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February Lay Assistants' Schedule   

Before you put away your Christmas decorations...

...do you have some lovely Christmas decorations that you haven’t put out for a while because

It’s too much of a task these days

You just have too many

You don’t have as much space as you used to?

Whatever your reason, St. Martha’s would appreciate your hanging on to them until next November when the Guild is planning a Christmas Decorations Sale on the Sunday before Thanksgiving.  It will be a chance for everyone to purchase (at VERY reasonable prices) some lovely things that may become treasures in other families in the years to come.  Maybe a beautiful crèche - perhaps some lovely trees - a friendly snowman - a special dish for Santa’s cookies - who knows what else?  Any questions - call Marilyn Brady.

Vestry Members - mark your calendars:

St. Paul's Vestry work day & meeting - Saturday February 11 - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. - St. Paul's library.

Eastern Erie Vestry Dinner with Bishop Franklin - Sunday February 26 - 5 p.m. at Trinity, Lancaster. 

Shrove Tuesday/Ash Wednesday

Lent begins on Wednesday February 22.

It has long been tradition to, on the day before Lent begins, eat pancakes.  It began as a way to use up all of the fats in the household, which could not be consumed during Lent.

We continue the tradition by having a pancake supper on “Shrove” Tuesday – this year the pancake supper will be February 21 from 5 to 7 p.m.  Everyone is welcome.

Ash Wednesday services will be at noon and 7 p.m. on the 22nd.

Craft and Chat

If you are looking for a Lenten project, but theological reflection isn’t your cup of tea.  Try the Craft and Chat group.  Bring your own stitching/knitting/scrapbooking/crafting project or we will teach you an easy project to benefit children in the Buffalo community.  Come and join us.  Thursdays from 6:30 – 8 p.m. in the library.  We will meet during Lent and then decide what we want to do.  The first one will be March 1.

A recycling reminder: As your new phone books begin to arrive, please DO NOT put your old ones in the Paper Retriever bin. The ink in phone books does not recycle well, and we’ve been warned that phone books in the bin have the potential (like corrugated cardboard) to invalidate our entire pick-up that week. Thank you for assisting us in this area, and thank you for your continued support of our recycling program!