Our Staff & Vestry Vestry: Chuck Barnett - Senior Warden, Dan Ferguson- Junior Warden, Ann Philen, Bill Ramsey, Melanie Velaski, Beth Woods, Linda Aligood, Tom Chaapel, Frank Murphy Carol Farrel - Treasurer Viv Welch—Clerk of the Vestry Twinette McDonald - Music Director Sally Putters - Parish Nurse Saint Monica's Episcopal Church Saint Monica's Episcopal Church Messenger Messenger August 2014 August 2014 During the month of August, we will be collecting some of the most needed items for Favor House, a domestic violence center serving Escambia and San- ta Rosa Counties. Flip Flops - all sizes Paper Products Feminine Products New socks and underwear (children's & adult sizes) Easy and quick meals that can be made anytime such as: Canned Soup Peanut Butter & Jelly Macaroni & Cheese Spaghetti O's Cash donations: Only $25 provides a night of safe shelter! Maybe it’s because we’re in a new place, in some ways like Blanche Dubois and xxx the kindness of strangers, but I keep experiencing how body language and hospitality are linked. Our vacation began with a put-upon clerk at the airline counter. She didn’t quite eye roll, but close; her voice was curt and clipped, with a tight smile. Even her posture spoke clearly: I don’t want to be here. And I wish you weren’t either. My mom needs a wheelchair for the long walks in the airport. The first at- tendant was convivial, chatting about the trip, offering helpful tips, and a friendly shoulder pat. The second huffed and grunted, clearly annoyed with the work. Body language matters. It matters when we greet people at the open red doors. It matters when we pass the peace. It makes a difference during coffee hour and the potluck. How we engage with people with our eyes, our faces, our hands, even our posture is part of hospitality. In some ways, this is a hard lesson to put into practice. Some of our gestures and actions are almost instinctive, and we act without being consciously aware of what we’re doing. But I believe that we can also train ourselves to be- have differently. Our children have been ordering their own meals at res- taurants since they were toddlers. We wanted them to be able to interact with others, to clearly articulate their needs. The speaking component was only part of the les- son. Look at the waitress or waiter when you’re speaking, we tell them. Engage in the conversation not just by words but by sitting up straight, looking him or her in the eye, nodding in response. This doesn’t come easily to them, but they practice every time we eat out. If you’re serious about hospitality, about extending a radical welcome, then you might need to practice too. And Body Language by Richelle Thompson from Episcopal Church Vital Practices on June 2, 2014 not just the words (though that will help) but also your body language. One way to practice is by looking into a mirror and acting as if you’re welcoming a newcomer to church. Sure, this seems a little hooky but give it a shot. Look at your body lan- guage: Is your smile friendly and disarming? Does your posture indi- cate an open welcome or does it seem closed and uninterested? Are you keeping eye contact or flitting around, distracted by any noise or movement? Another way to practice is to role play with others in the church. Again this will feel awkward at first. But what you’re trying to do is train your body language so that the motions of a warm welcome don’t feel forced but natural and authentic. Our body language translates as clearly as the spoken word. When we say, “Welcome to the Episcopal Church,” does our body indicate that we really mean it?
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Our Staff & Vestry
Vestry: Chuck Barnett - Senior Warden, Dan Ferguson- Junior Warden,
Ann Philen, Bill Ramsey, Melanie Velaski, Beth Woods, Linda Aligood, Tom Chaapel, Frank Murphy
Carol Farrel - Treasurer Viv Welch—Clerk of the Vestry
Twinette McDonald - Music Director Sally Putters - Parish Nurse
Saint Monica's Episcopal ChurchSaint Monica's Episcopal Church
MessengerMessenger August 2014August 2014
During the month of August, we will be collecting some of the most needed items for Favor House, a
domestic violence center serving Escambia and San-ta Rosa Counties.
Flip Flops - all sizes Paper Products Feminine Products New socks and underwear (children's & adult sizes) Easy and quick meals that can be made anytime such as: Canned Soup Peanut Butter & Jelly Macaroni & Cheese Spaghetti O's Cash donations: Only $25 provides a night of safe shelter!
Maybe it’s because we’re in a new place, in some ways like Blanche Dubois and xxx the kindness of strangers, but I keep experiencing how body language and hospitality are linked. Our vacation began with a put-upon clerk at the airline counter. She didn’t quite eye roll, but close; her voice was curt and clipped, with a tight smile. Even her posture spoke clearly: I don’t want to be here. And I wish you weren’t either. My mom needs a wheelchair for the long walks in the airport. The first at-tendant was convivial, chatting about the trip, offering helpful tips, and a friendly shoulder pat. The second huffed and grunted, clearly annoyed with the work. Body language matters. It matters when we greet people at the open red doors. It matters when we pass the peace. It makes a difference during coffee hour and the potluck. How we engage with people with our eyes, our faces, our hands, even our posture is part of hospitality. In some ways, this is a hard lesson to put into practice. Some of our gestures and actions are almost instinctive, and we act without being consciously aware of what we’re doing. But I believe that we can also train ourselves to be-have differently. Our children have been ordering their own meals at res-taurants since they were toddlers. We wanted them to be able to interact with others, to clearly articulate their needs. The speaking component was only part of the les-son. Look at the waitress or waiter when you’re speaking, we tell them. Engage in the conversation not just by words but by sitting up straight, looking him or her in the eye, nodding in response. This doesn’t come easily to them, but they practice every time we eat out. If you’re serious about hospitality, about extending a radical welcome, then you might need to practice too. And
Body Language by Richelle Thompson from Episcopal Church Vital Practices on June 2, 2014
not just the words (though that will help) but also your body language. One way to practice is by looking into a mirror and acting as if you’re welcoming a newcomer to church. Sure, this seems a little hooky but give it a shot. Look at your body lan-guage: Is your smile friendly and disarming? Does your posture indi-cate an open welcome or does it seem closed and uninterested? Are you keeping eye contact or flitting around, distracted by any noise or
movement? Another way to practice is to role play with others in the church. Again this will feel awkward at first. But what you’re trying to do is train your body language so that the motions of a warm welcome don’t feel forced but natural and authentic. Our body language translates as clearly as the spoken word. When we say, “Welcome to the Episcopal Church,” does our body indicate that we really mean it?
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Helpful heat Whether it’s heating pads, warm compresses, or warm showers and baths—heat helps the pain. Heat works by increasing the blood flow to the area where you are experiencing the pain. This helps relax tight or cramping mus-cles. Many people find that heat helps with arthritis pain—when not accompa-nied by inflammation. To use hot therapy, apply the heat up to 15 minutes at a time, two or three times per day. To protect your skin from burns, avoid going to hot or using heat for too long. In particular, avoid lying on a heating pad—instead place it over the area you’re trying to heat. Make certain you don’t fall asleep while using a heating pad. Fortunately, many commercial heating pads will shut off after a safe time has elapsed. Remember that because hot therapy increases blood flow, it can aggravate an acute injury such as a sprain or strain by increasing the swelling. In these cases, use cold therapy instead of hot, Ice for inflammation Cold therapy may take the form of an ice pack, slush bath or even a bag of frozen vegetables. Cold works best to treat the inflammation caused by more-acute injuries such as sprains and strains and pulled mus-cles. If you have an injury that involves inflammation, applying cold will help reduce the swelling by constricting blood vessels. Cold sensations also travel along your large nerve fibers, making them more noticeable than are pain sensations, which follow along smaller nerve fibers. Apply cold for 15 to 20 minutes, four to eight times a day, for the first 48 hours or until the swelling improves. If you use ice, be careful not use it too long, as this could cause tissue damage. Try not to apply the ice directly to your skin. Instead, wrap the ice pack in a protective layer, such as a towel or a pillowcase. Try alternating There are times when either therapy may be helpful for you, and you may find that alternating heat and cold is most effective. Lower back pain is a situation that may benefit from both heat and cold. Start by apply-ing cold several times a day to relieve inflammation. After two to three days, begin to apply heat to relax your mus-cles. Therapy for headaches is another example. Ice packs have a numbing effect, which may dull the sensation of pain. Heat can relax tense muscles. If your discomfort persists for more than a few days, see your doctor for further evaluation. From Mayo Clinic Please note—Nine people received osteoporosis screening from Sacred Heart’s Mission in Motion at the church on July 10. Thank you for supporting this important ministry. The Escambia County Health Department is offering children’s flu shots along with other school immuniza-tions. If you have any questions please ask Nurse Sally.
Hot and cold therapies Know which to use for common ailments By Nurse Sally
May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910 Florence Nightingale is hon-ored throughout the world as the founder of the modern pro-fession of nursing, thanks to her work in a field hospital during the Crimean War and at St. Thomas’s Hospital in London. Her strict discipline and high standards of sanitation saved countless lives in British field hospitals and in hospitals around the world as her practices gained popularity. While working in Crimea, Nightingale became known as “The Lady with the Lamp” following an article in the London Times which reported that after hours she would walk the halls of the hospital carrying a lamp as she checked on the sick and injured. The phrase was further popularized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1857 po-em "Santa Filomena.” She became a nurse in response to God’s call and was animated by a spirit of service to others, even though nurs-ing was not an admired profession at the time. Many women and men who have chosen a career in nursing have followed in Nightingale's footsteps, in their idealism, self-less service, and professional standards. One of those women is our Parish Nurse, Sally Putters. Sally, a Registered Nurse, provides an invaluable service to the people of St. Monica’s by arranging health care ser-vices and promoting wellness. In doing so, she considers our spiritual as well as our physical needs and seeks to enhance wholeness of body, mind and spirit. As the church remembers Florence Nightingale on Au-gust 12, let us remember to thank Sally and health care professionals like her around the world who care for oth-ers. Pray that they, bearing with them the presence of God, may not only heal, but bless and shine as lanterns of hope in the darkest hours of pain and fear, just as Florence Nightingale did for so many throughout her years of ser-vice.
Honoring Florence Nightingale
Ron and Ann Philen celebrate their
50th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, August 10
Father John Phillips will of-fer a special prayer and they invite you to join them for lunch provided in the Parish Hall immediately fol-lowing the service.
No gifts please.
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A view from Camp Beckwith! By Kathryn Chaapel
Bishop Duncan has named Dwight Babcock as diocesan administrator. He replaces Vince Currie who retired this summer. Babcock is a long-time Episcopalian and has been active in both church and volunteer organizations in a variety of lay and leadership capacities. He has been mar-ried 22 years to the Rev. Jes-sica H. Babcock, associate rector at St. Christopher's, Pensacola, and has two daughters who attend Pensacola Catholic High School. Babcock met his wife while they were serving in the Peace Corps in the Marshall Islands. He has an MBA from Georgia Institute of Technology (Finance) and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Montana (Finance/Economics). He has lived and traveled all over the world; however, he really enjoyed "going back to school" in a non-academic capacity when his wife was in seminary at Sewanee's School of Theolo-gy. Babcock loves to go camping, canoe local waterways, and garden (so please do share any cuttings with him!).
New Diocesan Administrator From the Coastline, July 22
I had a lot of fun at Camp Beckwith this summer and I would like to thank Saint Monica's Episcopal Church for making this possible. I was a little nervous at first, but I made friends fast. We learned a few songs, then we went to the Chapel and we also had Holy Eucharist. We met all the staff and counselors. Then, we sang worship songs and the in-structors told us about what was coming up next. No, not bedtime, but something spec-tacular! It was activity peri-od! There were games, crafts, a pool party, and a ropes course! I chose to go to the pool party, since I love the pool! We swam and played games for hours! We played ball and had free swim! The pool party ended at midnight. I loved the food too! I will never forget the time I went sailing or went canoeing and swam in the bay. I found a great rock treasure there that is sitting on top of my TV. I can remember the scary ghost stories, including a story about a gravestone that won’t stop coming back to the dock. They told these stories at night, on the dock. I will forever remember the hayride, which was also very scary! Toward the end of camp, there was dance that everyone went to. I got asked out 3 times, but I turned them all down! I felt like all I needed were friends to dance with, friends that I met at camp! But the best part was to have a reserved time at camp to actually have the time to thank God for all the friends I met and for how nice this church has been to me. Thank you all very much.
As announced, our be-loved Kadisha Onalbayeva resigned effective at the end of July to begin working at the University of Mobile as an associate professor (full-time faculty) and as head of the music theory/composition program. As God would have it, we will not be without an Organist and Choir Director! Effective August 3, we welcome our new Organist and Choir Director, Twinette McDonald. Twinette is an organist, pianist, music teacher and choir director and presently works as a music teacher at A. K. Suter Elemen-tary in Pensacola. Twinette was Organist and Choir Director at Saint Mon-ica’s Episcopal from 1988 to 1995. Since then, she has also served in various other worship communities and is excited to be back at Saint Monica’s. She is married to Larry McDonald and has one daughter, Michelle. Twinette and Larry are expecting their first grandchild in September.
Welcome new Choir Director
Kathryn Chaapel proudly sporting her Camp Beckwith T-shirt!
As directed in its enabling resolution C095 approved by the 77th General Convention in 2012, the Task Force to Reimagine the Episcopal Church (TREC) will convene a church wide meeting on October 2 at 7:30 pm Eastern time (6:30 pm Central/5:30 pm Mountain/4:30 pm Pacific/3:30 pm Alaska/1:30 pm Hawaii). The purpose of the meeting is “to receive responses to the proposed recommendations to be brought forward to the 78th General Convention.” The meeting will be webcast live from Washington Na-tional Cathedral. Although the meeting will be open to the entire church, TREC encourages attendance from each diocese: a bishop, a lay deputy, a clerical deputy, and one person under the age of 35. There is no fee to attend in person or to watch the live webcast. However, registration for in-person attendance is requested; register here. Registration is not required but is encouraged for viewing the webcast. The planned format will be short concise presentations followed by substantive question and comment periods. Questions, concerns and comments will be taken from the live audience in addition to email and twitter. Questions can be emailed here [email protected] or on Twit-ter here @ReimagineTEC. TREC plans to draw from the comments, concerns and questions raised during this event to influence and fine-tune proposals currently under consideration during its final meeting immediately following the church wide gath-ering on October 3 and 4. TREC's final report to General Convention is due by November 30 for the 78th General Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah in July 2015. “TREC is especially grateful for the significant financial underwriting from Trinity Church Wall Street to supple-ment the budget provided by General Convention as well as the generous provision of space and technical support by Washington National Cathedral and the Diocese of Washington,” noted the Very Rev. Craig Loya and Katy George, TREC co-conveners. “Such generosity was criti-cal to making this event possible.” For more info, questions or comments, contact TREC members at [email protected].
Church wide Webinar, Oct. 2 The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs Thursday, July 24, 2014
Jonathan Myrick Daniels Pilgrimage
The Jonathan Myrick Daniels & All Martyrs Pilgrimage (jmdaniels.blogspot.com) will be held August 9th at 11 a.m. in the town square in Hayneville, Ala. The event honors Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian, and others who lost their lives during the civil rights movement. The Commission on Cursillo of the Central Gulf Coast invites you to join in community, wear your (Cursillo) name tags, and travel to the pilgrim-age for an incredibly mov-ing short walk along the streets to the jail, the site of the murder, and back to the courthouse (where the trial was held) for worship and Holy Eucharist. The guest preacher will the popular Bishop Rob Wright of the Diocese of At-lanta. It is suggested to arrive early for best parking as it will be crowded. Bring plenty of water, comfortable shoes, and a hat or umbrella. Bring a picnic lunch and we can gather together as our Diocese of Central Gulf Coast Cur-sillo Community. For more information, call Gary Moore at 251.284.8054 or email [email protected]. Following the pilgrimage, the parish of St. Thomas Greenville, its ECW, and the Commission on Cursillo in-vite all returning travelers to stop in for “Rest, Refresh-ment, and Reflection” from 2 to 4 p.m. Freshen up from the heat of the Hayneville event, rest, enjoy ice cream, cookies, tea, lemonade, and soft drinks. You are encouraged to enjoy the beautiful parish cam-pus, visit with others from across the diocese and discuss the pilgrimage experience. The church is located on 210 Church Street in Greenville, AL. Just take Exit 130 south-bound off I-65. Call 334.525.0252 for more information. Hope to see you there!
Jonathan Daniels with a member of a family he stayed with while doing civil rights work in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.
Saturday, August 23 at Noon St. Christopher’s
3200 N. 12th Ave. Worship at noon followed by potluck and song.
Musicians, bring your instruments!
Please Contribute! Due to recent needs, our emergency food pantry needs restocking. If you are able, please pick up extra non-perishable food items or personal hygiene products when you are shopping this month.
Birthdays in August… 7, Ron Philen: 8, Jennifer Johnson; 11. Tom Chaapel; 12, Danise Beale & Jeanine Black; 20, Melanie Ve-laski; 23, Connie Chamberlin; 27, John Velaski; 30, Valerie Smith
We’re on the web at Www.st-monicas.org
Roy Aligood Danise Beadle Herman Boudreaux Rosalynda Blackburn Max & Marie Cartwright Destiny Coy Margie Daly Ron Giles Mike Godwin Amy Grantham Nancy Holland Jane Hunter
Lascenica Knapp Savanah & Maverick Knapp Myron Lewis Laura Lowe Charlie Martinson Bob Matlock Bill Nix Mindy O Bill Putters Leroy Robbins Tiny Robinson Barbara Roper
Bob Tebbs The Walker Family Brandon Warwick Frank Welch Todd Wilson Marcella Young
Brian Condon Daryl Coy Mark Feely Aaron Gaff Benjamin Gaff Tim Hartford Johnny Hurd James Klinginsmith William Knapp Andrew Kuntz Nicholas Matroni Jeremy Wright
August Prayer Requests Military Prayer List
Anniversaries in August… 10, Ron & Ann Philen If your birthday or anniversary is not listed or not listed correctly, please let Viv Welch know.
