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Parish Announcements – Week of 9.10.23

Parish Announcements – week of September 10th, 2023 (The 15th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18)

Welcome to St. Alban’s Episcopal Church—we’re very glad you’re here!

Our annual “Food Drive” to feed the hungry in Ft. Wayne continues today, Sunday the 10th of September, and may extend to next week, the 17th of September, if our goal is not yet reached.

Our goal this year is the same as last year, to gather enough gallon size cans of vegetables to feed 250 people a day for 1 week.  This equates to 1,750 servings, or 73 gallon size cans of vegetables. 

Last year we brought in enough cans for 1,950 servings, so I know our goal is not too high, and I know that our Parish family has a tremendous heart for the hungry.

The Rescue Mission and Charis House will be the recipients of all the vegetables that we gather in and they will be the groups that “feed the hungry” in our community, with our vegetables, for 1 week.  They are experts at what they do, and we are pleased to support them.

You can buy the vegetables yourself, or we will purchase them for you from Sam’s Club, for $5/can, and they will deliver them to St. Albans; please make checks out to St. Alban’s Episcopal Church (with “for Food Drive” in the memo line).  Representatives from St. Albans will deliver them to the Rescue Mission. 

Thanks in advance for your support, and know that your generosity will be appreciated very much by those we help to feed.  

Many blessings,

George Shamp, Outreach Chairman

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Parish Announcements – Week of 9/3/23

Parish Announcements – week of September 3rd, 2023

Welcome to St. Alban’s Episcopal Church—we’re very glad you’re here!

Our annual “Food Drive” to feed the hungry in Ft. Wayne continues today, Sunday the 3rd of September, and may extend to next week, the 10th of September, if our goal is not yet reached.

Our goal this year is the same as last year, to gather enough gallon size cans of vegetables to feed 250 people a day for 1 week.  This equates to 1,750 servings, or 73 gallon size cans of vegetables. 

Last year we brought in enough cans for 1,950 servings, so I know our goal is not too high, and I know that our Parish family has a tremendous heart for the hungry.

The Rescue Mission and Charis House will be the recipients of all the vegetables that we gather in and they will be the groups that “feed the hungry” in our community, with our vegetables, for 1 week.  They are experts at what they do, and we are pleased to support them.

You can buy the vegetables yourself, or we will purchase them for you from Sam’s Club, for $5/can, and they will deliver them to St. Albans; please make checks out to St. Alban’s Episcopal Church (with “for Food Drive” in the memo line).  Representatives from St. Albans will deliver them to the Rescue Mission. 

Thanks in advance for your support, and know that your generosity will be appreciated very much by those we help to feed.  

Many blessings,

George Shamp, Outreach Chairman

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Parish Announcements – week of 2/27/2022

Mark your calendars: the St. Alban’s annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper makes its return after nearly two years on Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 from 5 – 7 pm!  

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 3/2/22.

-For Ash Wednesday this year St. Alban’s will be offering two services; one at Noon which will be a spoken service and one at 7 p.m. which will include music. Both services will include the proper liturgy for Ash Wednesday followed by the Eucharist and both will take place in the sanctuary.

-The 10 a.m. Bible Study on Ash Wednesday will be moved up to 10:30 a.m. so that those attending may conveniently attend the noon service directly after the class. 

Stations Of The Cross begins Friday March 4th, 2022 at 6pm.

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Updated COVID-19 Guidelines at St. Alban’s

St. Alban’s parishioners: Please see the Pastoral letter from Bishop Doug Sparks (below) on the updated COVID-19 Guidelines.  Effective January 1, masks will be required inside our building (IF) Allen County goes to the Red Advisory Level, we currently are in orange.   I’ve been in contact with both Fr. Michael and Cindy, and we wanted to send out this communication to you so that you can be prepared, since things could change rather quickly.  In the mean time as a cautionary measure, we do ask that you follow social distancing in the pews, and at coffee hour.  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 

John LorenzenJunior Warden, St. Alban’s