St. John’s Alive

The newsletter of the people of

St. John’s Episcopal Church

 

                            June 2008

St. John’s Staff

 

  The Rt. Rev. Barry Beisner

Bishop                                     

                                                                                    

The Rev. Dori Torrey

Priest-in-Charge

 

The Rev. Sara Aseltine

Deacon

 

David Harris

Director of Music

 

Susan Townsend

Treasurer

 

Vincent Hamilton

Senior Warden

 

Glen Walls

Junior Warden

 

Vestry

     Fran Harris

     Jamie Newkom

     Carolyn Childers

     Jim Denniston

     Margaret MacDonald

     John Leeder

     Dianna Montague

 

Aidan Rontani

Parish Administrator

 

 

 
 
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                                      From Pastor Dori…_________________________________________          

                                            

Dear Friends,

 

As you read this I will be on my way to Virginia to an eight day conference called CREDO. Here is some information about CREDO.

 

CREDO began in 1994 – a benefit of the Church Pension Group. Since then over 100 conferences have been held with Priests, Deacons and Bishops from virtually every diocese in the country participating.

      Over the course of the conference, participants will meet in plenary sessions, small groups and private consultations with faculty members. There is also ample quiet time to reflect on personal and professional lives.

      Before going, each participant commits to extensive reflection through pre-conference instruments and surveys that focus on personal and professional wellness. The work of CREDO is organized around four major areas – spiritual, vocational, health and financial.

·         Spiritual – offers a sacred space where each participant can reflect on their interior life and relationship with God in Christ.

·         Vocational – provides opportunities for reflection, discernment, and planning in the professional areas of vocation, career, and work.

·         Health – encourages reflection on physical and emotional health and well-being, stewardship of the body, and development of a plan to address the individual’s health needs.

·         Financial – explores all aspects of personal financial management and encourages reflection on God-given resources and how best to use them in response to God’s call.

 

As you can see, I will be busy – but in a good way. I am taking a couple of

additional days to visit my sister in North Carolina.; all in all a log period of rest, reflection, and time to look ahead. I will be back in church on Sunday July 15. If you would like more information about CREDO, there are copies of the “Vestry Papers” publication from 2006 which focused on CREDO and clergy wellness in the office.

 

 

 

St. John’s Alive  is a monthly publication of

St. John’s Episcopal Church

Established 1854

 

8th and D Streets, Marysville, CA 95901-5321

 

Phone 530 742-8829 – Fax 530 742-8820 – E-mail: stjohns@syix.com

Website: www.episcopalchurchmarysvilleca.org

                     Office hours: Monday through Thursday 9:00am – 3:00pm, most Fridays 9:00am – 12 noon

                   

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                Serving in Worship

June 1st

8am -    Lector:          J. Fox

             EM:              S. Stenhouse

             Intercessor:   J. Fox

 

10am -  Lector:          H. Fox

             EM:              B. Kehoe

             Intercessor:   F. Harris

June 8th

8am -   Lector:           S. Stenhouse

            EM:               H. Fox

            Intercessor:    S. Stenhouse

 

10am - Lector:          S. Fox

             EM:              D. Montaque

             Intercessor:  B. Lonon

 

June 15th

8am -   Lector:          S. Townsend

            EM:              H. Fox

            Intercessor:   S. Townsend

 

10am - Lector:          M. Jacobs

             EM:              S. Stenhouse

             Intercessor:  P. Okimoto

 

June 22nd

8am -   Lector:         H. Fox

            EM:              S. Stenhouse

            Intercessor:  H. Fox

 

10am -  Lector:         D. Montaque

              EM:             H. Fox

              Intercessor:  L. Arens

 

June 29th

8am -   Lector:          J. Fox

            EM:              H. Fox

            Intercessor:   J. Fox

 

10am -  Lector:         B. Kehoe

             EM:             M. Jacobs

             Intercessor:  J. Broce

 

              

                June Calendar                                                 

1st       Food Shelf Sunday – 1 can, 1 Dollar

4th     Renegade Bible Study (Fox Home)

11th   ECW – Ghirardelli Hall 11:30 am

11th   Vestry Meeting 7pm

17th   Circle of Care 1pm

17th   “Guest” Group Meeting

18th   Food Shelf Volunteer Meeting 1pm

18th   Renegade Bible Study (Fox Home)

22nd   Newsletter submission deadline

24th   Start Up Start Over All Team Meeting 7pm

 

      

 

Our Parish BBQ on May 11th in celebration of Pentecost, was brought to you by:

     Manning the BBQ: Jud Waggoman and

                                     Brance Waggoman

      Shopping/set-up: Harry & Jan Fox

      Food Preparation: Jim & Charlotte Furtado

      Clean-up: Susan Townsend, Dianna

      Montague-Henry, Jud & Brance & Jan Caselli. 

 

Thank you for all your help. We enjoyed chicken, hamburgers and hotdogs; lots of good food and fellowship. 

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                                   Open House

 

You are invited to an Open House Celebrating Pastor Dori’s   new home, on Saturday June 28, 2008, 2:00pm to 5:00pm

 

1080 North Ridge Drive

Yuba City

(530) 674-8141

 

Please, no gifts. Donations of non-perishable foods for the St. John’s Food Shelf would be appreciated.

 

                               Directions

 

1.  Go North on Hwy 99

2.  Take Queens Ave. exit, turning right

3.  Turn left at the next stop sign – Grey Ave.

4.  At the second stop sign turn right – North Ridge Dr

5. 1080 is second house on the right

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                    Healing Prayers

 

Did you know that anointing with oil and laying on of hands with prayers for healing are very Episcopalian? The anointing bring images of Roman Catholic priests performing “the last rites” for someone who is dying. But in the Episcopal Church, along with the laying on of hands and prayer, the anointing is the visible sign of our prayers for healing. The Eucharist service on Wednesday mornings at 9:30 is a service of healing with anointing and prayers offered for those in need following the Eucharist. If you are feeling so led, please join us.

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Start Up!  Start Over!

 

Our work groups are well on their way.

  • Events – St. John’s will be having an information booth at the Peach Festival this year. See Dianna Montague if you would be willing to man the booth for one or more hours during the time of the festival. We will have information to be given away. We are also planning a great Oktoberfest. This will be a “gift” to the community with the church paying for the event and all proceeds going to a community charity that has yet to be named. We will be having a live band and a plastic beer mug will be given to each who attend.
  • Media – We are currently researching the cost of hiring a professional to help get our website up and running. Websites are the most important advertising we can invest in. So this is needed and in important to our ability to bring folks in.
  • Guest Relations – We are going to continue taking pies to those who have worshiped

with us for the first time. We are developing plans for a “greeter” desk in the narthex and will be recruiting folks to be greeters at both services on Sunday mornings. We are also planning how to track our communication with newcomers and incorporate them into the congregation.

·         Worship – We have made some changes in the season of Pentecost worship booklet for 10am. There is a new version of the Prayers of the People. Over the summer, we

       will be exploring new music setting for the service music and other options for enhancing worship.

  • Physical Plant – Have not met formally yet, but there are a lot of ideas flowing. The first item of business is how we can make the narthex more welcoming.

 

Everyone is welcome to participate. So if you haven’t gotten involved yet, but see something that interests you, contact the group leader (names are posted on the bulletin board in the Narthex.)

 

 

 

 

St. John’s 101 Class

 

Because we have newcomers who may not be familiar with St. John’s or the Episcopal Church, Pastor Dori will be leading a “St. John’s 101” class. This will begin in the late summer or early September and will be a review for those attending who are members of St. John’s or new information for those who are new or unfamiliar with the Episcopal Church. Watch for more information in the July and August “St. John’s Alive”

 

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                  Guest Committee News

 

The “Guest Committee” group is looking for

Volunteers in the following areas:

 

  • Greeters to form a “welcome team”. Each team will consist of 2 people, on designated Sundays. If enough volunteer, each team may cover just one Sunday per month.

   

·         P.I.E. Committee- Deliver a homemade or bakery pie within a week of guest visiting St. Johns. (Persons Involved in Evangelism)

 

·         Buddy System - Parishioner will introduce and assist our newcomer (on their 3rd visit) in a variety of ways; while making them feel comfortable with their new surroundings.

 

Our next group meeting will be on June 17th @ 2:30 pm.  Please join us if you are interested, or contact the church office.

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  GOODBYE, BEST WISHES & THANK YOU

 

Happy Retirement, Jim & Charlotte Furtado,                         

Godspeed on your new journey; we will miss you!

 

Jim & Charlotte’s new address will be:

8233 S. Cove Point

Floral City, FL  34436

 

                                                                                                                                                                         

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FOOD SHELF NEWS:

 

On May 10th the Post Office held its annual food drive, and St. John's was one of the beneficiaries.  Enough food to fill all out shelves was received.  Volunteers from St. John's who helped included Mary Denny Silva, Dianna Montague-Henry, Robynne Seward, and Brance and Judd Waggoman.  Many thanks to all of them for their help.

 

Also, Virginia and Marino Rosellini, who manage St. Joseph's Food Shelf, also helped by delivering food to St. John's.

 

A meeting of all Food Shelf volunteers   will be held on June 18 at 1 p.m. at the church.

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Who We Are:

Our pattern of prayer and worship is set out in the Book of Common Prayer. Those who gather have in common a responsibility to participate. Services are not a stage presentation, there is no audience. The role of priest is meaningless without participation by the congregation.

 

Canons I0I:

      III.8.4. (candidates for priesthood)

       Postulants shall pursue the program of preparation for ordination to the priesthood developed by the Bishop and Commission. The program shall include theological training, practical experience, emotional development and spiritual formation.

     111.6.4.c

           Subjects for study during this program of preparation shall include:

           1) Holy Scriptures

           2) Church History, including Ecumenical Movement

           3) Christian Theology, including Missionary Theology

           4) Christian Ethics and Moral Theology

           5) Studies in contemporary society including racial and minority groups.

           6) Liturgics and Church Music; Christian worship and music according to the contents of the Book of Common Prayer, the Hymnal and authorized texts.     

        7) Theory and practice of ministry.

 

                                Submitted Monthly by: Beth Kehoe

  

    

                                                                                                                              

     

           The Simple Path: Mother Teresa

                    The fruit of silence is 

                              PRAYER

                    The fruit of prayer is

                              FAITH

                    The fruit of faith is

                              LOVE

                    The fruit of love is

                              SERVICE

                     The fruit of service is

                              PEACE

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    BOOK REPORT…..By Harry Fox

From the book case…..The Holy man’s Journey by Susan Trott. This story picks up the journey when Anna, who has been recognized by the Holy Man as his successor, sets off with him to visit his former teacher. The journey is used as a learning experience for Anna and as a spiritual cure for his corrupted mentor. The story with its wit and wise view point is well worth a read. (ISBN 1-57322-057-4, published by Riverhead books).  

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   FOUNDING DAY OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

                                 June 10, 1935

  

   Alcoholics Anonymous has been instrumental in liberating millions from the slavery of alcohol.  Its success is founded in good part on a deep spiritual belief in God—by whatever name you wish to give this Reality beyond yourself.  It is also base on companionship with others who are in the process of, or seeking to begin, becoming free, and on a confession of faults.  Those who have been thus freed, along with their friends and family, should acknowledge the inspired creation of this group called AA.

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QUERULOUS QUINCY’S COLLECT   Lord, I need a better way to look at the world.  Help me to clean the window of my soul so that my looking out is clearer.   AMEN                     * * * * * * * * *

            TWO SPECIAL DAYS IN JUNE!

June 4th 1928 - Dr. Ruth Westheimer was born

June 14th 2004 - Tractor trailer accident unleashed 9 million honeybees in bear Trap Canyon Montana.  They are still swatting them!

                         Submitted Monthly by: Harry Fox

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                                         THIS N’ THAT  

                                      

 

           

                June 15th

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

David Delamere; June 22nd

Shirley Delamere; June 23rd 

Nancy Gilbert; June 23rd

Mary Dugan; June 24th

John Wigelsworth; June 25th

Lorena Adkins; June 26th   

Ron Harris; June 29th

 

 

Happy 45th Anniversary, Fred & Pat Okimoto

On June 15th

 

 

                                

        

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Brance Waggoman, accepted to U.S.  

Military Academy @ West Point and

will report on June 30th.

 

 

 

Congratulations to Suellen Stenhouse,

our newly licensed Eucharistic Minister.

 

 If you have a love for singing, lend us your voice and join our church choir.  Contact our Director of Music: David Harris

Sunday School Chuckles: 
I was testing the children in my Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to heaven.
I asked them, 'If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?'  -  No the children answered.

'If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into Heaven?'
 Again, the answer was, 'NO!'  By now I was starting to smile.

Hey, this was fun!  'Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into Heaven?' I asked them again. Again, they all answered, 'NO!'

I was just bursting with pride for them.  'Well,' I continued, 'then how can I get into Heaven?'  A five-year-old boy shouted out 'YOU GOTTA BE DEAD.'                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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