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INSIDE: THE HE HE PARISH ARISH ARISH LIFE IFE IFE The Newsletter of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church 309 East Baltimore St. • Jackson, TN 38301 (731) 424-0556 • (731) 423-3688, fax www.estlukes.org [email protected] Parish Offices Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The Reverend Deacon Tommy Rhoads, Deacon The Rev. Dr. Gene Davenport, Theologian in residence Mrs. Trudy Lovell, Parish Administrator Mr. Jeff Beard, Facility Manager Dr. Richard S. Townley, Organist/Choirmaster VESTRY Jim Craig, Senior Warden Lee Sparks, Junior Warden Bill Parnell, Treasurer Lynn White, Clerk Loni Harris, Don Lanoue, Gus Middleton, Vikki Neb- lett, Clift Odom, Bill Parnell, Ed Wallis, Lyn Wheeler, Lindsay Wilhite & Archie Wright Welcoming all to worship the Risen Christ and live as his disciples 309 East Baltimore Street Jackson, Tennessee 38301 731-424-0556 www.estlukes.org July 2013 Volume 181, issue 7 EPISCOPAL CHURCH SAINT LUKES 67th Annual Laymen’s Conference............ 6 Altar Candles ................................................ 3 Altar Flowers ................................................. 3 Altar Supplies................................................. 3 Anniversaries ................................................. 7 Baptism Dates Ahead ................................... 2 Birthdays......................................................... 7 Calendar .......................................................... 4 Christian Education ...................................... 2 Directory Updates......................................... 7 Financial Update ........................................... 7 From the Parish Office ................................ 2 Garden Gatherings ....................................... 6 Lectionary Readings ..................................... 2 Notes from Gene .......................................... 3 Parish Office Closings.................................. 3 RIFA Needs ................................................... 6 Scheduled to Serve........................................ 5 Servanthood ................................................... 2 Special Thanks ............................................... 7 Sympathies of the Parish ............................. 7 Friends, The wheels of progress for the search for our new leader are moving slowly, but they are mov- ing. We have a search committee assembled. Clift Odom will be the "fearless leader" of the committee. The oth- er members who have agreed to serve are: Ed Wallis, John Neblett, Greg Kost, Nancy Pechacek, Nancy Caterina, Amy Turner, and Hamilton Moore, Jr.. The Rev. Judith Reese has been selected by the Bishop's office to serve as our consultant in the search process. She will keep us on the right path and process of the search. She will serve as our supply priest during the month of July as well as meet regularly with the Wardens and committee. I cannot emphasize enough that this will not, in all possibility, be a speedy process. There will be a parish profile to develop. There will be resumes to study. Do not despair however. It will be done as quickly as the system allows. Warning! Dr. Dan Kayal, who has done an outstanding job as Stewardship chairman, will not be available to continue this im- portant job. I will be looking for someone to take his place. I will try to be in the Commons between services to talk with any- one who wants to offer complaints and/or suggestions. Keep the faith. FROM YOUR SENIOR WARDENby Dr. James (Jim) Craig Yours in Christ, CHOIR NEWS by Dr. Richard S. Townley It has been a pleasure getting to know the fine people of St. Luke’s over the past three months. Everyone is very supportive and I look forward to growing and developing our music ministry together. The choir is going into its summer schedule over the next two months, which means that we will be rehearsing on Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:15 (in the choir room on the second floor of the parish activities building) in preparation for the 10:30 service. Our regular Wednesday rehearsals will resume in the middle of August. …..Continued on page 6

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TTTHEHEHE PPPARISHARISHARISH LLLIFEIFEIFE The Newsletter of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church

309 East Baltimore St. • Jackson, TN 38301 (731) 424-0556 • (731) 423-3688, fax

www.estlukes.org [email protected]

Parish Offices Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The Reverend Deacon Tommy Rhoads, Deacon

The Rev. Dr. Gene Davenport, Theologian in residence Mrs. Trudy Lovell, Parish Administrator

Mr. Jeff Beard, Facility Manager Dr. Richard S. Townley, Organist/Choirmaster

VESTRY Jim Craig, Senior Warden

Lee Sparks, Junior Warden Bill Parnell, Treasurer ♦ Lynn White, Clerk

Loni Harris, Don Lanoue, Gus Middleton, Vikki Neb-lett, Clift Odom, Bill Parnell, Ed Wallis,

Lyn Wheeler, Lindsay Wilhite & Archie Wright

Welcoming all to worship the Risen Christ and live as his disciples

309 East Baltimore Street ♦ Jackson, Tennessee 38301 ♦ 731-424-0556 ♦ www.estlukes.org

July 2013 ♦ Volume 181, issue 7

EPISCOPAL CHURCH SAINT LUKE’S

67th Annual Laymen’s Conference ............ 6 Altar Candles ................................................ 3 Altar Flowers ................................................. 3 Altar Supplies ................................................. 3 Anniversaries ................................................. 7 Baptism Dates Ahead ................................... 2 Birthdays ......................................................... 7 Calendar .......................................................... 4 Christian Education ...................................... 2 Directory Updates ......................................... 7 Financial Update ........................................... 7 From the Parish Office ................................ 2 Garden Gatherings ....................................... 6 Lectionary Readings ..................................... 2 Notes from Gene .......................................... 3 Parish Office Closings .................................. 3 RIFA Needs ................................................... 6 Scheduled to Serve ........................................ 5 Servanthood ................................................... 2 Special Thanks ............................................... 7 Sympathies of the Parish ............................. 7

Friends,

The wheels of progress for the search for our new leader are moving slowly, but they are mov-ing. We have a search committee assembled. Clift Odom will be the "fearless leader" of the committee. The oth-er members who have agreed to serve are: Ed Wallis, John Neblett, Greg Kost, Nancy Pechacek, Nancy Caterina, Amy Turner, and Hamilton Moore, Jr.. The Rev. Judith Reese has been selected by the Bishop's office to serve as our consultant in the search process. She will keep us on the right path and process of the search. She will serve as our supply priest during the month of July as well as meet regularly with the Wardens and committee.

I cannot emphasize enough that this will not, in all possibility, be a speedy process. There will be a parish profile to develop. There will be resumes to study. Do not despair however. It will be done as quickly as the system allows.

Warning! Dr. Dan Kayal, who has done an outstanding job as Stewardship chairman, will not be available to continue this im-portant job. I will be looking for someone to take his place.

I will try to be in the Commons between services to talk with any-one who wants to offer complaints and/or suggestions.

Keep the faith.

FROM YOUR SENIOR WARDEN… by Dr. James (Jim) Craig

Yours in Christ,

CHOIR NEWS by Dr. Richard S. Townley

It has been a pleasure getting to know the fine people of St. Luke’s over the past three months. Everyone is very supportive and I look forward to growing and developing our music ministry together.

The choir is going into its summer schedule over the next two months, which means that we will be rehearsing on Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:15 (in the choir room on the second floor of the parish activities building) in preparation for the 10:30 service. Our regular Wednesday rehearsals will resume in the middle of August. …..Continued on page 6

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THE LECTIONARY: YEAR C

July 7, 7th Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 66:10-14 • Psalm 66:1-8

Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16 • Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

July 14, 8th Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 30:9-14 • Psalm 25:1-9

Colossians 1:1-14 • Luke 10:25-37

July 21, 9th Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:1-10a • Psalm 15

Colossians 1:15-28 • Luke 10:38-42

June 28th, 10th Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:20-32 • Psalm 138

Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19) • Luke 11:1-13

BAPTISM DATES AHEAD…

 

The Book of Common Prayer recommends five dates for Baptisms… The Great Vigil of Easter, Pentecost Sunday, All Saints’ Day, The Baptism of Jesus, and when the Bishop visits. Other dates may be scheduled, but these dates bear special significance to Baptism on our calendar. The next service that will include Holy Bap-tisms will be October 6, 2013 when the Bishop makes his annual visit. Please con-tact the Parish Office if you have someone to be Baptized.

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

The Upper Room class which meets Sunday mornings at 9:15 is currently on break for the summer. Class will resume on Rally Day.

The Tuesday evening Bible study led by Gene Davenport has begun a study of some of the Old Testament prophets, beginning with Amos. Class is at 7:00 p.m. All are wel-come.

The Wednesday morning Bible Study led by Dr. Brady Whitehead is on break for the sum-mer and will resume in August.

FROM THE PARISH OFFICE To receive news updates from the Diocese of West Tennessee, please visit www.episwtn.org and sign up for The Dioce-san Communicator e-newsletter.

The deadline for the August “Parish Life” is July 20th. 

Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church The Parish Life - July 2013

SERVANTHOOD! by the Rev. Deacon Tommy Rhoads

Vacations are great! You get to do a lot of stuff you usually don't have time to do in the work-a-day world – like reading books! Dur-ing our beach vacation last month, I took advantage of that opportunity to complete a book I began reading earlier this year, Phyllis Tickle's Emergence Christianity.

You may have heard something about Tickle's theory that once every 500 years, the world/culture/society (in general) and Christi-anity (specifically) experience a huge upheaval where old ideas are rejected and new ones emerge to take their place. She enumerates these, including the Great Transformation (Jesus), the Great De-cline & Fall (of the Roman Empire), the Great Schism (of 1054 that split the eastern and western churches), the Great Reformation (of 16th century Protestantism), and now, in our day, the Great Emergence.

There has been a lot of comment of late in the blogosphere re-garding the lack of historicity and/or historical arbitrariness of Tickle's theory, but the fact remains that, whether it happens every 500 years or more often than that, something is happening in the church today. If that something turns out to be comparable to the Great Schism or the Great Reformation, only history will tell.

What is of interest to me is the phenomenon of the Emergent Church or the Emergence Church (these are technical terms that differentiate something I don't really have a firm grasp on). Particu-larly what is of interest to me is Tickle's description of these "new" Christians. They are:

radically obedient to the words and teaching of Christ as rec-orded in scripture. Their mantra is, "If you believe a thing, live it"

insistent that the Old Testament and the New Testament are one testament, to the extent that a new philosemitism, a respectful connection to Judaism, is growing

Micah 6:8 Christians. "What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" (check out the very front stained glass window on the Epistle side)

convinced that orthopraxy (right action) trumps orthodoxy (right belief) in all circumstances

determined that the Story tells us that there is a kingdom, that it is now and not yet, here and also there, fully come and yet coming – and then, in knowing this, they live every minute of every day accordingly.

…..Continued on page 3

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2013 ALTAR FLOWERS, ALTAR CANDLES, AND ALTAR SUPPLIES

 

Flowers adorning the altar in the church are given weekly, and Candles and Supplies are given monthly, in memory of the departed or in celebration of someone living. To provide Altar Flowers, Altar Candles, or Altar Sup-plies, sign up on the bulletin board by the elevator or contact the Parish Office. We do have several openings throughout the year. These are filled on a first come, first served basis and we still have several dates open!

After you’ve signed up to provide Altar Flowers, contact the florist of your choice and make arrangements for your week. We can recommend a florist if you need one. A reminder will be sent to you. Don’t forget to contact the Parish Office with memorial in-formation for flowers, candles, and supplies at 731-424-0556. Again, we do have several openings throughout the year. Please see the sign up sheet in the hallway across from the elevator. The flower schedule is filled on a first come, first served basis as well.

THE JULY ALTAR SUPPLIES

are given to the glory of God and in honor of

The Rev. Dr. Gene Davenport and The Rev.

Deacon Tommy Rhoads for their constant dedication to the families of Saint Luke’s

by Archie & Tanya Wright

THE JULY ALTAR CANDLES

are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for

Saint Luke’s Church

by Fred & Lina Bowyer

Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church The Parish Life - July 2013

THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED Thursday, July 4th

in observance of Independence Day.

NOTES FROM GENE by The Rev. Doctor Gene Davenport

THE HERESY OF DEISM

At one time, the church condemned here-sies and the heretics who held them. Today, heresy is seldom mentioned. Heresy is not the complete rejection of truth. It is a twist-ing of truth, by faulty interpretation or by the deletion of some basic element, into a half-truth. By being par-tially true, heresy is able to deceive us and lead us into errors that can destroy faith.

A good example of partial truth is deism (DEE-ism), a view that arose during the seventeenth century and is wide-spread today. De-ism views the universe primarily as machine-like, operating accord-ing to fixed laws. God established these laws and refuses to violate them, or to intervene in the world‘s rational order. To the extent that we understand these laws, we can predict events of nature. For example, to the extent that we understand weather patterns, we can predict the weather far ahead of time. Few westerners really believe that God is constantly controlling every element of the weather.

The deists, then, were not entirely wrong. The universe is relatively rational and orderly. The deists’ mistake was their assuming that the relative order of the universe is the entire picture. They over-looked that there also is a degree of unpredictability to nature. This unpredictability is because of the presence and activity of an unpre-dictable God. Deism struck at the very heart of faith, by denying that God acts in the Creation, in any way whatsoever, to accom-plish God’s own purposes. Naturally, it also denied that Jesus was the incarnation of God.

In the Bible God's freedom and human freedom are interrelated in the events of history and of human salvation. God in his abso-lute freedom uses human beings in our absolute freedom to ac-complish God’s purposes. How both absolutes can be true is hid-den in the mystery of God. They simply provide us with two facets of the mystery so we can live with, and in response to, that mys-tery.

SERVANTHOOD! …..Continued from page 2

All in all, in my opinion, Emergence Christianity sounds like us, Saint Luke's. We are incarnational, not only in that Jesus was God made flesh, but also in that we are bodies of flesh made holy, we are Christ's body in this world set about to the task of bringing that kingdom to its completion.

And there's no vacation from that job.

Glory to God, whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.

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RIFA NEEDS FOR JULY  

 

 

 

SNACK-BACK-PACK PROGRAM Instant Oatmeal / Fruit Cups

Ramen Noodles / Microwave Popcorn Granola Bars / Canned Soup

PANTRY Canned Soup / Canned Fruit

Canned Chicken / Jelly Peanut Butter / Cereal

Sweet Peas / Mac & Cheese 

 

 

 

COMMUNITY KITCHEN Commercial Size Sweet Peas

Butter/Margarine Onions / Coffee / Plastic Forks

Minces/Chopped Garlic / Paper Towels 45/55 Gallon Trash Bags

 

OTHER NEEDS

RIFA sends food home each weekend for almost 300 needy children through the snack-back-pack program. The community kitchen is currently serving an average of 165 people per day. RIFA also passes out nearly 200 sacks of food per month. These numbers will increase with the weak econo-my.

We ask that you please remember the needy when you are filling your shopping cart. This is a small way that everyone can help and individual contributions add up to a big help to those less fortunate.

This is a primary and vital part of Saint Luke’s outreach to the wider Jackson com-munity. Your assistance with any of the three RIFA programs is helpful.

Please bring your items to the church and place them on the table outside the Library or in the red wagons in the Narthex. Items will be collected on the second Sunday of each month. If you have any questions, please contact the parish office at 424-0556.

Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church The Parish Life - July 2013

CHOIR NEWS…..continued from page 1

This is a great time for those of you who may have sung in the past or are discerning a more active role in the ministry of the church to come try out the choir. No previous experience is necessary.

For those of you who prefer being an “active listener,” we appreci-ate your support as well. If you like what you hear, please let the choir members know.

GARDEN GATHERINGS

The gardens continue to flourish as we have now entered the summer season. Isn’t the mir-acle of the seasons amazing. Many of the plants that look so lovely now will become dormant and “rest” in the winter months while others will remain green all year, even as they gather frost and snow. God provides sunshine, water and oxy-gen to make everything grow and be healthy.

Likewise, he provides us with all we need to grow and be healthy. Like some flowers, our physical body may not always be healthy and strong, but the opportunity to grow and be healthy in our relation-ship with Him is ever present through the scriptures and prayer.

Maybe as you admire the beauty of the gardens it will remind you that God provides all we need. Now it is up to us to absorb that knowledge and grow in our spiritual life as the flowers grow in our gardens.

67TH ANNUAL LAYMEN’S CONFERENCE AUGUST 16-18, 2013, DUBOSE CONFERENCE CENTER

The 67th Annual Laymen’s Conference will be August 16-18 at DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, TN. Speakers this year will be Papa Joe Bradford, David Ring, & Brian Sellers-Petersen. Other activities include a BBQ ccoking contest, a blue grass jam, cy-cling, fly fishing, golf, hiking, lawn games, skeet shooting, swimming, tennis and AA meetings.

For pricing information and to register, please find registration forms on the bulletin board across from the elevator or you may reg-ister online at www.episcopalchurchmen.net. Please note that ac-commodations are not included in the registration costs. That is sep-arate and is to be paid at check-in. For any further questions, please see Ron Canter.

Please join us on the Mountain - three days and three powerful speakers who have seen personal suffering or suffering in others and are using the power of Jesus Christ to bring HOPE to the world. Join your fellow Episcopal Churchmen on the Mountain for three days of renewal, refreshment, fellowship, and HOPE - plus the an-nual barbecue contest and a host of sports and recreational activities.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO…

...Evelyn Kipp, Debbie Torstrick, Angela Williams Parker, Martha Peddy, Dolores Moore, Lynn White, Susan Hays, Faye Crabb & Lyn Wheeler, for helping in the office ...Pat Craig for taking snack-back-pack items and canned food items to RIFA. ...Greg Kost for his hard work with paper recycling. ...Gary Wake for organizing and all the volunteers who worked the RIFA Community Kitchen in June!

IN RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE AS OF MAY 2013

 

Budgeted Pledges for 2013 .... $335,000.00 Needed Year-to-Date ................ 139,583.31 Received Year-to-Date ............. 140,340.99 Income Surplus (Deficit) .................. 757.68 Needed Monthly ........................... 27,916.63

Please make every effort to keep your pledges current throughout the year.

JULY ANNIVERSARIES

 

July 6 Fred & Lina Bowyer July 10 John & Harriet Ross July 19 Tom & Ginny DeWitt July 27 Archie & Tanya Wright July 31 Don & Valerie Howarth

JULY BIRTHDAYS

July 1 Brent Lecher July 4 Peter Livelli July 5 Evelyn Kipp July 6 Tyler Cowden July 6 Ed Dugger July 9 Jeff Beard July 9 Stephanie Foxx July 9 Jan Hamilton July 10 Eleanor Garrard July 12 Charles (Pepper) Bray July 12 Andrea Grimball July 12 Christopher McCrudden July 13 Noah Gonzalez July 13 Samuel Gonzalez July 13 Lynn White July 15 Norma Greer July 16 Fielden Torstrick July 19 Donna Butler July 19 J.P. Neblett July 20 Doris Martin July 20 Irvin Rainey July 21 Charlie Flynt July 22 Chloe White July 23 Karen Creasy July 23 Jessica D’Orio July 23 Karlie Head July 23 John McCutchen July 24 Madison Bruno July 26 Melanie Kayal July 27 Victoria Crews July 27 Brody Parnell July 27 Tanya Wright July 29 Clift Odom July 31 Gabriella D’Orio July 31 Emily Rhoads

Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church The Parish Life - July 2013

THE SYMPATHIES OF THE PARISH are extended to… …Stella Spitzer and family at the passing of her step-father, Gordon Lynn. …Kirby & Marion Jones at the passing of their son, William Corey Jones …the family of Eugenia “Jeanne” James who entered Larger Life on June 12. …the family of Gayden Drew, IV who entered Larger Life on June 8. …Phil Bogard and family at the passing of his mother, Edith Bo-gard. …Peggy Tomes at the passing of her husband, Keith Tomes. …the family of Robbie Ann Richards Jones who entered Larger Life on May 15.

DIRECTORY UPDATES

A lot has changed since we published the St. Luke’s Pictorial Directory last fall. The Hospitality/Membership com-mittee looks forward to updating the publication with photos of new parish-ioners, revised contact information, new Vestry members and committees.

Mike Booher will be available to take pictures of those not included in the original publication in The Commons between services and after 10:30 service on July 21st and August 18th. Just complete a short form with your contact information, and Mike will then take your picture. You may request a free digital copy of the photo if you would like.

If you were included in the directory but your contact infor-mation has changed, please pick up a form in the foyer, complete the areas where your contact information has changed, and give it to an usher.

We will continue to take pictures periodically throughout the year.

We look forward to snapping your photo, and updating our picto-rial directory to strengthen our parish community and to help us all “put a name with a face”.

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