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ST. JOHN’S CHURCH Visit us: stjohnslarchmont.org4 Fountain Square, Larchmont, NY 10538 E-mail us: office@stjohnslarchmont.org(914) 834–2981 Follow us: facebook.com/StJohnsLarchmont

RECTOR’S COLUMN The Rev. Joseph Greene describes how St. John’s is approaching hiring a curate. P 2ECW OUTREACH This year’s grant recipients. P 4GRADUATIONS Congratulations to our parish’s high school and college graduates. P 5

BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY PHOTOS Paul J. Massey, Jr. was awarded BTC’s 2015 Outstanding Vision and Commitment to Action Award at its annual Leadership Dinner. P 6 & 7GOOD NEWS Amy Jaswal writes about the community activities of various parishioners. P 8

SUNDAY SCHOOL St. John’s students investigate the church’s architecture. P 10MIDNIGHT RUN Preparations for bringing food, clothing, and hospitality to the homeless in New York City are described. P 11

You’re invited to the

Annual Parish Picnic!Sunday, June 14, 11:30

Wear your “playclothes” to church for lots of food, fun and games.

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NEWSLETTER OF

ST. JOHN’S CHURCHEditor/Designer

Bruce Baiter

RectorThe Rev. Joseph D. Greene

Priest AssociateThe Rev. Dorothy A. Greene

Director of MusicDr. Paul-Martin Maki

Director of Christian Education

Debra Quintana

Parish AdministatorLaura Rawlings Parent

Parish SecretaryJoan Saunders

SextonCarlos Ortiz

WardensMatthew Hart

Linnet Tse

VestryLiz Bruce

Michael BucciMary Conway

Barbara GesslerNeil Gray

Sanjiv JaswalJay Klancik

Victoria MaggardSally Noone

Michael O’ConnellAaron Simpson Sue Wahrhaftig

TreasurerNeil Gray

The Curate Question

St. John’s has a rich history of raising up curates for the purpose of the priestly ministry. Curates are newly ordained priests who come straight from seminary to serve for three to five years in a church. Many of you can remember fondly some of the fine curates that have shared in the ministry of word and sacrament with the rector.

Since I started here at St. John’s a few months ago, I’ve gotten the question, “Are we getting a curate?” The answer is a resounding yes! I, along with the wardens and vestry, am committed to finding the right priest to come and serve at St. John’s. In fact, we agree that it’s necessary to have a second priest. I had originally hoped that we would be able to fill the position with a candidate from the seminary class graduating this spring. We even took the opportunity to speak to a few potential priests. Ultimately, it has come down to needing to envision more clearly what the curate’s role at St. John’s should be, what the financial reality of having a curate is, and taking the time to do what is right for us and right for our next curate.

Here’s what I need from you: prayer. Pray for who our next curate is. We don’t know who that person is, but perhaps through prayer and discernment we will be led to who is truly called to St. John’s. I’d also like to hear what qualities you think we should have in a curate. While this isn’t the same as a rector search (which you know something about), it is important to have some understanding of what we need from a second priest. By putting in the hard work of discerning and looking, by being deliberate about whom we are looking to call, we should be able to have a brand new curate in the late spring or early summer of 2016.

We know that God is doing good things here at St. John’s and we are blessed with the means and ability to help nurture a new priest and allow him or her to grow in the role of an ordained minister. We do important work for the church at large in doing so. We will have the opportunity to feed and foster a new priest, perhaps discovering that it is we who are being fed and fostered through their call to serve our Lord.

God’s Peace,

Fr. Joe Greene+

A PRIESTLY PERSPECTIVE

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Mission Statement:St. John's is a family called by Christ to grow spiritually, to share our life with others, and to make His love known through word and deed.

St. John’s Church is a parish of the Diocese of New York, a branch of the Episcopal Church in the United States, which is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The Anglican CommunionArchbishop of Canterbury The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby

A global community of 70 million Anglicans in 64,000 congregations in 70 countries

The Episcopal ChurchPresiding Bishop The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori

A community of 2.4 million members in 113 dioceses in the Americas and abroad

The Episcopal Diocese of New YorkBishop of New York The Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Dietsche

Bishop Suffagan The Rt. Rev. Allen K. Shin

A community of 203 congregations covering 4,739 square miles, with approximately 600 priests and 72 deacons, and where the Eucharist is celebrated every week in 14 languages: American Sign Language, Bontoc, Chinese, Creole, English, French, Ga, Igbo, Japanese, Korean, Malayalan, Spanish, Tagalog, and TamilThe afternoon 3’s group, after watching the caterpillars’

metamorphosis into butterflies, get ready to ‘release’ them!

NURSERY SCHOOL

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JUNE BIRTHDAYSWill AlbeckJulian AtkinsClarke BaileyIsabel BantaGarrett Banta, Jr.Robert BarberSonita BennittMary Lee BerridgeCharlie BestKelly BlumsteinAndrew BrennerFiona BrownRyan BrownLynne BulyScott CavanaghTucker CavanaghReese CharronRob CharronNoel ClappCarolyn GallaherGregory GoldSebastian GoldDiane GoodmanMeredith GrayTaddy HallDavid HammarleyReed HewsonArlene HowardDan IngramLuke IngramBill JamesTess JamesSanjiv JaswalPaul KantorMateo KimLisa LaRoccaMarilyn LiebenguthRebecca LigginsCynthia MarksGeorge MatelichWesley MatelichMarilyn MaynardTodd McDonaldCharlie MilwardSue MinnitiKovid OdouardAlexander OhlandtHayley PawloffBridget PickensHenry RamsayOliver RaynerTate SimpsonRosalie SmithMax VicinelliElaine ViebranzQuay WatkinsCarolyn WelcomeJames WelcomeJuliet Welcome

ECW OUTREACH GRANTSThe ECW Outreach Committee is happy to announce this year’s grant recipients:• Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle• Caritas P.C.• Family Services of Westchester—Sharing Shelf• Furniture Sharehouse• Iglesia San Andres Boy Scouts• Incarnation Center/Camp • Hispanic Resource Center • Hope Community Services• Hope’s Door (new)• Providence House• Young at Arts (new)

The ECW is also pleased to give grants to St. John’s for the Bridges to Community Nicaragua trip, as well as for the Easter Appeal for Sudan Sunrise.

These generous grants are the result of our highly successful Christmas Bazaar last fall. We are proud that we are able to support so many worthy causes in our community this year and hope that we will be able to help even more next spring. Thanks to everyone who helped make the Bazaar a success!

Please contact Jill Brennick (xhilly@hotmail.com) or Amy van den Dijssel (AJBasey@hotmail.com) if you have any questions about ECW Outreach Grants.

SUMMER SUNDAYS FOR KIDSWrestling squids. We know that for families with young children it sometimes feels like you’re wrestling with squids in the church pews. So while Sunday School classes are on hiatus during the summer, children ages kindergarten through third grade are welcome to gather in the undercroft for Summer Sundays Fun.

During the 10:00 am liturgy, children may be dropped off in the undercroft where they will be overseen by teen babysitters. The kids will have the opportunity to play games, create crafts or to play on the playground for a short time. Children will be escorted into the church service in time to receive Eucharist with their families.

This opportunity will be offered on specific Sundays:June 21, 28July 12, 19, 26 August 9

Please check the parish website for drop off availabilities.

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PARISH REGISTERDeath

Elizabeth Alt,long time parishioner of St. John’s Church

SUNDAY SCHOOL 2015 6/7 Family Liturgy 6/14 Last Day & Parish Picnic

BABYSITTERS LISTDid you know that St. John’s has a list of parishioner babysitters who are available for hire? They are experienced sitters whose ages range from middle school to adult. They are happy to babysit on occasion for parishioner families. For privacy reasons, the list is not being published, but it is available upon request from the parish office.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2015 GRADUATESHigh School

Isabel Carolyn Banta will graduate from Greenwich Academy and will attend Tufts University in Medford, MA.

Ryan Brown will graduate from Harrison High School and will attend Ohio State University Fisher School of Business in Columbus, OH.

Heather Gardiner will graduate from Mamaroneck High School and will attend the University of Richmond in Richmond, VA.

Alexandra Gordon will graduate from Mamaroneck High School and will attend the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA.

Oliver Martin will graduate from Suffield Academy and will attend Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA.

Julian Merchant will graduate from New Rochelle High School and will attend the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Jordan Reist will graduate from Mamaroneck High School and plans to take a GAP year.

Forrest Simpson will graduate from Riverdale Country School and will attend Yale University in New Haven, CT.

J.D. Wilson will graduate from Mamaroneck High School and will attend Colgate University in Hamilton, NY.

Bret Young will graduate from Mamaroneck High School and will attend Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY.

College and UniversityJulia Bellis will graduate from Trinity College.

Noel Clapp will graduate from George Washington University.

Paul Fanto will graduate from Princeton University.

John Goodman will graduate from Bates College.

Callum Melrose will graduate from Trinity College.

Catherine Thomson will graduate from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC

Juliet Welcome will graduate from Rice University.

Alexandra Young will graduate from SUNY Binghamton.

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BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP DINNEROn Wednesday, April 22, parishioner Paul J. Massey, Jr. was honored by the Ossining-based international not-for-profit community development organization,

Bridges to Community (BTC), at its annual Leadership Dinner, held at Tribeca 360 in Manhattan. Paul was awarded BTC’s 2015 Outstanding Vision and

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Commitment to Action Award for his years of dedication and support of Bridges to Community’s work. Paul has taken each of his children, PJ, Sarah,

and Greta, on service trips to Nicaragua with St. John’s. Many parishioners were on hand to celebrate with Paul!

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GOOD NEWSCongratulations to Paul Schwendener (photo), executive director of the PBS series, All-Star Orchestra, which took home its 3rd Emmy on May 2 at the 58th Annual New York Emmy Awards. “What Makes a Masterpiece,” a program

featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Philip Glass’s Harmonium Mountain, won in the category, Special Event Coverage (Other than News and Sports). The program is part of the multi-program classical music series featuring top musicians from across the country performing major symphonic masterpieces and works from leading contemporary American composers. The series premiered nationwide on public television in September 2013. It aims to expose classical music to a broader audience while keeping the listening experience informative and accessible. The All-Star Orchestra (http://bit.ly/1kPmtLJ) has also launched a music education program in partnership with the Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org), the free educational website that reaches 15 million students and 500,000 teachers each month in 200 countries. The collaboration brings, for the first time, classical music to a website that teaches Math, Science, Economics, Humanities and other subjects. Paul, congrats again your Emmy!

Continuing with the recent trend of St. John’s parishioners appearing in the local magazine, Larchmont Living, John Bradley and Janet O’Connell, current board members of At Home on the Sound, were mentioned in the feature article about the non-profit organization that enhances the lives of residents ages 60+ in the Larchmont/Mamaroneck area. Also mentioned in the magazine were Sarah and Emily Hofstetter, who were in this month’s “Get to Know Your Larchmont Althetes” column. Sarah is a rowing coxswain for the Pelham Community Rowing Association, and Emily plays lacrosse for the Topside Snipers and Mamaroneck Youth Lacrosse, and soccer for the Westchester Soccer Club. Larchmont Living Magazine continues to make known how amazing a parish we have.

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Debra Quintana’s family is celebrating two big graduations this spring: daughter Alexandra is graduating from SUNY Binghamton with a degree in business; and son, Bret, is graduating from Mamaroneck High School. Congratulations to you and your whole family, Debra!

Ted and Donna Bellis are very proud of daughter, Julia, who is graduating from Trinity College with a double major in Psychology and Media Arts. Julia is planning to pursue the field of Abnormal Psychology. Congratulations, Julia!

Several paintings created by Perry Meigs have been selected to be in a special exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz this summer. “The Stories We Tell: Hudson Valley Artists 2015” focuses on the narrative form of contemporary art and examines how stories shape our experience and our understanding of the world. Instinctively, we are all storytellers merging fiction with non-fiction and conflating the real with the imagined. The exhibit will run from June 20-November 8 in the Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries. Congratulations, Perry! One of Perry’s paintings is featured on the museum’s website (see below).

If you have good news about a family member or friend at St. John’s you would like to share in the next issue of Chimes, please email the details to Amy Jaswal (sjaswal@optonline.net).

Perry Meigs, “Untitled 2 (Spring 2011),” 2013, Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 in.

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Ever notice the church cornerstone? Do you know what’s held within it?After a Sunday School class of learning the history of St. John’s, students

drew their favorite aspects of the church building and architecture.

HISTORY LESSONBAKE AND BOOK SALE TO SUPPORT NICARAGUA TRIP There will be a Bake and Book Sale to support St. John’s 10th Nicaragua Trip on June 7, at 11:15 am in the Parish Hall during Coffee Hour.

We welcome all bakers willing to bake goodies or help out during the sale. You don’t have to have gone on one of our trips to bake! Please contact Nancy Gardiner (ndgardiner@hotmail.com or 833-2261). Proceeds from the sale will be used to buy sporting goods and Spanish language books to take to Nicaragua in late June.

Is Nicaragua Calling You? There are still a few spots for our June 27–July 5 trip to Jinotega. Please contact Carla Berry (carla.c.berry@gmail.com) or Linnet Tse (linnet.tse@gmail.com) for information.

PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY MEETINGThe next meeting of the pastoral care ministry will be on Sunday, June 7, in the Thorne room following coffee hour. All those who are interested in joining our effort to assist members of our parish are invited to attend. Food offerings, visits, and help with transportation are some of the ways in which we can help. Please call Dorothy Rainier (834-0507) or the parish office if you wish to contact members of the pastoral care ministry.

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MIDNIGHT RUN Midnight Run is a program in which volunteers bring food, clothing, toiletries, blankets and compassionate conversation to homeless persons on the streets of New York City. Our next run is scheduled for Friday, June 5.

Clothing Donations Needed: Please clean out your closets and put the following items in the bins outside the parish office:• new or gently used clean men’s jeans and shorts• new or gently used men’s sneakers• gently used clean jackets, men’s or unisex styles• gently used clean or new men’s t-shirts, especially sizes medium, large and

x-large, blue and black plain shirts especially popular• gently used clean sweatshirts and hoodies, men’s or unisex• toiletries—toothpaste, razors, small shaving creams• Backpacks—used school backpacks in good condition

Also needed: Men’s suits, pressed shirts, dress shoes for job interviews—please deliver suits/shirts on coat hangers.

(Please do not leave women’s, children/baby clothes, socks, underwear, or winter clothing. Midnight Run can’t use them.)

Help needed shopping for supplies prior to June 5:If you would like to help with shopping for food and other supplies in advance of the Midnight Run, please contact Christina Battalia Maggard (cbattalia44@gmail.com or 914-714-3078).

Help needed Friday, June 5:• Preparing and delivering complete bagged lunches to St. John’s (4

volunteers)• 7:00 pm Preparing soup and coffee in the undercroft on the evening of the

run (3 volunteers)• 6:00 pm Sorting and loading clothing: Adults and youth are invited to help

sort and size our donated clothing in the undercroft. Pizza will be served! (6-10 volunteers)

• 6:00 pm Packing toiletries bags—fun for younger kids• 8:30 pm to 2:00 am. Making the run to NYC: This is a meaningful

experience and a good opportunity for parents and teens/pre-teens to do an activity together.

• Clean-up in undercroft: a volunteer or two to help clean up Friday evening or Saturday morning is greatly appreciated.

• Pick-up or return (Friday afternoon or Saturday morning) of the Midnight Run van in Dobbs Ferry

For information, contact Paul Schwendener (pws77@verizon.net or 833-1762).

WOMEN’S DINNERPlease save the date for the St. John’s Women’s Dinner on Wednesday, June 3. We are excited to announce that this year’s speaker will be St. John’s parishioner Robin Ingram, who will talk about her many roles as mother, educator, artist and churchwoman.

The dinner will be at the Larchmont Shore Club. Please join us at 6:30 pm for cocktails on the terrace, followed by dinner at 7:30 pm. The price: $50; an evite will be sent in May.

If you have questions about the dinner, please get in touch with Nancy Phillips (834-4490 or nancyjphillips@aol.com). We hope to see you June 3 for a great evening!

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