On June 5, interior demolition and asbestos removal began at 875 West Fifth Street. e work is expected to be completed in early July. Also in early June, ReadWS offices were relocated from St. Paul’s Place to rooms 305-306 next to the library and an office across from the workroom on the second floor. Toward the end of June, Kids’ Café, which concluded its school year on June 8, will move from St. Paul’s Place to the top of the T and nearby classrooms. e program will most likely remain in the main church building through the 2017-2018 school year. “Our goal is to be out of St. Paul’s Place by July 1,” said Parish Administrator Tom McDowell. “We’re so excited to be clearing the way for our two anchor tenants—ReadWS and Kids’ Café, and we welcome the staff, volunteers and students to their temporary spaces in the main church building,” said the Rev. D. Dixon Kinser, Rector. “While the demolition continues, our Programming Committee is sifting through all the ideas submitted by our program staff and parishioners to see where the energy of the Holy Spirit is most evident around our potential use of the rest of the space. “ere is some general agreement that we want lots of open, multi-use areas. We’re also focusing on several specific ideas for ministries and paying primary attention to design requirements to accommodate them. e ultimate design will be created with flexibility in mind, but the building will also be programmed to meet any particular needs of the ministries that will ultimately be based there. “We are also considering some core values we want to govern the renovations. ere was discussion of applying innovative principles to make the 875 building a resource- efficient, environmentally friendly, green building. Everyone seemed to be on board with that.” An Executive Steering Committee has been formed to oversee planning and renovations. Committee members include Director of Stewardship and Outreach Ministries Sally Dudley, representing St. Paul’s program staff, Buildings and Grounds Committee Chair Bill Goodson, Upfit Committee Chair Jonathan Smith, Parish Administrator Tom McDowell, Vestry Liaison Tom Connors and Architect Larry Robbs. “is group is in charge of making all decisions about what actually happens with the renovation project, relative to the unallocated space,” said Dixon. “Of course, we will look to the ReadWS and Kids’ Café staff to program the building to meet the needs and preferences of those two groups. “Once the Programming Committee finalizes its discernment process, the group will hand all the lists of values and program needs to the architect, and he can put pen to paper to design the space. “Meanwhile, the sifting will continue.” Volume 45, Number 6 News for the Parish of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church June 2017 Interior Demolition Underway at 875 West Fifth
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On June 5, interior demolition and asbestos removal began at 875 West Fifth Street. The work is expected to be completed in early July.
Also in early June, ReadWS offices were relocated from St. Paul’s Place to rooms 305-306 next to the library and an office across from the workroom on the second floor.
Toward the end of June, Kids’ Café, which concluded its school year on June 8, will move from St. Paul’s Place to the top of the T and nearby classrooms. The program will most likely remain in the main church building through the 2017-2018 school year.
“Our goal is to be out of St. Paul’s Place by July 1,” said Parish Administrator Tom McDowell.
“We’re so excited to be clearing the way for our two anchor tenants—ReadWS and Kids’ Café, and we welcome the staff, volunteers and students to their temporary spaces in the main church building,” said the Rev. D. Dixon Kinser, Rector.
“While the demolition continues, our Programming Committee is sifting through all the ideas submitted by our program staff and parishioners to see where the energy of the Holy Spirit is most evident around our potential use of the rest of the space.
“There is some general agreement that we want lots of open, multi-use areas. We’re also focusing on several specific ideas for ministries and paying primary attention to design requirements to accommodate them. The ultimate design will be created with flexibility
in mind, but the building will also be programmed to meet any particular needs of the ministries that will ultimately be based there.
“We are also considering some core values we want to govern the renovations. There was discussion of applying innovative principles to make the 875 building a resource-efficient, environmentally friendly, green building. Everyone seemed to be on board with that.”
An Executive Steering Committee has been formed to oversee planning and renovations. Committee members include Director of Stewardship and Outreach Ministries Sally Dudley, representing St. Paul’s program staff, Buildings and Grounds Committee Chair Bill Goodson, Upfit Committee
Chair Jonathan Smith, Parish Administrator Tom McDowell, Vestry Liaison Tom Connors and Architect Larry Robbs.
“This group is in charge of making all decisions about what actually happens with the renovation project, relative to the unallocated space,” said Dixon. “Of course, we will look to the ReadWS and Kids’ Café staff to program the building to meet the needs and preferences of those two groups.
“Once the Programming Committee finalizes its discernment process, the group will hand all the lists of values and program needs to the architect, and he can put pen to paper to design the space.
“Meanwhile, the sifting will continue.”
Volume 45, Number 6 News for the Parish of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church June 2017
Interior Demolition Underway at 875 West Fifth
Unsung Heroes: Gardeners
St. Paul’s relies on the facilities management staff as well as a landscaping service to maintain its five-acre campus. Enriching the church grounds are a number of gardens created and maintained through the years by dedicated volunteers. Currently, the most active volunteer gardeners are parishioners Nancy Spencer, Cynthia Bouldin and Janice Lewis.
Nancy has helped maintain the plantings on either side of the church’s front entrance ever since her friend, the late Nancy Sherk, invited her to get involved in landscaping. “I can’t even count how many years ago that was,” she said. “I had been doing altar flowers, but I love gardening, too. I did that front garden with Nancy for years. I also worked in the Dalton Memorial Garden with Jim Rodgers.”
Nancy also worked with Janice Lewis to design the Garden Chapel below the loggia and the St. Paul’s Resurrection Garden in front of the chapel.
“Janice is a landscape architect, and she’s really good at figuring out the hardscape,” said Nancy. “She’s the one who can take a computer and create a rendering of what it’s
going to look like. I’m more into plant material and artistic design. We’ve been a good team. We complement each other.
“Everybody has their talents, and I love gardening. I consider my gardening part of my stewardship to the church.”
Cynthia has maintained the Paradise Herb Garden and the St. Francis Courtyard alongside Pilot View Street for more than 20 years.
“There’s a lot of history behind both gardens, and I’ve been involved from the very beginning,” said Cynthia. “Nancy Sherk came up with the original idea of establishing a medieval herb garden. Churches in the Gothic period had gardens containing plants useful for multiple purposes—culinary, medicinal and hygienic. It seemed most appropriate to turn the space connecting the lower parking lot with the St. Francis Garden into such a garden.”
Cynthia helped research the varieties of plants that would have been planted in historic gardens to make sure the original St. Paul’s herb garden
was authentic. “We wanted to make sure any plants in our garden would have been grown back then,” she said. “Some the of plants we planted 20 years ago are still here, and our original intent to be authentic has remained. Any plant there now perhaps might not be the exact plant you would find hundreds of years ago, but it could be a cousin.
“It has given me a tremendous amount of pleasure to work in these gardens all these years,” she added. “It’s a peaceful, tranquil environment that I enjoy. Being the outdoors-loving person I am, it makes me closer to God than almost any other thing. I just love it.”
Janice has been volunteering as a designer and gardener at St. Paul’s for the past 12 years.In addition to collaborating with Nancy on the Resurrection Garden and the Garden Chapel design, Janice designed the Garden Chapel altar and oversaw its fabrication. For ten years, she chaired the Landscaping Subcommittee of the Building and Grounds Committee. “I’ve also been involved with a lot of work in the back yard and the back slope and plantings along Pilot View,” she said.
All three women are currently working together to redesign the Nancy Pixley Wilson Garden now that the willow oak tree has been removed.
Summer Enrichment Sunday is July 23
All are welcome to a potluck lunch following the 10:00 service
Summer Enrichment Sunday 2016
Cynthia Bouldin Nancy Spencer Janice Lewis
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Stewardship Planning UnderwayAlthough the opening celebration of the 2018 Annual Giving Campaign is not until September 17, plans for the campaign have been well underway for months.
Senior Warden Sally Engram, who serves as Vestry liaison to the Finance Committee, and Tom Connors, liaison to the Stewardship Committee, have teamed with Sally Dudley, Director of Stewardship and Outreach Ministries, to prepare for this year’s campaign.
“Soon after I became Senior Warden, I heard from several
The Day of Pentecost at St. Paul’s
parishioners who wanted to see some aspects of our old stewardship model brought back,” said Sally Engram. “For example, this year, as we’ve done in the past, we have not only named our chairs for the year but have also named co-chairs who will chair the campaign next year. We will also be encouraging people to pledge their time to pursue a personal ministry at St. Paul’s as well as their money to support the operating budget.”
“We have scheduled our concluding Celebration Sunday for October 15,” added Sally Dudley. “Ideally, all pledges will be in by then.”
“During the past few years, we have informally extended the pledge period through the end of the year,” said Sally Engram. “Of course, we’re happy to receive pledges at any time, but this year we’re emphasizing October 15 as the end point of the campaign and encouraging people to get their pledges in by then.
“It’s hard to run any kind of business, including a church, if you don’t know how much money you have. This year, by trying to wrap up the campaign in October, we hope to make the budgeting process easier.”
On June 4, the Day of Pentecost, parishioners celebrated the birthday of the Church by wearing red and gathering for a Pentecost Party following the 10:00 service. St. Paul’s also recognized graduating high school and college seniors.
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ReadWS Makes Leadership TransitionOn June 1, Kris Cox became the new Executive Director of ReadWS. Henri Brown, the outgoing head of the organization, has assumed a new role. We invited both to reflect on their pasts and futures with the organization.
A Conversation with Henri
When did you first become involved with the Augustine Project and in what capacity?
I began as an Augustine Tutor in 2002 as part of the second class of Augustine Literacy Project tutors.
What attracted you to the organization initially?
About the same time the Augustine Project started in Winston-Salem, we discovered our bright and creative child was struggling to read. We were baffled until we found an Orton Gillingham tutor who could help. It seemed wrong-headed that only people who could afford private tutors should get help for their children.
Fortunately, our founders—Becky Clingman, Susan Uphoff and Trudy Winstead—had started this help through the Augustine Project. I jumped on board as I deeply believed in the mission and the work.
In your nine years as Executive Director, what do you consider your best, most meaningful accomplishments?
From a macro point of view, my best accomplishment was our transition from the Augustine Literacy Project to ReadWS. Through our larger vision, we now reach more children because we serve them in multiple ways—through our volunteer tutoring—the Augustine Project program, through parent education—the Reading Party program and through our teacher education component—the Educator Academy.
From a more personal viewpoint, I feel certain the finest and most gratifying work has been accomplished by our tutors. Our greatest accomplishments have been the extraordinary relationships we’ve created across boundaries and the academic growth that has occurred as tutors have continued with children year after year. I have always kept a sign on my filing cabinet that said, “If not us, then who?” Our tutors are the real “who.” What is your new role, now that you have stepped down as Executive Director?
I’m excited to move to a more targeted role as leader of our new Educator Academy. As a state level trainer for Orton-Gillingham International training, I’ll continue training educators for ReadWS and helping the project on a part-time basis.
And yes, I’m excited to have a little more free time.
A Conversation with Kris
When did you first become involved with the Augustine Project and ReadWS, and what positions have you held?
I trained as an Augustine tutor in September 2010 and was hired as the Tutor Coach in May 2012. I became the Assistant Director in 2014 and the Augustine Literacy Project Director in January 2016. As of June 1, I am the Executive Director of ReadWS.
What attracted you to the organization initially?
I wanted to volunteer in a meaningful way. The Augustine Literacy Project’s motto is “Tutor One Child. Change Two Lives.” There isn’t a better gift to give a child than the gift of literacy. Were you an education major in college? Did you teach school before getting involved with Augustine and ReadWS?
Yes, I am state-certified to teach children from birth
through sixth grade. I taught first, third and fifth grades before having my own children.
What are your plans and goals for ReadWS?
My immediate plan is to maintain and strengthen our current programs—the Augustine Literacy Project, Educator Training, Reading Party and Advocacy and Free Resources. We will continue to build brand awareness and advocate Orton-Gillingham for all!
My long-term plans include building more community partnerships to address the literacy crisis in our community and updating our strategic plan to fill the literacy needs in our community and public schools.
I feel completely blessed to work in such a special place as an outreach of St. Paul’s doing completely joyful work with all of the wonderful people affiliated with ReadWS.
Kris Cox and Henri Brown
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Vestry Meeting HighlightsThe following are highlights of the May 24, 2017, Vestry meeting minutes.
The current operating loss is $87,000 less than budgeted due to strong pledge results and various cost savings. Overall, the church is in a good financial position. Parishioner Taylor Adams has graciously agreed to serve as assistant treasurer and will work with Carol Davis.
The Rev. Dixon Kinser reported that the 875 Building Executive Steering Committee has met to oversee work on the building. They have approved asbestos removal and interior demolition to begin early June.
A motion was made, seconded and approved to appropriate funds for the project.
Dixon also reported that a committee has been assembled and will meet in late May to begin planning space needs and program usage for various ministries and opportunities for the church. ParishLife will communicate the 875 building and programs planning progress.
Dixon reported that Kids’ Café and ReadWS will move into temporary space in the church during the transition from St. Paul’s Place to the 875 building.
Senior Warden Sally Engram reported on the planning progress for the fall stewardship drive. September 17 will be Stewardship Sunday, including a Parish Fair. Junior Warden Allan Burrows reported that the Buildings and Grounds Committee is getting quotes for various buildings and campus needs, both large and small.
Kimberly Gregg reported for the Human Resources Committee. Haywood Edmundson has agreed to chair. Other volunteers include Jack Skruggs, Mark Skoggard, John Lovette, Phillip Morris, Bruce Brown, Tom McDowell, Sally Engram and Kimberly Gregg.
Anne Dunn reported for the ECW Bazaar. ECW President Christine Storch is serving as point person for committee chairs.
In other business, Dixon reported for the Outreach Funding Advisory Committee and provided the committee’s recommendations to grant funds to various non-profits in the Winston-Salem area that submitted requests totaling $89,000, the total amount to be distributed. The Vestry moved and approved the funding.
TransitionsBirths
John Sherwood “Jack” Tegeler
May 20, 2017 Son of Chris and Parker
Tegeler, grandson of Stan and Liz Kelly
Elizabeth “Ellie” Yao-Yi Chao
May 26, 2017Daughter of Simon and Jenni Chao, sister of Johnny Chao
John Corry “Jack” Munroe, Jr.May 28, 2017
Son of John and Anna Munroe
Eleanor Gail TamerJune 4, 2017
Daughter of Matthew and Victoria Tamer, granddaughter
of David and Vicki Tamer
BaptismsJune 4, 2017
Maximilian Pierre García-Gallont Graham
Son of Rolf and Morey García-Gallont
Collins Brabham Reeves Daughter of
Aaron and Marycobb Reeves
Elizabeth Wynne TaylorDaughter of
Winslow and Greer Taylor
New Members
Hugh and Joyce Rockwell
Grace Thompson
Marriages
Pauline Carrington McKim and Daniel Xavier Halloran
June 10, 2017
Casey Benton Brown and Laurel Dye
June 10, 2017Knoxville, Tennessee
Margaret Shearin Beasleyand
George William MacBainJune 17, 2017
Deaths
Wilda Stack RobbsMay 28, 2017
Mother of Larry Robbs, mother-in-law of Dee Ann Robbs, grandmother of Margaret Robbs, Austin Robbs and Catherine Robbs Farrow
Paige MelvinJune 7, 2017
Sister-in-law of Linda Hill
William Dwight KolbJune 15, 2017
Father of Kathy Hardison, father-in-law of Jim Hardison, grandfather of Millie Hardison
Hall and Jimbo Hardison
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‘8 and 10’ Schedule
ContinuesContinuing through September 3, St. Paul’s Sunday morning services will be held at 8:00 and 10:00 in the nave. The afternoon service in the chapel will be at 5:00 year-round.
Circle Organized for Women in their 20s and 30sA new circle, named for St. Ruth the Matriarch, has been organized for women in their 20s and 30s. Building on foundational work by her cousin Rachel Thomas, Kabler Meyer reached out to young women in the parish last April, inviting them to an organizational meeting.
“I was born and raised in the St. Paul’s community,” said Kabler. “My dad, Ed Colhoun, grew up here and was the Senior Warden, and my grandfather, Dudley Colhoun, was the Rector from 1961 to 1992. Both of my male role models believe a thriving church is surrounded by strong fellowship. I wanted to keep their philosophy alive by reaching out to other women
my age who also wanted good fellowship.”
Kabler and her husband Mark were married at St. Paul’s in August 2014. They settled in Winston-Salem during the past year. “Back at St. Paul’s, I found myself in the awkward transition period from being the little girl who grew up in the church to being a woman who had no idea how to become involved in a way that interested me.
“I had always thought of women’s circles as my mom’s friends getting together for spiritual lessons and church projects. But after talking with other ladies who are active in ECW, I realized there’s more to it than that. One of ECW’s
principles is, ‘We wish all to draw closer to each other, labor more unitedly, give more nobly, pray more fervently, follow Christ’s example.” Fellowship is the first step.”
So far, about 15 women are on the new circle’s mailing list. At the first meeting on May 1, the women decided to name the circle for St. Ruth because, Kabler explained, “Ruth was a very strong, committed lady and very endearing.” The initial meeting was followed by a cook-out, with spouses and significant others included.
“Although we will eventually plan programs with speakers, help with outreach projects and participate in ECW functions, we first want to
figure out our interests and get acquainted with each other,” said Kabler.
St. Ruth’s Circle will sponsor Lemonade on the Lawn on July 9 and will plan at least one more get-together before the end of summer. Regular meetings will be held on the first Monday of every month. All women in their 20s and 30s are welcome.
