Brendan MurphyonWednesday, July 5, 2023 St. Timothy’s is making two meals for VBS and we need your help! Please sign up to bring items and drop them in the narthex by the 16th! Sign up here!

Brendan MurphyonThursday, June 8, 2023 We’re seeking volunteers for our coming revival, and we need your help! If you feel the Holy Spirit nudging you to get involved, these are the teams we’re seeking volunteers for: Sign up to volunteer here!

Brendan MurphyonMonday, May 22, 2023 Volunteer Sign up for the Lobster Fair is in the narthex. Everyone is encouraged to do their part: don’t forget to sign up for the choice positions today! You may also follow this link to sign up to volunteer!Sign up now! Next Meeting: Monday, July 24 5pm in the MP building. Wax Juice and Milk Cartons needed:Please bring your clean wax cartons and leave them in the narthex so we can begin to prep for shrimp. Thank you so much for your help!

Brendan MurphyonTuesday, May 16, 2023 Online registration is LIVE Vacation Bible School will be July 18-21 for ages 3 – (recently completed) 5th grade from 5-7pm each night including dinner. We are hosting at St. Timothy’s and partnering with St. Paul’s and Our Redeemer Lutheran. We hope you will join us for “Operation Restoration: Mending God’s World”! Questions? Contact Martha Whitesides.

Brendan MurphyonTuesday, April 25, 2023 Episcopal Youth Community (grades 6-12) will have the final regular meeting of the year this Sunday at church. Meet in the Multipurpose building at 5pm. In addition to our regular program, we will vote on what to do for our fun end-of-year event that will happen on Sunday May 21. All are welcome, even if you’ve never been to EYC before!!

Brendan MurphyonTuesday, April 25, 2023 I don’t want to give away too many of my secrets right before I step away on sabbatical and someone else comes in to do my job for eight weeks. That sounds like a recipe for working yourself out of a job, but one secret seems safe enough to me. I really don’t have more than three or four things to say that are worth listening to. We are made in community, God delights in you, resurrection is real, and the best gift you have to offer anyone is yourself. I come up with lots of different ways to apply and share my thoughts and consequently I am able to preach three sermons in a row about being made in community without anyone realizing that they have been listening to the same thought over and over again. Other times, like this past Sunday, I sprinkle a little bit of several ideas into one sermon. I felt like Luke’s road to Emmaus required a little resurrection, community, and delight, all mixed together. That means, if you were here on Sunday and you read this note, you will have gotten all I have to give in the few days right before I begin the larger chunk of the sabbatical I began last year. I feel like it is important for you to know what I will be doing while I am away. Perhaps you could offer a prayer for me. I think my back and my knees in particular would love to make it on to your prayer list because for the next two months, I am focusing almost entirely on my physical wellbeing. How do sprints and sit-ups connect to my work at St. Timothy’s? It is all about doing the work I need to do to offer my family, friends and the church the best version of myself. The best version of me is energetic, creative, playful, ready, and willing to tackle whatever challenge is coming our way. The best version of me has the endurance to work hard physically, mentally, and emotionally and still have the capacity to tenderly carry the hopes and dreams of our congregation in my heart and mind. The best version of me is only available in the future because when I am at my best, I have the energy and desire to get a little bit better everyday.Getting, and then staying, healthy is my part in ensuring that I can continue to offer my best self for years to come. If we can be certain of one thing in life, it is that the future holds ups and downs for all of us. When I return in July, I simply hope to have created some healthy habits and patterns that can help me move, as gracefully as possible, from one hill to the next. I have no expectation of having returned to the boy in his early twenties you see pictured here, trying to fly off the up-hills of Jockey’s ridge. I do believe I can return to a place of that type of resilience, once again seeing the steep hills as adventures and challenges as the ramps we need to soar to new heights. That is what I hope for because I believe there is love, joy, and meaning waiting right in front of us, if we can continue to put one foot in front of the other. Faithfully, John+

Brendan MurphyonMonday, April 24, 2023

Brendan MurphyonMonday, April 17, 2023 Join us Thursday, April 27th at 7pm in the Meeting room to go over ideas and calendars. ContactJulieorKristinewith any questions.

Brendan MurphyonWednesday, April 12, 2023 Looking for up to 8 sandwich makers for JOY Soup Kitchen! Makers must be at least 5 years old. We will meet at 5pm in the Parish Hall to assemble sandwiches on Wednesday, May 10th.Sign up here!

Brendan MurphyonTuesday, April 11, 2023 Those hoping to support our
youth summer mission will be invited to pick an envelope of any dollar amount
and donate, receiving a “treat” made by participants and their
families for their contribution. Cash and check will be accepted (checks
payable to St. Timothy’s, memo: youth mission). We know we will miss some folks who are unable to be at
church that Sunday. Those who are unable to attend are more than welcome to
support us by mailing in a donation or placing it in Martha’s box (Christian
Formation).