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ST. PAUL’S

EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1135 12th Street

PO Box 737

Sparks, Nevada 89432

775-358-4474

www.StPaulsSparks.org

The Rt. Rev. Dan Edwards, Bishop

The Rev. Kirk A. Woodliff, Rector

The Rev. Chip Arnold,

Associate Priest

The Rev. Sherryl Netzler,

Assistant Priest for Pastoral Care

The Rev. Hal Woomer, Jr.

Assistant Priest

The Rev. Mike Margerum, Deacon

The Rev. Linda Smith, Deacon

July 2017

Contents

From the Pile on Fr. Kirk’s Desk… ..... 2

Office Closed July 3rd & 4th ................ 2

Prayers and Squares ............................... 2

July in the Food Pantry .......................... 2

The Daughters of the King ................... 3

Summer Book Study ............................... 3

Prayers of the People ............................. 3

Earth Stewardship Potluck Dinner .... 3

Youth Group: EYC..................................... 4

Northern Nevada Pride: July 22nd ...... 4

Education for Ministry (EfM) ............... 5

By Your Gifts We Are Blessed ............. 5

Recovery Groups at St. Paul’s ............. 5

St. Paul's Men's Escape Weekend ..... 5

Activities Going on Hiatus .................... 5

Vegetable Garden Needs Volunteers 5

Adult Class: Confirmation, Reception

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Budget Visioning Check-In ................... 6

Bishop’s Search News ............................ 7

WHO ARE WE?

St. Paul’s is a theologically diverse community seeking to embrace their diversity in order to live through the Gospel of Jesus Christ and be a place of learning and belonging for all people.

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From the Pile on Fr. Kirk’s Desk…

They, whoever “they” are, used

to say that things at the church

slow down during the summer

months. I’m not sure that I

have ever really found that to

be a true statement, especially

here at St. Paul’s.

Though there are somethings that are being

put on hold for the summer, there is still plenty

going on. Have you considered participating in

the following?

• Summer Book Study “The Book of Joy” which begins at 3:00 pm on July 9th.

• Earth Stewardship Potluck, Saturday, July 15, at 5:00 pm

• Mid Year check-in with the Vestry and Treasurer held on Sunday, July 16th at 10:15 am

• Northern Nevada Pride Parade and Festival is on July 22nd. Come and walk in the parade as an outward and visible sign of the Gospel.

• Adult Confirmation, Reception, Reaffirmation class which begins on July 23rd at 12:30.

• Volunteer at the food pantry.

• Help Fr. Kirk plan the Spanish language service.

• Learn to quilt with Prayers and Squares.

• The Men’s Escape beginning the evening of August 11th through the 13th.

• Start the process to be a reading mentor at Robert Mitchell Elementary school fall. (see Fr. Kirk for details)

• Neighborhood clean up day on the morning of August 19th. (look for details to be announced soon)

The Gospel does not slow down for the

summer. There are plenty of ways we can live

into the mission of Christ. (The details for most

of these things can be found in this Epistle.)

Office Closed July 3rd & 4th

Due to the holiday, the Church Office will be

closed on Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, July

4th. Regular hours will resume Wednesday

July 5th.

Prayer for the Election of a Bishop

(BCP page 818)

Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look

graciously on your Church, and so guide the

minds of those who shall choose a bishop for

this Diocese, that we may receive a faithful

pastor, who will care for your people and equip

us for our ministries; through Jesus Christ our

Lord. Amen.

Prayers and Squares

Prayers and Squares is a

ministry that is dedicated to

making and gifting lap quilts

to persons who are ill or in

need of special prayer.

There is no charge for the

quilts.

Those who participate in the ministry gather on

the fourth Saturday of the month in the Parish

Hall from 9-noon to work on the quilts. We

have a lot of fun working on the quilts.

Interested people are invited to join us to learn

how they can share in making the quilts (and

have a fun time too!). You don’t need to be

proficient with a sewing machine as there are

lots of other tasks involved.

Margaret Bouzek

July in the Food Pantry

“Bring on the Pasta!”

Spaghetti, sauce,

Mac & cheese etc.

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The Daughters of the King

The DOK is asking for

donations of gently used purses

along with women’s personal

hygiene items such as

shampoo, deodorant, feminine

pads/tampons, soap, hair products, motel

bathroom bottles, toothbrushes, hair items, etc.

There will be a barrel placed in the narthex to

collect the items. If you do not have items to

donate but want to help, write a check made

out to St. Paul’s Episcopal with DOK in the

subject line. They will gladly shop for you. For

questions, please contact Connie Patterson at

775-771-1264.

Summer Book Study

The book study begins Sunday July 9th at 3:00

p.m. using “The Book of Joy” by Dalai Lama

and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Sundays: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Beginning Sunday, July 9th

Sign up in the Narthex.

Pre-Tax Prices from Amazon: Kindle: $13.99,

hardcover: $15.52, or paperback: $17.16.

Fr. Kirk has one book left for sell.

Prayers of the People

Please help us keep our Prayer Chain List up

to date. Let someone in the Prayer Chain

Group or Robin in the office know each month

if we are to continue to pray for your special

people. Thank you.

Diane, Pat, Barbara, Larry, Anne, Nanette,

Philip, Ernest, Preston, Jameson Walker, Bill,

Trudy, Lori, Dick, Keith, Ella, Patricia, Paul,

Sixten, Serwind, Ryan, Rev. Ken, Alyson,

Victoria, Peggy, Mary, Frank, Karen, Sven,

Grace, Robert, Jill, Sharon, Harry, Stan,

Stephanie, Joe, Ruthie, Vedda, Elva, Doris,

Eileen, Marge, Dillon, Madeline, Bob, Carol’s

family, Brock, Anita, Vickie, Robbie, Katie,

Vicky, Chris, Matthew, Danny, Beau, Alex,

Jeff’s family, John, Mike, Dwight, Mae & family,

Carolyn’s family & friends., Al, Sue, Carol,

Rocky, Greg, Gayle, Dave, Jeanette, Nancie,

Dana, Lerae, Emily, David, Mark, Kathy, Keith

& family, Ray.

Military: Andrew, Ryan, Jeffrey, Sierra, Owen,

Brian, Evanne, Carl, Alex, Suzanne & Mason

and David.

Earth Stewardship Potluck Dinner

The Bible graciously calls us to be responsible

stewards of creation while serving and caring

for one another. How can St. Paul’s best

respond to this calling with passion and

imagination? Let’s discuss this! On Saturday,

July 15, there will be a potluck dinner in the

Parish Hall where we will discuss and

brainstorm ways to be responsible stewards of

the earth. The event will start at 5 pm. Details

for the potluck and some guest speakers will

be announced soon. Mark your calendars for

Saturday evening, July 15, 5:00 pm.

LIVE GENEROUSLY

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Youth Group: EYC

EYC is an Episcopal Youth Community where

all youth (and their friends) who are in grades

7-12 are invited to come and participate. The

focus will be different each week, but you can

count on whatever the EYC is doing it will

stimulate our growth with God and with each

other, and our growth in serving Christ in the

world. We invite you to come join us for food,

fellowship and fun! If you are new to St. Paul’s

we welcome you to join us. If you have any

questions, please contact Tricia Woodliff at

triciawoodliff@hotmail.com or Tia Mittelstadt at

775-722-3329 or by email at

tia.mittel@gmail.com.

EYC will meet in the youth room from 10:15

AM until 12:15 PM unless listed differently in

the schedule. Please join us for the following

activities:

Summer Schedule: EYC will take a break during the summer. We

will meet for a fun event. Watch for details in

your email and on Facebook.

Painting Bowls at Playful Potter

In August we will get together after church to

go to lunch and then to Playful Potter to paint

bowls for the “Empty Bowls” fundraiser for the

Community Food Pantry at St. Paul’s. The

date will announced in the Epistle, by email

and on Facebook.

September 10: Regular Meetings Begin

EYC will meet at 10:15 AM in the youth room.

Watch for more details later.

Northern Nevada Pride: July 22nd

St. Paul’s will once again participate in the

Pride Parade and Festival to show support for

our Northern Nevada LGBTQ brothers and

sisters.

The parade route will start at Humboldt St.

at 11:00 am and proceed west on California,

then turn right onto Arlington Ave. ending at

Wingfield Park, where the Festival will start at

noon. Here is a link for a map of the route:

https://northernnevadapride.org/parade

If you would like to walk in the parade,

please meet Fr. Kirk at 10:30 a.m. on Hill St.

between Liberty and California. You’ll see the

crowd.

Last year we had a blend of 30 LGBTQ and

Straight representatives of St. Paul’s. Let’s try

to double that this year! If you don’t want to

walk in the parade, volunteer to sit at St. Paul’s

booth during the festival. To volunteer at the

booth, or if you have questions, contact Fr. Kirk

775-358-4474 Kirk@StPaulsSparks.org

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Education for Ministry (EfM)

Interested in an in-depth bible study class?

EfM (Education for Ministry) is a 4 year course

sponsored by Sewanee- The University of the

South. It is open to anyone interested in

learning more about the Christian faith. Year

One is a study of the Old Testament, Year Two

is a study of the New Testament, Year Three

covers the history of Christianity and Year Four

focuses on Christian ethics. There are weekly

small group meetings that combine students

from all years. The cost is $360 per year, you

can check out their website for more

infohttp://efm.sewanee.edu/. The commitment

is only 1 year at a time. We meet for 36 weeks

of the year, with time off at the holidays and for

Holy Week. Connie Patterson is the mentor for

this course. If you have an interest in learning

more about where our Faith comes from,

please contact Connie for more details

(cp4675@att.net) or 771-1264.

By Your Gifts We Are Blessed

Thanks to Bob and Peg Bibby for donating

their time and resources to put together

another great deep-pit Bibby-Q. All proceeds

from ticket sales, which totaled $1,261.00, will

be used for the Youth EYE trip to

Oklahoma. EYE also received additional

donations of $73.10. Other donations for the

month include $70.00 to the Prayers and

Squares quilt ministry, $130.00 to the

Community Food Pantry, $121.40 to UTO

(United Thank Offering), $350.00 to the Clergy

Discretionary account, and $175.00 in memory

of Dorothy O'Boyle.

Patti Stine, Assistant Treasurer

Recovery Groups at St. Paul’s

Wednesdays: Women’s AA @ 6:30 p.m.

Thursdays: Ala-Non Meeting @ 6:00 p.m.

Gam-anon Meeting@6:30 p.m.

St. Paul's Men's Escape Weekend:

Camp Galilee August 11-13

Beginning with dinner on

Friday, August 11th through

lunch on Sunday the 13th,

the men of St. Paul’s are

invited to a fun weekend at

Camp Galilee at Lake

Tahoe. This is not a

“Spiritual Retreat", but a time for the guys to

have fun and to get to know each other a little

better. There are a variety of options in which

to spend your time including: swimming,

kayaking, hiking, playing cards, watching

movies, chilling on the beach, or hanging in the

shade reading a book.

The cost is $152.00 per person which includes

6 excellent meals! To sign up or for more

information, contact Dick Stufflebeam 313-

3217.

Activities Going on Hiatus

The following activities are taking the summer

off, or until further notice.

Card Night

Thursday Bible Study

Thursday Men’s Study Group

Pinterest Interest Group

11:00 Choir

Vegetable Garden Needs Volunteers

We are looking for volunteers to help plant,

water, weed, tend, and harvest. All of the

produce goes to the Food Pantry! Mary

Gonzales has volunteered to organize and

labor for the garden this season. To volunteer,

find the sign-up sheet in the narthex. You can

contact Mary if you have questions or ideas for

the garden, 505-730-7722.

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Adult Class: Confirmation, Reception

Reaffirmation, Adult Baptism

July 23 through August 27, 2017.

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Are you new to the Episcopal Church? This class is for you.

Have you been around for a while but have never been Confirmed or Received in the Episcopal Church? This class is for you.

Have you never been baptized? This class is for you.

Have you been confirmed, but you would like to reaffirm/renew your commitment to Christ through St. Paul’s? This class is for you.

Would you just like to come and learn more about the Episcopal Church and what it means to live out your faith? This class is for you.

This class is an adult preparation class for Confirmation, Reception, Reaffirmation and Adult Baptism.

What are Confirmation, Reception, Reaffirmation and Holy Baptism?

Confirmation: Confirmation is the affirmation

of one's baptismal vows. It is a sacramental rite

in which baptized persons make a mature

commitment to Christ and receive strength

through the Holy Spirit through prayer and the

laying on of hands by a bishop. Confirmation is

not required to become full members of

Christ’s Body; baptism takes care of that. But

for those who were baptized at an early age

they are expected, when mature and ready, to

make a public affirmation of their faith.

Reception: Persons presented for Reception

are those who have been baptized with water

in the name of the Trinity, have previously

made an adult public affirmation of faith in any

other Christian Tradition (either at their adult

Baptism or on a separate occasion) and now

desire to live their faith within the fellowship of

the Episcopal Church.

Reaffirmation: Reaffirmation is suitable in a

variety of situations for persons who have

previously been Confirmed or Received. Have

you returned to church after a period of being

gone? Have you recently experienced some

transition in your spiritual or church life that has

changed your perspective? Was your

Confirmation so long ago that it is time to

reaffirm it? Were you so young that you don’t

feel you were mature at your Confirmation?

Reaffirmation is a repeatable rite of renewal.

Adult Baptism: Holy Baptism is the sacrament

by which God adopts us as his children and

makes us members of Christ’s Body, the

Church, and inheritors of the kingdom of God.

The outward and visible sign in Baptism is

water, in which the person is baptized in the

Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the

Holy Spirit. The inward and spiritual grace in

Baptism is union with Christ in his death and

resurrection, birth into God’s family the Church,

forgiveness of sins, and new life in the Holy

Spirit.

Budget Visioning Check-In

Please join Vestry members in the Parish Hall

between the 9 and 11 am worship services

(10:15ish) on Sunday, July 30 for an update on

the status of St. Paul's 2017 budget and to

check in on goals for 2018 and beyond. Please

bring your dreams for community outreach,

Christian education, stewardship, etc., to share

at this meeting. This is the first step in

developing our 2018 budget. All are invited.

Thank you

A big thank you to everyone who helped with

the recent Salt Lake City, Utah Wesley Bell

Ringer dinner, concert and overnight hosting of

youth and adults! The concert was wonderful

and enjoyed by many. Your help is very much

appreciated.

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Bishop’s Search News

The Standing Committee of the Diocese of

Nevada is asking for your help. For those who

missed the announcement, Bishop Dan is

going to retire which means the Diocese needs

to elect a new bishop.

There are many steps in this process, but we

need people to help serve on one of the two

committees, the Election Committee and the

Transition Committee.

A simplified explanation as to what these

committees will do is that the Election

Committee will handle things up to the election

and then the Transition Committee will take

over. Members of the Election Committee will

help put together the diocesan profile used to

explain to applicants who we are in Nevada

and what we are looking for in a bishop. This

committee will also sort through applicants,

interview them and set the slate. The

Transition Committee will handle things to get

the newly elected bishop in place, as well as

organize the celebrations for Bishop Dan.

The Standing Committee would like to have as

much participation and representation on the

Search and Transition Committees as possible.

Balanced representation is the goal. They are

asking for 2 Clergy and 2 Lay Persons to be

nominated from each Mission District for the

Search Committee and 2 Clergy and 2 Lay

Persons to be nominated from each Mission

District for the Transition Committee. 9 – 11

people will then be vetted to serve each team

and a chairman will be chosen by the Standing

Committee.

Persons seeking to service on one of these

committees needs to have been active in the

diocese and who can represent the Mission

District point of view. These groups will be

task-oriented so the following personality traits

would be a blessing:

The ability to maintain a positive attitude, even when the going gets tough.

The willingness to express their opinions honestly and a similar willingness to listen with an open mind to the opinions of others.

The commitment to do what they say they will do and to bear their share of the load without complaining.

The desire and commitment to help the group achieve consensus.

The ability to maintain confidentially.

The ability to meet over a long time. A tentative calendar is in place for the entire

search and transition process.

A mandatory retreat for both the Search and

the Transition teams is being planned for

Saturday September 9th, 2017 at Trinity

Cathedral from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Both

teams will meet with the Standing Committee,

Consultant, and Chaplain.

Transportation and all accommodations will be

at no cost to the committee members. There is

a Bishop Search Fund in place.

If you are interested in being nominated to

serve on one of these committees, please

contact Fr. Kirk 775-358-4474

Kirk@StPaulsSparks.org.

The deadline to submit these names is August 1st.

“Mr Bagley, I’m afraid there’s rather more to

being a bishop than having your own hat.”

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Coming Events

July 2017

Saturday July 01, 2017 Card Night (Postponed for the summer)

Sunday July 02, 2017 No EYC (off for the month)

Saturday July 08, 2017 D.O.K. 10:00 am

Sunday July 09, 2017 Summer Book Study “The Book of Joy” 3:00 pm

Monday July 10, 2017 Vestry Meeting 6:00 pm

Saturday July 15, 2017 Earth Stewardship Potluck 5:00 pm

Sunday July 16, 2017 Budget Visioning Check-In 10:15 am

Sunday July 16, 2017 Summer Book Study “The Book of Joy” 3:00 pm

Monday July 17, 2017 Stewardship Meeting 6:00 pm

Saturday July 22, 2017 Pride Northern Nevada

Saturday July 22, 2017 Prayers & Squares 9:00 am

Sunday July 23, 2017 Confirmation/Reception Class 12:30 pm

Sunday July 23, 2017 Summer Book Study “The Book of Joy” 3:00 pm

Tuesday July 25, 2017 Epistle Deadline 12:00 pm

Sunday July 30, 2017 Confirmation/Reception Class 12:30 pm

Sunday July 30, 2017 Summer Book Study “The Book of Joy” 3:00 pm

Recurring Events

Worship times, 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. EYC meets every Sunday @ 10:15 a.m. in the Youth Room (off for this month)

Rector’s Sabbath is every Tuesday Choir Practice 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays or (Check with your Team Leader)

Praise Team 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays or (Check with your Team Leader) AA (Women’s group) meets Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Parish Hall

Alanon meets every Thursday at 6:00 p.m.to 7:00 p.m. in Parish Hall Gam-anon meets every Thursday 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Choir Room

Lectio Divina – Bible Study meets Thursday mornings at 11:00 a.m.(off for the summer) Healing Service with Holy Eucharist Thursday Evening at 6:00 p.m.

Men’s Bible Study Group, “The Wired Word”, Thursday Evening at 7:00 p.m. Food Pantry is open Wed.10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Unless otherwise noted.

*Fourth Wednesday of the month in the morning the SNAP program & Food Bank Truck are here.

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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (1135 12th Street) P. O. Box 737 Sparks NV 89432 Phone: 775-358-4474

Fax: 775-313-0806

E-Mail: office@stpaulssparks.org

Web Site: www.stpaulssparks.org

Sun., 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Praise Service

Sun., 11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Traditional

Sun., 5:00 p.m. Traditional Holy Eucharistic, No Music

Thur., 6:00 p.m. Healing Service with Holy Communion

PLACE

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