February 23, 2014 The Seventh Sunday after

The Epiphany Sexagesima

Scout & Camp Fire Recognition Sunday

8:00 a.m.

Holy Communion

8:45 a.m. All Parish Breakfast*

8:50 a.m. Prayers for the Church*

9:15 a.m. Christian Education*

for all ages

10:30 a.m. Morning Prayer*

with recognition of Scouts and Camp Fire members

10:30 a.m. Preschool & K Chapel*

followed by Second Hour Sunday School

for Preschool and K*

11:10 a.m. Optional Elementary Children’s Program *

during sermon

11:45 a.m. Children’s Choir Practice*

5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer*

Light refreshments and Bible Study following service

*Nursery

Sunday Scriptures

The Lectionary Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18

1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23 Matthew 5:38-48

Psalm 71 or 71:16-24

Volume 34, Number 8 February 21, 2014

THE MESSENGER SAINT ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

A few days ago I fielded a question about how we ended up at St. Andrew's. The short answer would have been God's providence. I gave a slightly longer answer. And here is a still even longer answer:

Several years ago and a thousand miles from where I type these words, I was sitting in my church office thinking about the gospel. Specifically, I was thinking about the covenant, divine sovereignty and human responsibility, about original sin and sovereign grace, Pelagius and Augustine, Luther and Erasmus. As I read the words of Saint Paul and listened to contemporary preachers, particularly R. C. Sproul, expound on and exult in those words, I felt like I was hearing the gospel for the first time. My story is not all that unique. In fact, I have several close friends, many of them pastors, who would say that my story is their story. There is one little bit of my story that I think is a little interesting and at least a little out of the ordinary.

What prompted all of this thinking and rethinking was that even though I had been raised, and was preaching in a baptistic (specifically restorationist) setting, I had become utterly convinced of the paedobaptist position. Normally, for a baptist, believer's baptism is the last thing to go (if it ever goes at all!). For me, it was the first. Infant baptism is such a beautiful picture of sheer grace isn't it?

After serving in that denomination for several years before and after my reformed "conversion" we decided that the time had come for us to look for a new church home. A part of this decision was to move back to Dallas from Phoenix, to attend Westminster Theological Seminary at their Dallas campus (now Redeemer Seminary). Once we arrived, settled in and started school we began looking for a new ministry position in the Dallas area. One day I was having coffee with my brother-in-law and we were talking about our job search and he asked me which churches we were sending resumes to and I said, jokingly, churches that baptize babies.

One day during summer Greek, while I was getting coffee in the tiny corner of

the library that served as a lounge, I read the ministry classifieds posted on the bulletin board next to the coffee machine. There was a notice about St. Andrew's looking for a youth minister. I had never considered an Episcopal church so I went to visit with our school chancellor about it. He encouraged me to send a resumé and told me that St. Andrew's was an Anglican church. I thought, "that's nice, but I don't know what that means." But I did "know" a few Anglicans, like John Stott, J. I. Packer, and of course, C. S. Lewis. So I began reading about all things Episcopalian and Anglican and eventually contacted St. Andrew's.

Disciples are called to carry the gospel

message to every nation. As if

participating in a giant relay race, each

disciple’s job is to do his best to live “in”

the gospel and deliver the life-saving

message. This is a long distance race that

began when Christ commissioned his

first disciples and extends to

the end of the age.

The Transforming Word

Suzanne Hearn

ONE MORE THING TO LOVE ABOUT

ST. ANDREW’S

DISCO (Discovery) Classes (Adult Confirmation Classes)

Mark your calendar for

Dr. Dickson's DISCO classes

Part 1: Saturday, February 22

Part 2: Saturday, March 22

from 9:00 am - 3:00pm

Historic Anglicanism is an awesome treasure! It is worth taking the time to understand deeply

and rightly. Come join Dr. Dickson in the DISCO class. To register please contact our Parish Administrator, Caron Overbeek, at

coverbeek@st-andrew.com or call 817-717-1017. You may purchase The Catholic Faith by W.H. Griffith Thomas, Cranmer’s Church by Chuck Collins, and To Be A Christian, An

Anglican Catechism from Caron for $30. Knots Untied by J.C. Ryle is available on

Kindle for 99¢.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ST. ANDREW’S OR THE BEAUTY OF ANGLICANISM

By Kendall Felton, Director of Student Ministries

(cont’d on page 2)

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"EXPLORE YOUR CALLING" AT ST. ANDREW'S by Nancy Komatsu

The goal of "Explore Your Calling" is to help connect parishioners with meaningful outreach and serving

opportunities, whether at St. Andrew's, in our community or beyond. My role is providing resources and

information so parishioners can explore ways to engage in ministry — sometimes helping to plan and

develop a new ministry — that best matches their God-given passions and gifts.

"Outreach" at St. Andrew's is reflected in almost everything that

happens in our parish, all geared toward extending God's kingdom.

Within that broad definition, outreach specifically to those outside our

Parish Family is carried out through an array of different ministries —

the Ministry & Mission Committee's work with our domestic and

global Partners; several special Scholarship Funds; various outreaches

undertaken by Diocesan Church Women, Children's, Youth, Men's and

Women's Ministries; an untold number of parishioners involved in

personal outreach and ministry; and regular annually-occurring Parish-

wide Outreach projects. Serving opportunities available to parishioners

can occur anywhere across this spectrum, and I try to stay informed as

a resource for referring people.

This important dimension of parish life at St. Andrew's is presented on our web site under the main OUTREACH tab (www.st-

andrew.com/#/outreach), which includes several sub-tabs or pages of information. When you click on the OUTEACH tab, you

will "land" on the Outreach/Serving Opps page. Note the other three sub-tabs extending to the right: Mission-Ministry

Partners, Your Calling, and Scholarship Funds. When you go to the Outreach/Serving Opps page, you'll find a couple of

"Current Serving Opportunity Quick Links" you can check out quickly. Next are listed several annually-occurring Parish

Outreach projects with designated contact people (scroll down to view the entries).

In 2014, we will look for serving opportunities for parishioners through the following parish-wide outreach efforts in our

community:

Easter Outreach with Iglesia San Juan Apostol sponsored by Sunday School, after Easter

Vacation Bible School (VBS), July 14-18

East Handley Elementary School Teacher-Staff Luncheon, late August

Operation Christmas Child (OCC), November

Thanksgiving at Iglesia San Miguel, November 27th & week preceding

Angel Tree Ministry, tentative dates Nov 30-Dec 14

I look forward to working with parishioners in these and other outreach events where we can serve the Lord and share Christ's love with others. Our prayer is that we will all reflect Christ's light to those we encounter, as we engage in the ministry and service He has designed just for us. To consider how you might get involved, please contact Nancy at nkomatsu@st-andrew.com.

We visited St. Andrew's and experienced our first prayer book shuffle. What struck Angie and me about that experience was not the difficulty in following along, but the beauty and reverence of the services. Our eyes were opening to the beauty of Anglicanism. That was over three years ago.

A few weeks ago we began our fourth year of ministry at St. Andrew's; a few weeks from now we will begin our third year as confirmed Anglicans. Anglicanism is a beautiful expression of the Christian faith and St. Andrew's embodies the best of that tradition. So, here is what I love about St. Andrew's:

I love that we preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I love that we are a bible centered church.

I love that we are a reformed and catholic church.

I love that we are a Creedal and confessional church.

I love that we are a 1928 Prayer Book church (our services are saturated with the Bible).

I love that we sing psalms (a work in progress!)

I love that we practice Christian year spirituality!

I love that we are a hymn-singing church.

and I love that we baptize babies!

There is more that could be said and said better, but how did we end up at St. Andrew's?

The short answer is the best. By God's providence. By God 's grace.

With love and thanksgiving for you all!

Some snapshots from last year’s celebration.

Come join us for the 2014 Festivities…

“Laissez les bons temps rouler!”

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Hallelujah!

You who serve GOD, praise GOD!

Just to speak his name is praise!

Just to remember GOD is a blessing—

now and tomorrow and always.

From east to west, from dawn to dusk,

keep lifting all your praises to GOD!

GOD is higher than anything and anyone,

outshining everything you can see in the skies.

Who can compare with GOD, our God,

so majestically enthroned,

Surveying his magnificent

heavens and earth?

He picks up the poor from out of the dirt,

rescues the wretched who’ve been thrown out

with the trash,

Seats them among the honored guests,

a place of honor among the brightest and best.

He gives childless couples a family,

gives them joy as the parents of children.

Hallelujah!

Forty-four years of marriage can teach one a lot of

things… love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness,

goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self –control.

These nine attributes demonstrate the kind of love that

makes a true Christian life.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,

forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness and self-control. Against such things

there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

Forty-four years is almost half of a lifetime, a period of

time when one does learn the ins and outs of a

successful relationship. It is rather simple if you just get

it. All it takes is a little love, kindness, goodness and

gentleness, and you can have joy and peace. And it

requires a whole lot of forbearance and self-control.

Some may call it “a guy thing”, but I call it “a girl

thing.” You know “that thing” when your better half

forgets or prefers not to acknowledge those “special

occasions” that you have had circled on your calendar

every year. Despite gentle reminders, holiday

promotions or tying a string around a finger, some just

go silent. It is not their thing. It is a “guy thing.” And it

is a “girl thing” to pout or be put off for the insensitivity.

Last week millions celebrated Valentine’s Day, that

special occasion when one can express their love to one

another. Statistics were given as to the billions of

flowers, chocolates and greeting cards sent during this

time. Steak was the most ordered item at restaurants

with chocolate cake coming in second. Another statistic

given: one in every seven Americans is on food stamps.

As I listened to some ladies discussing their Valentine

plans, I was amused to hear one young married state that

her husband sent her flowers three days early, as he was

not certain about the date. So why should I be surprised

after forty-four years that I am asked “what is the date of

Valentine’s Day?” And with a little bit of forbearance,

self-control and a whole lot of love I answered “It is the

same date that it is every year, February 14th and

Christmas is December 25th.” You see, it really is a “guy

thing”. It is not about the present but the presence, the

presence of the one you love and HIS presence. This is

the thought that counts.

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WOMEN’S MINISTRY: The Thought That Counts…

His Presence and not the Present by Marsland Moncrief

It truly was “a guy thing” as Weldon Oakes captured this beautiful

vision of HIS presence while celebrating a forty-four year wedding

anniversary in Galveston. Congratulations, Beverly and Weldon!

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CHILDREN’S MINISTRY: Congratulations to St. Andrew’s Newest Eagle Scout! by Judy Mayo

Adam Turner Earns Highest Honor in BSA This week it is a special joy to spotlight a young man who has worked hard and achieved outstanding honors in a number of fields this year and in years past. This is Adam Turner, a senior at Paschal High School and a longtime member of our parish. I first got to know Adam as a young boy when he and his younger brother, Aaron (now an 8th grader at McLean Middle School) and their parents, Ashley and Dan, moved here from Dallas and started attending St. Andrew’s. What a delight it has been to work

with this wonderful family of four, who are all fine Christians and are gifted and talented in so many areas!

In another issue, I would love to write about all the members of this family, each of whom has a “serving heart” at church, a “sweet spirit,” and each of whom has done so much for our parish, often very quietly behind the scenes (during the day and late at night). At some time, I shall indeed do just that. But that would take two or three pages here. Suffice it to say… if you don’t know the Turners, you need to get to know them. They are the BEST!

Here, I wish to focus on Adam. As I think back on the past 15 or 20 years, St. Andrew’s has had a number of high school young men who have achieved the coveted award of Eagle Scout, the very highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. (Perhaps sometime we can run a list of all their names). Many congratulations to all of them! But Adam is our parish’s newest Eagle Scout.

For his Eagle project, Adam created, planned, and coordinated his own project, in addition to working on numerous others. These included painting bridges, fixing up community centers and schools, and re-landscaping churches.

Adam’s special activities, experiences, and honors received in Scouting have included: being named the top Scout in Troop 17, serving as Senior Patrol Leader, leading the entire troop of 50 Scouts… implementing the program on a weekly basis, planning campouts, and ensuring all Scouts were being properly trained. He also served as Quartermaster, in charge of all troop gear, and in addition remodeled the Quartermaster Room where all gear is stored. Then, too, he served as a Patrol Leader of 6-8 younger Scouts. For service projects, Adam helped build a new building at Worth Ranch Scout Camp, re-roofed several buildings there, and built trails. He had two treks to Philmont Scout Ranch, the premiere, rugged, high adventure camp for the BSA, and traveled to Germany and Switzerland in 2010 with Boy Scout Troop 17,

attending Kanderstëg International Scout Camp, the center for the World Scouting Movement in Kanderstëg, Switzerland… an unforgettable experience.

At Paschal High School, Adam has earned a variety of outstanding honors as well. He was a member of the National Honor Society in 2013, and before that, the National Junior Honor Society at Mclean Middle School (2018-2010). He was a National Merit Commended Scholar in 2013, was ranked in the top 4 percent of all PSAT scores in 2012, and was also a National AP Scholar in 2013 (receiving a score of “three” on three or more AP tests). He was named a FWISD Superintendent Scholar in 2013. Adam has some very noteworthy musical talents and honors as well. He has been the lead trumpet in the Paschal Jazz Band, and the principal trumpet in the Paschal Wind Ensemble, in addition to qualifying for and playing in the All-District Band in 2012-2013.

At St. Andrew’s, Adam has worked on the VBS set for ten consecutive summers, assisting in a big way in the design and construction of the VBS scenery in Moncrief Hall. (His parents have been great trainers in this capacity, and his brother Aaron has also been heavily involved). Adam and his whole family have also been a huge help in the moving and hanging of scenery for each year’s Nativity Pageant, and he and Aaron have also served as teen helpers for the younger children at VBS, as well as presenting programs on “teamwork” for our children in Sunday School. He and Aaron have been faithful attendees at Sunday School and winners of a number of Bible Olympics awards. Adam and Aaron were both confirmed in our parish and serve as faithful acolytes here. Congratulations, Adam, on achieving Eagle Scout!

Boy Scout, Girl Scout & Camp Fire Recognition Sunday This Sunday, February 23, is “Scout and Camp Fire Recognition Sunday” at St. Andrew’s. This will be a briefer and simpler observance than in past years, but will be a great morning nonetheless. All children, youth, and adults involved (either currently or in the past) with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire, or any other organizations promoting camping and love of God’s great outdoors, are invited to wear their uniforms to church, if they wish, and to stand “in the pew” and be recognized during the 10:30 service. We are grateful for the fine work of all these organizations.

Shrove Tuesday-Mardi Gras Parish Family Party March 4 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Moncrief Hall

Great FOOD, FUN, & FESTIVITY for ALL ages!!

Wear a mask or costume

Crowning of a King and Queen of Mardi Gras!

If you wish bring a friend!

Nursery available for the very young.

Dan & Adam Turner

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Cantina Scriptorum

Join us Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.

through April 9th Open to all women. Each meeting will be offsite at

various restaurants. Come enjoy a time of informal fellowship and the unveiling of our new study

inspired by Suzanne Hearn’s Transforming Word .

Please contact Carol King for more information at carollk@flash.net or 817-999.8877.

We will meet at the following locations: February 26 - Wine Thief in the Omni Hotel March 5 - Ash Wednesday - no meeting March 12 - Brewed on Magnolia

Locations for remaining evenings to be announced.

Ash Wednesday, March 5 7:00 a.m.: Holy Communion

Noon: Holy Communion

7:00 p.m.: Holy Communion

Lenten Wednesday Noon Recitals and Preaching Series March 12 through April 9

in the church

Wednesdays during Lent St. Andrew’s is offering,

through music, prayer, and sermon, a place to center

yourself during the busyness of the week.

Come be nourished in the Word.

After the service enjoy a light luncheon

in Moncrief Hall at 12:45.

Repentance & Redemption

Breaking the Bondage of Sin

Lenten Schedule

Lenten Sunday Adult Education

A Layman Looks at Colossians

March 9 - April 6 at 9:15 a.m. in Moncrief

John Perkins teaching

From Repentance to Redemption

Breaking the Bondage of Sin

March 9 - April 6 at 9:15 a.m. in Koslow

Howard Lovett teaching

Spy Wednesday April 16 at Noon

Noon: Holy Communion.

Donating flowers or greenery for the altars at St. Andrew’s is a wonderful way

to honor or remember loved ones or commemorate a special occasion and at

the same time honor our Lord for the many gifts He has bestowed. The

following dates in Lent are available . Altars are available for these dates:

March 9, March 16, March 23, March 30, and April 6.

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Baptism

Elvie Anne Jackson

daughter of

Sarah & Jeremy Jackson

sister of

Hodges Elizabeth Jackson

granddaughter of

Marcella Hodges Mayer

Clifford Mayer

great-granddaughter of

Mary Mayer

Thomas C.G. Hodges

niece of

Kyle Mayer

Laura Mayer

February 15, 2014

February 23

Susan Manning

Nan Nelson

Dan Turner

Leland Prowse

February 24

Larry Branham

Cynthia Farquharson

February 25

Mike Frederick

Lauren Dunlap

February 26

Gerald Bronson

Mark Rankin

Lisa Helm

February 27

February 28

Kim Johnson

Marsland Condrey

(February 29)

LeAnn Rogers

Birthdays The flowers for Sunday, February 23

are given to the glory of God

at the Church altar

in thanksgiving for the thirtieth

wedding anniversary of

Tom & Charlotte Laker

and at the Chapel altar

in honor of the birthday of Dan Turner

and of his dedicated work for VBS

and for St. Andrew’s children

Altar Flowers

The Men’s Brotherhood of St. Andrew meets every Tuesday morning at 6:45 a.m. in Shuman Chapel followed by Breakfast, Fellowship and Study in Koslow Library until 8 a.m. Currently the men are reading and reflecting on the relevance to our Christian discipleship today of Real Christianity as expounded in the 18th century by the great British parliamentarian, slave-trade abolitionist, and evangelical Anglican, William Wilberforce.

Men: Do join us!

Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church

917 Lamar Street

Ft. Worth, Texas 76102

817-332-3191, Fax: 817-332-9724

Email: church@st-andrew.com

SAINT ANDREW’S MESSENGER is published weekly, except bi-weekly during the summer and the week after Christmas, by St. Andrew’s Parish. Periodical postage is paid at Fort Worth, TX. USPS 5898-90.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 917 Lamar Street Fort Worth TX 76102.

The Rt. Rev’d Jack L. Iker, D.D. Bishop The Rev’d Dr. R. William Dickson Rector The Very Rev’d William N. McKeachie Vicar The Rev’d Canon Ronald L. McCrary Director of Pastoral Care & Spiritual Formation

Kendall Felton Dir. of Student Ministries Jason Runnels Choirmaster Glenda Robinson Organist Elisabeth Gray McKeachie Harpist Judy Mayo Dir. of Children’s Ministries Marsland Moncrief Liaison to Women’s Ministries Angie Felton Nursery Facilitator Peggy Rush Editor/Publications

Mission Statement St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church exists to worship God in the beauty of holiness and in Spirit and truth; to win the lost to Jesus Christ and disciple every believer; to equip and empower every member for ministry; and to spread God’s kingdom through charitable, righteous works locally and globally.

Weekday Worship Schedule

Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion Thursday 7:00 a.m. Holy Communion

Daily Schedule Monday, February 24 11:50 a.m. Don Anderson Bible Study, Moncrief Tuesday, February 25 6:45 a.m. Men’s Devotion & Bible Study, Chapel & Koslow 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel 1:30 p.m. Staff Meeting, Koslow 4:00 p.m. Memorial Committee Meeting, Koslow Wednesday, February 26 12:00 p.m. Rector’s Bible Study, Koslow 1:00 p.m. FX Prep, Kitchen 4:30 p.m. Vestry, Koslow 5:30 p.m. Cantina Scriptorum (Women’s Evening Bible Study), Offsite 6:00 p.m.. FX Family Experience,* Moncrief & Koslow 7:00 p.m. St. Andrew’s Choir Practice, Choir Room* Thursday, February 27 7:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel 9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study,* Postponed 11:00 a.m. Memorial Service, Church

7:00 p.m. Greek Class,* Koslow 11:30 p.m. Messenger Deadline Friday, February 28 10:00 a.m. Women’s Council Meeting, McFarland Saturday, March 1 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Prep, Kitchen Sunday, March 2 The Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany, Quinquagesima, Transfiguration Sunday 6:00 a.m. Breakfast Prep, Kitchen 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel 8:45 a.m. Parish Breakfast,* Moncrief 8:50 a.m. Prayer Troop Service,* Chapel 9:15 a.m. Christian Education for all ages* 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion,* Church 10:30 a.m. Preschool & K Chapel,* followed by Second Hour Sunday School for Preschool & K,* Preschool Area 11:10 a.m. Optional Elementary Children’s Program during sermon,* Youth Room 3 11:45 a.m. Fellowship Lunch,* Moncrief 11:45 a.m. Children’s Choir,* Choir Room 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer,* Chapel followed by refreshments & Bible Study in Koslow

* Nursery

Prayer Chain Requests:

Names may be submitted to Carrie Brent at

817-738-6496 and/or Patti Parrish at parrishuc@mac.com.

Permission should be obtained before submitting the name of someone other than oneself.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL THE

EVENTS HAPPENING AT ST. ANDREW’S

please visit our webpage at www.st-andrew.com

and go to Events, under the Stay Connected tab.

Evening Prayer

Sundays at 5:00 p.m. in the Chapel

Refreshments & Discussion in Koslow Library

following the service

(Except for Sunday evenings when

Choral Evensong is celebrated.)