AUGUST September 8 Adult Education And Youth Sunday School Resumes. Weekly Service Schedule

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1 The Episcopal Church of the Covenant 314 N. Adams (4th & Adams) Junction City, Kansas (785) Fax: Fr. David Jenkins: Website: AUGUST 2013 NOTES FROM FR. DAVID This summer has been a tough time for The Church of the Covenant. We have bid farewell to several of our dear military families as they have been assigned to a permanent change of station. We are a small church and we feel the impact when one of our members and especially one of our families is not present. We pray God s continued blessing on the families of Treb and Anna Courie; Shawn and Jennifer Leverington; Terry and Heather Tanner; Beau and Kate Wasson; and soon we will bid William Keogh farewell. The Church of the Covenant is a missionary congregation in many respects we are blest to be outside the gates of Ft. Riley and we take seriously our trust from God to care for military families. Our attendance ebbs and flows as a result of our military mission and we look forward to new military families to join us as well as other persons/families from our community. On August 11 during the Bishop s visitation we will confirm five adults: Lonnie Clark, Anne and Keith Collett, Mary Anna Jenkins, and Lisa Ventor as well as two youth: Zachary Cody and Haley Coffey. We celebrate these additions to our church family and the ways they each contribute to our congregation. Good things continue to happen here at The Church of the Covenant even if our pews are not as full as they were a couple of months ago. We are a welcoming congregation who is God encouraging you to invite and welcome to our congregation? Praise be to God! Father David Weekly Service Schedule Sunday Mornings 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rt. I 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rt. II Fridays 12:00 (noon) Healing Service With Holy Eucharist September 8 Adult Education And Youth Sunday School Resumes 1

2 Bishop s Visit and Confirmation The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe, IX Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas to Visit The Church of the Covenant Sunday, August 11, :00 a.m. Bishop Wolfe will confirm those seeking Confirmation in the Episcopal Church at the 10:00 a.m. Service and will be joined by the Archdeacon. Those seeking Confirmation are Lonnie Clark, Mary Anna Jenkins, Lisa Venter, Keith and Anne Collett, Haley Coffey, and Zachary Cody. There will be a reception for the confirmands following the 10:00 a.m. service. Everyone is invited to stay for the reception and greet the new members of the parish. The Vestry will have a working lunch and meet with Bishop Wolfe following the reception. The Bishop requests that the loose plate offering for the day be designated to the Bishop s Discretionary Fund. If you write a check make it out to The Church of the Covenant and put in the memo line that it is for the Bishop s Discretionary Fund. One check will then be sent to the Diocese. Covenant Calendar August 2 Friday Healing Service Noon 4 Men of the Covenant Breakfast 7:00 a.m. 8 Vestry Meeting 6:30 p.m. 9 Friday Healing Service Noon 11 Bishop s Visit and Confirmation 10:00 a.m. Service (Only one service at 10:00 a.m.) 15 Ministry Team Meetings 7:00 p.m. 16 Friday Healing Service Noon 23 Friday Healing Service Noon 30 Friday Healing Service Noon September 1 Men of the Covenant Breakfast 7:00 a.m. 2 Labor Day 6 Friday Healing Service Noon 8 Adult Education and Youth Sunday School resumes 12 Vestry Meeting 6:30 p.m. 13 Friday Healing Service Noon 14 Northwest Convocation Meeting, Grace Cathedral, Topeka, KS 19 Ministry Team Meetings 7:00 p.m. 20 Friday Healing Service Noon Fall Fun Fest, St. Margaret s, Lawrence. Grades 6-12, and registration is due September Friday Healing Service Noon My safety and glory are with God, my strong rock and refuge. Psalm 62:8 Treasurer s Report: The following summary reflects the results of the operating fund, income and expense for the month of July 2013, with a budget comparison. Current month Year to date Budget Year to Date Income $3, $49, $45, Expense $9, $51, $42, Difference $-5, $ -2, $ 2, Discretionary Fund Sunday in August is the 4 th (Loose offering). ATTENDANCE: Year to date 2012: 1679 Year to date 2013:

3 NEWS FROM THE DIOCESE The 154th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas Oct , 2013, Capitol Plaza Hotel and Maner Conference Center and Grace Episcopal Cathedral, Topeka. Reminder: Deadline is Aug. 15 for Convention nominations, resolutions, amendments All nominations for offices to be elected at convention, as well as any proposed debatable resolutions or amendments to the constitution or canons of the diocese, must be submitted to the appropriate committee chair by Thursday, Aug. 15. The following positions are up for election this year: *Four clergy and four lay deputies to General Convention and Provincial Synod *Four clergy and four lay alternates to General Convention and Provincial Synod *One clergy and one lay at-large member of the Council of Trustees *One clergy at-large member of the Council of Trustees, unexpired term (1 year) Convention information is online at including the required nomination form, as well as contact information for where to send nominations and proposed resolutions and amendments. Canon to the Ordinary the Rev. Craig Loya named dean of Trinity Cathedral in Omaha, Neb. Bishop Dean E. Wolfe on July 21announced that the Reverend Craig W. Loya, the diocese s Canon to the Ordinary, has accepted a call to become Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Omaha, Neb. His first Sunday there will be Sept. 29. Bishop Kemper School for Ministry announces fall classes The first offerings for the newly created Bishop Kemper School for Ministry are set to begin with classes in August. Formation of the school, a joint effort of the Dioceses of Kansas, West Missouri, Nebraska and Western Kansas, was announced by the four bishops on July 11. The text of their announcement is online at Classes meet from Saturday morning through noon Sunday at the Bethany Place Conference Center and Grace Cathedral, both in Topeka. Men of the Covenant Breakfast Group The men of the church will be meeting on August 4, Please come and join the men of the Covenant for their next breakfast at 7:00 a.m. in Guild Hall. If you have any questions or concerns about the parish call Mark Edwards, Senior Warden at (cell) or his work number Mark s is edwards@hooverlawfirm.com. Please call Father, David Jenkins for Pastoral needs. Fr. David is at the church on Fridays and Sundays and is willing to come to visit you at your home upon request. You can reach him at his cell number, or the church at His is william.d.jenkins30.mil@mail.mil or episcopaljc@gmail.com. If Fr. David is unavailable, please call, Deacon Rex Matney, for Pastoral Care needs, work , cell or rexmatney@gmail.com. August 14th First Day of School for District #475 3

4 AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 1 st Joshua W. Hubbard 5 th Brody Wolf 8 th John Montgomery 12 th David Hunt (Cohen) 12 th Chance Mitchell 21 st Barbara Hoyle 21 st Martin Sibley 24 th Linda Brown 29 th Stanley Budinas There are two primary choices in life; to accept condi ons as they exist, or to accept the responsibility for changing them. Dennis Waitley Be y Svoboda s funeral will be here at the church on August 17, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. The inurnment will follow at Indian Hills Cemetery in Chapman, KS. The Hospitality Team will be serving lunch to the family at 12:00 noon. AUGUST DUTIES Aug 4, 2013 Aug 11, 2013 Aug 18, 2013 Aug 25, 2013 Altar Guild Margie Pinaire Sally Edwards Shelley Kite Margie Pinaire Sheila Roesler Debbie Fegan Nancy Hubbard Sheila Roesler Melissa Sharp Melanie Laster Lay Reader 8:00 Ken Andrew Debbie Fegan Robert Hicks Joe Mitchell 10:00 Melanie Laster Vicky Budinas Nancy Hubbard Pa Schoenrock Tom Kite Mark Edwards Chalice Bearer Jolana M.-Matney Debbie Fegan Shelley Kite Gery Schoenrock Greeter Hubbard Fegan Edwards Kite Acolyte Sidney Budinas Taylor Cody Alishah Budinas Meghan Colbert Dillon s Cards Don t forget to purchase your Dillon s cards every Sunday. The outreach committee uses the proceeds from the Dillon s card program to reach out to kids who have needs through the homeless program at USD 475. This includes food and medications needed while they are in transition. 4 Thank you Stanley Budinas for your carpentry skills and all the small fix-it jobs you have done around the church these last few weeks. If you have someone that you would like to recognize as the Star of the Month please call or the office, or leave a note in the plate and we will include them in the next month s Communicator.

5 Letter From Deacon Rex Now that The Church of the Covenant officially has its first Deacon, I find this to be a wonderful time to discuss the ministries of Deacons. We all know that as baptized Christians, we all are called to certain ministries through our baptismal vows and some of us are called further to ordained ministry. In our Episcopal and Anglican Church we have a three-fold ministry of ordained ministers. As I am sure you know this three-fold ministry consists of deacons, priests, and bishops, all with their own calling and duties. Through discernment and prayer the person being called comes to be called either to the diaconate or to the priesthood. All ordained ministers in our church are first ordained as Deacons and we all share in the Diaconate even as Priests and Bishops. But vocational deacons are called just to be deacons while priests serve a short while as deacons and then are ordained as priests, and some priests become consecrated as bishops. Ministry as deacons revolves around service and servant hood. Deacons are called to be icons of Jesus Christ, to be servants as Christ was a servant. A Deacon is a man or woman called into holy mission in the Church and in the world to lead the people of God in service in the name of the Risen Christ, and to serve the Church and the world as messenger, agent and attendant. Deacons are messengers of the Gospel who proclaim the good news to the Church and the world. They do this in part by proclaiming the Gospel in the liturgical assembly and by presenting the needs of the world to the Church. Deacons call all of the members of the Body of Christ to the work of transforming the world by striving for justice and peace among all people. Deacons are agents of the local Church and diocese and are to serve directly under the authority of and are accountable to the Bishop. In this capacity deacons are the go-betweens who connect the work of the local congregation to the work of the diocese. Deacons are attendants who prepare the Holy Table for the Eucharist and help lead the faithful who gather week by week to continue in the apostles teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of the bread and in the prayers. The role of Deacon requires unique gifts and formation, serving as an ordained messenger of the faith outside the walls of the congregation. Deacons model how to be in the Church and in the world as icons of service, and they have the ability to inspire that life in others. Deacons help all members of the Body of Christ to be free to find places of connection with God in their lives beyond Sunday morning. Deacons are not those who alone do the work of the Church in the world; rather, they gather, lead, equip, and inform the laity in that work. In all their work, Deacons enhance the ministry of the laity, not supplant it. Faithfully, Rex H. Matney, Deacon When and where is Fall Fun Fest held? The next Fall Fun Fest event will be Sept , 2013, at St. Margaret's, 5700 West 6th St. in Lawrence. Check-in for Fall Fun Fest is between 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, at St. Margaret s. Participants should eat lunch before they arrive. Parents are invited to attend worship on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 10 a.m., and youth can check-out after the service, at approximately 11 a.m. The event is for students currently in grades Registration fee is $40 and the deadline is September10. 5

6 CASA Parking Lot Yard Sale August 31, a.m. -? If anyone would like to donate items please contact me and we'll make arrangements to pick them up. All proceeds from the parking lot sale will go to benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Eighth Judicial District. CASA volunteers appear with children in court and ensure the child's voice is heard. It is a very deserving organization, so please donate what you can. You'll be able to clear out excess stuff and help support a worthy cause. 6

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