St. Luke s Episcopal Church 501 E. Wallace Coeur d Alene, Idaho 83814

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1 THE GURU S CAT When the guru sat down to worship each evening the ashram cat would get in the way and distract the worshipers. So he ordered that the cat be tied up during evening worship. After the guru died the cat continued to be tied up during evening worship. And when the cat expired, another cat was brought to the ashram so that it could be duly tied up during evening worship. Centuries later learned treatises were written by the guru s scholarly disciples on the liturgical significance of tying up a cat while worship is performed. The story above is from a collection in The Song of the Bird by Anthony de Mello. It provides an interesting insight into how a tradition can grow out of the simplest beginnings and take on serious overtones. I am privileged to serve with Anne Salisbury, Kristen Lahner, Al Ladhams and Father Pat on the Liturgy Task Force which will be offering a broadening perspective on the liturgy currently used in worship and also on alternative formats that are used by others. We will begin with an Instructed Eucharist, which consists of brief explanations of the different parts of the service so that each element might be more fully understood and experienced. This will happen over a period of services to avoid information overload and an overly extended service. Written materials will also be available. The second portion of the offering will be use of liturgies used in other Episcopal/Anglican churches, both within the United States and abroad. We are hoping that people will provide their responses to this effort to shape our communal worship at St. Luke s. The very least that may come from this is learning more about each element of our liturgy so that we may come to understand why we tie up the cat! Ernest Warner St. Luke s Episcopal Church 501 E. Wallace Coeur d Alene, Idaho 83814

2 Prayer Requests Deployed Military Personnel Don Albee, Maggie Ann McLachlan September 12 th & 13th Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost Proper 19 Proverbs 1:20-33 Psalm 19 James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38 Birthdays 09/13 Chad S 09/15 Madeline H 09/16 Jane F 09/16 Brendan G 09/17 James A 09/17 Jerry N 09/17 Stephen B 09/19 Bob L Wedding Anniversary 09/14 Jim & Susan L 09/14 Milton & Helen P Anniversary of Death 09/15 Glen Whitesel 09/16 Betty Owens Healing & Support Joe S. Jr, Steve H, Curt C, Brian S, Dave O, Howard M, Joe M, Jason C, Chelsea, Violet H, Evelyn C, Sandy D, Mike M, Connie P, Cheryl, Victoria B, Bob H, Elizabeth, Manny F, Lori T, Glenn C, Peggy, Elaina Mc, Pearl H, Nolan R, Debbie K, Jean Mc,Virgil H, Eloise S, Bobbi, Chad, Becky L, Dianne H, Jack & Ann O, Norman Mc, Tava C, Vick K, Jack S, Emily H, Tony I, John P, Jim H, Joanne R, Dennis

3 Sat 12 th Sun 13 th 4:00 p.m. Lemieux/Radford Wedding 4:30 p.m. Planning for The Jordan 5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist II 7:00 p.m. Young People of AA mtg 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist I 9:00 a.m. Orientation Class - Beginning E 9:00 a.m. The Jordan 9:15 a.m. The Family Well 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist II Mon 14 Th 9:30 a.m. Prayer Shawl 11:00 a.m. Prayer Leaders mtg Tues 15 th Wed 16 th 6:00 a.m. Acolyte Training 9:00 a.m. CDP mtg 3:30 p.m. Facilities mtg 5:30 p.m. EfM 5:30 p.m. Men s AA mtg 4:30 p.m. Bell Choir Rehearsal 6:00 p.m. PFLAG 7:00 a.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal Thurs 17 th Fri 18 th Sat 19 th 10:00 a.m. Painting with a Friend 1:00 p.m. Blankets for Kids 4:30 p.m. Foundation mtg 6:00 p.m. CDA Art mtg Office Closed 5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist II 7:00 p.m. Young People of AA mtg Orientation Classes This Week They re not just for newcomers! Father Pat will conduct orientation classes over the next couple of Sundays at 9 a.m. in the Alison Room. They re designed to introduce the Episcopal Church to newer parish members but are definitely open to all. Maybe you have some unanswered questions about Basic E or feel you might benefit from a refresher. If so, you are cordially invited to join other church members, including newcomers, on September 13, and 20. We would like to challenge the other St. Luke s members, and perhaps the various groups, of St. Luke s to join in supporting the Family Promise of North Idaho s 8th Annual Cardboard Box City (CBBC) to be held on October 9th. Family Promise affiliates around the country hold CBBC events as their major fundraiser. The goal this year is $20,000 to cover operational expenses associated with helping the guests acquire sustainable housing. Donations in support of the sponsorship can be made out to St. Luke s; please write CBBC on the memo line. For more information on Family Promise and CBBC, go to www. familypromiseni.org. Thank you in advance Andy Paroni and Mary Robinette, FPNI Board members Andy will be staying overnight probably in her van not a card board house.

4 St. Luke s Family and Children s Sunday Services The Wel l A family service for young children Sundays at 9:15 am in the Parish Hall The Jordan A family service for school-aged children Sundays at 9:00 am in the Alison Library Pl ease j oi n us on Sundays to enhance the spi ri tual experi ence and educati on of our youth at St. Luk e s pari sh. Al l chi l dren and fam i l i es are wel com e! Each Sunday, parti ci pants i n The Jordan servi ce j oi n The Wel l for Euchari st. A Fam i l y Soci al Hour i m m edi atel y fol l ows the servi ces. Al l pari shi oners are i nvi ted to com e to spend ti m e wi th our youngest pari shi oners and thei r fam i l i es! Rev. ( )

5 HEADS UP! 125 th Anniversary of Fall UTO Ingathering Saturday/Sunday OCT. 17 & 18, 2015 FYI: St. Luke s Mother s Day ingathering netted $479. Grateful thanks for your daily participation in the United Thank Offering program. Remember, the Lord never tires of our thanksgiving and boasting of His mercy. Our daily prayers and thanksgivings change lives. The prayer on the UTO box is usually out of sight in my home but it is telling. Source of all creation, all love, all true joy, accept we pray, these outward signs of our profound and continuing thankfulness for all of life. Bless those who will benefit from these gifts through the outreach of the United Thank Offering; and keep each of us ever thankful for all the blessings of joy and challenges the come our way; through Him who is the greatest gift and blessing of all, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen The Diocese of Spokane has received a UTO grant used to build the beautiful docks at Camp Cross. It is one of many,. Our daily prayers, thanksgivings and change - bless others. Thanks for every cent you offer the UTO program. Marty Gustafson UTO Chair Farewell Reception October 4 Mary Beth Jorgensen and Bob Runkle have been such a blessing to us at St Luke s and the larger community for the twelve plus years they ve been here. Reverend Jane recently preached on the Epistle of James 1:17-27 Be Doers of the Word, Not Listeners Only. Instead of judging others and focusing on religious rules, we should go out into the world and do God s work - feed the hungry, protect widows. Indeed Mary Beth and Brother Bob have done just that.. actively spreading God s love in so many ways. We send them off to the next chapter of their lives knowing they will continue to live out James Epistle. Our Farewell Reception will be in the parish hall after the Oct 4 10:30 service. You re welcome to put a free-will offering in the basket at the reception, or earmark a check for them (put this in the alms plate or leave in the office by Sept. 30th.)

6 OLD WORDS AND PHRASES REMIND US OF THE WAY WE WORD by Richard Lederer - Submitted by Bob Gustafson [Recently] I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology. These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," "Carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry." A bevy of readers have asked me to shine light on more faded words and expressions, and I am happy to oblige: Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We'd put on our best bib and tucker and straighten up and fly right. Hubba-hubba! We'd cut a rug in some juke joint and then go necking and petting and smooching and spooning and billing and cooing and pitching woo in hot rods and jalopies in some passion pit or lovers' lane. Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumpin' Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! We were in like Flynn and living the life of Riley, and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China! Back in the olden days, life used to be swell, but when's the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys and the D.A.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back. Kilroy was here, but he isn't anymore. Like Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle and Kurt Vonnegut's Billy Pilgrim, we have become unstuck in time. We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, "I'll be a monkey's uncle!" or "This is a fine kettle of fish!" we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues and our pens and our keyboards. Poof, poof, poof go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink, and they're gone, evanesced from the landscape and wordscape of our perception, like Mickey Mouse wristwatches, hula hoops, skate keys, candy cigarettes, little wax bottles of colored sugar water and an organ grinder's monkey. Where have all those phrases gone? Long time passing. Where have all those phrases gone? Long time ago: Pshaw. The milkman did it. Think about the starving Armenians. Bigger than a bread box. Banned in Boston. The very idea! It's your nickel. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Turn-of-the-century. Iron curtain. Domino theory. Fail safe. Civil defense. Fiddlesticks! You look like the wreck of the Hesperus. Cooties. Going like sixty. I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels. Heavens to Murgatroyd! And awa-a-ay we go! Oh, my stars and garters! It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter had liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff, this winking out of the words of our youth, these words that lodge in our heart's deep core. But just as one never steps into the same river twice, one cannot step into the same language twice. Even as one enters, words are swept downstream into the past, forever making a different river. We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the advantage of remembering there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their hour upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. It's one of the greatest advantages of aging. We can have archaic and eat it, too. See 'ya later, alligator!