified means to line up correctly - to be made right - to be declared righteous by God - to enter into a right relationship with God. Justification before God only happens by God’s grace - God’s free gift of love, forgiveness, and salvation. We receive justification by grace only through God’s free gift of faith, trusting that it is only through the death and resurrection of Christ that we are saved. We do not deserve God’s grace nor is there anything we can do to earn it. We can, however, respond to God’s gift of grace. When we know and believe and trust that we have been freely made right with God, then we are set free to love God and to love our neighbors without reservation. We are free to let go of what has passed. We are free to go forward together, to embrace the “something new” to which God is calling us. May this be our journey together. to God be the glory! Susan


Youth Outreach Newsletter March 2017

Events Feb 26 Presentation of food pantry donations – Grades 4-5 March 5 Blessing of the Socks Mar 12– Family Promise April 2 Fundraising March 18 Diaper collection for A Place to Turn at Stop & Shop, Natick March 26 Presentation of food pantry donations – Middle school

As parents, we’re always looking for ways to encourage our children to think about the feelings and needs of others, whether it’s resolving a disagreement on the playground or buying gifts for children in need at Christmas time. As Jesus says in Luke 3:11, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” An easy way to make charity part of your usual routine is to donate to the food pantry each Sunday. Here are some ideas to get kids involved:

When you’re at the grocery store, invite your child(ren) choose a non-perishable food item to donate. Perhaps something they know kids would especially like!

Ask your child to choose an item from your shelves before heading out the door on Sunday – make it their responsibility.

Take your child(ren) on a Most Wanted scavenger hunt. Take your blue bag, which lists the most needed food pantry items, and go door-to-door in your neighborhood. See if you can collect everything on the list!

Make bringing an item for the food pantry part of your weekly routine. If every church-school child brought one item, we’d have over fifty new food items each week!

The Food Pantry – Thinking of Others Every Day Coming Up … Saturday, April 8 Family Promise Walk – registration at 8am, walk at 9am Sunday, April 30 Presentation of food pantry donations - Fledglings Questions, comments, ideas? Contact Laura Woollett at [email protected] or 617-970-1560

Family Promise Walk Away Homelessness – Sat. April 8 We are doing to walk once again! It’s a great day to get families and friends together to support those in need in our community. There will be announcements and opportunities for youth to learn about FP and prepare for the walk between March 12th and April 2. To register to walk and donate: http://walk.familypromisemetrowest.org/StAndrewsLCF

Youth Mission Project – Feet Need Socks The church youth continues to collect white, cotton, crew socks for people experiencing homelessness until March 5th when they will be blessed and donated to Common Cathedral. Thank you to Julie for challenging us to bring in socks and for wearing her Patriot’s shirt! Let’s reach our goal of 1000 pairs!

Souperbowl of Caring Update – The church youth raised $125 and collected 132 cans of soup to be donated to A Place to Turn, Natick!


FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST WALK TO END HOMELESSNESS 2017

ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND LUTHERAN CHURCH OF FRAMINGHAM, PARTNERING IN MISSION AND MINISTRY

Family Promise Metrowest (FPM) is a cooperative, interfaith partnership offering hope to homeless families with children through safe transitional shelter, meals, and supportive case management, as they seek permanent housing. The average age of a homeless child served by Family Promise is 6 years old. The annual walk is the largest fundraiser for the Family Promise Metrowest organization, and our church community has participated for the last two years. In 2017, St. Andrew’s and Lutheran Church of Framingham will walk as a team. The course is approximately 3 miles, and fun events are planned as part of the event. More information will be provided in the coming weeks.

Last year, St. Andrew’s raised $1617 for Family Promise. Let’s try to beat last year’s amount.

Date: Saturday, April 8, 2017 Location: Natick Community Senior Center, 117 East Central St, Natick

8.00 a.m. Registration opens

8:45 a.m. Welcome

8:50 a.m. Warm-Ups

9.00 a.m. Start

10:15 a.m. Awards and Wrap Up

Registration and Fees http://walk.familypromisemetrowest.org/StAndrewsLCF, scroll to the bottom right and click on Join our Team! The web site will ask you to complete your personal information to join the St. Andrews, Framingham & Lutheran Church of Framingham team and setup your individual fundraising page. Registration Fees: Ages 18 and above = $20 Ages 5 – 17 = $10 Ages 4 and younger = free (no t-shirt) Incentive Rewards Jump Start Club — The first 400 people to register to walk will receive a T-Shirt. 500 Club – The first 100 people who raise $500 will receive an embroidered Charles River Apparel wind and water resistant Pack and Go Pullover. In order to receive the Pullover, all funds must be received by March 31, before 5:00 p.m. online, or at the Family Promise Day Center, 13 Common Street, Natick. Sponsored by Charles River Apparel. VIP Walkers Raffle — Raise $100 and you’ll qualify as a VIP walker. For every $100 you raise, one (1) raffle ticket will be entered into exclusive raffles. For example, 2 tickets to a Red Sox game or a signed Red Sox baseball.

Awards: Highest Individual Fundraiser; Highest Fundraising Team; Highest Fundraising Youth Group


MARCH 2017

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 6:00 AM Holy Eucharist and Ashes 12:00 PM Holy Eucharist and Ashes 3:00 PM Living Well (Library) 4:00 PM Kid's Ashes 7:30 PM Holy Eucharist and Ashes

2 7:00 PM New Sound Assembly Barber Shop Harmony Chorus (Sanctuary)

3 11:00 AM Your Job Now: Women's 12-step Program (Mem. Rm.)

4 10:00 AM Portuguese Plus (Lower level) 10:00 AM Veteran's Acupuncture (Library)

5 1st Sunday in Lent 8:00 AM Holy Eucharist Rite 2 (Sanctuary) 9:00 AM Church School (Lower level) 9:00 AM Holy Grounds (H. Hall) 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist (Sanctuary) 11:00 AM Coffee Hour (H. Hall) 11:30 AM Acolyte Training & Brunch (H. Hall) 5:00 PM EfM (Library)

6 9:30 AM Bible study at Heritage Assisted Living 7:00 PM Al-anon (H. Hall) 7:00 PM Alateen (Rm. 10) 7:00 PM AWOL (Mem. Rm.)

7 9:30 AM Women's Bible Study Group (Library) 6:30 PM Gateway Camera Club (H. Hall) 7:00 PM Church school teacher's meeting 7:30 PM Choir rehearsal (Choir Rm.)

8 6:00 PM Lenten Supper & Conversation (Mem. Rm.) 6:00 PM Pinefield Garden Club (H. Hall)

9 6:45 PM Writing group (Library) 7:00 PM New Sound Assembly Barber Shop Harmony Chorus (Sanctuary)



12 8:00 AM Holy Eucharist Rite 1 (Sanctuary) 9:00 AM Church School pj day (Lower level) 9:00 AM Holy Grounds (H. Hall) 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist (Sanctuary) 11:00 AM Coffee Hour (H. Hall) 5:00 PM EfM (Library)

13 9:30 AM Bible study at Heritage Assisted Living 7:00 PM Al-anon (H. Hall) 7:00 PM Alateen (Rm. 10) 7:00 PM AWOL (Mem. Rm.) 7:30 PM Vestry Meeting

14 9:30 AM Women's Bible Study Group (Library) 10:00 AM St. Clare's Guild 10:30 AM Brain Injury Support Group (H. Hall) 11:30 AM St. James Gathering Eucharist and Luncheon 6:30 PM Gateway Camera Club (H. Hall) 7:00 PM LCF Council (Mem. Rm.) 7:30 PM Choir rehearsal (Choir Rm.)

15 3:00 PM Living Well (Library) 6:00 PM Lenten Supper & Conversation (H. Hall)

16 6:30 PM Stearns Farm Board Meeting (Mem. Rm.) 7:00 PM New Sound Assembly Barber Shop Harmony Chorus (Sanctuary)


18 9:00 AM Craft-a-thon (H. Hall) 10:00 AM Portuguese Plus (Lower level) 10:00 AM Veteran's Acupuncture (Library)

19 Tidings deadline 8:00 AM Holy Eucharist Rite 2 (Sanctuary) 9:00 AM Church School (Lower level) 9:00 AM Holy Grounds (H. Hall) 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist (Sanctuary) 11:00 AM Coffee Hour (H. Hall) 5:00 PM EfM (Library)


21 9:30 AM Women's Bible Study Group (Library) 6:30 PM Gateway Camera Club (H. Hall) 7:30 PM Choir rehearsal (Choir Rm.)

22 6:00 PM Lenten Supper & Conversation (H. Hall)

23 6:45 PM Writing group (Library) 7:00 PM New Sound Assembly Barber Shop Harmony Chorus (Sanctuary)



26 8:00 AM Holy Eucharist Rite 1 (Sanctuary) 9:00 AM Church School (Lower level) 9:00 AM Holy Grounds (H. Hall) 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist in Lutheran Tradition (Sanctuary) 11:00 AM Coffee Hour (H. Hall) 2:00 PM Alzheimer's Association Tea Party (H. Hall & Kitchen) 5:00 PM EfM (Library)


28 9:30 AM Women's Bible Study Group (Library) 10:30 AM Brain Injury Support Group (H. Hall) 6:30 PM Gateway Camera Club (H. Hall) 7:30 PM Choir rehearsal (Choir Rm.)

29 6:00 PM Lenten Supper & Conversation (H. Hall)

30 7:00 PM New Sound Assembly Barber Shop Harmony Chorus (Sanctuary)



March 2017

Date

10am

Acolytes

Chalice Bearers

10am Eucharistic

Visitor

Subdeacon

Lectors

Ushers

Altar Guild

March 5

Kyle, Katee, Thomason, Noah, Nick, Natalie

8am: Elizabeth Mazza

Barbara Ward to Jini Henderson

Barbara Ward

8am: Wayne Levesque

8am: Morris Rogers J. Baldwin

K. Coates S. McConnell

R. Noble

10am: Cathy Corcoran, Esther Powell

10am: Bill Mills-Curran, Judy Artley

10am:

March 12 Mary, Warren, Jon, Ryan, Liam, AJ

8am: Harry Crosby

Joan Gay to

Mary Orendorff Heather Marco

8am: Allison Smith

8am: Morris Rogers

J. Metcalfe

J.Gay E. Copithorne

P. Der Garabedian

10am: Joan Gay, Jill Mackavey

10am: Paul Bamberg, Jack Cahill

10am:

Tuesday March 14 Monthly

Eucharist & Lunch

Pam Hulme

March 19

Kelly, Noah, Annika, Sam, Nick, Angelina

8am: Rob Adamson

Jean Baldwin to Helen Garfield

Jean Baldwin

8am: Kathy Coates

8am: Morris Rogers

J. Artley C. Corcoran

C. Walter

10am: Tammy Retalic, Jane Scott

10am: Chris Connolly, Bob Cushing

10am:

March 26 Mary, Liam, Ryan, Katee, Jon, AJ

8am: Hayley Kosmatka Joan Metcalfe to

Lois and Frank Deluski

Joan Metcalfe

8am: Christine Parkhurst Moore

8am: Morris Rogers

D. Kaskon I. Fanous H. Marco E. Mazza C. Greene S. Regan

10am: Bonnie Gouveia, Eleanor Verrette

10am: Chris Daniele, Mark derGarabedian

10am:

A WIN-WIN On Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, Rev. Julie Carson made a deal with the congregation that, if the Patriots won the Super Bowl, she would wear Pats gear the following Sunday AND everyone would buy a pair of socks for the Feet Need Socks drive. Well, the Patriots won their 5th Super Bowl, Julie sported a Patriots T-shirt the following week, and over 500 pairs of socks have been collected.


St. Nicholas at Coffee Hour

On Sunday, December 4, St. Nicholas paid a visit to St. Andrew’s Church to see

for himself just who had been naughty and who had been nice.

Many thanks to photographer Elizabeth

Kohler for submitting these photos.

If you have photos to share, please send them to John Cento, at

[email protected]. We’ll be happy to post them to our website.


St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church 3 Maple Street Framingham, Massachusetts, 01702 Phone: 508-875-5095 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.standrewsframma.org

Upcoming Events

Living Well 3/1, 3/15

Ash Wednesday Service (7:30 p.m.) 3/1

Acolyte Training/Brunch 3/5

Church School Teachers Meeting 3/7

Lenten Supper and Conversation (Every Wednesday evening in Lent) 3/8

Writing Group 3/9, 3/23

Vestry Meeting 3/13

St. James Gathering Eucharist/Luncheon 3/14

Craft-a-thon 3/18

Diaper Collection 3/18

Tidings Deadline 3/19

Holy Eucharist in the Lutheran Liturgy 3/26

Vestry Retreat (UCC Conference Center) 4/1

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