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Our Political
Stewardship
As I speak with parishioners
these days, I hear many expres-
sions of concern about the state
of our national political life and
the primary campaigns for party
nominations for the coming pres-
idential elections. You are all
aware, I’m sure, that there is a
range of political orientations and
affiliations among us here at
Prince of Peace. No matter
where we fall on the political
spectrum, however, the con-
cerns I hear voiced most often
are remarkably similar. I have
heard dismay at the lack of ci-
vility in our electoral process,
perplexity at the role of the
news media, and true sadness
over the emergence of violence
in public gatherings. Most espe-
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The Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace June/July 2016
The Episcopal Church in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
From the Rector The Rev. Herbert Sprouse
Inside this issue:
Gettysburg Brass Band
Festival 1
HSC&MS 2
Episco-Pals 5
Music at PoP 5
Historic Church Walking
Tours 2016 5
Gettysburg C.A.R.E.S. 6
Garden Committee 7
Wetzer Scholarship 8
T.H.R.I.V.E. 9
Vacation Bible School 10
Flower Dedications 11
June Round of Prayer,
Birthdays, Anniversaries,
Scripture Readings 12
July Round of Prayer,
Birthdays, Anniversaries,
Scripture Readings 13
Gettysburg Brass Band Festival June 9-11, 2016
The 2016 festival will host the US Army Herald Trumpets, the Atlantic Brass Band (a North
American Brass Band Association Champion) from New Jersey, the Chesapeake Brass Band
(NABBA Champion) from Delaware, Spires (NABBA Champion), Rockville and Benfield
Brass Bands from Maryland, the Penn View Brass Band from near Philadelphia and the Buzz
Jones Jazz Quartet with trumpet soloist, George Rabbai and Trombone soloist, Jim
McFalls. All will perform on the Hill Unger Gettysburg Tours Stage at the Lutheran Semi-
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nary, Saturday June 11. The Wildcat Regi-
ment Band (Civil War period band) will per-
form on grounds of the National Park Ser-
vice June 11.
The Antebel-
lum Marine
Band, Gettys-
burg Brass,
Hanover Lan-
cers Senior
Drum and Bu-
gle Corps and
others will perform Friday evening, June 10
at locations around town. The brass festival
will begin Thursday evening, June 9 with
the Adams County Community Band and
The Gettysburg Big Band performing at the
Seminary. A community pig roast picnic and
brass instrument petting zoo will be part of
the Saturday festivities. The moving "Taps"
Tribute will bring the brass band festival to
a close at sundown, June 11 when buglers
will bring honor as they sound "Taps" at his-
toric sites on the battlefield. All performanc-
es are free. The GBBF is organized by a
group of volunteers. Our Ben Jones is Pres-
ident of the volunteer board of directors.
www.gettysburgbrassbandfestival.com
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Gettysburg Brass Band
Festival
High Street Chowder and
Marching Society
Men, mark your calendars. The annual sum-
mer gathering of the High Street Chowder
and Marching Society (the men of the par-
ish) will be held on Wednesday, June 8th, at
6 pm on Ben Jones’ deck. The summer
menu includes fried chicken, chowder, cheer
and more...a fun time for all men of the Me-
morial Church of the Prince of Peace! $10,
sign-up in Stahle Parlor. (Attendance is ex-
pected!)
Pam Mikesell’s kitten spent the day at the office last summer!
cially, I have heard astonishment over the reve-
lation that, in 2016, there are so many in our
land who hold intolerant and even hateful posi-
tions about the civil rights and religious liber-
ties of others. You could say that this primary
campaign season has shown every one of us
some truths about our beloved nation that we
wish we had not been forced to witness.
In the face of all of this, our personal responses
will vary widely when Election Day arrives this
November. Some will refuse to grapple with
the issues, choosing not to vote at all. Others
may cynically conclude that all of the candi-
dates are equally objectionable, so their vote
doesn’t really mean that much. Some are so
caught up in the politics of personality that they
will pay little attention to policy and platform
statements. Others may find themselves so an-
gry, or so despondent, as to be paralyzed from
taking any action at all. By the Grace of God,
however, we need not follow any of these
paths.
As followers of the Way of Christ, we always
remain hopeful, even in the face of all that we
experience. We must remember where our
foundational hope finds its source. We know,
despite all we witness, that God is always ac-
tive in our world and loves creation more than
we can possibly imagine. We also know that
God’s ways can be very mysterious and that
God’s time and our own time do not always
seem to work in the same ways. We know that
God always seeks to redeem the effects of evil
and sin, and that the results of such redemption
may be hard to recognize at first. And we
know, especially here at Prince of Peace, that
whatever our political beliefs, we are first and
always believers in Jesus Christ and His vi-
sion for the Kingdom of God. So hope is the
state in which we flourish, always and especial-
ly in our present day.
The Episcopal Church takes the electoral pro-
cess very seriously, including both the election
of our representative bodies at all levels of gov-
ernment and the initiatives and referenda that
shape public policy. As a matter of official
church policy, voting and political participation
are acts of Christian Stewardship to which we
are all called. Our commitment to engage in
meaningful education and debate, and to sup-
port legal access to the voting booth can best be
understood as a faithful response to our Baptis-
mal Covenant. In that covenant we promise to
“strive for justice and peace and respect the
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From the Rector (continued from page 1)
Fr. Herb at his graduation ceremony, immediately
after finding three parishioners sitting right behind
him at the ceremony. Courtesy of Sandra Keyser
dignity of all persons.” We are called by Christ
to care for all of our neighbors as the Body of
Christ. To do that we must participate fully in
the political processes that will undoubtedly
affect the lives of each and every one of us.
The Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN)
is a part of The Episcopal Church Office of
Government Relations located in Washington,
DC. The actions, programs, and ministry of the
Office of Government Relations are based en-
tirely on policies approved by the Church
meeting in General Convention or by the Ex-
ecutive Council. The EPPN has produced an
excellent Election Engagement Toolkit for use
by Episcopal congregations and individuals as
we pursue the promises we make in baptism. It
is intended to provide guidance and practical
actions for our use to engage in the political
process “faithfully, responsibly, and legally.”
The toolkit describes how to get started in non-
partisan involvement, provides timelines for
effective engagement, gives a number of sug-
gestions for concrete action and describes
practical methods for maintaining civil dis-
course. It also clearly lays out the legal bound-
aries within which churches and all nonprofit
organizations must contain their activities. I
strongly request that you spend some time with
this toolkit and think seriously about how you
will live out your own baptismal promises dur-
ing this critically important time in our nation-
al life. You can access the toolkit from this
webpage: http://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/
EpiscopaliansVote While you are there, take a
look around the EPPN website and learn more
about our church’s involvement in public poli-
cy and political action. I believe you will be
proud of your church and our collective work
for the Body of Christ. (We will also provide
hard copies of the Election Engagement
Toolkit in the Stahle Parlor.)
By the time of our next newsletter (August,
2016) the primary election season will have
ended and the national election campaigns will
be underway. Please approach the 2016 elec-
tions prayerfully and with the wellbeing of all
of our neighbors foremost in your minds.
As always, I am yours in Christ,
Fr. Herb
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The “Four Conspirators” : Sandra Kesyer, Jill Lowe and Carolyn Fouts surprised Fr. Herb by attending his
graduation ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 19th. Jerry Weale joined in keeping the secret
from Fr. Herb. Courtesy Sandra Keyser
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Episco-Pals
A wonderful time was had by thirty-two
members of the Prince of Peace family, who
gathered on May 15th at the home of Bob
Gough. Bob co-hosted the evening with Dick
and Shirley Purdy, and a wonderful array of
foods was enjoyed by all. Episco-Pals is a
wonderful time of sharing food and fellow-
ship with the adults of the Parish, and a time
to get to know one another in a very relaxed
setting.
The next Episco-Pals gathering will be held
on Sunday, July 17th, at 6:00 pm at the home
of Cornelia and Charles Saltzman. Please
bring a dish (appetizer, salad, side dish or des-
sert) to share. A sign up sheet will be availa-
ble in Stahle Parlor.
Our Music Program
Our organist and choir director would like to
thank the choir and the handbell choir for
their hard work this year. The handbell choir
will be presenting their final piece of the sea-
son on June 5th, and the final Sunday for the
choir will be June 12th. New members can
join either choir, which will begin again in the
fall. New ringers for the handbell choir re-
ceive color-coded music to help ring the cor-
rect bells. Please see Anne if you are interest-
ed in either choir.
Anne would also like to give thanks to the
children of the Sunday School, and the staff,
for the hard work they put in this year in pre-
paring pieces which they shared with the
10:15 congregation.
Historic Church Walking
Tours 2016 Schedule
Prince of Peace will again be a host for the
annual summer Gettysburg Historic Church
Walking Tour Program, of which it is a
founding member.
Escorted tour groups will visit Prince of
Peace on alternate Wednesday evenings
throughout the summer to view our Civil War
memorials and learn how the creation of those
memorials helped to build the church. Visi-
tors are also told the story of what happened
on the church site during the Battle of Gettys-
burg.
This year’s tour evenings are Wednesdays:
June 15, June 29, July 13, July 27, Aug. 10,
Aug. 24. These are the West Tours and in-
clude Prince of Peace, Saint Francis Xavier
Roman Catholic Church, St. Paul’s AME Zion
Church and Christ Lutheran Church. Tour
evenings for Gettysburg Presbyterian Church,
Trinity United Church of Christ, United
Methodist Church, and St. James Lutheran
Church will be held on June 22, July 6, July
20, August 3, August 17 and August 31 . The
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Gettysburg C.A.R.E.S.
A word of thanks has been received from Nan-
cy Lilley, Gettysburg C.A.R.E.S. Volunteer
Coordinator. More than 300 volunteers helped
make the 2015-2016 Gettysburg C.A.R.E.S.
program
work. 74
people
filled in
386 slots
for 193
overnights
and the
shelter
never
closed,
even dur-
ing Winter
Storm Jo-
nas (when
Prince of
Peace was
the host
church).
There were 114 hosts at 13 churches, as well
as 18 who served as points of contact at those
churches. Breakfasts were served on 193
mornings, with 47 people cooking and serv-
ing. There were 28 bus/van drivers and 16
volunteers who washed blankets. Hillandale
Farms donated 30 dozen eggs, and 5 people
picked up and delivered the eggs.
92 people were served through the season, 27
of them under the age of 12. Only 17% were
unemployed, and most were placed in some
sort of housing at the end of the season.
From Prince of Peace, the following volun-
teered for the program:
OVERNIGHTS: John Dodson Alison Engel,
Bobbi Hickcox, Jr., David Rice, Kathleen
Zimmermann.
BREAKFASTS: Dot Gallichan, Mike Lilley,
Nancy Lilley, Chuck Nussbaum, Shirley
Purdy, Dick Purdy.
EGG PICK-UPS: Nancy Lilley.
HOSTS: Sarah Bair, John Dodson, Bob
Gough, Ben Kennedy, Nancy Lilley, Pete
Lindquist, Mark Purdy.
CHURCH CONTACTS: Nancy Lilley, Fr.
Herb Sprouse.
BLANKET WASHERS: Nancy Lilley, Pete
Lindquist.
BOARD MEMBERS: Nancy Lilley, Mark
Purdy.
If you would like to join this mission next
year, contact Program Director Chuck Nuss-
baum at [email protected],
phone 334-4195, or Nancy Lilley, Volunteer
Coordinator at [email protected],
phone 334-9171.
The full communication from Nancy is posted
on the bulletin board by the garden doors.
Mark your Calendars for the
Annual Parish Picnic Sunday, September 11, 2016
10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
at Gettysburg Recreation Park,
Fireman’s Pavilion,
followed by the picnic.
(8:00 a.m. service at Prince of Peace)
C.A.R.E.S. Resource Center at 117 York Street
tours cost $5 for adults and children 12 and
under are free.
Any parishioner interested in becoming a do-
cent for the tours should contact Art House at
334-8554. Each tour evening’s commitment is
normally no longer than about 30-45
minutes. Call Art for additional details.
Garden Committee
The new fence has been installed with help
and supervision of the Junior Warden Jim
Fouts. It is cedar and should last a long time.
Please admire it and give thanks to Hill Asso-
ciates next door to the church for permitting
work to go on from their property during in-
stallation. The Garden Committee has decided
to keep the lattice work in the back of the gar-
den (facing Court Alley). The wild trumpet
vine will have it to climb on, air will circulate,
and the symbol of St. Mark will remain happi-
ly in place.
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New cedar fence along the south end of the Memorial Garden. - photo courtesy of Jim Fouts
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WETZER SCHOLARSHIPS In 1998, the Hilda Wetzer Scholarship Fund was established at Prince of Peace. Hilda was a longtime member
of our church. When she died, she bequeathed a sum of money to Prince of Peace with the stipulation that it be
used for academic scholarships for the “youth” of Prince of Peace.
Applicants must be active members of Prince of Peace pursuing an undergraduate degree. Both full-time and
part-time students are welcome to apply. Applications will be approved by the Vestry. Scholarship monies will
be sent to the recipient’s college at the beginning of the school year. The application deadline is June 23rd. If
you have questions, please contact Robert Gough or Hal Ehart.
WETZER SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Please complete the information requested below and return the application to the church office by June 23, 2016
Please type or print clearly
Name __________________________________________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Phone ____________________________________ Email ________________________________________
Name of School ___________________________________________________________________________
Student ID # ________________________________
____ Full-time (3 or more courses/semester) ___ Part-time (less than 3 courses/semester)
Address of Financial Aid Office _____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Activities participated in at Prince of Peace _____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
A brief statement concerning your need for financial assistance
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
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A program of the Bishop Dean T. Stevenson School for Ministry Episcopal Diocese of Central PA
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.”
-Mother Teresa
For All Clergy and Lay Leadership
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM The Ramada, State College, PA
$20, lunch included
Two Keynote Addresses:
Hunger 101: The State of Hunger in Pennsylvania Steven Martinez, Tri-County Community Action St. Andrew’s Community Café Ron and Sharon Rovansek, St. Andrew’s, State College
Workshops will provide you and your congregation with tools, best practices, and hope for starting or enhancing a feeding min-istry: Accessing the Central PA Food Bank
Maria D’Isabella, Agency Relations and Training Coordinator Starting a Community Garden Katie Ayers, Penn State Community Garden The Gleaning Project
Bridget Schell & Jay Eury, South Central PA
Plus, Feed my Sheep Ministry awards for those engaged in feeding the hungry in the Diocese of Central PA!
Learn more & sign up online at www.DioceseCPA.org Childcare Available Upon Request
Contact: The Very Rev. Robyn Szoke-Coolidge [email protected] or 717.236.5959
We are a welcoming family in God,
empowered by the Holy Spirit, celebrating
the life-giving presence and love of Jesus
Christ and sharing his love with our neigh-
bors.
Come and join us on our journey.
SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE
8:00 a.m. Rite I Holy Eucharist
10:15 a.m. Rite II Holy Eucharist
WEDNESDAY HOLY EUCHARIST
12:00 Noon Holy Eucharist
Help us keep our records up to date.
Let us know if you have changed your email,
phone number or mailing address.
Also, let us know if we have missed your
birthday or anniversary; we may not have
the information in our database.
Prince of Peace Office
717-334-6463
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
FOR VBS 2016 –
Surf Shack! Once again, St. James Lutheran Church,
Prince of Peace Episcopal Church and Christ
Lutheran Church will be joining together to
offer our “9th Annual Celebration” of Vacation
Bible School!
Monday, June 20 – Friday, June 24
9:00am-11:30am
Christ Lutheran Church, Gettysburg, PA
Join us! Kids-ages 3 years - 5th grade
(completed) from Christ Lutheran, Prince of
Peace Episcopal , St. James Lutheran church-
es and St. James Childcare as we discover
that God’s amazing love is the best wave you
could ever catch. New friends are welcome!
Volunteers are needed! Sign up to volunteer
online at http://vols.pt/KTR5un.
To learn more about this year’s theme, VBS
details, and for online registration visit
http://2016.cokesburyvbs.com/
VBSgettysburg .
For more information contact Jill Lowe at 443
-540-3528 or by email at
The Memorial Church of the
Prince of Peace
P O Box 3005, 20 W High St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-3005
Telephone: 717-334-6463
The Rev. Dr. Herbert Sprouse,
Rector
The Rev. Richard Randall
Priest Associate
Anne Cosgrove
Organist and Choir Director
Carolyn Fouts
Parish Administrator [email protected]
Sinda Tait, Asst. Sexton
Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Website:
www.gettysburgepiscopal.org
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FLOWER DEDICATIONS
If you would like to make an altar flower
dedication in loving memory or thanksgiving
for loved ones or special events, please fill
out the form on the parlor credenza, or call
the church office at 717-334-6463. The cost
is $30.00 (or $15.00 if the date is shared with
another dedication). We cannot reserve dates
for single dedications, so you may have to
share a date with another party.
Please make your check payable to Prince of
Peace and mark it “Altar Flowers” on the
memo line. The 2016 Dedication pages are
available and have been placed in the book in
Stahle Parlor. Thank you.
June 5 In memory of Marshall Picking
by the Purdy family.
June 12 In thanksgiving for our daughter
and son-in-law’s wedding anni-
versary, Victoria and James
Craven, by Valerie and Roger
Petty
June 19 In thanksgiving for my wedding
anniversary by Phyllis Thomas;
In thanksgiving for the birthday
of Jim Ground, by Craig and
Chris Ground.
June 26 In memory of Anne E. Scott by
Peter Scott.
July 3 Available
July 10 Available
July 17 In memory of Emma L. Johnston
by Bernice Culver
July 24 In loving memory of Richard E.
Rech by Erma Rech;
In thanksgiving for our grand
daughter, Savannah Schneider,
celebrating her ninth birthday, by
Olive and Joe Donolli
July 31 Available
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
4th Melanie Schupp
5th John Dodson
Margaret Finafrock
11th Howard Steffen
14th Sandra Keyser
15th John Gates
Catherine Thomas
16th Laurie Storer
21st Shirlee Cavaliere
22nd Derek Null
30th Wyatt Cluck
Danielle Redding
JUNE ANNIVERSARIES
15th Jan and Pete
Lindquist
20th Nicole and Michael
Ritterson
Sarah and Jeff Bair
24th Melanie and Jim
Schupp
26th Alison and Alan
McLaughlin
27th Diana and Bill Curtis
29th Gail and Gordon
Fuller
PARISH ROUND OF PRAYER FOR JUNE 2016
June 5 Chris Starry; Susan and Howard Steffen; Gloria Stem; Betty Stewart;
Barbara Stokes
June 12 Helen and Clarence Stonesifer; Laurie and Jeffrey Storer; Heather,
Dave, Sarah and Becca Swope
June 19 Karen and Michael Sylvest; Jaime, Brendan and Kaitlyn Synnamon;
Meredith, Steven, Rachel and Paige Szczesny
June 26 Ellen, Jim, JT, Sarah, Zach and Catherine Thomas; Phyllis Thomas;
Kerr and Susan Thompson
Page 12 News and Notes
June 5, 3 Pentecost
1 Kings 17:8-24
Psalm 146
Galatians 1:11-24
Luke 7:11-17
June 12, 4 Pentecost
1 Kings 21:1-21a
Psalm 5:1-8
Galatians 2:15-21
Luke 7:36-8:3
June 19, 5 Pentecost
1 Kings 19:1-15a
Psalm 42
Galatians 3:23-29
Luke 8:26-39
June 26, 6 Pentecost
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Luke 9:51-62
AUGUST NEWSLETTER DEADLINE:
Monday, July 18
Email Articles to:
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JULY BIRTHDAYS
1st Sarah Thomas
2nd Gloria Stem
4th Jerry Weale
5th Evan Myers
7th Paul Kennedy
9th Gilbert Evans
10th Kate Reisinger
11th Bob Gough
14th Jacquie Hollabaugh
17th Sharon Purdy
20th Jamie Harbaugh
Savannah Schneider
21st Nick Engel
Amanda Moore
22nd Danielle Giraldo
Gladys Parks
Dane Purdy
23rd Morgan Moore
Jeffry Redding
24th Clare Purdy
25th Gwen Weber
26th Scott Purdy
27th Anne Buell
30th Ben Jones
Zach Thomas
JULY ANNIVERSARIES
7th Helen and
Clarence Stonesifer
10th Marty and Fr.
Richard Randall
20th Holly and Scott
Purdy
PARISH ROUND OF PRAYER FOR JULY 2016
July 3 Dora Townsend and David Rice; Kathleen Zimmermann, Jim Van
Dyke; Tyler Van Dyke; Ryan Van Dyke
July 10 Dorothy and Wayne VanGelder; Mary and Nelson Vargas; Nicki and
Seth Vickery
July 17 Madeline and Tom Wajda; Doug, Julie, John Douglas, Gracie-Mae and
Lucy Watkins, Wyatt and Haley Cluck
July 24 Gwen and Greg Weber; Jean Welch; Bob Wetzel; Phyllis Whitfield;
Tom and Bobbie Wolf
July 31 Sarah, Jeff, Sean, Ellen and Anne Bair; Bonnie and John Baxley; Neil
Beach and Michael Spillane
Page 13 News and Notes
July 3, 7 Pentecost
2 Kings 5:1-14
Psalm 30
Galatians 6:1-16
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
July 10, 8 Pentecost
Amos 7: 7-17
Psalm 82
Colossians 1:1-14
Luke 10:25-37
July 17, 9 Pentecost
Amos 8:1-12
Psalm 52
Colossians 1:15-28
Luke 10:38-42
July 24, 10 Pentecost
Hosea 1:2-10
Psalm 85
Colossians 2:6-19
Luke 11:1-13
July 31, 11 Pentecost
Hosea 11:1-11
Psalm 107:1-9, 43
Colossians 3:1-11
Luke 12:13-21
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