Ties, Old and New The Song of Saint Francis Saint Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church ● Salter Path, North Carolina July 2018 A couple of weeks ago I attended a gathering of people with ties to Emerald Isle who had attended the same high school with my sister Lavonda. Since Lavonda and I are three years apart in age, many of the people knew my high school friends as well and brought me up to date with people with whom I had lost touch since I was about 15 years old. I was amazed at how many I remembered, whose names came flooding back. Equally incredible were the stories of what has happened to them. Far too many, I learned, are already with God. My experience that evening spurred me on to learn more about my old friends. The bond that connected us then still seems to hold. I was glad to find an old annual. In the 1959 Henderson High School annual, the Pep Pack, in the class of sophomores, I found the photo of Jimmy Turner and me. Because of our last names, the photos touch. Although he and I have talked about being in the same class since first grade, it was really wonderful to see this photo. Neither of us were to graduate from Henderson High because of family moves. That’s why neither of us has kept up with those classmates. Luckily, Frances Jenkins promises to get us up to date. She has a special connection to that class too. Tommy Jenkins was our mascot. More than 50 years lat - er, another “annual” contained our photos and names. Jimmy, Tommy and I were together in the St. Francis by the Sea pictorial directory. We have kept up with those relationships. Isn’t it truly wonderful how we have been en dowed with the ability to form attachments to each other that withstand time and trauma? Even when we forget them, these bonds are in place and ready to serve, to strengthen and en- courage us. Fifty years later we remember acts of kindness. These bonds, these little things, may seem fleeting, illusory and fragile. Then, when we most need them, they appear and prove to be the strongest, most enduring things about us. In the poem “Ulysses”, Alfred, Lord Tennyson says that, “I am part of all that I have met.” Jim and I share a lot of these places and experiences, from Clark Street Elementary School through a couple of years at Henderson High. We are part of those people. That landscape lives within us. It has changed severely. Actually, there is no Henderson High anymore. Except, of course, within us. I know that it exists because I play trumpet in the marching band there. Do you want to hear John Phillip Sousa’s march, El Capitan? We’ll march clear to Oxford and play in the Christmas parade, and afterwards go over to Main Street and have a glass of tea with Leslie and Preston Johnson. Jim and I share all of that, but more importantly we share you. As much as we are de- fined and energized by old ties that still hold us, the real magic is found in our ties with the people who are with us now, who listen to our stories and who tell their stories to us - who sing songs, read poems, walk the beach, take photos of sunsets, walk dogs, ride bicycles and make fresh bread for us. For in these little things, little kindnesses, the ties that hold us by the heart are fashioned and grow. In the back of my Henderson annual in the space where friends write messages, most of mine spoke of my impending move to Erwin, with hopes that I would come back home of- ten, and write to let people know how I am. I didn’t. And I wish that I had. Because it was important and I didn’t know it. Which is why I am writing this message to you. Our parish is as complex as it is wonderful. We live everywhere. We do amazing things all over the globe. Keeping up with each other is challenging, but worth it. You are one of the ties that holds us together, and we want to be that for you. When you are away, please let us know how you are. And come home often. Everett+ It’s a Date! July 2018 7/6 Art Opening - 5:30 7/6 Brierwood Ensemble Concert 6:30 7/18 Songs on the Labyrinth–Kate Campbell 8/3 Carolina Pro Musi ca Concert 8/15 Diocesan ECW Assembly 8/16 Songs of the Labyrinth—Spook Handy 8/26 Youth Sunday 9/1 HOPE Mission Cook & Serve 9/7 Bright Walker Concert 10/13 LobsterFest
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Ties, Old and New
The Song of Saint Francis
Saint Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church ● Salter Path, North Carolina July 2018
A couple of weeks ago I attended a gathering of people with ties to Emerald Isle who had attended the same high school with my sister Lavonda. Since Lavonda and I are three years apart in age, many of the people knew my high school friends as well and brought me up to date with people with whom I had lost touch since I was about 15 years old. I was amazed at how many I remembered, whose names came flooding back. Equally incredible were the stories of what has happened to them. Far too many, I learned, are already with God. My experience that evening spurred me on to learn more about my old friends. The bond that connected us then still seems to hold. I was glad to find an old annual. In the 1959 Henderson High School annual, the Pep Pack, in the class of sophomores, I found the photo of Jimmy Turner and me. Because of our last names, the photos touch. Although he and I have talked about being in the same class since first grade, it was really wonderful to see this photo. Neither of us were to graduate from Henderson High because of family moves. That’s why neither of us has kept up with those classmates. Luckily, Frances Jenkins promises to get us up to date. She has a special connection to that class too. Tommy Jenkins was our mascot. More than 50 years lat - er, another “annual” contained our photos and names. Jimmy, Tommy and I were together in the St. Francis by the Sea pictorial directory. We have kept up with those relationships. Isn’t it truly wonderful how we have been en dowed with the ability to form attachments to each other that withstand time and trauma? Even when we forget them, these bonds are in place and ready to serve, to strengthen and en-courage us. Fifty years later we remember acts of kindness. These bonds, these little things, may seem fleeting, illusory and fragile. Then, when we most need them, they appear and prove to be the strongest, most enduring things about us. In the poem “Ulysses”, Alfred, Lord Tennyson says that, “I am part of all that I have met.” Jim and I share a lot of these places and experiences, from Clark Street Elementary School through a couple of years at Henderson High. We are part of those people. That landscape lives within us. It has changed severely. Actually, there is no Henderson High anymore. Except, of course, within us. I know that it exists because I play trumpet in the marching band there. Do you want to hear John Phillip Sousa’s march, El Capitan? We’ll march clear to Oxford and play in the Christmas parade, and afterwards go over to Main Street and have a glass of tea with Leslie and Preston Johnson. Jim and I share all of that, but more importantly we share you. As much as we are de-fined and energized by old ties that still hold us, the real magic is found in our ties with the people who are with us now, who listen to our stories and who tell their stories to us - who sing songs, read poems, walk the beach, take photos of sunsets, walk dogs, ride bicycles and make fresh bread for us. For in these little things, little kindnesses, the ties that hold us by the heart are fashioned and grow. In the back of my Henderson annual in the space where friends write messages, most of mine spoke of my impending move to Erwin, with hopes that I would come back home of-ten, and write to let people know how I am. I didn’t. And I wish that I had. Because it was important and I didn’t know it. Which is why I am writing this message to you. Our parish is as complex as it is wonderful. We live everywhere. We do amazing things all over the globe. Keeping up with each other is challenging, but worth it. You are one of the ties that holds us together, and we want to be that for you. When you are away, please let us know how you are. And come home often.
Everett+
It’s a Date! July 2018
7/6 Art Opening - 5:30
7/6 Brierwood Ensemble
Concert 6:30
7/18 Songs on the
Labyrinth–Kate
Campbell
8/3 Carolina Pro Musi ca
Concert
8/15 Diocesan ECW
Assembly
8/16 Songs of the
Labyrinth—Spook
Handy
8/26 Youth Sunday
9/1 HOPE Mission
Cook & Serve
9/7 Bright Walker
Concert
10/13 LobsterFest
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Volunteering is a huge part of St. Francis By The Sea. I’ve read that in any organization, 20% of the mem-
bers do 80% of the work. It’s obvious that we do much better than that here. It takes a lot of dif-ferent people doing all kinds of different jobs to make our parish the wonderful place it is. As a volunteer vestry member, I’d like to thank each of you for all the work you do as volunteers to make us the multi-faceted church we are.
If you’re not one of those who is busily working to help but would like to be, let us know. Think of all the obvious roles filled every Sunday by volunteers and volunteer for one or all of them. We have a volunteer choir, lay ministers, chil-dren’s workers, administrative volunteers, alter guild, Daughters of the King and prayer shawl ministry. You might want to help with any of our fund-raisers, concerts, art exhibits, cook-book sales or outreach. If you prefer working out-doors, volunteer to help with the landscaping and other yard work. If numbers and charts are your passion, ask what you can do to assist our volunteer treasurer.
Do you see things missing at St. Francis By The Sea and wonder why nobody is doing it? Maybe we’re waiting for you. We don’t have a mid-week bible study group. Maybe you’d like to start one. Are there sections of the building that could use some dusting and cleaning and you wonder who’s job that is? That might be your job. Is an-ybody organizing visitation for our sick mem-bers? Could you be a volunteer organizer?
If you think as a parish we could do more and you’d like to assist that effort, volunteer to run for the vestry and assist with the leadership of our church. If you are a part time member of St. Francis, you may not realize how valuable you might be as a volunteer. Perhaps some of the full-time members who fill multiple roles every week, just need a break for a bit during the time you’re here. Would you like to help?
Why should you volunteer? The obvious answer is that there are many jobs that need people to do them and we need your help. The better an-swer is that the more you give, the more you will receive. Just like your financial contributions, St. Francis needs your donation of time and tal-ents. Ted Goeztinger
Vestry View OUTREACH
A very special thank you to everyone who donat-
ed so generously to the Camp Trinity campership
fund. Thanks to your support we raised
$1710.00. Our goal to support 4 of our young
people was $1000. The extra money is being do-
nated to the staff of Camp Trinity to make sure
all campers have what they need for a fun and
successful camp experience. Again, thank you for
your generosity.
Pat Jones
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Church bathrooms will be painted Monday thru Wednesday, July 9-11. If you are available to clean, sand, scrape, tape, paint, and you are very neat please come by and volunteer. Con-tact George Hirasawa for more info on cleaning and painting events. Painting hours are 9am to 5pm. Hope to see you there~ Storage space needed within the church. All closets, rooms, and storerooms will be cleaned to get rid of items no longer be-ing used and to comply with fire marshal regu-lations. If items are for the use of the church, please tag or mark object with your name, phone number and purpose of item. Any item that is NOT tagged, marked or purpose not clear, will be disposed of. If you have personal items at the church, please take them home. Deadline for tagging items is August 17. George Hirasawa
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Grace Notes
Summer Concerts @ St. Francis by the Sea
Brierwood Ensemble
“SUMMER MUSIC BY THE SEA”
Friday, July 6 at 6:30pm This program of roman- tic music opens with Sau-guet’s “Barcarolle” and is followed by “North Car-olina Lighthouse Suite” by Ryan Mulder, (Ocracoke; Bald Head Island), the romantic “L’Invitation au voyage” by Emmanuel Chabrier (after the poem by Charles Baudelaire), and the delightful “Fantaisie in A Major,” Op. 124 by Camille Saint-Saëns. Following a brief inter-mission, the music con- tinues with “Chanson de nuit” (Night Song), Op. 15, No. 1 and “Chanson de matin” (Morning Song), Op. 15, No. 2 by Edward Elgar arr. Dewey Owens, the captivating “Trio in F minor,” WoO 28 by Lou- is Spohr, and Linda Estep’s arrangement of the traditional “Sea Shan-ties Suite.”
Linda Estep (violin) performs regularly with the Tallis Chamber Orchestra, with whom she was recently featured as a soloist on “Summer” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. She has also per-formed with the Wilmington Symphony and Opera Wilmington Orchestra, and has served as con-certmaster of the Maranatha Symphony. From the churches of Ukraine to the schools of Haiti, Lin-da has traveled the world sharing her love of performing and teaching music. She currently resides in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she runs a private violin and piano studio and teaches violin lessons at UNCW’s Community Music Academy.
Clark Spencer (violin/viola) is an active solo, chamber, and orchestral performer living in Wilmington, North Carolina. He is currently principal viola of the Opera Wilmington Orchestra and section viola in the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and Long Bay Symphony. He has also performed with the Eugene Symphony, Eugene Opera, and the Oregon Bach Festival. A founding member of the Brierwood Ensemble, his other chamber music collaborations include the Port City Music Festival, the UNCW Early Music Consort, and the newly formed UNCW Faculty String Quar-tet. Clark is the director of violin at the St. Mary Catholic School in downtown Wilmington and in 2015 joined the faculty of UNC Wilmington as director of the String Ensemble, instructor of cours-es in string pedagogy and general music, and violin/viola instructor for the Community Music Academy. Clark earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in performance from Boston Universi-ty, where he studied viola with Michelle LaCourse and violin with Peter Zazofsky. He completed his DMA in viola performance and string pedagogy from the University of Oregon, where he studied with Dr. Leslie Straka.
Helena Kopchick Spencer (bassoon) is Assistant Professor of Music History and Bassoon at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she is also Affiliated Faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies. She holds orchestral positions in both the coastal Carolinas and the Pacific North-west as principal bassoonist of the Opera Wilmington Orchestra and the Oregon Mozart Players, second bassoonist of the Eugene Opera Orchestra, and second bassoonist/contrabassoonist of the Long Bay Symphony. In addition to the Brierwood Ensemble, she performs with the UNCW Facul-ty Wind Quintet, UNCW Early Music Consort, and the Cameron Art Museum’s Pro Musica contem-porary chamber ensemble. Helena holds a PhD in musicology from the University of Oregon and degrees in bassoon performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Ore-gon, with additional studies at Michigan State University, Brevard Music Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival & School. (Continued on Page 5)
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For the Kids of
St. Francis by the Sea
Director of Youth Ministry
JOB ANNOUNCMENTS! The following positions are open NOW!
See Marian if you would like to apply for any of these jobs.
*These are all volunteer positions. Compensation is the joy you will experience in this ministry and in knowing you are doing important work. “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” -Proverbs 22:6
Sunday School Teachers. Job to start on September 1, 2018. Skills needed: willingness to learn, get dirty and laugh a lot. 4 hours per month. Sunday mornings from 9:30 till 10:15 plus some prep time. Must love children and be willing to take “Safeguarding God’s Children”. Training provided. We need at least two people for this job.
Vacation Bible School Superintendant. Job starts January 1, 2019. Skills needed: Same as for Sunday School Teachers. Planning and promoting will start in January with the majority of work being done during summer of 2019. 2-3 hours per month until summer when a full week will need to be devoted to the school.
Vacation Bible School Teachers. Job to start summer of 2019. Skills needed: Same as Sunday School Teachers. One week next summer 3 hours each morning for five days.
Reporter. Job starts immediately. Skills needed: writing skills, knowledge of the Kids of St. Francis. 2 hours per month involved in writing an article for “Song”. Training provided.
Fundraising Coordinator. Job starts immediately. Skills needed: organizational skills, determination and willingness and ability to involve children. Flexible about 3 hours per month. Training provided.
Music Teacher. Job starts immediately. Skills needed: Love of young people, willingness and ability to learn and teach children’s songs. Flexible schedule perhaps participating in Sunday School at time. 4 – 8 hours per month. Must be willing to take the “Safeguarding God’s Children” course. Reading music is not a requirement. Being able to sing well is not a requirement.
Youth Fellowship Coordinator: Job starts September 1, 2018. Skills needed, knowledge of fellowship opportunities in our area. Ability to listen to our youth to engage them in the development and planning of fun activities on a regular basis. 3-4 hours per month flexible and culminating in an activity once each month except during summer months.
Youth Advisory Board Member. Job starts September 1, 2018. Skills needed: ability to work with other adults and young people to oversee the development of a comprehensive youth and Sunday School Program. Must be willing to take “Safeguarding God’s Children.” This job involves meeting quarterly 1 – 2 hours to plan and oversee the programs of young people in our church and provide guidance, support and direction to the youth minister.
If you are interested in any of these positions, please let me know as soon as possible. Perhaps two people would like to share one of these jobs. If it seems overwhelming, consider committing to doing one of these until the end of the year, just six months. I will work with you to help train and guide you. Together we will develop a simple job description for each position. Please don’t put this off. If you have thought you’d like to join the youth ministry, please call, email or text me immediately. This is just a beginning. There’s much more we can do. What else do you think we need? Our children need so much more than we are providing them now. What will you do to help? Marian Goetzinger
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LobsterFest
October 13
Christina Brier (harp) is principal harp-ist for the Carolina Philharmonic and Wil-mington Symphony. She spent six months per-forming Bollywood music on the harp all over India, and currently performs throughout North Carolina and the East Coast. With Man-hattan harpist Kathryn Sloat, she founded the harp duo Lilac 94, which specializes in innova-tive new music. Most recently, Lilac 94 placed as semifinalists in the 2017 Concert Artist Guild Competition. Christina teaches harp on the faculty of the University of North Carolina Wilmington and serves as president of the Coastal Carolina Chapter of the American Harp Society. Christina holds a Master's de-gree in harp performance from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Kath-leen Bride.
Summer Concerts @ St. Francis by the Sea is an outreach service to eastern North Carolina and the Southern Outer Banks presented by St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church. Pur-poses of the series include presenting concerts of high artistic quality and providing a creative outlet for musicians from the region and the church.
Art Gallery Openings @ 5:30 p.m.
precede all concerts. Receptions follow all concerts.Your do-nations to sustain the series are greatly
appreciated.
All are welcome and I look forward to seeing you there!
Episcopal Church Women School is out and summer has begun. We are busy planning our vacations and adjusting to hot, humid weather, but do not forget to mark your calendars for our August Gathering at Trin-ity Center. All women (and men) are invit-ed! Come join us at Trinity Center on Wednesday, August 15th. We are pleased to have Barbara Lau from the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice as our guest speaker. Barbara will share with us the work of the Pauli Murray pro-ject at the Duke Human Rights Center. Come, join us, and learn about our own North Carolina Episcopal Priest who was named a Saint in 2012
by The Episcopal Church. Our schedule for the day will be as follows: 9:00 Registration and Pick up new Diocesan ECW Handbooks
9:45 Assembly Begins 11:30 Holy Eucharist 12:30 Lunch The cost for refreshments, lunch, and the use of Trinity Center facilities is $20.00 per per-son. Please send checks made out to “ECW Diocese of East Carolina,” along with the names of all persons in your group attending to: Annie Jacobs cell phone: (910) 200-5314 e-mail: [email protected] This information will be needed no later than August 5 so that we will have a correct count for Trinity Center to prepare the lunch. If anyone would be interested in taking ad-vantage of what Trinity Center has to offer and stay the evening of August 14th, please contact Trinity Center at (252) 247-5600. We would love to have you join the ECW Board for fel-lowship at 5:00and/or the Board Meeting at 7:00. God's peace, Annie Jacobs
