RELAY FOR LIFE NEWS:
It's not too late to register as a member of St. Anne's Saints team at www.relayforlife.org/appomattoxva and follow the prompts to join a team. Cancer survivors, please register at the same site. The Relay for Life of Appomattox event will be held Saturday, May 4th at Courtland Festival Park on Court Street. Activities will begin at 3PM. Opening ceremony will be at 6PM and the Luminaria Ceremony will begin at 8:30PM.
TO BRING CHURCHES TOGETHER
Liberty University is offering reduced tickets for baseball games, May 3-5. Call 434-528-8728
SPRING INDOOR YARDSALE AND PLANT SALE will be held Saturday May 18th. Please gather your yard sale donations and pot up the plants you would like to donate for the sale.
The COFFEE HOUR sign-up sheet is available on the information table in Rose Hall.
NEEDS
Peanut butter and fruit for food pantry. Summer Reading Program needs volunteers, snacks, drinks, prizes-toys. Basket in Rose Hall.
5TH SATURDAY WORKDAY will be returning in June. In years past we used to gather on fifth Saturday mornings to complete needed clean-up jobs both inside and out. Examples are cleaning out flower beds and trimming bushes around the church, washing windows, and cleaning kitchen cabinets. Please tell a vestry member of any specific jobs you would like to see done.
ST. ANNE’S PRAYER- Heavenly Father, Shepherd of your people, we, your faithful family at St. Anne’s, give thanks for all the blessing you have showered upon us. Strengthen us in our faith in You and in ourselves. Uphold us in our ministries, together and individually, as we continue to strive to be Your hands and feet to each other and to our community. All this we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. One God, now and forever. Amen.
Please contact the church office in the event of serious illness on a loved one. We will assist you in any way we possibly can, including keeping your loved one in our parish prayers. The contact number at the church is (434) 352-8296, the email is st.annesappomattox@gmail.com. Rev. David Perkins, priest, priest@stannesappomattox.com, 434-956-9054. If you are aware of someone who is sick and/or a shut in, and you think they would appreciate a visit, and/or communion please notify Kim Woodley (434) 352-0130, kwoodley859@gmail.com or Ellie Dimino (434) 664-0602, elaine.dimino@yahoo.com.