From the Director of Youth Ministries
Spring is a very busy time for the youth community!
First, the Sr High mission team is busy trying to raise money for their trip
to Birmingham, Alabama. This year 52 youth and chaperones will take 11
days in July to serve others who homes are in great need of repair.
This means the team needs to raise over $50, 000.00 to help others. Our
biggest fund-raiser is our silent auction which will be held at St.
Timothy on May 12 from 5:00-8:00 pm. Please put this on your calendar
and plan on attending. This is a fun night filled with testimonies from the
youth, lots of great food, adult beverages and more! There will be a
lot of great items to bid on from restaurant gift certificates, condos,
hand made items, services, and more. Tickets are $7.00 or two for $10.00
which includes food and childcare tickets can be purchased at St. Timothy on
Sundays or at the door. We are also looking for donations that we can
put in the auction. If you have a new item or a service you would like
to donate or you have a company that you work for that can donate something
please email Shanda Velisek at
Shanda.Velisek@sttims.net and she can give you the details on how you
can help. Thank you in advance for all of your support without all of
you we could not go out and serve others. What a blessing the
congregation is to St. Timothy Youth.
The Drennen O’Melia Youth Center is nearing completion! Please make
sure you stop on Sunday mornings to check our progress. It is not too
late to be a part of building phase of the project. We are still
looking for painters, people who can help strip the old wood work, sewers
and more. If you would like to help with the work please contact
Shanda at the above email. Please look for the wish list that will be
out soon as we move into the furnishing and finishing stage after we are out
of construction. We will have more detail out soon about our ribbon
cutting on June 6 and our Grande opening celebration with the Bishop on
August 20.
Shanda
From the Deacon
Young @ Heart will be having a Speaker Event this Thursday, April 19th
from 10:00 – 12:30. The topics are: “7 Health Conditions That Look and
Sound Like Alzheimer’s But Aren’t” and “Caregiver Burnout and Stress
Relief”. Light refreshments will be served. Please come and
bring your friends and neighbors!!!
HAAT Force: South Metro doubled its service this past winter season.
We were able to raise nearly $30,000.00 as opposed to around $15,000.00 last
year, and we also provided nearly 600 nights of shelter this year as opposed
to 300 last year. So we are growing. We are now looking into
opening a day shelter in the Englewood area. Please keep praying for
us that we can continue to serve our less fortunate neighbors!!
Peace,
Deacon Cammie
From the Music Director and Organist
As Gene and I travel home from a marvelous 8 days of visiting relatives and
friends in the mid-west, I'm thinking about my next sizable task for St.
Tim's.
I need to assemble solos and ensembles for 10 weeks of summer Sunday
anthems.
It is time for volunteers to contact me and sign up. I'm thinking many of
our members think they don't have time to commit to a once a week rehearsal;
therefore, they don't have time for choir or bells or drums--but, they have
lots of talent. Are you one of those people I'm talking about?
You can play an instrument or sing or make your music with a group or
present a liturgical dance or create a piece of art while our congregation
meditates or.....the possibilities are endless. Please share the talent our
God the Creator gave to you.
Joyce and Gene
From the Parish Administrator
What a blessing it is to work in this environment! I had just about decided
I had nothing in particular to say when I opened a card in today’s mail.
Michael read somewhere that the true test of a church is whether or not any
one would notice if it were to burn down overnight. If that happened here,
folks would notice!
We have an AA group that meets here on Tuesday and Thursday nights. The make
a donation to St. Tim’s monthly. Today, the check came in a card that they
had all signed, let me share some of their sentiments. “AA helps us once
again open our eyes to God in your House of God” – “we love hearing the
bells” (they hear the Glory Bells rehearse) – “thanks soooo much for
accepting us and letting us use your facility” – “thank you for a safe
haven!” – “AA helps us, thank you” - thank you for making us feel at home
and your loving acceptance!” – “thank you for your generosity, it may save
my life” – “I have enjoyed making coffee for this group, nice galley setup,
thank you for your hospitality” - God Bless You”.
I saw the God Bless You many times! And so, I will close with that – God
Bless You, everyone!
Lindsay
With Blessings,
Lindsay Leaman
Parish Administrator
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
Phone: 303-794-1565
Fax: 303-794-8526
Email: lleaman@sttims.net