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
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MADISON, WISCONSIN
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 3
Saint Dunstans turns 50!
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Save the Date
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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
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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]
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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
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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
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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].
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INSIDE:
ST. DUNSTAN’S TURNS 50
DEACON’S BENCH
UPCOMING EVENTS
OUTREACH
CHRISTIAN FORMATION
MARCH CALENDAR
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