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January 12, 2020

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Have you logged in to the new Member Connection?Eighty-three members of St. Andrew’s have logged in to our new Member Connection. Are you one of them? If not, we encourage you to do so today!It’s easy to get a login and password. Simply follow the link in the email you received a week ago this past

Here’s a look at all three of our Christmas Eve services. Clockwise, from above, Fr. Ron Baird uses incense at the 10:30 p.m. service, while Fr. Wil Verhoff and one of our youth acolytes look on; Matt Spanos leads carols at the 5:30 p.m. service; and a youth acolyte shares a moment with her dad, Mark Rife, before the 8 p.m. service.

Big plans afoot at Common GroundWe jumped the gun a bit with the announcement in last Sunday’s bulletin that St. Andew’s would be serving at the Common Ground Free Store later in January. Instead, we are awaiting word from the Free Store about how we can best serve them as they embark upon a new venture in February—the opening of a second Please turn to the inside

Ministry reports due Feb. 5Ministry reports for inclusion in the 2019 Annual Report are due no later than Wednesday, Feb. 5. Ministry report forms are available at the Information Desk, or online at standrewspolaris.org. Please contact Judy Baird at 740-548-5112, ext. 3 or jbaird@standrewspolaris.org with any questions. The Annual Report will be made available to the parish on Sunday, Feb. 16å, ahead of the Annual Parish Meeting on Sunday, Feb. 23.

Prayers for the ChurchAnglican Church in North America: Bishop Charles Masters, his wife Judy; Bishop Don Harvey, his wife Trudy; Bishop Trevor Walters, his wife Dede; Bishop Malcolm Harding, his wife Marylou; Bishop Andy Lines, his wife Mandy; Bishop Stephen Leung, his wife Nona; Bishop Ron Ferris, his wife Jan; and the clergy, religious, and people of the Anglican Network in Canada.

The Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) traces its roots to the Anglican “Essentials” movement and Essentials’ founding theological statement, the 1994 Montreal Declaration, which defined the “essentials” of the Anglican expression of the Christian faith. In 2005, the Anglican Network in Canada was established together with the Anglican Federation as the two constituent partners in Anglican Essentials Canada (AEC).

In 2007, ANiC announced that it would provide episcopal oversight for Canadian Anglicans and parishes that no longer had a home in the Anglican Church of Canada. Under its moderator, Bishop Donald Harvey, and the Primatial jurisdiction of Archbishop Gregory Venables, Primate of the Anglican Church of South America, ANiC received a number of churches and individuals into membership. In 2009, the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) was constituted and ANiC became a founding diocese of the ACNA.

At its inception, the ANiC had two bishops and 29 clergy. It now has seven bishops and 71 parishes, with close to 8,000 members total, in eight Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) and three in the American states of Massachusetts and Vermont. As the diocese stretches across the continent, it has become the largest diocese in the Anglican Communion in terms of geographic extent. Among the parishes, there are predominantly Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, and Sudanese congregations. (Sources: ANiC website, Wikipedia.)

Please pray especially for ongoing evangelism and for the DiscipleLife 2020 conference on Feb. 13. The goal of the conference is forming disciples through Word and Sacraments.

Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes: In the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes, we pray for the Rev. Pamela Buck; Fr. Martin Gornik; Deacon Chris Millard; Deacon Emily Boyce; and the people of Apostles Anglican Church, Lexington, Kentucky.

Parish Cycle of Prayer: Chris and Cherie Bryant; Dick and Mary Alice Busick; our High School Youth; and our Fellowship Ministries.

Encouragement for your time with GodGod wants you to be totally yourself as you pray. “The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord that sheds light on one’s inmost being.” (Proverbs 20:27) “As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.” (Psalm 17:15) — From the St. Andrew’s Prayer Ministries Team

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The Daily LectionaryWeek of the First Sunday in Epiphany

January 12-18Sunday, Jan. 12 — A.M.: Psalms 29,30; Genesis 12; John 6:22-40 P.M.: Psalm 33; Jeremiah 11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13—5:11

Monday, Jan. 13 — A.M.: Psalm 34; Genesis 13; John 6:41-71 P.M.: Psalm 35; Jeremiah 12; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Tuesday, Jan. 14 — A.M.: Psalms 32, 36; Genesis 14; John 7:1-24 P.M.: Psalm 38; Jeremiah 13; 2 Thessalonians 1

Wednesday, Jan. 15 — A.M.: Psalm 37:1-17; Genesis 15; John 7:25-52 P.M.: Psalm 37:18-41; Jeremiah 14; 2 Thessalonians 2

Thursday, Jan. 16 — A.M.: Psalm 40; Genesis 16; John 7:53—8:30 P.M.: Psalms 39, 41; Jeremiah 15; 2 Thessalonians 3

Friday, Jan. 17 — A.M.: Psalms 42, 43; Genesis 17; John 8:31-59 P.M.: Psalm 44; Jeremiah 16; 1 Corinthians 1:1-25

Saturday, Jan. 18 (Confession of St. Peter) — A.M.: Psalm 45; Genesis 18; Matthew 16:13-20 P.M.: Psalm 46; Jeremiah 17; 1 Corinthians 1:26—2:16

Next Sunday, Jan. 19 — A.M.: Psalms 47, 48; Genesis 19:1-29; John 9 P.M.: Psalm 49; Jeremiah 18; 1 Corinthians 3

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January 19 (Epiphany 2, Year A)

First Reading: Exodus 12:21-28 (5 p.m. & 9 a.m.); 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (11:15 a.m.) Psalm 40:1-11 (5 p.m. & 9 a.m.)Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (5 p.m. & 9 a.m.)Gospel: John 1:29-42

Book of Answered PrayersWant to know how God is answering prayers at St. Andrew’s? The Prayer Team has compiled a “Book of Answered Prayers,” which is on the prayer table near the votive stand in the Narthex. We invite you to read through the book to see how God is faithfully taking care of us!

Have a prayer request? You may email your prayer requests to prayerchain@standrewspolaris.org, or fill out the online form on our website, standrewspolaris.org, under the “Scripture & Prayer” drop-down menu. Prayer requests may also be placed in the prayer box in the Narthex.

Friday, set up your password, and you’re good to go. Your email address is your username. If you didn’t get an email, or have since deleted it, you may go to standrewspolaris.org and select “Member Connection” from the “Connect” dropdown menu, and click on “Forgot Password?” Because all active adult members already have a user account, you’ll be prompted to select a new password.

If you click on “Forgot Password?” and get a message that “Email address is not associated with any accounts” that means we don’t have your correct email address on file. Simply contact Judy Baird at jbaird@standrewspolaris.org with your new email address and she’ll send you a new login link.

If you forget your password at any time you can click on the “Forgot Password” link on the Member Connection login page and enter your email addresses to receive a link to set a new password.

A few words about passwords:

• According to an article on cnn.com, 123456 is the most common password, with 23.2 million accounts using this easy-to-crack code. Avoid any consecutive string of numbers or letters, as well as single words, or a word preceded or followed by a single number, such as Password or Password1. Hackers will use dictionaries of words and commonly used passwords to guess your password. Logme1n is a also a common guess among hackers.

• Make your password hard to guess but easy to remember. Using sentences or phrases is one option. For example, “gymhairdontcare”. (But only if you don’t have it as a slogan on a t-shirt that you wear to the gym every day!) Some systems—including ours—will even let you use spaces and punctuaiion: “gym hair don’t care”.

• Don’t use information in your password that others might know about you or that’s in your social media, such as birthdays, the names of your children or pets, or your high school or college graduation year.

• Don’t use your email address as your password.• Make it long—16 characters or more—and complicated. Choose a

combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters, such as #, !, and %.

• Another option is to use a password manager. Such apps will auto-generate safe passwords and store them securely, and many provide a way to synchronize your passwords across multiple devices. There are many out there. Google “best password managers” for your operating system and read the reviews to determine which option is best for you.

For more information about the new Member Connection, join us during the Adult Forum from 10:15 to 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Today we’ll be wrapping up our discussion of online giving and showing you how to access your giving statement from your profile. We’ll also take a first look at the Groups feature.

The new site features individual and family profiles, an easy-to-access member directory, online giving and individual pledge tracking, group and volunteer functionality, and more. Sign up today!

Donation bins now located in the coat closetPlease remember that St. Andrew’s continues to collect items for the Common Ground Free Store, including gently used clothing and shoes for all ages; new and unused socks and underwear; and household items such as small kitchen appliances, dishes, blankets, toys. We also collect women’s personal care items for the Pregnancy Decision Health Center. Donation bins for both are located in the coat closet off the Gathering Area.

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location in space provided by the Press Church Outreach Center, 425 S. Sandusky St., Delaware.That location will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, and St. Andrew’s has volunteered to help them get started, sharing what we’ve learned in a decade of serving every other month at Common Ground.This news follows the announcement last fall of extended hours at the Free Store at 193 E Central Ave., Delaware, which is now open five days a week—from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Each time the store is open, three to five new families come for the first time, joining the nearly 2,000 families who are served by Common Ground Free Store Ministries.Visit our Facebook page, facebook.com/standrewsanglican, to link to an article in ThisWeek Community News with more information about the Free Store’s in general, and its new location specifically.

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Prayers sought for Terry familyWe're sad to share with you news of the death this past Tuesday, Jan. 7, of Dorothy (Dody) Terry, wife of Fr. Rick Terry, priest associate at St. Andrew's.

Services were yesterday in Chillicothe, where Fr. Rick and Dody ministered—first at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and later at Good Shepherd Anglican Church—for 26 years before retiring to Westerville a little over a year ago.

Please keep Fr. Rick, children Martin, Andrew, Evan and Joanna, and the rest of the Terry family in your prayers as they mourn the loss of their beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister And pray also for Dody as she begins her new life in the nearer presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May her soul and the souls of all the saints rest in God's peace, and may light perpetual shine upon her.

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— • —Clockwise, from right, Judy Baird steps into the Jordan River during our Holy Land pilgrims’ visit to Bethany Beyond the Jordan, believed to be the site of Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist (also pictured are Ann Schnapp and Jon Wallace); the shallow backwaters of the river in arid conditions, where many say the baptism is likely to have taken place; and people on the Israel side of the Jordan renew their baptismal vows. The water between the lines of buoy is neutral territory between Israel and Jordan.

The Feast of the Baptism of our Lord is celebrated on the Sunday after the Feast of the Epiphany. The reason that this feast stands in such a prominent position is because it was the first time that God manifested his power in Jesus in public.

When Jesus came to John to be baptized, John was appalled at the idea. He claimed he was not worthy to untie Jesus’ sandals. Why should he baptize Jesus for the forgiveness of sins when Jesus was obviously so much more righteous than anyone John had ever known?

John tells Jesus, “I need to be baptized by you …” (Matthew 3:14) But Jesus answers him, “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Why does Jesus insist on this? Why does he need to be baptized?

The answer is one that John gave earlier in Matthew 3:11. “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me … will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.”

This is the baptism that Jesus receives. A baptism to be filled with the Holy Spirit. A baptism of the power of God. To this the Father testifies, “This is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased.” God’s public testimony of the person and power of Jesus the Christ.

Other testimonies would come, at the Transfiguration, through signs and healings: the blind receive their sight

and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear. And then through that ultimate sign of the power of God: The Resurrection.

When we come to be baptized as Christians, we come not only to be baptized, but to testify to a sinful and broken world of the Good News of God’s salvation through Jesus Christ.

With the power of God with us, we are called to open the eyes of the blind, open the ears of the deaf, enable the mute to speak and the lame to walk. In other words, we are to set those who are captive to sin free from the darkness to walk as the children of light! — By Fr. Ron Baird

Baptism of our Lord reveals God’s power in Jesus

Mike Schroeder dips his hands in purified water from the Jordan River.