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

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