St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Sunday • May 28, 2017

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‘22:6 Parenting’ a resource for family discipleshipIn Deuteronomy 6:7, Moses highlighted four key times of the day during which parents were to instruct their children: “when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”

TwentyTwoSix Parenting takes those four key times and shapes content for parents to use to disciple their children in a resource that Tally Whitehead, director of Christian Formation, shares today.

TwentyTwoSix Parenting is a subscription-based online tool that provides morning prayers,drive-time games, dinnertime stories, and bedtime questions to help you engage in meaningful conversation as a family and explore the imagination of your children.

Next week is Pentecost: Wear red!St. Andrew’s will celebrate the Day of Pentecost, often referred to as the “birthday” of the Church, next Sunday, June 4. We’re asking everyone to wear something red — the liturgical color for the Holy Spirit — to church that day to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit that was given to the apostles on the first Pentecost. This year’s celebration will feature something new and different following the 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. services. We also invite you to join us for cake in between services, at the start of our “Grow in Faith” discipleship time around 10:15 a.m.

One Sundaywith ourYoung Saints

A ..fter arriving in the rain, our Young Saints got right to work

last week, beginning with Children’s Chapel during the 9 a.m. service, above, where Ann Schnapp and Chuck and Joyce Waddell helped them make clocks to remind them that any time is prayer time, and moving on to Godly Play between services, where they heard and pondered the story of Jesus’ post-Resurrection appearance to his disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and the miraculous catch of fish.

Prayers for the ChurchAnglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for Bishop Christian Ebisike and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Ngbo, one of the 161 dioceses in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).The Church of Nigeria counts over 18 million baptized members and continues to be the fastest growing member church in the Anglican Communion. Anglican worship in the area later to become the Diocese of Ngbo began in 1916 with the arrival of a Nigerian-born cleric and missionary. The diocese itself, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, was created when the Diocese of Enugu was split into three dioceses in 2007.The diocese exists in a primary rural and low lying area that has seen considerable civil unrest and conflict. In the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1969, many parishioners were killed and most of the churches destroyed, damaged and/or looted. Despite those depredations, the diocese grew. Once relative peace was established, the diocese established evangelism as her primary goal and the church thrived. Some unrest continues in the area. In September 2010, Bishop Ebiske was kidnapped when his car was stopped at a roadblock. Thankfully, he was released the next day. In recent weeks, the bishop has called for government intervention as nomadic Fulani (primarily Muslim) herdsmen have been accused of slaughtering many Christian and other settlers in the area.Please pray especially for a lasting and just peace, for on-going evangelism, and for the very vigorous youth movement.Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for non-parochial clergy, including Fr. Tony Bender, Fr. Richard Dalton, Fr. Wayne Hutson, Fr. Dale Minor, Fr. Stockton Wulsin, the Rev. Barbara Wulsin Fr. John Jorden, and Deacon Tim Luken.Parish Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for Sue and Alex McKeown; Daniel McNelis; Janet McNelis; our Godly Play classes; and our Technical Services Ministry.

Please also keep Kevin and Jenny Marinov; John McGuirl; our Young Lambs class; and those who beautify the church grounds in your prayers this week. While included in the Prayers of the People at 9 a.m. last Sunday, they were inadvertently omitted from “The Net.”

The Daily Lectionary Week of the Sixth Sunday of Easter • May 21-27

Sunday, May 28 — A.M.: Psalms 132, 133, 134, 135; Isaiah 65:17-25; Luke 24:36-53 P.M.: Psalms 136, 137 & 138; Jeremiah 31:1-13; Ephesians 5:1-14Monday, May 29 — A.M.: Psalms 139 & 140; Judges 6:1-35; Hebrews 5:11—6:1-20 P.M.: Psalm 141, 142, 143; Judges 6:36—7:23; Hebrews 7Tuesday, May 30 — A.M.: Psalms 144, 145 & 146; Judges 7:24—8:28; Hebrews 8 P.M.: Psalms 147, 148, 149 & 150; Judges 8:32—9:24; Hebrews 9:1-14Wednesday, May 31 — A.M.: Psalm 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125; Judges 9:26-57; Hebrews 9:15-28 P.M.: Psalm 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, & 134; Judges 10:17—11:28; Hebrews 10:1-18Thursday, June 1 — A.M.: Psalms 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5; Judges 11:29—12:7; Hebrews 10:19-39 P.M.: Psalms 6, 7, & 8; Judges 13; Hebrews 11Friday, June 2 — A.M.: Psalms 9, 10, 11; Judges 14; Hebrews 12:1-13 P.M.: Psalms 12, 13, 14; Judges 15:1—16:3; Hebrews 12:14-29 Saturday, June 3 — A.M.: Psalms 15, 16, 17; Judges 16:4-31; Hebrews 13 P.M.: Psalm 18; Deuteronomy 16:9-12; Acts 18:24—19:7Sunday, June 4 — A.M.: Psalms 19, 20, 21; Joel 2:28-32; Romans 8:1-17 P.M.: Psalms 22, 23; Isaiah 11:1-9; Romans 8:18-39

— • —Next Sunday’s Lectionary • June 4 (The Day of Pentecost, Year A)

First Reading: Acts 2:1-11 Psalm 104:25-32 (BCP 736) Second Reading: -1 Corinthians 12:4-13 Gospel: John 20:19-23

Graduating?

We want to recognize you!St. Andrew’s would like to help mark this very special

milestone in the lives of the members of our parish who are graduating from high school, college or other degree program. If you,

a child or a grandchild is graduating this year, please contact Judy Baird at jbaird@ standrewspolaris.org or 740-584-5112, ext. 3 to be included in “The Net’s” graduation notes. Please let us know the name of the graduate, their relationship to you, the school they are graduating from, and their plans following graduation. If they are a college graduate, please also include their degree.

Pictures are welcomed and encouraged. The preferred method of submitting photos is as jpeg images via email, but we can also use clear original photographs (copies will not reproduce well), which may be dropped in Judy’s mail slot in the Gathering Area. Please label them on the back with the name of the graduate and your name.

Wednesday Noon Prayer Service offered weeklyThe weekday Prayer Service is now being held in the Sanctuary at noon every Wednesday. Prayer is offered with special intention for our parish, the city, the state, the nation and the world, as well as for individual prayer needs.

Flower sign-up board now posted in Gathering AreaA sign-up board for those who would like to place flowers at the altar to honor the memory of a loved one, or to celebrate a special event such as a birthday or anniversary, is now up in the Gathering Area. To donate flowers, simply check the board to make sure the date you’d like to contribute flowers on is available, and write your name, along with the information you’d like to appear in the bulletin, next to the date. You should sign up at least a week in advance to assure that the flowers are delivered in time. Please note that there are no flowers at the altar during Advent or Lent. A suggested donation to cover the cost of flowers delivered to the church is $50, but other amounts are also welcome. Please make checks payable to St. Andrew’s with “Altar Guild Flowers” in the memo portion, or place your donation in an envelope marked “Altar Guild Flowers.”Following the last Sunday service the Outreach Team is currently delivering arrangements to The Inn at Bear Trail, an assisted living residence on South Old State Road just south of the church. Residents there use the flowers in their activity center to make smaller flower arrangements.

Parent resourceContinued from the front

June BirthdaysDe An Williams Linda Smith Judy Joseph Shawn Snead Marty Scott Phil Cornett Mary Alice Busick Taylor Whitehead Madison Martin Erica Weiser Polly Lindemann Ted Spradling Larry Cooper Jan Zacharias Frank Habeker Gwyneth Nelson Sophia Bobay Angela Kerr Meg Patton Ed Summers Scott Gales

June AnniversariesKevin & Jennifer Marinov Jim & Julie Worthington George & Brenda Spradling Bruce & Peggy Vanderhoff Bill & Judy Joseph Pete & Terri Wilkinson Jim & Jackie Menke Chuck & Joyce Waddell Bernie & Ellie Schramm Dan & Robin Field Ann & Tim Schnapp

The Cherubini family would like to invite you to Footsteps Family Dance Center’s dance recitals next weekend, June 3-4. This is a very special event for Carlo, Rachel, Genevieve and Mackenzie, as Footsteps has decided to close it’s doors and this will be the last time, as a family, that they get to dance for them. Yes, the entire Cherubini family performs in theses recitals!

Genevieve will be featured in tap, hip hop, jazz, and musical theater, while Mackenzie will be featured in a ballroom dancing duet, tap, ballet, jazz, and musical theater. Carlo will be dancing with the girls in a father/daughter dance, and Rachel will be with the moms’ dance.

Show times on Saturday, June 3, are 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. Showtimes on Sunday, June 4, are 2:30 and 6:30 pm. Each of the five shows will be different, so you won’t be able to all of the dances in one show.

The recital will be performed at Ohio Wesleyan University’s Chappelear Drama Center at 45 Rowland Ave in Delaware. Tickets may be purchased through Rachel for $11, or at the door for $13.

“These recitals are amazing and run like Broadway shows,” Rachel says. “You will not be bored or disappointed. We would love to see you there!”

For more information, contact Rachel at rcherubini@standrewspolaris.org or 740-548-5112.

Cherubini family to perform in upcoming dance recital

Also included every week is a Bible story and memory verse that follows the theme for the month. Pick up an information sheet about this resource from Tally or at the Information Desk today!

Adult Forum looks at Old Testament sacrificial systemFr. Wil Verhoff is currently presenting a follow-up to the “Seven Feasts of the Lord” presented during the Adult Forum last year at this time. The subjects to be covered are “How did the Old Testament Offerings and Sacrificial Systems foretell of Christ?”; “The Meaning of the Old Testament Offerings and Sacrificial Systems”; “What is a Blood Covenant?”; “How did the Tabernacle and Temple Liturgies Anticipate the Christ?;” and “Why did the Offering and Sacrificial System end?”

If you missed the first session you may download the class outline from our website, standrewspolaris.org, under the “Forms & Downloads” tab. Each week’s outline will be uploaded to the website as it becomes available.

The Adult Forum is offered on Sundays from 10:15 to 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary.

Encouragement for your prayer time with GodWhy is there need to repent? “ ‘I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.’ “ (Luke 15:7) “I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.” (Psalm 119:26) — From the St. Andrew’s Prayer Ministries Team

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By Fr. Ron Baird

The Feast of the Ascension, which falls 40 days after Easter (this year it was Thursday, May 25), commemorates Christ’s assent into Heaven to be

seated at the right hand of the Father. Ascension Day is more than just a remembering of the soles of Jesus’ feet as he drifted up into the clouds! It is the fundamental Christian acknowledgment of the vindication of Jesus by God the Father.He is vindicated from the sentence of treason and death that was laid upon him by Pontius Pilate in his trial.He is vindicated from the charge of blasphemy that the Jews, and in particular, the High Priests laid upon him.He is vindicated and restored to his rightful position as King of the Universe, Ruler of all of Creation. We might wonder why Jesus waited 40 days before ascending into Heaven. What did he do for those 40 days? It is important to note that in Scripture “40 days” is a catch phrase. It is not necessarily meant to be taken literally. Rather, it means “a long time.” The fact that Jesus ascended into Heaven 40 days after his resurrection is meant to signify that he remained with his disciples for a long time before he returned to the Father.This 40 days was an important time for the Church. During this period Jesus taught the disciples concerning the Scriptures that they might more fully understand their meaning and the implication of them upon the experience of his incarnation, earthly ministry and his death and resurrection.

The disciples learned so that others might understand and come to know the saving grace that is Jesus Christ.We might wonder, “Why did Jesus ascend into Heaven as all? Why didn’t he just remain here?” He ascended because the resurrection is more than the resuscitation of his corpse. He was given a new spiritual body in the resurrection.He appeared to the disciples that they might know the love and forgiveness of the resurrection. He remained for 40 days that they might comprehend its impact upon their lives and the lives of the whole world.He ascended into Heaven in order to prepare a place for us that we, too, might come to share in his Heavenly Kingdom.He does not leave us alone, however. He sends the Holy Spirit into our lives and hearts through Baptism, that we might never be separated from him, but always connected to him through the Holy Spirit.“Lo I am with you even to the end of the ages.”

Ascension Christ’s vindication from death

Congratulations graduates!Today St. Andrew’s salutes our 2017 high school graduates, Madeleine Sylvester and Matt Schmitz.Madeleine, daughter of Brian and Reneé Sylvester, graduates Sunday, May 28, from Olentangy Orange High School. She plans to attend Columbus State Community College in the fall to pursue a career as a speech pathologist. She also would like to continue dancing in a local dance company.Matt, son of Pat and Liddy Schmitz, will graduate Thursday, June 8, from Columbus Academy. A National Merit Commended Scholar, Matt is also the recipient of the Studio Art award and the English Department Award as the top English student. Matt will attend Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., where he will play baseball. He is currently planning to pursue a degree in psychology with a minor in education.

Madeleine Sylvester Matt Schmitz