Our weekly study will meet on Wednesday evenings. For our first meeting on September 3rd, Chuck and Pat Baker have invited the group to join them at their home at 6 PM for a light supper, followed by the initial discussion led by Tom Donegan on the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition. Please give Pat a call at 787-5976 if you are planning to attend.

The ECW invites all ladies to join us at our first meeting for 2008-2009 on Tuesday, September 9th at 7:15 PM in the Church Parlor. We will be planning our activities for the year and would love to have you join us. So come on and bring a friend. We’ll see you there!

The photographers who were here last weekend will be back on September 5th and 6th and complete all appointments for picture taking. We want to have pictures taken of all parishioners, so if you have not signed up, now is the time. If you have signed up, please make sure you keep your appointment. You will receive a free 8 x 10 inch portrait and a free directory simply by sitting for the portrait. You may make your appointment over the phone by calling Peppy Hayes at 787-4453.

To make an appointment online, visit:
http://www.appointment-plus3.com/ap/sttimothyschurch/index.php?page=10

We have not achieved world peace, nor cured cancer, but we can get a good start on it by volunteering to teach in St. Timothy’s Church School program. By sharing the teachings of Christ with our youth, we will raise leaders who will work for peace and have compassion and caring for the needs of their fellow man. The smallest commitment of two hours a month can mean a world of change.

We have been blessed to have several new teachers volunteer to lead classes this year. We are thankful for their interest and commitment to our church. We also have several vacancies to fill in the Church School teaching line-up. Opportunities to be involved are available in grades 3 through high school. If you would like to know more about volunteering in our Children’s Chapel and Church School, please contact Grace Hurst at 790-1758 or Father James at 787-7590. We hope you answer our call!

The Fall rotations of Table Fellowship and Family Table Fellowship dinners are forming. This is an excellent avenue to get to know your fellow parishioners. If you previously participated, you will be contacted within the next week to determine if you still plan to participate. Please contact Cathy Elsea at 9190846-8114 or cmelsea1@aol.com if you are interested in participating.

The Church from her very early days, even from New Testament times, has given honor, praise and devotion to the Mother of Our Lord. Down through the ages, prayers and adoration of Saint Mary have been a source of help and strength in the life of the Church and have resulted in deepened love and devotion to Jesus for millions of faithful Christians. Who better to invoke than the one who was closest to Jesus through His birth, life, death and Resurrection than Mary? She is quite rightly honored by the Church as one who will intercede for us before the throne of Christ. Devotion given Our Lady goes straight to Our Lord. We are fortunate to have one of the superiors of The Society of Mary, a devotional society in the Anglican Communion, as our preacher today, our own Father Martin.

Children’s Chapel and Church School resume at St. Timothy’s Church on Sunday, September 7th. Registration forms for Church School are available in the Parish Office and narthex and online. Click here to download the 2008 Church School Registration Form. Previously registered families will receive forms by mail and e-mail. Please be sure to complete and return these forms as soon as possible to Christian Education at the Parish Office.

The full choir will resume singing on Sunday, September 14th. Any singers 12 and older are welcome to sing. Rehearsals are held on Sunday mornings from 9:15 AM - 10:40 AM, starting in the Parish Hall and moving to the Sanctuary after the 9 AM service. If you are interested in singing, please contact Dr. Patricia Warren at 528-8950 or pwarren@together.net.

Knowing prayer supports us can be a strong undergirding for our lives. If you would like to join the Prayer Group, you can contact Gini Cox or Annette Bandy. We are glad to announce that Cathy Elsea and Mike Spencer has joined our Prayer Group.

St. Anne’s will meet on Wednesday, September 10th after the Holy Communion service. All women of the parish are welcome. Just bring a sandwich, and we will provide the rest.