Another Update from ER-D

Here is another e-mail I received from ER-D:


Dear Friend in Christ,
Episcopal Relief & Development has received urgent appeals for assistance from several dioceses affected by the devastating floods in the Midwest. Your help is needed immediately. The support of your church is critical to our ability to respond quickly.
This is an opportunity for your congregation to make a vital difference in the lives of people who are facing incredible loss.
As you remember those deeply affected by this disaster, please encourage your congregation to pray…and give generously.
Kindly photocopy this bulletin insert and place it in your Sunday Service leaflet this Sunday, June 29. Also, encourage your congregation to visit Episcopal Relief & Development’s website www.er-d.org, to make an immediate, convenient and secure contribution to help those affected by the flooding.
Thank you for your partnership, prayers and compassion.
Yours faithfully,
Robert W. RadtkePresident

Episcopal Relief and Development

I received this in an e-mail and it said to put it in the bulletin this Sunday so I thought I should put it here too.


Dear Friend in Christ,
Episcopal Relief & Development has received urgent appeals for assistance from dioceses affected by the devastating floods in the Midwest. We know this bulletin insert is reaching you late in the week, but your help is needed immediately. The support of your church is critical to our ability to respond quickly.
This is an opportunity for your congregation to make a vital difference in the lives of people who are facing incredible loss.
As you remember those deeply affected by this disaster, please encourage your congregation to pray…and give generously.
Kindly photocopy this bulletin insert and place it in your Sunday Service leaflet this Sunday, June 22 or the following Sunday, June 29. Also, encourage your congregation to visit Episcopal Relief & Development’s website www.er-d.org, to make an immediate, convenient and secure contribution to help those affected by the flooding.
Thank you for your partnership, prayers and compassion.
Yours faithfully,
Robert W. RadtkePresident

I hope you all can help!!!

It's been a long while!

Well, it is that time of year again! End of school and beginning of summer! It has been a great school year this year. We have come a far way! Our vestry is taking the month of July off however we are going to start a monthly cleaning of the parish hall. We really need to get into all the stuff that has been collecting dust for a long time. So, next Thursday the 26th we will be meeting at the chapel at 7PM to go through some stuff. It is important for those that know what to save and what to toss to come and help. We really need to get rid of stuff! At our last vestry meeting Pastor Dan brought up torture awareness. He has a petition that he would like everyone that is against torture to sign and we even put an ad in the Wallkill Valley Times. The ad was on Page 3 in the bottom left hand corner on July 18th's paper. This is the basic ad:

Torture is a Sin

Torture violates the basic dignity of the
human person that all religions hold dear.
It degrades all involved--the victim, the
torturer, the policy maker. It contradicts
our nation’s most cherished ideals.

Torture abuse threatens the soul of our
nation. Sign the petition.

Abolish torture now.
www.tortureisamoralissue.org

National Religious Campaign Against Torture
www.nrcat.org

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Chapel
74 Wallkill Avenue – Montgomery
Sunday Service – 9am

So, this gets out the message that we are standing against torture and it is an advertisement for our service! Also, after reading this blog you could go onto http://www.tortureisamoralissue.org/ to sign the petition against torture.

Well, I hope everyone is doing great and I will see you in church on Sunday at 9.