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THIS WEEK AT ST. ANNE’S

WELCOME If you are a guest and visiting us for the first time, please join us for Hospitality Hour following the service.  Today our service is at 9 a.m. and we are celebrating St. Anne’s Day with brunch and will have a 75^th Celebration Dinner in September.  We are so grateful to have you here.

SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE The Search Committee will meet on August 3 to finalize the Parish Profile. We will also be working to finish our portion of the OTM “Office of Transitional Ministry” in preparation to send info to Diocese.

AUGUST OUTREACH OF THE MONTH – WCHS (WARSAW COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL) PANTRY During the school year, students can stop in for needs that come up throughout the day. Please donate nonperishable food items: cereal, bottled juice (no glass), canned vegetables/fruits, granola bars, snack foods, instant macaroni and cheese, instant flavored oatmeal, etc. Other items: deodorant, tooth brushes, tooth paste, feminine products. Nonfood items are most needed at this time. Monetary donations are welcome, please make checks payable to St. Anne’s and write WCHS Pantry on the memo line. 

ANNE’S SPIRITUAL GIFTS QUESTIONNAIRE Due to the dedicated and talented work of Julie Kuhn, all members of St. Anne’s now have access to a Spiritual Gifts Questionnaire that will be used to help all our members identify their God-given talents and interests to better engage God’s call/vocation to each baptized person. St. Anne’s members can go to our website: http://www.stanneswarsaw.org, search the opening banner across the top of the webpage and click on the hyperlink “Spiritual Gifts and Ministry Guide.” On this webpage, after an initial definition of “Spiritual Gifts,” you will find an option to access the “Digital Spiritual Gifts Questionnaire.” If you prefer to take use the Questionnaire in hard copy form, these are provided for you on the “store” countertop in Rose Hall. Instructions for how to complete the Questionnaire, and how to learn more about your spiritual gifts and where you might best lend your gifts in ministry at St. Anne’s are provided on the webpage and on the hard copies in Rose Hall. In preparation for welcoming St. Anne’s new Rector when chosen, all adult members (16 years old and older) are asked to complete the Spiritual Gifts Questionnaire and identify where your God-given talents can best be utilized in the ministries of St. Anne’s. If you have questions or concerns about your spiritual gifts, the Questionnaire, how to score your results, please contact Pastor Joe (847-363-7572), Julie Kuhn (574-453-6327), or Brenda Rigdon (574-268-8259). Thank You!

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER SERVING SCHEDULE Thank you to those who serve. The schedule for September & October will be available soon. If you have Sundays that you are not able to serve, please email office@stanneswarsaw.org or call the office by August 22. Thank you!

MID-YEAR SUMMARY OF ST. ANNES’ FINANCIAL STATUS: The finance committee has had their mid-year review and is looking to finish the year on budget. Our expenses are outpacing our income so it will be very difficult to meet this goal without changes. The finance committee has made recommendations to the vestry on reducing some expense line items, but these are small and insufficient to address the shortfall. The church is looking for more income to sustain its mission. We have been fortunate to have received some pledges very recently that have buoyed our finances for the short-term. We are asking you for further donations/increased 2025 pledges to help towards finishing the year on a balanced financial basis.

EMAIL SCAMS AND ST. ANNE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Over the last month, there’s been an increasing number of members of St. Anne’s asking me if I’ve sent them an email asking for help with money, or to purchase “gift cards” for one or another “worthy cause.” These requests, purportedly from me as “Rector, St. Anne’s” or “Priest-in-Charge,” do NOT come from me. A scammer or hacker is “phishing” to take advantage of us as a charitable organization. Please double check any email request for money or gift cards by placing your phone or computer cursor OVER the name or “address” of the person sending it. Unless it indicates it is coming from rector@stanneswarsaw.org or from Czolgosz.jt@gmail.com the email is a Felonious attempt to extort money or other resources from you. Please do not respond to such emails as if they are from me. Please leave a voicemail or send an email to Carol and me at the office; please provide us with the email address of the sender and if they leave a phone number in the text of the email. We are gathering this data to identify the email sources from which these “phishing scams” originate. We will share this information with the police in a criminal complaint for investigation. Thank you for your help to end this unfortunate scheme to get money.

MORNING PRAYER Is held on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m.

EVENING PRAYER Is held on Monday evenings at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel.

MID WEEK HOLY EUCHARIST Is held on Tuesday evenings at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel.

JOE WILL BE ON VACATION August 17, 24 and 31. He will return in September.

VISITS WITH FR. JOE If you would like to schedule a meeting with him, you can call the office or may also Fr. Joe directly at 847-363-7572. Blessings and thank you!

ON-GOING EVENTS – REFLECTIONS BIBLE STUDY Meets on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. in the parlor to study the readings for the upcoming Sunday.

UPCOMING EVENTS – ST. ANNE’S DAY on Sunday August 10 at 9 a.m. for a Celebration of Holy Eucharist followed by Hospitality Hour.

ANNE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF MINISTRY Join us as we celebrate on Saturday, September 27 beginning at 4:30 p.m. followed by dinner. “The Church’s one Foundation is Jesus Christ Her Lord”. Please save the date and plan to attend. If you would like to make contributions toward this wonderful celebration, please mail or place your checks in the offering plate with 75^th Anniversary on the memo line. Donors will be listed under Memorials and Thanksgivings in the bulletin/program for that evening.

FOOD MINISTRIES St. Anne’s has three very important food ministries, The “Beacon” outdoor food pantry, “Edgewood Middle School” student lunch debt and “Retired Tigers”. The Beacon is available to anyone 24/7 and is stocked with food, toiletries & hygiene items. Please do not donate expired or glass items. School is starting back up, we pay off lunch debts for students who need help to ensure they have a nutritious lunch. Retired Tigers is low income senior citizen housing located two blocks from St. Anne’s.  Twice a month we take them food, cleaning and hygiene supplies. You can make a contribution by putting food in the Beacon or by writing a check to St. Anne’s and including  the designation on the memo line of your check , Beacon, Lunches, Tigers or Food Ministries. Thank you for helping our neighbors.

2025 FLOWER CHART To sponsor altar flowers, please sign up on the chart in Rose Hall. Flowers are $40 per arrangement, there are two per Sunday. Flowers may be given in memory, celebration or in thanksgiving. An envelope will be sent to you to fill out the information. The new chart is posted on the bulletin board in Rose Hall.

Please note-in trying to keep the prayer list updated, names have been removed.  If you would like names to reappear on the list, email office@stanneswarsaw.org. Thank you!  

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana and the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis  For more information about the Episcopal Indiana Reunification Discernment Discussions please go to this link: https://www.episcopalindiana.org/