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August 2012 Vol. 13 - No. 8

The Epistle of Saint Paul’s: a Joyful Noise PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY

ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE CITY OF ALBANY

IN THIS ISSUE:

NOTES FROM

OUTREACH

See a picture of the

garden’s “mystery guest”

caught red handed!

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HISTORY OF

ST. PAUL’S

St. Paul’s 1st Vestry

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ADULT FAITH

FORMATION

Opportunities to

learn, grow and share are

coming this fall.

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MOVIE REVIEWS

Deacon Nancy Rosenblum

reviews several movies.

Pages 6 & 7

CHURCH HISTORY

Last of the series on the

Church of England

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church St. Paul’s

EPISCOPAL

From the Rector

I hope that you are being refreshed this summer by different activities. I espe-

cially benefit when more quiet time with God is possible both at home and

away. I enjoy time to read devotional books and novels. I enjoy walking as I

pray and meditate. I enjoy silent time on and around lakes and rivers. I enjoy

going to camp. I hope that your summer is as good for you as mine often is for

me.

During this summer, St Paul’s parishioners have entered together into some

travel, some camps, some study, and some work.

Still to come in the travel category are an outing to a Valley Cats baseball game

on Sunday August 5 for a 5 p.m. game and a visit to Tanglewood, summer home

of the Boston Symphony, for an orchestral concert on the afternoon of Sunday

August 12 with chairs/blankets, picnics and liquid refreshments.

Still to come in the camp category is Vacation Bible School at St. Paul’s on Au-

gust 6th to 9th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. As well, Kyle Walker, one of our teens,

will still be in the Counselor-In-Training program at Beaver Cross, our Dioce-

san Camp.

Still to come in the study category are the completion of a study of the New

York Times’ bestselling book ‘The Shack’ by William Paul Young, and the in-

dividually tailored “Busy Person’s Retreat”.

Still to come in the work category are opportunities for service at the Saturday

Soup Kitchens at Grace and Holy Innocents Church from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

on either of the first two Saturdays, and assistance with the Focus Vegetable

Garden at St. Paul’s.

Enjoy the last month of summer. As I have said before, if you are away, please

bring service leaflets from other churches so that I may see how others are wor-

shipping in the summer. Read scripture, pray, and dream of what God has for

you to do in the future. Remember that you are His representatives wherever

you go and whatever you do!

Peace,

Nixon+

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Who’s

Who at St. Paul’s

Rector

The Rev. J. Nixon McMillan

Rector Emeritus

The Rev. Leslie C. Hughs

Priest Associate

The Rev. Ned Dougherty

Deacon.

The Rev. Nancy Rosenblum

Organist-Choir Director

Steven L. Rosenberry

Sexton

James H. Noisette

Wardens

Judy Condo

Jeremy Feedore

Vestry

Candace Deisley

Dan Halloran

Mark Kellett

Lisa Kissinger

Sandy Lowery

Mary Jane McGuire

Perry Smith

Katherine Storms

Valerie Thompson

Delegates to the Convention

John Backman

Carol Diehm

Joan Pflieger

Treasurer

Denise Mason

Secretary

Sharon Kasman

St. Paul’S in the Community and the World

The FOCUS Garden at St. Paul’s is

doing well, on its little plot on the Hack-

ett Blvd. side of the church. Holly Mont-

gomery and members of her family, Ka-

ren Jacobs and Lynnette Noonan have

been pulling weeds and watering as

needed during the area-wide dry spell.

By mid-July, the harvest of two pepper

pickings had been delivered to the FO-

CUS Interfaith Pantry on State Street.

FOCUS Program Associate and hands-

on coordinator Becca Leet is pleased

with the progress of the tomatoes and

predicts a successful crop. Parishioners,

who might find an hour to help, are en-

couraged to contact Holly or Lynnette to

bolster this summer’s volunteer roster.

News from Haiti

The Haiti Work Group is pleased to report that the cargo container filled by

the Empire Haiti Coalition (EHC) cleared Customs at Port-au-Prince in July

and has started its overland route to deliver much-needed supplies to five rural

communities. St. Jacques School in Lahoye will receive classroom supplies

and a full set of new plates and silverware for its hot meal program, thanks to

the generous people of St. Paul’s and St. Andrew’s parishes here in Albany.

It is always timely to join the Dollar-a-Day for Haiti appeal. You could easi-

ly arrange to contribute for the five months remaining in 2012 by talking to

Kate Storms or Sandy Lowery. Your contribution allows the Albany-based

EHC to send salaries to the teachers at St. Jacques School, for example. It’s

that simple.

Good News from Our Own City

This year the Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless spring fund-raiser A

Taste of Albany 2012 raised almost $100,000. The occasion for the outpour-

ing of support for services to the homeless and families facing homelessness

was an array of sampling stations from over 30 local chefs and restaurants. To

the delight of attendees, the tasty offerings were accompanied by music and

successful silent and live auctions. This event, an annual highlight of the busy

month of May in Albany, boosted IPH’s ability to continue to serve people

living on the margins.

Mystery Guest at the Garden

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ON THE CALENDAR

Watch for the annual Capital Region

AIDS Walk in September.

St. Paul’s will host Hope for the Jour-

ney on October 20 from 6:00 PM to

8:30PM to support Healing a Wom-

an’s Soul, Rev. Dr. Anne Curtin,

Director.

A series of get-acquainted opportuni-

ties will fete the visit of Haitian Bishop Jean Duracin to this Diocese from No-

vember 14- 18, with a special event at All Saints Cathedral on Thursday Novem-

ber 15. These events offer a chance for us to grow in understanding of the chal-

lenges and joy in ministry in Haiti Jean Duracin,

Bishop of Haiti

CRAFTERS ALERT

Summer is coming and with it a more relaxed sched-ule. It also means garden produce, beautiful flowers and time to dream of projects – canning, drying blooms, needlework, card-making, knitting, sewing, baking and on it goes. If you have a talent that is looking for a place to be showcased I would like to suggest the Silent Auction fundraiser for Healing a Woman’s Soul. This min-istry of the diocese seeks to assist women who have been abused find a new way of life. It was our pleasure to host this event last Fall and we will do it again this October. We are always looking for donations for the Silent Auction. Consider a hand-knit sweater or crocheted afghan; a basket of homemade preserves or canned fruit. How about a certificate for a home-baked pie once a month for a year – or six-months, or home-baked bread? It could be a Christmas tree skirt or a set of placemats. Wherever your creative juices take you, would you consider a project that you could donate for the auction?

For more information (or ideas) contact

Ann McMillan at 451-9549.

GOT IDEAS?

We’re always looking for

ways to make the Epistle

better and better. If you

have ideas or articles for

the Epistle, please email

them to

Debbi Regimbald or

Joan Pflieger

at

dr06892004@yahoo.com

or

jpflieger@nycap.rr.com

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At 6:00 on the evening of Novem-

ber 12, 1827, a group of men gath-

ered at the southwest corner of

South Pearl and Rensselaer

Streets, in an old wooden building

that had previously been used as a

school house, and elected the first

wardens and vestry of “St. Paul’s

Church or Congregation in the

City of Albany”. It was just as

well that the windows would have

been closed against the autumn

chill, keeping out the odors of the

tannery next door. How did these

ten men come to that room, and

what do their lives tell us about

our congregation’s beginnings?

The youngest two members of St.

Paul’s vestry had a particularly

important role in organizing the

congregation. Friends of the first

rector, Richard Bury, and both

under age twenty-five, they had

the major part in recruiting lay

leaders. The group they assembled

was young: the oldest was fifty-

two, most were in their thirties, all

but a few had been in Albany for

ten years or less. Both wardens

had been born in England, and one

vestryman was Irish. And they

were not wealthy. One vestryman

was a physician, and the Senior

Warden was a prominent brewer,

but most of the others were petty

shopkeepers or skilled craftsmen

(carpenters, masons and cabinet-

makers) with shops in the city’s

rapidly growing South End.

St. Paul’s was not the only church

founded during this period. Im-

mediately after the completion of

the Erie Canal, with new residents

pouring into the city and a new

evangelical spirit in the air, Al-

bany’s churches changed dramati-

ST. PAUL’S FIRST VESTRY SUBMITTED BY PAUL NANCE

cally. Between 1827 and 1835, nine

new churches (including an evangel-

ical Presbyterian congregation and

three Methodist churches) were or-

ganized in Albany, and church mem-

bership almost doubled. Our first

wardens and vestrymen were typical

of new church leaders in Albany in

those years: newcomers, on the

move, looking for new opportunities

and advancement.

Rejecting a proposal to continue

worshipping in the old school house,

this first vestry immediately made

plans for building an impressive new

church on Ferry Street, expecting to

cover the expenses with pew rents.

But these expectations were disap-

pointed, and the young congregation

was soon deep in debt. The founders

began to disappear. Richard Bury

resigned in 1829, recommending as

his successor William Linn Keese,

because he would be able to serve

without a salary. The Senior Warden

left the city the same year, and by

1832 five others had either died or

moved away, two had returned to St.

Peter’s, and one had fallen away.

Thus, between 1827 and 1839 when

the Ferry Street building was sold,

there was an almost complete turno-

ver of vestry and wardens. Hezekiah

Wells, alone among the original ten,

assisted with the transition to the

“new enterprise” on Pearl Street.

Wells, a South End shopkeeper in

1827, had by 1839 become a mer-

chant in wholesale shoes and shoe-

makers’ supplies. And the rest of the

vestry was very different as well,

composed of a mix of professionals

and merchants. This trend would con-

tinue during the congregation’s years

on Pearl Street, during which St.

Paul’s attracted some of Albany’s

most prominent names.

Signatures of the first vestry members

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Lectionary Readings August 2012

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 5, 2012

2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a,

Psalm 51:1-12,

(Alternate Readings:

Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15,

Psalm 78:23-29)

Ephesians 4:1-16,

John 6:24-35

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

August 12, 2012

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33,

Psalm 130

(Alternate Readings:

1 Kings 19:4-8,

Psalm 34:1-8)

Ephesians 4:25-5:2,

John 6:35, 41-51

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 19, 2012

1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14,

Psalm 111,

(Alternate Readings:

Proverbs 9:1-6,

Psalm 34:9-14)

Ephesians 5:15-20,

John 6:51-58

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 26, 2012

1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43,

Psalm 84,

(Alternate Readings:

Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18,

Psalm 34:15-22)

Ephesians 6:10-20,

John 6:56-69

LEARN! GROW! SHARE! Opportunities for Adult Christian Formation

Sunday Bible Study: The Sunday Bible Study group starts its fall session

on September 23 at 9:15 AM. We will be looking at the topic of "The

Kingdom of Heaven." We hear this term frequently in scripture readings

and in sermons but are we sure we know what it means? Is it sometime in

the future? Are we going to spend eternity sitting on clouds playing

harps? The Bible Study group will explore what the Bible actually

says about the kingdom of heaven.

Weekday Bible Study: An additional opportunity for Bible study will be

provided this fall. Ann McMillian will be leading a Bible study group that

will meet during the day on weekdays. Details about dates, location and

topics will be forthcoming

Book Club: The Adult Formation Committee is forming a

book discussion group to look at literature that can enrich our lives as

Christians. All sorts of books will be considered: theological books, his-

tory, biographies, memoirs, novels, spiritual works, poetry -- whatever the

group selects. Valerie Thompson will be the coordinator. An announce-

ment with information about dates, times and location will soon be issued.

THIS

FALL

“The point of the resurrection…is that the present bodily life is not valueless just because it will die…What you do with your body in the present matters because God has a great future in store for it…What you do in the present—by painting, preaching, singing, sewing, praying, teaching, building hospitals, digging wells, campaigning for justice, writing poems, caring for the needy, loving your neighbor as yourself—will last into God's future. These activities are not simply ways of making the present life a little less beastly, a little more bearable, until the day when we leave it behind altogether (as the hymn so mistakenly puts it…). They are part of what we may call building for God's kingdom.” - N.T. Wright

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven,

the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

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St. Paul’s Goes to the Movies SUMMER FLICK PICKS

Reviewed by Deacon Nancy Rosenblum

Moonrise Kingdom Directed by Wes Anderson

This most recent film from Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore, The

Royal Tenenbaums) is a quirky, fanciful and beautiful film set in 1965. Two

twelve-year- olds, Sam Shakusky and Suzy Bishop, run away together to live in

the woods on an island off the coast of New England. Sam is an orphan, un-

wanted by his foster parents, and Suzy is a “difficult child” (according to her

family counselor) whose parents are unhappily married. The kids meet and fall

in love at a performance of Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s Fludde. Sam, a Khaki

Scout, plans their escape and they lead the hapless and clumsy adults (parents,

scoutmaster, sheriff and social services representative) on a chase during which

a major storm hits the island (Noye’s Fludd indeed!).

The film has echoes of Pippi Longstocking and Peter Pan who defy adult au-

thority and escape into their own worlds. (In one scene Suzy’s reading aloud to

Sam and the scout troop as they settle into sleep recalls Wendy’s telling bed-

time stories to the Lost Boys in Never Never Land.) Sam and Suzy, and the

scout troop who join them, are responsible and capable while the adults are

maladjusted, unhappy and unable to cope with their own problems, let alone

two clever and determined kids. Anderson’s trademark is cute humor but the

film has an edge to it: a mix of funny and sad observations on how people who

don’t fit into the dominant culture may be the ones who really know how to

live satisfying lives. For music buffs, the interplay of Britten’s music with the

plot adds a delightful fillip to the film. The highly competent cast includes Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray,

Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman.

To Rome with Love

Directed by Woody Allen

Woody’s latest film tells four stories, moving back and forth in both time and

scene. The stories are not related in plot but are held together by their setting

in the Eternal City. As in Midnight in Paris, where the city is the center of the

film, the real star of this movie is Rome with its combination of ancient mon-

uments, Renaissance architecture, modern bustle and stylish fashions. Woody

has returned to his comedic roots, playing for laughs, whether in scenes of

romantic comedy or satirical farce. (One of my favorite lines is Woody’s

character talking about a rough airplane flight – “I have trouble with turbu-

lence because I’m an atheist.”) The characters seek love, find love, lose love

and find love again. The message is that life – and love – go on. Woody’s

humor has grown a little gentler and a little more accepting as he’s grown old-

er. The all-star cast includes Woody himself, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page,

Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis, Roberto Benigni and Greta

Gerwing.

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Directed by John Madden

This mildly charming comedy is raised into high art by the vividness

of its lush Indian setting and the bravura performances of its outstand-

ing cast: Judi Dench, Bill Nightly, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Tom

Wilinson and Penelope Wilton. A group of British reitrees seek a bet-

ter life, including a cheaper cost of living, by moving to a retirement

hotel in Jaipur, India. They expect to find a luxurious palace but find

instead a run-down establishment operated by an overly optimistic

young man. In the process of coping with the reality of modern India,

they discover what is really important in their lives. This movie does

not sugar-coat the problems of aging but does make the point that life

can be lived fully right up to its end. When I saw this film at the Spectrum the audience of mostly older people applaud-

ed vigorously at the end. The movie had definitely struck a nerve in the right way.

Ballin’ at the Graveyard

Directed by Basil Anatassiou and Paul Kentoffio

This film was produced by local filmmakers and co-

produced by Keith Pickard, owner of the Spectrum

Theatre. It is a documentary about pickup basketball

as played at Albany’s Washington Park on the public

court called “The Graveyard”. Starting with an ex-

ploration of the subculture of the game – the unwrit-

ten rules, how people are picked to play, the special

code of ethics that makes the game work – the movie

goes on to examine the lives of the players off the

court. The film takes us into the lives of inner city people whose only real community consists of the one they make for

themselves in the relationships built at the games in the park. Ballin’ at the Graveyard is a moving and insightful film

that can be eye-opening for people without much exposure to urban culture. One person who saw the movie commented

to me that the men in this film are doing more ministry in their care for each other than the people in his suburban

church do for their fellow parishioners. The movie is a real-life view of people caring for and about each other.

For the Kids (and Grandkids)

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted: The continuing adventures of the former zoo inhabitants as they join a travel-

ling circus on their way back to New York. Great graphics and exciting use of 3-D. Kids will enjoy the action and

the snappy music. Adults can enjoy the parodies of Roman Holiday, Goldfinger, The Big Top and Water for Elephants.

Brave: A beautifully animated offering from Pixar about a Scottish princess who defies tradition and wins. She also

discovers that you need to be careful about what you ask for. Comedy and drama combine to make a compelling film.

Warning: The wild bear is pretty realistic so be carefully about bringing very young children.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Spectacular special effects. Even better in 3-D. The usual plot about a teenager turned su-

perhero saving New York from a monster. (Why is it always New York? Why not Cleveland or St. Louis? Maybe be-

cause the plots always involve someone hanging off really tall skyscrapers?) The movie is a must for Marvel fans and

tolerable for their friends and family. There are worse ways to spend a hot afternoon. The monster is scary so consider

before bringing very young kids.

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As Henry VIII became more and more

desperate to produce a male heir, being

that his own claim to the throne was

shaky at best, he was not opposed to find-

ing a new wife to produce such an heir.

And he did have a roving eye, as did just

about all other monarchs of the period.

Anne Boleyn caught that eye, and he de-

cided that she would surely be the one to

produce a boy. Henry applied to the Pope

for an annulment on the aforemen-

tioned religious grounds, and the

Pope said No. Clement IV was firmly

under the thumb of Katharine's uncle,

the Holy Roman Emperor, and there-

fore not about to grant an annulment

which would have made Katharine's

daughter Mary legally a bastard.

Henry was frantic. One of his coun-

cillors, Thomas Cromwell, presented

the idea that Henry could declare

himself Head of the Church in Eng-

land, and grant his own divorce. The

idea in general appealed to Henry,

and he proceeded to do the first in

1529 and the second in 1532. He had

no intention of starting a new reli-

gion, it was just that he wanted to be

top dog. For the next few years, the

Latin Mass was said in churches and

everything went on just as it always

had. However, many members of

religious orders became more and

more upset, because they had vowed

allegiance to the Pope, etc., and peo-

ple took that sort of thing more seri-

ously then. Henry gleefully proceed-

ed to dissolve the monasteries and

confiscate their (very considerable)

property. This may have been the bit

he liked best of all.

After Anne Boleyn had had her head

cut off, Henry married Jane Seymour,

who finally gave him the son he

wanted. (She died ten days later,

probably from exhaustion after a four

day labor.) Edward VI was frail and

sickly from birth, and lived to be only

16. His guardians, in particular the

Lord Protector Somerset, were much

more sympathetic to the Protestant

Reformation which Martin Luther had

triggered in Germany. Under their

influence, the English church became

pronouncedly English--translation of

the Mass from the Latin, etc. Reduc-

tion and de-emphasis of some of the

sacraments. Edward was succeeded

by his half-sister Mary, the "Bloody

Mary" of history. She restored the ties

to Rome, persecuted Protestants ham-

mer and tongs, and finally died--

embittered, broken and half-mad.

Ann's daughter, Elizabeth I, succeed-

ed to the throne and promptly returned

the English church to her personal

control.

Elizabeth's private sentiments were

probably closer to Rome than to Can-

terbury, but she was one of the su-

preme pragmatists of all time. She

perceived, correctly, that England

would be more likely to remain united

under an "English" church than a

"Roman" one. (She is said to have

written "There is but one God, and his

Son has redeemed the world by his

death. All the rest is bishops' disputa-

tion.") At that time no one believed

that a country could hold together un-

less everyone practiced the same reli-

gion. This is an interesting parallel to

the current flap about language--the

hysterical insistence that "English is

the only official language of the Unit-

ed States" etc.

Elizabeth was in general rather laid

back about the proliferation of small

sects that began to appear here and

there. (Most of them remained small

and thus no real threat.) She was

watchful about the Roman Catholics,

however, since the Pope had excom-

municated

municated the country and promised

all sorts of spiritual goodies to anyone

that would assassinate her. One of

the greatest composers of the age,

William Byrd, remained a Roman

Catholic, but was not fomenting re-

bellion. Elizabeth herself was a

skilled musician who appreciated tal-

ents such as his, so she simply placed

him in a well-paying government po-

sition out of the limelight and saw

that he was left alone. He rewarded

her by writing some of the most mag-

nificent sacred choral music in histo-

ry for both the Anglican and Roman

Churches.

The Queen, like her father, enjoyed

ceremonial and pageantry, and the

Anglican church carried on with an

adaptation of the Roman liturgy,

complete with vestments, prescribed

order of service, and elaborate music

in the cathedrals and larger churches.

At various times in history, the litur-

gical and ceremonial aspects have

been neglected or downplayed, only

to reappear with renewed vigor.

Anglicans, no matter what country

they come from, consider themselves

to be a part of "one, holy, catholic,

and apostolic church". It is very irk-

some, and common to see the use of

"Catholic" to mean only"Roman

Catholic". There are Eastern, Rus-

sian, and Greek Orthodox, Romanian,

Coptic, Maronite, Ukrainian and Old

Catholics, to name just a few, none of

whom recognize Benedict XVI as

anything except the Bishop of Rome,

just as Anglicans do.

Indeed, the Roman church has a his-

tory stretching back to the time of the

Apostles, but the English church was

able to dissociate itself from beliefs

and practices that we believe had be-

come hopelessly corrupt. On the one

hand, there is a continuation of tradi-

tion, and on the other, there is room

for an intelligent examination of be-

liefs and practices. It is not for noth-

ing that the Anglican/Episcopal

Church is often called the Via Media-

--the Middle Way.

Submitted by Janet Baxter Peltz

CONTINUED...

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Wonder Show by Hannah Barnaby

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step

inside Mosco’s Traveling Wonder Show, a

menagerie of human curiosities and misfits

guaranteed to astound and amaze! But per-

haps the strangest act of Mosco’s display is

Portia Remini, a normal among the freaks,

on the run from McGreavy’s Home for Wayward Girls, where Mister watches and

waits. He said he would always find Portia, that she could never leave. Free at last, Por-

tia begins a new life on the bally, seeking answers about her father’s disappearance.

Will she find him before Mister finds her? It’s a story for the ages, and like everyone

who enters the Wonder Show, Portia will never be the same.

Young Adult

August 2012

Special Musical Offerings for the 9:30 a.m. services

August 5 David Rudnick, tenor

August 12 Rose Hunsberger, soprano

August 19 Elsie Kohlenberg, mezzo-soprano and Ed Heffron, counter tenor

August 26 Katherine Onufer, oboe

M usic Notes

from the Music Director

Excerpts from “A Watershed Year” by Tom Ehrich

(http://www.morningwalkmedia.com)

Some salient facts from the just-ended Episcopal Church General Convention in

Indianapolis:

Only a handful of the deputies were under the age of 40.

Only a handful of Bishops disassociated themselves from the actions

of General Convention.

Only a handful seemed distressed by a decision to sell the denomination's headquarters office building in mid

town Manhattan.

What shall we make of those handfuls? What do they tell us about the future of this and other mainline denominations?

Based on what I am seeing:

Age demographics in mainline churches are about to get a lot younger, starting with leadership cadres and pushing into

the pews. This convention, in my opinion, will be the last one dominated by the elderly and almost-elderly, many of

whom still yearn for the glory days of 1955-1965.

People are tired of fighting. Not everyone, of course. Change-resisters have enough money to fight on forever. They

will destroy a few more careers on their way out. But conventions and local leadership groups show a fervent desire to

move on. In my opinion, these are welcome developments. The way forward seems to be opening. Not a way that will

necessarily be conservative or liberal, progressive or fundamentalist, or tied to any “ism.” Rather, a way that stops

fighting old battles and engages with modernity and what it means to be faith communities in that modernity. I doubt

we have become paragons of reason, virtue and good cheer. But at least we will be struggling over things that matter,

not memories of another era. And all voices, not just those of the elderly, will be at the table.

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Activities at St. Paul's are organized by

committees called Triads. A contact list is

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letin. We have Triads to help us plan and

organize activities for:

Children and Adult Spiritual Formation

Buildings and Grounds

Hospitality

Outreach

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Altar

St. Paul’s celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Sundays at 8 a.m. (Quiet Holy Eucharist in the

Chapel followed by Coffee Hour) and 10:30 a.m. (Holy Eucharist with Choir and Organ in

the Sanctuary followed by Coffee Hour) and on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m. Daily Morning

Prayer is said at 9 a.m. NOTA BENE: SUMMER SUNDAY SERVICE HOURS START

ON JUNE 17. SERVICE TIMES CHANGE TO 8 A.M. AND 9:30 A.M.

Schedule of Services

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Anniversaries

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birthdays and anniver-

saries to our bulletin.

Please call the church

office at 463-2257 with

your birthday or anni-

versary date or send

dates to us via e-mail:

stpaulsec@logical.net

so we can update our

membership database.

Office Hours

The Church Office is

open Monday through

Thursday from 9:00 a.m.

to 12:00 p.m. and from

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please plan your phone

calls and visits between

those times.