St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Spire “A National Jubilee Center” October 2014 Volume 92 Krista+ invites the adult members of the parish to a gathering on Saturday, October 18th from 7-9 pm in the Parish Hall. A Reception to welcome Krista+ back from her sabbatical will be held on Sunday, October 19th between the 8 & 10 o’clock services (9:15-10:00am) Wine and desserts will be served Plan to stay after the 8:00 service, or came a little early for the 10:00 service. “Reflecting on the Sabbaticals”, is an opportunity to gather back as a community and celebrate our shared sabbaticals Words from Krista+: (September 17th) Aer a wonderful road trip to Wyoming with visits home, I le almost immediately for Rhode Island for Rhythm and Roots Music and Dance Fesval. While on my spiritual retreat, I did much internal "housekeeping and sweeping out." Now at home, I spent more than a week externally cleaning out my co*age and garage of unnecessary things and possessions. It was a cathar+c exercise and I felt great! I had my car ﬁxed and my tooth ﬁxed, while enjoying catching up with friends and neighbors. I have a*ended some wonderful music venues and of course; dancing! I have a*ended a Friday Shabbat service and dinner with my Jewish friends, a*ended Spiritus Chris+ on a Saturday evening, as well as visited Ma*hew Nickoloﬀ for a Sunday evening outdoor service at his South Wedge Mission Church. I am exploring diﬀerent churches at diﬀerent +mes and places. I have more visits planned! From September 22-October 3, I will be at Hamlin Beach State Park camping. I plan on reading, wri+ng, and reﬂec+ng. I will also spent +me preparing for my return programming and liturgies. If the weather is bad or I have a city engagement; I will simply come home. During the ﬁrst two weeks in October, I plan on taking many day trips to various places I have wanted to visit. The Rev. Canon Peter Peters will be our Guest Priest on Sunday, October 12th for the 8 and 10am services. In December 2013, Rev. Peters celebrated the 50th Anniversary of his ordina+on to the priesthood. VISIONING TEAM UPDATE The Visioning Team met Thursday, September 18th, to further “finetune” our collective goals as a church, and further determine the action steps that should be taken to achieve those goals. According to the feedback we received from our congregation, we have determined three main goals: 1. To foster/nurture a friend-raising community anchored in our faith journey with Christ; 2. To enhance communication for disseminating clear, consistent messages for internal and external audience/viewers; 3. To commit to growing and expanding our Christian programs. To help further clarify and determine the actions you would like to see us as a Church take, the Visioning Team will be distributing a brief questionnaire focused on the above goals. These questionnaires will be distributed at the services on October 26th and November 2nd. This process is vital to clarifying our vision as a Church, so we urge you all to participate in this inquiry! This will help the Visioning team help us all reach our ultimate vision for St. Luke’s! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact a member of our Visioning Team: Ginny Campbell; Nicole DeRose; Keith Ewanyk; Sue Holm; Linda Kruchten-Merring; Dan McLaughlin; Larry Tallman; Ruthann Tryka; Kelly Vergin. 2 Monthly Finance Report for August, 2014 Month of August Income Received $15,252. Expenses Paid $11,241. Income Minus Expenses +$4,011. Year to Date $112,198. $106,306. +$5892. Vestry Meeting—August, 2014 A motion was approved for the Parish Hall Team to purchase signage for the Parish Hall area for $153.00 from LaMont Trophies and a coat rack up to $200.00 from Indoff, from the Hill Bequest and also prepare an estimate for window treatments. • A motion was made to use $540.00 from the Instrument Maintenance budget line to cover the over-budget cost ($1000.45) of the organ repair, with more repair needed. The remainder of the money to come from the Restricted FundsMusic Fund, held at the Diocese • 2014 Convenon Resoluons At the annual conven+on in November your delegates will be asked to vote for two resolu+ons, which if passed, will be communicated to all congrega+ons within the diocese. The ﬁrst is a resoluon suppor+ng a single-payer health care system for New York un+l a single-payer system is adopted for the en+re country. While there are many forms of single-payer systems, some involving private insurers and others en+rely public, the inten+on of the resolu+on is support to universal health care. The second resoluon is concerned with declaring places of worship "gun-free areas." This supports a resolu+on passed by the 2012 General Conven+on with a similar purpose. The exact wording of these resolu+ons and addi+onal suppor+ng informa+on is posted in the Parish Hall at St. Luke's. If you have any ques+ons or concerns, please contact your Delegates; Ginny Campbell, Dick Frey, and Bill Plews or the Alternates; Gail Dubicki and Linda Kruchten-Merring. 3 CHURCH HAPPENINGS Third Annual Ecumenical Progressive Dinner SUNDAY, OCT. 5th Starts at 4pm 4:00-4:45pm Appetizers at First Presbyterian 5:00-6:00pm Main course at First Baptist (hosted with Nativity) 6:00pm-till Desserts at Brockport United Methodist (hosted with St. Luke’s Episcopal) Signup sheet is in the Parish Hall St. Luke's Dining Divas St. Luke's Dining Divas will begin again on Monday, November 3rd, at 5 PM at Red Bird Café . All women are welcome! Dinner is $19.00 and is inclusive of tip and a legal beverage (coffee, tea). Email Laurel DeToy at [email protected] or sign-up in the back of church before October 26th. Hope to see you there! The menu will be: Chicken Pica(a, Rice Pilaf, Seasonal Vegetables and Homemade Cherry La-ce Pie Mark your calendar for our addional Dining Diva Dates: January 26, 2015 and April 20, 2015 Have you seen the 1931 St. Luke’s Directory displayed in the Parish Hall? Do you have beautiful flowers in your garden? Dates are available for October 12th, 19th and 26th for flower memorials. Please sign up on the flower sheet posted in the Parish Hall. It was sent to us by Becky Rath of Albion, while she was cleaning out some of her Grandmother, Mildred Flagler’s stuff. It’s very interesting!! You might even find an old friend in there!! 4 CHURCH HAPPENINGS Book Discussion Sunday, October 12th following 10 o’clock service A heart wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope. The Art of Racing in the Rain is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life life...as only a dog could tell it. Still time to read the book or listen to the audio tape available on the table near the church office. Bible Study Every Tuesday evening 7:00pm in the upstairs library. All are invited to attend. Harvest Kitchen October 12th 3-4:30 pm All are Welcome! Jon and Nancy Bell 11 Sedgewyck Drive Delmar, New York 12054 5 Dear Brockport Food Shelf Supporters: Even though Thanksgiving is still more than two months away, we are already beginning to gear up for it at the Food Shelf. Over the years, the Brockport community has been able to give a little extra help to those local families who are food insecure. This help has come in different forms: holiday baskets donated by groups and individuals, extra food donated to and distributed by the Food Shelf on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, gift cards for purchase of food in local markets. This year the Food Shelf plan is to ask for donations of both food and money to buy a variety of holiday food items that will be distributed to those families who come to the Food Shelf during the month of November and, if there is an overabundance of items, again in December. We are reaching out to you, the churches and civic organizations, the school groups and scout troops, the many individuals who support the Food Shelf throughout the year, for donations. Below is a list of the items that the Food Shelf will be collecting. In addition, we welcome monetary gifts that will allow us to buy any specific items that are not collected. If possible, we would like to receive donations of food on Sunday, November 2, at the Food Shelf from 2 pm until 4 pm. If that time is not convenient for you, please call 637-8169 to arrange for a time to either come to the Food Shelf or to have a volunteer pick up your donation. We ask that you do not bring holiday donations to the Food Shelf on Thursdays. (We will, of course, be happy to accept any other donations during our usual open hours.) Monetary donations are welcome at any time. They may be sent to the Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf, 14 State St., Brockport, NY. Please note on the check that it is for the holiday program. Holiday Program Food Items • Canned yams • Boxed potatoes • Gravy • Canned corn and green beans • Stuffing mix • Quick bread mixes • Canned pumpkin • Desserts such as brownie mix and no-bake mixes (not everyone has an oven) • Coffee • Olives • Fruit salad items (large Jell-O and fruit such as mandarin oranges or mixed fruit) • Napkins You may notice that cranberry sauce is not on the list. We have received a large donation of cranberry sauce from Foodlink and, while we are happy to receive more cans, we do have a good supply. Thank you so much for your support. It never ceases to amaze me what a generous community we have here in Brockport! Kathy Hayes Director 6 Harvesting Justice Symposium Reception & Dinner Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14618 3:30 pm Symposium Speaker: Margaret Gray, author of Labor and the Locavore 5:30 pm Recep+on & Dinner Sponsored by Rural and Migrant Ministry, Inc. October Birthday Wishes Clark Whited Nancy Plews Bill Henderson Krista Cameron Mary Ann Knapp Jocelyn Rowley 10/3 10/14 10/17 10/18 10/24 10/31 Prayer Concerns for October 2014 We pray for those who are sick or in need: Nancy Aver y, Cher yl Bar beto, Tom Bergmann, Walter & Abbie Boston, Kim Cooper, Bob Donaher, Ray Dubicki, Marion Ewanyk, Anne Exley-Stiegler, Barry Fishman, Rev. Michael Hopkins, Terry Klinetob, Mary Knight, Red Knight, Kristie Koss, Karl Lass, Jane Lysy, Bridget Martin, Margo Maxon, Charlie McCarthy, Austin Nemecekis, Russell Packer, Crystal Paling, Luisa Maria Ramirez, Julie Robinson, R. J. Ruble, Barb & Terrance Sabatini, Helen Schutt, Gerry Shaw, Ina Smith, Rev. Nancy Stephens, Mark & Shirley Stiegler, Carol Irene Timby, Nellie Vyrodova, Beverly Walker, Alea Wratten and Esther Zastrow, For those who are known to us serving in the military: David Aver y, J oshua Aver y, Daniel Fletcher, Alec Gravlin, Jim Jones, Abby Keller, Jeremy McKenzie, Randon McMaster, Scott 7 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 14 State Street Brockport, NY 14420 (585) 637-6650 Email: [email protected] Website:www.stlukesbrockport.org Ministry Staff The Rev. Krista Cameron is currently on Sabbatical until 10/19/14 Ralph Crane, Senior War den can be r eached at (585) 747-9679 for any pastoral emergencies or other needs. Brenda Tremblay, Director of Music Debbie Cond, Parish Secretary Office Hours 9am-12noon, Monday to Friday St. Luke’s Vestry Team Rector’s Warden: Ralph Cr ane People’s Warden: David Keller Rob Banzer, Keith Ewanyk, Bill Henderson, Nancy Plews, Sue Ward Treasurer: J ean Br undage Assistant Treasurer: Tina Gunder Recording Secretary: Linda Kr uchten-Merring Pledge Secretary: Dick Fr ey St. Luke’s Sabbatical Team Ralph Crane, Anthony DeRose, Ann & Dick Frey, Jennifer Skoog-Harvey, Kelly Vergin St. Luke’s Visioning Team Ginny Campbell, Nicole DeRose, Keith Ewanyk, Sue Holm, Linda Kruchten-Merring, Dan McLaughlin, Larry Tallman, Ruthann Tryka, Kelly Vergin Delegates to Convention: Ginny Campbell, Dick Fr ey, Bill Plews Alternate to Convention: Gail Dubicki, Linda Kr uchten-Merring