News/Events

Bishop James Curry  will be visiting Saint Saviour’s on Sunday, November 16.  He plans to preach and celebrate at the 10 a. m. service and then enjoy time with parishioners during coffee hour afterwards.  Following coffee hour, Jim would like to meet with the vestry and other parish leaders for a more focused conversation about our mission and the state of the parish.  One of our growth edges is ministry with young adults, and Jim will be joined by Linda Snyder who works at the Diocese with Emily Perow on developing resources to support ministry to children and youth.

Save the date!   November 23 – Bobby Schantz will tell us about his mission trip to the Dominican Republic. Bobby worked as a counselor at a summer Bible camp run jointly by
The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut and The Diocese of the Dominican Republic, one of Connecticut’s companion dioceses.  Bobby will be joined by Dick Schulze (a parishioner of
St. Barnabas Church and a former trustee of the Bishop’s Fund for Children) who has overseen the camp program for many years.

The Miracle of Mindfulness  by Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Zen master, peace activist, poet, and the founder of Plum Village, a Buddhist community in France.  He teaches that, through the practice of mindfulness, we learn to live fully in the present, rather than in the past or future, and that living in the present helps us find and develop peace, within our selves and within the world.

Please join us for this introduction to mindfulness and meditation.  We will meet in the chapel on Tuesday, November 18, at 7:30 p. m..  A limited number of copies will be available through the parish office.  The book is published by Beacon Press.

Congratulations  to Aubrey and Marky Carter who rode in the October 5 bike race that raises money for research into preventing and curing cerebral palsy.

Congratulations   to Jocelyn Mahone who has returned home from Nicaragua after two years of service in the Peace Corps.  Her work included teaching school children in a small town about stewardship of the environment.

Congratulations   to George Harnik who has returned from adventures in southern China.  We hope to induce George to tell us about his trip sometime in the next couple of months.

Congratulations and thank you 
to Moses and the Israelites – and all the others who helped present the story of the golden calf –
Aubrey Carter, Katherine Devlin, Maya Edward,
Lily Marinelli, Alana Pawlowski, Ava Pawlowski, Neilly Rose,
Mackenzie Snell, Paige Snell, Jessica Thompson, Madison van Meel,
Alex Yancey, Michael Yancey, Bill Grant, Dianne Ellis,
Jeanne Lamp, Lynn Mahone, and Alan McCollom.

Suggestions?

Please let me know if you have topics you would like addressed in sermons and/or hymns you would like us to sing.  I’ll try to weave these into upcoming services.  Please also let me know if there are subjects for adult education you would be interested in pursuing (including field trips).  Victoria

Colombia mission trip – February, 2009

The Companions in Mission Committee of The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut is planning another mission trip to The Diocese of Colombia, February 13 – 20, 2009. Participants will visit the Caribbean coast, engage in a limited medical mission, perform some minor church repair, and learn about the people and mission of the Diocese. If you are interested, please contact Mark Pendleton at mpendleton@ccathedral.org (860-527-7231).

Thanks to Noreen McLaughlin for attending a workshop on the ministry of greeting, held at at St. Paul’s on the Green in Norwalk in late September.

Thanks to Pam Adam and others who organized a reception following Mary Ellen King’s funeral service.  Thanks to Pam also for the beautiful flowers and to all who helped out as worship assistants.

Thanks to Susan Thompson for offering to serve on the Altar Guild.

Thanks to David Rasmussen for offering to help with Sunday School.

Thanks to everyone who responded to a recent pastoral emergency with food and funds.