November 2013 - St. David`s Episcopal Church, Nashville

NOVEMBER, 2013
STANDING ON SHOULDERS OF SAINTS
by Julie Erwin
During this time of celebrating All Saints’ and Thanksgiving, we must mention one
more time how very thankful we are for all those who have helped make St. David’s the
very special place it is today. We honor the memories of our own Bill Van Cleave, Joe
Ferrelli, and Martha Elliston, who, sadly, we lost this year. Each was so important and
valuable to our parish family. We know they are watching over us still and especially when
it comes to the altar and flower guilds, the ushers, and internal workings of the church. It
was Bernard of Chartres who in the 12th century recorded the phrase, “…standing on
shoulders of giants…” and it has been reused by many including Isaac Newton to give
credit to those who paved the way for their future successes. Therefore, I have morphed it
to refer to our founders and early members. As we stride ahead, we can find comfort in the
knowledge that indeed we are standing on the shoulders of saints.
You know, when we plant a tree we understand we may never see that tree reach
maturity. We begin a business, write a book, create art, and have families that will long
survive our tenure. So it was with our founders. Their vision and hope in planting our
church may not exactly be known, but I sincerely believe they would be proud of what we
have become. In 1963 as a college student, I observed an emerging church coming into a
new era of its ministry. Civil Rights, Women’s Liberation, and a revised Book of Common
Prayer shook our very foundation and caused us to sit up, dress down, and take notice of
the world around us. People began to question the Church, the Bible, and their own faith.
Instead of fleeing in fear, I watched a very vibrant community grow within the Church. I was
drawn to a church where I could question, wonder, and doubt. Our family came to St.
David’s in 1973 and never looked back. Johnny and I give thanks every day for our church
family. I remember the amazing women who mentored me in those early years, and the
men who helped Johnny grow as a new Episcopalian. We knew we had something special
here.
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Each of us has a very important part to play in continuing the blessings of this place.
Come as you are and be who you are…a beloved child of God. We don’t know where our
future will lead us, but we do know that God is in charge. So we just have to follow our
leader.
At our wonderful 50th birthday dinner, Laura Duke wondered who might be here to
celebrate our 100th, and we couldn’t help but think about our lovely young people who were
present and smile. Bet we will find a Duke or a Rayhab still leading things in 2113!
ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3
On this Sunday, we celebrate and give thanks for all the baptized, the “saints” known
and unknown, who have made up the body of Christ from the very beginning of the Church.
All Saints’ Sunday is one of the Church’s baptismal occasions; we baptize new “saints” into
Christ’s body, the Church, celebrating their new birth into our ongoing life, which is even
now the beginning of eternal life with God. We also celebrate our “ingathering” of our
financial pledges made to support St. David’s in 2014. Our guest preacher at both services
will be the Rev. Anne B. Bonnyman who went into the ordained ministry from St. David’s
and is recently retired as rector of Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS ON NOVEMBER 3
Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November third, at 2:00 a.m. Please
remember to set your clocks back one hour before retiring on Saturday night. “Spring
forward; fall back.”
THANKSGIVING EVE SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist, with Hymns
IN OUR PRAYERS
The following persons are being prayed for in our liturgies each week: Carl, Annie
Nguyen, Keith Drummond, Mark Dunn, Tom Means, Bruce Eby, Polly Puckett Bilieu,
Norman B. Gillis, Jr., Buffy & John Harper, Whitney McNeill, Marlene & Al Carson,
Francis & Louise Armstrong, Ellen Robert, Gail Smith, Ann McNair, Ruth Singley, and
Steve Anderson. “Comfort and relieve your servants, and give power of healing to those
who minister to their needs…”
We remember John Germann and Frances Leathers Meza who are serving in the Armed
Services of our country overseas. “Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace…”
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ONION RINGS
by Norman Gillis
Scott and Diana Gray recently opened the
Omega Learning Center - Belle Meade, located
in the Lion’s Head Shopping Center at 82
White Bridge Road. It is the only educational
franchise system that includes communication
to its students’ school teachers as a core
component of its business model. Students
meet each week with the same tutor, who then
emails a session summary to the students’
parents and school teachers, creating an
academic team of support. Academic
assessment and tutoring is provided by
certified teachers in all K-12 subject areas, plus
SAT, ACT, and standardized test preparation.
Scott and Diana are offering a $100 discount to
St. David’s families to be used for the
assessment.
Contact 615-678-1927 or
[email protected]
for
more
information.
ROOM IN THE INN, 2013-14
by Jim Irwin
We begin receiving our new guests from Room
in the Inn on the second Saturday nights of the
program months of operation: 11/09/13,
12/14/13, 01/11/14, 02/08/14, and 03/08/14 at
St. Luke’s Community House. As before, we
are asking the wonderful people of our St.
David’s parish to continue to bring your
wonderfully cooked food dishes for Saturday
night dinners, Sunday breakfasts, and the sack
lunches that we send with our guests when we
drive them back to the RITI Center.
Before dinner, one of our people will drive the
St. Luke’s van down to Drexel Street to RITI to
pick up our guests. Set-up for Saturday night
dinner is handled by the St. David’s hosts; in
past years Vince Troia and his awesome
children have played a large part in the set-up
as part of their family’s continuing ministry at
St. David’s. After dinner, the mattresses are set
up by our guests and the TV is watched until
lights out. One or more of our St David’s
people will stay the night to watch over our
guests.
A note from Brian Huskey to his St. David’s
family: “It was wonderful to see you all and
worship with you again on Sunday, September
29. There is not a Sunday that passes on
which I don’t think of you all at 10:30 a.m.
Central Time, no matter where I am. (And 8:00
a.m. too, if I am up that early!)
Admittedly, it is safer for all when two of us are
there during the night. In the morning, we wake
up at 6:00 a.m. to our breakfast and their
clean-up. After this is done, one of the St.
David’s hosts will drive the guests back to RITI,
and the other will clean the kitchen area, take
the bags of trash to the St Luke’s dumpsters,
get all the bedding back in the cabinets, and
dust mop the facility. After this is completed,
the driver is back from RITI to put the van in its
St. Luke’s garage. The last thing is to set the
building alarms and take the four St. David’s
totes and the dirty laundry to the church office.
“I have been blessed to have been a member
of many unique and special groups in my 55
years, some of them small and informal,
others, large and more formal, but tightly
connected in some way. Of them all, none has
been as dear to me as St. David’s. None has
loved me and accepted me as unconditionally
as has this parish family. None has been as
present and available as this group.
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certainly none has taught me more about
community, love, faith, and openness to the
works of the Holy Spirit as has St. David’s. For
these gifts and others far too numerous to
mention here, I am ever grateful. I love you all
and miss you more that I can say, and I look
forward to my next visit. May God continue to
bless each of you, and may God’s works
continue to be done so beautifully as they are
at St. David’s.” Brian
The overnight, pick-up and drop-off Sunday
morning teams are an area of my concern.
Several of the longtime “overnighters” are
finding other family and health concerns
keeping them from this important ministry
sometime during this calendar. We had some
great St. David’s men step up last season and I
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am asking for more help from our congregation
this year. I would like to have a schedule set up
for each month with enough people to help the
night to go smoothly. Last year, I took the
overnight alone due to some unexpected
cancellations, and, believe me, you know that,
alone, you have been in the “race.”
A sought-after speaker and published author,
Dr. Bucy is professor of history at Volunteer
State Community College in Gallatin, has
taught classes locally in Vanderbilt's Osher
Lifelong Learning classes and with the
Metropolitan Historical Commission. She has
led tours of our city cemeteries and was the
founding president of the Nashville City
Cemetery Association. Dr. Bucy was the
keynote speaker for the Tennessee Civil War
Sesquicentennial. She is a native of Texas,
received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt, and is a
member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
We are a wonderfully effective parish, and with
enough people signed up and in attendance,
our guests from RITI will see that too. Please
contact me with your available dates as soon
as you can. My phone is 830-9467 and my
email is irwin_(underscore)james1@comcast
.net, or contact Carol Hornberger with your
availability. Many thanks to you all. Deborah
and I are grateful for your help.
Do plan to join us for this fascinating journey
back to 1963. Lunch will be catered by The
Corner Market for a suggested donation of $10
per person. Mark your calendar and make
your reservation by November 11 by contacting
the St. David’s Church office either at 615-3520293 or [email protected].
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR:
1963 IN NASHVILLE AND THE NATION
by Molly Dale Smith
On Saturday, November 16, local historian and
noted speaker Dr. Carole Bucy will return to St.
David’s to give a talk on the events of 1963,
the year that St David’s
was founded.
The
program will begin at
10:00 a.m. and will be
followed by lunch at
11:30 a.m. Dr. Bucy’s
wit and wisdom will
help us to gain new
insights about this pivotal year in the life of St.
David’s, Nashville, and the nation.
Calling all 5- 12th Graders!
LET’S GO BOWLING: NOVEMBER 17
St. David's Youth Group will head to the
Hillwood Strike and Spare for some bowling;
we would love to have you join us.
Once you meet and hear Dr. Bucy you will be
hooked on history! She engages even the least
knowledgeable to want to hear more. Her talks
and lectures are fun and on a level anyone can
appreciate. We are so fortunate to have her
come and share with us. There will be time as
well for your questions.
Date: Sunday, November 17
Time: Meet after church service for lunch;
bowling starts at 1:00 p.m. - Cost: $5.00
Pick-up: 2:30 p.m. at Hillwood Strike and
Spare
Dr. Bucy is a longtime advocate for local and
state history; last year Mayor Karl Dean
appointed her as the Davidson County
Historian. She is author of the textbooks
currently used by Metro Schools 4th and 5th
grades, Tennessee Through Time: the Early
Years and Tennessee Through Time: the Later
Years.
If parents are willing to help chaperone
and/or bring an item of food for lunch,
please contact Connor McCracken
([email protected]).
Thanks. St. David's Youth Ministry Team
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Development fund to assist third world families.
Every so often, the children bring that offering
to the altar during Eucharist. This reminds the
congregation of the role these little ones play in
our lives as a church, and the children are
reminded that there are many adults who love
and care for them.
Godly Play III involves 2nd-4th graders. These
children are more than willing to reach out to
others with small service projects and they are
great helpers. By this time they have been well
educated about stewardship and the
importance of a loving God in their lives.
CHILDREN AND STEWARDSHIP
by Annette Pilcher
A child’s awareness of stewardship begins very
early. By learning to share toys, participating in
some chores in the home, by an innate love of
nature, children are natural stewards.
Our children are a wonderful blessing for the
St. David’s community. As good stewards we
need to teach them by word and example as
they teach us.
Godly Play is the Christian education
curriculum used by St. David’s since the arrival
of the Rev. Ann Walling in the early 2000’s.
The premise of Godly Play is that children love
to hear stories. Three adults are involved, the
storyteller, the doorkeeper, and the usher.
Storytellers engage the children with prescripted Bible stories and figures of humans
and animals that are used to illustrate the
stories. Godly Play also involves a children’s
worship service, snack time, and art response
to the story told that day.
ST. DAVID’S BEST-EVER HOLIDAY
BAZAAR!
NOVEMBER 23, 9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
by Michelle and Joan Green
Let your creative spirit shine. Come and join us
for our Best-Ever Holiday Bazaar! We are
already busy crafting and cooking. This year
our focus is on giving. We are giving of our
time and talents to create gifts, decorations,
and food items to be sold at our Bazaar. The
proceeds will in turn be given in support of St.
David’s outreach and special projects.
At St. David’s, Jennifer Sanders is the
coordinator of Godly Play and Children’s
Ministries, a position she has held for the last
few years. As we sat down on a recent Monday
morning, her enthusiasm for Godly Play was
infectious. In addition to the lessons learned in
Godly Play, the children are learning the direct
application of stewardship in their own lives.
We welcome you with open arms to come and
join our fellowship while we make items for
sale at the Bazaar. There will be four craft days
in Sanders Hall: Sat. November 2, at 1:00 p.m.,
Saturday, November 9, at 10:00 a.m,
November 14 or 15, TBA, and our final craft
day will be November 21, at 12:00 noon!
For the past couple of years the children have
collected money and materials for the Nashville
Humane Society. For the last several
Valentine’s Days, the children have made and
delivered cards for our parishioners who find
attending church difficult. Needless to say, our
elders were thrilled and enjoyed visiting with
the children and their parents.
If crafting is not your thing, perhaps you can
give of yourself by volunteering your time or
cooking something to be sold at the Bazaar.
We would really appreciate our chefs preparing
a double batch of something or perhaps a
An offering is collected in Children’s Church; in
past years the children have voted to donate
their offering to the Episcopal Relief and
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special recipe. We hope to have frozen entrees
(in servings of 4), baked desserts and breads,
and gourmet specialties such as jellies,
granola, or holiday treats. These can be
dropped off at any time. We have freezer
space and proper storage. Also, this year any
unsold food items will be given to the Agape
Ministry to help St. David’s families in both
difficult and joyful times.
Each year various groups within our church
make a special contribution to the Bazaar. The
contributions help unite us in mutual support of
our church community. Some of these efforts
have been box meals prepared by DOK, mail
box decorations from the Flower Guild, note
cards from the children of Godly Play, used
book sales run by the Youth Group, cookies
from the Choir, and drink mixes from the
Bloomin’ Onions. These efforts are greatly
appreciated and we hope that you will be able
to continue to provide them. If others wish to
donate a collaborative gift please let us know.
If creating and cooking aren’t your thing
perhaps you help by giving your time.
Volunteers are essential to our success and we
really need your help with:
• Publicity: In early November we need
people to email and make phone calls to
put the Bazaar on social news calendars
New this year are changes regarding vendors.
We ask that all vendors be family or friends of
the St. David’s community. We want to
encourage creative people to participate in our
Bazaar by eliminating the vendor fee. In the
past our fee has been $40.00. This year we will
instead ask each vendor to make a donation
that they feel is appropriate. Vendor space is
limited, but there is still room for a few more. If
you or someone you know wants to be a
vendor please let us know as soon as possible.
Bazaar day:
• Neighborhood signage: At 7 a.m. and at 2
p.m. This involves putting out and removing
signs in the neighborhood advertising the
Bazaar. Some go in the ground and others
hang from the metal St. David’s signs
already on corners.
• Early bird helpers: 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. This
involves putting up signs in the church
directing the way to Sanders Hall and
decorating the doorway. Finishing any last
minute displays and helping receive food
for sale and any last minute donations
• Shift workers: Host sale tables to help
things go smoothly. Shifts are from 9 a.m.11 a.m., 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Sign-up sheets are in the upstairs hallway.
• Clean-up crew: 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Collect unsold
items, return furniture in Sanders Hall to its
original layout, return the display items to
the attic, and take out the trash.
• Sunday November 24: Discount day! Many
unsold items are reduced; be present
during breakfast & after the 10:30 service.
Lastly, and most importantly, we need
shoppers!! Please come and buy some of our
unique and clever gifts for your family, friends,
teachers, hosts, and pets! Purchase unique
holiday trim and clever stocking stuffers! Stock
your freezer with foods lovingly prepared just
for you at holiday time!
Join us as we come together to create St.
David’s BEST-EVER Holiday Bazaar on
November 23!
SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFASTS
by Carol Hornberger
Thank you to all the chefs who have provided
the delicious Sunday breakfasts this fall. There
are still opportunities available to sign up to
cook breakfast. Please remember to send
your receipts to the church office so that
we may reimburse you for food and
supplies.
This year we hope to have a wide variety of
unique, quality gifts made and donated for sale
by creative individuals within the St. David’s
community. We are also asking for donations
from anyone with a special talent. We would
appreciate contributions from people who knit,
crochet, woodwork, craft, and are artists.
Please help us fill our sale tables with items
suitable for gift giving or holiday decorating.
Remember to contact the church office for
account information before making year-end
stock donations.
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
Saturday
2
10:00 am
DOK Meeting
2:00 pm
A New Leaf
Family Festival
3 All Saints’ Sunday
8:00 am Holy
Eucharist
8:45 am
Breakfast
9:15 am
Ch Worship
9:30 am
CF Classes &
Adult Choir
10:30 am
Choral Eucharist
4:45 pm – Choir
5:30 pm - Sunday
Supper Club
10 Pentecost XXV
8:00 am Holy
Eucharist
8:45 am
Breakfast
9:15 am
Ch Worship
9:30 am
CF Classes &
Adult Choir
10:30 am
Choral Eucharist
4:45 pm – Choir
5:30 pm - Sunday
Supper Club
17 Pentecost XXVI
8:00 am Holy
Eucharist
8:45 am
Breakfast
9:15 am
Ch Worship
9:30 am
CF Classes &
Adult Choir
10:30 am
Choral Eucharist
1:00 pm - Youth
Group Bowling
4:45 pm – Choir
5:30 pm - Sunday
Supper Club
24 Last Sunday
after Pentecost
8:00 am Holy
Eucharist
8:45 am
Breakfast
9:15 am
Ch Worship
9:30 am
CF Classes &
Adult Choir
10:30 am
Choral Eucharist
4:45 pm – Choir
5:30 pm - Sunday
Supper Club
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5
8:30 am
A New Leaf
6
8:30 am
A New Leaf
10:30 am
Music Class
7
8:30 am
A New Leaf
8
9
14
8:30 am
A New Leaf
15
16
21
8:30 am
A New Leaf
22
23
Bazaar Set-up
9:00 am
Best-Ever
Holiday Bazaar
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Thanksgiving Day
29
30
10:30 am
Bible Study
11
10:30 am
Music Class
10:30 am
Bible Study
12
8:30 am
A New Leaf
7:15 pm
Adult Choir
Rehearsal
13
8:30 am
A New Leaf
10:30 am
Music Class
10:00 am
CHANGE IS IN
THE AIR: 1963 in
Nashville & the
Nation
11:00 am
Clericus Meeting
6:30 pm
Vestry Dinner
7:00 pm
Vestry Meeting
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10:30 am
Music Class
10:30 am
Bible Study
12:00 pm
Healing Service
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8:30 am
A New Leaf
7:00 pm
Youth Committee
Meeting
25
10:30 am
Bible Study
26
8:30 am
A New Leaf
7:15 pm
Adult Choir
Rehearsal
20
8:30 am
A New Leaf
10:30 am
Music Class
7:15 pm
Adult Choir
Rehearsal
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Parish Office
Closed
6:00 pm
Thanksgiving Eve
Service
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Parish Office
Closed
NOVEMBER 2013 – LAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE
November 3
All Saints’
Sunday
ACOLYTES
10:30 a.m. Crucifer
November 10
Pentecost XXV
November 17
Pentecost XXVI
November 24
Pentecost XXVII
December 1
Advent I
S. RAYHAB
J. DUKE
N. HOWRY
B. LEATHERS
C. FOX
MATTHEW DUKE
J. TROIA
J. DONETS
Q. TROIA
B. TROIA
H. RAYHAB
MOLLY DUKE
T. CARTWRIGHT
A. GASPARD
J. LITTLE
ALTAR GUILD
B. DUGGAN
S. MOORE
A. McNAIR
D. ROGERS
L. GUSTAVE
S. MITCHELL
L. CHRISTIANSEN
M. ADAMS
D. RAYHAB
B. DUGGAN
S. MOORE
A. McNAIR
BREAKFAST CHEFS
C. AVERY
YOUTH GROUP
M. L. RAYHAB
TBA
CHILDREN’S WORSHIP
J. SANDERS
E. SANDERS
WOOD FAMILY
S. SPIVAK
E. SANDERS
T. BROWN
FAMILY
CASS
S. SPECTOR
JOHNSON
FAMILY
KIRKPATRICK
E. SANDERS
CHOIR DINNER
C. HINTON
M. L. PIERCE
J. LEATHERS
SHAW, ROGERS,
ERWIN, PILCHER
S. RIEBAU
C. SCHMIDT
STEWART
FAMILY
COUNTERS
B. GISH
S. GISH
D. AXFORD
V. DONETS
B. LENTZ
H. RAYHAB
A. PILCHER
D. ROGERS
S. JORDAN
M. L. RAYHAB
FLOWER GUILD
(Saturday)
M. GARRETT
C. HINTON
M. GARRETT
L. CHRISTIANSEN
G. HARMON
C. AVERY
B. DUGGAN
M. L. RAYHAB
M. BROWN
M. HINTON
GODLY PLAY 1
J. SANDERS
A. BROWN
M. & K. AGEE
GODLY PLAY 3
M. & H. CASS
J. SANDERS
SCHMIDT
M. & R.
JOHNSON
S. SPIVACK
R. HUBER
GRIMENSTIEN
SCHMIDT
GODLY PLAY 2
S. WILKINSON
L. WILKINSON
S. RIEBAU
J. TRUMBLE
L.& C.
KIRKPATRICK
J. SANDERS
A. BROWN
L.& C.
KIRKPATRICK
S. RIEBAU
J. TRUMBLE
LECTORS
8:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
M. L. PIERCE*
N. HOWRY
K. CARLSON*
J. BROWN
H. JACKSON*
M. CASS
M. HAMILTON*
C. FRASER
C. FOX*
M. GARRETT
J. HAMILTON
K. LECHLEITER
S. GOTTERER*
K. CARLSON
G. HARMON
D. ROGERS*
H. JACKSON
K. LECHLEITER
N. GILLIS*
M. HAMILTON
A. PILCHER
S. GOTTERER *
C. FOX
G. HARMON
M. L. RAYHAB*
G. McNAIR
J. HENDRICK
J. IRWIN
T. BOLLES
R. LEATHERS
E. SANDERS
CHESTER
SCHMIDT
P. LECHLEITER
A. HOVIOUS
L. HOVIOUS
M. HAMILTON
J. MAIBERGER
D. MURPHY
Torchbearers
L.E.M.’S
8:00 a.m.
L.E.M.’S
10:30 a.m.
USHERS
8:00 a.m.
USHERS
10:30 a.m.
V. TROIA
L. KIRKPATRICK
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M. & H. CASS
M. & K. AGEE
NO CHOIR