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May 2018
Evensong
The Adult Choir will offer the service of choral evensong according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. This book is still the official prayer book of the Church of England. Music in the service will feature a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D minor by Thomas Attwood Walmisley and the anthem, Unto Thee, O God, by Alan Hovahness, and Preces and Responses by Thomas Tallis. There will be organ music by Johann Pachelbel. The rector, the Rev. Jeffrey Packard,…
Find out more »Listening Session: Sunday Schedule and Christian Education
If you were unable to attend last Sunday's listening session regarding the current Sunday Schedule and Church School programs for children and youth, a second session will be held on Monday, May 7 at 7:00 PM at the home of Marisa Ferger, Vestry Member and Committee Chair for Children and Youth, at: 2357 Prairie Rose Lane, State College. Parents, church school teachers, and parishioners are welcome to attend. If you are unable to join us, but would like to pass along your thoughts, or if you have…
Find out more »Prayer Quilt Ministry
The meeting will begin with a light lunch at noon in Room 119 and we will begin sewing shortly after that. We have distributed three prayer quilts since the start of 2018, and so we will be working to build our stash back up by finishing two or three prayer quilts and working on a couple baptismal quilts. Upcoming dates: June 6, no meeting All are welcome. For more information please call Michele at 814-574-9639.
Find out more »Education Hour
Children under age 3: Nursery Godly Play: Room 336 Grades 5-6: Room 131 Journey Junior High: Room 330 Adults: Canterbury Hall All adults are invited. Come a little early for coffee and something to eat, if you like.
Find out more »Friday Film (on a Sunday): Andrei Rublev
Friday Films would like to invite you to a screening of Andrei Rublev, an expansive black and white drama, set against the bleak background of 15th century Russia. This tour-de-force reflects on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev and focuses on such themes as artistic freedom, religion, political ambiguity, autodidacticism, and the making of art under a repressive regime. The film itself is divided into seven episodes (The Jester, Theophanes, The Holiday, The Last Judgment, The Raid,…
Find out more »Education Hour
Children under age 3: Nursery Godly Play: Room 336 Grades 5-6: Room 131 Journey Junior High: Room 330 Adults: Canterbury Hall The Construction of Racial Identity (Race Matters) This is the fourth and final session of “Becoming the Beloved…
Find out more »Parish Picnic
Save the date to celebrate Pentecost, the end of the church school year, and the beginning of summer with a parish picnic at Tussey Mountain's Pavilion on the Pond. Grill master, Scott Strouse, will be serving up hot dogs and hamburgers. Beverages, plates, napkins, etc., will be provided. We ask that you bring a potluck contribution of a dessert or side dish (or both) to feed 6 – 8 people. Paddle boats and horseshoes are available at the site. You…
Find out more »St. Andrew’s Book Group
The St. Andrew’s Book Group has selected The Memory of Old Jack by Wendell Berry as its bookto read for May. Library Journal noted of the book that “Berry draws upon his enormous poetic talent to develop the theme of man’s dep attachment to the land...The account of Jack’s courtship of his wife is a beautiful piece of writing...and worthy of a place among the best pieces of prose written by American writers of this century.” All parishioners are invited…
Find out more »Friday Films
Bernie, Rated PG-13
Find out more »Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Our principal weekly Eucharist is celebrated every Sunday during the summer at 10:00 a.m. and lasts around 75 minutes. During this time our nursery is open. Music is led by organ and our popular choir.
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