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The St. John's Evangel
My brothers and sisters,
Yes, it is complicated. The whole issue of reasonable regulation of firearms is complicated.
In some way, though, it could be rather simple: “The sale, transfer, or possession AR-15s is
hereby banned. Next?” “The sale and/or transfer of firearms of any sort without a verifiable
background check is hereby banned. Next?” “The healthcare coverage by Medicaid of people
diagnosed with mental illness is hereby reinstated. Next?” “The minimum age for firearm
ownership or purchase is 21. Next?”
I know and respect a number of people who own guns. They are reasonable, faithful people.
They use their guns for hunting, target practice, and – if need be – self-protection. I know they
are licensed, have been trained, and secure their firearms so they will not fall into the wrong
hands. They do not frighten me, and I trust them.
But I am also aware that gun purchases are far to easy. A video posted on FaceBook a couple
years ago followed a 13-year old: He tried to buy tobacco at a quick-stop and was denied. He
tried to purchase alcohol at a liquor store and was denied. He went to a gun show, handed over
some cash, and walked out with a firearm. It should not be that easy.
Yes: People with mental illness (as is attributed to the Parkland shooter) should not be allowed
to own guns. (They are actually more danger to themselves than to other people – suicide by a
bullet accounts for a greater number of deaths than mass shootings.)
Yes: Law enforcement officials who did not follow through on phone calls regarding Mr. Cruz
must be held accountable.
But contrary to both arguments, it was the simple fact that he was able to purchase a weapon
that was designed not for hunting or self protection but for killing people during the Viet Nam
War that is at the root of the issue. These weapons, and those like them, must be banned. Full
stop. Banned. Illegal.
This is not a political issue. It is not a 2nd Amendment issue. It is a moral issue.
Rachel is weeping for her children.
In Christ,
Wayne+
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Remember Our Homebound Members
Stop by to visit or drop a card to our parish members
who are homebound.
Alma Dickerson 461 E. Wing Rd., Mt. Pleasant
772-2516.
Al Neal Maplewood, 1945 Churchill Blvd.
Mt. P - 773-6172
Forrest Robinson Green Acres, 1805 E. Remus Rd.
Room 205Mt. P. The Facility, 772-3456
St. John’s Prayer Group The 16 members of the Prayer
Group offer petitions daily for
the church and for specific
requests. All parishioners are
welcome to become members of
the Prayer Group or to submit
requests by calling Sandy Wood, 773-9326,
Martha Rarick, 773-7510, or the
church office at 773-7448.
Home Communion
Just a reminder: you should let
the parish office know if you
are ill and wish to receive
communion or a visit from
either the clergy or a Lay
Eucharistic Minister.
Jeanne Maxon 6
Richard Mower 6
David Kinney 9
Nancy Herman Kinney 20
Rayla Surfass 20
Chelsea Bloem 23
Lonnie McDuff 27
Stanley Beard 29
Diana Clapp 29
Ella Jo Regan 30
Moonyeen Albrecht 31
The 2018 Altar Flower Calendar
is posted near the back door of the
hurch. Please consider a Sunday that
is a good date for you to honor or
remember a loved one
and sign up to provide
flowers. Thank you!
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Outside the Tent March 2018
On February 11, our last day to gather around the small altar for communion, attendance was
low at the 10:00 service because of quickly-deepening snow. As usual, the choir, organist,
verger, and Eucharistic minister received communion first. (The priest and deacon offer one
another the bread and wine after everyone else is finished.) On a typical Sunday, it takes two
gatherings of the congregation to serve everyone. But on that day, only fifteen men and women
were present in the pews. As they circled around the altar, their numbers seeming larger than
when they were scattered throughout the church, I felt peace and warmth emanate from them. I
experienced the power of communion as I rarely do when I am standing at the big altar, far
removed from the body of the church. I know that some members of the congregation counted
the days until the altar was put back “where it belonged.” Sometimes the gathering was
awkward: we were out of our comfort zone, not always sure where to stand in the tight space.
But I believe that, no matter our views on that experiment in closer communion, we came away
deeper in faith and in love for one another.
I think that heightened sense of fellowship was the intent in moving the altar closer to the
congregation, inviting everyone to stand shoulder to shoulder. Even though we are a
progressive congregation that now hugs pretty freely and speaks the words of peace as we pass
it on, we like to stay in our comfort zone. Some of us cling to the “old” prayer book (1928),
even as we use newly-written prayers instead of the traditional ones we know by heart. Thomas
Cranmer, who wrote the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, would be astounded by our
worship, a tribute to his “immortal deathless prose,” as my husband calls it, but also a natural
progression from the words he wrote so long ago. Our nation’s founders, many of them
Anglicans who also founded the Episcopal Church in America after we separated from Great
Britain, would be perplexed as well. But early Christians might not be taken aback, for our
gathering around the altar would have reminded them of the “house churches” where they
worshipped in the early days, when they were at risk of death from the Roman authorities.
Perhaps we have come full circle, at least for the short season of Epiphany. Perhaps we have
food for thought in this season of Lent.
Peace, Nancy
Daylight Savings time begins on Sunday, March 11! Please set your clocks FORWARD ONE Hour before bed on Saturday night, (March
10th) to ensure you will arrive at Church at the proper time!
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Sunday, March 25, The Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday)
10:00 a.m. – Gather in the Parish Hall
The Reading of the Passion of Our Lord
Monday, March 26, Monday in Holy Week
7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist
Tuesday, March 27, Tuesday in Holy Week
7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist
Wednesday, March 28, Wednesday in Holy Week
7:00 p.m. The Passion of Our Lord according to Mary.
A Reading by Mary Ellen Cochrane.
Thursday, March 29, Maundy Thursday
7:00 p.m. Celebration of the Institution of the Lord’s Supper
The Washing of Feet (as Jesus did)
The Stripping of the Altar
8:00 p.m. Through the Night - Vigil in the Garden of Repose
Friday, March 30, Good Friday
9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer to Close the Vigil
Noon The Good Friday Liturgy with Communion
from the Reserved Sacrament
3:00 p.m. The Way of the Cross
A New Stations of the Cross written by our Deacon
Saturday, March 31, Holy Saturday
9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer for Holy Saturday
8:00 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter
The New Fire! The Exsultet! Our Salvation Story, (told in new ways)
Special Music, and then –
The Gloria and the First Eucharist of Easter!
Sunday, April 1 – The Sunday of the Resurrection
10:00 a.m. Festal Eucharist for the Feast of the Resurrection
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Easter Baskets - (Easter is April 1st!)
Each year we provide Easter Food Baskets for six needy families and eight candy
baskets for children. Below is a list of needed items. If you wish to help,
pleasesign up on the list in the narthex for the item(s) you would like to provide.
Please have all donations be at the church by Palm Sunday, March 25th. If you have
any questions contact Bernice Cole at 989-317-8066. Thank you.
Ham Cereal Laundry Basket
Sweet Potatoes Peanut Butter Wrapped Candy
Corn/Green Beans Jelly/Jam Candy to fill eggs
Applesauce Orange Juice Extras
Jello/c. Fruit Cookies Laundry soap
Cake mix/Frosting Muffin Mix Hand & Dish Soap
Toilet Paper Paper Towels
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Easter Flowers
For those who would like to contribute money to provide flowers for Easter Sunday, please use
this form to designate your contribution. The donations may be made in memory of loved ones,
in thanksgiving, or to honor a special blessing. Contributions will be acknowledged in the
Easter Sunday bulletin. Contributions may be placed in the Sunday offering plate and must be
in the church office on or before MONDAY, March 26th!
I would like to contribute Easter flowers.
I do so in honor _________ or thanksgiving _________ or in memory _________of:
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
___________________________________________________________________________
Contribution given by:
___________________________________________________________________________
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`March 2018
Sunday Lay Ministry
DATE
LESSONS
PRAYERS
GREETERS
COFFEE
HOUR
HOSTS
ACOLYTES
ALTAR
GUILD
March
4
3 Lent
8:00 a.m.
Steven
Berkahire
10:00 a.m.
Carol Lauffer
8:00 a.m.
Martha Rarick
10:00 a.m.
Mary Kiesgen
Sharon Bolton
and Laura
Cochrane
Ralph Baber
and Karen
Varanuskas
Rex Dingman
Pamela
Dingman
and
Harriett White
Lectionary: Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22
March
11
4 Lent
8:00 a.m.
Martha Rarick
10:00 a.m.
Karen
Varanauskas
8:00 a.m.
Martha Rarick
10:00 a.m.
Jennifer
Dingman
Tom and
Mary Ellen
Cochrane
Bernice Cole
and Candy
Henderson
Adam Baker
Pamela
Dingman
and
Harriett White
Lectionary: Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21
March
18
5 Lent
8:00 a.m.
Barbara
Sheperdigian
10:00 a.m.
Jessica
Vinciguerra
8:00 a.m.
Martha Rarick
10:00 a.m.
Henry Fulton
Marcia David
and Candy
Henderson
Clancy and Pat
DeLong
Emma
Dingman
Lynne L’Hommedieu
and Martha
Rarick
Lectionary: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:5-10 • John 12:20-33
March
25
Palm
Sunday
10:00 a.m.
Volunteers
Needed
10:00 a.m.
Nancy
Hartshorne
Clancy and Pat
DeLong
David and
Jennifer
Dingman
Matthew
Kinney
Lynne L’Hommedieu
and Martha
Rarick
Lectionary Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 14:1-15:47
April
1
Easter
Sunday
10:00 a.m.
Jennifer
Dingman and
1 Volunteer
Needed
10:00 a.m.
Joan Kadler
David and
Jennifer
Dingman
Easter
Sunday – No
Coffee Hour
Rex Dingman
Pamela
Dingman and
Peg Hicks
Lectionary Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-18
Have Faith!!!
Spring Really IS Coming!!!!!!
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
MARCH 4, LENT III
8 am Holy Eucharist
9am Sunday School
10am Choral Eucharist
5pm Holy Eucharist at Emmaus
6:30pm Soup and a Movie!
5
Noon Daughters of the
King
4pm Music Meeting
5:30pm EfM
6
10am T’ai Chi
2pm Prayer Shawl
Ministry
7pm
Compassionate
Friends
7
Noon Eucharist
8
10am T’ai Chi
5:30pm Choir
9
Office Closed
10
11 LENT IV
8 am Holy Eucharist
9am Sunday School
10am Choral Eucharist
Vestry After Coffee Hour
5pm Evensong for Lent
5pm Holy Eucharist at Emmaus
6:30pm Soup and a Movie!
12
4pm Music Meeting
5:30pm EfM
13
10am T’ai Chi
2pm Prayer Shawl
Ministry
5:30 pm Yoga
14
Noon Eucharist
15
9:30am Staff Meeting
10am T’ai Chi
5:30pm Choir
16
Office Closed
17
10 am-2 pm
Centering
Prayer Retreat
18 LENT V
8 am Holy Eucharist
9am Sunday School
10am Choral Eucharist
Vestry after Coffee Hour
5pm Holy Eucharist at Emmaus
6:30pm Soup and a Movie!
19
4pm Music Meeting
5:30pm EfM
20
Evangel Deadline
10am T’ai Chi
2pm Prayer Shawl
Ministry
21
Noon Eucharist
22
10am T’ai Chi
5:30pm Choir
23
Office Closed
24
10am
St. Demetrios
Worships at St.
John’s
25 SUNDAY OF THE PASSION
(PALM SUNDAY)
One Morning Service Today
10am Holy Eucharist with the Procession of the
Palms and a Reading of the Passion of Our Lord
According to Mark
5pm Pot Luck, Holy Eucharist, and a Movie at
Emmaus
26
4pm Music Meeting
5:30pm EfM
7pm Holy Eucharist for
Monday in Holy Week
27
10am T’ai Chi
2pm Prayer Shawl
Ministry
7pm Holy
Eucharist for
Tuesday in Holy
Week
28
Noon Eucharist
7pm The Passion
According to Mary
29
10am T’ai Chi
5:30pm Choir
7pm Maundy
Thursday Liturgy,
Stripping of the Altar,
Vigil at the Altar of
Repose
30
Office Closed
9am Morning
Prayer to Close
the Vigil
Noon Good
Friday Liturgy
3pm Stations of
the Cross
31
8PM
THE GREAT
VIGIL OF
EASTER
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This is our Greeter/Coffee Hour Host Schedule—If you cannot serve on the date you were given, please
exchange dates with someone else on the list and call the Parish Secretary at 773-74
Greeters
March
4 Sharon Bolton and Laura Cochrane
11 Tom and Mary Ellen Cochrane
18 Marcia David and Candy Henderson
25 Clancy and Pat DeLong
April
1 David and Jennifer Dingman
8 Ford and Pamela Dingman
15 David, Nancy, and Matthew Kinney
22 Joan Kadler and Mary Kiesgen
29 Marcia David and Ulana Klymyshyn
May
6 Lynne L’Hommedieu and Sandy Wood
13 Rod Leslie and Marian Matyn
20 Colin, Anne, and Matthew Alton
27 Sharon Bolton and Laura Cochrane
Coffee Hour Hosts
March
4 Ralph Baber and Karen Varanuskas
11 Bernice Cole and Candy Henderson
18 Clancy and Pat DeLong 25 David and Jennifer Dingman
April
1 Easter Sunday – No Coffee Hour
8 Joan Kadler and Mary Kiesgen
15 Ford and Pamela Dingman
22 David, Nancy, and Matthew Kinney
29 Carol Lauffer and Lynne L’Hommedieu
May
6 Rod Leslie and Marian Matyn
13 D. J. and Misha Proctor and Christi Brookes
20 Ralph Baber and Karen Varanauskas
27 Colin, Anne, and Matthew Alton
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Annual Meeting
January 28, 2018
The Rev. Wayne Nicholson convened the meeting with prayer at 12:45 P.M.
There were 42 adult parishioners in attendance.
Election of Clerk
It was moved by Tim Hartshorne and seconded by David Shirley to elect Sharon Bolton as
clerk. Motion passed.
Motion to approve the Minutes
Ford Dingman moved to approve the minutes from the January 2017 Annual Meeting. Eric
Vinciguerra seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations for Vestry
Elizabeth Brockman, Ella Jo Regan, and David Shirley were nominated to serve on the
vestry. Tim Hartshorne moved that we accept the slate of members by acclamation; seconded
by Henry Fulton. The motion was approved.
Delegates to the Diocesan Convention
There are now three regions in the Diocese. The convention will be held the first weekend in
November, 2018. David Shirley and Karen Varanauskas volunteered to be delegates; Alice
Ciccu and Nancy Kinney volunteered to be alternates. Tim Hartshorne moved that we accept
these delegates and alternates by acclamation. Seconded by David Kinney. The motion passed.
Senior Warden Remarks
Eric Vinciguerra said that the construction is 99.9% finished. He thanked the financial
committee and vestry for working well together. There will be need for a search committee to
fill The Rev. Wayne Nicholson’s vacancy (retirement date July 31, 2018).
Financial Report
Clancy DeLong thanked Lynne L’Homedieu, Pam Dingman, Tom Cochrane, Sam Raisanen,
and Rod Leslie for their help.
Clancy explained new items in the budget. As a result of construction cost overruns, we may
need to have fundraisers.
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We will have to have an audit done and this will cost about $15,000.
Lynne indicated that the search will most likely occur in 2019. Money has been budgeted this
year to put in reserve for the cost of the search and for the moving for the new
rector. Additional money will be budgeted for 2019.
Restricted funds are monies given by people for specific funds.
12% of our income goes to the diocese.
The availability and use of the Parish Hall by outside groups should be advertised; our
audio/visual systems need to be updated.
Clancy was thanked by Steve Berkshire. Wayne’s service of 12 years is appreciated.
It was moved by Karen Varanauskas and seconded by Christi Brooks to accept the financial
report. Motion passed.
Additional
Next year’s annual meeting will be January 20, 2019.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Sharon Bolton
Vestry minutes for February 18th, 2018
Present: Wayne Nicholson, Ulana Klymyshyn, Liz Brockman, Bernice Cole, Nancy Kinney, Marsha
David, Clancy DeLong, Eric Vinceguerra, Tom Cochrane, Adam Baker, Ella Jo Regan, David Shirley.
Fr. Wayne opened the meeting with prayer.
Adam Baker volunteered to be Vestry Clerk and was approved.
Bernice moved January minutes be approved, Tom seconded. Vestry approved.
Liz moved that Clancy be elected to Vestry through Jan 2021, Tom seconded. Vestry approved.
It was moved that Clancy be elected Treasurer, Eric seconded. Vestry approved.
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Check in.
Clancy completed his financial report, no questions or comments from Vestry.
Wayne proposed that the Parish Administrative Assistant position be posted around April 1st.
Wayne stated that the organ bellows had a ruptured sheepskin membrane that needed repair; Gabriel
and Mary Lou were willing and capable of repairing it. Cost would be about $1,000 and David offered
(on behalf of his family) to cover half of the expense. Marsha moved Vestry approve, Tom
seconded. Vestry approved and thanked David and Gabriel.
Ulana suggests she could check with Alice Ciccu about audio-visual needs of church Parish House.
Marsha expressed her desire to scale back on her building and grounds duties; Nancy offered to take
over some of them. Ulana moved we thank Marsha for her building and grounds service, Adam
seconded. Vestry approved with applause.
Bernice states we have requests for Easter Outreach for 12 children's baskets and 6 adult's baskets.
Ulana states April 15-22 is when St. Johns will be hosting homeless shelter, which will end the shelter's
current season.
Wayne suggests Parish/Vestry members consider volunteering to be social/hospitality coordinator to
help recruit and coordinate people to bring food or do tasks for receptions for Evensong and recitals
and other social events.
Vestry thanks Eric for service as Senior Warden. David expresses interest to serve as Senior
Warden. Tom moves Vestry elect David as Senior Warden, Ella seconds. Vestry approves.
Nancy expresses interest to be Junior Warden and Building and Grounds. Marsha moves Nancy be
elected as Junior Warden and Building and Grounds supervisor. Bernice seconds, Vestry
approves. Vestry applauds Eric and Marsha for their service and David and Nancy for stepping up.
Vestry adjourns.
Respectfully submitted,
Adam Baker, Clerk of Vestry
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February 2018 Financial Report
Below is a summary of operating fund activity through the end of January (8.33%).
Unrestricted operating fund receipts $ 166,236.85 (86.28% of budget)
Unrestricted operating fund expenditures 176,656.73 (91.67% of budget)
Operating fund receipts over (under) expenditures $ (10,419.88)
Through the first month of the year, income and expenses are tracking with the budget. A
special fund been established for new rector search and moving expenses.
Cash balances on January 31, 2018 are as follows:
Checking Account $ 49,006.29
Savings $ 36,714.55
Certificate of Deposit $ 15,610.18
Endowment Fund Investment Account $ 67,307.03
Capital Campaign funds balance on January 1, 2018 20,103.05
Capital Campaign funds balance on January 31, 2018 24,774.91
Capital Fund Activity For January:
Capital Fund Receipts 9,346.74
Bank/Credit Card Fees (6.19)
Mortgage Principle (3,878.74)
Mortgage Interest (789.95)
Net Activity 4,671.86
BUILDING PROJECT
Total Capitalized Expenses 431,049.41
Non-Capitalized Expenses (Bank Fees/Interest) 11,470.42
Subtotal 442,519.83
Anticipated Expenses:
Mortgage Interest 23,737.10
Bank Fees/Credit Card 993.81
TOTAL PROJECT COST 467,250.74
Clancy DeLong
St. John’s Tresurer
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ANGLICAN WORTHIES
326. Neale, John Mason (1818-1866)
Divine (pt. ii)
Lawrence Rice wrote that “the work of the Oxford Movement in proclaiming the spiritual
mission of the Church resulted inevitably in s widespread improvement in the standards of
public worship and a demand for greater warmth, dignity and beauty in the service of the
church.” Basically this meant greater emphasis on the altar than the pulpit, more encouragement
of devotion, less on moral instruction. We have seen Neale’s attempt to call attention to the
size, shape, and furnishings of the ordinary parish building. (By mid-century Neale’s
Cambridge Camden Society, which at first caused so much controversy, had 700 members and
eighteen bishops.) But perhaps Neale’s influence has been the strongest in hymns and hymn-
singing. By the middle of the nineteenth century hymn-singing (not psalms), which previously
had been the liturgical habit of “chapel,” the Methodist wing of the Church of England, had
become an element of public Sunday worship of the mainline Church.
During Victoria’s reign the following hymnals were published for common use: The
Hymnal Noted (1852-185?), Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861; rev. 1889), The English
Hymnal (1906, the essential hymnal). John Mason Neale contributed extensively to Hymns
Ancient and Modern and The English Hymnal. Following in the paths of Isaac Watts (1674-
1748) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788), Neale translated or wrote lyrics for hymn tunes. In our
hymnal he is cited in the index for Authors, Translators, and Sources more than forty instances
(though sometimes the same lyrics for more than one tune). No other source is cited more than
he. The following hymns attributed to Neale have been sung in our congregation:
O Trinity of Blessed Light (Bromley)
Of the Father’s love begotten (Divinum mysterium)
Good Christian men rejoice (In dulci jubilo)
Alleluia, sing of gladness (Urbe beata Jerusalem)
O wondrous type, O vision fair (Wareham)
All glory, laud and honor (Valet will ich dir geben)
Sing, my tongue, their glorious battle (Pange lingua)
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (St. Kevin)
O sons and daughters, let us sing (O filii at filiae)
The day of resurrection! Earth tell it out abroad (Ellecomb)
Draw near and take the body of the Lord (Song 46, Gibbons)
Christ is made the sure foundation (Westminster Abbey)
O what their joy and their glory must be (O quanta qualia)
Good King Wenceslaus (not in the hymnal).
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In addition are volumes Neale compiled for special occasions: Hymns for Children (1842),
Hymns for the Sick (1843), Carols for Christmastide (1853), and Carols for Eastertide (1854).
Some of these hymns were translations of tunes from pre-Reformation materials that Neale
discovered in his studies of the Eastern Church and the medieval Fathers. No one has
contributed more to the riches of English and American hymnals than Neale, though I do not
mean to overlook the lyrics of German hymnals contributed by Catherine Winkworth (1828-
1878) nor the tunes by William Henry Monk (1823-1889), or Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-
1958).
Neale disliked the Methodist hymns of his childhood—too subjective, too sentimental.
Susan Drain tells us “It was [one] of Neale’s principles that hymns should inculcate sound
doctrine.”
Neale remained at Sackville the rest of his life. His wife and he raised five children
there. He was offered other, more lucrative positions but declined them all. His health was
never strong, perhaps because of his incredible output of work. He was tall and angular, not
especially attractive looking, and often looked distracted, perhaps because he was near-sighted.
He died, forty-eight years old, in 1866, on the feast of the Transfiguration. No church dignitary
attended his funeral.
Let’s give Ms. Drain the last word, however: ”The history of the Church of England in
the nineteenth century is one of revival and renewal: by the end of the century Anglican
worship bore Neale’s stamp in its buildings, its furnishings and decorations, its hymns, and its
revitalized sisterhoods.” Easter comes April 1. We will likely sing a hymn written by Neale
that day.
--hlf
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Saint John’s Episcopal Church 206 West Maple Street
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Phone: 989 773-7448
Fax: 989-772-3480
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www. stjohnsmtpleasantmi.com
Rector:
The Rev. Wayne Nicholson, 772-1203 The Rev. Dn. Nancy Casey Fulton, 773-7193
The Rev. Sr. Diane Stier, ec 989-368-5494
2018 Vestry Officers 2018 Vestry Members
Sr. Warden: David Shirley: 773-3463 Elizabeth Brockman, 989-560-8432
Jr. Warden: Nancy Herman Kinney: 989-546-5424 Tom Cochrane, 989-317-3561
Treasuere: Clancy DeLong, 989-400-6546 Bernice Cole, 989-317-8066
Co-Treasurer: Lynne L’Hommedieu, 772-8340 Marcia David, 775-8086
Vestry Clerk: Adam Baker: 989-492-1626 Ella Jo Regan: 772-3587
Ulana Klymyshyn:772-5616
Eric Vinciguerra, 517-657-9196
Organists: Choirmaster:
Dr. Moonyeen Albrecht, 828-5286 Chase Simpson, 248-302-0532 Dr. Mary Lou Nowicki, 644-2558
St. John's Mission:
St. John’s Episcopal Church, with God’s help and in the Anglican tradition, lives to
proclaim the Gospel of Christ by ministering through worship, outreach, fellowship and
education. We welcome all who enter our doors, and we support the diverse callings of
each member as we seek to serve Christ in every person.