September 26, 2010 NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS Common Cathedral — The Worship & Outreach Committees’ joint mission this fall is to invite everyone to participate in Common Cathedral Services Today at noon. Common Cathedral is an Outreach mission—making and serving food to homeless people in the Boston Commons. A quote from their website captures the essence of the day; “First we are fed with food that nourishes our bodies, then also from God’s table we are fed with spiritual food.” We will leave following the 10:00 a.m. service. Be part of this good news yourselves. —Michael Vanin • mcvanin1@gmail.com or Joanna Horobin • jhorobin@syndax.com. Eighth grade Confirmation Group — This year’s Youth Inquirers Group parents’ meeting is Today at 9:00 a.m. in the Harvey Room. The Youth Inquirers Group is St. Andrew’s Confirmation Preparation program. This meeting is for parents only and is mandatory. Students meet about 14 times on Sunday evenings. Bring your calendar to the meeting. —Rev. Chris Wendell • 781-235-7310 • chris@standrewswellesley.org Wellesley College Student Brunch We will meet in the Narthex (lobby) of the church about 15 minutes after the 10:00 a.m. service Today!—Rev. Chris Wendell • chris@standrewswellesley.org Walk-a-thon for El Hogar The second annual Winchester Walk-a-thon for El Hogar will be held Today. Last year we raised over $30,000 and are hoping to increase that this year! The Winchester group is com-bining forces with the cyclists from Redeemer Church in Lexington MA. Redeemer has held a 20 mile bike-a-thon for the past three years. Starting at the Winchester Town Common at 2:00pm, walk through beautiful Winchester, MA or ride your bike through surrounding towns. Come walk or bike, or support the participants; all are welcome. —Steve Taylor • 781-235-0164 • stevet21@verizon.net or go online and register under Team St Andrews www.elhogar.org. High School Youth Group — Next week (Oct. 3rd), we’ll meet in the Parish Hall Kitchenfrom 6:00–7:30 p.m. to cook a shared meal and have a discussion. —Rev. Chris Wendell • 781-235-7310 • chris@standrewswellesley.org From the Treasurer’s Office As you settle into the new school year, please catch up on any pledge payments you may have missed over the summer. Our cash flow always drops during the summer and we would like to get back on track. Thank you. —Ruth Hubert and Meg Harris • 781-235-7310 or • ruth@standrewswellesley.org • treas@standrewswellesley.org. Sustainable Houses of Worship (SHOW) workshop—Oct. 2nd Over the past two years, St. Andrew’s has spent considerable effort improving our environ-mental stewardship efforts through various upgrades to our building and infrastructure. Our very successful heating plant and window projects have lowered heating costs by over $22,000 a year and reduced carbon emissions by 174,000 lbs. of CO2. On Oct. 2nd, parishioner Jim Blackwell will be sharing our story as part of a Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light presentation here at St. Andrew’s. Called “Sustainable Houses of Worship” (SHOW), this workshop will allow people around the Diocese to hear stories of other congregations’ sustainability work (such as ours), as they dream about what might be possible in their communities. The Diocese of Massachusetts is launching a new Green Grant Initiative this fall to help parishes learn how to can reduce energy use and cost and evaluate potential energy saving projects. Grants from $500–$10,000 will be available; our SHOW workshop is a key part of the initiative. Members of the St. Andrew’s Property Task Force will attend along with representatives from neighboring parishes. Others are most welcome, too. We’ve made great strides in reducing our use of natural resources, but there is more that we can do! This fall, St. Andrew’s will be forming a “Green Team” to continue our energy conservation efforts and encourage environmental stewardship in the parish. We’re currently seeking volunteers for this effort. The workshop costs $10 per person or $25 for a parish team of 3–6 people. Jim can arrange for registration. If you are interested in learning more about the SHOW workshop and the St. Andrew’s “Green Team,” contact Jim Blackwell •508-545-1084 • jmblackwell@comcast.net Adult Programs Holy Living, Holy Dying —Christian Learning Series Basic spiritual questions about life and death are common across cultures, creed, and class in ways that few other topics are: Is death a continuation of life or simply a finality? How does the awareness of death inform our lives? On what basis do we form conceptions of a possible afterlife? This series will explore our own under-standings of life and death in comparison with those of different Biblical communities, and ask whether the traditional theological language of “eternal life” can be understood as liberating in 21st century contexts. See you Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. in Room 2. • September 26— Biblical Outlooks on Living, Dying and Life after Death; • October 3—Christian Theologies of Eternal Life. —Rev. Chris Wendell • 781-235-7310 • chris@standrewswellesley.org Gunter Kennel Next Sunday, Oct. 3, we welcome Gunter Kennel to the organ bench here at St. Andrew’s where he will be playing our Preludes and Postlude and conducting the choir. Gunter Kennel was born in 1961 in the city of Kaiserlautern, palatinate, not far from the Ramstein airbase. From 1980–1989, he studied sacred music, organ and theology in Munich and London, where his organ teachers were Franz Lehrndorfer and Nicolas Kynaston. Mr. Kennel has participated as well in the masterclasses of Piet Kee, Ewald Kooiman (Organ), Gerd Wachowski (Improvisation) and John Eliot Gardiner (Conducting). As a concert organist and conductor he has appeared all over Europe as well as in Israel and the United States. Gunter Kennel is also an ordained Protestant pastor and holds the degree of Doctor of Theology; his doctoral dissertation was entitled “Early Christian Hymns” (Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen 1995). In the course of the last years he has published various essays on subjects related to practical theology, theory of music and organ building. From 1990–1995, Mr. Kennel was Lecturer of music theory at the Hochschule der Künste; now he has been serving as a Lecturer of sacred music since 1995 on the Faculty of Theology at the Humboldt-University Berlin. In 1992 he was appointed Kantor, or organist and choirmaster, of the Passionskirche and the Kirche Zum Heiligen Kreuz, both of which are located in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Gunter Kennel plays in the latter on the three-manual romantic organ produced by E. & G. G. Hook, Boston, in 1870. Because of the multiple uses of his churches, Gunter Kennel is permanently confronted with many diverse musical styles. Often his concert programs include stylistic contrasts and multiple interpretations, and are sometimes even combined with scenic elements. Although versed in the field of authenticity in musical performance, Mr. Kennel is not a purist, but rather a musician who is also inspired by modern aesthetics and theological issues and perceptions. In 1998 he produced the CD “passion” (LA 75951), which includes several cross-over pieces in a trumpet/saxophon/organ arrangement. In 2001 followed the first recording of the Hook-organ with music of Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Reger and Liszt. In Sept. 2002 he was appointed Landeskirchenmusikdirektor, i.e. chief supervisor for sacred music of the protestant, “Landeskirche” (i. e. diocese) of Berlin and Brandenburg. In that function he produced further CDs on historic organs in the Brandenburg area. Since 2006 he is also president of the Evangelische Direktorenkonferenz für Kirchenmusik, which is the assembly of all Landeskirchenmusikdirektoren and the heads of the departments of Sacred Music at the music academies in Germany. —Wardie Mannix • wardie@standrewswellesley.org Blessing of the Animals (All Creatures Welcome) All God’s creatures (two-legged, four-legged, finned or feathered) are invited to this annual celebration of the Feast of St. Francis, Sunday, Oct. 3rd at 5:00 p.m. on St. Andrew’s front lawn. Come celebrate the gift that animals are to human beings, and bring your favorite animal for a very special blessing. (The service lasts about 25 minutes, and does not include communion.) Please consider inviting a friend—and their pet— to join you! —Rev. Chris Wendell • chris@standrewswellesley.org Coventry Supper sign-ups! — It’s time to sign up for a new Coventry Supper Group! If you are new to St. Andrews, these groups are a great way to get to know people. If you are a long-time member, this is a great opportunity to deepen your relationships with others you may have seen for years, as well as with some of those new faces. Groups of 8 are randomly assembled from those who sign up. Look for the sign-up sheets in the narthex and, on the table outside the parish hall. The sign-up period will last until Sept. 30th. —Suzanne Nystrom • 508-785- 9083 • suzannenystrom@hotmail.com St. Andrew’s (Re-) Connects Program — Sunday, Oct. 24th We’re hoping to repeat the success of last year’s St. Andrew’s Connects Program where almost 70 volunteers connected with about 180 parishioners. The goals of this program haven’t changed: to foster and en-courage new connections within our com-munity, to make known all the ways St. Andrew’s has for parishioners to become in-volved, and to ask for a completed pledge card. Please consider joining us as a volunteer this year. We’re inviting volunteers to attend a brief training session (either Oct. 17th or 21st), and plan on making three home visits on Sunday, Oct. 24th. This is a great way for you to contribute and make new connections. — Jessica Del Prete • 781-424-8705 • jdelprete@comcast.net & Tony Rea • 774-279-2113 • tonyrea@verizon.net St. Andrew’s Children and Youth Music Program All parish children in grades pre-k–high school are invited to join the St. Andrew’s Children and Youth Music Program. (see the Call for more on all programs) — Amanda Hammond • 781-235-7310 • amanda@standrewswellesely.org St. Andrew’s Song Birds—ages 4 & 5, in pre-k & kindergarten Meets eight Wednesdays 2:30–3:15 p.m. starting Sept. 29th. St. Andrew’s Junior Choir—grades 1–3 Meets Sundays 9:00–9:45 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Started last week. St. Andrew’s Vocal Youth—grades 4-8 Meets 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Choir Room. Meets 2nd &4th Sundays 9:00–9:45 a.m. with the Junior Choir in the Parish Hall. First rehearsal is Today! (4th Sunday). St. Andrew’s Instrumental Youth—grades 4–12 Meets 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Choir Room First rehearsal is Today! (4th Sunday). St. Andrew’s High School Chamber Singers—grades 9–12 Rehearsal date and time TBD. Metrowest Interfaith Hospitality Network (MIHN) Update Our next week to assist guests staying at the Village Church starts on Nov. 6th, so please consider taking an active role in this program by taking a Fall Training Session. Sessions start at 6:30 p.m. and are approximately 2 hours. The sessions will be: 10/5 Wellesley Hills Congregational Church 207 Washington St. Wellesley —Anne Manners • 508-545-0174 • awritesu@aol.com —Mike Mahlenkamp • 781-235-4303 • mmahlenkamp@comcast.net PS. Remember, you can donate your used furniture to the Mass Recycling Center in Acton (http://www.hgrm.org/) any time during the year. Contact Mr. Shean Penmark • 978-501-6953. Village Church Luncheon Professor and author Sally Merry to speak on Human Rights at St. Andrew’s We are very pleased to announce that our guest speaker for the luncheon and lecture that we co-host with The Village Church will be St. Andrew’s own parishioner Sally Merry. The date for this year’s traditional lunch exchange between the two churches is Tuesday, Oct. 12th from noon to two and will be held in the St. Andrew’s Parish Hall. We will enjoy a delicious meal served by the Bargain Haul Kitchen staff of B’Dots Café followed by Professor Merry’s discussion. Everyone is welcomed to attend! Sally Merry is a Professor of Anthropology at New York University and is currently on sabbatical. While here in Boston, she will be a Visiting Fellow at the Human Rights Program of the Harvard Law School and Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Anthropology Department. Sally was a professor at Wellesley College in the Anthropology Department for many years until 2005 and has published numerous articles and books on women’s human rights, the role of law in urban life in the U.S. and law and culture in the Pacific region. We are honored and thrilled that Professor Merry will share her expertise with us. A sign-up sheet for this special event will be available in the Narthex and outside the Parish Hall and reservations will close on Thursday, Oct. 7th. Cost for the lunch is $5.00 per person. —Dot Reed •781-235-9584 Men’s Book Club The next men’s book club meeting is Wednesday, Oct 13th at 7:30 p.m. in the Harvey room (snacks and beverages are served). We will be reading 1776by David McCullough (400 pages). “Bestselling historian and two-time Pulitzer winner McCullough follows up John Adams by staying with America’s founding, focusing on a year rather than an individual: a momentous 12 months in the fight for independence.” —Michael Vanin • 617-835-01898 • mcvanin1@gmail.com Parish Work Day Volunteers are needed to gather between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 16th to help spruce up the church build-ings and grounds before cold weather sets in. Please phone the church office if you can help and are willing to sign up in advance, or just come on that day. Watch the Sunday leaflet for details about equipment that you could bring to advance the projects. Many thanks. —James Deane • jamesrdeane@comcast.net A Great Time Was Had by All! Many thanks to Ruthie Klink and Molly Aiken for organizing and hosting a fabulous Parish Picnic last Sunday. We had a record turnout on what was a beautiful end of summer day. There was lots of good food, good fun and fellowship to go around. Hats off to Ruthie and Molly for lovely event for the Parish. And many thanks for all the volunteers that helped out too...it was great to have such nice support. —Becky Hamlin • dbhamlin@comcast.net Save the Date.... The Harvest Moon Auction is scheduled for Friday, November 12th at Elm Bank. This event has been a huge hit with the entire congregation and proves to be a fun evening for all. Be on the lookout for details soon—and be thinking about what you might want to donate to the auction. If you are interested in volunteering in any way, please contact Becky as soon as possible. We need all positions filled from check in to serving to clean up. Thanks! —Becky Hamlin • dbhamlin@comcast.net Seeking a Table Kate is looking for a table to push up against her desk for a little more work and equipment space. If you have a table that you are thinking of getting rid of … that is 29¼ inches high (to match the height of her desk) and then some-thing in the 23 to 27 inch width and depth size, please email or call. —Contact Katharine Clark • 781-235-7310 • kate@standrewswellesley.org Join the E-Meditation List Interested in a quiet moment of reflection as you scan through your inbox each week? St. Andrew’s offers a weekly e-meditation email sent by the clergy. These brief snippets of spiritual writings invite you into a more contemplative frame of mind as you go about your week. It’s easy to sign up, just email a request to be added to be added to the list. —Contact Katharine Clark • kate@standrewswellesley.org St. Andrew's Call Want to receive the Call via email? Please send a note with your name in the body to saveatree@standrewswellesley.org!! Thanks —Katharine Clark • kate@standrewswellesley.org 12-Step Programs Al-Anon, Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Men’s AA, Wednesdays, 8:00 p.m.; Women’s AA, Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.; EA, Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.; Sober Sisters, Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.

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