A G N U S D E I November 2018

Reaching Individuals and Families of the Concho Valley with the Transforming Love of Jesus Christ!

3355 W. Beauregard

San Angelo, Texas 76904

(325) 949-6260

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God, Guts and a GPS

A few years ago I was retuning from a promotion ceremony in

North Carolina and travelling back to Virginia. It was dark, sprinkling,

and I appeared to be the only one on the road that night. I was lost in

prayer and wasn’t paying much attention to the road signs and I had

my GPS Navigation device turned off. All of a sudden I saw the

number of the road I was supposed to take but the sign didn’t look

right. I immediately took the exit and within a few minutes realized

that though the number was right, I had taken a county road. The

shape of the sign indeed had been wrong. After I had been on the

county road for about a mile I decided that I wasn’t going to make

another navigation error again so I turned on my navigation app. The

app told me to take the next right, which I did. I correctly took another

right. The app told me again to take another right. What was unusual

was that the road I was instructed to take was gravel. My small red

Prius wasn’t much of an off-roader and I couldn’t see where the dark

gravel road led. I decided that the GPS was probably more accurate

than my intuition so I slowly took the road. A crop was on the

right and occasional farmhouses on the left. After a while the road

transitioned to a dirt road. The road became less level and I began

hearing growth hit the bottom of my small Prius. Mud was beginning

to fling from my tires. I looked around and I didn’t even see a

farmhouse now. A large puddle now covered the trail. Should I press

on in m ATV Prius or slowly back my way on the trail I could no longer

clearly see? I decided to press forward so I floored the pedal and fish

tailed it through the large puddle slinging mud everywhere. Just a few

moments later I saw blessed pavement!

In time, I found my way home with only a dirty car as my sole

witness. What happened to me? I had been praying to God, which of

course is natural and proper; however, I wasn’t paying attention to my

environment and where I was going. I needed to keep my spiritual

( c o n t i n u e d )

“But small

is the gate

and narrow

the road

that leads

to life,

and only

a few

find it”

Matt. 7:14, NIV

eyes on God and my physical eyes on the road with enough awareness to keep safe and

navigate properly. When I discovered that I saw the number I needed I relied on my gut

to make a split second decision and goofed. Then I decided I was blindly going to follow

my GPS no matter what so that I would not get lost or make a mistake again. Another

mistake! The GPS led me down a long and winding gravel road that became a muddy

trail in the middle of a large field. Technology or experts alone can’t lead us where we

need to go. I have discovered that in ministry I need to keep my heart and spirit focused

on the Lord, become aware of my unique ministry context, and culture, and then trust my

gut instincts after I’m informed by technology and the experts. Keeping this balance

helps me to keep a somewhat healthy ministry perspective and on the right road for His

kingdom’s sake. Lord, please help me to follow you with all of my heart, to have the eyes

to clearly see what needs to be done, and to have the right training and technology to

support your mission. Please keep me on your narrow path. Amen. “But small is the gate

and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matt. 7:14, NIV).

God Bless,

Fr. Hal

The Annual Stewardship Dinner will be catered and held at the

Rio Concho West Oak Room on Sunday, November 11, from 6:00-8:00 PM.

Vestry members will be calling to secure your reservation.

There is no charge for the dinner, but we do have to pay for meals eaten or not.

Once again, at the Stewardship Dinner, members will have the opportunity

to prepare a homemade dessert and enter it in the competition.

Any dessert may be entered, all deserts are homemade, and prizes will be awarded.

Pledge Card for the coming year will be mailed our soon. You may bring

it with you to the Stewardship Dinner on November 11 or

place it in the offering plate that day.

Wonderland WINTER PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR

Dinner and Talent Show

Sunday, December 2, 2018 The festivities will begin at

5:00 pm in the Parish Hall Please bring your favorite finger food to share.

FMI: contact Sharon Weber

at 325-949-3116 or

325-245-8616

Please help us provide a Thanksgiving Dinner for our fellow San Angeloans who find themselves

in need at this time of year.

Turkeys will be provided by monetary donations.

Please bring your donations on or before November 11.

The following items are being requested to complete the Thanksgiving baskets:

Stove Top Stuffing or ingredients to make cornbread dressing:

2-4 packages of cornbread mix, 2 cans chicken broth,

rubbed sage and onion flakes Macaroni & cheese

Instant mashed potatoes Canned corn, green beans, yams

Canned fruit cocktail Canned milk (2) Canned pumpkin Cranberry Sauce

Marshmallows Cake mix and frosting Vegetable or canola oil

Dried beans Rice

Other non-perishable items at your discretion.

Thank You !

Thanksgiving Baskets for Project Dignidad

www.griefshare.org

Glenn Polhemus

will be teaching

Spanish classes

at 3pm

and ESL classes

at 4pm, and

Citizenship classes

at 5pm

Monday through

Thursday

to anyone who

is interested.

FMI call Glenn

@ 656-6244

November 1, 2018

We invite you to come and pray during your lunch time. Our mission is to

encourage the body of Christ to pray in unity over our city. We want to see

transformation in our city that brings healing and shares the love of God. If

you feel led to be apart of this movement please come join us as we pray.

The 1st

Thursday

of the month

at Noon

Women on Mission

A Baptist group of ladies who meet

monthly to learn about missionaries

and their work and to pray for them.

Prepare to be blessed!

1st Tuesday of every month @ 10am

Baptist Memorial Highrise Building,

Café Gift Shop ~ 2nd Floor

For info: Nancy Norwood

(325)655-6536

You’re Invited...

Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11th we will recognize and honor our veterans with

a special insert with photos of our men and women who have served in the

United States Armed Forces, past and present.

If you have a photo you would like included, please send it to Jenny email: admin@anglicancgs.com

or bring it into the church office by November 5th.

On Thursday, November 22 we pause

with our families and friends to express

our gratitude to the Lord for the many

blessings bestowed on us individually

and as a nation during the past year.

The church office will be

closed Thanksgiving Day

and the Friday following.

Praise God from whom

all blessings flow!

Christmas is just around the corner and the choir will

begin working on music for Advent and Christmas.

If you've wanted to sing in the

choir, but not sure you could make a full-time commitment please

pray about it, and if God is tugging at you, please come join us

through this season as we not only prepare our hearts for His

second coming, but also celebrate the birth of the Christ

child. Choir practice is Thursday night from 6:30 -7:30 p.m.

We will also be meeting the afternoon of November 10 at the Holik

farmhouse for an afternoon of practice and then fellowship and eating

afterwards. The farmhouse is located at 8590 Benchmark Rd. in

Wall. If you are interested or have any questions please contact

us. Judy Holik 656-0782 or Henry McWilliams 234-5548.

Choir News

Dear Cindy,

How shall I describe our friendship? What an incredible experience knowing

you. We first met at church, in Sunday School. We were the “eight o’clockers,” the

early birds gathered for the shorter service at Good Shepherd. One thing led to

another, and soon we were friends. You were caring for your mother, and I, my

mother-in-law. Our strongest bond was a love for our Lord Jesus Christ. We held

Bible study at the park, at church, at the library. We talked on the phone…. A lot.

When you sold your mother’s Fairway home, things changed. You slowly

became isolated, a prisoner by choice in your own house. I was frightened by your

weight loss, your phobias, your rituals, your loneliness, and the demons tormenting

you. I tried to scold and cajole you into eating, seeking medical and psychiatric help,

meeting people in public places; it didn’t work. I assumed my ways were best for you;

how brash and pompous on my part.

Through it all, you never gave up on me. You never said an unkind word or

stopped loving me. I have never been so unconditionally accepted and affirmed by a

friend in my life. You ended every conversation telling me you loved me. You wanted

to hear me call you Darling, Precious, Cherished Child of God. All you ever wanted or

needed from me was love.

How many times did I throw a verbal temper tantrum to get you to change,

only to have you respond in Christ’s love? Countless times you forgave me when I

finally calmed down enough to repent my sing and apologize. How prideful was I;

how humble and lover were you. I thought God put me in your life to “help” you.

Wrong. He put you in my life to bless me. You were, and are, an abundant blessing

from God.

The day you died, I cried uncontrollable tears. Tears for healing, and afterward

I knew I was crying for myself. A friend like you is one in a life time. I will miss you

terribly.

The Lord is our joy and our strength in all times, and I know you are in the loving

arms of our Savior. I thank you Cindy, for choosing me as a friend; for trusting me

with your tender, pure heart. Beauty flows from ashes in the wake, for now I am

friends with you other loved ones, united in praise of God, pressed into His loving

service. I thank my God for every thought of you. Rest in peace, my Darling. Rest

in his presence forevermore.

Your friend, Jean, with all my love.

THE VESTRY

MEETING

The regular monthly Vestry

meeting is Monday,

November 19, at 6:00 PM

in the conference room.

Meet the first

Monday of

the month

at 6:00pm in the

Conference Room.

Recycle! Reuse! We collect plastic bags to donate to Project Dignidad.

These are used to make sleeping mats for individuals in need, to weather

the elements... all by using plastic yarn (plarn) made from plastic bags.

The deadline to place an announcement in the weekly bulletin is

Wednesdays at Noon and the deadline for the Parish Newsletter is the

third Friday of the month. Submissions should be sent to Jenny at the

church office, secrtary.acgs@suddenlinkmail.com, or drop it off at the

church office Monday-Friday, 9-11:30AM or Noon-2:00PM. Thank you.

is scheduled for Saturday, November 10th at 9am. Please

join us if you are interested in helping with general clean up

and fix up projects around the church, inside and out.

Our next collection date is Sunday, November 25th for our

Fourth Sunday of the Month Food Drive to support two orphanages and Casa Bethesda in Mexico.

Canned or boxed food is needed desperately.

Reaching Individuals and Families of the Concho Valley with the Transforming Love of Jesus Christ!

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P.O. Box 61698

San Angelo, Texas 76901-1698

(325) 949-6260

www.anglicancgs.com

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