Rooted in the past, reaching for the future
Join us for yummy pancakes on Shrove Tuesday; Tuesday, March 4, 2025; 5-7PM.
The pancake supper will be hosted by the Men’s Group. Men of the parish are invited to join in on this yearly tradition.
Come on down and eat your fill of delicious pancakes, sausages, hash browns, applesauce the night before Lent begins.
Free will donations will be accepted to help benefit our ministries.
Attn: Parish Men. Can you help? If so, we can use your assistance between 3:30PM until cleanup after the event.
The Food Pantry is closed on Saturday, January 25, 2025, so volunteers can attend Donne Lewis’ funeral.Father John reports that yesterday’s Food Pantry meeting was well attended and productive. After opening with a prayer for the recently deceased Food Pantry Coordinator, Donne Lewis, Father John led the discussion about issues and concerns, and future leadership.
John Stemen will be in charge of food procurement, inventory, vendors and community involvement. George Kaplan will handle client management, scheduling volunteers until April, Federal Food and the Cecil County Help Center. Barb England, our Parish Treasurer, will provide financial management. Organizing is underway.
We are grateful to these individuals and all the volunteers who expressed their willingness to continue with this important ministry.
As we approach the Annual Meeting on January 26th, we need to focus our attention on the election of new Vestry members.
The basic responsibilities of the Vestry are to help define and articulate the mission of the congregation; to support the church’s mission by word and deed, to select the rector, to ensure effective organization and planning, and to manage resources and finances. Vestry members are elected at the annual parish meeting. The presiding officer of the Vestry is the rector/priest-in-charge.
We have one Vestry vacancy to be filled, along with two incumbents seeking another term. Rotating off Vestry is Dawn Rodenbaugh. We are grateful for her service thank her for her commitment. Mike Pugh and John McFassel, are our incumbents seeking another full-term. Kathy Mullen is seeking her first term.
We have listed these nominees with bios in our weekly Enews, so please review prior to the Annual Meeting. Other nominations may be made from the floor, but those nominations must be members who meet the qualifications of eligibility as defined in Article V, Section 1 of our Bylaws and must have the consent and approval of the member nominated. As is St. Mary Anne’s policy, all nominations from the floor must be submitted two weeks prior to the Annual Meeting in order that they may be verified as to the qualifications of eligibility as defined in our Bylaws, their willingness to serve, and in order that their biographical information may be presented to the parish in advance of the Annual Meeting.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter, and to those who are willing to serve.
A Book of Revelation Bible Study will begin on Saturday, February 1, 2025. Father Sam Hartman, Rector Emeritus, will lead this fascinating study of the New Testament’s last book.
The group will meet in the Vestry House on Saturdays at 11:00AM. Bring your Bible! Please join in!
