Connections. Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20

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1 SEPTEMBER 2018 Connections St. Jude s Episcopal Church 815 E Graves Ave, Orange City, FL RECTOR S REFLECTIONS Sunday Services 8AM Rite I Nursery provided 10:30AM Rite II Sunday School, Nursery provided Tuesdays John Knox Village Chapel 11AM National Back to Church Sunday is September 16, 2018 this year. The vision is to create a movement of churches encouraging their members to invite every person in America back to church. It began about 10 years ago and we here at St. Jude s have participated for the last 3 years. We have Your Belong Here pamphlets that will be available for you to take with you to hand out to family, friends and neighbors inviting them to join you at church. The best invitation is a personal one. Share with them your own why. Why do you go to church? Saturdays Fourth Saturday of the Month 6PM Worship Music/Prayer September 22 Social Time Following Service Share with them your own what. What do you get out of your relationship with God and God s people? Share with them your own how. How is church more than a building? Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20 Blessings, Phyllis+

2 CONNECTIONS PAGE 2 MEN S GATHERING The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is regrouping nicely. We have elected Evan Perry-Smith to be our president. Our next meeting will be a lunch meeting at Beef O Brady s in Deltona on Sunday September 16 at noon. It is located at 2160 Howland Blvd. See ya there! Deacon Jim UNASHAMED Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10 THE LEAST OF THESE Well, summer, for some of us, has come and gone and we are back in school. It s good to be back on the clock, but I will miss fishing and traveling as I always do this time of year. Thank you all again who came through with clothes for teens. I have picked up many bags and boxes for clothing you have so generously donated to my clothing ministry at school. It wouldn t be a success without you!! Deacon Jim St. Jude s Youth group UNASHAMED would like to thank everyone for their generosity in helping us fundraise for our mission trip. We were able to raise all but $75 of the $ 1,329 we needed to go on this trip. Our trip was a huge success. The youth that went learned how to better serve others and made lots of new friends. They are looking forward to going on another trip next summer. We are in need of a new youth mom or dad to help us out on Wednesday nights. If you can give us one Wednesday night a month it would be greatly appreciated. You do not have to do anything but show up. There will be a sign up sheet in the Narthex. We also have our sign up sheet for volunteering to make us dinner. There s normally about 10 people. We meet from 5:30 to 8PM every Wednesday. We start our evening with a meal and then we do games and a lesson. Yours in Christ, Lora Huddlestun ECW The ladies Fall Yard Sale is scheduled for October 13 and 14. Keep your gently used items for donation until closer to the event. A date will be announced for drop off.

3 SEPTEMBER 2018 PAGE 3 CASH CARDS Don t forget to purchase your cash/gift cards here at St. Jude s and support the church without any cost to you. Place an order on the order forms found in the narthex or check out our inventory on hand and purchase right away. We keep a variety of card brands in stock from week to week. See Riek Fitzpatrick or Judy Chambers before or after 8AM services or Sandra Yates after 10:30AM services. Stop by the office Monday-Thursday between 9AM and 1PM for purchasing as well. the office for your specific needs. Most times orders go out on Monday mornings with stock coming in the following Sunday. Shopping for Birthday, Anniversary, or even early Christmas? Order cards from Walmart, Target, Kohls, Amazon.com, Office Depot and many, many more. PAPER RECYCLE There is a green recycling box on the floor next to the snack table in the Parish Hall. It's for PAPER ONLY, and will benefit the John Knox Village Employee Appreciation Fund. CAR WASH Help restock St. Jude s kitchen supplies by getting your car washed! Top Shelf 3119 Howland Blvd. Deltona, FL 20% of every dollar spent at their facility will go to the church. Just type in promo code 2100 before you go thru the wash. ALUMINUM RECYCLES Don t forget to bring your aluminum cans to church. The can bin in the back parking lot is just waiting to be filled up to support St. Jude s Youth Group. What an easy way to bring in funds to help the kids go to Youth Retreats, Summer Camp and other events. Please do not put bags and other carriers of your items in the bins as they will deduct from our earnings. A small can bin is outside the kitchen for your convenience. Last Bin July 2018 $ AN EASY WAY TO HELP SUPPORT THE YOUTH GROUP AMAZONSMILE Don t forget when shopping Amazon.com, use smile.amazon.com instead! Link your account to St. Jude s Episcopal Church to automatically donate to the church with no cost to you. St. Jude s only receives quarterly donations. No other information is known. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20

4 CONNECTIONS PAGE 4 SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1 LIBBY MUNOZ 8 PETER AND DONNA ATTERBURY WEDNESDAY MORNINGS Weekly Wednesday morning service will resume on September 19 10AM 5 CORRINE TIMKO 14 PHYLLIS BARTLE 18 WENDY LYNCHARD 21 KATHY MCCABE 24 VIVIAN CORTINA 26 PAULETTE BELL 28 ERIN FLOOD 28 PETE LLEWELLYN 29 PAUL FITZPATRICK BIBLE STUDY The 1PM Tuesday afternoon Bible Study here at the church will begin on September 11. The 6:30PM Evening Bible Study at Deacon Wanda s home will begin the following week on September 18. The evening Bible Study sponsored by Bible Study Fellowship resumes September 11 at 6:30PM. They will be discussing the Old Testament here at the church. DOK The Daughters of the King had their first meeting of the season on Saturday, August 25. Our next meeting will be October 6 at 10:30 in the church Parish Hall. We spent our first meeting discussing our up coming Fall Assembly which will be Sept. 15 at St. Barnabas church in Deland. We have several events in the works and we'll let you know more as the time for each event comes around. This should be a great year for the "Daughters" and any woman age 16 years or over is welcome to join us at any one of our meetings to see what we're all about. Many blessings to all. Deacon Pauline --for the Daughters Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30

5 SEPTEMBER JULY FINANCIALS Church Operating Revenue 10, Church Operating Expenses 12, Church Net for Month: $ - 1, Church Net for the Year: $ - 4, JULY Pledges 43 pledges up to date 18 pledges in arrears (- $2,068.00) Church Checking for Daily Operations 7/31/2018 $ - 3, (insurance check on way from storm damage) Restricted Accounts (ECW, EYC, etc) total balance 104, For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. LUKE 12:34 New Construction Building Fund (future sanctuary) balance $ 46, $84.06 was added to the Building Fund this month. Pledge boxes contain a building fund envelope once a month to help in reaching our goal someday to construct a new sanctuary. If you do not have a pledge box with these special envelopes, please mark your donation as building fund. Thanks for your support! Rector s Discretionary Account donations for the month: $ Balance in account: $ The Rector s Discretionary Account is supported by the congregation of St. Jude s by individual donations and also the loose cash offering on the First Sunday of each month. Thanks for your support! PAGE 5 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12 GOLF TOURNAMENT St. Jude s second annual Golf Tournament is right around the corner. The event will be at Deltona Club, 1120 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona on September 15 th. If you would be able to volunteer that day, please let Rev. Phyllis know. Money raised will be for the expansion of the ministries of the church. Organizer for this event is Mark Donley Please call him to volunteer or contact the church office. for player or sponsor forms: stjudeschurch@embarqmail.com Or go online to BRUNCH BUNCH This month the group will get together at Ruby Tuesday's on Saxon Boulevard this coming Sunday, Sept. 2 after the 10:30 service. All are welcome to join us for a good meal and great fellowship. See you there! WORSHIP NIGHT On the fourth Saturday of the month at 6PM is Worship Night. It is an evening of worship music and prayer followed by some social time of fellowship to share stories and catch up with one another. We welcome you to come and be part of the St. Jude s family. A great time to invite new friends and family to get to know our church and people.

6 SEPTEMBER 2018 PAGE 6 FACEBOOK Have you checked out our Facebook page for St. Jude s? Go to: See what s going on in the church. Converse back and forth with other members and friends of St. Jude's. Share things with other Facebook friends about St. Jude s to help expand our community of faith. Subscribe to Events on the page so you don t miss out on any events posted! Get to our website from the page as well. Stay in Connections online! Thanks as always, Sandra Yates Administrator Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, PUMPKIN PATCH to exhortation, to teaching. 1 Timothy 4:13 Pumpkins are scheduled at this time to be delivered on Saturday, October 13 in the morning. All hands are needed to setup the patch. Please let Kate Wallace know if you can help. There will be a sign up sheet to volunteer during open hours of the sale. Pumpkins are sold by size. There is a measuring tape that tell you how much the pumpkin is. It is very simple. Please sign up for a few shifts if at all possible. More information will be out about school field trips to the patch as we will need volunteers to help with that as well. As always, thanks in advance for your help.

7 St. Jude s Episcopal Church A friendly congregation bringing people to Jesus Christ by sharing the Good News of God s Love through our worship, fellowship, discipleship, outreach and service 815 East Graves Avenue Orange City, FL Phone/Fax: Facebook: stjudeschurch@embarqmail..com YOUR VESTRY Rector Rev. Phyllis Bartle Cell Administrator Sandra Yates H Cell Sr. Warden 2019 Bill McCabe H Cell Jr. Warden 2021 Evan Perry-Smith Cell Secretary 2019 Becky Jusick H Cell Treasurer 2021 Joy Reale H Cell Deacon Rev. Wanda Sherrouse Cell PARISH CONTACTS Deacon Rev. Pauline Butler H Cell St. Jude s Welcome to the Family Deacon Rev. Jim Flood Cell Term Thru 2019 Riek Fitzpatrick H Cell MINISTRY CONTACT PHONE Altar Guild Barbara Holladay Sandi Hendriks Organist Sandra Yates PowerPoint and Sound Amy Yates Praise Band Amy Yates Daughters of the King (DOK) Lora Huddlestun Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Katie Murphy Sunday School Cathy Weiss Scrip Cash Card Program Riek Fitzpatrick/Sandra Yates Youth Group (6thgrade & up) Lora Huddlestun Brunch Bunch Rev. Pauline Butler Cursillo/Ultreya Rev. Pauline Butler Greeters/Ushers Becky Jusick Brotherhood of Saint Andrew Election being held Church Historian JoAnn Middagh Food Pantry Jim Valk Helping Hands Outreach Jan Jaynes Prayer Chain Becky Jusick Kitchen Manager Riek Fitzpatrick Sign Ministry Becky Jusick Term Thru 2020 Bernie Pitt Cell FIND US ON THE WEB Term Thru 2020 Jan Jaynes Cell ATTENTION! We are still in need of a Nursery Leader And Acolyte Warden See Rev. Phyllis if interested in helping. Please submit articles for the next newsletter by September 20, 2018 for a new edition of Connections to stjudeschurch@embarqmail.com Contact editors Sandra Yates and Becky Jusick for any questions

8 St Jude s Episcopal Church 815 East Graves Ave Orange City, FL 32763