Join us for

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service on

Sunday,

November

18. Sign-

up sheets

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Parish

Hall.

Recalibration from the Rector

I’ve never been all that big of a fan of

this time of the year. It’s not that I’m

against fall in general – heavens, my wed-

ding anniversary and my bride’s birthday

both fall in October. My big grudge against

this part of the year has to do with that old

saying, “Spring forward, fall back.”

Even though it has moved back a few

weeks (presumably to save energy, though

getting up while it’s still dark hasn’t done

much for mine), it’s time once again to kiss

Daylight Savings Time good-bye. One of

my problems is that I can never quite re-

member which way to turn my clock. But

the worst problem is that, like most of you,

I suspect, we have lots of clocks. I usually

manage to miss at least one, which causing

at least momentary panic the next morning.

Most of our clocks are fairly easy to reset,

but until we gave up and made it a decora-

tive item for the living room in Clarksville,

one of them was anything but easy.

My favorite clock is an antique that

Jenny has received down through the gen-

erations from her great-grandmother. It has

a pendulum and chimes and ancient works

that, unless set exactly in perfect order, get

all out of synch. Invariably, when we fuss

with it at all, including springing forward

or falling back, the balance of the move-

ment is disturbed, and it must be recalibrat-

ed. This adjustment is accomplished by

means of a tiny screw that moves a weight

up or down the shaft of the pendulum.

Even the smallest touch to this screw will

change the speed at which the pendulum

runs its course. Sometimes it looks and

feels like neither the screw nor the weight

has moved at all. But over the space of

hours and days, that minuscule adjustment

can translate into a large difference in the

time the clock displays, quickly rendering

it essentially meaningless.

The other day, I was talking to some-

one about whether we as Christians actual-

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Parish News & Notes

Vestry highlights

Upcoming Events

EYC Happenings

Church Calendar and

Ministry Schedule

ly make any difference to the rest of our

often highly secular society. “What differ-

ence can we make,” the argument went,

“when Christianity is considered either

irrelevant or a nuisance?” There are those,

of course, who are willing to wield their

Christianity like some sort of club in the

political realm. For those of us who are not

willing to do so, it seems that whatever we

do, as a Church or as individual Christians,

is either ridiculed or outright ignored, with

little apparent effect on the rest of society.

But each of us does make a difference.

Our small acts of love and kindness, our

individual acts of justice and mercy, our

daily acts of righteousness and faithfulness

to Christ’s calling, regardless of how small,

have lasting impact on how the world oper-

ates. Like the adjustments to that screw on

Jenny’s clock, the difference may seem

tiny, but as time goes by, that effect is wid-

ened and amplified. We can’t afford the

luxury of thinking our actions irrelevant. If

we are to be faithful witnesses to the truth

of God’s love, we must remain engaged in

all levels of the world around us. Without

our presence in the affairs of the world, our

Christian presence, the world would be a

much darker place filled with bitterness

and without hope. By allowing our Chris-

tian beliefs and values to color our every

action, we can and do shift tiny weights in

those with whom we come in contact. Al-

most imperceptibly, we stabilize the pen-

dulum toward God’s peace, toward God’s

grace, toward God’s love.

Please remember to set your clocks

back early this Sunday morning, November

4. In the process, remember that either we

accept that we are merely quaint antique

decorations or we accept our mission to

recalibrate the world toward its Creator,

moment by moment, until time ceases to

matter at all.

Peace and joy,

THE GOOD NEWS November 2012

Upcoming Events

Sundays—8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite 1, 9 a.m. Choir Practice, Parish Family Breakfast,

10 a.m. Choral Eucharist, Sunday School. Coffee Hour following the service.

5:30 p.m.—Confirmation Class (We will not meet on Sunday, November 25)

Tuesdays—6 p.m. Saints, Sinners and Cynics, Wolf’s Tavern

Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m.—Holy Eucharist with Anointing for Healing

Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10—Annual Convention

Wednesday, October 14—6 p.m.—Potluck dinner and program: Sacramental Living

Sunday—November 18—after the 10 a.m. service—Thanksgiving Feast

Monday, November 19— Noon—St. Ann’s Guild, Parish Hall

Tuesday, November 20—5:30 p.m.—Vestry Meeting, Rector’s study

7:00 p.m.—Community Thanksgiving Service—Presbyterian Church

Thursday, November 22—10:30 a.m.—Thanksgiving Service

Saturday, November 24—10 a.m.– Prayer Shawl Ministry, Parish Hall

Wednesday, November 28—6 p.m.—Chili Supper and program: The Anglican Communion and The Episcopal

Church

Parish News and Notes

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Parishioners receive their

spiritual food before digging

into ribs and chicken at our

Picnic at the Vickers’.

Window Project Shining Bright Since the folks from Church Art Glass removed and

carried away the three windows that needed the most

attention, Parishioners have asked when the project

would really get under way. As of Tuesday, October 30

the project has most definitely entered its final phase.

At their mid-month meeting, St. Paul’s Vestry was

treated to photographs of the work going forward in

their Clinton, Kentucky shops featuring the newly re-

stored fragments of the three windows being releaded,

resoldered, and reassembled.

Two weeks to the day later, another crew arrived at

St. Paul’s nave, including Robert Hall, master glass

craftsman and owner of Church Art Glass. They

brought with them the rebuilt windows to resume the

process with their reinstallation. Even lying at the back

of the nave, the beautiful art glass masterworks glow

with a radiance they haven’t known since they were

first installed. By the first Sunday of November they

should be lending their brilliance to the nave.

At the same time, scaffolding went up around the

outside of the church and the heavily aged protective

panes began to come down to make room to care for

the remaining windows Those windows that need re-

pairs will receive special treatment, but all of the win-

dows will be expertly cleaned of the grime of decades

and restored to their original brilliance before being

protected by new, high-tech glass to keep them safe for

generations to come.

St. Paul’s New Homes on the Web Wonder which of St. Paul’s ministries is the right fit for

you? Need a quick way to get more info about the Dio-

cese, the Episcopal Church or the Anglican Commun-

ion? Did you miss last week’s sermon or just want to

give it another read? Want to know when your family is

ushering, when it’s your turn on the Altar Guild, or

whether you’re reading next Sunday, but you’ve mis-

placed that page from the Good News? The place to go

to answer these and many other questions about your

Parish is St. Paul’s web site.

To get there, fire up your favorite browser and go

to www.stpauls-henderson.org. From there you can

look at an evolving library of information about St.

Paul’s, discover your ministry, look at sermons, news

and schedules, or, better yet, help a friend learn more

about your Parish family.

If Facebook is more your online home, you can

now find St. Paul’s there as well. Established as a

closed group, open to any member of St. Paul’s with a

Facebook account, the page is another way to keep up

with the latest information about our Parish. From Fa-

cebook look for StPaulsHenderson and send a request

for membership in the group—one of the administra-

tors will probably have you signed in within minutes

and sharing in one more aspect of our family.

A New Way of Sharing St. Paul’s has been among the chief supporters of Hen-

derson Christian Community Outreach from its very

beginnings. Through the discretionary fund, St. Paul’s

provides one of the primary regular and continuing

gifts to CCO’s operating budget. More importantly,

members of St. Paul’s form both the core of Communi-

ty Outreach’s board of directors and its corps of volun-

teers.

We have every right to be proud of the work we

help Christian Community Outreach do in the name of

Christ, bringing relief and care to the poor of our com-

munity. But still there is more work to be done, still

there is need to be met.

Beginning this month, we will have the opportunity

to expand on our ministry through CCO in a more regu-

lar, and for most of us, a much more personal way. In

an initiative begun by Senior Warden, Susan Sauls, for

at least the next year, on the third Sunday of each

month, St. Paul’s will take up a special collection for

Christian Community Outreach, filling the agency’s

greatest needs and freeing the budget for more direct

action.

The gift for this month will be peanut butter. As

you are shopping over the next few weeks, please add

an 18 ounce jar of the staple to your cart and bring it

with your offering that morning. And then look for

even more opportunities to help Henderson Christian

Community Outreach

Youth Happenings Leslie Newman—Thank you for your contributions for

our four-legged friends during the month of October.

They are always in need, so if you have forgotten to

bring old towels, blankets, leashes, carriers or dona-

tions, it’s not too late.

Without a doubt, the highlight of the coming month

is our EYC’s participation in Shoebox Sunday on No-

vember 18. We will join with the Presbyterian youth

again this year in support of Operation Christmas

Child, a Samaritan ministry. If you have been collect-

ing throughout the year, now is the time to bring your

goodies to church. I have seen some empty shoeboxes

upstairs in case you don’t have one, or you can bring

your toys and goodies loose and we will pack them for

you. A $7 donation, payable to Operation Christmas

Child, will help cover the cost of shipping and han-

dling. If you don’t have the opportunity to shop but

want to donate, the EYC will shop for you. If you need

a reminder of what is acceptable (please no war toys,

chocolate—it melts, or glass items, for example) guide-

lines will be available on the bulletin board outside the

Parish Hall. Thank you for your continuing support of

this St. Paul’s EYC tradition.

EYC calendars are for sale for $7 a piece on Sun-

days in the Parish Hall and during the week in the Par-

ish Office. Thank you for your support! Please buy ear-

ly and often.

Anna and Sophie Hayes attended Fall Gathering at

All Saints. Reports are they had a great time!

Warner Mattingly has the honor of playing soccer

for the Henderson County High team that has advanced

to state tournament. How exciting!

All of our youth are busy busy with school and ex-

tracurricular activities. When you see them in church,

please take time to offer them an encouraging word. As

they continue to grow in so many ways, their St. Paul’s

family is vital to the life of our young people—each of

us makes an incredible difference.

Confirmation Preparation Continues Confirmation classes continue to be a fun feature of

Sunday evenings at St. Paul’s. The seven members of

the class have already covered a lot of ground, learning

about our faith, the Church and how they can live as

Christians in today’s world.

One week, Susan Sauls helped the youth make un-

leavened bread (from an “old family recipe” provided

by Fr. Rich) which we will all use when the Bishop

visits for their Confirmation. Though the process takes

too long for it to be available in January, Todd Green

also showed them how wine is made to complete the

Sacrament of Communion. Then, to help them under-

stand their continuity in the life of our Parish, Mitchell

Deep gave the youth a tour of the church and shared the

stories of St. Paul’s from his youth.

Along the way, the youth have found the time to

use a whole bag of T-shirts donated by the Reddings

and a fun plan from Zoe Green to make dog toys for

their own dogs and for the Humane Society of Hender-

son County. Is there anything these kids can’t do?

Episcopal Essentials Continues Those adults to be Confirmed or Received by Bishop

White during his visit, are also continuing their prepa-

ration, along with a cadre of others. In conjunction with

our series of Wednesday evening suppers, Fr. Rich con-

tinues his series of talks about the essentials of our

faith. On Wednesday evening, November 14 we will

examine the Sacraments of the Church, then on the

28th we turn our attention to the make up of the Angli-

can Communion and the Episcopal Church.

Annual All Saints Offering On All Saints Sunday, November 4, the undesignated

offering from parishes across the Diocese of Kentucky

will go to All Saints Camp and Conference Center on

the shore of Rough River Lake in Leitchfield.

Your regular pledge (cash in a marked envelope or

check with “pledge” in the memo line) will go to St.

Paul’s and be properly credited. But if you want to

make a gift to All Saints, you can give cash or a check

marked with “All Saints” in the memo line, and we will

send your gift along to help maintain our Diocesan

gathering place.

Every year All Saints serves hundreds of youth and

adults as they attend summer camp, youth gatherings,

and adult meetings and retreats. Many people also en-

joy family time at All Saints, coming for family get-

aways, reunions, or weddings.

This invaluable piece of the life of the Diocese of

Kentucky needs to be maintained and improved con-

stantly. This annual appeal is just one way for us to

help raise the funds needed to keep this beautiful Cen-

ter functioning as the healthy heart of our Diocese.

Financial Summary as of September 30, 2012

Pledged Amount to Date $101,250.00

Pledged Income received to Date $94,455.00

Other Operating Income to Date (plate, trust and other) $65,178.00

Operating Expenses to Date $152,209.00

Vestry Notes At the scheduled monthly meeting of St. Paul’s Vestry

at 5:30 on Tuesday evening, October 16:

Steve shared stunning photos of in-shop progress on

our stained glass windows. Church Art Glass antici-

pates finishing the project at St. Paul’s before

Thanksgiving.

Michelle announced the formation of a Facebook

group for members of St. Paul’s, a good place for

announcements and celebrations.

Larry reported the progress of our 2013 Operating

Fund Campaign: 67 cards received with 57 pledges

for a total of $147,822, nearly 20% more than at the

close of our 2012 campaign, but short of our cam-

paign goal for the year. Additional pledges are ex-

pected before the campaign’s end.

After an exciting discussion of possibilities, Fr. Rich

offered St. Paul’s schedule of holiday services and

activities.

The Vestry set Sunday, January 6 as the date for the

Annual Meeting of St. Paul’s Parish and established

procedures for nominations for Vestry elections.

The next meeting of St. Paul’s Vestry is 5:30 Tues-

day evening, November 20 in the Rector’s study.

Parish Thanksgiving Feast On Sunday, November 18 (the Sunday before Thanks-

giving Day) St. Ann’s Guild will host a special time of

thanksgiving for St. Paul’s Parish family following the

10:00 service. St. Ann’s is providing the birds for the

feast and others are invited to sign up to bring their fa-

vorite holiday side dish. Sign up sheets are available in

the Parish Hall to be part of this wonderful time to look

back in gratitude, as we look forward to the new year.

Henderson Gives Thanks The Henderson Community Thanksgiving Service,

hosted by the Henderson County Ministerial Associa-

tion, will be held at the Presbyterian Church at 100 S

Main St. 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20.

The Rev Jim Wofford, the newly-appointed senior

pastor at First United Methodist Church will bring the

message, and the service will also feature some won-

derful hymns of praise and thanksgiving. An offering

will be received to support our community’s Good Sa-

maritan Fund. All are welcome.

We Want YOU in the New Directory There’s still plenty of time to register to be part of the

2012 St. Paul’s Church directory. Though many Parish-

ioners have already scheduled their sittings for either

Tuesday, December 4 or Wednesday, December 5,

there are still appointments available from 2:30 to 9:00

p.m. each day. You can make yours by signing up any

Sunday through November 25, clicking the online sign-

up button on St. Paul’s website (www.StPauls-

Henderson.org) or giving Judy a call at the Office.

Each participating family will receive a free 8x10”

portrait, and have the chance to order other portraits, all

of which will be delivered in time to be perfect Christ-

mas presents.

We hope to have even better turnout this time

around than we did for St. Paul’s last directory in 2008,

so we will find several ways to encourage you to be

part of this project. But the best reason to participate

with the directory is to give others in the Parish, and

newcomers as well, the chance to get to know you and

your family as part of our Parish Family.

Celebrate the Holidays at St. Paul’s ‘Tis the Season… As we look forward to this year’s

holiday season, St. Paul’s Vestry has established our

worship schedule for this our “most wonderful time of

the year:”

Henderson Community Thanksgiving service 7:00

p.m. Tuesday, November 20 at the Presbyterian

Church

St. Paul’s Thanksgiving Day Eucharist 10:30 a.m.

(after the annual Turkey Trot)

Christmas Eve 5:30 p.m. Eucharist, and the Midnight

Mass starting with a musical prelude at 10:30 with a

wine and cheese reception after the service

Christmas Morning Mass with a blessing of toys at

9:00 a.m.

Epiphany Pageant Sunday morning, January 6 at

10:00

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Staff

The Very Rev. Rich Martindale, Rector

Leslie Newman, EYC Director

Evalyn Champion, Organist/Choir Master

Donna Mulcahy, Bookkeeper

Judy Duncan, Parish Secretary

Phone—270-826-2937

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 5 South Green Street

Henderson, KY 42420

www.stpauls-henderson.org

Prayer List Parish Family Our Family & Friends

Larry Rita Roy Todd Jeff Carol June

Betty George Ric Barbara Peggy David

Bebe Dan Robin Rita Jerry Byron

Billy Seymour Brenda Jackie Darrell Mary

Hugh Marsha John Rich Gary Carolyn

Terry Susan Kathy Jack Jean Mary Lou

Please Note: Because our newsletter is published on the

internet, only first names are listed.

Vestry Members Service Times Senior Warden Susan Sauls Sunday 8:00 Rite I

Junior Warden Steve Pruitt 10:00 Rite II

Treasurer Becky Carroll Wednesday 12:10 Rite II

Clerk Holly Vickers w/ anointing

Stewardship Holly Vickers and Larry Courtney

Building and Grounds Steve Pruitt and Louis Smith

Parish Life Susan Sauls

Communications Ellen Redding

Worship and Music Leigh Ann Wehr

Christian Formation and Youth Michelle Green