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St. Luke’s Reaches Out
to Support
Dukathole Orphans
Since 2007, St. Luke's and
the Daughters of the King have
supported orphans with HIV/Aids
living in Dukathole, South Africa
to have food on a daily basis. In
the beginning of this ministry, we helped to build a storage room to hold the
high protein food made for those that stomachs that are so near starvation,
they can no longer eat regular food.
The website http://www.diocesehighveld.org.za/hiv.html is a site that
you can read more about the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa. The site
reads: "South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV of any
country in the world. Around 5.54 million people in South Africa are currently
living with HIV infection. It is estimated that in some of the rural communities
within the Diocese, the percentage of those living with HIV/AIDS is as high as
56%. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2010, life expectancy in
South Africa will be 43 years, 17 years less than it would have been before the
epidemic. 2.2 million South Africans have died of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses.
Approximately 900 people are dying every day. It is estimated that 1.2 million
children have been orphaned. Approximately 719,000 children live in childheaded households."
The following information has been shared by Mother Marlene Rodda
who is the Diocesan Social Responsibility Coordinator and the Assistant Priest
of St. Boniface Church in Germiston South Africa. She asks for continued
prayers and support for the orphans of Dukathole.
The cost to feed a child is $8.98 per month. St. Luke's currently is helping 21 children. There are 50 more orphans who do not have sponsors and do
not receive food daily. If you want to help to make more children “St. Luke's
kid”, simply write a check each month to St. Luke's for $10 per child. You can
sponsor more than one child too! The difference between the $10 and the
$8.98 cost of the food will help offset the wiring of the money to South Africa.
Continued on page 5
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Live Oak, FL 32064
Volume 32, Number 4
APRIL 2014
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—Mike Cameron
Jr. Warden—Hal Airth
Sexton—Patty Sullivan
Members
Judy Jacobsen, Ann Thompson,
Jackie Kent, Tony Williams and
Tammy Williams
Godly Gazette Editor
Marilyn Jones
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Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 20
The Easter Egg Hunt
will be Easter Sunday
AFTER the 11:00 am service. We
need volunteers to bring plastic
candy filled Easter Eggs to the Parish Hall now through Easter, April
20th. Children, bring your Easter
basket if you have one. If not, baskets will be provided for
you. The Easter bunny will make
an appearance! All hunters come
and have fun!
Dinner Angels
If you can help our youth
group by providing a
Wednesday night dinner
in late April or early May, please
sign up on the Dinner Angel sheet
on the bulletin board or notify
Tammy Williams at:
[email protected]
Sunday School,
Grades 2-5
Sunday school began for
students in grades 2
through 5 on Sunday
February 2nd. Father
George is teaching this new class
assisted by Sister Maria Ann. Kay
Harvard, Stacy Taylor, Joe and
Jackie Jo Joyce, are sharing the
teaching responsibility for pre-K
through 1st grade. Parents if you
have a student in grades 2 through
5, be sure to bring them at 9:50
a.m. We will have a great time and
learn a lot about the Church, the
Bible and God.
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Opportunity Available
We are still in need of 2 Sunday School teachers (K-5 and 6
-12). Growing our church depends of the youth in the congregation. Please pray for God to inspire
volunteers for this purpose. Please
see Fr. George if you have an questions or interest in serving.
Daughters of
the King
The next meeting will be on
April 1st at 6pm. All ladies
of the church are invited to attend
for the meeting, dinner and study.
NA Meetings
The Wednesday and Friday
night meetings begin at
7:30pm and a Ladies meeting has
been added at 5pm on Saturdays.
Choir/Chimers
The Choir will meet on
Thursdays from 6:30pm7:30pm and chimers will meet at
7:30pm until 8:30pm.
Men’s Night Out
The men’s will meet on
Tuesday, April 22nd at
6pm. The grill will be
ready at 5:30pm for whatever you
bring, fish, chicken, steak or maybe
a hot dog or hamburger. All men
are invited for a time of good food
and fellowship. It’s very informal.
BYOB.
The Youth Groups are on
hiatus during Lent and
Spring Break. We encourage our Youth to participate in the
Lenten Study of Revelation and to
bring their parents and friends with
them.
Pre-K - 5th Grade
Cook-Out and Pool
Party!!!
Saturday, May 10th, there will be
a cook-out and pool party at
Camp Weed from 1:005:00pm. All pre-k - 5th
grade children are invited! A lifeguard will be provided. All parents are encouraged to attend! Hot dogs, drinks, sides will
also be provided. We will eat as
soon as grill is ready. Plan to
come and have fun!
Coffee Hour/Flower
Sign Up Charts
The 2014 Coffee Hour and
Altar Flower charts are posted in
the parish hall. There are still a
few dates left on the flower chart.
Please check it out.
Ushers Needed
We need ushers for the
following services:
April, 11am with Lee
Harvard
June, 11am with Tony Brinson
October, 9am
December, 9am.
DATES TO REMEMBER
April 2, 9 Soup and Sandwich; final 2
Revelation classes
April 17
Seder Supper
(Reservations required.
Sign up on bulletin
board.)
April 18
Noon Good Friday Service
April 20
9 and 11am Rite II Easter
Services
Noon Easter Egg Hunt &
Coffee Hour
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Deacon’s Notes
You have been so generous that we have been able
to send Mother Tulia $100
each month for her discretionary fund (which she usually uses for the reconstruction of their
facilities) and now we are sending $20 each
month for someone there to manage the
distribution of purified water. They are
using the temporary tanks that we sent last
November and they seem to be working
well.
We are still planning to install a permanent system this fall. Three of us have to
take courses offered by Living Waters for
the World. So next September Marie
Brian, Richard Widera and I will be going
to Mississippi for those courses.
I call Mother Tulia every third Sunday of
the month to stay in touch. She always
sends her greetings and love to us and I
send her ours.
The ESL (English classes) are going well
with about 25-30 students attending.
Marie Brian, Maureen Menosky, Marion
Harvard, Dr. Rogelio and I are teachers
and Denise Cameron is our Thursday
hostess. We still need a Monday hostess.
It would be a great help to us if someone
would volunteer to come on Monday
Memorial Lilies
Each year at Easter we adorn the
church with lilies. If you would like to
give one in memory of a loved one or
to celebrate a new member of the
family, for just because... please notify
the church office before April 4.
The cost this year will be $14.00.
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Condolences to
Marjorie Harner and family
on the loss of her husband, Dick,
On March 18, 2014
Just when the caterpillar
thought the world was over,
it became a butterfly.
The Prayers of the Parish are Requested for:
The Harner Family,
Bully Helvenston,
Kristi Goff,
George Blake,
Bob & Lydia Bush,
Tayah Stevens,
Sally Goff,
Lucille Cromer,
Carl Dunnam,
Our soldiers deploying:
Nancy Dowling,
Dorothy Mayer,
Glenn Miller,
Andy Chamberlain,
Jonathan Andrew Woodrum,
Quinn Leibfried,
Frances Wells,
Michael Kinsel,
Dennis Donaldson,
Norma Morton,
James Smith,
Jackie Kent,
Gene Goff,
Gwyn Herrington,
and stateside;
Mena Tull,
Randy Law,
Buddy Bass,
Marshall Boggus,
Ronnie Herrington,
Leonard Johnson,
Allison Nitti,
Shawn Brewer,
Glanton Pyle,
Elaine Fletcher,
Duane Boise,
Jennifer Sullivan
Blake Ulmer,
Ann Warner,
Louise Law,
and Robert Ice.
Linda Gail Jernigan,
Cathy Barker,
LaJuana Peterson,
Pray for the Diocese of
Jim Poulos,
Steve Rogers,
Eddie Kraynak,
Cuba, our companion
John Snyder,
Virginia Meeker,
Terry Walker,
church: Fielés á Jesus, and
Jim Nixdorf,
Joe Wells,
Lee Carver,
Vivian Bass,
Mae McNally,
Bobby Jones,
their rector Mtr. Tulia and
Dukathole.
Mary Ussrey,
Linda McCook,
Lea-Anne Elgin,
Nevaeh Moses,
Mary Howes,
Susan Jordan,
Bart Monroe,
Nyla Ritz,
and Cameron Howell;
Mac Clayton,
Katie Croft,
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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St. Luke’s Reaches Out to Support Dukathole Orphans , continued
Dukathole South Africa is a very small place...less than
a square mile in which 20,000-30,000 people live. It is located in
the industrial heart of Germiston (near Johannesburg, South
Africa) and is a severely impoverished area. The people are surrounded by factories, whose effluents impact negatively on the
environment while the majority of the people live in shacks
without proper water, electricity and sanitation facilities.
The majority of the population is made up of women
and children living in abject poverty, many brought from the
rural areas to live close to their breadwinners
working on the goldmines and in the industrial heartland, of which Germiston is central. The unemployment rate
is estimated to be above 80% and physical abuse, prostitution, selling of liquor and crime is high.
SUPPORT- A- CHILD project in the Ekurhuleni Primary School: This project was initiated in 2004 by the Anglican Parish of Germiston, when it became apparent that the number of orphaned and vulnerable children in
the Dukathole area was increasing at a rapid rate and the ‘support a child’ project has grown from strength to
strength from that date.
With the teachers from the Ekurhuleni (Dukathole) Primary School and the Child Advocates, we have identified orphans and vulnerable children who needed assistance with food since 2004, and from feeding 34 orphans in the first year, over 360 orphans and vulnerable children were identified in 2011, sponsorship for 250
children was secured for 2013 & we currently in 2014 have sponsorship for 220 children. The economic climate
which has been difficult across our area has also affected the number of persons sponsoring children.
Therefore our major need is to secure sponsors to adopt the more than 50 children who still need to
come onto the feeding scheme, as the number of orphans is ever increasing.
The company which specializes in producing the most cost
effective food, rich in all the nutrients required to feed those
facing starvation, has for the past 4 years kept the price of the
packs pegged at $8.98 per month for which we are extremely
grateful. This $8.98 continues to provide two meals and a
nutritional protein milkshake every day.
The Head mistress and teachers have reported that the
children supported are noticeably improved in their school work
and general behaviour. All the children from this school live in the informal settlement and its extensions. So
they go home to the shacks at night and to their mothers, grannies, siblings or care givers. To enable people to
remember the child they support, the name, grade at school and birth date of the child is given. Photographs are
only supplied with the child’s & schools permission. We also help in obtaining birth certificates, child grants and
to assist the families in other ways. For sustainability in feeding the children, those who wish to commit to
‘support a child’, are encouraged to do so for a calendar year.
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April 2014 Planner
Planner—
—St. Luke’s Episcopal
Sun
Mon
Tue
1
6pm Daughters of
the King
Wed
9am Rite I
9:30am Choir
9:45 S/S
11am Rite I
13
9am Rite II
9:30am Choir
9:45 S/S
11am Rite II
4pm Ultreya, Holy
7
4
5
7am Rite II
6:30 pm Choir
11:30am Dowling
Park
9am-3pm Busy
6:30 pm Rite I &
Unction
7:30pm N/A Mtg
5pm Ladies N/A
11
12
7:30pm N/A Mtg
5pm Ladies N/A
6:45 Bible Study
27
9am Rite II
9:30am Choir
9:45 S/S
11am Rite II
6:45 Bible Study
7pm ESL Classes
5:30pm Vestry
7:30 N/A Mtg
14
15
16
7:30pm Chimers
7am Rite II
6:30 pm Choir
7pm ESL Classes
7:30pm Chimers
17 7am Rite II 18
Noon Service
10:30 Rite I &
Unction
5pm Weight
Watchers
6:30 pm Rite I &
Unction
7pm ESL Classes
7:30 N/A Mtg
5pm Weight
Watchers
22
28
6pm Seder Supper
7:30pm N/A Mtg
5pm Ladies N/A
23
24
25
26
10:30 Rite I &
Unction
7am Rite II
7:30pm N/A Mtg
5pm Ladies N/A
7:30 N/A Mtg
29
19
Great Thanksgiving
6:30 pm Rite I &
6pm Men's Group
Unction
7pm ESL Classes
Hands
7pm ESL Classes
910:30 Rite I & 10
6:30 pm Rite I &
Unction
5pm Weight
Watchers
Sat
Unction
Unction
20 9am Rite II 21
9:30am Choir
9:45 S/S
11am Rite II
Noon Easter Egg
Hunt
8
Fri
2 10:30 Rite I & 3
7:30 N/A Mtg
6
Thur
30
10:30 Rite I &
Unction
5pm Weight
Watchers
6:30 pm Rite I &
Unction
7pm ESL Classes
7:30 N/A Mtg
6:30 pm Choir
7pm ESL Classes
7:30pm Chimers
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St. Luke’s Volunteers’ Schedule
Date
Time
Service
Acolytes*
Lectors
Ushers
9am
Rite II
Laine Fletcher
Tony Williams
Jon Boggus
Andy Miller
11am
Rite II
Hal Airth
Elizabeth Simpson
Jim Simpson
Ellen Cory
Lee Harvard
9am
Rite I
Colby Mickel
Lydia Bush
Elaine Fletcher
Andy Miller
11am
Rite I
Walter Seacrest
Barbara Chaney
Sue Mobley
Melissa Woodrum
Lee Harvard
9am
Rite II
Livesay Boggus
Elaine Fletcher
11am
Rite II
9am
Rite II
11am
Rite II
April 6
April 13
April 20
Laine Fletcher
Andy Miller
Bart Boggus
Brantly Helvenston
Bully Helvenston
Lee Harvard
Raymond Mickel
James Kent
Jackie Kent
Andy Miller
Bart Boggus
Cheryl Hopper
Joe Joyce
Jackie Jo Joyce
Lee Harvard
TBA
Bart Boggus
April 27
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.
Date
Altar Guild
Altar Flowers
Coffee Hour
April 6
1
LENT
IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
April 13
2
Tony & Tammy Williams
IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
April 20
1&2
Jimmy Cannon
IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
April 27
4
Shawn & Ann Turnan
IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
3 Blake Bush
Sister Maria Ann
4 Jon Boggus
Adam Parsons
6 Brant Ulmer
15 Bill Mounger
March 4
Hal & Janet Airth
21 Bill Bush
March 8
Shawn & Ann Turnan
Mike Cameron
March 18 Buddy & Linda Nott
Teresa Purdon
March 28 Carl & Sylvia Dunnam
John Tull
7 Ellen Cory
23 Merri McKenzie
8 Vivian Bass
24 Susie Cameron
Jennifer Byrd
Darla Gatewood
Bryan Turnan
25 Raymond Mickel
10 Gwyn Herrington
26 Mary Jo Donaldson
11 Phyllis Doty
28 Jay Tull
Wyatt Jarvis
12 Libby Taylor
13 Richard Widera
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