Harmony. July The Work of the People

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1 Harmony The Work of the People Liturgy is often regarded as the work of the people. At St. Andrew s, that is true every week. It takes over 50 people each and every Sunday to make our worship services what they are. If that number surprises you a little, then that means all 50 of us are doing our jobs well. The work of a Sunday morning volunteer or liturgical minister is quite simply to enable each person coming through the door to worship, celebrate, sing, pray, and thank God for the blessings of their lives. I cannot imagine a better way to serve God than to make that kind of weekly worship possible. We serve in so many ways. Our Sunday morning roster includes acolytes, readers, Eucharistic Ministers, ushers, Children s Chapel leaders, Altar Guild members, readers, greeters, sound board operators, money counters, children s and adult formation teachers, coffee hour providers, vestry-persons-of-themonth and of course clergy. To simplify scheduling, we are going to move many of these ministries to a once-a-month schedule in order to allow folks to have more weeks off (to come to church and just worship, of course) than weeks where they have a specific role to play. We re going to give it a try for August through January. This will not include those ministries that have a schedule all their own such as Altar Guild, Choir, Acolytes and Readers. We have enough active members to cover all these roles so long as we spread out the duties. Most folks will have one volunteer role a month and will only take on an additional role if they wish to do so. Once a month ministries will include: Ushers: W elcome folks into the Sanctuary, offer assistance as needed, direct folks to the altar for communion Greeters: Meet people in the parking lot and the w alkw ay before church, offer supportive contact to those who are new to St. Andrew s Welcome Team: Reach out intentionally to first-time visitors to St. Andrew s and assist with follow-up in the days after Children s Chapel Leaders: lead m id-service offering for children Children s & Youth Sunday Formation Teachers: lead classes after church Nursery Back-Up: on-call folks to assist our Nursery workers if they need to be absent or if we have an overflow of infants on a given Sunday Can you pitch in once a month? If so, be sure to contact me as early in July as possible as we have begun to prepare and schedule. BJ+ July at a Glance July 10th Grasshopper s Game p. 7 July 22nd Inside Parish Clean-Up 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. p. 6 Table of Contents Financials & Staff Pg. 2 Site Plan Update Pg. 3 Mission Spotlight Pg. 4 Announcements Pg. 5-7 Page 1

2 April- YTD YTD Actuals Actuals Budget Pledge Income $24, $114, $118, Other Income 2, , , Total Income $27, $117, $127, Total Program & Admin Expenses $23, $121, $143, Total Operating Expenses 3, , , Total Expenses $26, $158, $184, Net Result $ ($40,775.80) ($56,989.22) Harmony is published monthly by St. Andrew s Episcopal Church 2105 W. Market St. Greensboro, NC Editor: K imberly Howard Rector: The Rev. Bernard J. Owens Associate Rector: The Rev. Audra Abt Deadline for August 2015 Harmony: Monday, July 10th by Noon to: parish@standrewsgso.org Staff The Rev. Bernard J. Owens, Rector bernard.owens@standrewsgso.org The Rev. Audra Abt, Assistant to the Rector for Children s Ministry audra.abt@standrewsgso.org Debbie Dowd, Pastoral Associate debbiedowd@mindspring.com Kimberly Howard, Parish Administrator & Interim Business Manager parish@standrewsgso.org Ann Herman, Administrative Assistant annh.standrews@gmail.com Ann Doyle, Minister of Music anconex@triad.rr.com Olivia Wilson, Interim Youth Ministry Coordinator owstandrews@gmail.com Kenn Brown, Sexton Rick Sigler, Deaconal Intern Vestry 2014 Cathy Jordan, Co-Senior Warden Finley Middleton, Co-Senior Warden Dirk Siegmund, Co-Jr. Warden Mike Van Ormer, Co-Jr. Warden Tim Fleming Judy Hackett Mark Kaley Betty Self Barbara Van Cleve Charles Kappauf Barbara Lawless George Platt John Frizzell, Treasurer Page 2 St. Andrew s Episcopal Church ~ Harmony

3 St. Andrew s Site Plan The 2013 St. Andrew s Mission and Renewal Plan direct us to Develop an Architectural Master Plan that: Provides warm, inviting and accessible spaces for Children and Youth Ministries. Makes the Entire Campus Fully Accessible to All Improves Flexibility of Space for Worship, Education, Music and Meeting Facilities Provides Mission-Focused Spaces for our Community May be Planned and Executed in Discrete Phases Site Planning Process Update The St. Andrew s Site Planning process ramped up in June. The team met several times with Phil Keister, the architect from Tise-Keister who is working with us. Phil comes to us with a vast portfolio of designing church spaces. He is a very fine listener who offers creative thoughts on how to meet the many needs our space has while also asking about what is working well. This month we also had user group interviews with Phil. These representative samples of folks from different ministries allowed Phil to get a sense of how our spaces are currently being used, what is working well and where we are experiencing, in Phil s words, pinch points. These groups of usually 2-3 people included: Office staff Liturgy/Sanctuary (Altar Guild & Clergy) Vestry Wardens Welcome and Engagement Kitchen Senior Fellowship & Accessibility Concerns Mission & Outreach Community ( outside ) user groups Urn Garden Music Ministry Adult Christian Formation Children s Ministry Youth Ministry These conversations were quite productive, and indeed very spirited. Our next step will be a parish-wide survey in which everyone can offer their thoughts. If you have thoughts or questions feel free to connect with our site planning team members: Joe Stultz, Betty Atwell, Jon Anderson, Craig Taylor and BJ Owens. Joe Stultz Chair, site planning team Page 3

4 Mission Spotlight Produce to People connects Bestway Market, St. Andrews members, and neighbors Margaret and Terrance Horne (right) bring boxes of produce from Bestway Market to a friend in their neighborhood. Doreatha Harris (below right), whose strength is failing but who has lived a long life of service to others, lovingly accepts the produce. Doreatha then distributes the food among several other neighbors, effectively demonstrating that not only do we all need reminders of God s grace and goodness, but we are also all servants who are called to show God s love in concrete ways. Produce to People works through signing up online to pick up groceries either on Monday or Friday. You may Sign up for one date or many, and you can take the produce either to a food pantry that takes fresh food (not all of them do) or deliver the food directly to a household that could use it. If you don t know anyone yourself, you can talk to Margaret Horne, Debbie Dowd or Audra Abt. Please Audra Abt if you would like to participate in the online signup for this ministry. (audra.abt@standrewsgso.org). Spotlight on Greensboro s Interactive Resource Center (the IRC) The Interactive Resource Center assists people who are homeless, recently homeless or facing homelessness reconnect with their own lives and with the community at large. The people at the IRC understand that homeless is not helpless, and that with a combination of basic services and individualized attention those experiencing homelessness, those facing homelessness and those just coming out of homelessness can renew their connections with the community and ultimately restart their lives marks the 6th year that the IRC has become a busy and vibrant source of help and hope for the Greensboro community. Each day, between 180 and 200 people pull open the doors to the IRC, and step in. Our guest come for many reasons to be helped by one of our volunteers creating a resume in our computer lab, to speak with our housing coordinator, meet with a case managers, to see the nurse, to get a hair cut, or perhaps to take a shower and do a load of laundry. Beyond these services, what our guests find within these doors is a sense of community, a vibrant network of individuals, ideas, and lives. (from the IRC website) To learn more, visit the IRC s website at You may also ask Cathy Jordan and Glenn Perkins, members of St. Andrews Mission Team who are getting to know the IRC better this year so that St. Andrews may participate more in IRC s life and mission. Page 4 St. Andrew s Episcopal Church ~ Harmony

5 Worship Congratulations to our 2015 Graduates High School: Philip Berger, son of Beth and Chris Berger, graduates from Northw est High School and will attend Sewanee, the University of the South. Sherena Ansah graduated Ragsdale High School and will attend Hampton University. College: Sandy Shelton graduated from Guilford College; Kenn Brow n graduated from NC A & T from the social work program; Anna Berger who graduated from Kenyan College; Emily Sanford from Elon University. Graduate School: Hilleary Ann Jordan, daughter of Cathy and Jai Jordan: MA in Interior Architecture from the New England School of Art and design, Boston, MA. She got a job in Charlotte starting in March with Laura Casey Interiors. Catherine Clifton has received her Master's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is currently searching for proofreading and copy editing jobs both near and far, and making a list of books to read that will last her three lifetimes. Children s Ministry Volunteer Margaret Horne, Bonnie Holland, Sandy O Briant, Melissa Flening, Tim Fleming, Julia Smith, Glenn Perkins, Jenn Phillips, Margie Baker, Sherena Sabla, Anna Taylor, Craig Taylor, Debbie dowed, Barbara Byrum, Meg Byrum, Beth Berger, Julie Dameron, Shane Carrico, Melanie Carrico, Emily Siegmund, Peter Carver, Jennifer Jones, Jon Anderson, Lorin Kaley, Mark Kaley, Dania Ermentrout, Kimberly Howard, BJ Owens Music Appreciation Alan Atwell, Betty Atwell, Margie Baker, Tony Bengel, Hannah Carter, Catherine Clifton, Cheri Courtright, Ed Crissman, Jacob Gilbert, Bob Gingher, Judy Hackett, Savannah Hamilton, Robin Hardman, Linda Heller, Ann Herman, Carley Hott, Anne Jones, Mark Kaley, Roger Kimbrough, Susan McMullen, Marcia Moore, Carol Phillips, Larry Phillips, Judy Platt, Nancy Rizzuto, Steve Rizzuto, Bob Shelton, Zach Smith, Sunny Spillane, Glenn Strohl, Geoff Swan, Barbara Van Cleve, Ashley Wigglesworth. Altar Guild Flowers There are some openings in the schedule of altar flowers, and the Altar Guild invites you to become a donor. Flowers are a beautiful way to honor the memory of a loved one, to give thanks for a special occasion or special person...a way to share your prayers with your church community. Please call Virginia Haskett at Holy Eucharist Tuesday Summer Schedule In the summertime our Tuesday service of Holy Eucharist will move to a summer schedule. The service will be offered every other week except in late July. The scheduled dates for this noontime service are: July 14 August 11 August 25 September 8 After September 8 th we return to our regular weekly schedule. Page 5

6 Service July 22, 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., All Campus Inside Parish Clean Up Americorp is a non-profit group helping the homeless in Greensboro and they use our facilities for their training. As their thanks to us, they are volunteering to clean the inside of the church. We are asking for volunteers from the parish to participate as well. Bring any cleaning supplies you have: mops, buckets, rags, etc. and help us make this place shine. The Great Undercroft Clean-Out The Children s Ministry team is cleaning out the classrooms in the undercroft and has come across a great many items of unknown provenance. These items have been placed in room 16 and will be discarded after July 12 th. If you might have anything of value that s been left behind in the Undercroft or Herman Hall, please drop by room 16 to claim your stuff. Bazaar Baskets Workshop's Are Happening! The Basket's Team has begun their workshops! Parishioner's donations are essential to our success. If you would like ideas for a donation, please see the listing of last year's baskets on the Parish Hall bulletin board. Many thanks to those have contributed in the past and we look forward to new contributors as well. Thank You! Contact Bonnie Holland, or Betty Atwell, WE PRAY FOR: Jeff Cummer, Larry Phillips, Olivia Phillips, Bobbie Skinner, Lib Stockard, Dorothy Rierson, Herbert Hendrickson, Anne Wilkinson, Elaine McKenzie, Judy Wells, Jean Lange, Katherine Mack, Sylvia Dumont, Carol Phillips, Ernie Miller, Rogers Marshall, Dee Dee Fulton, Carol Florence, Jeanie Lipscomb, Becky Taylor, Laura Dickens, Steve Rizzuto, Pam Howe, Cliff Sanford, Margaret Miller, Janet Medlin, Edith Swain, Tommie Brown, Anna Stalter, Kenny Sanders, Cathy Shaw, Moira Ermentrout, Doris Morse, Kate Holmes, Hugh McLawhorn, Chris, Judi L., Emmerson Roberts, Ryan Brubeck, Bill Knight, Bailey Hobgood, Gabriel Fulton, Muffy Garvey, Mary Stalter, Stephen, Laurie, Skip White, Olivia & Dale, Brad and Shana Thompson, Patsy Rush, Angie Peeler, Pat Robson, Catharine Abbitt, Diane Adams, Bob Clonan, Gloria Burton, Art Bishop, Ella Janssen, Carol, Faye Shane, Pollock & Courtney families, Bobbie Reed, Johnetta Shablack, Downs Brown, Betty Moye, Jane Stultz, Lindsey Cox, Arnold Bowen Our military: W es Durham, Tom Stauffer, Paul Zeigler, Stephen Johnson, Michael Hens, Benjamin Phillips, Christopher Lawler Page 6 St. Andrew s Episcopal Church ~ Harmony

7 Fellowship & Christian Formation Adult Formation Offering - Faith in Literature (through August 30 th ) Do you have a favorite poem, short story, or that deals with issues of faith or that you would like to discuss in relationship to your faith life? This summer between the services, we will join to discuss favorite pieces of literature. If you have suggestions for things to discuss or would like to lead a session on your favorite piece of literature, please contact Hephzibah Roskelly at heroskelly@gmail.com. Education for Ministry at St. Andrew s (EfM) EFM has had a terrific year and it is now time to invite a few others to join us in September. EfM includes study of scripture, early church history, and modern theology. It is much more than a Bible study, teaching us how to think theologically while deepening our faith. Please talk to Shelley Kappauf (shelleykapp@gmail.com) if you have questions and want to join in the Fall. Take Me Out To the Ball Game! It's time for Grasshoppers baseball once again! Join us on Friday, July 10, for a night at the ballpark and fireworks. Fun for all ages! Cost is $10 for adults -- $8 for children under 12 and adults over 62. You need to sign up and pay by Tuesday, July 7. (Names and money can be turned in to the church office.) Come out and help us root, root, root for the home team! Prayer Shawl Ministry Prayer Shawl Ministry: We are off to a fabulous start! Please join us, our meeting dates for the summer are: July 1, 15, 29, August 12, 26. You are welcome to join us in The Cloister from 2-4. Materials and Lessons available or bring your own. Contact Lynda Sanecki at or lsanecki894@gmail.com for more information. Women s Advent Retreat with Bishop Anne Hodges-Copple On December 5th, Bishop Anne Hodges-Copple will be leading a Women s Advent Retreat in Haw River State Park. Please mark your calendars for this exciting event and look for more details in the future. For more information contact Shelley Kappauf at shelleykapp@gmail.com. Page 7