to feed all God`s people.

The St. Timothean
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
AUGUST ISSUE
Five loaves and two fish fed 5,000 and they
were satisfied...
Jesus was able to share his miracles while on this Earth. While he
may not physically be here, he is in our hearts and souls. Collectively, we are all called to be his disciples: to be his eyes, hands and
feet. St. Timothy provides us with ample opportunities to "Feed All
God's People". We feed our community through the Faith and Grace
Garden, we feed our faith through prayer, and we feed our physical
church through pledging.
I'm Stephanie Andrews and I am the stewardship chair for the 2016
budget year. I am asking you to prayerfully consider how you're
willing to "Feed All God's People" through your time, talent and
treasure. When considering your pledge for this coming year, ask
yourself, how have you been fed by God? How can you feed God's
people?
Stewardship 2016
...to feed all God’s people.
For years this has been our “Vision & Mission” posted on our website for all to see.
This year, we ask not only how WE at St. Timothy’s feed all
God’s people, but how are WE fed.
How are YOU fed and how YOU feed God’s people?
Come celebrate the feeding of all God’s people
beginning September 13th.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Vestry News
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BBB
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Building Renewal
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South Sudan Update
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Preston Family Update 6
Formation Registration 7 & 8
Us in Pictures
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School
10
Mark Your Calendars
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Urban Immersion
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Prayers of the People
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On Being Episcopalian 13
Vestry Minutes
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By the Numbers
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October Celebrations
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Please share your comments or
ideas for the next issue with the
editor at:
225-2020 or
[email protected]
WELCOME! Earl Sides, Director of Music
Welcome Earl Sides who has agreed to serve as the Director of Music
beginning August 17!
Earl Sides is a native Iowan, growing up in La Porte City and graduating
from La Porte City High School. He attended Luther College in Decorah, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in music, and Drake University
in Des Moines, receiving a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting.
Earl has directed church choirs in the United Methodist, United Church of Christ, and Presbyterian
denominations, and has led community choirs in Fort Dodge and Knoxville. He has sung with the
Luther College Nordic Choir, Drake Choir, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan Chorale, and Des
Moines Choral Society.
He currently sings and serves as a rehearsal assistant with the Des Moines Vocal Arts Ensemble and
sings with the Howells Scholars when available. Earl has also been involved with several musical theater productions either as music director or participant (in some cases, both) including Oklahoma, Fiddler on the Roof, Music Man, Man of La Mancha, Carousel, State Fair, 1776, and Shrek: The Musical.
Earl is employed by Joy Ride as a full time driver. He is married to Kathy, a United Methodist pastor,
and they have four children: Ben, 21; Sam, 19; Emily, 13: and Maggie, 8; and three cats: Sunny, Hermione, and Annabel.
GOOD NEWS! NEW JR. WARDEN TAKES THE REINS
Certainly, there was a collective intake of breath when Patrick Rice announced that he had taken a new job in Nashville earlier this year. Patrick
had been serving on our vestry and had really dug into his position as Junior Warden, which is never an easy job to have or to recruit...
Luckily, Larry Anderson has agreed to take on the balance of Patrick’s term.
THANKS go out to Patrick for his service to this church and to Larry Anderson for stepping up to the challenge!
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CHAMELEON DAYS: AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD IN ETHIOPIA
by Tim Bascom
Tim Bascom’s memoir of his childhood in Ethiopia is fascinating and beautifully written. It begins when three-year-old Tim and his two brothers were uprooted from their Kansas home and taken to Ethiopia by their missionary parents. Because Tim's father is a doctor, the family first lived near an established
missionary hospital. There is much to see and explore in this new and strange
world and Tim's visual memories are clear and colorful.
But when Jonathon, the oldest of the brothers, is sent to a faraway boarding
school, both Jonathon and Tim are saddened and frightened. Jonathon is just
six and is not at all happy to go. Tim reluctantly follows him when he is seven.
They see their family during summers and on very rare visits. It is a difficult
challenge for the young boys to be so far from their parents and younger brother in a strange country and for such a long time. But the family’s strong and
loving ties helped them through it. The boys came to understand their parents'
strong commitment to the people they came to help and work among.
Tim's childhood memories are amazingly clear. He finds a chameleon in a poinsettia tree and is fascinated by
the little reptile and its abilities to change its color to blend in with its environment. He watches the chameleon’s two large eyes focus simultaneously on two completely different directions— a perfect symbol for the
complex demands of missionary children: One "eye" watching desperately for a way to fit into the strange culture and know and understand the Ethiopians while realizing they will never truly belong; the other "eye" never losing sight of the American life they left behind.
Tim's recollections of his childhood and his surroundings in Ethiopia are narrated with delightful color and
wonder. Tim helps us see his pet chameleon crawling cautiously along his finger, eyes swiveling in different
directions; Tim's hiding place and observatory high in an avocado tree; the view of his world from behind the
large leaves of a hibiscus tree; the frightening cries of hyenas just outside his bedroom window; and the banquet he and his family attended for Emperor Haile Selassie. As time passes the country becomes full of political unrest and rising turbulence, putting the lives of the missionaries at risk and finally leading to Selassie’s
overthrow and the rise to power of brutal Marxist-Leninist regime.
It's time for the family to return to Kansas. They leave with disappointment and reluctance, but return periodically for brief stays.
Books, Brews and Banter was privileged to have Tim Bascom and his wife Cathleen, the former dean of the
Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, come to discuss his book and answer our questions. It was both fun and enlightening to hear about his childhood in Ethiopia from the author himself.—by Gail Stilwill
~for more information about BBB or book reviews, go to: http://sttimsbbb.blogspot.com/
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BUILDING RENEWAL PROJECTS
As you probably know by now, we are well on our way to having
a dry basement. The water mitigation part of our project is
Phase 1 of the larger goal.
To-date, we have donations and/or pledges of 319,641. Your
generosity is greatly appreciated.
A blog is currently in the works to keep everyone updated on
the progress of each phase, including pictures to help visualize
the movement.
If you have yet to pledge toward this venture and are interested, please contact the church office for more information.
Building Renewal Project
Contributions to Date
Commitments
Pledge Cards: $
Gifts Received: $
Verbal Commitments:
26,148 $
33,338 $
$
248,303
33,338
38,000
$
59,486 $
319,641
Regular Garden Volunteer Hours
Mon–Wed–Fri: 6:30pm–8:30pm, Sat: 10:30am-Noon
Garden Production through June 26 ~ Total Harvested 828#
Where it Went
What We Grew
Pounds
Trinity UMC
140#
Asparagus
10
Lutheran Svcs.
35#
Bush Beans
50
618#
Lettuce
480
WDM
Human Services
Eyerly Ball
35
Onions
135
Total Donated
828
Peas
35
Radishes
58
Strawberries
60
If you can’t feed a hundred
people, feed just ONE.
~Mother Teresa
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VIOLENCE OUTBREAK NEAR NZARA, SOUTH SUDAN by Ray Gaebler
Shortly before Christmas, 2013 civil war suddenly erupted in South Sudan, the worlds youngest independent nation. Rival political factions began fighting after a dispute between the president and vice
president who happen to be members of the two largest ethnic groups in South Sudan. Over 90% of government revenue comes from exporting oil and the oil fields are in the northern part of the country, far
from the Diocese of Nzara. It didn’t take long before the fighting evolved primarily into an ethnic struggle for control of the oil fields. Nzara was not directly involved.
Unfortunately, early in August a conflict broke out between members of the government army and residents in the vicinity of Nzara and Yambio. Yambio is Bishop Samuel Peni’s home village, just a few miles
east of Nzara in the next county. Fourteen people including clergy and members of Barisi Parish, three of
whom are directly members of Samuel’s clan, have been killed. Of course, civilians are very frightened.
People living in rural parts of the diocese are coming into town seeking shelter and safety. Presently 15 to
20 people have moved into the bishops home and about 50 are living in the cathedral compound. Feeding these displaced people is putting a strain on diocese resources that is not helped by the general inflation within the country. Where a single US dollar could previously feed about 15 people now it will only
feed about 10.
If you could make a personal donation to help it would be gratefully received. Make your contribution to
St. Timothy’s marked for “Nzara Relief” and place it in the Sunday Offering or mail it to the church. Either way the funds will be forwarded directly to the Diocese of Nzara and be used to feed hungry people.
Above all, pray for the church as it works to promote peace and reconciliation in South Sudan.
If you would like to receive periodic updates about happenings in the Diocese of Nzara,
email [email protected] with “Nzara Companions” in the subject line to be added
to the Nzara Companions distribution list.
That I feed the hungry, forgive an insult, and love my enemy...
these are great virtues.
But what if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most
impudent of offenders are all within me, and that I stand in need of the alms
of my own kindness; that I myself am the enemy who must be loved?
What then?
~CJ Jung
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PRESTON FAMILY UPDATE by Heather Preston
He Called Me Mama~ June 20, 2015
So, we’re far behind. Here it is on Saturday evening
and I haven’t posted anything since before we met
Max. That seems like a lifetime ago. I will write about
our first meeting and adoption finalization with Max
and then in the next few days try to catch up on everything in between.
Before we met Max on Monday, Vince, Simon and I
walked around Nanjing and the Confucian temple. The river was beautiful and it was quite a pleasant
walk. Simon stopped at Starbucks for a smoothie…all
the comforts of home! The air quality was pretty bad,
though, giving all of our pictures a hazy quality; it was just too “smoky”, as Simon called it, to get a
good picture. Below you see our last family picture before we became a family of 4.
After our walk, we ate our last lunch as a family of 3 at the mall by our hotel in Nanjing. Our hotel
was actually attached to a mall that had MANY levels and had many restaurants in addition to the
shops. The mall was probably comparable to the Mall of America in size. We ate a mostly Western
restaurant, the first of our trip. All of the other restaurants we’d been to were Chinese (and oh, so
delicious) but Simon was starting to miss foods from home. He ate a delicious-looking plate of
nachos.
Following lunch, we met up in the lobby with all of the other families ready to go to the Civil Affairs office to do paperwork and meet our child. We all were nervous and excited at the same
time. Would Max like us? Would the transition be easier or harder than it was with Simon? Would the boys get along?
We got to the Civil Affairs Office and we waited with all of the other families, some speaking English, some speaking other languages. There were going to be children from 3 orphanages that were
meeting their forever families at this meeting. There was a knock on the door….would it be Max’s
group? Not yet. The little girl who entered was scared and screamed at meeting her new family. To see her now after several days with her new family, you’d never know their first meeting was
a little rough at the start.
Next came in Max’s group. Max pushed past some of the other kids and ran to me. HE RAN TO
ME! His foster mother clearly had prepared him for this moment. It was the sweetest thing I have
ever experienced. He ran to me and gave me a hug, immediately calling me “Mama”. He then
opened up the backpack that came with him and in it was the book that we had sent him. He
pointed to the pages saying, “Mama, Baba (Vince) and Simon ge-ge (Simon big-brother). He then
showed me the book of all the things he had learned in preschool and told me about them. Of
course, I didn’t understand a word that he was saying since it was all in Mandarin, but it was so
sweet that he was wanting to show me about all of his accomplishments...
To catch up on all of the latest since that first meeting, go to prestonadoptionblog.wordpress.com
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SPRING & SUMMER @ ST. TIMOTHY’S
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FROM OUR SCHOOL by Michelle Madden
The preschool may be out for summer but we are having our summer playdates every other Tuesday throughout the summer. These play dates are a
great way for preschool families that will be attending in the fall to meet other preschool families.
The preschool classes for fall are filling up fast! If you or someone you know
has a 3 or 4 year old, and they are looking for a wonderful preschool experience, please have them contact Michelle Madden at 494-7735 or [email protected].
Peace begins when the hungry are fed.
~Dorothy Day
Mark Your Calendars!
August 26
First Choir Rehearsal, 7pm
September 4-7
Happening*
September 13
Program Year Begins
Ark Graduation and
October 4
St. Francis Day
September 7
Labor Day
October 9-11
New Beginnings*
September 8
Preschool Year Begins
September 9
Holy Eucharist and
Connection Meal
11:30am
October 3/4
Stewardship Weekend
Anniversary Celebration
Parish Picnic
September 15
Vestry Meeting
September 22
Just Faith Sessions @ St.
Timothy’s Begin
October 23-24
Diocesan Convention*
Trunk or Treat
*Diocesan Events
for more information,
please visit our new
Diocesan website at:
www.dioiowa.org
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URBAN IMMERSION EXPERIENCE by Jeanie Smith
The weekend of May 29-31 provided a great opportunity for a group of our teens to experience some of the most
pressing social issues in Des Moines.
We began our weekend by playing some games that heightened our awareness of poverty in our own backyard.
“Family Fairness Feud” examined the eight top reasons for
poverty (unemployment, low wage jobs, single parenthood,
mental illness, addiction, etc.). Then, we divided into three
groups and each group was given a family scenario and
challenged to find ways to make ends meet over the course
of a typical month.
All day Saturday, we moved around Des Moines to experience some social justice issues then watch and briefly help
those who are doing something to solve these problems. We started with a presentation by Trish Radke of Metro
Waste Authority who talked about environmental stewardship and recycling. We had a terrific relay race competition to see what we had learned about recycling. Then we started our trip around the Des Moines area, beginning at
Des Moines Area Religious Council’s food warehouse where we saw how food is collected and distributed to twelve
food pantries around the metro area. Then on to Central Iowa Shelter and Services where we toured their facility
that houses 150 homeless people (and overflow) every night of the year.
We paused for lunch at the International Grocery Store, where each of us was given $5 and challenged to find something for lunch that we had never eaten before. Four of our young women pooled their resources and managed to
purchase lunch for all four for $10.76!
Then we headed to Trinity United Methodist Church, where we heard a galvanizing presentation on human trafficking. Did you know that there are 27 million people who are enslaved today – far more than the entire African slave
trade? We met a young man, just graduated from high school, who came to the US as an undocumented immigrant
from El Salvador when he was 9 years old. He told of us his 3-day journey across the Rio Grande and the Sonora
Desert with his parents and two sisters. Then we joined the Supper Club for hungry people run by Children and
Family Urban Movement and helped with clean up after the meal was over.
Our final stop was to Joppa Outreach, which is an organization whose mission is “to create a community of unconditional love, support and hope for the homeless, and to help people get off the streets.” At Joppa’s office, we learned
about their mission and how they try to achieve it and then went out to join two homeless men at their camp in the
woods. We were warmly welcomed with a campfire and heard their stories. Joppa’s founders had brought hotdogs
and marshmallows for us to roast as we talked to Al and Herb.
The best part of the weekend, however, was Sunday morning. Susie Tierney, Executive Director of the Center for
Social Ministry, who led our weekend, challenged all of us to create Action Plans. “So now you’ve learned something
about all these different issues. What grabbed you? What are you going to do about it?”
We had a chance to work on action plans before our church service. During the church service, each of us was asked
to say a sentence or two about our experience. After church, we presented our action plans to parents and interested
parishioners. Most of our girls chose to work on raising awareness about human trafficking through the organization Teens Against Human Trafficking. The boys were interested in stewardship of the environment and have plans
to adopt a stream or a street, and to promote recycling at the church and within the congregation.
During the presentation on the environment, the boys were challenged by one parent who asked them, “What happens after you finish cleaning up the stream or the street?” Without missing a beat, one of the boys responded, “The
world!”
We have plans to offer more Urban Immersion Experience weekends in 2016, the first January 1-3, and the second
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June 3-5. Stay tuned. These weekends are for teens in 7th-12th grades and interested adults. We welcome friends
of our teens and people of other faith traditions!
DIOCESAN, CATHEDRAL, & METRO OPPORTUNITIES ~
More details on all events can be found at: dioiowa.org
September 5 - 7: Happening #39, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Fort Dodge
October 9 - 11: New Beginnings #15, St. Paul’s, Council Bluffs
October 23 - 24: 163rd Diocesan Convention and Youth Conference
For those serving in our military, especially:
Kevin, Jeremy, Alex, Gabe, David, Johnathan, Pat, Nathan, Mary, Trevor, Jack, Sean, & Jacob
For those suffering in body, mind, or spirit, especially:
Joseph, Jacob, Becky, Eric, Steve, Robb, Bob, Jackie, Ken, Ruth, Linda, & Zariah
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Birthdays
September 23: Maureen Hada
September 3: Alexandra Hodges
September 25: Mary McGill
September 4: Shirley Fowler, Danny Hagen, Jason Menke
September 26: Patti Christensen
September 6: Rhonda Little, Joel Nastruz
September 27: Maggie Hall, Grace Matera
September 7: Karen Greenwood
September 28: Vince Preston
September 8: Emma Sodders
September 29: Jack Rider
September 9: Pam Harrison, Anna Willse
September 30: Michaelah Morrill, Marjorie Proffitt, Dillon
Thomas
September 10: Rosemary Graff, Chuck Phillips
September 11: Chuck Gustaveson, Darin Krantz, Luke
Krantz
September 12: Landon Ranslow
September 13: Liz Brennan, Isabel Hodges, Candace Jordan
September 14: Carrie Mason
September 15: Michelle Hall, Tamara Menke, Michael
Willse
September 16: Chloe Wright
Anniversaries
September 3: Barbara & Clarence Stennes
September 4: Judy & John Bloom
September 13: Jeanie & Bill Smith
September 16: Deanna & Joe Nobis
September 22: Jill & Jim Morrill
September 17: Chase O’Connell
September 27: Beth & Chris Bice
September 18: Lacey Howard
September 28: Lynn & Doug Power
September 19: Dave Haskin
September 29: Cindy & Ed McConnell
September 21: Norman Rodgers
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ON BEING EPISCOPALIAN: WHY A FISH by Terry Swanson
Our youngest daughter got married in Chicago late in June. Driving to and
from Chicago, I noticed that lots of the cars were sporting a fish symbol on their
bumpers. That got me to thinking about symbols. Then I remembered that
several years ago I noticed the same thing and after a bit of research, I found
out the following.
Now I knew that the fish is an old symbol for Christ but I didn’t know from whence it came.
One of the internet sites I found was a great essay by Gregory Dill on The History of the
Ichthus, http://www.plymouth-church.com/ichthus.html if you’re interested in more details.
You might see the fish symbol in any one of the following (and more) depictions as a symbol
for Christianity.
But how did a fish become a really recognizable symbol of Jesus? I thought it was because of
the “I’ll make you a fisher of men,” statement Jesus made to Peter. But the real reason is a bit
more complicated.
Ichthus is the Greek word meaning fish. The Greek spelling for ichthus is ΙΧΘΥΣ: Iota, Chi,
Theta, Upsilon, Sigma. The first letters of each word in the Greek statement Iesous Christos,
Theou Uios, Soter are also ΙΧΘΥΣ and the statement translates to “Jesus Christ, Son of God,
Savior.” And that my friend is the beginning of the story.
However, since the symbol was used in the first and second centuries AD, it seems to me that
most of the members of the new church probably weren’t speaking Greek and if they did probably didn’t read and write. I read that the symbol was introduced from Alexandria, Egypt,
which at the time was a heavily populated seaport. It makes more sense to me that people who
live by the sea might naturally choose a fish as a secret identity symbol.
During the early years of Christianity, Christians were routinely persecuted, even put to death.
So how could a Christian check to see if a new acquaintance was a believer? Well he might casually doodle a bit in the dirt.
top to the doodle
And, in return, the new acquaintance might draw a curved
and here you are with a fish
read the sometimes the first man would doodle
and a new Christian friend. I also
. If the new acquaintance drew
tom of the doodle, he would have completed the cross
at the bot-
and identified himself as a Christian.
The Fish, A Prayer
The Christian fish symbol is of love. In days of old when people met, and did not know
if the others were Christian, one made a mark on the ground. If the persons were Christian,
one would complete the fish symbol, ever so bold - letting each one know that they were sisters and brothers in Christ. Jesus fed five thousand people with a fish, and a few loaves of
bread. Jesus made fishers of men in his heavenly Father's love. The fish symbol is most significant: Amalgamating Christian strangers as one in Christ - yes! in godly love. Today: the
Christian fish symbol brings Christians together, from near and far. Lord Jesus, thank you
for the way in which your Spirit unfolds, we pray Father God, thank you; for blessing us with
the Christian fish symbol, your symbol of love, when Christians meet. You are always with us
O Father God. Your love is divine and true: refreshing and spiritually unique.
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VESTRY MINUTES ~ JULY 21, 2015 (DRAFT)
6:30pm St. Timothy’s Parish Hall
St. Timothy’s Parish Hall, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
Members Present: Moses Bittok, Michelle Manning, Larry Anderson, Gene Gardner, Jacob Bylund, Scott
Brennan, Rev. Mary Cole-Duvall and Sandra Marshall.
Opening Prayer was given by Sandra Marshall and the meeting was called to order.
Minutes from the June meeting were emailed to all members for review. There were no corrections or
additions to a motion was made to approve the minutes—Bylund/Manning. Motion carried by consensus.
The Rector’s Update was given by Rev. Mary. She reflected on her time at General Convention in Utah
and reported to the group what she did, provided insight and explanations of the events that took place
there along with the Supreme Court rulings that happened during that same time. Rev. Mary wants the
Vestry to begin thinking of continuing the Connection Dinners and find dates on the calendar and pair up
with other vestry members if needed. This will be a great way to reconnect with people and update on the
renovation/redo/renewal projects of the church.
Financial Update was given by Larry Anderson, who is a finance team member plus now the newest
member of the Vestry team (due to the new job/move of Patrick Rice.) Larry will fill the term of Patrick’s
and agreed to be Junior Warden. The church snapshot shows an excess of funds of $4,690 at the end of
June. This is a good thing since our income is down and expenses are also down. Contributions should
be at 50% but they are at 49% (they were at 49% last year, too) and expenses are at 48% of the budget
and should be at 50% (last year they were at 51 %). The significant item from the Building financials is
that there is a line item for the renovation monies/pledges that have actually been received. We had
$37,398.44 in the account at the end of June and will have enough to pay the water mitigation expense,
project to begin Wednesday, July 22nd.
An update on gifts, pledges and commitments for the Remodeling/Replacement/Renovation Project was
given by Gene Gardner. As to date, there have been 40 gifts/pledges/commitments with a total
$260,000 plus verbal commitments, too. Gene will be preparing another letter to be sent to the congregation with an update, but for now this is encouraging and a good start. How are the phone calls going?
Was a question offered to the Vestry members given names of people to call and make sure they received
there letter and pledge card and if they had any questions. It was strongly encouraged to make those calls
and if there were any problems to let Gene or Sandra be aware.
As mentioned with the financial report, the water abatement project (phase one of the remodel/
replacement/renovation project) will be underway this Wednesday, July 22nd. Larry Anderson will be
overseeing this for the Vestry and Bob Sodders will continue to manage the completion of the project after Midwest Basements are done doing their part of the project.
Budget Process and Nomination Committee need mentioned but did not go into details with this meeting. Members were asked to think and discern and volunteer for the nomination committee (one member from each class would be preferred) and this will take form at the August meeting.
~cont’d. on following page
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VESTRY MINUTES ~ CONT’D.
Gene Gardner passed around information regarding the Exchange of the Peace and the history
related to this subject. Discussion was given.
Round the Table for the Good of the Order was offered. Scott Brennan shared his recent experience
to Israel. Rev. Mary updated the group that Bishop Peni was asked and is planning to attend the
Diocese Convention in October. Vacation Bible School will be happening August 3-5th with encouragement to help and attend and spread the word.
Closing Prayer was given by Sandra Marshall and the meeting was adjourned. Next meeting will be
August 18th at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall.
Faithfully submitted by Sandra Marshall
BY THE NUMBERS ~ Giving & Pledging
Regular Pledging Summary
What is the duty of all
Christians?
Total pledges received year to What we expected to
date Aug 15/16
received by this date
$220,681
$233,304
Food Pantry/Schools
470.40
Second Offering $
Designated Food Pantry $
360.00
The duty of all
Christians is to follow
Christ; to come together week by week for corporate worship; and to
work, pray, and give
for the spread of the
kingdom of God.
~The Book of Common Prayer
THANK YOU!
KEEPING UP WITH JACOB
Jacob Nastruz is off again…
this time for a year of mission in South Africa!
As he travels and serves the church with the Young Adult Service Corps,
you can keep up with him on his blog at: http://jacobnastruz.blogspot.com/
Join us for his commissioning on Sunday, August 30th at the 9am service!
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St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
1020 24th Street
West Des Moines IA 50266
Phone: 515-225-2020
Fax: 515-225-2083
E-mail: [email protected]
The Formation Year
begins the weekend of
September 12/13!
Saturdays @ 5pm
Sundays @ 8am & 10:15am
Formation @ 9am on Sundays!
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Birthdays
October 24: Mary Lou Imus
October 2: Kate Irwin
October 25: McB McManus, Don Smith
October 3: Eddie Cudworth
October 28: Jeanie Smith, Sarah Wilson
October 5: Mindy Bylund
October 30: Sue Clark
October 6: Don Bruntlett
October 8: Elizabeth Slocum
Anniversaries
October 9: Matt Faber
October 2: Suzanne & Peter Graham
October 10: Tommy Hewitt, Jean Lane
October 5: Maureen & Bob Hada, Sarah & Josh Wilson
October 11: Tyler Losen
October 6: Millie & Glenn Uding
October 12: Adrienne Hodges
October 8: Tonni & Mike Matera
October 13: Sarah Larson, David Rice
October 9: Suzy & Mathew Coen
October 14: Toni Farris
October 10: Ann & Craig Koopal
October 15: Tom Gulbranson, Nicholas Irwin
October 11: Gail & Eddie Cudworth
October 16: Liz Bruner
October 13: Edie & Randy DePhillips
October 17: Bev Blaha, Nataly Crandall
October 16: Lori & Danny Hagen
October 19: Lexi Brennan, Kathy Rider
October 18: Kristi & Reed Kious
October 20: Jared Baker
October 20: Elizabeth & Ed Mansfield
October 21: Gary Amerman, Marty Haas, Colleen Krantz
October 22: Lexi & Matt Faber
October 22: Peter Bittok, Sandi Cain
October 24: Marci & Eric Hewitt
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