For one last “hurrah” before the rigors of Lent, the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, hosted by the Men’s Fellowship, on will be held on Tuesday, February 16th beginning at 6:30 PM. Come and have your fill of pancakes, sausages, and anything else you will miss during the Lenten fasts and abstinences.

Our Vacation Bible School (VBS) will be held on June 14th -17th. Our theme this year is Egypt, where the Bible brings to life the story of Joseph’s journey from prison to palace. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities, so please come be a part of the excitement of planning our VBS.

We are having our second planning meeting on Sunday, February 21st at 10 AM in the Parish Hall. We need many volunteers to help with the organization, advertising, teaching, cooking and arts and crafts. This is a way to really get involved and serve children as you are serving the Lord. We have eight volunteers, and we need many more.

Due to some cancellations, we are down to 24 of our 30 reservations for the Trinity Center Weekend, so we now have some rooms available. Trinity Center Weekend is February 26th-28th. If you are interested please contact Cathy Elsea at 919-846-8114 or cmelsea1@aol.com. Come and join the fellowship and a weekend at the beach!!

Enjoy an evening in Roma! Dine on a delicious Italian dinner while sipping a glass of wine. Listen to the sounds of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra and bid on a variety of items during the Silent Auction. Don’t miss this fun-filled annual event sponsored by the Youth Group! Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors and children under 10.

In lieu of the Coffee Hour on Sunday, January 24th, the Men’s Fellowship will be hosting a cookout in honor of St. Timothy’s Day. Every year on the Sunday closest to St. Timothy’s Day, our men cook hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans and all of the good things that go along with them to celebrate our patron, St. Timothy. If you will make your way directly to the Parish Hall immediately after the 11 AM Service, you can join us for this great feast of food!

Our Trinity Center Weekend is scheduled for February 26th-28th. Currently all 30 beds are spoken for from the sign-up last spring. Those who signed up will be receiving a letter this week with directions, map, check-in information and the amount due to the Church by February 15th. We are looking forward to a grand time and a break from the cold. If you have any suggestions or concerns regarding the Weekend, please contact Cathy Elsea at 846-8114 or cmelsea1@aol.com.

We need to decorate the Church for Christmas Eve and Christmastide. Each year we hang the evergreen garland, decorate the tree and the Altar, set up the Creche, bring in many poinsettias and transform St. Timothy’s from her solemn Advent violet to wonderfully warm Christmas red and green. We will decorate beginning immediately after the 11 AM Service on December 20th. If you would like to help with the hanging of the greens, please place your name on the sheet outside the parish office.

The Youth Group Christmas Party will be held on Sunday, December 20th from 4 to 7 PM in the Parlor. Please bring candy for our Traditional Gingerbread House contest as well as a $5-$10 gift for our gift exchange.

The Youth Group is sponsoring the Angel Tree again this year. We have 40 names from which to choose, and the gifts will go to families supported by the Episcopal Housing Ministry here in the Raleigh area. In light of the economy, we have been given a large group of families, and we are always grateful to St. Timothy’s for their generous support in this outreach project. Realizing that some of the requests may be costly, we suggest that individuals share a child and purchase their one main request. We also ask that you purchase the gifts and return them with their tags and ID numbers by Sunday, December 6th and join us that evening at 7 PM for Christmas desserts and a wrapping party. This is always a festive event and one that we can enjoy together as a parish family. Youth Group members will be “manning” the tree on November 29th and December 6th. If you have any questions, please contact Betsy James.

The Parish Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, December 6th following the 11 AM Service. On that day, we will celebrate both the 9 AM and 11 AM Services and then remain in the Church for the Annual Meeting. There will be no Coffee Hour on that day, but child care will be available. We really would like to have all parishioners take part in the Annual Meeting and exercise their privilege to vote on the business matters of the Parish and read the annual reports of the Parish organizations. To vote at the Annual Meeting, one must be an adult (at least 16 years old) confirmed Communicant. The two major items of business at the meeting are to elect the Vestry and to accept the reports from the organizations in the Parish. Reports should be no more than one double-spaced typewritten page; we want to have copies of all of the reports available before the meeting. All Parish organizations should submit a report, including the Altar Guild, Church School, Choir, Layreaders, Acolytes, Episcopal Church Women, Table Fellowship Groups, Youth Group, Pastoral Care Committee, North Raleigh Ministries, St. Anne’s Chapter of the ECW, Ushers, Men’s Fellowship and St. Timothy’s School.