THIS SUNDAY
Proper 28
23rd Sunday after Pentecost
9AM Family Morning Prayer and Sunday School on the Lawn
Join us under the tent
10AM Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the Church
Join us in person or watch the broadcast on our YouTube channel
Service material can be found on our website
Scripture readings for the Feast of All Saints
Malachi 4:1-2a
Psalm 98
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
Luke 21:5-19
Masking is always recommended if you have recently been exposed to or infected with COVID, or you’ve been told by a health professional to wear a mask based on your personal risk factors
Sunday, November 13, 2022 – Proper 28, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
- 9:00 AM – Family Service of Morning Prayer and Sunday School Lesson on the Lawn – Peter Patton, Leader and Sunday School Teacher
- 10:00 AM – Morning Prayer Rite II with Prayers of Spiritual Communion – in person & livestream – The Rev. John Wallace, Celebrant & Preacher
- 11:15 AM – Celebration Cake Kit Assembly – Parish Hall
- 7:30 PM – Compline via Zoom Click here to join
Monday, November 14, 2022
- 9:15 AM – Morning Prayer in the Church
- 7:30 PM – Property Committee Meeting via Zoom – Chair: Annette Smith
- 7:30 PM – Compline via Zoom Click here to join
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
- 9:15 AM – Morning Prayer in the Church
- 7:30 PM – Compline via Zoom Click here to join
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
- 9:15 AM – Morning Prayer in the Church
- 7:30 PM – Compline via Zoom Click here to join
Thursday, November 17, 2022
- 9:15 AM – Morning Prayer in the Church
- 11:00 AM – Bible Study via Zoom. We are studying the Gospel of John.New folks are always welcome. No previous experience required. Click here to join
- 7:30 PM – Compline via Zoom Click here to join
Friday, November 18, 2022
- 7:30 PM – Compline via Zoom Click here to join
Saturday, November 19, 2022
- 7:30 PM – Compline via Zoom Click here to join
Sunday, November 20, 2022 – Proper 29, Last Sunday after Pentecost, Feast of Christ the King
- 9:00 AM – Family Service of Morning Prayer and Sunday School Lesson on the Lawn – Peter Patton, Leader and Sunday School Teacher
- 10:00 AM – Morning Prayer Rite II with Prayers of Spiritual Communion – in person & livestream – The Rev. Dennis Lloyd, Celebrant & Preacher
- 11:15 AM – Filling Advent Bags – Sanctuary
- 7:30 PM – Compline via Zoom Click here to join
DARBY MISSION
November Collection items:
If you have any last minute donations for our Celebration Cake Kits, please bring them in by this Sunday, November 13th, as we will be assembling parts, checking kits for completion and getting a final count during coffee hour following the 10AM service.
THANK YOU to all who have contributed so far. The response has been wonderful!
Project Share
Bi-Monthly Dinners
Our dinner deliveries to Project Share continue to be well received. Thank you to all who continue to contribute to the needed ministry. Open needs for our next meal delivery on November 22 are:
- Sweet treat – brownies, cookies and cupcakes are favorites, but you do you.
- Cold beverages – three gallons of Tea Cooler from Swiss Farms, or Iced Tea/Lemonade from a store of your choosing.
Food needs to be ready in time for delivery on Tuesdays at 1:30pm. Entrées should be fully cooked, but they do not have to be hot at time of pickup (just not frozen). You do not have to make delivery yourself. Someone from the Outreach team can arrange to pick up the food and deliver to Project Share.
If you are unable to help with the November 22nd meal, there are other openings on both December 6 and December 20. You can see what’s needed on our SignUpGenius page, or talk to Cassie or Katie to offer assistance.
Advent Bags
We are in our final week for collecting items for this year’s Advent Bags. We still need:
- Fanny packs
- Men’s regular underwear in sizes Large and Extra Large
- Women’s regular underwear in sizes 7 to 10
We are collecting items from now through next Sunday, November 20 and we will be filling the bags on that day, following the 10AM service. Fr. James will ask God’s blessing on the Advent bags during services on November 27 and they will be distributed that week.
If you are purchasing items online you can choose to ship items to the church. Please mark the package as Attention: Outreach. Thanks!
Reach out to Cassie about Outreach:
Email: grammysqrd@gmail.com; or call/text: 610-608-5440
+ STEWARDSHIP SEASON 2022 – LIVES OF THANKSGIVING
From Fr. James’ Stewardship Season letter: “Real thanksgiving is not static. The crazy thing about gratitude for the blessings you have is that it makes you want to give what you have away. A big part of living a life of thanksgiving is to understand that when you hold too tightly to your blessings they become curses. When you grasp too tightly at your worldly possessions, they grasp too tightly to you and you are no longer free.”
Please make your pledge by November 20th using a pledge card from your newsletter envelope or from the narthex table, or by using this link to Realm: https://onrealm.org/holyapostlespa/AddPledge/generalfund.
+ THANKSGIVING EVE – EVENING PRAYER AND FIRESIDE RECEPTION
Plan now to attend Evening Prayer on Wednesday, November 23rd beginning at 6:30pm and stay after for a fireside reception in the Memorial Room. Bring an appetizer and/or beverage to share and start the holiday season off right with your church family.
+ ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Just four weeks remain until December 18, the date of the Holy Apostles Christmas Pageant. Time flies. If your child wants to take part in the Pageant, please email Peter Patton, pmpatton307@gmail.com, or Joe Zorc, zorc@chop.edu.
Parent volunteers are also very welcome. We look forward to hearing from you.
+ JOIN THE CHOIR FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS
Anyone with a bit of choir experience is invited to join Holy Apostles’ choir for the Christmas season. This would take a limited commitment of time but would yield a great deal of fun and meaning. Our choir is a warm group of folks who are working hard in a ministry they love and they will welcome you. This is a Sunday morning commitment with no rehearsals during the week. Contact the office – 610-642-6617 or holyapostlespa@gmail.com – to volunteer of for more information. Or visit Jamie at the organ bench on Sunday! Click here to listen to the anthem from last week, pictured above.
The following limited commitment is needed:
- Sundays in Advent (Sunday at 8:50AM, rehearsal and liturgy)
- Sunday, November 27, 2022
- Sunday, December 4, 2022
- Sunday, December 11, 2022 (Bishop’s Visit)
- Sunday, December 18, 2022
- Saturday, Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022 @ 10PM service
- 1 Saturday morning rehearsal in December – to be determined by the choir
+ REVIVAL – ST PAUL’S CHURCH, CHESTER – November 11 & 12, 6-8pm
Reminder! TONIGHT (11/11) and tomorrow night (11/12) come out to St Paul’s Church located at 301 9th St, Chester, PA 19013. This Revival will be held indoors. Come for one night, or for both! Click here for more information
SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE DIOCESE: Have heard about it? The Revival 10 Challenge!
We are challenging each church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania to bring at least 10 people to our Revival on Nov 11 or Nov 12 at St. Paul’s Chester. Once you do, you can qualify to win $2500 for that Innovative Youth Ministry Project you’ve been holding off on doing.
Applications are due by 12/11 and will be available at the Revival.
Remember to qualify, at least 10 people from your church must show up to our Revival on either night – Nov 11 or Nov 12 from 6-8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Chester.
We can’t wait to see you there.
+ POCKETS OF HOPE
Pockets of Hope is a non-profit organization providing free mastectomy sweatshirts for after surgery. They will be using the Parish Hall this Saturday, November 12 from 9am to 12 pm for a time of group sewing. If you know how to sew and are interested in helping sew pockets into zip up hoodies for women recovering from their mastectomy surgery, come join us – just bring your sewing machine. Check out @_pocketsofhope on Instagram. Questions? kiersten.wertz@gmail.com
+ CLEANING THE EVENT TENT
Prior to dismantling and storing the event tent, it needs a good cleaning. If you would like to help with this task, please plan to meet on the front lawn at 9am this Saturday, November 12th. Jean could use another 1-2 folks to help with this task. Once the tent is clean and dry we will be looking to disassemble it and move it to storage following services on November 20. Assistance will be needed for that task as well.
+ STORAGE SHELF ASSEMBLY, ATTIC REORGANIZATION
Tent cleaning not your thing? No worries – we have other ways you can help! We have received delivery of two sets of storage shelving. One set has been placed in the closet off of the narthex for collection of Outreach donations. The pieces of the second set are currently in the choir room. These shelves need to be assembled and put in the attic, and the items in the attic need labeling and rearranging. If organization is one of your gifts, please join us this Saturday, November 12th, starting at 9am.
+ DECEMBER NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS
Have something you’d like to contribute to the the December newsletter – an article, poem, announcement, etc.? Please send your submission to the office no later than Friday, November 25 for inclusion in this month’s edition of The Apostle.
+ DECEMBER NEWSLETTER MAILING
If you would like to help prepare the December newsletter mailing, please meet us in the Memorial Room on Tuesday, November 29 at 10:20am for folding, stuffing, stamping and laughter.
+ MAY WE PRAY FOR YOU?
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
Colossians 4:2
The Parish Prayer list is included in the monthly newsletter that is sent through the mail. Additional copies are also available on the table in the narthex and on our website. To add your prayer needs to the list, you can contact Fr. James, Nancy Haas, or use the form on our website.
- The Rev. David Robert Green, our guest clergy from last week, has requested your prayers for his daughter, Hannah, and her sons, Everett and Jackson, for some issues they are currently facing.
Prayer – it’s not just words, it’s a lifestyle
+ APOSTLE’S CUP COFFEE & CHA COFFEE MUGS!
We are continuing to sell Apostles Cup coffee in regular-ground; regular-whole bean; and decaf-ground varieties. Each bag is $15, with $4 from each purchase going directly to the ministries of the Darby Mission. You can purchase coffee bags on Sundays, or any time the office is open (see Office Hours schedule below). You can also purchase Apostle’s Cup coffee direct from House Cup Coffee and have it shipped to your door!
Also available are Church of the Holy Apostles mugs. Get yours today for just $6! We call them coffee mugs, but no one minds if you fill it with tea, hot chocolate or anything else you’d like!
+ COFFEE HOUR SIGNUPS
Our traditional post-10AM Service Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall returns this Sunday. Please consider whether you can host a coffee hour in the coming weeks. Hosting entails bringing a treat to share or using boxed cookies which will be in the cabinet, setting up the usual condiments and supplies for coffee and tea on a table in the Parish Hall, and cleaning up at the end of Coffee Hour. we have a plan for having the Apostles’ Cup coffee made before the service. Signup sheets are on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall. Questions? Contact Judy Jervis: TuesBowler@outlook.com or 610-348-5529
+ VOLUNTEER SIGNUP
Visit our SignUpGenius page to volunteer for:
- Chalice Bearer/Acolyte – contact Fr. James if you would like to join this team
- Donut/Coffee Courier – sign up to bring the donuts and coffee to the 9AM service
- Greeters – make folks feel welcome as they arrive for services
- Livestream Team – help make services available to those who can’t come to church, training available
- Outreach Events – Dates and slots have been added for Project Share lunches through the fall.
- Readers/Intercessors – lend your voice to our weekly services. Openings for September still exist. Please help if you can!
To sign up for 10AM coffee hour host – please see the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall or speak to Judy Jervis!
+ EUCHARISTIC VISITS
During this time, the rector and trained Eucharistic ministers may visit others to bring them the Eucharist. Meeting in outdoor spaces of homes will be preferred. Contact Fr. James if you would like to schedule a visit.
+ GIVING
You can always mail pledge contributions to the church. The mail is checked regularly. You can also securely give online. Go to holyapostlespa.org and click on the “Give” button on the top right hand corner of the webpage.
+ CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Office hours for the week of November 13:
Monday – 11/14 – 10:00am – 12:00pm
Tuesday – 11/15 – 10:00am – 3:00pm
Friday – 11/18 – 9:00am – 12:00pm
To contact the office:
610-642-6671
HolyApostlesPA@gmail.com
Email monitored regularly
+ CAMINOS
The Fall 2022 edition of the Diocesan magazine – Caminos – has arrived! Pick up a copy from the narthex table, or from the document shelf outside of the Parish Hall. Or you can choose to read the current edition online.
+ 2023 DIOCESAN HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – March 15 through March 28
Join us for a pilgrimage in Israel and Palestine.
Led by the Rt. Rev. Daniel Gutiérrez this pilgrimage through the Holy Land will encounter the Gospel in stone and flesh, visiting the sights that mark the story of our faith and the people who keep that faith alive in the Holy Land today, with special emphasis on the people and institutions of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, with whom we have a covenant relationship. You will come home changed, restored, and renewed in your faith.
Watch these short videos with reflections on the 2022 pilgrimage:
You are invited to consider whether God is calling you on this journey. The pilgrimage is $3,700 plus airfare, insurance, and incidentals. Registration is now open, and our 35 slots are filling up. Click here for more information.
To register, please contact the Rev. Canon Matthew Dayton-Welch, Canon for the Holy Land, at rector@stalbansnewtownsquare.org or via phone at (610) 356-0459.
+ STAY UP TO DATE WITH ALL DIOCESAN NEWS
Click here to receive the weekly newsletter from the diocese in your inbox.
The following folks have birthday in November:
02 – Kathleen Houck
03 – Julia Zorc
Sarah Zorc
09 – RJ Gallagher
15 – Rachael Hasapes
21 – Rick Gallagher
26 – Mary Swain
30 – Thomas Swain
If your birthday, or the birthday of another parishioner is missing, please notify the Parish Office at holyapostlespa@gmail.com
1020 Remington Rd
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Church of the Holy Apostles 