St. Ann’s Rummage & Bake Sale

Saturday, November 23rd 10AM- 4PM

How can you help?

Donate:

Clean out those basements and attics and donate your household items, clothing, books, etc. to be sold in the Rummage Sale.  All unsold items will be donated to local charities after the sale.

Drop off of items will only be accepted during these hours:

• Saturday November 16th, 9AM-12PM
• Sunday November 17th, 9AM-12PM
• Monday November 18th, 4:30-6:30PM

Bake:

We are combining the Rummage Sale will a bake sale and are looking for bakers.  The more the better.  Leftovers will be utilized for community meal on Sunday.

Drop off of bake sale items will be collected on:

• Friday November 22nd, 4PM-7PM

Volunteer:

Sign up sheet is posted in the church hall.  We are looking for volunteers to help during the Rummage Sale on November 23.  Volunteer hours will be in 2 hour increments.

Shop:

Fill up those basements and attics with NEW stuff and fill up your bellies with yummy baked goods.  Stop by the Rummage Sale and BRING YOUR FRIENDS to shop and spend. 

Please see a subcommittee member for any questions:

Theresa Sorenson, Don Tatro, Amy Jo Stewart, Sherry Ermie, Allison Elliott, Susan Schaffer, Carolyn White, Cortney Weiner

Join us for a free community meal on November 24 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm. This meal is served on the last Sunday of the month. This meal is free of charge and open to all. The food pantry and free clothing assistance is also available. 

If you would like to have any of your relatives or friends remembered at our Christmas Eve services, please contact the parish office. We will list these names in the Christmas bulletin. Your donation of any amount is used to purchase the decorations for Christmas. Confirmation of the names to be listed and your donation must be received by Sun, 11/24.

Our Christmas Angel Tree began on Sunday, 11/17. The gifts must be placed by the side altar WRAPPED with the tag attached by Sunday, 12/8.  Please remember to sign the list for which tag(s) you are taking.
 

The Women's Group would like to invite you to our next meeting on Wednesday, 12/11 5p-7:30 pm @ CP's, Hagaman. The fundamental focuses of this group are fellowship, faith, prayer, and participation/service with/for people in the community.

In appreciation for the gifts and skills each person may possess we would like to exten a welcome to anyone in the community who might be interested in joining us, regardless of their religious path. If you have any family members of friends who may enjoy participating in this goup, please feel free to bring them to this meeting.

Please sign up on the Bulletin Board in the Parish Hall or contact the parish office if you will be attending.

We look forward to seeing you.

We have meetings scheduled for: 12/11 (Wed 5p-7:30 pm @ CP's, Hagaman), 1/13, 2/10, 3/17, 4/21, and 5/21 (Wed 5p-7:30 pm @ CP's, Hagaman). There are no meetings in June, July, or August. 

An Advent Taize service will be celebrated on Friday, 12/13 at 6:30 pm.    A Taizé worship service involves sung and chanted prayers, meditation, a period of silence, liturgical readings, and icons. There is no preaching. The style of prayer practiced at Taizé has attracted many worshipers from around the globe and from many different denominations. The prayers consist of “short chants, repeated again and again,” according to an introduction in a Taizé songbook. “The words are sung over many times.”  

We will decorate the church for Christmas after the 9:30 am Mass on Sun, 12/22.

Our Christmas Eve Service will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 24 at 4 pm. We hope to see you. Please plan to invite a friend to join us for worship. 

All year end giving must be received by Sunday, December 29 in order to be deposited and recorded on your giving statement for 2024. 

Acts Bible Study

Resumes January 9

Do you ever feel powerless?  The people of the early church discovered what true power looks like. Jesus transformed their lives—and they changed the world!

Acts is the extraordinary record of what these early Christian disciples did. The power that you see in action in this book is the same power that can transform your life. As Phyllis J. Le Peau leads you through the second half of Acts in this twelve-session LifeGuide Bible Study, you will begin to understand what the Holy Spirit can do in you and in the world.

This study meets on Thursdays at 6 pm in-person and virtually by clicking here.

The cost of the books is $10 and can be submitted to the parish office by Sun, 12/15.

Click here for the complete schedule

In order to conduct our programs and maintain our facilities, St. Ann's Episcopal Church conducts an annual stewardship campaign in order to meet our budget needs.  Another source of support are the gifts parishioners and friends leave the church when their life on earth comes to an end. They have been thoughtful in preparing their estate plans and wills to include St. Anns.  Many capital projects have been funded over the years by these types of gifts.

The leadership of St. Ann's would like to make our friends and parishioners aware of this giving opportunity.   

Ways to Make a Planned Gift

• Bequests & Wills/Living Trusts
• Charitable Gift Annuities
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Pooled Income Fund
• Life Insurance & Retirement Accounts
• Real Estate, Appreciated Property, & Tangible Personal Property
• Charitable Lead Trust

More information about these different options has been provided by the Episcopal Church Foundation.

Please contact Fr. Neal through the parish office if you are interested in making a bequest or estate gift.

The office phone number is 518-842-2363. All interactions are strictly confidential.