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1601 S. Georgia St, Amarillo, TX 79102
The Messenger
NOVEMBER 2014
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Office phone 806-376-6316 Fax: 376-6075
The Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer
Bishop of the Diocese of Northwest Texas
Clergy
The Rev. Jo Roberts Craig, Rector
and School Chaplain
The Rev. Dr. Robert Pace, Associate Rector
The Venerable Patsy Masterman,
Archdeacon Emeritus
The Venerable Chris Wrampelmeier, Archdeacon
The Rev. Todd Baxley, Deacon
The Rev. Pat Knight, Deacon
Staff
The Rev. Jo Roberts Craig, Rector, Ext 101
The Rev. Dr. Robert Pace, Associate Rector, Ext 102
Sheri Langford, Financial Manager, Ext 104
Kathy Roach, Parish Administrator
& Publications Manager, Ext 100
Margaret Lacy, Director of Music Ministries, Ext 107
Barbara Whitton, Pastoral Associate, Ext 105
Edee Aikman, Christian Education Director, Ext 103
DeMarlone Givens, Sexton, Ext 109
Dean Kennedy, Parish Assistant
St. Andrew’s Schedule—NOVEMBER
Sun
Mon
Ch-Children’s Chapel
P.H. -Parish Hall
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
All Saints Day 1
Service”
All Saints Eucharist Service
Saturday, Noon, November 1
Columbarium Chapel
* see details inside
9:00am Altar &
Flower Guild (N)
*Daylight Savings time ends 2
3
ALL SAINTS Sunday 10am-noonESL (S,C)
Holy Eucharist in Nave
6-7pm Center8am Rite I
10:30am Rite
ing Prayer (ch)
9:30 am Christian Education
10:30 Children’s Chapel
6:30-9pm EfM
6:00pm Holy Eucharist, Rite II
7:30pm FASO concert*
4
5
Noon Bible Stdy (A) 10am-noon-ESL
5:15 Tai Chi (Cl)
(S,C)
5:00 Spanish (G)
6pm Properties (C) 4:30pm Yoga (A)
6:30 Christian Ed Mtg
5:30pm Holy
6:30 PASO (D) Eucharist (Ch)
7pm Chess Club(A)
7pm Choir
6
6pm Bells(N)
6:30-9pm EfM (D)
7pmAdelines(Cl)
10
9
UTO Ingathering 10am-noon
Veteran’s day11
12
Noon Bible Study 10am-noon ESL
5:15 Tai Chi (Cl)
(S,C)
5:00 Spanish (G) 10am D.O.K.(C)
7pm Chess Club(A) 4:30pm Yoga(A)
5:30pm Holy
Eucharist (Ch)
13
6pm Bells(N)
6:30-9pm EfM (D)
7:00 Adelines(Cl)
7pm St Brigid’s
Prayer Shawl (G)
ESL (S,C)
6-7pm Centering Prayer (ch)
Holy Eucharist in Nave
8am Rite I 10:30am Rite II
9:30am Christian Education
10:30 Children’s Chapel
6:00 Holy Eucharist, Rite II
6:30-9pm EfM
16
UTO Ingathering
Holy Eucharist in Nave
8am Rite I 10:30am Rite II
9:30am Christian Education
10:30 Children’s Chapel
6:00 pm Holy Eucharist, Rite II
17
18
10am-noon
ESL (S,C)
6-7pm Centering Prayer (ch)
Noon Bible Stdy (A)
5:15 Tai Chi (Cl)
5:00 Spanish (G)
6pm-Finance Mtg
6:30pm PASO(D)
6:30 Evening DOK(G)
7pm Chess Club(A)
6:30-9pm EfM
Holy Eucharist in Nave
8am Rite I 10:30am Rite I
9:30am Christian Education
10:30 Children’s Chapel
23
24
10am-noon
ESL (S,C)
6-7pm Centering Prayer (ch)
6:00 pm Holy Eucharist, Rite II
6:30-9pm EfM
Holy Eucharist in Nave
8am Rite I 10:30am Rite I
9:30am Christian Education
10:30 Children’s Chapel
30
31
10am-noon
ESL (S,C)
6-7pm Centering Prayer (ch)
6:00 pm Holy Eucharist, Rite II
6:30-9pm EfM
19
10am-noon ESL
(S,C)
4:30pmYoga(A)
5:30pm Holy
Eucharist (ch)
7
10am Blackbelt Bible Stdy(G)
Noon–Men’s Prayer grp(G)
8
9:00am Altar &
Flower Guild (N)
7:30 Contemplative Prayer (E)
14
10am BlackBeltBible
Stdy(G)
15
9:00am Altar &
Flower Guild (N)
Noon–Men’s Prayer grp(G)
6-10 PM PARENTS NIGHT
OUT (Nursery)
20
21
22
9:00am Altar &
10am BlackBelt Bible
Flower Guild (N)
6pm Bells(N)
Stdy(G)
6:30-9pmEfM (D) Noon–Men’s Prayer grp(G)
7:00 Adelines(Cl)
9am– Noon
7:30 Contemplative Prayer (E) PARENTS
MORNING OUT
(Nursery)
7pm Choir
25
26
Noon Bible Stdy (A) 10am-Noon ESL
5:15 Tai Chi (Cl)
(S,C)
5:00 Spanish (G) 4:30pmYoga(A)
6pm—Vestry Mtg(C) 5:30pm Holy
6:30pm PASO(D) Eucharist (ch)
7pm Chess Club(A)
Sat
27
28
29
10am BlackBelt Bible
9:00am Altar &
Thanksgiving Day
Stdy(G)
Office closed Noon–Men’s Prayer grp(G) Flower Guild (N)
No Activities 7:30 Contemplative Prayer (E)
The Heinavanker Estonian Folk Ensemble presents the
FASO’s 2nd concert…..Sunday, November 2, 7:30pm!
This group hails from the northern European country of
Estonia. Reviewers have found the a cappella Heinavanker’s singing beautiful & soothing, with praises for notes so perfectly blended
and in tune that overtones can be heard!
UTO ingatherings— November 9 & 16
NOVEMBER LITURGICAL SUPPORT SCHEDULE
8:00 AM Rite I
2
9
16
23
30
USHER/Greeter
Phil Mullins
Bill Smith
Wendell Davies
Diane Vinyard
Don Patterson
READER
Mary Emeny
Judith Evans
Wendell Davies
Timothy Anderson
Richard Partney
Chalice
Mary Emeny
Mary Rusk
Richard Partney
Maggie McGee
Richard Partney
ACOLYTE
Mary Emeny
Judith Evans
Ford & Brody
Bobo
Maggie McGee
Richard Partney
10:30 am Rite II
USHERS
J B Lane
John Tyson
Dave Blakley
Bruce McAda
Cliff Craig
Randy Dryden
Charlie Henderson
Rodney Steph
David Stidham
Nathan Stidham
Vic Maza
Josh Fawell
Mike Abdoo
Neil Quattlebaum
Richard Ladd
Leon Swift
John Boyce
Bill Aikman
Jay Craighead
Joe Bob McCartt
GREETERS
Dave Blakley
Bruce McAda
Charlie Henderson
Larry Wolff
David Stidham
Nate Stidham
Cindy Reid
Neil Quattelbaum
Debbie Wynne
Denise Warren
Georgia Swift
Amy Gililland
Steve Severn
Leesa Wood Calvi
Vic Maza
Susan Willis
Debbie Wynne
Mary Harvey
Dave Blakley
Nancy Novak
Taylor Withrow
Laurie Cizon
Cliff Craig
Judith Evans
Mary Emeny
Jill Walters
Don Paxton
Darren Sorrells
Vic Maza
Bruce McAda
L-Taylor Withrow
E-Laurie Cizon
P-Nancy Novak
L-Judith Evans
E-Cliff Craig
P-Tammy Breitbarth
CHALICE
BEARERS
LECTOR
EPISTOLER
Prayer Reader
OBLATIONERS
ACOLYTES
LEV
Lay Eucharist
Visitors
Vestry Offertory
Service
L-Steve Severn
E-Amy Gililland
P-Leesa Wood
Calvi
Jack & Cristy
Miller
L-Kay Craighead
E-Mary Harvey
P-Debbie Wynne
Robin & Randy
Dryden
Sharon Stones
Mike Abdoo
Margaret Jenkins
L-Frank Howell
E-Don Paxton
P-Vic Maza
Frank & Lynn
Howell
Crucifer: Will
Severn
Torches: Phoebe &
Piper Laur
Crucifer: Layne
Steph
Torches: Perry
Steph & Gracie
Smiley
Crucifer: Kai
Lancour
Torches: Jonas
Morrow & Kyndall
Litchfield
Crucifer: Sterling
Elza
Torches: Norm
Morrison & Liah
Givens
Crucifer: Ellery
Craighead
Torches: Alex &
Andy Earthman
Server: Luke
McKay
Server: Harper
Steph
Server: Ethan
Adamchak
Server: Bubba
Givens
Server: Courtney
Collins
Doug & Heather
Voran
Lil & Taylor
Withrow
Nate Stidham
Ginger Shipp
Judith Evans
Neil Quattlebaum
MJ Coats
Sharon Stones
Ginger Shipp
Monty Nash
Randy Dryden
Charlie Henderson
Vic Maza
Courtney Jones
Marcy McKay
Paul Clark
Sara Adamchak
Sally Emerson
Altar Guild for November
Chairperson: Cristy Miller
Linens: Cristy
Crew: Ellen Bivins, Nancy Smith
Bread: Dean Paxton/Susan Wise
HOLY EUCHARIST/HOLY UNCTION
WEDNESDAY READERS
5th– Don Paxton 12th: Dan Reed
19th: Nancy Novak 26th: Vic Maza
November
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Randy Dryden
Kay
Haraguchi
Dillon & Katie
Quachenbush
2
Leesa
WoodWood- Calvi
Nancy Smith
3
4
Patsy Masterman
Sally Skaggs
Annette Mullins
Michele
Kauffman
Sarah Neumann
Kerry Howell
5
Dick McKay
Jimmy Kone
6
Rebecca Gens
Valerie McCall
7
Jonas
Morrow
8
Tobe Fluty
9
Adrian Scott
Kimberly Kone
Curtis Bates
10
Tevis Paxton
Tami Pugh
Hagen
Lewter
11
Amber Nielsen
12
Kathy Ware
David Conley
13
Arthur Ware
Caitlin Higgins
14
Susie White
15
Larry Wolff
Alecia
Litchfield
16
Don Gosson
Grace
Neumann
Kyndall
Litchfield
Charlie
Henderson
17
Cliff Craig
Courtney
Jones
Libby Hayes
Jim Kone
18
19
Bill Heck
Patsy Lowe
Ed Basham Dean Morrison
Colleen McCall
Maggy
Van Nielsen
Chesnut
Courtney
Collins
20
Anita Wright
21
22
Connie
Latham
Mya Guester
Dane Stalcup
23
24
27
Walter Riggs
28
Emily Bivins
Beckie Turner
29
Chris Morrow
30
Marso Kiesling
Hugh LeClair
Edie Lewter
Kristen Rice
25
Helen Veal
26
Devlin Scott
Neil Coventry
November Wedding Anniversaries
6th– Dwight & Linda Huber
8th– Stephen & Susan Severn
11th– Stanley & Beth Marsh
14th– Coby & Aimee Pritchard
15th– John & Sally Skaggs
22nd-Donald & Molly Frank
28th– Ken & Sue Bell
Parents’ NIGHT Out
Ou :
$10 / per child
NOVEMBER 14 , Friday, 6 – 10 pm
Theme: Indians Movie: Pocahontas
Parents Morning Out: NOV. 22, Saturday, 9 am -Noon
$10 for the 1st child; $5 each additional child
Theme: Thanksgiving
Movie: Alvin & the Chipmunks Thanksgiving
Sign up at the nursery, email Christian Education Coordinator,
([email protected]) or call the church office 376.6316 ext 103.
E YC
WT FOOTBALL GAME & PARENT DATE NIGHT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 (time(time-TBA)
Bring your parents to join the fun!! Meet in the EYC room & we’ll caravan to
Canyon & tailgate in the south parking lot for great food before the game.
HOCKEY—
HOCKEY—Saturday, November 15, 66-9pm
Eat dinner before, then we’ll go watch the Amarillo Bulls vs ODA!
Parent drop off/pick up at EYC room. ALL EYC EVENTS ARE FREE!
EYC!
When you attend EYC (6th – 12th), SR EYC (9th – 12th), or Sunday School, your name goes
into a drawing (gift cards - $75, $50, $25). Ditto when you bring a friend. Drawing in May.
You MUST be present to win!
Dear Parishioners, The Breakfast Teams are recruiting three new teams, new
leaders & more cooks to start cooking after Jan.1, 2015! Each team prepares
breakfast every 7 to 8 weeks served from 8:45-9:45am on Sunday. The “Breakfast
Teams” started in 2002 & has grown into a rewarding ministry at St. Andrew’s.
We have fun and enjoy being involved in this parish activity! Please contact one of
the team leaders below, if you would like to join in cooking with a team or form a
new team or have questions.
Anne Northcutt (353.0006), Don Paxton (671.8940), Bruce Baca (206.9214),
Dave Blakley (679.8186), Slater Elza (206.0540), David Stidham (679.0413)
& Phil & Annette Mullins (335.5518).
Financial Report . . .
January 1, 2014— October 19,2014
Annual Budgeted Pledge, Contribution & Plate Income
Budgeted Pledge, Contribution & Plate Income YTD
Actual Pledge, Contribution & Plate Income YTD
OVER BUDGET
$881,662.00
$712,111.68
$712,763.48
$
651.80
ANGEL TREE PROJECT
St. Andrew’s Church is again participating in the Angel Tree Project. The Angel Tree Project seeks to ensure that every child
who has an incarcerated parent receives both a fun present and a clothing present at Christmas. Many of these children are in
very poor financial situations. For them, the gifts they receive through the Angel Tree Project are the highlights of their
Christmas. Our volunteers purchase and wrap a fun present and a clothing present for each of their children. The gifts are
given to the children from their incarcerated parent—not from us—at a Christmas party held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday,
December 13, 2014 in the parish hall. Since the incarcerated parents have to sign up for the program, they are giving the
presents and we are merely their agents.
The toy present should not cost more than $25 and the clothing present should not cost more than $25. If you are interested in
donating money but cannot or do not want to go shopping or wrap, your donations are more than welcome. Donations are
also needed for the Christmas party, including the brunch served at that party. If you are interested in shopping and wrapping—even if you do not have the money to buy gifts yourself—your time and effort are needed and
welcomed.
If you would like an opportunity to be an angel, please sign the sheet at the back of the nave. I will
get you the name of your child with information about appropriate presents. Please also let me
know if you would like to help with the Christmas party either by volunteering or through a donation. We need people to welcome our guests, help with arts and crafts, provide entertainment, and
distribute presents. (There is a rumor that Santa Claus is coming.)
Thank you! Archdeacon Chris Wrampelmeier
November 14:
Polk Street Methodist
December 12: St. Andrew’s
Jan. 9: Chalice Abbey
Feb. 13: St. Andrew’s
March 13: DeFalco Retreat &
Conference Ctr
April 10: Trinity United Methodist
May 8: Chalice Abbey
The second of three Remnant Trust Lectures
based on theme The Declaration of Independence
in Legacy Hall at West Texas A&M University:
The last lecture is on Thursday, November 20,
5:30 reception, 6:30 lecture by Dr. Bryon Pearson
& Dr. James Hallmark will join him.
Taize Prayer service
for the Amarillo community will be offered every
2nd Friday of each month at 6:00pm. It provides
an opportunity to become connected and grounded
through singing beautiful meditative songs, hearing scripture, offering prayers and observing
times of silence in a candlelight setting. It makes
contemplative prayer accessible to everyone and
anyone can easily join in. Participants are invited
to deepen their trust in God’s love and in their
own ability to become people of peace, reconciliation, and solidarity where they live. The program
will last about 45 minutes. Child care will be
provided for young children at the Parents Night
Out Program here at St. Andrew’s. Please call to let
us know if you are bringing children (376.6316).
Spread the word about this quiet time to
meditate in community.
PACK-A-LUNCH MINISTRY… St. Andrew’s is
collecting prepackaged food items that can be put in a lunch
bag and distributed to homeless individuals one time each
month. Each bag will include a protein, a starch, a fruit, a
sweet, a bottle of water and a wet wipe. Please make sure
items are packed or wrapped for individual servings. We
cannot use bulk items that are not individually wrapped,
items that require a can opener or items that need to be
heated. And no candy please. We deliver the sack lunches
on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Sign up to help on
November 13, Thursday at 1:00pm!
EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
(pop-top cans/packets) tuna
or other protein items,
Vienna sausages, beanie weenies,
Beef Jerky (individually
wrapped), nuts, cookies,
applesauce, fruit cocktail,
cheese crackers, peanut butter
crackers, granola bars, & power
bars. Individually wrapped wet
wipes and bottled water.
Journey with Jo
As a child of 8 years, I had a very favorite dog. Her name was Donna, and I had named her when I was very little.
As a little girl, I did not remember a time when Donna was not a part of my life. She was a rat terrier and fierce
about me and my siblings. She never allowed us to go to the barn without her, and killing rats was her favorite
past time. She was the perfect size and the perfect dog for me. We had big dogs that were watch dogs, but none
compared to the little rat terrier.
When I was walking to school one day, she followed me…without me being aware of it and was killed by a car as
we crossed the bridge next to our property. I was devastated! At the time, my parents were out of town and my
world collapsed. How could this happen? How could I make it “go away”? And why did little creatures have such
a tough time? The questions were many and the answer few. My parents coming home began the healing and to
this day, I find rat terriers and Jack Russell terriers irresistible.
What made me think of this story was that I was trying to remember the first time I asked God questions about
life and death. I remember climbing into the climbing tree and our tree house and crying and talking to God. I did
not like the lady keeping us while Mama and Daddy were gone and her response to this tragedy fell far short of my
8 year old expectations. To be fair, she was probably lovely, but she was not one of my parents. So there I was …
tree bound and posing hard questions to the Creator.
In our Adult Sunday School this semester, we are doing just that. We are not sitting in a tree house, but are in St.
Catherine’s Room studying Dr. Don Benjamin’s The Old Testament Story. He states that his book is an invitation
to question. And I must say that so often it is the questions in life that propel us toward the scriptures. It is the
questions about the nature of God that gave ancient humans the impetus to tell us the stories of the Genesis. It is
the questions that gave ancient humans the desire to know whether God was benevolent; to know whether God
truly loved and cared for creation and creatures. Studying the sacred writings of the Bible connects us to our
ancestors; to others who found God in the wilderness; to those who found God in the sacred spaces of their lives.
The class is very stimulating for me and a joy to teach. If you are not attending one of our Adult Sunday schools,
it is not too late to begin.
In January, Robert and I will lead a class on death and dying. We will look at several different aspects of this topic.
I encourage you to consider joining us.
Thank you for allowing me the privilege of being your rector.
Jo
Daylight Savings Ends November 2… Set clocks BACK one hour!
Stewardship Ingathering on All Saints’ Sunday, November 2.
It is a principal feast day of the church and the day of our pledge ingathering.
Please bring your pledge card to place on the alter or in the alms basin.
St. Andrew’s Day Sunday, November 23
Please check the gonfalon list on the back counter and sign up
to carry your family’s gonfalon or sign up to carry someone
else’s for them. Thank you!
Pace’s Pilgrimage . .
As we enter into November, my attention turns to my tremendous sense of gratitude and thankfulness.
Of course, November is the month in which we celebrate the national holiday of Thanksgiving. It is also
the very beginning of this month at St. Andrew's when we celebrate the ingathering of our pledges from
our stewardship commitments on All Saints Day. Because of these two events occurring in November,
the words that keep rolling through my head as I write this message are: "All things come of Thee, O Lord, and of Thine
own have we given Thee!"
We have a wonderful theological understanding that God is the provider of all that we have and all that we are.
We are blessed to share those gifts and talents to the building of God's Kingdom and for God's purposes. In fact, our
response to God should always be with a sense of Thanksgiving and gratitude--even in the midst of difficulties.
I think that the origins of our modern Thanksgiving celebration help to illustrate this principle quite well. In 1863,
right in the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation setting apart the last Thursday in
November as a "day of praise and Thanksgiving." Even though the country was being torn apart by war and strife, he
acknowledged that the year "has been filled with the blessings" and that "we are prone to forget the source from which
[these blessings] come... the ever watchful providence of Almighty God." Lincoln recognized that the destruction of war
had "unequaled magnitude and severity," but there were also areas of brightness in the midst of strife." He, therefore,
invited "my fellow citizens in every part of the United States . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November
next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to
them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also,
with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have
become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and
fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may
be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union."
We, of course, do not have to worry about the troubles of Civil War, but it is important that we set aside regular
time in the midst of our busyness and struggles of life to remember: "All things come of Thee O Lord, And of Thine own
have we given Thee!" And... we are eternally thankful...
With gratitude,
Robert+
Seminarian’s Corner
Welcome to a new monthly reflection of the Seminarian’s Corner. Many of you know me as your Associate Rector’s wife and as a fellow member of the St. Andrew’s community, but I am also a Postulant pursuing Holy Orders for the
priesthood. As a Postulant sponsored by St. Andrew’s, I believe you need to know more about how I arrived at this place.
I grew up in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. I graduated from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, which is also where I met
Robert. After college, I attended the University of North Texas where I earned a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. In 1994,
we were blessed with our beautiful daughter, Catherine, who is a junior at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. I currently work as a psychologist at a middle school here in Amarillo.
My call to ordained ministry began many years ago. Although I felt this call for many years in my life, it was only
after arriving in Amarillo that I realized that I could no longer escape that familiar tugging at my heart and soul. I decided
to start a conversation about pursuing Holy Orders with Jo that I had initially begun with my parish priest (now our Bishop)
when I lived in Abilene and attended the Church of the Heavenly Rest. Those conversations led me to the formal discernment process of Holy Orders. After recommendations from the local Holy Orders Discernment Committee, St. Andrew’s
vestry, and Commission on Ministry, the bishop has admitted me as a Postulant for Holy Orders in the Diocese of Northwest Texas. As part of this process, I am attending the Diocese of Northwest Texas School for Ordained Ministry in
Lubbock once a month. All of this is possible, in large part, due to the generosity of the St. Andrew’s community. I am
grateful for your support and love as I continue in this process of discernment toward Holy Orders for the Priesthood.
Peace, Jill Walters
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