ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR
The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Welcome to our visitors. We invite you to join us for coffee and fellowship in the foyer following the 8 am service and in the parish hall following the 10 am service.
8:00 am: Holy Eucharist, Chapel: The Rev. David Ota, Celebrant and Preacher.
10:00 am: Holy Eucharist, Chapel: The Rev. David Ota, Celebrant and Preacher.
10:00 am: Sunday School in rooms 1, 4 and 5
Name Tags: Everyone feels welcome when they can greet you by name. If you have a nametag, please wear it. If you need one, please leave a message for the church office (stambrose@mindspring.com or 574-1369). You may also leave a note on the administrative assistant’s desk; it faces you as you enter the church office.
Prayer Requests: Please write your prayer requests in the red Intercessions and Thanksgivings Binder in the Foyer. If you have an on-going prayer request, please leave a message for the church office (stambrose@mindspring.com or 574-1369). You may also leave a note on the administrative assistant’s desk; it faces you as you enter the church office. Thank you.
Prayer Chapel: Our small side prayer chapel is for everyone’s use, but we ask that adults accompany children. Please light only one candle at a time, do not blow out other people’s candles, and kneel–don’t stand–on the kneeler (Prie-Dieu). This will keep the chapel a sacred place for all.
Welcome to our visitors. We invite you to join us for coffee and fellowship in the foyer following the 8 am service and in the parish hall following the 10 am service.
8:00 am: Holy Eucharist, Chapel: The Rev. David Ota, Celebrant and Preacher.
10:00 am: Holy Eucharist, Chapel: The Rev. David Ota, Celebrant and Preacher.
10:00 am: Sunday School in rooms 1, 4 and 5
Name Tags: Everyone feels welcome when they can greet you by name. If you have a nametag, please wear it. If you need one, please leave a message for the church office (stambrose@mindspring.com or 574-1369). You may also leave a note on the administrative assistant’s desk; it faces you as you enter the church office.
Prayer Requests: Please write your prayer requests in the red Intercessions and Thanksgivings Binder in the Foyer. If you have an on-going prayer request, please leave a message for the church office (stambrose@mindspring.com or 574-1369). You may also leave a note on the administrative assistant’s desk; it faces you as you enter the church office. Thank you.
Prayer Chapel: Our small side prayer chapel is for everyone’s use, but we ask that adults accompany children. Please light only one candle at a time, do not blow out other people’s candles, and kneel–don’t stand–on the kneeler (Prie-Dieu). This will keep the chapel a sacred place for all.
TODAY
UTO Ingathering Sundays at St. Ambrose, Sundays, October 14, 8 am and 10 am
Threshing the Wheat: Sunday, October 14, 11:45 am, Parish Hall
Threshing the Wheat: Sunday, October 14, 11:45 am, Parish Hall
THIS WEEK
Tuesday Bible Study: October 16, 12:45 pm, Foyer
Adult Choir Rehearsal, Thursday, October 18, 7:30 pm, Chapel
Diocesan Convention: Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20, Grace Cathedral, S.F.
Building and Grounds Meeting: rescheduled to Tuesday, October 30, 6:00 pm, Parish Hall
School Board Meeting, rescheduled to Tuesday, October 30, 7 pm, Parish Hall
Adult Choir Rehearsal, Thursday, October 18, 7:30 pm, Chapel
Diocesan Convention: Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20, Grace Cathedral, S.F.
Building and Grounds Meeting: rescheduled to Tuesday, October 30, 6:00 pm, Parish Hall
School Board Meeting, rescheduled to Tuesday, October 30, 7 pm, Parish Hall
ST. AMBROSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Altar Guild members are needed
We need at least one more volunteer to serve in preparing the altar and cleaning up after the 10 am service. Altar Guild members serve once a month. If you are interested please speak with the Rector about how you may serve.
Study groups schedule
The Monday study group meets on the second and fourth Mondays of the month. They will meet on Monday, October 22 from 7:00 pm. The meeting will be at Shelley Keefe’s home, 887 Erickson Lane. The Monday study group is beginning a new topic, the book “God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam,” by Mirabai Starr.
The Tuesday Bible Study group meets on October 16 from 12:45 pm to 2 pm in the foyer. They are reading Job 38.
The study groups are open to any interested person.
2019 Pledge Campaign Kick-Off
The 2019 Pledge Campaign begins on Sunday, October 21st. The campaign theme this year is “Caring for our communities and God’s world.” The pledge campaign invites us to consider how important it is to care for our communities of family, church, our civic life as well as God’s creation. Stewardship is about more than money. Stewardship is a way of life in which we choose to be stewards of our relationships and God’s world while we have breath. You are invited to consider your own stewardship in all these relationships, and especially in our relationship together as “church,” the Body of Christ. We need to encourage one another to live the Christian life with faith and vitality.
Pumpkin Carving and Haunted House
Pumpkin Carving and Haunted House, Sunday, October 28 Carve pumpkins with your children and visit the haunted house organized by the Youth of St. Ambrose following the 10 am service on Sunday, October 28th.
Youth Parents Meeting, Sunday, October 28, 11:30 am
Join Fe Balamiento for a Youth Parents meeting to plan activities for the coming months on Sunday, October 28th from 11:30 am in the Parish Hall.
Turn Your Clocks Back for the end of Daylight Savings Time
Before you go to sleep on Saturday, November 3rd, turn your clocks back one hour and enjoy an extra hour of sleep on Sunday, November 4th.
All Saints’ Sunday, November 4th
St. Ambrose will celebrate All Saints and All Souls Departed on Sunday, November 4th. Hudson Frisch will be presented for Holy Baptism at the 10 am service. If you would like to be presented for Holy Baptism, please speak with the Rector.
Also, the sign-up sheet for loved ones to be remembered will be in the foyer.
Annual Stewardship Dinner, Friday, November 16th, 6:30 pm
Our Annual Stewardship Dinner will be held Friday, November 16th from 6:30 pm at the Foster City Recreation Center’s Lagoon Room and Blue Bird Room. Once again our caterer will be Ning’s Catering. As in the past we will have door prizes which are donated by members, and live entertainment performed by members. If you are interested in donating a door prize or in performing a talent, please sign up on the sign-up sheets in the Parish Hall or contact the Rector at dyota@mindspring.com.
Thanksgiving Sunday, November 18th
St. Ambrose celebrates Thanksgiving on the Sunday before Thanksgiving Day. This year that Sunday will be November 18th. It has been our practice to use the lessons from Thanksgiving Day and invite a Senior in High School to give her or his thoughts about what they give thanks. It is always a meaningful time of worship to hear our youth share their reflections. Plan to come to worship and be blessed.
St. Ambrose Choirs
The Adult Choir rehearsals are on Thursdays at 7:30 PM. All interested singers (and would-be singers) are encouraged to attend. You are welcome to visit rehearsal to determine if you would like to join us on a regular basis. The Adult Choir sings for the 10:00 AM worship service
The Children's Choir will resume it rehearsals immediately following the 10 AM worship service. All children are encouraged to participate.
Please see Maureen Fromme if you have any questions, or email her at mhfromme@yahoo.com
Forward Day by Day
New books for November, December 2018 and January 2019 are now available for pickup in the foyer.
Coffee Sign-Up Online
We need at least one more volunteer to serve in preparing the altar and cleaning up after the 10 am service. Altar Guild members serve once a month. If you are interested please speak with the Rector about how you may serve.
Study groups schedule
The Monday study group meets on the second and fourth Mondays of the month. They will meet on Monday, October 22 from 7:00 pm. The meeting will be at Shelley Keefe’s home, 887 Erickson Lane. The Monday study group is beginning a new topic, the book “God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam,” by Mirabai Starr.
The Tuesday Bible Study group meets on October 16 from 12:45 pm to 2 pm in the foyer. They are reading Job 38.
The study groups are open to any interested person.
2019 Pledge Campaign Kick-Off
The 2019 Pledge Campaign begins on Sunday, October 21st. The campaign theme this year is “Caring for our communities and God’s world.” The pledge campaign invites us to consider how important it is to care for our communities of family, church, our civic life as well as God’s creation. Stewardship is about more than money. Stewardship is a way of life in which we choose to be stewards of our relationships and God’s world while we have breath. You are invited to consider your own stewardship in all these relationships, and especially in our relationship together as “church,” the Body of Christ. We need to encourage one another to live the Christian life with faith and vitality.
Pumpkin Carving and Haunted House
Pumpkin Carving and Haunted House, Sunday, October 28 Carve pumpkins with your children and visit the haunted house organized by the Youth of St. Ambrose following the 10 am service on Sunday, October 28th.
Youth Parents Meeting, Sunday, October 28, 11:30 am
Join Fe Balamiento for a Youth Parents meeting to plan activities for the coming months on Sunday, October 28th from 11:30 am in the Parish Hall.
Turn Your Clocks Back for the end of Daylight Savings Time
Before you go to sleep on Saturday, November 3rd, turn your clocks back one hour and enjoy an extra hour of sleep on Sunday, November 4th.
All Saints’ Sunday, November 4th
St. Ambrose will celebrate All Saints and All Souls Departed on Sunday, November 4th. Hudson Frisch will be presented for Holy Baptism at the 10 am service. If you would like to be presented for Holy Baptism, please speak with the Rector.
Also, the sign-up sheet for loved ones to be remembered will be in the foyer.
Annual Stewardship Dinner, Friday, November 16th, 6:30 pm
Our Annual Stewardship Dinner will be held Friday, November 16th from 6:30 pm at the Foster City Recreation Center’s Lagoon Room and Blue Bird Room. Once again our caterer will be Ning’s Catering. As in the past we will have door prizes which are donated by members, and live entertainment performed by members. If you are interested in donating a door prize or in performing a talent, please sign up on the sign-up sheets in the Parish Hall or contact the Rector at dyota@mindspring.com.
Thanksgiving Sunday, November 18th
St. Ambrose celebrates Thanksgiving on the Sunday before Thanksgiving Day. This year that Sunday will be November 18th. It has been our practice to use the lessons from Thanksgiving Day and invite a Senior in High School to give her or his thoughts about what they give thanks. It is always a meaningful time of worship to hear our youth share their reflections. Plan to come to worship and be blessed.
St. Ambrose Choirs
The Adult Choir rehearsals are on Thursdays at 7:30 PM. All interested singers (and would-be singers) are encouraged to attend. You are welcome to visit rehearsal to determine if you would like to join us on a regular basis. The Adult Choir sings for the 10:00 AM worship service
The Children's Choir will resume it rehearsals immediately following the 10 AM worship service. All children are encouraged to participate.
Please see Maureen Fromme if you have any questions, or email her at mhfromme@yahoo.com
Forward Day by Day
New books for November, December 2018 and January 2019 are now available for pickup in the foyer.
Coffee Sign-Up Online
Coffee Sign-ups for 10:00 am can now be made online via Sign-Up Genius or by using the posted sign-up sheet in the Parish Hall. To sign up online go to www.signupgenius.com and enter stambrose@mindspring.com in the search bar.
Each family signs up once or twice per year. You can host it alone, or team up with another family. Directions for set-up and clean-up are available in the kitchen. It’s easy and we all enjoy this time of fellowship. Trades or changes can be made, so don’t hesitate to pick a Sunday. This sign up includes set-up and clean-up, please. If you have any questions, please contact Don Peter at (650) 685-0648.
Volunteers to give Eugene Hetzer a ride on Sundays
Long-time member Eugene Hetzer can use some transportation help on Sundays to worship at 10 am. The bus service is not very good on Sundays. Jim Neubert, who recently moved to Redwood City, had been giving him a ride, but can’t do so on a regular basis. If you are willing to give Eugene a ride occasionally, please sign up on the Volunteers to Give Eugene Hetzer a Ride sign-up sheet in the parish hall, or contact our Administrative Assistant, Margie Lee at stambrose@mindspring.com or at 650-574-1369 between 9 am and 1 pm.
Altar Guild Flower Fund:
The St. Ambrose Altar Guild prepares the altar and sanctuary for each service. As part of these responsibilities, the guild provides the beautiful flower arrangements for the sanctuary. These flowers are funded by individual donations. The cost of the altar flowers is $65 per week, but any amount is welcome. You may contribute toward flowers in celebration of birthdays, anniversaries, and other special days, or in the memory of loved ones. To make a donation please complete the blue form in the flower pot on the credenza in the foyer, and place this blue form along with your donation in one of the white envelopes also found there. Checks are to be made out to St. Ambrose Episcopal Church. Please put “Altar Flowers” in the memo line. To complete your donation, put the white envelope in the offertory plate or on the desk of the administrative assistant, which is the desk facing you when you enter the church office. Thank you! Your donation is much appreciated. If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to Charlene Adolph (650-504-5525).
Sign up for E-script:
Good news: SaveMart, Lucky, and Food Maxx have recently partnered with E-script. If you haven’t already signed up for E-script, please sign up under Group name: St Ambrose and Group ID #139618933. All your support helps.
Mark Your Calendars:
- UTO Ingathering Sundays at St. Ambrose, Sundays, October 14, 8 am and 10 am
- Threshing the Wheat: Sunday, October 14, 11:45 am, Parish Hall
- Tuesday Bible Study: October 16, 23 and 30, 12:45 pm, Foyer
- Adult Choir Rehearsal, Thursday, October 18, 7:30 pm, Chapel
- Diocesan Convention: Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20, Grace Cathedral, S.F.
- 2019 Pledge Campaign Kick-Off Sunday: Sunday, October 21, 8 am and 10 am
- Grinding the Wheat: Sunday, October 21, 11:45 am, Kitchen
- Monday Study Group Meeting, October 22, 7:00 pm, 887 Erickson Lane, Foster City
- Vestry Meeting, Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm, Parish Hall
- Pumpkin Carving Party and Haunted House: Sunday, October 28 following the 10 am service
- Youth Parents Meeting, Sunday, October 28, 11:30 am, Parish Hall
- Building and Grounds Meeting: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 6:00 pm, Parish Hall
- School Board Meeting, Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 7:00 pm, Parish Hall
- Daylight Savings Time Ends: Sunday, November 4 (Turn your clocks back an hour on the night of November 3)
- Sunday after All Saints Day: Sunday, November 4, 8 am and 10 am (Day scheduled for baptisms)
- Altar Guild Meeting and Chapel Clean-Up Day: Saturday, November 10, 9 am, Kitchen and Chapel
- Stewardship Dinner: Friday, November 16, 6:30 pm, Foster City Recreation Center Lagoon and Blue Bird Rooms
- Thanksgiving Sunday: Sunday, November 18, 8 am and 10 am, a Senior in High School will share reflections on her or his reflections, Chapel
- 1st Sunday of Advent and Altar Guild Bake Sale: Sunday, December 2, 8 am and 10 am, Chapel
- Christmas Eve: Monday, December 24, 4 pm, Christmas Pageant and Family Holy Eucharist, 10 pm, Christmas Choral Concert, 10:30 pm, Candlelight Choral Holy Eucharist
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
United Thank Offering: Please donate to The United Thank Offering (UTO) fall campaign. The UTO has supported the missions of the Episcopal Church since 1889 and alleviates poverty throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion. Please make your checks to St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, designated “UTO”. Blue envelopes for cash and checks, as well as the traditional “blue boxes” for loose change are set out for your convenience. Donations can be dropped off at the church office or placed in the offering through Sunday October 14th. Your offerings will be presented at the Diocesan Convention later this month. Thank you!
CALL Primrose’s Fill a Box, Feed a Family: We are filling four (4) food boxes this year--due to the high cost of living, especially housing, more families have asked for food aid—for CALL Primrose, a Burlingame outreach venture founded by the Presbyterian and United Methodist churches.
Each box will contain: 1 can (15 oz) yams, 2 cans (15 oz) corn, 2 cans (14 oz) green beans, 2 cans (14 oz) fruit (any fruit or fruit cocktail), 1 can (14 oz) cranberry sauce, 1 box (6 oz) stuffing mix, 1 box (14 oz) instant mashed potatoes, 1 box (8 oz) cornbread / muffin mix, 1 bottle (24 oz) vegetable cooking oil, 1 package (16 oz) pasta noodles , 1 can/bottle (20 oz) pasta sauce, 2 packages (3 oz) chocolate jello pudding/pie mix , 1 (6 oz) no-bake graham cracker pie crust, and 1 can (14 oz) condensed milk.
If you can contribute one or more items, please write your name on the sign-up sheet (it contains the above list) on each box in the back of the Parish Hall and bring your item(s) by Sunday, November 11th.
Second Harvest Food Barrel: Thanks to all who donate. We have a new barrel to fill! Please bring cans of food when you come to worship and place it in the Second Harvest Food Barrel in the foyer. Monetary contributions to Second Harvest may be made to St. Ambrose, designated “Second Harvest,” or sent directly to The Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, Attention: Donation Dept., P.O. Box 213, San Mateo, CA 94401-0213.
CALL Primrose’s Fill a Box, Feed a Family: We are filling four (4) food boxes this year--due to the high cost of living, especially housing, more families have asked for food aid—for CALL Primrose, a Burlingame outreach venture founded by the Presbyterian and United Methodist churches.
Each box will contain: 1 can (15 oz) yams, 2 cans (15 oz) corn, 2 cans (14 oz) green beans, 2 cans (14 oz) fruit (any fruit or fruit cocktail), 1 can (14 oz) cranberry sauce, 1 box (6 oz) stuffing mix, 1 box (14 oz) instant mashed potatoes, 1 box (8 oz) cornbread / muffin mix, 1 bottle (24 oz) vegetable cooking oil, 1 package (16 oz) pasta noodles , 1 can/bottle (20 oz) pasta sauce, 2 packages (3 oz) chocolate jello pudding/pie mix , 1 (6 oz) no-bake graham cracker pie crust, and 1 can (14 oz) condensed milk.
If you can contribute one or more items, please write your name on the sign-up sheet (it contains the above list) on each box in the back of the Parish Hall and bring your item(s) by Sunday, November 11th.
Second Harvest Food Barrel: Thanks to all who donate. We have a new barrel to fill! Please bring cans of food when you come to worship and place it in the Second Harvest Food Barrel in the foyer. Monetary contributions to Second Harvest may be made to St. Ambrose, designated “Second Harvest,” or sent directly to The Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, Attention: Donation Dept., P.O. Box 213, San Mateo, CA 94401-0213.
DIOCESAN ANNOUNCEMENTS
169th Annual Convention of the Diocese of California
Notice is hereby given that the 169th Annual Convention of the Diocese of California will be held at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on October 19 and 20, 2018. The convention will be called to order at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 19. The Friday meeting will be followed by dinner on the plaza at 5:45 p.m. and Holy Eucharist at 7 p.m. All people of the diocese are invited to dinner and the Eucharist. The Saturday meeting will be called to order at 9 a.m. on October 20. To be eligible to vote, clergy who need to file letters dimissory or non-parochial clergy reports with the bishop must have done so by September 19, 2018. Congregations must have filed their list of lay delegates with the Secretary of the Convention (at the office of the diocese) no later than September 19, 2018, here: https://diocal.wufoo.com/forms/2018-lay-delegates-alternates-to-convention/. For information about the convention, see the convention page: diocal.org/convention.
--- David A. Frangquist, Secretary of the Convention
When: Friday, October 19, 2 p.m. and Saturday, October 20, 9 a.m.
Where: Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco
Links: diocal.org/convention; Report Lay Delegates Here
Notice is hereby given that the 169th Annual Convention of the Diocese of California will be held at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on October 19 and 20, 2018. The convention will be called to order at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 19. The Friday meeting will be followed by dinner on the plaza at 5:45 p.m. and Holy Eucharist at 7 p.m. All people of the diocese are invited to dinner and the Eucharist. The Saturday meeting will be called to order at 9 a.m. on October 20. To be eligible to vote, clergy who need to file letters dimissory or non-parochial clergy reports with the bishop must have done so by September 19, 2018. Congregations must have filed their list of lay delegates with the Secretary of the Convention (at the office of the diocese) no later than September 19, 2018, here: https://diocal.wufoo.com/forms/2018-lay-delegates-alternates-to-convention/. For information about the convention, see the convention page: diocal.org/convention.
--- David A. Frangquist, Secretary of the Convention
When: Friday, October 19, 2 p.m. and Saturday, October 20, 9 a.m.
Where: Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco
Links: diocal.org/convention; Report Lay Delegates Here
Global Climate Action Summit Multi-Faith Service video (part 1)
The livestream video from the Wednesday, September 14 service is now online for viewing in two parts. Thanks especially to our co-sponsors GreenFaith and Interfaith Power & Light, and to the staff of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco and the diocese!
Click here or above for Part 1
Click here or below for Part 2
The livestream video from the Wednesday, September 14 service is now online for viewing in two parts. Thanks especially to our co-sponsors GreenFaith and Interfaith Power & Light, and to the staff of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco and the diocese!
Click here or above for Part 1
Click here or below for Part 2
Global Climate Action Summit Multi-Faith Service video (part 2)
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
HIP Housing is a Non-Profit Organization in San Mateo County:
The purpose of this non-profit is to connect people with extra living space in their homes with people who are looking for a room to rent. A flier about HIP Housing is posted in the Parish Hall on the Community News Bulletin Board. To contact HIP Housing call 650-348-6660. To schedule an appointment to discuss home sharing opportunities or other available affordable housing visit www.HIPhousing.org. On this website you will also find information about Rooms For Rent Providers and Rooms for Rent Seekers.
The purpose of this non-profit is to connect people with extra living space in their homes with people who are looking for a room to rent. A flier about HIP Housing is posted in the Parish Hall on the Community News Bulletin Board. To contact HIP Housing call 650-348-6660. To schedule an appointment to discuss home sharing opportunities or other available affordable housing visit www.HIPhousing.org. On this website you will also find information about Rooms For Rent Providers and Rooms for Rent Seekers.
