St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
An Episcopal Church in Raleigh, North Carolina
Kathryn Carroll has posted a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board to ask for volunteers to help with the brunch on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19th. If you can help with food, set-up, clean-up, or hosting in any way, please print your name with the dish you’re bringing on the poster.
Sunday, June 5th is the last day of Church School and Teacher Appreciation Day! The Men’s Fellowship will host a cookout during Coffee Hour, and don’t miss the Servants for Service Auction!
Your generosity this year has helped feed 353 families (868 individuals) and provided financial assistance to Progress Energy, PSNC and landlords.
Do you enjoy Durham Bulls Baseball? Help us serve North Raleigh and enjoy a ballgame at the same time! Buy vouchers at NRM for games Sunday through Thursday, and NRM keeps half of the admission price. See your board members or advisory members, or stop by the Thrift Shoppe for vouchers.
The Food Pantry needs spaghetti sauce, canned chicken or tuna, peanut butter, canned pasta, boxed potatoes, paper products, toilet tissue and Clorox wipes.
Visit North Raleigh Ministries at 9650 Strickland Road, Suite 161. Call 844-6676 for more information.
The Vestry will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, May 19th at 6:30 PM in the Parlor.
The Pastoral Care Committee will meet on Thursday, May 19th at 3:30 PM in the Parlor.
Is someone you know graduating this spring? Each spring we like to recognize and pray for all those graduating from high school or college or receiving an advance degree. Please give Father James, Father Martin or Father Presler the person’s name, the institution from where the person is graduating, and, for high school graduates, the college or university they will be attending. It is important to recognize these accomplishments and to give God thanks for such blessings. We will have all of the graduates listed in the bulletin on Pentecost Sunday, June 12th.
Each year we send a number of our high school and college-aged students to Saint Michael’s Conference in Hartford, Connecticut. The conferees pay for their registration fees, and the parish tries to cover the cost of transportation to and from the Conference. To help pay for the cost of transportation, the young people attending the Conference are having a Live Auction and a Silent Auction after the 11 AM Service on Sunday, June 5th. The Silent Auction will offer items that have been donated by the young people from crafts they have made or by local businesses and restaurants. The Live Auction will be each one of the conferees! They are willing to be auctioned off to do two or three hours of yard work or housework, wash cars or windows (no climbing ladders), walk the dog(s), babysit or help with “media instruction” (how to operate digital cameras, media players or computers). David Elsea has graciously accepted the job of auctioneer for the Live Auction. Please make sure you attend the cookout following the 11 AM Service on June 5th so you can take advantage of the Silent and Live Auctions.
So many people have complimented or thanked me for our wonderful music from Passion Sunday through the glorious Easter Day Eucharist, and I would like to send those compliments and thanks to our faithful volunteer choir members and section leaders. Please join me in thanking them: Annette Bandy, Bob Barnhardt, Chris Crew, Cathy Elsea, Vivian Finkelstein, Phillip Hopkins, Sarah Ittoop, Patricia Michael and Angela Wainaina.
Our additional musicians create a beautiful setting for our congregational and choral singing. Our own Peter Bourey plays the trumpet whenever needed (thank you, Peter!), while most of the string and brass players have been playing with us for several years. At St. Timothy’s, we have a tradition of encouraging young musicians, and our special musicians include three young brass players from NC State, along with their teacher, tubist Jack Fuller, and violinist Shelby Austin who has played for us since she was a sophomore in high school. Our tenor and bass vocal soloists have been singing Jesus, the Evangelist, and solos in our orchestral masses for several years and are young singers from the college program of the NC School for the Arts.
- Patricia Warren
The Adult Bible Study is back on its regular Wednesday evening schedule and will begin at 7 PM in the Parlor. We will resume our study of The Letter to the Hebrews at Chapters 9 and 10 where we learn that Christ is the “once-for-all sacrifice”. Please come and bring your bible and a friend.
Mark your calendars! VBS 2011 will be held on Monday, June 13th through Thursday, June 16th from 5:30 PM to 8 PM. Our theme this year is Shake-It-Up Cafe … Where Kids Carry Out God’s Recipe. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities; please contact Susan Patton if you are interested. We will have planning meetings on Sunday, May 1st at 10 AM in the Parish Hall and on Sunday, May 15th at 10 AM in the Parlor.
VBS sign ups have begun. Please look for the sign up tables during the month of May in the Parish Hall after the 9 AM service and during Coffee Hour. If you would like the registration form to be e-mailed to you, please contact christianed@sttimothys.org.
