Godly Gazette - St. Luke`s Episcopal Church

Godly Gazette
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Live Oak, FL 32064
Volume
Volume33,
33,Number
Number44
APRIL 2015
Greetings from Your Rector
Beloved:
April begins in the middle of Holy Week. I encourage you to
land on your feet running by attending the Seder Supper
at 6:00pm on Maundy Thursday, which will conclude with the
Eucharist in the church around 7:00pm. This will be followed by an
overnight vigil leading up to the Good Friday service at noon.
Although people are signing up for the vigil you are free to
arrive spontaneously at any time for however long. You should consider the Good Friday service as a top priority and good opportunity
to invite friends. You don't need reminding that Easter is spiritually
profound and visitor friendly.
I bid you a joyous Eastertide, animated by resurrection
power, and evangelistic competence.
Love in Christ,
RECTOR
The Reverend Canon
Donald L. Woodrum
ASSISTANT RECTOR
The Reverend
George L. Hinchliffe
DEACON
The Reverend Phyllis Doty
PASTORAL ASSISTANT
Sister Maria Ann OSF
Clerk/Treasurer &
Church Administrator
Ellen Cory
ORGANIST AND
CHOIR DIRECTOR
Vicki Taylor
NURSERY ATTENDANT
Debbie Davis
HOUSEKEEPER
Juanita Lawson
PARISH OFFICERS
Vestry
Sr. Warden—Hal Airth
Jr. Warden—Wyman Harvard
Members
Janet Airth, Lee Harvard,
Judy Jacobsen, Ann Thompson,
and Jackie Kent,
Godly Gazette Editor
Marilyn Jones
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Welcome to the World!
Wilder "Henry" Harvard Jr. 8lbs,
14oz, 21inches, was born 3/11/15 to
Wilder and Natalie Harvard in NYC,
son and daughter-in-law of Lee and
Kay Harvard.
Who Do You Follow?
Walk/Ride
April 4, 2015, 10am
The second annual walk for Christian
unity will be held on April 4th. Walk
or ride beginning at Paul Langford
Stadium at 10:00 A.M. Golf carts
are welcome! See Father George
with questions.
Again this year, we are
planning a Maundy
Thursday Seder meal,
on April 2nd. The plan
is to gather and experience the Passover meal just as Jesus and his disciples would have observed it at the
Last Supper. The meal will be followed by a Maundy Thursday Eucharist, stripping of the altar, and an all
night vigil.
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After the Eucharist we
will observe an overnight vigil just as the
disciples did while they
waited for Jesus to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane. The scripture
tells us how the disciples struggled
to stay awake as Jesus prayed. According to Mark, Jesus asked the
disciples, “Could you not keep
awake one hour?” This Maundy
Thursday gives us the opportunity to
stay awake for an hour as each
prayer shift rotates through the
night. Sign up for your hour on the
signup sheet on the Parish Hall bulletin board. See Father George with
any questions.
Volunteers are Needed for Meal
Service, Cleanup, Liturgy Planning,
Readers, Foot Washing, and Vigil
Coordination. If you are planning to
come to the Seder Meal, please sign
up on the “Seder Meal List” on the
Parish Hall bulletin Board and designate how many will be in your party,
so we can plan for enough food.
Please let Father George know of
your interest in helping with this
most memorable and meaningful
evening.
The annual hunt will begin after
the 11:00am Easter Service. Bring
your Easter baskets. If you don't
have one, one will be provided for
you. Try to find the gold eggs!
A special thank you to
Thomas Laity, relative of
Jim & Cheryl Hopper, for
adorning our Easter worship service with his fabulous trumpet.
Volunteer Needed for
We need someone to
join the #2 altar team
which covers the second week of
the month. This means changing
and refreshing the altar for services
the second week of the month. For
more information, please contact
the church office.
Sign Up Sheets
New Altar Flower and Coffee Hours sheets are
posted. Please sign up.
Dinner Angels
If you can help our youth
group by providing a
Wednesday night dinner,
please sign up on the sheet
on the bulletin board in the parish
hall or notify Hal & Janet Airth at:
[email protected]
Daughters Of The King
The next meeting will be on
April 7th, at 6pm. All ladies
of the church are invited to attend
for the meeting, dinner and study.
Men’s Night Out
The men’s group will
meet on Tuesday, April
28th, 2015, at 6pm.
Busy Hands for Babies
will meet on Saturday, April
4th from 9am-11pm.
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Deacon’s Corner
We did receive a good letter from Mtr. Tulia this week. She asks special prayers for the Diocese
of Cuba as they consider the possibility of reuniting with the Episcopal Church of the USA. There
are pros and cons so they need a lot of wisdom to make this decision.
Remember the posts our men put in to support the hallway for second floor access to
the rooms? Well, they have reinforced the posts and have completed the hallway. Now they
will begin to clean out that second floor space and make it into a dormitory type room with a large bathroom at one end. They have also connected the pure water to the kitchen. They are really happy about
that!!
ESL classes are still going quite well with a good number still attending even after daylight savings
time went into effect. Many of them have to work until it gets dark, so it hinders their coming to class.
Thanks again to our St. Luke’s family for all you do to make these outreach programs of our church a
reality!
—Phyllis
The Prayers of the Parish are Requested for:
Diana Kosty,
Brad Green,
Patrick McKamey,
Lynda Folsom,
Ken Swart,
the Elgin family,
Michelle Hinchliffe-Trost,
Randy Law,
Linda Ratliff,
Vivian Bass,
Elise Grabe,
Sue Styles,
Richard Ritter,
Carol Griffin,
Lajuana Peterson,
Nyla and Don Ritz,
Jessica Weaver,
Bob Hart,
Billy Williams,
Darian Hatten,
Tammy Corbett,
Buddy Smith,
Mary Jo Donaldson,
Mary Ussrey,
Sue Mobley,
Sylvia Dunnam,
Dick Patton,
Martha Patton,
Marjorie Hagert,
Betty Abercrombie,
Justin Jacobsen,
Bill Kosty,
Polly Barnes,
Ron Fort,
Lisa Kirby,
Joyce Stephens,
Kim Buchanon,
Lydia Bush,
Eula Simmons,
Whipper Parramore,
Russell Mobley,
Gary Brown,
George Blake,
Sally Goff,
Nancy Dowling,
Jonathan Andrew Woodrum,
Ronnie Herrington,
Jim Poulos,
Bill Hill,
Mary Ussrey,
Nevaeh Moses,
Bart Monroe,
Mac Clayton,
Dorothy Mayer,
Quinn Leibfried,
Gene Goff,
Leonard Johnson,
Elaine Fletcher,
Ann Warner,
Steve Rogers,
Joe Wells,
Mae McNally,
Linda McCook,
Mary Howes,
Nyla Ritz,
Katie Croft,
Kristi Goff,
Tayah Stevens,
Carl Dunnam,
Glenn Miller,
Norma Morton,
Gwyn Herrington,
Buddy Bass,
Allison Nitti,
Duane Boise,
Marge Harner,
Louise Law,
Terry Walker,
Lee Carver,
Bobby Jones,
Susan Jordan,
and Cameron Howell.
Our soldiers deploying:
Andy Chamberlain,
Robert Ice,
Michael Kinsel,
James Smith,
and stateside;
Marshall Boggus,
Shawn Brewer,
and Jennifer Sullivan.
Pray for the
Diocese of Cuba,
our companion church:
Fielés á Jesus,
and their rector Mtr. Tulia.
If anyone of the above is
stable and can be removed, please let Ellen
know. If things change we
can always add them
back.
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Camp Weed – Summer Camp – Register Now!
Camp St. Matthew 2015 (Rising 11th
11th--12th)
Sunday, June 14 to Friday, June 19, 2015
Camp St. John 2015 (Rising 9th
9th--10th)
Sunday, June 21 to Friday, June 26, 2015
Camp St. Mark 2015 (Rising 5th
5th--6th)
Sunday, June 28 to Friday, July 3, 2015
Camp St. Patrick 2015 (Rising 6th
6th--7th)
Sunday, July 12 to Friday, July 17, 2015
Mission Camp 2015
Sunday, July 19 to Friday, July 24, 2015
(Mission Camp is an opportunity to come to camp and give back. Middle School and High School students
are invited for this special session of camp to reach out to the people of Suwannee and Columbia counties,
and to help making a lasting difference at our diocesan camp! Mission campers will spend 4 days working
on service projects and one final day at Wild Adventures theme park in Valdosta, GA.)
Deadline for Early Registration pricing is April 15, 2015
Deadline for Scholarship Application: April 15, 2015 or Until Funds are Depleted
Please read or download the "Parent Information" document prior to registering. It contains very
important Summer Camp information for both parents and campers. Session dates, fees and fee due dates,
Majors, Minors, camper email address, packing list and registration help are included in the packet. Please
use the information to talk with your camper about camp in general and about the activities in which they
wish to participate. Parent Handbook and Registration Instructions can be found on the Diocese of Florida
Web-sitte:http://www.diocesefl.org/mission-ministry/youth-young-adult-ministry/summer-camp/
information-and-registration.aspx
To register you will need the list of your camper's activities, names and phone numbers of persons
who may pick up your child on departure day, and either a credit card or check routing and bank numbers.
Volume 33, Number 4
O
BREAK
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UT
This was a fun, action -packed, 24-hour retreat
for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders for the purpose
of encouraging kids in their walk with Jesus
Christ and seeing how they can break the
chains of the world that can make adolescence so difficult. Sherry Felknor and Elizabeth
Simpson were chaperones for retreat held on
the weekend of March 12-14.
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April 2015 Planner
Planner—
—St. Luke’s Episcopal
Sun
5
9am Rite II
9:30am Choir
9:45am S/S
11am Rite II
noon Easter Egg
Hunt
12
9am Rite II
9:30am Choir
9:45am S/S
11am Rite II
19
9am Rite II
9:30am Choir
9:45am S/S
11am Rite II
26
9am Rite II
9:30am Choir
9:45am S/S
11am Rite II
Mon
6
Tue
7
5pm Weight
Watchers
7pm ESL classes
6pm Daughters of
the King
13
14
5pm Weight
Watchers
7pm ESL classes
20
5pm Vestry
21
5pm Weight
Watchers
7pm ESL classes
Wed
Thurs
1
2
Rite I & Unction
6pm Rite II & Unction
6:45pm Youth
Groups
10:30 am Chaplet
5-7pm N/A Mtg
6:30pm Maundy
Thursday service,
Seder Meal & Vigil
8
9
Rite I & Unction
6pm Rite II & Unction
6:45pm Youth
Groups
10:30 am Chaplet
15
16
Rite I & Unction
6pm Rite II & Unction
6:45pm Youth
Groups
10:30 am Chaplet
22
23
Rite I & Unction
6pm Rite II & Unction
6:45pm Youth
Groups
10:30 am Chaplet
29
30
27
28
5pm Weight
Watchers
7pm ESL classes
Rite I & Unction
6pm Rite II & Unction
6:45pm Youth
6pm Men’s Group Groups
Fri
3
Sat
4
9am-11pm Busy
Hands
NOON SERVICE
10
11
17
18
5-7pm N/A Mtg
7-9pm ESL Classes
9:30am Cursillo
Council Mtg
5-7pm N/A Mtg
7-9pm ESL Classes
5-7pm N/A Mtg
7-9pm ESL Classes
10:30 am Chaplet
5-7pm N/A Mtg
7-9pm ESL Classes
24
25
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St. Luke’s Volunteers’ Schedule for April
Date
Time
Service
Acolytes*
Lectors
Ushers
9am
Rite II
Colby Mickel
Tony Williams
Jon Boggus
Andy Miller
11am
Rite II
TBA
Elizabeth Simpson
Jim Simpson
Ellen Cory
Lee Harvard
Raymond Mickel
Lydia Bush
Elaine Fletcher
Andy Miller
April 5
Rite II
9am
April 12
11am
Rite II
Hal Airth
Bill Brothers
Craig Jacobsen
Marion Harvard
Lee Harvard
9am
Rite II
Laine Fletcher
Laine Fletcher
Sally Goff
Andy Miller
11am
Rite II
Cameron Simpson
Bart Boggus
Bart Boggus
Brantly Helvenston
Dick Patten
Lee Harvard
9am
Rite II
Livesay Boggus
James Kent
Jackie Kent
Andy Miller
11am
Rite II
Walter Secrest
Cheryl Hopper
Tamara Burt
Jim Hopper
Lee Harvard
April 19
April 26
9am Acolytes only - should arrange for their own substitutes AND notify Mrs. Mickel at 776-2268 or 330-4420.
11am Acolytes only – Crucifer and left server: remember to kneel and stand with the right server when he/she kneels to ring
the Sanctus bell and stands to receive communion. It is your responsibility to arrange a replacement when you cannot serve at
your scheduled time AND notify Bart Boggus at 364-1858.
Date
Altar Guild
Altar Flowers
Coffee Hour
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26
1
Jimmy Cannon
IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
2
Turnan, Boggus, Parsons
Buddy & Vivian Bass
3
Elaine Fletcher
IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
4
Shawn & Ann Turnan
IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
3
4
Blake Bush
15
Bill Mounger
Sister Maria Ann
21
Mike Cameron
Jon Boggus
Teresa Purdon
Adam Parsons
John Tull
6
Brant Ulmer
7
Ellen Cory
8
Vivian Bass
23
Merri McKenzie
Karin Weaver
24
Jennifer Byrd
Susie Cameron
Bryan Turnan
Darla Gatewood
25
Raymond Mickel
10
Gwyn Herrington
26
Mary Jo Donaldson
11
Phyllis Doty
28
Jay Tull
Wyatt Jarvis
29
Connie Donegan
13
Richard Widera
30
Bob Hart
14
Denice Cameron
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Phone: 386-362-1837
FAX: 386-362-7545
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Hal & Janet Airth
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