29 August 2010 ~ Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Dear Family of God:
Fr. Charles C. Caskey, Interim Pastor

 

Living the Gospel by Rae Hadley
How often have you found yourself in a situation where you were hurt, injured or ill, and in truth really could not effectively fend for yourself? How often in those situations have you turned away offers to be driven to doctors appointments or to the grocery store, a friendly ear to listen or a shoulder for support from others because you were “fine?”
The times that I have been able to help others in need have brought me a great deal of pleasure. It is not an inconvenience or a bother, but a privilege, even for a moment, to be “God with skin on” to another person. When we accept offers of help from others, when we let ourselves be vulnerable and honest to each other and to God that we are not doing as well as we say we are, we open ourselves up to the depths and richness of relationship that cannot be faked, and can only be built through that vulnerability and trust.
It is in admitting that we cannot pay the price needed to follow Christ, whether that price is in our physical or mental lives, and asking for God’s help that we most keenly experience His love, His grace, and His strength. Without Him, in all things we will ultimately fail, and with Him, we will ultimately be saved. Amen.   
Rae leads Compline (prayers for the end of the day) at St. Andrew's on Monday evenings.

 


This week's lectionary readings are:

  • Jeremiah 2.4-13
  • Psalm 81.1, 10-16 
  • Hebrews 13.1-8, 15-16 
  • Luke 14.1, 7-14 

 

 

St. Andrew's Vision and Mission
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Saint Andrew’s is a parish church in the Diocese of Los Angeles of the Episcopal Church U.S.A., a member of the world-wide Anglican Communion, daughter churches of the Church of England.

We are a praying parish where all are welcome. We are Christians of every type, old and young, married and single, gay and straight, different nationalities and cultures, native-born and foreign-born, conservative and liberal, sinners and saints. We are bound together by God’s love for us and our love for God and one another.

 

Our vision of parish life at Saint Andrew’s moves us to foster a welcoming, inclusive, loving community in which we

1) accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior,
2) worship God,
3) educate our children, inquirers, and ourselves in Christian faith and values, and
4) serve the needs of the world as an expression of our love for the Creator and the creation.

 

 

 

 

Our church is located at:
1231 E. Chapman Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92831

saintandrewsfull@att.net 

(714) 870-4350

We're at the corner of Victoria Drive/Chapman, just east of Raymond

Office hours:
Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(July to September Summer Hours 
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

Services as follows:

  • Sunday 8:00 and 10:00 a.m.
  • Thursday 10:00 a.m.

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