AROUND THE PARISH August 31, 2017

St. Alban’s seeks to be a welcoming, Christ-centered community, committed to sharing Christ’s love, empowering people to grow spiritually,

deepening our relationship with Christ and living out our faith in the community and the world.

COMING EVENTS

9/4 Labor Day, Office Closed

9/5 10:00-11:30am, Bible Study, PH

7:00pm, Prayer Beads, Annex

9/10 Welcome Back Brunch, between

Services

9/11 6:30pm, Girl Scouts, Annex

7:00pm, Boy Scouts, PH

9/12 10:00-11:30am, Bible Study, PH

7:00pm, Vestry Meeting, PH

PLANNING AHEAD

Sept 20, Soup Supper, 6:30pm, Parish Hall

Sept 30, ECW Coffee, PH -Save the date!

Oct 12, Celebration of New and

Mutual Ministry, 7:00pm

WELCOME BACK BREAKFAST

Sunday, September 10

Between 8:00 and 10:30 services

Parish Hall

To kick off the new school year,

Vestry is serving breakfast.

Come and enjoy this time of fellowship.

If you are an 8:00-er, stay late;

if you attend at 10:30, come early.

REMINDER – Sunday, September 3,

is Food Bank Sunday.

Please bring canned or other non-

perishable donations to help our

community!

HURRICANE HARVEY RELIEF

St. Alban’s is collecting a special offering

for Hurricane Harvey Relief and

Response. Besides making an offering for this

quarter's Outreach organization, Washington

Kids in Transition or the Food Bank, please

make a special offering to assist and comfort

those millions on the Gulf Coast affected by

the ongoing inundation of Hurricane Harvey.

Episcopal Relief and Development, our

denomination's disaster response ministry, is

organized to address the physical, emotional,

and spiritual needs of those affected by the

storm. The Salvation Army is also doing good

work there.

Please designate “Special Donation” on

your check, and we will send a donation from

the church. We will split the donations we

receive between Episcopal Relief and Devel-

opment and The Salvation Army. Donations

will be collected through September.

If you prefer to donate directly, addresses

are below:

Episcopal Relief & Development

P.O. Box 7058

Merrifield, VA 22116-7058

The Salvation Army

PO Box 1959

Atlanta, GA 30301

DRIVERS’ ALERT!! Drivers’ alert! This week marks the beginning of the academic year. Kids from 5 - 18 are returning to schools after two months of irregular hours, carefree days unencumbered by strict schedules, long days, and short nights. Some are heading off to school for the first time. It's a time of transition for all of them - and for their par-ents too. Please be mindful, especially in the afternoons after school lets out, that you might see some pretty unexpected behavior and drive even more carefully than usual.

ECW SHARING VACATION

MEMORIES

Come to our next ECW Coffee on

Saturday, September 30th

at 10:00am. “Sharing Vacation Memories” is our theme.

Claudia Walker will share about her recent

trip to Switzerland and then we’ll have discus-

sions at each table sharing memories of past

vacations and hopes for future ones. Please

join us for this opportunity for fellowship.

COFFEE, TEA AND COMPOST

You’ll notice something different at coffee

hour. Gone are the plastic cup holders with

plastic inserts that we have been using for

many years. The plastic inserts are no longer

available. So we are going compostable with

our switch to paper cups.

The change will enable us to take advantage

of our compost waste service and be better

stewards of the environment. And the good

news is compostable cups are less expensive

than the former plastic inserts.

We have also changed to Chinet brand

paper plates that are compostable. Plates and

cups that have a coating are not compostable,

so the small cups that we use for juice should

continue to be tossed in the garbage. We may

also have some paper plates left with a coat-

ing, so those also need to be put in the gar-

bage.

Thanks to Evie for searching out economic

alternatives that allow us to be good stewards.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES If you like to take advantage of the back-to-

school sales, and would like to donate some

school supplies for Chase Lake, there is a

copy of the school’s list in the Parish Hall.

Watch for a container for your donations.

Items used by many grade levels are cray-

ons, #2 pencils, wide-rule spiral notebooks or

composition books, glue sticks, pink erasers.

Tip: Office Depot/Office Max has good

prices – spiral notebooks @ $.50; pink erasers,

3 pack @ $.50; Glue Stix, 4 pack @ $1.00;

Elmer’s Glue @ $.25; #2 pencils, 12/box @

$1.00.

If you don’t have time to shop and would

like to contribute money, please make your

check to St. Alban’s and indicate “Chase Lake

Supplies” on the memo line.

Children are so happy when they go to

school and have the proper supplies!

ST. ALBAN’S 2018 BUDGET The Finance Committee will soon start

working on our budget for 2018. As a starting

point, we look at our previous year’s budget

and expenses. If you have a request for some-

thing that you would like included in the

budget for next year -- either a new item or an

increase to an existing budget item-- please

submit your request in writing with the

amount of your request, the ministry and how

the money will be used to enhance St. Alban’s

community. You can either email your

request to maryelleny@comcast.net or put a

copy of your request in the Treasurer’s box in

the church office.

MINISTRY CELEBRATIION –

Youth: Sunday School & Boy Scouts

Sunday School: St. Alban’s has children

ranging from 3 -17 years of age. Regular

children’s sermons are given by Fr. Greg prior

to their departure to Sunday School. Our chil-

dren have also started participating in the

church service. A very successful Easter Egg

Hunt is held and our church youth have also

helped in setting up the 10:30 coffee hour.

Boy Scouts: Last year, Troop 300 had 29 reg-

istered boys and 32 registered adults. There

was one Eagle rank completion last year, 22

rank advancements and 89 merit badges

awarded to Troop 300. In late 2016, the

Troop was awarded the Dan Kidd Troop of

the Year award. Activities include Washing-

ton State Jamboree, Seafarer’s Mission ditty

bag assembly, veterans’ flag placement

events, backpacking trips, bike rides, cleanups

of St Alban’s church grounds in spring and

fall and many more activities.

IT’S SOUP SUPPER TIME AGAIN

It’s time to start pulling out those great

soup recipes for our Soup Suppers which

resume on Wednesday, September 20. These

gatherings are a time for fellowship and shar-

ing, and are held on the third Wednesday of

the month. Mark your calendars!

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

In recognition of the International Day of

Peace, Church of the Redeemer is hosting a

Labyrinth Walk on Tuesday, September 19,

beginning at 7:00pm. This will be an inter-

faith event. It is an opportunity to walk with

others seeking peace in our time. A list of

resources for action will be provided for each

walker.

Church of the Redeemer is located at

6210 – 181st Street, Kenmore, WA. The cam-

pus is a short distance north of Bothell Way,

near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The website is

http://redeemer-kenmore.org/. There you will

find a map and directions.

JULY FINANCIALS

St. Alban’s income for July was about

$2,000 ahead of budget, but July was a

five-week month. Sometimes when that hap-

pens, contributions for the following month

can be submitted early. Year-to-date income

is about $3,000 above budget, which is very

positive, especially at this time of year. Ex-

penses for July were about $2,000 under

budget for the month. Net income minus

expenses is positive because we had three

months of savings with Greg starting in July.

Income (actual year-to-date) $ 91,247

Income Budget (year-to-date) 88,029

Actual income minus budget 3,218

Expenses (actual year-to-date) 69,616

A PRAYER

Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily

the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and pro-

claim to all people the Good News of his

salvation, that we and the whole world may

perceive the glory of his marvelous works;

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS

September 3 – Pentecost 17

Now here’s a very vivid vision. How can

we live in God’s love and power so it will

seem to us and to others that we’ve had some

radical surgery – and that the love of His name

(and all that that implies) is truly “grafted in

our hearts”? It’s probably easier for us to

consider the challenges of physical heart sur-

gery than to pray for the blessed addition to

our bodies and minds the true Healer can

make if called upon.

September 10 – Pentecost 18

“For wherever two or three are gathered

in my name, I am there among them.” I read

or heard somewhere that Jesus said, “feed my

sheep, and don’t count them!” But in reality,

numbers do count, and the support we give

each other by faithful attendance at worship

and by our personal and financial participation

for parish ministries is a morale boost to all

who are involved. Pray (and do your part) to

be an active part of a lively, God-centered

congregation!

The Parable of the Talents: When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” Erma Bombeck

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

September 3 – Proper 17

Jeremiah 15:15-21, Psalm 26:1-8

Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-28

8:00 Lector: Howard Hayden

EM: Shannon Duggan

10:30 Lector: Barbara Lagozzino

EM: Mary Fowler

September 10 – Proper 18

Ezekiel 33:7-11, Psalm 119:33-40

Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 18:15-20

8:00 Lector: Karen Ford

EM: Howard Hayden

10:30 Lector: Shirley Clark

EM: Dan Mullene

September 17, Proper 18

Genesis 50:15-21; Psalm 103: (1-7), 8-13

Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35

8:00 Lector: Shannon Duggan

EM: Jim Gilman

10:30 Lector: Cindy Goergen

EM: Reilly Mannery

September 24, Proper 18

Jonah 3:10-4:11; Psalm 145:1-8

Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16

8:00 Lector: Howard Hayden

EM: Shannon Duggan

10:30 Lector: Susie Nichols

EM: Mary Fowler

Father Greg he will be in the office on Monday and Wednesday from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Please note that the times may vary according to other meetings

outside the church.

WHEN IS THE OFFICE OPEN?

The church office will be open Monday through Thursday, from 10:00am to noon

and Friday from noon to 2:00pm. Jeannie

Wells, our Parish Administrator, will be avail-

able Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Monday and Thursday will be covered by

volunteers, Judy Kistner and Sheilah

Reidburn, respectively.