March 2013 ST. PAUL’S EPISTLE 250 Hwy 2 NE • P.O. Box 1225 • Corinth, MS 38835 • 662-286-2922 From the Rector Lent marches on, right through the month. Easter will come on the last day of March, and between now and then we have weeks yet of prayer and fasting, study, works of mercy. And also, this: a new addition of music at our children’s Good Friday program, thanks to the offering of Gail Vaughn. Children will learn spirituals and hymns to help sing the story of Jesus’ Passion, practicing for a few minutes right after church each Sunday. Wednesday soup suppers with a nice crowd gathered for soup cooked by volunteers and discussion led by parishioners or me but taken hold of by a crowd of pilgrims hungry for spiritual growth. Ecu- menical offerings like First Methodist’s Lenten Lunches, featuring speakers from around our community, and St. James’ Stations of the Cross meditations. The choir is preparing for a Holy Week strengthened and deepened by the music that helps lead and shape our devotions during worship. Sunday school children are digging in the dirt now with a view toward the joyful eruption of color that will come when the seeds they plant transform into happy flowers. And that’s just it, isn't it? Our Lenten self-examination and deliberate partici- pation in study and fellowship is just the kind of tending our own dirt needs. If we are to be willing hosts for the Easter joy that God wants to have bloom in our hearts and our lives, we must first spend a season preparing for that fruit. Bud Holland writes of discovering a tombstone outside of Oxford, England, which read, simply, “He loved deeply and was deeply loved.” I believe that is at the heart of what we are meant to discover in our Lenten journey—indeed, our Chris- tian journey. The search will surely introduce opportunities for repentance and amendment of life. But the Lenten dirt-sifting will uncover what allows for true Easter celebration: I am loved, and quite deeply. Alleluia! And secure in that un- changing truth, I am free to love others. Ann+ In this Issue Church Family Life, p. 2 Happy Birthday/ Anniversary! p. 2 From the archives, by Jan Grady, p. 2 Plans for children’s Good Friday play p.2 Women invited to ECW get– together, p. 2 Calendar, p. 3 Buildings & Grounds Committee asks if you’re comfortable, p. 3 Retreats, men’s cooking weekend at Gray Center, p. 3 Sunday school plans more nature stew- ardship, p. 3 Treasurer’s report, p. 4 Holy Week Schedule Palm Sunday: Procession with palms & Holy Eucharist 9:30am Maundy Thursday: Combined service at First Methodist 7pm Good Friday: Services at 12 noon and 6:30pm Good Friday: Children’s program 4pm Easter Sunday: Holy Eucharist:9:30am Don’t forget to set clocks up one hour on March 10
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March 2013
ST. PAUL’S EPISTLE 250 Hwy 2 NE • P.O. Box 1225 • Corinth, MS 38835 • 662-286-2922
From the Rector Lent marches on, right through the month. Easter will come on the last day of March, and between now and then we have weeks yet of prayer and fasting, study, works of mercy. And also, this: a new addition of music at our children’s Good Friday program, thanks to the offering of Gail Vaughn. Children will learn spirituals and hymns to help sing the story of Jesus’ Passion, practicing for a few minutes right after church each Sunday. Wednesday soup suppers with a nice crowd gathered for soup cooked by volunteers and discussion led by parishioners or me but taken hold of by a crowd of pilgrims hungry for spiritual growth. Ecu-menical offerings like First Methodist’s Lenten Lunches, featuring speakers from around our community, and St. James’ Stations of the Cross meditations. The choir is preparing for a Holy Week strengthened and deepened by the music that helps lead and shape our devotions during worship. Sunday school children are digging in the dirt now with a view toward the joyful eruption of color that will come when the seeds they plant transform into happy flowers. And that’s just it, isn't it? Our Lenten self-examination and deliberate partici-pation in study and fellowship is just the kind of tending our own dirt needs. If we are to be willing hosts for the Easter joy that God wants to have bloom in our hearts and our lives, we must first spend a season preparing for that fruit. Bud Holland writes of discovering a tombstone outside of Oxford, England, which read, simply, “He loved deeply and was deeply loved.” I believe that is at the heart of what we are meant to discover in our Lenten journey—indeed, our Chris-tian journey. The search will surely introduce opportunities for repentance and amendment of life. But the Lenten dirt-sifting will uncover what allows for true Easter celebration: I am loved, and quite deeply. Alleluia! And secure in that un-changing truth, I am free to love others. Ann+
In this Issue
Church Family Life, p. 2
Happy Birthday/Anniversary! p. 2
From the archives, by Jan Grady, p. 2 Plans for children’s Good Friday play p.2 Women invited to ECW get– together, p. 2
Calendar, p. 3
Buildings & Grounds Committee asks if you’re comfortable, p. 3
Retreats, men’s cooking weekend at Gray Center, p. 3
Sunday school plans more nature stew-ardship, p. 3
Treasurer’s report, p. 4
Holy Week Schedule
Palm Sunday: Procession with palms & Holy Eucharist 9:30am Maundy Thursday: Combined service at First Methodist 7pm Good Friday: Services at 12 noon and 6:30pm Good Friday: Children’s program 4pm Easter Sunday: Holy Eucharist:9:30am
Don’t forget to set clocks
up one hour on March 10
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Church Family Life News and notes about our parish family
Virginia Lambert is representing Episcopalians well in her new home on the Alzheimer’s wing of Landmark in Booneville; she recently won their Bible Trivia contest, though she denied the activity director’s claim that she got every answer right. “I know I missed one,” she said. Frances Ramer continues her therapy in Selmer at the McNairy County Health Care Center. Cards may be sent to P.O. Box 349, Selmer, TN 38375. Hal Dilworth is ex-pecting to have scans in a few weeks. Susanna Fraser has announced that she will become a big sister in Sep-tember. Nancy Davis will have the first phase of a pro-cedure in Nashville, which she hopes will bring relief from the symptoms of interstitial cystitis.
Happy Birthday! Will Senf, 9th; Edie Bland, 23rd; David Soltz, 23rd; Joey Scott, 31st.
Is your special day missing? Are there any March anniversaries that we’re missing? To add your birthday, anniversary, or news, please call or email the church office at [email protected].
From the Archives Compiled by Jan Grady
Around 1970, St. Paul's re-placed the old pump organ in the Taylor Street church. Our "new" organ was a pipe organ of melded parts with assorted histories. A Memphian pur-chased part of the pipe section from the West Point Academy Chapel organ in New York in 1916 when the West Point Chapel was renovated. St. Paul's then purchased that pipe section; plus the console was purchased from a local Bap-tist church and the wood pipes came from a Methodist church in Columbus, MS. Our vicar at the time was the Rev. Victor Bircher who was a fine musician and served as a great organ repairman.
The organ had a lovely sound, but was very tempera-mental and required keeping the church temperature at a certain level. Minutes from the Mission Committee in January 1993 show discussion of the necessity of replacing the pipe organ because of major problems and expense. Our current organ is the pipe organ replacement.
Children’s Good Friday program will add music this year
Thanks to newcomer Gail Vaughn, the children of St. Paul’s are learning songs to accompany their annual Good Friday play. Gail, who has been active in youth music pro-grams at other Episcopal churches, will accompany the children on her guitar. The songs will be taught during short practice sessions after our Sunday church services during Lent. The play starts at 4pm on Good Friday, March 29. All children and youth are invited to take part in the play which follows Jesus from Palm Sunday through the cross. The actors and audience move through the church to view and take part in different Holy Week scenes. Family and friends are invited to watch the play and take part as members of the crowd scenes.
Communion bread bakers
Thank you to Cynthia Harrell who baked bread for us in February. Jan Grady will be baking bread in March.
Have you lost something?
A grey fleece pullover (XL) and black child-size knit gloves were left in the pews over the winter. If you are missing either, they are waiting on the coat rack in the hall by the narthex.
ECW welcomes St. Paul’s women to their March get-together
All women are invited to ECW’s first get-together of the year, a gathering for wine and cheese at the home
of Susan Adams on Saturday, March 16 at 3:30pm. We will discuss plans for the coming year and enjoy the companion-ship of our fellow Episcopal church women. Please join us on the 16th for the food and fun and friendship that are abun-dantly shared at our meetings.
Join us for light Lenten suppers and discussions on Wednesdays
On Wednesday evenings during Lent, join your St. Paul’s friends at 5:30 in the fellowship hall for light sup-pers followed by discussions on a variety of topics. A nursery will be provided. The March schedule includes: March 6 Cody Daniel : Theology in Lord of the Rings March 13 Ryland Bruhwiler: Writing workshop March 20 Ann: Genesis & Bishop’s Bible discussion
Are you comfortable at St. Paul’s? Tell the Buildings & Grounds Committee
With the brisk temperatures and winds still knocking at the door, Spring is just around the corner. The Build-ings and Grounds Committee strives to provide safe access and comfort in all areas. Many who attend St. Paul’s are in various parts of the building before, dur-ing and after worship. Are the areas you use during your visit comfortable? The places where you normally sit, activities rooms, altar areas and restrooms are all areas of interest to the committee. Please take a moment to jot down your thoughts and drop them in the box in the narthex. Thank you for your support in mission.
—Darrell Davis, Buildings and Grounds Committee
10 Begin Daylight Savings Time; clocks forward 1hr 18 Vestry Retreat, 6-9pm 19 Vestry Retreat, 6-9pm 19 Pastoral Care Committee, 3pm 21 Mission Mississippi at Martha’s Menu, 11:30 24 Palm Sunday 28 Maundy Thursday at First Methodist, 7pm 29 Good Friday Service, 12 noon, 6:30pm 29 Children’s Good Friday Program, 4pm 31 Easter 31 Amen Sunday
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March A Day Apart: Day of Silence and Prayer March 8 at Gray Center Come away to a deserted place all by yourself and rest
awhile, Jesus invited his followers. Join the Rev. Diane Braman, an LCSW and trained spiritual director, for this day of quiet prayer and reflection, both in solitude and in community. Participants are welcome to bring journals, fishing poles, hiking boots, art sup-plies, or simply a heart and spirit open to listening for God’s call. Cost is $30; please bring a bag lunch. For information and registration, visit http://cffm.dioms.org.
Men’s Cooking Weekend March 8-10 at Gray Center
Jesus tells us he is the bread of life, and we are bread for the world when we offer hospitality and help for others through the sharing of meals. At this weekend of feasting and fellowship, join Grae Dickson, Food and Beverage Director at Gray Center, and the “Holy Smokers” of St. Andrew’s Cathedral to learn techniques at the stove and grill, and reflect on the meaning of food in faith and fellowship. Cost is $150; some scholarship assistance is avail-able. More information, on registration: http://cffm.dioms.org
Contemplative Retreat: St. Teresa’s Interior Castle April 19-21 at Gray Center
Explore the spiritual journey as it was described by St. Teresa of Avila, an inward journey through one’s own interior rooms until finally reaching the heart, where God dwells. Susan Komis, a stu-dent of Thomas Keating and now a faculty member of Contempla-tive Outreach, will lead us in reflection and conversation; there will be also be opportunities for quiet and centering prayer. Cost is $200 for double occupancy, or $230 for single occupancy; Com-muter cost is $35 plus meals (or you may bring a sack lunch); some scholarship assistance is available. For more information, or to register online, please go to http://cffm.dioms.org
Sunday School youth make plans for spring nature stewardship
The older children’s Sunday school class, taught by Susan Adams, is thinking ahead to spring by starting trays of colorful annuals so they will have seedlings to plant their butterfly gar-den under the bell tower. With supplies provided by their for-mer teacher Ryland Bruhwiler, Emma and Nora Hughes planted the seeds of a variety of bright flowers to provide food for butterflies and hummingbirds. Another spring project will be making guards to protect the bluebird houses built last year from snakes and other preda-tors. Like Jesus desired to “gather children as a hen gathers her brood under her wings,” the class is learning to protect the natural habitat we have surrounding our church. They applied for wildlife habitat certification, describing the nesting spots and food St. Paul’s has for birds and animals.
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Building Fund Balance 43,090 Mortgage Balance 46,236
St. Paul's Church P.O. Box 1225 Corinth, MS 38835
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday Schedule: 9:30 Holy Eucharist Nursery available 9:15-12:00 The Rector and Vestry: The Rev. Ann Benton Fraser, Rector Susan Adams, Senior Warden Paul Smith, Junior Warden Tom Soltz, Treasurer Beth Bauer, Clerk Jake Bland Dana Bullard Francis Criss Darrell Davis David Dierks Maggie Dilworth Kari Hughes Contact Information: (662) 286-2922 (Mon-Thurs) [email protected] www.stpaulscorinth.dioms.org Deadline: Please send your newsletter submission by the 21st of each month.
Memorials have been given to St. Paul's
in honor of Hank Barrett
by Ronnie Highland;
in honor of Bill Ransom,
by Bonnie & Cliff Andrews, Doris Andrews, Richard &
Lucille Duffy, Robert & Melinda Hammons, Bill and
Kathy Ross
Christ be present to those who are hurting men-
tally, physically, emotionally, and spirituality. Hold
them close; reach out to them through your people
to remind them of Your undeniable love.
—a prayer written by St. Paul's member Callie Emmons
