St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 333 S. Drexel Ave., Columbus, Oh 43209 Phone 614-253-8549, Website http://www.stalbansbexley.org; email churchnew@stalbansbexley.org

Parish Office Hours Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; Labyrinth Prayer Walk and Memorial Garden always open for prayer and meditation

The St. Alban’s Fridge Sheet

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Today at St. Alban’s

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:30 a.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for Children (Ed. Bldg.) 10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II This Week at St. Alban’s May 21 7:00 p.m. Vestry (Living Room) May 24 7:00 p.m. Search Team (Adult Library) 7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) Next Sunday, May 27 Trinity Sunday 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:30 a.m. Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for Children (Ed. Bldg.) 10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II

Sunday, June 3

2nd Sunday after Pentecost 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:30 a.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for Children (Ed. Bldg.) 10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II

Upcoming Events: May 28 Memorial Day Office Closed May 29 7:00 Bldg & Grounds May 31 7:30 Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) June 4 7:00 Search Team (Adult Library) June 15 2:30 Memorial Service for Bill Ferguson June 16 11 am Memorial Service for Jay Hornberger

Make a Donation by Credit Card: You may pay your pledge or make a gift using your credit/debit card. Simply fill out the form on the table in the back of the church and turn in the office or in the offering plate.

St. Alban’s

June 11 7pm

Special Family/Teen CoRead

Host: Marjorie Menaul Location: St Albans Library

Book: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas Discussion Leader: Laura Piazza

Rachel M Barnes rmbarnes@juno.com

714-267-4782

A note about the

Acts of the Apostles Reading

for

The Feast of Pentecost

We have traditionally read the Acts reading in

several foreign languages, usually speaking simul-

taneously. This morning we will hear three

different translations of the Bible, read

sequentially, in English.

Think of the readings as "regional dialects." Imag-

ine what it would sound like if a New Englander, a

Southerner, and an Ohio native all read different

versions of the Bible. Different translations of

scripture sometimes function as a kind of "regional

dialect," opening our ears to hear the story

differently.

Parish Announcements

Pastoral Care Contact Information

For pastoral care needs during normal office hours call the church at (614) 253-8549. After hours call or text 614-407-5987 and you will be forwarded to the person on-call (normally the Rector). Pastoral Care has an email address meant for non-urgent pastoral care needs : pasto-ralneeds@stalbansbexley.org.

PLEASE NOTE: Unless you notify the church or one of the Pastoral Care leaders, we do not know if a parishioner is ill or in the hospital and needs or wants prayers, visits or assistance .

Altar Flowers

Altar flowers are a meaningful and beautiful way to remember loved ones or to celebrate special family occasions with the church family.

A sign up sheet has been placed in the Living Room on the bulletin board.

Currently we have some dates available.

Please see if there is a date you would like to donate.

Sign up in a blank spot and/or call/text Ann Lowder at 614-893-1315 or email annklowder@gmail.com

P lease

consider hosting

one of our coffee hours after the 10:15 service.

Signing up is easy and convenient, just fill in your

name in your preferred date on the sign- up sheet

in the living room.

Questions? Contact either :

Tim Williams (twilliams@wwwilliams.com)

or

Jenny Hoffman (jennyhoffman1@gmail.com)

Social Concerns Committee

She Has A Name, our May Caring and Sharing

agency, is new to St. Alban’s this year. Our Social Concerns Committee has researched efforts in the Columbus area to combat human trafficking and be-lieves that this agency is well-designed and effective.

She Has A Name comes at human trafficking from several directions: assisting trafficking victims to start a new life by helping them with transitional housing and employment, by providing training and support to prepare them for long-term employment, and by working with other agencies in the Survivor Care Alli-ance to boost innovation and organizational strength.

She Has A Name also offers training for community members wishing to understand human trafficking and how it can be resisted. In 2017, they served 310 survivors, and 10 people graduated from their Strate-gies for Success program. They partnered with 20 other organizations and connected 115 people with resources.

Your Caring & Sharing offering this month will support their work. You are welcome to contribute any time this month using the envelopes in the pews or simply mark your check with “Caring/Sharing” in the memo line.

Tell Us How To Reach You!

Why is this important? Because it could save your life...

Recently, a parishioner who regularly attends meetings did not show up for several days. No one heard from him. Concerned for his safety, a fellow church member tried to contact him. Checking the parishioner’s pastoral care contact file, information was found on how to reach a neighbor and friend. As a result of team work with the neighbor, medical assistance was pro-vided and a dear parishioner’s life was saved.

This sounds dramatic, and it is! It illustrates how important it is for the church to have a “contact person” for you in case of an emergency. All in-formation is confidential.

The church is your place for renewal, and some-

times rescue! Please take a minute to contact

Rev. Nicolette, Eileen Becknell, or Ernestine

Ujah to supply your information.

FOOD COLLECTION

Please help feed the hungry through food dona-tions to St. Philip’s Episcopal Church Food Pan-try.

When you go grocery shopping, please pur-chase a couple of cans of vegetables or other items to donate.

Staples such as rice, spaghetti, cereals, peanut but-ter, and canned fruit are great too. Also needed are diapers, soap and other hygiene items that cannot be purchased with food stamps.

There is a box in the Living Room for your contributions.

Residential energy audits available

Ohio Interfaith Power & Light’s residential energy audit pro-

gram is intended to increase efficiency in home energy use.

Valued at $500- including a programmable thermostat and/or

low flow shower head, safety check of gas furnace and more,

the audit costs only $50 per home. Furthermore, for every

residential energy audit completed, St Albans gets $20 back to

benefit its programs.

Parishioners interested in receiving an energy audit should

contact one of the Wardens (Mike Bissell, Sr. Warden or Tim

Williams, Jr Warden), who will sign them up for Columbia Gas

to contact them and schedule their energy audit. This initiative

runs from April through June 2018.

Please consider participating in this effort to save energy, save

money, and save God’s creation through energy efficiency! The

benefits will accrue for many years!

We ask your prayers for...

St. Alban’s in this time of transition as we move

forward into the future.

Thanksgiving for all the blessings of our lives.

Our members worshipping at home, especially: Bob

Benefiel, Connie Bommer, Jodie Ferguson, Virginia Giggi,

Erma Grey, Pat Johnston, Leah Sterling, and Joan Taylor.

Those recovering from surgery or injury, especially: Bill

Dixon, and Peter Williams.

Those in any need or trouble, including: Francie Alex-

ander, Alice, Mary Jo Baker, Tim Boyer, Celia & Tad Cap-

pozzo, Joe Claxon, Mary Cull, Dan, Arnold Dick, Dorothy,

Josh Fisher, Jenny Floch, Glenn Fout, Hanna Giggi, Har-

old, Nick Gilbert, Erma Grey, Ed Koetz, Peter, Robert Lar-

son, Ellen Lebson, Dennis Leukhart, Anne Lodge, Ms.

Mayo, Mark, Nancy Maturo, Eileen Meier, Anne Me-

shanko, Betsey Noethlich, Pat Norwood, Paula, Charlie

Powell, Patricia Ratcliff, Kathleen Riley, Sara Rivera, Rob-

ert, Roy Rosler, Sam, Grant Schroeder, Frank and Penny

Shyjka, Esther Sweeney, Tom Tappan, Jim Tatman, John

Thatcher, Natalie Theibert, Dorothy Thomas, Timothy-

Scott, Sharon Washington, Viola Washington, Marcia

Leake Wetherbee, Ramona Whisler, Peter Williams, Laura

Winchester, Addie Wisniewski, Taylor Wisniewski.

Those serving in the military, including: Brendan, Carl,

Christian, Christopher, David, Greg, Jake, Joshua, Mallory,

Patrick, Peter, Ryan, Shaun, Taylor, and Tyler.

Those serving in places of danger, including: Steven,

Anne, Sam, Ben, and Maria Becknell.

For all our guests-in-need.

We commend to God’s loving mercy all who have died,

especially Bill Ferguson, Jay Hornberger and Anne

Kauffman.

For those on our prayer list, for the mission and ministries

of St. Alban’s Church, and for all those whose need is

known to God alone. Amen.

Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look gracious-ly on your Church, and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a rector for this parish, that we may receive a faithful pastor, who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Your Pastoral Care Team welcomes all prayer re-quests. Please include:

1. Whether you wish both the first and last name of the person, or only the first name on the prayer list.

2. Name of hospital, when appropriate.

3. Whether the person would like a visit and/or Commun-ion from a member of the Pastoral Care team.

4. Your name, and how to reach you, in case we need contact information for the person.

PLEASE HELP KEEP THE PRAYER

LIST CURRENT.

It is our desire to keep our prayer list current. We

can achieve this by keeping in touch with the per-

son/persons who made the prayer request. It is im-

portant not to remove anyone until we have current

information regarding the individual’s condition of

health or circumstances. Please, if you placed some-

one on the prayer list, notify us 3-4 weeks after the

request with an update on the person’s condition.

We’re happy to continue to pray for those in need.

Also, the following names have been on the prayer

list for some time under those serving in the military.

If you have current information regarding their mili-

tary status please provide us with that information.

We will keep them on the prayer list for 4 weeks

with the hope that we will receive an update.

Brendan Carl Christopher

David Greg Jake

Joshua Mallory Patrick

Peter Ryan Shaun

Taylor

P lease contact Ernestine Ujah with your up-

dates: Home 614 497-2463

Cell 614 561-5161

Email: eujah50@att.net