Bread for the Journey - Grace Episcopal Church - Summer 2016

Bread for the

Journey Grace Episcopal Church, Kirkwood Summer 2016

Featured Stories:

A theological look

at Confirmation

Mission trip history

with the Moores

Grace icons:

The Dunlop Altar

Plus: Religion & Politics SPROG 2016 ECM Summer Celebration Class of 2016 Gardens of Grace

Inside this issue:

Religion, politics

& stewardship p. 2

About Confirmation p. 3

Icons of Grace p. 4-5

Moores/Mission trip history p. 6

SPROG 2016 p. 7

Moments of Grace p. 7

ECM Summer Celebration p. 8

Transforming youth p. 9

Graduating with Grace p. 9

Pine table reflection p. 10

St. Francis building p. 11

Gardens of Grace p. 11

Surf Shack Sunday School p. 12

Grace Episcopal Church

The Rev. Todd McDowell, Rector

514 East Argonne Drive

Kirkwood, MO 63122

314-821-1806

www.GraceKirkwood.org

Worship with us:

Sundays:

Holy Eucharist at 8:00 & 10:00 a.m.

Tuesdays:

Holy Eucharist at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesdays:

Morning Prayer at 9:30 a.m.

Cover Photo: Grace’s 4th & 5th Grade Sunday

school students show Fr. Todd their Godly

Journey project, May 15.

Page 2 Bread for the Journey Summer 2016

Religion, politics and

Christian stewardship Fourth of July celebrations have deep roots in the American tradition of political independence. That independence will take center stage this summer as Democrats and Republicans hold their national conventions to officially nominate their 2016

presidential candidates.

Episcopal policy recognizes voting and political participation as acts of Christian stewardship, calling upon congregations to engage in conversation on public policy issues, to develop voter registration and issue education campaigns, and to advocate for protection of voting rights. These acts of engagement are one way Episcopalians can live out our baptismal covenant

to strive for justice and peace and respect the dignity of every human being.

The Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN) is hosting an Episcopal Pledge to Vote campaign, calling on Episcopalians to pledge that they will vote in the general election. The EPPN also has a state-by-state election map on its website for you to find a list of candidates, voter registration

deadlines, and other important information on voting.

Download the EPPN’s election toolkit and find other engagement opportunities at http://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/episcopal/

EpiscopaliansVote.

Episcopalians

in the White House:

George Washington

James Madison

James Monroe

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

Zachary Taylor

Franklin Pierce

Chester Arthur

Franklin Roosevelt

Gerald Ford

George H.W. Bush

Prayer for

an election:

Almighty God, to whom we must account for all our powers and privileges: Guide the people of the

United States in the election of officials and

representatives; that, by faithful administration and wise laws, the rights of all may be protected and our nation be enabled to fulfill your purposes; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

(BCP, p. 822)


About Confirmation by the Rev. Virginia Bennett

Confirmation is the public affirmation of one’s

relationship to this part (Episcopal/Anglican) of

Christianity. We are made Chr istians by baptism, but we publicly affirm our relationship to the Episcopal

Church by receiving the laying on of hands by a Bishop.

Sadly, for many years the Episcopal Church required confirmation prior to being able to receive communion

and confirmation was a mandatory rite of membership. For generations it was the expectation that children, usually from 12 - 14, would be dutifully made to complete confirmation classes and then be presented to the Bishop to be confirmed; after which they would be allowed to receive communion. The obvious implication was that baptism didn’t count. Confirmation became a kind of graduation — the moment when young people could say they were finished with their Christian education and

participation.

And the reality was, and still is sometimes, that many of the young people who were confirmed were there under duress (their parents insisted upon it). Although they could say all the right words, there really wasn’t much commitment; because often times they became inactive after confirmation and disappeared from the life of the church - sometimes forever or until they wanted to get married or had

children of their own.

The requirement of confirmation for membership or communion was dropped in the 1970s. The rationale was NOT to make confirmation less important, but to raise its importance all the more. It was to make confirmation a voluntary act on the part of people who genuinely were invested in deepening their relationship with God and the church as God’s

instrument.

Everyone has a different reason for making the adult decision to be confirmed in the Episcopal Church. What is certain is that there is only one Someone who brings us to this moment - and that is God. We are all beginners on this road. All of us have doubts and struggles. It is neither necessary nor expected that everyone who is confirmed will know everything about Anglicanism or Christianity before the Bishop lays hands on them. What IS expected is

that confirmation is that turn in the road, that adult

decision, of seeking to know more; to grow in depth of

knowledge and spirituality in terms of this church and

one’s relationship with God.

The Greek word believe in the Creeds is unique. It means to jump into with your whole heart and being. The only way we learn to swim is to jump into the pool. It is the

same for Christianity. It’s not about being an observer.

It is about taking part, with every fiber of our being in

answer to God’s call to us.

To be confirmed in the Episcopal

Church is to enter one of the most

beautiful and unique traditions of

Christianity: the Anglican Communion.

This church has wondrous gifts to offer; gifts of history, tradition, theology, reason, intelligent thought, forbearance, and love. We are called to respond to these gifts by giving back our love, our own unique gifts, and our support in every way we are able. Pray for this church, for yourself, your loved ones; and enter by the

“narrow gate” which Jesus shows to us. Enter into a deeper relationship with God through adult education, service, faithful stewardship, and a deeper

commitment to the spiritual life.

In the ancient church the Bishop asked if those about to be confirmed turned to Christ; turning from darkness to light. The turn in the road in Confirmation is about making this turn with deliberate intentionality - so that the light of Christ might shine upon our journey and give us strength through every turn in the road - until God welcomes us

home at last.

May 23: Bishop Smith (center) and Fr. Todd (far right) with Grace’s 2016

confirmation class following the Diocesan Confirmation Service:

(L-R) AJ Wallach, Drew Dryden, Charlie Russell, Jason Hoffarth, Hadley

Weyerich, Melanie Eickmeyer, Eric Eickmeyer, Brigid Van Rees

and John Woodruff.

Adult Confirmation

at Grace Church

Bishop’s Visit

Sunday, October 30

If you would like to be

confirmed, received

or reaffirmed in

the Episcopal Church,

please contact Fr. Todd.


Icons of Grace: The Dunlop Altar by Dick Corbet

Finding our first rector was no easy task, according to Grace Church, Kirkwood, Missouri: Its Story, by Shirley

and Adele Seifert:

The first person called declined the job and they had no other prospects for quite some time. H.I. Bodley, Grace’s founding member, continued to serve as lay reader for eleven more years from the time he had started lay reading in his home parlor in 1854. According to church records, Bodley never missed a Sunday in attendance (unless he was called out of town for his insurance

business).

Easter Sunday, 1864 was a momentous day. Harry Bodley announced that the final debt of the new building was paid off! It was now time again to try to hire a rector. This time their call was successful, and in September 1864 the Rev. George K. Dunlop from Lexington, Missouri began

a long and fruitful pastorate at Grace Church.

The “temporary rector” position became permanent in 1865 and the Vestry began raising money to build a

rectory to house the Rev. Dunlop, his wife and their nine children. The Vestry had now also raised his salary to $700 per year. They also set a fundraising goal of $6,000 for the

Rectory to be built at the corner of Adams and Taylor.

Over the next few years, the Rev. Dunlop had his annual salary increased to $1,200. He requested another increase in late 1879. The Vestry could not meet his request but agreed to pay him any surplus from the annual budget. Before this roadblock could be resolved, another opportunity arose for our rector: Dunlop was elected Missionary Bishop of the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico at the 1880 General

Convention of the Episcopal Church.

The new position was met with mixed feelings from the

congregation (Grace Church):

I n 1860, soon after the consecration of the new building, the Vestry appointed a committee to… collect money to pay a rector…. “For one year

only,” they specified cautiously.

In June the committee reported that “they had raised $455 with such ease that they believed that $600 could be collected,” and suggested $500 as a salary for a rector.

T he news must have been a shock to church and parish.

After sixteen years, this strong man was as much a part of the church structure as one of its supporting arches. He and his family were part of the town. Only pride eased the pain of parting.

Grace Church was proud. So was the entire community.

O ne of the oldest icons we have at Grace Church is the altar

from our original church building (now Eliot Unitarian

Chapel at Argonne & Taylor).

This is now the main altar in the Chapel of the Apostles (in the undercroft/lower level at Grace Church).

The altar was dedicated in 1891 in honor of the first rector of Grace Church, the Rev.

George Kelly Dunlop.


About Icons:

Wow – what a double entendre. An icon is typically a painting, but also may be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, painted on wood, done in mosaic

or fresco work, or printed on paper or metal.

Or in the more modern sense, an icon is a symbol –

recognized to be representative of something.

If you look around Grace Church, you’ll find many such icons – symbols representative of something tangible but

also the Grace of God.

Perhaps our most recognizable icon is the reredos behind

the altar (featured in Bread for the Journey, spring 2015).

This has one of those double entendre meanings: it is a tangible iconic symbol for Grace Church, but also the three units of this sculpture represent the Grace of God:

1) the bread and the wine representing Jesus Christ, 2) the family relationship strengthened by the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove and 3) the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God as

symbolized by the eye.

Dunlop left Grace after 16 years of service, growing its membership from 50 to 150. He baptized 260 persons and presented 181 for confirmation. He officiated at 47

weddings and 123 burials.

Historical records from New Mexico (Old Santa Fe: 1916)

recall Bishop Dunlop’s unwavering sense of mission as he

moved his ministry west:

Bishop Dunlop died March 12, 1888 and remains an icon in New Mexico’s oldest Episcopal Church

(Old Santa Fe: 1916):

The Rev. George Dunlop is the first and only Grace Church Rector to be consecrated as Bishop. Diocesan publications recorded the dedication of his memorial altar at Grace Church on Whitsunday, 1891. The beautiful oak

altar was given by the ladies of the parish.

T he Reverend Dunlop assumed the duties of

Missionary Bishop of the District of New Mexico

and Arizona on March 21, 1881. Nothing seemed

to daunt him, no distance too far to travel, no

difficulties too great to overcome, no weather too

severe to stop him. He traveled all over New Mexico and

Arizona in carts, on horseback and on foot in all kinds of

weather, summer and winter, in the face of Indians, a

great financial depression and practically no church

facilities or property.

M ourned by all who knew him, he was buried in

St. Paul’s Church in Las Vegas, NM (under the

Altar). The magnificent Altar there of White

Italian marble, with columns of polished Mexican onyx

was given in his memory by the Women’s Auxiliary of

the Diocese of Missouri.

Left: Bishop Dunlop is

buried in St. Paul’s

Episcopal Church in Las

Vegas, New Mexico.

Right: The Bishop’s Chair is

dedicated to Bishop Dunlop

at St. Paul’s Church.


Youth mission trips: Moore of a good thing

In 1996, Grace Youth Director Mary Etta Heggie asked members Ruth and

Jim Moore to be chaperones for the parish’s first youth mission trip. They said yes. They said yes again the next year… and the year after that. Ruth said yes for 16 years! And Jim is still

saying yes -- 21 years later!

“Mary Etta asked if we’d like to do this and I thought, I don’t know how to hammer. I can’t do this. But he (Jim) was all excited about it so I said I’d go along,” Ruth remembers. “And it is

one of the best things I’ve ever done.”

“Long ago I said I’d go till I’m 80 or not having fun any more,” Jim said. “Well, I turned 80, but I’m still having

fun!”

Jim is one of six adults traveling

with a dozen youth members to

Wisconsin this summer. The group

will spend a week (June 5 - 11)

working with Habitat for Humanity

in Washington and Dodge Counties.

Jim says it’s the kids and the worth-while missions that keep him coming back. “It’s a lot of work. It’s not just going up there and bossing people around. But you get to work with

awfully good kids and do good work.”

“People think teenagers are hard to deal with, but I haven’t found that to be the case!” Ruth commented. “They’re very respectful. They treated us so nicely, year after year. And they’re such bright kids. They go off to college and come back at Christmas and we get hugs! And some of them have done amazing things. Melanie (Jianakoplos) became a priest. Michael (Kurth) is in divinity school. Some

have gone to Africa to volunteer.”

Jim’s background as a teacher and Boy Scout leader (not to mention his love of ice cream) makes him a natural in this ministry. Ruth’s nursing experience also came in handy on the

trips. Both have many fond (and funny) memories, but the 2003 trip stands out in their minds. Our group from Grace traveled to Alabama and got to work with former President Jimmy Carter, the man who helped make Habitat for

Humanity a household name.

“We went to Alabama and they had a completely bare area and they were going to build a subdivision -- 35 houses,” Jim remembers. “When we came, they only had the foundations. And at the end of the week, there were

35 houses and some landscaping done.”

“And the Carters came to each home and gave a key, a bible and a hug to the resident,” Ruth recalls. She says that trip was definitely one of the most

gratifying of her mission trip career.

Although the couple admits they sometimes wondered and worried about certain aspects of their trips, they continue to see the great value of this ministry. “I think a lot of these kids think they’re really poor because they don’t get a red convertible when they’re 16. But to go out and see somebody who has so little… it’s good

for the kids to see that,” Ruth said.

“I don’t know if Mary Etta knows what she was starting when she started it, but it has become a major part of this church community,” Jim said. And even though one year has turned into 21 years of volunteering, he is happy to still be a part of this ministry, helping to shape the lives of the youth of our

parish.

A History of Grace

Youth Mission Trips

1996: Group Workcamps Russelville, Arkansas

1997: Group Workcamps Benton Harbor, Michigan

1998: Reach Workcamps Lake City, Tennessee

1999: Mennonite Housing Wichita, Kansas

2000: Homes, Inc. Neon, Kentucky

2001: Habitat for Humanity Escanaba, Michigan

2002: Habitat for Humanity

Franklin, West Virginia

2003: Habitat for Humanity Anniston, Alabama

2004: Habitat for Humanity Dowagiac, Michigan


Goshen, Indiana

2006: Habitat for Humanity Alpena, Michigan

2007: Habitat for Humanity Alpena, Michigan

2008: Housing Sewanee, Inc. Sewanee, Tennessee

2009: Habitat for Humanity Dowagiac, Michigan

2010: Habitat for Humanity Findlay, Ohio

2011: Habitat for Humanity Winona, Minnesota

2012: Habitat for Humanity Oshkosh, Wisconsin


West Bend, Wisconsin

2014: Habitat for Humanity Cedar Rapids, Iowa

2015: Habitat for Humanity Washington & Dodge Counties, Wisconsin


Washington & Dodge Counties, Wisconsin


The St. Louis Cardinals are pitching in to support a summer camp at Grace Church for underserved students

in our community.

SPROG received a $1,500 grant from Cardinals Care this spring. The money was used to purchase new iPads for students to use in their

classrooms.

The camp offers structured classes in math, creative arts, fitness, nutrition, personal finance, performing arts, reading, sewing and etiquette. Once a week the students participate in

swimming and cultural field trips.

Program Director Tammy Boyd has worked with SPROG since 2011. Before that, she served as a U.S. Naval Reservist and earned her Bachelor’s degree in organizational studies/management. And before

that, she attended SPROG as a student from age 7 to 13.

Tammy says her background influences her role with the campers. “SPROG has made a great impact not only on the students, but the families as a whole, which goes above and beyond the basic expectations of a camp.

SPROG: Building a bigger future for local children

SPROG

PO Box 220274

St. Louis, MO 63122

Families continue to return year after year, knowing they can rely and depend on the integrity, love and concern the

organization was founded on.”

SPROG runs Monday through Friday, June 8 through July 24. Organizers expect 85-88 students in Pre-K through 7th grade to fill the halls at Grace Church this year. The program employs seven

certified teachers and 10-12 young adult

counselors to help close the achievement gap

in our local schools.

Grace Church has provided the free use of our facilities to the group for more than 20 years. Grace’s outreach committee also provided a $2,000 grant to SPROG this spring. And thanks to all our members who donated approximately

$450 in school supplies to help make this year’s program a

success!

Only a small percentage of SPROG’s operating budget is achieved through participant fees. If you would like to help support this worthwhile organization, you can send a tax-

deductible donation to:

May 15: Celebrating the baptism of Violet Elizabeth Fecko. May 23: Cruising on the Mississippi River with Grace on the Go.

Moments of Grace...


About Episcopal City Mission and its programs:

Q: What does Episcopal City Mission do?

A: Episcopal City Mission provides chaplains for the ongoing spiritual needs of children in St. Louis City Detention, St. Louis County Detention,

and Lakeside Center juvenile facilities.

Q: Why is Episcopal City Mission important?

A: Our chaplains help children in detention find hope. We help children recognize and claim their own unique gifts. We help children in detention grieve, forgive, and find peace in their troubling circumstances. We pray for and with them. Because we do not ignore or judge these children they trust us with their gravest fears, their deepest regrets, and their most fragile

hopes. We offer spiritual food for that part of each child that is starving.

Q: Is Episcopal City Mission "Episcopalians only"?

A: No. Episcopal City Mission is partially funded by the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, but our professionally trained chaplains come from three different denominations -- Baptist, Disciples of Christ, and United Church of Christ. Our chaplains are available to address the spiritual needs of the children in the detention centers, regardless of religious background or

affiliation.

Learn more at www.ecitymission.org.

Grace Church hosts

ECM’s Summer Celebration

Enjoy great food, a family-friendly

carnival, petting zoo, raffles, silent

auction and more!

Adults: $15

Children 5-12: $5

Children under 5: Free!

(Family Max: $50)

General admission includes food,

drink and carnival games.

Purchase your tickets at the event

or in advance (through the church

office.)

Proceeds from this event will

provide support for Episcopal City

Mission’s work with youth in

detention.


A Ministry of transforming youth

Grace member John Dotson wanted to do something to help youth in detention in our area. So he had a conversation with Beth Goade, the Executive Director

of Episcopal City Mission.

“I really wanted to establish a relationship with a youth,” John said. So Beth referred him to the Family Court of

St. Louis County Mentor Program.

The mentor program serves to provide youth with positive role models. According to the Family Court website, the mentors build productive relationships with the youth, focusing on enhancing their self-esteem, fostering positive attitudes, and developing socialized behaviors. Each prospective mentor is screened and trained, with ongoing support provided by Family Court staff. Mentors are asked to make a minimum commitment of eight hours per

month over a 12-month period.

John went through the training and screening required and was assigned to mentor a 14-year old boy who had been abused by his father and was having problems in school. The teens in the program are not serious offenders. John described his youth as a good kid who made some bad decisions. The pair got together a few times each month at restaurants, museums and other places around town -- and

talked.

“That’s all I did. I just talked to him,” John said. “I tried to give him peaceful alternatives… let him know that he can

talk things out before they escalate into violence.”

John said his involvement with the teen and the mentor program has been very positive. His assigned youth has been released from the court system, but John says he hopes to stay in touch with him and his mother. And now John is now hoping to be assigned a new youth to mentor -- someone who might need him more at

this point.

Volunteering with youth in detention is not John’s only ministry. He also serves on the Diocesan Dismantling Racism Commission, is a member of the Third Order of Franciscans, is a Eucharistic visitor at Grace and has been a mentor in our youth confirmation program for the past two years. He says he also hopes to help out with this year’s Grace-sponsored birthday party

with Episcopal City Mission.

John says he feels a definite call to be involved in the community. “I feel everything I’ve got is from God. He gave me the talents to use. I try to use them to help

others.”

If you would like to learn how you can get involved with a

ministry to serve youth in detention, please contact Beth

Goad, Executive Director of ECM: 314-436-3545 or

[email protected].

Graduating with Grace

Congratulations to the class of 2016!

High School Graduates

Emma Casey: daughter of Michael & Dianne Casey

Christian Davis: son of Warren Davis & the Rev. Emily Hillquist Davis

Theo Guhr: son of Ted & Wendy Guhr

Dylan Hart: son of Tracy Hart Will McDowell: son of the Rev. Todd & Sabine McDowell

Emma Sward: daughter of Ted & Julie Sward

College Graduate

Susan Monnig: UMSL / Masters Degree

Biochemistry & Biotechnology

May 22: Fr. Todd and Mo. Ginny led the congregation in a special blessing for

high school graduates Christian Davis and Will McDowell.


The pine table A reflection by Lucinda Cobb

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expressed �b&ecti��s�

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after��

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a fraud�

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-uci�da� That’s e��ugh� Y�u �ay g��”

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�y father �aughed� �y ��ther cried� �y sister

�arried hi��

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This tab�e – �r a�tar "" has bee� here f�r us as we have �aughed� cried� g�tte� �arried� bapti3ed �ur babies a�d said g��dbye t� �ur ��ved ��es a�d frie�ds�

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Have y�u see� �ur garde� �ate�y5 The Creati�� Care Tea� has heeded the ca�� f�r a Sabbath f�r the garde� a�d is i� a state �f rest� Sabbaths are ��t ��y ab�ut rest� but a�s� i�c�ude a ti�e �f re�ewa� a�d se�f"ref�ecti��

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e�vir��e�t� which i�c�uded ref�ecti�� a�d repe�ta�ce� rec�g�i3i�g G�d's grace f�r the wh��e w�r�d i�c�udi�g a�� creati�� a�d h�w �ur acti��s i�dividua��y a�d g��ba��y have a� effect �� s�cia� &ustice a�d sustai�abi�ity� This teachi�g ca��s f�r a ti�e t� ,re�ew the a�cie�t practices �f fasti�g� ti�e f�r a sabbath a�d bei�g i� a state �f �i�dfu��ess �f h�w �ur acti��s i�pact the e�vir��e�t�

The 5th �ar� �f �issi�� ca��s f�r us t� ,Safeguard the i tegrity �f creati� a d sustai a d re ew the �ife �f the earth�� Grace's Creati�� Care Tea� is ta�i�g this

Being a mission church

For it’s a jolly good fallow Notes from Grace’s Creation Care Team

ti�e t� discer� what G�d is ca��i�g us t� d��

The tit�e �f this artic�e �ay have caught y�ur atte�ti�� a�d c�u�d be re�a�ed ,It's A H��y G��d Fa��w�” P�ease pray f�r us a�d c��sider &�i�i�g us i� this exp��rati�� f what the 5th �ar� �f �issi�� is ca��i�g us t� d��

St� Fra�cis Episc�pa� Church has bee� servi�g as a �issi�� i� the Di�cese �f �iss�uri si�ce 1990� w�rshipi�g i� vari�us re�ted spaces i� Eure�a� A�d ��w the �issi�� c��gregati�� is ab�ut t� get a church bui�di�g t� ca�� its �w��

The Di�cese �f �iss�uri has he�ped t� purchase pr�perty a�d secure a ��a� f�r the c��structi�� f a �ew church� The bui�di�g wi�� be a p�ace �f w�rship f�r the 100 (a�d gr�wi�g) �e�bers �f the c��gregati�� It wi�� a�s� h�use the parish �ffices a�d i�c�ude a chi�dre�’s wi�g t� �ffer qua�ity� aff�rdab�e daycare t� the c��u�ity� The bui�di�g wi�� be ��cated at 602 Brewster R�ad i� Eure�a�

,Erecti�g a bui�di�g f�r St� Fra�cis i� Eure�a is a� u�derta�i�g �f the e�tire Di�cese� ��t a si�g�e

c��gregati��” said the Rev� Sa��y Weaver i� a rece�t �etter i�tr�duci�g the parish’s bui�di�g ca�paig�� ,The pe�p�e �f the Di�cese are p�a�ti�g a church�”

��ther Sa��y i�vites every��e i� the Di�cese t� c��sider participati�g i� this church p�a�ti�g by �a�i�g a d��ati�� t� their eff�rt� The Faith U der C� structi� bui�di�g ca�paig� see�s t� raise at �east $200�000 f�r the bui�di�g pr�&ect� with the Di�cese pr�vidi�g the differe�ce i� the c�st�

If y�u w�u�d �i�e t� share i� St� Fra�cis’ �issi�� f spreadi�g

Christ’s ��ve a�d care t� a�� i� �ur c��u�ity� visit www�stfra�ciseure a��rg t� �a�e a� ��i�e d��ati��

A rendering of the new St. Francis Episcopal Church,

to be built in Eureka.

514 East Argonne Drive

Kirkwood, MO 63122

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Phone: 314-821-1806

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.GraceKirkwood.org

Grace Episcopal Church

Surf Shack summer Sunday school

Catch the wave of God’s amazing love this summer at

Grace Church!

Children in Pre-K through 5th grade are invited to dive in to the Surf Shack from 10:00 - 10:30 every Sunday

morning, from June 5 through August 7.

We’ll hear lots of water-themed Bible stories, do science experiments, create crafts, play games and sing songs while we make new friends this summer. The student with the best attendance throughout the summer will take home a

special prize!

There are no fees and no registration required — just come on down to the Surf Shack (also known as LaVielle Conference Room) when you come to church. Surfers will return to church in time to share Holy Communion with

their families.

Parents, middle school students and high school students are invited to lend a hand by serving as assistants each week. Sign up online at www.SignUpGenius.com/

go/409044AA8AD2AA20-surf.

For more information, contact Janis Greenbaum in the church office: [email protected] or

314-821-1806, ext. 19.

Documents

Bread for the Journey - Grace Episcopal Church - Summer 2016