the lighthouse - Madison - St. Dunstan`s Episcopal Church
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the lighthouse - Madison - St. Dunstan`s Episcopal Church
THE LIGHTHOUSE ST. DUNSTAN’S, WHERE WE SEEK, LOVE, AND SERVE GOD AND ALL GOD’S CREATION. CELEBRATES 50 YEARS 1957-2007 SAINT DUNSTAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH MARCH 2007 ____________________________________________ MADISON, WISCONSIN VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 3 Saint Dunstans turns 50! k Save the Date k St. Dunstan’s turns 50 1957-2007 You are invited to St. Dunstan’s 50th Anniversary Celebration onMay 19 and 20 Evensong followed by reception and banquet on Saturday the 19th Patronal Festival on Sunday the 20th with the Bishop Special Music - Silent Auction - Memories - Old Friends Celebration Questions and offers to help to Parish Life - Dianne McCoy 276-7762 How did you come to St. Dunstan’s? St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church will be 50 years old in May of 2007 and Tracy Will is compiling a history of the church. Tracy would like to include stories of how parishoners came to St. D’s. Whether you have been here 1 month or fifty years, you have a story to tell. Please write down the story of how you came to be a St. Dunstanite on an index card and give it to Tracy Will or email him at [email protected]. The Way We Were 1964 The church was dedicated and blessed on Sept. 20, 1964. 50 adults and kids went to Camp Webb on a winter Saturday and 70 went for our annual Camp Webb weekend. Lent included Stations of the Cross every Fri. night. Sega-neet was the youth group (teenages spelled backwards) which included 6th-12th grade. Later the 678 Club split off as a separate group. There was Confession every Saturday night and Banns for Marriage were published. When the floor of the church was poured it was done in such a way that there could be a later addition of slate (hmmmm). A second Cuban family was adopted and there were 2 fundraisers for this endeavor. “We don’t raise money for ourselves but have an occasional project for someone else” from Father Childs in a bulletin. Sunday service had the Last Gospel at the end of the service and then the children went to Sunday School and after they left we had the sermon. Average Sunday attendance was 140. Next month - mid-70’s and the Zebra book. The Deacon’s Bench I know Lent has already begun, but I thought this worth sharing. strength sufficient without thy Spirit, lest standing still, I fall back for evermore. Lord, bless to me this Lent. Show me the desires that should be disciplines, Lord, let me fast most truly and profitably, And sloths to be slain. By feeding in prayer on the Spirit. Show me the omissions to be made up Reveal to me myself And habits to be mended. In the light of thy holiness. And behind these, weaken, humble and annihilate in me Self-will, self-righteousness, self-satisfaction, Self-sufficiency, self-assertion, vainglory. Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, May my whole effort be to return to thee; talents enough to need no grace, O make it serious and sincere goodness enough to need no progress, Preserving and fruitful in result, humility enough to need no repentance, By the help of the Holy Spirit, devotion enough to need no quickening, And to thy glory, My Lord and my God. St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church 6205 University Avenue Madison, WI 53705 Ministers: The People of St. Dunstan’s Clergy The Rt. Rev. Steven Miller, Bishop, Diocese of Milwaukee The Rev. Maurine Lewis, Rector The Rev. Sybil Robinson, Deacon The Rev. Laura Norby, Deacon Staff Mary Ann Fraley, Organist Michell Patton, Choir Director Elizabeth Wroblewski, Parish Administrator Darby Puglielli, Christrian Formation Director 608-238-2781 email: [email protected] Website: stdunstans.com Vestry Valerie McAuliffe, Senior Warden John Bloodgood, Junior Warden Janet Bybee Celia Fine Evy Gildrie Voyles Jim Hindle Karen Lamoree Shirley Laedlein JonMichael Rasmus Tracy Will Dan Wroblewski Elizabeth Wroblewski, Recorder The Lighthouse is published monthly by St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church. Articles and information for the next month’s issue are to be submitted by the 20th of the month to the parish office. Email is acceptable at stdunstanoffi[email protected] or [email protected] 2 Eric Milner-White, 1884-1963 Peace, Laura Upcoming Events Chocolate Easter Egg Sale This year marks St. Dunstan’s’ 12th Annual Hand Dipped Chocolate Easter Egg Sale. Sign up sheets and order forms will go up this week. The price for 1 dozen eggs is $7.00. This event usually raises over $1,000 for Camp Webb scholarships for all of the young people at St. Dunstan’s—this year that account is doing so well that we have decided this years profits will go to the new “Evangelism Ministry” We will make our goodies on Friday March 30 from 5PM until 8PM and again on Saturday March 31 from 8AM until 4PM. The jobs available include scoopers, rollers, dippers, baggers/ boxers, and clean up crew. You can try your hand at one or all of these jobs. Workers of all ages are needed. If you have friends, family or neighbors who would like to learn how to make chocolate, invite them along. Come and enjoy some FUN work. Of course you get fed lunch and/ or dinner too. If I don’t find a Hobart mixer that someone will let us use, we will be mixing a lot of gooey centers in St. Dunstan’s kitchen during the last week in March. Thanks to all of the chocolate workers we have created a very successful tradition at St. Dunstan’s Dianne McCoy – Candy Lady March Birthdays 3/2 Evy Gildrie-Voyles 3/19 Jon Lutz 3/4 Jim Hindle 3/20 Rosemary Johnson 3/4 Peg Geisler 3/21 Joan Knudson 3/8 Michael Chicka 3/22 Boyd Johnson 3/10 Bill Enters 3/23 Nana Hewson 3/11 Dick Bloomenkranz 3/25 David Fish 3/14 Brian Pollok 3/26 Ellouise Beatty 3/15 Ebony Balele 3/29 John Ertl 3/18 Will Abbs 3/31 Jean Hilgers 3 Outreach News MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL #4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY Children are particularly vulnerable to the privations of poverty. More than a million babies die across Africa every year in their first month of life. Many of them could have been saved if birth attendants knew a simple resuscitation technique that requires only a mask and plastic bag device that cost as little as $10. Some 70,000 babies die of tetanus infections that could have been prevented with two 20-cent tetanus shots to each mother during the pregnancy. Overall, the death toll is horrendous. In Liberia, 66 newborns die for every 1,000 born, compared with 4.7 newborns in the United States. If birth is survived, early childhood is also hazardous in poor countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, 19% of children die before their fifth birthday, of hunger, of diarrhea and other diseases carried in the contaminated water they drink, of malaria and other insect infections. Many of these deaths, perhaps most of them, could have been prevented with relatively simple and inexpensive means: tetanus shots, resuscitation kits, anti-diarrheal solutions, repellant-impregnated mosquito nets, etc. Infrastructure improvements also help. In Uganda, for example, under a poverty reduction strategy, clean water was provided for many new families. Now 56% of Ugandans have access to improved water (up from 44% 15 years ago). We in the U.S. help some now, but we could be doing much much more to reduce these unnecessary deaths, by relieving crippling debts, by providing funds for building infra-structure, and by providing training and equipment for more health workers. Habitat House Update Great news! The Episcopal Habitat House is now in the final stretch, with the closing goal set for April 26th. As the weather warms we have a lot of work to do on the outside. Siding needs to be finished on the house and garage, soffits need to be finished, the garage is only 1/2 done and all of the landscaping will need to be done. There are many opportunities for you to volunteer. Skills are not an issue. Please sign up now to help finish the house. Our work days are Fridays and Saturdays, from 8am to 3pm. If you have questions, or would like to volunteer, please contact Rebecca Hotynski at [email protected], or call 467-8262 (BEFORE 9PM, please!). Please remember the MOM Food Pantry this month as you shop. Throughout the month of March, the youth of our congregation will be collecting PERSONAL CARE ITEMS/ TOILETRIES. It can be brought to St. Dunstan’s and will be delivered to the pantry by volunteers �������� ������ ���� ����������� ����������� ������� �� ��������� ������� ������� ��� ������ �� ������� ��������� ������� ��������� �� ������� ������ �������� ��� ������� ����� �� ������ ����� ��������� �� ������� �������� ������ �� ������ ��� ��� ����� ������� ��� ����� �������� �� ������ ������������� ��������������� ��� �� ������ � �� ������ �� ����������� � ��� ����������� ��� ���� � ����� �� ������ ����� ��� ������ ����� �� � ���� ���� ���� �������� ������������ ��� ����������� �� ����� �� ������ �� ���� ������ ������ ����� ����� �� ���� �� ���� ����������� ���� 4 �� ����� ��� ������ ������ ���� �� ������� ��� �� ��� ���������� �� ������ �� ����� ��� ������ ������ ��������� �� ��� ������� ������ ������ �� ����� ��� �� ��� ��������� ������ �� �� ��������� �� ��� �� ����� �� ���� ���� ������ ��� ��� ������ ��� More Outreach Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) Strives to Put Clients in Housing NAAF HAT VOLUNTEERS, Saturday, May 5. For the last 5 years a group of ladies (and men) have joined me (Susan Trudell), under the leadership of Nancy Daly, in sewing fleece hats for children with alopecia, an autoimmune disease which destroys the hair follicle. These children are often ridiculed for having bald spots and/or being bald. In many cases, the hair does not grow back. There is an annual conference (National Alopecia Areata Foundation) during which the children go to camp, learn more about their disease, and more importantly form a supportive group of friends. At the camp, each child receives a fleece hat; the air conditioned conference center can be cold and many wear them to group sessions or to bed at night. Parents have told me that returning children look forward to their “NAAF” hat which they wear all year until the next conference. Did you know? The budget for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has dropped 65% since 1978, from over $83 billion to just $29 billion in 2006. During the last ten years, HUD has spent $0 on public housing, while over 100,000 public housing units have been lost to demolition, sale or other removal. Small wonder that many families across the nation have been left without housing. We will be making these hats on Saturday, May 5, and will complete everything in 3 hours (9 a.m. to noon); refreshments are provided. One such family, a mom on disability and her teenaged son, stayed at IHN last year. Unable to access any affordable housing, this family lived for a year in an abandoned building with no heat and then came to Madison to double up with her adult daughter and four children in a small apartment where they could not stay for long. From there they came to IHN’s shelter, and with help from our case managers, were accepted into housing, paying 60% of her income in rent and barely getting by. Finally, this month, through additional IHN advocacy efforts, the family has moved into subsidized housing. If you would like more information on this project, please contact Susan Trudell ([email protected]) or Nancy Daly at 2516531. This mom is very responsible, and manages her small income well. Her son is bright and successful both academically and socially. Affordable housing is all they needed. The pieces are already cut and people assemble the assorted colors and give them to the sewers. If you would like to help us sew the pieces, you will need to bring a sewing machine (and an extension cord may be needed). We will gladly teach you how to put the pieces together; it is a fun process, quickly learned. IHN Buddy Week at St. Luke’s March 4th through March 10th St. Luke’s Lutheran in Middleton will be opening its doors to six families with nowhere else to go at the begining of March. St. Dunstan’s will be supplying volunteers and food for Tuesday March 6th and Thursday March 8th. Volunteers are needed to serve the meals, play with the children, and stay overnight with the guests. If you are interested in volunteering please sign up on the bulletin board in the gathering space. For information you can contact Vickie Moon, IHN coordinator for St. Lukes at 233-4689 or email her at [email protected] or Sue Lloyd at 256-7250 or [email protected]. 5 ��������� ���������� ��������� �� ����� ���������� ��������� ��������� �������� ���� ��� ��������� ����� ���� ������ ���� ���� �� � ���� ��� �� �� ���� �� ��������� �� � ����� ���������� ������ ��������� ���� ���� �� ������ ����� ����� �� ������ �������� ���� �������� �������� ������ ��� �������� ���� �� ��������� ��� ���������� ��������� ����� ��� �������� ��� ��� �� ��� ���� �� ��� ��������� �� ��� ���������� �������� ����� ������� �� ������� �������� ����� ��� ��� ����� ����������� �� ��� ����� �������� ����� �� ����� ������ ���� ������������ ������ �� ���� ��� �� ��� ������� ���� ��� �������� ��� ���� ������ ��� � ������ ���� �� ������ ������ � ��������� �� ����� �� ������ ����� �� ����� ����� �� ������� ����� �� ���� �������� ������ ����� ��� ����� ������� �������� ��������������������� ������ �� ����� ������� �������� ������ ����������� ���� �������� ����� �������� �������� ���������� �������� ��������� ��������� ������� ������������ ��������� ���������������� ���������� ���������� �������� ������� �������� ������� ������ ������� ������ ���� ���� ������ ������ ������������� ���� ������ �������� ���� ��� ������� ��������� ������ ������ �������� ������ �������� �������� ������ ����������� �������� ������� �������� �������� ������ ����� ������� �������� ����� �������� ������ ������ �������� ��������� ���� �������� ������� ��� ����� �� �������� ���� ������� ������� ���� ����� ����� ����������� ����� ����������� ����������� ������ ���� ������� ��� ������������ ���� �������� ���� ����� ���������� ������ ���������� ������� ������ ����� ����� �������� ������ ����� ������ ��� ������ ����� ���� �������� ������� ������� ����� ����������� ����� ���� �������� � �������� ��������� �������� �� ������� ������ ������ ��� ���������� ������ ��� � ����� �� ������ ������ ������ ������ ���� ��������� ����� ����� ����� ���� �� ���� ��� ������� �� ��� ����� ������ ���� ������ ��� ����� ����������� ����� ��� ��� ������������ ������� ���� ����� ����� ��� ������ ����� ������������ ���� �� � ����� ���� �� ��������� ������ ������������ ��� ����� � ���������� ��������� ����� ���� ����� �� ���� ��� � ������ ������� �������������� ����� ��� ��� � ���� �� ������������� ��� �������� ����� ������� ��� ����� �������������������� ���� ������� ����� �� �� ����� ����� �� ������ ������ ������ ������� ����� �� �� ����� ������ ������ ������� �� ������� ������ ������ ���� ��� ��� ������������ ��������� ��������� �������� ��������� ���� ���� ���� �� ������� ����� �� ���� ����� �� ��� ������� ��� ��� ��� ������� �� ���� ��� �� ���� �� ��� ��� ������� �� ��������� ����� ������� ����� ���� ����� ������� ������ 6 7 INSIDE: ST. DUNSTAN’S TURNS 50 DEACON’S BENCH UPCOMING EVENTS OUTREACH CHRISTIAN FORMATION MARCH CALENDAR 1 2 3 4&5 6 7