December 8, 2013 Second Sunday in Advent

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion

8:45 a.m. All Parish Breakfast*

8:50 a.m. Prayers for the Church*

9:15 a.m. Christian Education*

for all ages

10:30 a.m. Morning Prayer*

10:30 a.m. Preschool & K Chapel*

followed by Second Hour

Sunday School for Preschool and K*

11:10 a.m. Optional Elementary* Children’s Program

during sermon

11:45 a.m. Children’s Choir*

12:00 p.m. Pageant Practice*

5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer*

followed by Bible Study & refreshments

*Nursery

Sunday Scriptures The Lectionary

Isaiah 11:1-10

Romans 15:4-13

Matthew 3:1-12

Psalm 72 or 72:1-8

Volume 33, Number 43 December 6, 2013

THE MESSENGER SAINT ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Last week, Dr. Dickson offered Exuberant Thanksgiving for “God’s unimaginable blessings to us ~ security, stability, and prosperity...the longings of our hearts”. Through the graciousness of God’s mercy, we have been given renewed opportunity to burnish the light of evangelical Anglicanism that arises from the stone foundation of our beloved St. Andrew’s.

As if from the slumber of waiting, we have been awakened with the tender mercies of answered prayer and are refreshed with hope. Gratitude and thankfulness fill our hearts and inspire our minds with visions for the future.

“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.” Isaiah 60: 1

And so it was at its November meeting, the Vestry of St. Andrew’s enthusiastically and unanimously approved expenditures for the development of a Master Plan and Technical Analysis to be conducted by Komatsu Architecture. It is expected to take 6-8 months to complete and will include all aspects of the interior and exterior of St. Andrew’s: the sanctuary, nave, Moncrief Hall, and Ryan House. From this

report a plan for repairs, code compliance, renovations, and fundraising will be developed. The plan will be extensive from roof to basement, heating and cooling, mechanical, electrical and plumbing, audio visual systems, and the exquisite stained-glass windows. It will be an in-depth expansion of the provisional plans undertaken for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of our beautiful church structure in 2012.

Throughout the last several years the Junior Wardens have had instructions to ‘patch the critical needs and delay maintenance’ because of the legal cloud. Now, every inch in every nook and cranny will be examined and evaluated for proper repair and renovation.

Dr. Dickson has asked four parishioners to work with Komatsu Architecture and oversee the liaison effort, communicating the needs and wishes of St. Andrew’s: Marsland Moncrief, Alann Sampson, Rob Sell, and Steve Waters. We will be your agents of renewal. So when you see the instruments of the trade of assessment ~ ladders, tape measures, plumb lines and snake lines ~ take it in stride, smile with a grateful heart, and know the best is yet to come!

Senior Trip to the Scott Theater. You must have reservations. For seating

arrive by 2:30 p.m.

As from the Slumber of Waiting We have been Awakened Burnishing the Light of Evangelical Anglicanism

by Alann Sampson, Senior Warden

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Christmas Worship Schedule

December 22 10:30 a.m.

Lessons & Carols*

December 24 4:00 p.m.

Choral Evensong*

5:30 p.m.

Children’s

Crêche Service*

7:30 p.m.

Holy Communion*

11:00 p.m.

Holy Communion*

December 25 10:00 a.m.

Holy Communion

*nursery

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a

branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the

LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and

understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of

knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And his delight shall be

in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes

see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with

righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity

for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with

the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall

kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,

and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie

down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the

fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The

cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down

together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing

child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned

child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not

hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be

full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for

the peoples - of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting

place shall be glorious. Isaiah 1:1-10

Don’t Forget...this Sunday, December 8 is the

last chance to adopt an angel from

the Angel Tree!

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TEACHING WITHOUT A SEATBELT! Adapted by Dean William McKeachie from an article by Clive Aslet

A fortnight ago I heard that the English master who taught me at school, the great Frank Miles, had died, aged 92

Although he was a teaching giant, and recognised as such by former pupils and colleagues, there is barely a mention of him on the internet. That is exactly as he would have wanted it: modern communication methods were not for him. He only just tolerated the telephone; a telephone which rang at an inopportune moment, could easily be thrown out of the window. And that was in the Sixties, when landlines were cherished. He would have despised the internet and the cult of self-publicity that it has spawned. He was, in many ways, a very private man. But when he was teaching, Frank made his uncompromising views extremely plain. The classroom was his theatre. His performances were, in the true sense of the word, awesome — he held us spellbound.

By the time I arrived, he had already been teaching for around 20 years, all of them at King’s College School, Wimbledon. He barely had to do anything to keep order. His arrival, always after we had gathered for class — his auburn hair neatly brushed, blue blazer spotless, brogues gleaming — caused us all to fall silent, instantly. It was always the same entrance.

Frank’s put-downs were annihilating. No boy whose formative years were exposed to the onslaught of that slightly world-weary light tenor voice could ever forget it. At Frank’s funeral this week, several of us confessed that we could hear it still, on a daily basis. His values were austere and Olympian. I still feel guilty when I read novels by Anthony Trollope, whom Frank witheringly condemned as a hack writer.

He was highly opinionated and brooked little dissent from those who disagreed with him. By today’s standards he was deeply politically incorrect and had precious little time for rules and regulations. In fact, in the modern bureaucratic world he would be the teaching establishment’s worst nightmare.

Yet he was a truly inspirational teacher who held his class in rapt attention. Because, above all, he had a complete passion not only for his subject but also for education. What was most important to him was his pupils’ intellectual grasp of English, and he was not afraid to tell his charges when they were failing to reach his high standards.

He would have been utterly dismayed by so much of today’s teaching orthodoxy of low expectations and equality of achievement, a culture in which no pupil can be seen to fail.

Aside from his brilliance as a teacher, all of us who remember him, dwell on the same things. The handkerchief produced for dramatic effect, before a flamboyant swipe of his nose. His spontaneous generosity: ‘Take mine,’ he once said to a boy who was without a writing implement, giving him a silver

propelling pencil, adding, ‘You can keep that.’ He gave me the complete works of Chaucer. It wasn’t unknown for him to lend his car, a Rover, which was considered quite a racy vehicle at the time, to pupils who held driving licences. That might appear reckless in the extreme, but to us it seemed to epitomise his cavalier contempt for ordinary rules. Frank was so furious at having to wear a seatbelt when the law requiring drivers to do so came in that he abandoned his car for a time.

All of Frank’s career was spent at KCS, as we called the school, and he lived next door to it in a handsome villa called Gothic Lodge. The flat below his was occupied by Sir Michael Havers, the Attorney General, and we were all thrilled when a Gothic police box was erected outside the front door for security in those days when the IRA was a serious threat.

In 1981, the IRA succeeded in evading the policeman by going round the back. That evening, Frank went to bed early after, inevitably, a tiring marking session, and half an hour later a bomb went off. If he had still been sitting next to the window, marking, it would have taken his head off.

The next morning, his set were amazed to find that Frank was behind his desk as they filed into the classroom. From under the desk he produced a jeroboam of champagne, to toast his survival. Typically, he wanted to enjoy this offering of thanks with his pupils, not his colleagues or friends.

Once in a while, a gang of us would be invited to dinner. The meal and the wine would be sumptuous and some boys overindulged, with the usual consequences. I don’t think anyone was actually ill beside the antique mahogany furniture, but Frank would not have shown the least surprise. He was a stoic, on whom the foibles of the world could have no effect. Of course, he was not without foibles himself.

Extraordinary words became embedded in our young lexicon. I shall never forget Frank chalking onto the blackboard a construction that began with ‘eschatological’ (it means, pertaining to the end of the

world), which was not to be confused with ‘scatological’ (a preoccupation with filth), which meant the same as ‘coprological’ and ‘cloacal’, from cloaca... ‘the Latin for sewer, d’you see?’ he would say.

Other recruits to our vocabulary were contumacious (wilfully disobedient), banausic (utilitarian), excoriate (verbally flay), otiose (indolent or useless), nimiety (superfluity), execrable (wretched), meretricious (whorish), and many more.

There were more than half a dozen professors of English and several other university academics at his funeral. Their careers are, in part, a testament to their teacher. In the pub afterwards, we discussed — just as we might have done at school — the never-ending question: who was Frank?

He once told me how lucky I was to come from a loving family. He had not got on with his father. Other than that, his childhood — let alone his emotional life — was, to us, a complete blank. He lived for his pupils. If other relationships had once existed, nobody knew about them.

He had been a captain during the Second World War, and once remarked on a pillbox he had built on Leith Hill in Surrey; and he had served in India and Persia. The war had broken out as he left school, and he went straight into the Army. After 1945 he experienced an intellectual awakening at Cambridge, where he studied under the austere and godlike literary critic F.R. Leavis.

These were the years of postwar reconstruction; a time for serious men who could rebuild the world as a better place. Leavis made the study of English literature serious; his method was detailed analysis of the texts. Armed with Leavis’s formidable prejudices, Frank appeared at King’s College, Wimbledon — and never left.

I may have given the impression that the school was privileged. So it was. It was unashamedly academic. But Frank would have taught anyone who showed a spark of aptitude for his subject — as well as our top set, he taught the bottom set on principle, determined to raise standards. He was particularly pleased when a boy who had previously been written off could be raised to achieve spectacular results.

Although he despised snobbery and money, he could fairly be called an elitist — but only in the sense that he expected the best from every boy he taught, whatever their background or potential.

I was lucky to come under the eye of a classroom colossus. Sadly, Frank did not find relationships outside the classroom easy. He became a recluse in his last decade and died in a bare council flat.

And the tragedy is that I never told him how much he influenced my life — and that of so many others.

Clive Aslet is Editor at Large of Country Life. This memoir is excerpted from the Mail Online.

God moves in a mysterious -- and often counter-intuitive -- way. That's true throughout the biblical narrative -- think of Abraham and Isaac; think of Saul of Tarsus! -- and it can be equally true today. Certainly it was true of my own conversion to Christ as a callow teenager. The equivalent of John the Baptist in my life, preparing my mind to receive the Gospel, was a brilliant, passionate, frequently ferocious pedagogue at my school in England. Whether he himself was a believer, I never knew. What I do know is that, through the 'wrath' of his teaching technique to arouse his pupils out of our complacency, he prepared in the desert of my immaturity a mind and heart ready to receive the grace of the living, loving, liberating Lord. (Heavens! How he would have lambasted me for such lazy alliteration!) Frank Miles died this year, in his ninth decade; here is a colorfully accurate memoir of him by another of his protégés. William McKeachie

It was truly the trip of a lifetime, traveling around the world west to east…east to west…from one extreme to another. It was a once in a lifetime experience journeying to the far corners of the earth, destinations to “another world” providing introductions to varied cultures, civilizations, religions and cuisines. Some still lived in the past, while others strived to become westernized.

Picture books, documentaries and National Geographic do well to give a bird’s eye view into the world we live in, but there is nothing quite like a real encounter, a real firsthand experience. Yes, “seeing is believing”, and there was much for the eye to see, like it or not.

The romantic, the exotic and the historic elements were visibly prevalent…the Arabian deserts still provided mystery and intrigue, as did the colorful cities of India and Thailand. Mix in a bit of the marvels of high tech Hong Kong, and your eyes are really popping! One extreme to another from past to present, from the opulent to the poor, from low tech to high tech, from garbage-strewn streets to the pristine, from tents and thatched roofs to eighty-story condos, from transportation provisions of camels, elephants, three-wheeled taxis and overstuffed, open-air buses to rickshaws and Lamborghinis, from eating with fingers to chop sticks or not at all, from shemagh headdresses and turbans to the latest baseball cap…from sheiks to maharajas to emperors...isn’t it romantic, isn’t it exotic…isn’t it historic! Or is it? One extreme to another!

Yes, traveling to “another world” does open one’s eyes to realities that are not always a pleasant sight. There are the homeless, the poor and the hungry. There is unemployment, and there are those without medical insurance susceptible to every disease known to man and more. Yes, traveling from one extreme to another has opened my eyes to the reality of being extremely

grateful for the abundance of blessings we/I have, and like it or not, there is no room to complain when our privileged lives are conflicted. So what

if the garbage collector did not tend to your bags on the curb one day? At least we have the provisions. How unfortunate that the car would not start, making you late for the office, but better than riding a camel or grabbing a rickshaw. Don’t want to get that flu shot because...because…because. Be grateful to have immunizations available.

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s

will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:16-18

The “holiday” season is now in full swing. After having stuffed ourselves and expressing our gratitude for our many blessings, advertisements, decorations and Christmas carols appear, luring the “thankful” to purchase more stuff. One extreme to another!

As we gather with family and loved ones in our warm, comfortable homes this “holiday” season and are out and about, let us be reminded of the “extremes” in our world and in our city…the poor, the hungry and the homeless. Let us be reminded of the recent typhoon disaster in the Philippines, leaving millions homeless and in need of food. Let us be reminded of our many blessings daily and not just once a year at Thanksgiving. Let us share our blessings with others, making that purchase count.

You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every

occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many

expressions of thanks to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11-12

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WOMEN’S MINISTRY: One Extreme to Another by Marsland Moncrief

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CHILDREN’S MINISTRY “An Advent Adventure: Preparing for Christ’s Coming”

by Judy Mayo

The Beautiful Season of Advent The wonderful, meaningful season of Advent began in a very beautiful way at St. Andrew’s this past Sunday. The services (both morning and evening) were lovely, and the receptions (both the luncheon honoring Fr. Clark and the Evensong reception honoring Bishop Iker and Fr. Clark) were delightful affairs. Christian education for all ages was also taking place, as well as an acolyte annual meeting for students and parents and a Nativity Pageant rehearsal. There was action in every corner of the church and parish house from morning till night! It was a beautiful, blessed, and very busy Sunday to launch us all head-ong into Advent!

In our children’s program, many good things were happening. We talked with our children about the meaning of Advent, about the tone and “mood” of this season, and about the three “comings” of Christ: 1) His coming as the Baby of Bethlehem 2,000 years ago; 2) His Second Coming, at the end of time, to judge the world and to bring in the Kingdom of God; and 3) His coming into each of

our hearts and lives through Word and sacrament, and through prayer and personal invitation. (The word, Advent, comes from the Latin verb, “venire,” meaning “to come”.) The purple color for Advent denotes repentance for our sins, preparation for Christ’s coming, and the “royalty” of our King Jesus. (Some churches use a deep blue for Advent, denoting “anticipation and expectation” for Christ’s coming.) Advent encompasses the aspects of sorrow

and repentance for our sins and also eager and joyful expectation of the arrival of the King of Kings and of His presence with us. It has always been one of my very favorite seasons of the church year. In Sunday School, our children designed beautiful Advent wreaths and decorated pretty felt Advent wall calendars. We pray these will be both pretty and useful Advent “tools” in your homes, and that you will enjoy them with your children. I wish to express heartfelt thanks to Melissa Pelton for her hours of dedicated work in the very intricate preparation work for the Advent wall calendars. Also, Melissa and her daughter, Heather, and Wendy and Emilio Golden spent a number of hours cutting up clay, greenery and berries, and cutting and tying ribbons, to make the Advent wreath project go smoothly for our children. This was especially helpful, since many

of our families were traveling and involved with company, etc., during the past holiday week. God’s blessings to all this Advent season!

Coming up on the Sunday School Calendar

Dec. 8 - Discussion of Bishop Nicholas, the 4th century Bishop of Myra in Asia Minor, known for his love of the Lord and of children. (Bishop Nicholas will also make a visit!) Also, continuing discussion of our Advent scriptural themes, looking at prophecies and promises this week.

Dec. 15 - Important Angelic Appearances & Announcements Designing of Advent angels, and a look at important messages from angels and their fulfillment, noted in Scripture

Dec. 22 - A Look Ahead to the Nativity of our Lord, and the designing of simple nativity scenes Dec. 29 - A Review of the Christmas Story, with a chance to re-enact this story firsthand and to take a journey to Bethlehem

Great Shoe Box Report

It is a joy to report that our parish packed 165

shoe boxes this year for Operation Christmas

Child. This is one of our very highest ingatherings

ever! Thanks so much to all children, youth, and

adults who participated in this beautiful Christian

outreach project!

Nativity Pageant Reminders

Dec. 8 - 12:00 to 1:30 Pageant Rehearsal in the church, for all children ages K through high school, who are in the program (pizza lunch provided at 11:45). The nursery will be open.

Dec. 15 - 3:00 to 5:00 Overall Pageant Rehearsal in the church, for all Pageant participants, ages K through high school. Nursery provided.

Dec. 17 - The Nativity Pageant, “Christ Is Coming,” 6:00 p.m. in the church. Parish Supper following in Moncrief Hall at 7:00 p.m. Don’t miss this evening!

Sunday School Caroling & Christmas Party

Saturday, December 21 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

For children, families and friends. A day to give and receive JOY! More details to be announced soon. Save the date !!

A few of last year’s carolers

Come join us!

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Christmas Poinsettias Honor a loved one by ordering a Poinsettia at $25/person/plant

to adorn the church at Christmas. Please complete and return to the office

No Later than WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013

Name: ______________________________________________________________________________

Phone: __________________________________________ Email: ______________________________

Inscription: In Memory of: ____________________________________________________________

In Honor of: ______________________________________________________________

In Thanksgiving for: _______________________________________________________

Type of Payment: _____Cash _____Check _____Paid

Please call the office for more information: 817-332-3191.

Tamales Order Form The ladies of San Miguel are making tamales this year. The proceeds will benefit needy

families of San Miguel at Christmas. The Altar Guild will be taking orders on

December 8th and 15th from 9:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Tamale pick-up Sunday, December 22nd from 9:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

All orders must be pre-paid. Cash and checks accepted. Please make checks payable to

St. Andrew’s Altar Guild and write tamales on the memo line.

Name __________________________________________________________________

Phone __________________________________________________________________

Please note below your preferred fillings and quantities @ $10 per dozen?

Pork __________________________________________________________________

Beef __________________________________________________________________

Chicken _______________________________________________________________

Rajas (Jalapenos with cheese) __________________________________________

______________________________ Dozen @ $10 = $_________________________

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December 8 James Wilson Ginger Dickson

December 9

Sherryn Smith

David Turbeville

Kristina Reece

December 10 Peter Rutledge Charity Aughinbaugh Margarete Weatherill

December 11 Jeff Parrack Phil Breedlove Ken Slocki

December 12 Polly Phillips

Ken Creighton Marsha Long Anna Hooton

December 13 Barbara Keller Henry Manning Heyward Manning Mary Frances Grable

December 14 Miller Moseley Allen Baird Foster Nelson Paula Perkins Amy Trott Adam Turner Carolina Murrin Story Hilliard Sally Dulaney Stanton

on the death of

mother of

Ken Morrill, Emily Morrill,

Kathy Morrill Bouldin

The greenery for Sunday, December 8 is given to the glory of God

at the Church altar in memory of Clint Hardy

at the Chapel altar in honor of

Anne & Chester Hardy

and at the Children’s Chapel altar in honor of the third birthday

of Mary Frances Grable, goddaughter of Lizzie & Rob Sell

Birth Hannah Isabelle Reyes

daughter of

Michelle & Oliver Reyes

November 10, 2013

on the death of

husband of

Rebecca (Becky) Jackson Weaver

son-in-law of

Pam & Keith Jackson

brother-in-law of

Stephanie Jackson (Joe Rosato)

Douglas Jackson

uncle of

Olivia Rosato

TEXAS 42 Thursday, December 12

at 11:00 a.m. A game of

Dominos

St. Monica’s Guild Tuesday, December 10 at 10:00 a.m.

The Dupree Home at 4926 Crestline Road 76107

A History of Christmas by Betty Claire McKnight

All guests are welcome. Greetings to St. Andrew’s

from Carter Blood Care!

AWESOME JOB! You registered 15 donors and didn’t have any deferrals. It is rare not to have at least 1 or 2 deferrals. That is wonderful! When you consider that each donation saves 3 lives, over 45 lives were touched by your efforts.

The units we collected at St. Andrew’s will soon be transfused to patients in need throughout our service area. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your outreach ministry. Giving blood is a meaningful way to show your support and also touch the lives of others in need.

Our whole purpose for being is to replace the blood we use today so it will be available for those of us who need it tomorrow. We truly appreciate your continued support!

Also, remember that you can go to www.carterbloodcare.org and check on your cholesterol and blood type, and redeem your points for a gift of your choice!

Thanks again one and all!

Sandra Lundgren, Consultant, Carter BloodCare

Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church

917 Lamar Street

Ft. Worth, Texas 76102

817-332-3191, Fax: 817-332-9724

Email: church@st-andrew.com

SAINT ANDREW’S MESSENGER is published weekly, except bi-weekly during the summer and the week after Christmas, by St. Andrew’s Parish. Periodical postage is paid at Fort Worth, TX. USPS 5898-90.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 917 Lamar Street Fort Worth TX 76102.

The Rt. Rev’d Jack L. Iker, D.D. Bishop The Rev’d Dr. R. William Dickson Rector The Rev’d Richard Clark Pastoral Care The Very Rev’d William N. McKeachie Vicar

Kendall Felton Dir. of Student Ministries Jason Runnels Choirmaster Glenda Robinson Organist Elisabeth Gray McKeachie Harpist Judy Mayo Dir. of Children’s Ministries Marsland Moncrief Liaison to Women’s Ministries Angie Felton Nursery Facilitator Peggy Rush Editor/Publications

Mission Statement St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church exists to worship God in the beauty of holiness and in Spirit and truth; to win the lost to Jesus Christ and disciple every believer; to equip and empower every member for ministry; and to spread God’s kingdom through charitable, righteous works locally and globally.

Prayers for the Church

Please join us in the Chapel at 8:50 a.m. to pray regularly for St. Andrew's, our clergy and the many ministries of our church. We meet the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of the month. All are welcome to join us in this lay-led initiative for our Parish! For more information, please contact Karen Ferrer at tkferrer@sbcglobal.net.

"Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving." Colossians 4:2

Weekday Worship Schedule

Tuesday

10:00 a.m. Holy Communion

Thursday

7:00 a.m. Holy Communion

Daily Schedule

Monday, December 9

Tuesday, December 10

6:30 a.m. Men’s Devotion & Bible

Study, Chapel & Koslow

10:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel

10:00 a.m. St. Monica’s Guild, Offsite

12:00 p.m. Staff Christmas Luncheon, Offsite

1:30 p.m. Staff Meeting, Koslow

6:00 p.m. School Choir Concert, Church

Wednesday, December 11

12:00 p.m. Rector’s Bible Study, Koslow

5:15 p.m. Associate Vestry,* Koslow

7:00 p.m. St. Andrew’s Choir Practice,*

Choir Room

Thursday, December 12

7:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel

11:00 a.m. Texas 42, Youth Room

11:30 p.m. Messenger Deadline

Friday, December 13

7:00 p.m. Vestry Dinner, Offsite

Saturday, December 14

8:00 a.m. Breakfast Prep, Kitchen

9:00 a.m. Hanging of the Greens

11:30 a.m. Nativity Rehearsal, Church

1:00 p.m. Vestry Retreat, Koslow

Sunday, December 15

The Third Sunday in Advent

6:00 a.m. Breakfast Prep, Kitchen

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel

8:45 a.m. Parish Breakfast,* Moncrief

8:50 a.m. Prayers for the Church,*

Chapel

9:15 a.m. Christian Education

for all ages*

10:30 a.m. Morning Prayer,* Church

10:30 a.m. Preschool & K Chapel,*

followed by Second

Hour Sunday School

for Preschool & K,*

Preschool Area

11:10 a.m. Optional Children’s Program

during sermon,* Koslow

11:45 a.m. Children’s Choir,*

Choir Room

12:00 p.m. Pageant Set-up, Church

3:00 p.m. Pageant Overall Rehearsal*

Church

5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer,* followed

by Bible Study & light

refreshments, Chapel

* Nursery

Names may be submitted to Carrie Brent at 817-738-6496 and/or Patti Parrish at parrishuc@mac.com.

Permission should be obtained before submitting the name of someone other than oneself.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL THE

EVENTS HAPPENING AT ST. ANDREW’S

please visit our webpage at www.st-andrew.com

and go to Events, under the Stay Connected tab.

REMEMBER: “Angels” Are Waiting!

Please visit St. Andrew’s Angel Tree in Moncrief Hall to select “Angels” (children) remaining on the tree that have not yet been adopted. Imagine the delight on the faces of needy children from our local Ministry Partners – Victory Temple Ministries, H.O.P.E. Farm, and Ekklesia Christian School – when surprised by special gifts chosen specifi-cally for them!

ALL angels/tags need to be adopted (selected from the tree) by December 8th. The deadline for returning wrapped gifts to the tree is December 15th. Instructions are on the sign up table by the tree, and Angel Tree team members will be there on Sunday to help.

Questions? Call David Fussell, 817.229.9250, david_fussell@hotmail.com.

Sundays at 5:00 p.m. in the Chapel

Join us after the service for Bible study & light refreshments in Koslow Library

Evening Prayer