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The newsletter of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church Fall 2018
Comfortable Words
The luncheons at Holy Comforter on Sun-
days after the 10:30 Mass will continue. LaFaye
Grimes, the former manager of Wildflower
Cafe, is our cook.
The cost is $7 for adults and $2 for chil-
dren. Lunch is free for all visitors!
We are paying LaFaye to shop for the grocer-
ies, cook, serve and clean afterwards. She is a
great cook!
Sunday lunch to continue
The Vestry voted to purchase
the house located at 216 E. Peach
Street, and the purchase has been
completed.
This was formerly the home of
Eric Smith. One of our parishion-
ers, Eloise Lostak, was also reared
in that house by her parents, the
Davis Family.
Vestry votes to buy property
Comfortable Words is a seasonal newsletter for members and friends of
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church 227 S. Chenango P.O. Box 786 Angleton, TX 77516 Submissions for publication must be sent to the editor on or before the 25th of the month prior to the publica-tion. Dena Cline, newsletter editor Email: denarcline@gmail.com Phone: 979-824-1057
August-September Birthdays and Anniversaries
Birthdays
Aug. 1 — Kerry Payne and Cindy Stevens
Aug. 3 — Lila Von Tress
Aug. 5 — Patricia Arnold and Jodi Long
Aug. 11 — Holden Johnson
Aug. 13 — Mildred Galaznik
Aug. 16 — Jennifer Hanson
Aug. 22 — Andrew Trusty
Aug. 26 — Colton Funk
Aug. 27 — Alison Bosarge, Catherine
Helms, Jim Clem, and Elissa
Shaddock
Aug. 28 — Greg Hawkins
Aug. 29 — Becky Dinsmore and Fr. Travis
Aug. 30 — Camryn Shackelford and Peter
Panasci
Sept. 5 — Julie Dojahn
Sept. 6 — Brooklynn Short
Sept. 10 — Barbara Thomas
Sept. 17 — Shelley McCoy
Sept. 20 — Roland Johnson
Sept. 23 — Kyler Peltier
Sept. 24 — Barbara Marin
Sept. 25 — Emily Peck
Sept. 26 — Pam Massingill
Sept. 28 — Rodney Mason
Sept. 30 — Linda Gana
Anniversaries
Aug. 15 — Neil & Ouida Thomas
Aug. 20 — Fr. Preston & Carolyn Weatherly
Aug. 31 — John & Sue Minkert
Sept. 7 — Bob & Kay Stawarczik
Sept. 12 — James & Patricia Arnold
Sept. 13 — Fr. Travis & Suzanne Smith
Sept. 19 — Roland & Cecile Johnson
Text
message
reminders
If anyone is not receiving church texts and would like
to do so, please contact Sciobhan Short at
snshort80@gmail.com
Choir rehearsal begins Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 7 P.M. following the 6 P.M. dinner. There are many good voices in the congre-gation, and we would treasure your presence among us. The Chancel Choir functions much like a small group within the Church. It is not an onerous task, but rather an enjoyable hour of singing. We serve primarily to lead the congregation in their singing by rehearsing the hymns for the upcoming Sunday and working ahead on an anthem. Try it! You will like it!
Wednesday Bible study starts back On Wednesday evening, Sept. 12, our study of the Book of Acts will resume. Dinner will be at 6 PM, followed by the study at 6:30 PM.
The Book of Acts that will be our focus
for study on Wednesday nights beginning
Sept.12. In time past, it was
known as the Acts of the
Apostles which is not a bad
title, but it could also be
known as the Acts of the Holy
Spirit. This is because the aim
of the author – the friend and
companion of Paul - in writ-
ing Acts emerges firstly in the
manner in which the Holy
Spirit was given on the Day of Pentecost,
and secondly that the subsequent work of
the Apostles was due entirely to the agency
of the Spirit.
By unanimous consent, the early Church
identified Luke – the “beloved physician”
as the author, viewing the work as a sequel
to the Gospel of Luke. Catholic theologian
Justo L. González has written a work enti-
tled The Gospel of the Spirit. Acts, howev-
er, is neither a Gospel, nor an Epistle, nor
an Apocalypse. On the contrary, it is a nar-
rative in the tradition of Exodus or I and II
Chronicles.
In Acts, Luke first writes of the early
history of the Christian Church – particu-
larly the history of the Church in Jerusalem
and then the spread of the Church Catholic
throughout Judea, Samaria and the surround-
ing country. Next, he ad-
dressed the life and ministry
of Saint Paul as he toured the
known ancient world pro-
claiming the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. The end of the book
records the years of imprison-
ment of Paul.
Through the lens of Luke –
the companion and friend of Paul - in Acts we
perceive how the One Holy Catholic and Ap-
ostolic Church evolved as the Apostles simply
proclaimed the life, passion, death, resurrec-
tion and ascension of our Lord Christ. As a
consequence, thousands embraced the truth of
the Gospel and openly professed it in spite of
the imminent peril of having done so menaced
by their Hebrew brothers and sisters as well as
pagans devoted to emperor worship and other
gods.
The tremendous change in lives was the
result not of force or of persuasive eloquence,
but by the self-authenticating truth of the Gos-
pel attested to the heart by the Holy Spirit.
— Fr. Preston
Study of Acts set to begin on Wednesday nights
HCES seeking benefactors for student Holy Comforter Episcopal School has received a request for financial assistance for a stu-
dent, for whom tuition will still be difficult, even after the school offers tuition discounts.
If you are interested in sponsoring this or other students at HCES, please contact Sciobhan
Short at snshort80@gmail.com or by calling the church/school office.
Smiths make a mark on London church and its priest
Fr. Travis and Su-
zanne Smith were
featured in the news-
letter of St. James’
Church, Islington,
after visiting there
during their recent
trip to London, Eng-
land.
The couple chose
to worship there dur-
ing Evening Prayer
on a Thursday night
after touring the
nearby stadium of Fr. Travis’ favorite British
soccer team, Arsenal.
“The priest was stunned that two Americans
would walk to his church for prayer services.
So stunned, he wanted his congregation to
know!” Suzanne said. “We later shared that we
are total church nerds, and it was a joy for us to
do it.”
The priest, Fr. John Burniston, wrote in the
newsletter:
“One of my favourite Old Testament stories
records when Abraham entertained angels —
without knowing it. On Thursday of last week,
two visitors showed up for Evening Prayer.
They had walked from the Emirates Stadium,
and we were the only Church saying pray-
ers locally that night.
“We soon discovered that Travis Smith
is already a priest in the Diocese of Texas,
and his wife, Suzanne, will be ordained
deacon there next Saturday (June 23).
They had left their three children behind
for a two-week pre-ordination vacation —
and ended up on our doorstep!
“So in this ordination season, we have a
special name to remember — and perhaps
a new relationship with the Church in the
US, too. We assure them of our prayers
and thank them for reminding us that you
never know what blessings come from
God when you are just ‘doing the usual!’”
Calendar of Events Tuesdays – 6:30 PM – Veterans’ Support Group
Wednesdays – 10:00 AM – Java Jive
Wednesdays – 6:00 PM – Dinner
Wednesdays – 6:30 PM – Book of Acts Bible Study
Wednesdays – 7:00 PM – Choir Practice
Saturdays — 9:00 AM—1:00 PM Peach Street Farmers Market
JDOKs attend DOK conference
Junior Daughters of the King directress Tory Arnold and assistant Alane Anderson recently
attended a national Daughters of the King conference in Austin, where they were able to tour
the Texas state capitol and the state cemetery. Tory served as nurse during these trips.
Participants had a pajama party where they made blankets, watched the movie Coco, and got
to know one another. Some JDOK from Florida did liturgical dancing, which was a beautiful
addition to the services.
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