The Newsletter of the Chapel of the Cross February / March 2016
CrossTies Chapel Happenings Shrove Tuesday, February 9 • 5:30 pm - Evening Prayer, Pancake
Supper, and Races
Ash Wednesday, February 10 • 8:00 am - Morning Prayer • 12:00 pm - Holy Communion with Penitential
Office and Commination • 6:30 pm - Evening Prayer with Litany, and
Penitential Office
2016 Lenten Series Applying Our Hearts Unto Wisdom, Psalm 90:12 Watch schedule carefully. Wednesdays with Holy Communion, supper is after service; other suppers are before service.
February 17 - Ember Wednesday 5:45 pm - Soup/Salad Supper; 6:30 pm - Lenten Series
February 24 - St. Matthias 5:45 pm - Eve Prayer/Holy Com; 6:30 pm - Soup/Salad Supper/Lenten Series
March 2 - Lenten Quiet Day 8:00 am - 12:00 pm - Morning Prayer, Bible Study, and Penitential Office 12:00 pm - Holy Communion below at Church of Holy Communion
5:30 pm - Stations of the Cross; 6:00 pm - Soup Supper; 6:30 pm - Lenten Series
March 9 - Lenten Quiet Day 8:00 am - 12:00 pm - Morning Prayer, Bible Study, and Penitential Office 12:00 pm - Holy Communion 5:45 pm - Potluck Soup/Salad Supper; 6:30 pm - Lenten Series
March 16 - St. Patrick’s Eve 5:45 pm - Eve Prayer/Holy Com; 6:30 pm - Potluck Soup/Salad Supper/Lenten Series
Gesimas The Rev’d Michael L. Carreker, former Rector of St. John’s Church, Savannah, Georgia (copied with permission) The Prayer Book names this season PreLent. The readings for these Sundays reach all the way back to the sixth century and maybe farther. They reflect the gradual development of the Church Year, and include influences from both the Christian West and East. Even though the Sundays of Pre-Lent count the days to Easter, Septuagesimaseventy, Sexagesima-sixty, Quinquagesimafifty, the genius of these Sundays appears in how they connect with Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, and then also with Lent and Easter. This twofold direction of meaning is the reason why the gesima Sundays have been called Janus days, liturgical days which look backward in recollection and forward in intention, like the two faces of the Roman god Janus. Looking back from these gesima Sundays, Advent, Christmas and Epiphany teach us the beginnings of Christianity. Advent waits expectantly for the coming of the King of Israel. Christmas celebrates the King’s advent in becoming man, the indissoluble union of God and man in Christ Jesus. Epiphany marks the manifestation of the King, the God-man, to the Gentiles, and how God through Christ now shines forth in His adopted children. Looking forward, the gesima Sundays point to Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter. Ash Wednesday anoints our mortality with heartfelt repentance. Lent, Good Friday, and Easter follow the way of continued on page 2
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continued from page 1 our Lord’s own sacrifice, which begins with the temptation of Jesus and ends in the agony of Golgotha and in the glorious victory of Resurrection. Why, then, the gesima Sundays? They provide the gateway from Epiphany to Ash Wednesday. Pre-Lent turns the soul, adopted in Christ, to go after Him - in faith, hope and charity (love). The gesima Sundays show how we who have been included in Christ grow confidently in the knowledge and love of our Father. Septuagesima grounds us in faith. Faith is the first moment of spiritual motion in Christ toward our Father. It is not, as much of our present world considers faith, a sheer wishfulness and willfulness, devoid of reason. Faith seeks the true knowledge of God. And, therefore, Septuagesima teaches us the truth about God, that He is Good, and the very source and origin of everything that is good. The parable of the laborers in the vineyard wipes away all our self-justification, and moves us to trust and depend upon the goodness of God, whose mercy is His undeserved gift. When Thomas Cranmer looked for an introit psalm for this Sunday, he chose the twenty-third. “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” And so, with St. Paul, the child of God runs the race of faith that wins the incorruptible crown of His goodness. Septuagesima instructs us in faith. Sexagesima nourishes us in hope. In the parable of the sower and the seed, the Word, received and kept in a good heart, is fruitful in the things of the Spirit. The Word supplies all the faithful soul needs to know of the goodness of God. Confident in the power of the new life of the Word, the soul grows strong against diabolical adversity, and shuns the manifold preoccupations of the world. The heart set on His goodness becomes more and more good itself. With such hope, St. Paul was delivered by God’s power through many hardships and perils. For Sexagesima, Cranmer chose as his introit the twenty-fourth psalm, which speaks of the creative and protective power of God. “The earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein is, the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, and stablished it upon the floods ... Who is this King of glory? It is the Lord who is strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle.” After faith in the goodness of God comes hope in the power of God. Quinquagesima unites us to God in love. Love is the “very bond of peace and of all virtues.” Faith in the goodness of God and hope in the power of God are nothing at all, if love does not unite us to our Father. Only love can move us to go after the Lord “up to Jerusalem.” Love alone binds us to Christ as He is mocked and scourged and put to death. We are like the blind man, whose faith seeks the healing of his sight, whose hope is in the power of Jesus to heal, and whose love now follows Him, glorifying God, all the way to Jerusalem and Gethsemane. “Love believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” For Quinquagesima, Cranmer chose the twenty-sixth psalm. “Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try out my reins and my heart.” What moves us to possess the end of our journey is love. Faith, hope and love are the motions of the soul in the season of PreLent. They are the energy of new life in Christ, the spiritual lifeblood of the adopted children of God, guiding the mind and filling the heart. There is no life of the Christian apart from the reality of these virtues, for they are the very life of the soul, turning, converting, to God. The gesima Sundays provide for this conversion, and with Ash Wednesday and Lent, these virtues undergo greater purification. And so the question must be asked, “Why would the liturgies of the modern age do away with the gesima Sundays? Does not the modern world need faith, hope and love?”
February / March 2016 Birthdays
A.J. Vinson
2/1
Suki Jarzemsky
2/6
Ashley Dittman
2/8
Brian Cole
2/9
Allison Thorne
2/10 Curt Sleight
2/11
Asher Funk
2/14 Dianne Mezger
2/18
Peter Gresser
2/18 Sue Windrick
2/21
Nathan Banek
2/22 Carolyn Townsend 2/25
Frank Bridwell
3/1
Marjorie Kirsch
Merit Miller
3/1
Lou Bridwell
3/2
Jantzen Murray
3/5
Allison Steinberg
3/7
Henry Roberts
3/8
William Roberts
3/8
Samuel Melton
3/9
Steve Mabry
Victoria See
3/17 Paul Thomas
Dave Windrick
3/19 Harry Nicholls
3/22
Christine Boonzaaijer 3/24 Betty Friedrich
3/25
3/1
3/14 3/18
Tom Rochte
3/26 Harry Friedrich
3/28
Aaron Funk
3/29 Veronica Vinson
3/29
Lucas Alvarado
3/30 Elizabeth Lewis
3/30
Anniversaries Michael/Jodi Vinson
2/12/1994
Steve/Karen Mabry
3/15/1968
Kyle/Kimberly Page
3/15/2008
Harry/Barbara Nicholls
3/17/1979
English (and American) Churchmanship For centuries the traditional service of the Church of England was Morning Prayer, Litany, and Ante-Communion. One of the greatest strengths of this traditional service (later called “low churchmanship”) is that the Old Testament and Psalms, as well as the weekly Epistle and Gospel readings, become well-known by all churchgoing folk. One of its weaknesses was its length, and during the 1900’s, after the 1892 and 1928 revisions, parishes divided along the lines of Morning Prayer and Holy Communion. This traditional English service was continued in the American Book of Common Prayer (1789) which The Chapel honored with a fully published service of Evening Prayer and Holy Communion during the 1990’s, and continues to do so occasionally on Prayer Book Feast days. The shorter liturgy of Morning Prayer and Ante-Communion will be used for the joint service on January 31, the day of the parish annual meeting.
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February 2016 Sun
Mon
Tues
1 8:00 am-M Prayer
2 Presentation of Christ in Temple 8:00 am-M Prayer & Holy Com 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
3 8:00 am-M Prayer 9:30 am-Staff 6:30 pm-Evensong 7:30 pm-Choir
4
5
6
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer
9:00 am - Noon Parish Work Day lunch provided 9:00-11:00 am DoorKeepers
7 Quinquagesima
8
9 Shrove Tuesday
10 Ash Wednesday
11
12
13
8:00 M Prayer & Holy Com 9:25 Catechesis 10:30 Holy Com
8:00 am-M Prayer 7:00 pm-Finance
8:00 am-M Prayer 5:30 pm-Eve Prayer, Pancake Races, and Dinner
8:00 am-M Prayer 12:00 pm-Holy Com/
Penitential Office/
Commination 6:30 pm-Eve Prayer/ Litany/Penitential Office 7:30 pm-Choir
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer
9:00-11:00 am DoorKeepers
14 Lent 1
15
16
17
19 Ember Day
20 Ember Day
8:00 am-M Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
Ember Day 8:00 am-M Prayer 8:30 am-Clergy Com 9:30 am-Staff 5:45 pm-Soup & Salad 6:30 pm-EP (said) & Lenten Series 7:30 pm-Choir
18
8:00 Holy Com 9:25 Catechesis 10:30 M Prayer & Holy Com 4:30 pm Confirmation/ Inquirer’s Class 5:00 pm English Country Dance
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer 7:00 pm-St. Timothy Trustees meeting
8:00 am-M Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer/ Lay Readers/ Lectors Breakfast 9:00-11:00 am DoorKeepers 10:00 am-Altar Guild meeting
21 Lent 2
22
23
24 St. Matthias
25
26
8:00 Holy Com 9:25 Catechesis 10:30 M Prayer 5:00 pm Confirmation/ Inquirer’s Class
8:00 am-M Prayer 7:00 pm-Vestry
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer 5:45 pm-Eve Prayer & Holy Com 6:30 pm-Soup/Salad/ Lenten Series 7:30 pm-Choir
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer 1:00 pm-Synod begins 4:00 pm-Synod Evensong 6:30 pm-Synod Banquet / Concert
8:00 am-M Prayer 9:00 am-Synod Holy Com 6:30 pm St. Timothy School presents Three Medieval Mystery Plays
27 9:00-11:00 am
Catechesis Time Change begins February 7 9:25 - 10:15 am
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
DoorKeepers 2:00 pm St. Timothy School presents Three Medieval Mystery Plays
DMA Synod at Church of the Holy Communion 28 Lent 3
29
8:00 Holy Com 9:25 Catechesis 10:30 M Prayer 5:00 pm Confirmation/ Inquirer’s Class
8:00 am-M Prayer
Catechesis Time Change begins February 7 Sundays 9:25 - 10:15 am
The Saint Timothy School
February Feast and Fast Days
presents
February 2 - Presentation of Christ in the Temple February 9 - Shrove Tuesday February 10 - Ash Wednesday February 17, 19, and 20 - Ember Days February 24 - St. Matthias the Apostle
Three Medieval Mystery Plays February 26, 6:30 pm February 27, 2:00 pm
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February 2016 February
Tues
2
Wed
3
Day
Wednesday Prayer
7
Quinquagesima
Tues
9
Shrove Tuesday
Sun 14
Altar Guild Team
Nursery *SS & Worship
Epistoler / Reader
Lector(s)
Lit - Litanist
Acolytes
Ushers (*Captain) Open/Close
Sunday
Sexton
Counters
8:00 am
Feast Day Team
x
M. Vinson
x
N. Boonzaaijer
G. Saunders
T. Saunders
x
x
x
EP
6:30 pm
x
C. Boonzaaijer
x
T. Starks
x
x
MP & HC
8:00 am
x
x
J. Staniger
x
x
HC
10:30 am
C. Boonzaaijer
V. Melton
Josh Funk
EP
5:30 PM
x
x
MP
8:00 am
Feast Day Team
HC
12:00 pm
EP, Pen. & Litany HC
Presentation of MP & HC Christ in Temple
Sun
Wed 10
Time
Service
Ash Wednesday
Lent 1
D. Boonzaaijer D. Boonzaaijer
x
N. Boonzaaijer H. Nicholls
x
T. Ferguson
D. Funk
Josh Funk
*A. Funk P. Jarzemsky
S. Mabry
J. Tutuska
T. Melton+
Josh Funk
N. Murray
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
D. Windrick
x
x
x
x
Feast Day Team
x
N. Murray
x
x
x
x
Alms Box
6:30 pm
Feast Day Team
hired
D. Bucy
M. Vinson
Lit-D. Bucy
N. Boonzaaijer T. Starks
A.J. Vinson D. Windrick
x
B. See
Volunteer
8:00 am
x
x
N. Murray
x
D. Boonzaaijer
H. Nicholls
x
x
B. See
*C. Boonzaaijer A. Banek
D. Bucy
A. Funk
A. Funk
A.J. Vinson
M. Vinson
*T. Starks
Josh Funk
C. Owen
D. Windrick
C. Owen
C. Knepler
B. Simpson
MP & HC 10:30 am
Confirmation &
Inquirer’s Class
EP
4:30 PM
x
x
N. Murray
N. Murray
x
x
x
x
17/ W/F/ 19/ S 20
Ember Days
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Wed 17
Lenten Series 1
Ember Wed.
EP
5:45 / 6:30 pm
Feast Day Team
C. Boonzaaijer
x
x
x
Alms Box
Ember Saturday
MP
8:00 am
x
x
all
all
x
x
x
HC
8:00 am
x
x
Joe Funk
x
S. Funk
N. Boonzaaijer
x
x
MP
10:30 am
B. Murray
S. Howe
Josh Funk
P. Ambler
T. Ferguson
A. Funk
D. Windrick
*J. Morton
T. Starks
T. Starks
S. Miller
J. Morton
Confirmation & Inquirer’s Class
EP
5:00 PM
x
x
x
x
x
x
St. Matthias
Lenten Series 2
EP & HC
5:45 / 6:30 pm
Feast Day Team
C. Boonzaaijer
M. Vinson
A.J. Vinson
D. Boonzaaijer G. Saunders
T. Saunders
x
x
Alms Box
HC
8:00 am
x
x
D. Bucy
x
x
x
MP
10:30 am
C. Bucy
*H. Shannon
A. Shannon
N. Murray
D. Windrick
E. Sheen
A.J. Vinson
M. Vinson
*S. Mabry
A. Funk
T. Starks
T. Ferguson
D. Bucy
A. Funk
EP
5:00 PM
x
x
x
P. Ambler
x
x
x
x
Sat
20
Sun 21
Wed 24
Sun 28
Lent 2
Lent 3
Confirmation &
Inquirer’s Class
N. Boonzaaijer
N. Boonzaaijer
A.J. Vinson
D. Windrick D. Windrick
A.J. Vinson
N. Boonzaaijer D. Boonzaaijer
Unable to serve when scheduled? Please find a replacement, notifying your Chair and The Chapel Office. Changes should also be noted on the schedule posted in the Parish Office.
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March 2016 Sun
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
1
2 Lenten Quiet Day
3
4
5
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
8:00 am-12:00 pm-M Prayer/ Bible Study/Pent Office 12:00 pm-Holy Com 9:30 am-Staff 5:30 pm-Stations of the Cross @ CHC 6:00 pm-Soup Supper @CHC 6:30 pm-Lenten Series @CHC
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer
9:00-11:00 am DoorKeepers 10:00 am-Altar Guild prepare Mothering Day bouquets
Jog-a-Thon kick-off
6 Lent 4/
7
8
9 Lenten Quiet Day
10
11
12
Mothering Sunday 8:00 M Prayer & Holy Com 9:25 Catechesis 10:30 Holy Com 5:00 pm Confirmation/ Inquirer’s Class
8:00 am-M Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer
8:00 am-12:00 pm-M Prayer/ Bible Study/Pent Office 12:00 pm-Holy Com 5:45 pm-Soup & Salad 6:30 pm-EP (said) & Lenten Series 7:30pm-Choir
8:00 am-M Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer
9:00-11:00 am DoorKeepers
St. Timothy School Spring Break 13 Passion Sunday
14
15
16 St. Patrick’s Eve
17 St. Patrick’s Day
18
19
8:00 Holy Com w/ Penitential Office 9:25 Catechesis 10:30 M Prayer w/ Penitential Office 12:00 St. Patrick’s Day Party/Potluck 5:00 pm Confirmation/ Inquirer’s Class
8:00 am-M Prayer 7:00 pm-Finance
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer 9:30 am-Staff 5:45 pm-Eve Prayer & Holy Com 6:30 pm-Potluck Soup/Salad/ Lenten Series 7:30 pm-Choir
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer
9:00-11:00 am DoorKeepers 10:00 am-Altar Guild prepare palm crosses
20 Palm Sunday
21
22
23
24 Maundy
25
26
8:00 Holy Com 9:25 Catechesis 10:30 Procession & Holy Com 5:00 pm Confirmation/ Inquirer’s Class
Monday before Easter 8:00 am-M Prayer & Holy Com
Tuesday before Easter 8:00 am-M Prayer & Holy Com 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
Wednesday before Easter 8:00 am-M Prayer & Holy Com 6:30 pm-Evensong 7:30 pm-Choir
Thursday 8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer 7:00 pm-Holy Com
Good Friday 8:00 am-M Prayer Noon - 3:00 pm Meditation on Seven Last Words Office Closes at Noon No School Today
27 Easter Sunday
28 Easter Monday
29 Easter Tuesday
30 Easter Wednesday
31
10:00 Holy Com 12:00 Easter Egg Hunt
12:00 pm-Holy Com 7:00 pm-Vestry
8:00 am-M Prayer & Holy Com 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
8:00 am-M Prayer 6:30 pm-Evensong 7:30 pm-Choir
8:00 am-M Prayer 3:05 pm-Eve Prayer
Holy Saturday 10:00 am M Prayer with Ante-Com 10:00 pm-Easter Vigil, Ante-Com, & Vow Renewal
No School Today
March Feast and Fast Days March 17 - St. Patrick’s Day March 25 - Good Friday March 20 - Palm Sunday March 26 - Holy Saturday March 21/22/23 - Mon/Tues/Wed March 27 - Easter Sunday before Easter March 28/29/30 - Easter March 24 - Maundy Thursday Mon/Tues/Wed
Remember! Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 13. Set your clocks back one hour before retiring Saturday evening.
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March 2016 March Wed
Sun
2
6
Day
Service
Time
Altar Guild Team
Nursery *SS & Worship
Epistoler / Reader
Lector(s)
Acolytes
Ushers (*Captain) Open/Close
Sunday
Sexton
Counters
Lenten Series 3
HC
12:00 pm
x
x
N. Murray
x
x
x
x
x
EP
5:45 / 6:30 pm
x
x
x
x
N. Boonz
x
x
x
MP & HC
8:00 am
x
x
M. Vinson
x
S. Funk
H. Nicholls
x
x
HC
10:30 am
C. Boonz
B. See
M. Vinson
x
T. Ferguson
A.J. Vinson
D. Windrick
*T. Starks
Josh Funk
P. Jarzemsky
J. Tutuska
T. Melton+
Josh Funk N. Murray
EP
5:00 PM
x
x
D. Bucy
D. Bucy
x
x
x
x
HC
12:00 pm
x
x
N. Murray
x
x
x
x
x
EP
5:45 / 6:30 pm
x
C. Boonz
x
x
x
x
x
x
HC
8:00 am
x
x
D. Bucy
x
D. Boonz
N. Boonz
x
x
MP
10:30 am
B. See
*B. Murray
L. Sundet
J. Staniger
A. Funk
A. Funk
D. Funk
E. Sheen
*A. See
Josh Funk
T. Starks
C. Owen
C. Knepler
B. Simpson
Confirmation &
Inquirer’s Class
EP
5:00 PM
x
x
Josh Funk
Josh Funk
x
x
x
x
Lenten Series 5
St. Patrick's Eve
EP & HC
5:45 / 6:30 pm
x
C. Boonz
M. Vinson
M. Vinson
S. Funk
T. Starks
x
x
Lent 6
MP
8:00 am
x
x
D. Bucy
x
N. Boonz
H. Nicholls
x
x
Process
& HC
10:30 am
All Teams
*V. Melton
L. Boonz
N. Murray
x
T. Ferguson
Josh Funk
M. Vinson
*A. Funk
J. Morton
J. Tutuska
T. Starks
S. Miller
J. Morton
EP
5:00 PM
x
x
J. Staniger
J. Staniger
x
x
x
x
8:00 am
All Teams
x
M. Vinson
x
G. Saunders
T. Saunders
A.J. Vinson
x
x
x
*T. Starks
J. Tutuska
Lights-Captain
x
J. Morton
N. Murray
Lent 4
Confirmation &
Inquirer’s Class Wed
Sun
Wed
Sun
9
Lenten Series 4
Lent 5
13 Passion Sunday
16
20
Palm Sunday
Confirmation &
Inquirer’s Class
Mon/
21/
Mon/Tues/Wed
Tue/ 22/ MP & HC before Easter Wed 23
Thur 24
Fri
25
Sat
26
Maundy Thursday
HC
7:00 pm
All Teams
hired
D. Bucy
x
A. Funk
D. Funk
Josh. Funk
G. Saunders
T. Saunders
Good Friday
Seven
Words
12-3 pm
All Teams
hired
12:00-N. Murray
1:00-R. Kerridge
2:00-D. Bucy
x
x
12:00-H. Nicholls
1:00-N. Murray
2:00-P. Jarzemsky
x
x
Holy Saturday
MP & AC 10:00 am
All Teams
x
N. Murray
P. Ambler
x
x
x
x
Easter Even Vigil
VG & AC
10:00 pm Baptisms
All Teams
x
M. Vinson
N. Banek
A. Dittman
J. Staniger
D. Windrick
All
*A. Funk T. Starks
Lights-Captain
x
x
*T. Starks
A. Funk
Josh Funk
A. See
T. Ferguson
D. Bucy
A. Funk
Sun 27
Easter Day
HC
10:00 am
All Teams
hired
N. Murray
x
T. Ferguson
A.J. Vinson
D. Windrick
Mon 28
Easter Monday
HC
12:00 pm
All Teams
x
N. Murray
x
x
x
x
x
Tues
29
Easter Tuesday
MP&HC
8:00 am
All Teams
x
M. Vinson
x
G. Saunders
T. Saunders
x
x
x
Wed
30
Easter Wednesday
EP
6:30 pm
All Teams
C. Boonz
x
D. Boonz A.J. Vinson
D. Boonz
x
x
x
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Church/Diocesan News
• Signed up for ministry? New committees begin in February. Talk to your committee head today!
Diocese of Mid-America Synod February 25 and 26, Church of Holy Communion
• Thank you so much for your good wishes and mostly for your prayers. I think I can tell the difference already! I can walk with a walker for about 20 minutes, but I’m hindered from longer because I put such a “death grip” on the walker, I’m so lucky to have with me my records and tapes of so many choir rehearsals and other “play things” to encourage me between “workouts.”
I will begin to answer each of your cards, letters, etc. as I am able but I thank God so very much for your encouragement. Dorothy Kelley
Catechesis (Sunday School) • Gospel of Luke: taught by Fr. Alan Mezger • Confirmation/Inquirer’s Class: All Lenten Sundays, 5:00 pm, February 14 at 4:30 pm. • Looking for more classes? Tell Fr. Mezger.
All are encourage to attend the Banquet/Choral Concert When: February 25, 6:30 pm Cost: $40 Must register: recdma.org
GAFCON Bishops in Canterbury Anglican Way Institute, July 6 - 10 Calling all young adults! Plenary speaker: Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, retired Bishop of Rochester, UK Location: Church of the Holy Communion 17405 Muirfield Drive, Dallas Cost: $150 plus possible additional fees Register at: www.holycommuniondallas.org/anglican-way-institute
Anglicans for Life March, January 16 Chapel and Church of the Holy Communion parishioners at Anglican for Life March.
Membership Updates • By Baptism: Elias John Tutuska on January 3. • By Transfer: Melissa Dow from Trinity REC, Moscow, ID, and Allison Steinberg from St. Andrew’s Church, Lake Almanor, CA. • Transfer Out: Jeremy and Callie Hutt to St. Francis Anglican, Austin, TX and Leslie, Sadie, and Grace Linebarger to Christ the King, Arroyo Grande, CA.
Elias John Tutuska baptism, January 3
Parish News English Country Dance, February 14, 5:00 pm All are invited to a fun evening of dance (with professional caller) and fellowship for both parish and school. Please bring a finger food dish and $5 to help defray expenses. Attire is “dressy/semiformal.” Men: jackets preferred, Ladies: dresses at knee or longer, that cover well for spinning and bending. Vital Signs
St. Patrick’s Party and Staniger Farewell, March 13, following services Join us after service for food, drink, and live music. Corned beef will be provided, but please bring a side to go with it and beer, if you so desire. We will be expecting a number of folks from outside the church community to bid the Stanigers farewell (though they’ll be here through April yet), so let’s make them feel welcome. If you’d like to be involved with the music or set-up/clean-up, please contact Jason or Nicole.
Nov
Dec
Year to Date
(Jan - Dec)
125
123
117
Income
$25,158
$51,382
$318,606
Expenditures
$23,125
$33,854
$311,890
$2,033
$17,528
$6,716
Average Sunday Attendance
Surplus (Deficit)
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CrossTies - The Chapel of The Cross
Tibetan-born Sherpa Nawang Gombu and American Jim Whittaker reached the top of Mount Everest on May 1, 1963. As they approached the peak, each considered the honor of being the first of the two to step to the summit. Whittaker motioned for Gombu to move ahead, but Gombu declined with a smile, saying, "You first, Big Jim!" Finally, they decided to step to the summit at the same time. Paul encouraged the Philippian believers to demonstrate this kind of humility. He said, "Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others" (Phil. 2:4 nkjv). Selfishness and superiority can divide people, but humility unites us, since it is the quality of "being one in spirit and of one mind" (v. 2).
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When quarrels and disagreements occur, we can often diffuse them by giving up our right to be right. Humility calls us to show grace and gentleness when we would rather insist on our own way. "In humility value others above yourselves" (v. 3). Practicing humility helps us to become more like Jesus who, for our sake, "humbled himself by becoming obedient to death" (vv. 7-8). Following in Jesus' footsteps means backing away from what is best for us and doing what is best for others. —Jennifer Benson Schuldt Jesus, You gave up Your life for me. Help me to see each sacrifice I make as a reflection of Your humility. In putting others first, let me honor You.
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