Quicklinks:
-Dedicate altar flowers https://forms.gle/9MYAw6CdHjvdjH4H8
-Host coffee hour https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080445ACAF2E5-57613910-coffee#/
-Submit a prayer request https://forms.gle/ZdxuP36Commodo6L6
-Request a nametag https://forms.gle/SS27AueptdmQT64Q9
-Learn about this Sunday’s music https://stdavidsbaltimore.org/sundays-in-song/
-Listen to last Sunday’s sermon https://youtu.be/pnCfR98EQcw?t=1427
-Watch Sunday School for Adults https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yU2xXdBbcVjsKnUK8xlRnvPDb__posy
Word of the Week
Our word of the week is memorial acclamation. The memorial acclamation is similar to the anamnesis we learned about a few weeks ago, but the anamnesis is said by the priest and the memorial acclamation is said by the congregation.
Poem of the Week
This week, one of Fr. Todd’s favorite poems, one he thinks about at least once a week: Allowables, by Nikki Giovanni.
Outreach: Yellow Bags for Hampden Food Pantry
Every month we collect food for the Hampden Food Pantry. Pick up a yellow bag at church (on the tables by the entrances, or under the drop box in the lobby of the office wing), and please return your yellow bag, filled with non-perishable food items, to the church by Sunday the 27th. All non-perishable items are welcome, but the food pantry has given us a list of things they particularly need: cereal, tuna, spaghetti sauce, soup, cake mix, and canned fruits and vegetables. When you see these items or other non-perishables on sale, pick up some extra for the yellow bags!
Sunday School for Adults
The Sunday School for Adults meets in the Great Hall at 9am; we have coffee and tea to help you wake up. If you have kids, they can go to the nursery or to the Day School Chapel with Miss Corky until their own Sunday School class begins. And if you aren’t able to join us in person, look at the top of this newsletter, in the Quicklinks section, and you’ll see a link to recordings of the previous week’s class.
This Sunday, instead of our series on the stories of the Bible, Fr. Todd and Joe Hovermill, our parish treasurer, will be presenting the 2027 budget draft; come learn about our plans for next year!
Outreach: Paul’s Place Casserole Ministry This Weekend
Our Paul’s Place Outreach ministry meets this weekend in the kitchen downstairs to make casseroles for the people of Paul’s Place in Washington Village/Pigtown. To join the Saturday 10am-noon prep session, click here. To join the Sunday after church assembly session, click here. If you’re interested in volunteering at Paul’s Place, either serving the casseroles or doing something else, several parishioners volunteer there and would love to tell you more about it. Contact Chip or Fr. Todd to connect!
Day School: Taharka Ice Cream Fundraiser
St. David’s Day School is doing a fundraiser with a favorite local business, Taharka Brothers Ice Cream. Go to https://deliver.taharkabrothers.com/, click School Fundraisers, enter the code STDAVID, and order ice cream (the minimum order is a case of 8 pints, you pick the flavors); order by 11pm on Saturday, September 26th to support St. David’s. It will be delivered to St. David’s, and you can pick up beginning Tuesday, September 29th, at 11:30am (we can hold your order in the freezer and you can pick it up later that afternoon/evening).
Men of St. David’s Fellowship
Our next Men’s gathering will be 4pm this Sunday, September 27th at Joe Hovermill’s house (322 Woodlawn Rd, 21210) to watch the Ravens take on the Cowboys in Dallas. Joe and Tom Washburn will provide worthy food, but we ask y’all to bring a beverage of your liking and some to share. Please feel free to come and go, whatever suits your schedule. RSVP to Tom Washburn.
Blessing of the Animals
Our annual Blessing of the Animals in honor of St. Francis of Assisi will take place during the 10am service on October 4th. All animals are welcome, but for everyone’s comfort and wellbeing, animals should be leashed or contained in an appropriate carrier. If your pet is not up for coming to church, bring a picture of them, a stuffed animals representing them, or a collar or tag, and we will bless them in absentia. This will be a full service, with choir, sermon, and Eucharist, but we shorten things quite a bit out of consideration to our companions who might not be used to sitting quietly in church, or anywhere!
Fall Fellowship Dinner: October 16th
Join us for an Italian-style potluck on Friday, October 16th, from 6pm-8pm in the Great Hall. Feel free to bring friends and neighbors, the more the merrier! Click here to RSVP and signup to bring something.
Thanksgiving Eve Service Survey
Attendance at St. David’s Thanksgiving Eve service has been declining for many years; while it seems to be around 15-20, some years it has been low as 2. Seeing the declining numbers, when I got here I called the nearby churches on Roland Avenue to see if they might be interested in a combined neighborhood service, and they all told me that they had canceled their Thanksgiving services due to lack of interest. We might consider canceling ours, but before we do that, I feel like I need some more information; I would hate to cancel it if we really just need to change the day or time. If you are interested in attending a Thanksgiving service and are pretty sure you would make the time and effort to attend, please click this link and complete the survey about days and times. Thanks! ~ Fr. Todd+
Bishop Rabb’s Book Group
We will have another book group and it will be The Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl. She is a nationally known rabbi, and we are seeking to have a Jewish-Christian group. We are in the middle of the Jewish High Holy Days, and so there is not fixed schedule yet, but it will be either in early winter of at the start of 2027. I appreciate your patience, and this will be an important opportunity. Contact me for more information and with any questions. ~ +John Rabb
Christmas Bazaar Country Store
Attention all “canners!” We would love to have donations of your homemade jams, jellies, pickles, relishes, and sauces to sell at the Bazaar on November 21st. Please contact Hannah Morehead or Holly Crosby with questions, or bring items to the office. Thank you in advance for helping to stock the Country Store! ~ Hannah Morehead
Christmas Bazaar Christmas Shop
As we begin to plan for this year’s Bazaar, please remember the Christmas Shop welcomes your donations of holiday decor. Please contact me for further information or questions. ~ Kate Kenny
Confirmation 2026
The Rt. Rev’d Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, Bishop of Maryland, will be visiting us on Sunday, December 13th, 2026. She will be offering the rite of confirmation and reception at the 10am service that day. Confirmation is for folks who are baptized and are ready to make a mature affirmation of their faith. We’ve had many adult confirmands here at St. David’s in addition to youth confirmands. The diocesan “minimum recommended age” is 15, but I will make exceptions for youth as young as 12, just talk to me! If you were confirmed already as a Roman Catholic, ELCA Lutheran, or Eastern Orthodox, or were baptized as adults, will be received rather than being confirmed. Those confirmed in churches outside of the historic apostolic succession (churches other than the ones named above) will be confirmed in The Episcopal Church. There will be classes; we’ll choose a time once we know who is wanting to be confirmed or received. The first step is to fill out this form and let us know you’re interested!
Sunday Mornings for Children
The Children’s Sunday School class (generally for kids ages 3 and up) begins at 9:50am in the Day School chapel; they join us in the church for Communion.
Our professionally-staffed Nursery is open from 9am until noon. If you want to attend the Adults class, your kids are welcome in the Nursery until the Children’s class begins. If your kids are too young for Sunday School, the Nursery is open and your kids can be there throughout the service or you can go down and get them at the offertory so that they can join you for Communion.
The 10am service is broadcast live on the TV in the Great Hall so that you don’t have to miss anything if you or your child need a break from being in the church for a few minutes during the service.
Please Pray For:
Debbie and family, Helen, Corky, Tod, Kathleen, Darlene, Robert, Mark, Jane, Quinn, Tony, Bill, Amy, Nancy, Meg, Caleb, Manish, Arthur Thomas, John, Jenny, Katie, Laila, Linda, Barbara, Eleanor K., Judy, Allison, Brendan, Cole, Elizabeth, Randy, Peter, Dockery, Anne, David, Jim, Dianna, Will, Nathaniel, Penny, Elizabeth, Betsy, Anne, Mike, Patricia Ann, Russell, Til, Betsy, Braeden.
Serving This Sunday:
8am: Lector: Leslie Bethell
Intercessor/Chalice: Travers Nelson
Usher: Cristin Marsh
Altar Guild: Hugh & Liz Robinson
Flower Guild: Lori Hopkins, Judy Prosper
10am: Lectors: Joshua Bornfield, Kelly Buchanan
Intercessor: John Rivera
Chalices: Jenny Hovermill, Bruce Lyons
Acolytes: Alex Corwell
Ushers: David Gorman, Tom Washburn
Altar Guild: Judy Pittenger
Flower Guild: Lori Hopkins, Judy Prosper
Tech Team: Chip Morehead
Coffee Hour: Emily Caster