June 2017
From the Rector’s desk by Rev. Anthony MacWhinnie, II It is with sadness that I report that we have decided to close our thrift store, Monica’s Attic. We just simply could not afford to subsidize its operations from the church’s budget anymore. It did buy us more time when the landlord agreed to reduce our lease for a time, but even after that, it just couldn’t support itself. I say this with sadness because I still believe that something like this is needed for our area and I believe it could have been good for our church. I’m sad because this season in the church called St. Monica’s has passed. It was a season in which we helped a whole lot of people, at least 25 people and families a day for the whole time that the Attic was open. And that is just in sales to people who could afford it. Some people couldn’t and they still got help. That’s a lot of help for a lot of people. I, for one, will grieve the loss of this ministry to our community. As with all things, change happens. It is a new season in the life of St. Monica’s. What does that mean for us? Well, there is a renewed and renewing spirit in the St. Monica’s universe. You will have noticed by now that there are new opportunities to get involved. Each of these involves outreach to the community in some way. Some are fund raisers, which are always fun, like the super successful fish fry we had. We got to meet a lot of our neighbors on that day. We must remember that these are opportunities for growth. Our next fundraiser will be the spaghetti dinner on June
30th. Meeting our neighbors is great but also the camaraderie of the folks working these events is through the roof! Even before that, though, is what is becoming a tradition at St. Monica’s; the Southland Singers will be here for a gospel concert on June 17th. Last year this concert was well attended by area residents and by our congregation. And man! Can they ever sing! Come on out for that and bring your friends and neighbors. It’s a new season at St. Monica’s. And our future is filled with opportunities for life and growth and outreach and ministry. I give thanks for the lessons of the past and I look forward to the future ministry opportunities that God will give us in this beautiful church! Peace, Anthony+
Saint Monica’s presents
A Free Gospel Concert featuring
Our Staff & Vestry Rev, Anthony MacWhinnie, II, Rector Vestry: Chuck Barnett - Senior Warden Jim Warner- Junior Warden Beth Woods, Susan Early & John Velaski Twinette McDonald - Music Director Sally Putters - Parish Nurse
Saturday, June 17 at 6 pm
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Preparing for Hurricane Season by Nurse Sally Putters Hurricane season in the South begins June 1. Are you ready? It is not too early to be thinking about possible hurricanes and summer storms. There are several good publications relating local resources, including TV and radio stations that produce good programs regarding the subject. Copies of some of these publications are available in the narthex. Here are a few reminders for you: Do you plan to leave your home? If so, notify someone where you are going and provide a phone number where they can reach you. The closest shelters to the Cantonment area are Tate High School (gymnasium & cafeteria); Lipscomb Elementary; UWF (Bldgs. 13 and 72); Ferry Pass Middle School (gym); West Florida High (Special Needs Shelter, Bldgs. 9, 25 & 26), 2400 Longleaf Dr.; Molino Park Elementary (Public & Pet Shelter), 899 Highway 97. If you need a Medical Shelter, call Escambia County Health Dept. or Emergency Management. If you intend to go to a medical shelter in the area, someone must stay with the person at the shelter to provide needed care. Important things to note are, can the sick person sit up in a wheel chair? Is transportation to a medical shelter a problem (plan to leave early)? What medical equipment will you need to take? If you plan to stay home, you will need ensure you have a two-week supply of medications for everyone in your
ECW Friday, June 30
party. You need to have enough drinking water for five days. Do you have enough non-perishable food that does not require electricity for preparation to last five to seven days? Do you have flashlights and batteries, battery powered radio, and first aid sup-plies? Do you have medical equipment (like a C-pap machine or oxygen generator) that requires electricity? If so, contact the equipment provider about a back-up plan. Are you receiving home health care, hospice services or dialysis treatment? What is the company and phone number? How will you receive these services if there is no electricity or roads are impassible? Are you using medical supplies on a regular basis (bandages, catheter sup-plies)? Be sure to take along enough to last one week. Finally, have you secured objects in your yard and protected windows, etc.? Hopefully none of this will be necessary, and you won't need to activate an emergency plan. But if we do get a storm and you do need to evacuate, make sure someone knows where you are and what your plans are so you can be accounted for. Visit www.bereadyescambia.com for more information on hurricanes and hurricane preparedness. Help us spread the word that next month Sacred Heart’s Mission in Motion will provide another FREE health clinic for our community. They will provide Osteoporosis Screenings at the church on Thursday, July 13 from 9:00 until 11:30 am. Good Health and Good Luck, Nurse Sally
Dine-in & Carry Out 4-7 pm Carry Out/Delivery to businesses available 11 am—1 pm
$8 per plate includes Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Caesar Salad, Garlic Bread, Italian Dessert & Tea. All proceeds benefit ECW outreach and projects.
Next ECW Meeting Sunday, June 4 After church in the Parish Hall
All women are invited!
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About Council on Aging, our Charity of the Month From the agency’s website Our Charity of the Month for June is Council on Aging of West Florida. Council on Aging of West Florida is a local, independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that has served seniors and their families since 1972. Council on Aging of West Florida helps seniors in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties live healthy, safe and independent lives in their own familiar surroundings by providing community based, in-home programs and services such as Meals on Wheels and Alzheimer's respite care, which is provided by an Adult Day Health Care Center. Other programs and services include case management, the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs, caregiver support and training, and the operation of numerous senior dining sites throughout Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. Council on Aging of West Florida, Inc. is funded in part by grants and/or contracts with the Northwest Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc., the State of Florida Department of Elder Affairs, the State of Florida Department of Children and Families, United Ways of Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties and the Corporation for National Services. The Council on Aging of West Florida also receives financial
The Upstairs Meets the Downstairs! Join us Sunday, June 4, 9:20 - 9:45 We will go over new hymns, communion music and contemporary praise songs for the month of June.
Please welcome new choir members, Bill and Julie Hart! We are excited to have them singing with us. Changes for the summer… Choir rehearsals will go from 9:00-9:50 through the end of August.
support from the City of Pensacola, Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, and area businesses, organizations and individuals. The Retreat is a special place, and experience, that has been described as refreshing, supportive, fun, assuring, caring and heartwarming by those who participate and their families. It is a place that provides a positive change of environment that can be beneficial to participants and caregivers. The Retreat offers a stimulating day experience for older adults with physical and cognitive impairments. Participants enjoy a full day of activities, social interaction and recreation in a safe, protective at-home like atmosphere. Family caregivers gain peace of mind knowing their loved ones are in a safe place while they go off to work or get much needed respite. You can help support this invaluable resource by donating cash or items from the wish list below during the month of June. Up to 45 people per day Individually wrapped snacks: Crackers Cookies Potato chips Individual cups of Pudding, Jell-O – sweet and artificially sweetened, Fruit or applesauce For crafts: Cheap paper plates Pom-poms Glitter & glitter glue Wiggle eyes Construction paper Larger pipe cleaners Ribbon For Birthday parties and seasonal parties: Themes include, Hawaiian, western and spring themes Colorful small paper plates, Colorful small paper napkins Table or wall decorations Note: Crafts and party items can be leftover packages that will be combined later.
Saint Monica’s Recycles! Please rinse and save your aluminum (including cans & foil). There is a recycle bin outside the Parish Hall door. Dora Giles is collecting them to raise money for the church!
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What is The Jesus Movement? From www.episcopalchurch.org What is the Jesus Movement? We’re following Jesus into loving, liberating and lifegiving relationship with God, with each other and with the earth. How do we join? First, we follow Jesus. We are simply the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, seeking every day to love God with our whole heart, mind and soul, and to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:36-40). Just like Jesus. What’s our work? We’re working on simple practices for each priority area – if it’s a Movement, then we should all be able to grasp the ideas and get on board. Then we’re mapping a strategy that inspires and equips all of us to join God and make a difference. The Jesus Movement takes you places. For the Episcopal Church, it calls us to focus on three specific Jesus Movement Priorities EVANGELISM: Episcopal Evangelism Initiatives represent the many ways we celebrate and share the good news of Jesus’ life and love with everyone everywhere. First, by sharing stories that energize and inspire Episcopalians. Then, by spreading resources that equip regular Episcopalians and churches to become evangelists and storytellers in daily life. Finally, by sharing good news with people beyond the Episcopal fold via new ministries and digital evangelism. Share your thoughts and experiences.
Clean up along 95-A Saturday, June 24 Youth and adults will be picking up trash along Highway 95A as part of our commitment to “Keep Pensacola Beautiful”. Please join us from 8:30 - 9:30
Listen for Jesus’ movement in our lives and in the world. Give thanks. Proclaim and celebrate it! Invite the Spirit to do the rest. INSPIRE Episcopalians to embrace evangelism GATHER Episcopal evangelists EQUIP all to be evangelists SEND all as evangelists RECONCILIATION: "The 78th General Convention of our Church did a remarkable thing: the General Convention invited us as a church to take up this Jesus Movement. We made a commitment to live into being the Jesus Movement by committing to evangelism and the work of reconciliation — beginning with racial reconciliation … across the borders and boundaries that divide the human family of God. This is difficult work. But we can do it. It’s about listening and sharing. It’s about God.” ~ Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry Embody the loving, liberating, life-giving way of Jesus with each other TELL the truth about church and race REWRITE the narrative FORM Episcopalians as reconcilers REPAIR & RESTORE institutions & society CREATION CARE: Care and justice for all creation is a core value of The Episcopal Church. Eco-justice ministries seek to heal, defend, and work toward justice for all God's creation and to respect the kinship and connection of all that God created through education, advocacy, and action. Encounter and honor the face of God in creation DEVELOP creation care resources GROW local eco-ministries PURSUE eco-justice at church-wide and local levels CONVENE conversations around climate and faith.
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World Day against Child Labor June 12, 2017 is World Day Against Child Labor. World Day Against Child Labor highlights the plight of Hundreds of millions of girls and boys throughout the world who are engaged in work that deprives them of adequate education, health, leisure, and basic freedoms. Of these children, more than half are exposed to work in hazardous environments, forced labor, and illicit activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution. According to the International Labour Organization’s website, globally over 1.5 billion people live in countries that are affected by conflict, violence and fragility. At the same time, around 200 million people are affected by disasters every year. A third of them are children. A significant proportion of the 168 million children engaged in child labor live in areas affected by conflict and disaster. The World Day Against Child Labor this year will focus on the impact of conflicts and disasters on child labor. Conflicts and disasters have a devastating impact on people’s lives. They kill, maim, injure, force people to flee their homes, destroy livelihoods, push people into poverty and starvation and trap people in situations where their basic human rights are violated. Children are often the first to suffer as schools are destroyed and basic services are disrupted. Many children are internally displaced or become refugees in other countries, and are particularly vulnerable to trafficking and child labor. Ultimately, millions of children are pushed into child labor by conflicts and disasters. As the world strives to achieve the elimination of child labor by 2025, on this World Day Against Child Labor, let’s join forces to end child labor in areas affected by conflict and disaster!
Looking for volunteers… Mop and wax the Parish Hall on a monthly basis Clean “Thee House” (1-2 times a year) Pressure wash sidewalks and outside walls of church and “Thee House” Haul off garbage by dumpster Tractor mowing Please see Beth Woods if you are able to serve in any of these ways.
Summer Camp 2017
We are pleased to announce that with your help through donations to our Camp Beckwith fund in April, Kathryn Chaapel, Trey MacWhinnie and Ashton Resmondo will be going to camp this summer at Beckwith! Please pray for these youngsters to have a wonderfully fun and rewarding experience.
World Refugee Day, June 20 June 20 is World Refugee Day. It was established by the United Nations to honor the courage, strength, and determination of women, men, and children who are forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution, conflict, and violence. In a world where violence forces hundreds of families to flee each day, the UN Refugee Agency believes now is the time to show world leaders that the global public stands with refugees, and it will launch its #WithRefugees petition on June 20th to send a message to governments that they must work together and do their fair share for refugees. The #WithRefugees petition will be delivered to UN headquarters in New York ahead of the UN High Level Meeting on Refugees and Migrants, scheduled for the 19th September. The petition asks governments to: • Ensure every refugee child gets an education. • Ensure every refugee family has somewhere safe to live. • Ensure every refugee can work or learn new skills to make a positive contribution to their community. World Refugee Day has been marked on 20 June, ever since the UN General Assembly, on 4 December 2000, adopted resolution 55/76 where it noted that 2001 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and that the Organization of African Unity (OAU) had agreed to have International Refugee Day coincide with Africa Refugee Day on 20 June.
John Velaski Ray Farrel Trey MacWhinnie, Katherine Chaapel Rachael Ludwig John Velaski and Tom Chaapel Ray Farrel & Jim Warner Ann Philen Connie Chamberlin & Ann Philen To the glory of God Beth Woods
Chuck Barnett
Trey MacWhinnie
Trey MacWhinnie, Katherine Chaapel Rachael Ludwig
John Velaski
Jeff Woods & Chuck Barnett
Carol Farrel
Barbara Cross & Bernice Warner
To the glory of God
Jeanine Black
Carol Farrel
Psalm
Lector Epistle Reading
Acolytes
Altar
Ushers
Nursery
Coffee Hour
Flowers
Arrangers
Eucharistic Visitor
Ray Farrel
Valerie Smith
To the glory of God
Carol Farrel & Kathy Vail
Beth Woods
Jim Morningstar & Ron Giles
Valarie Smith
Trey MacWhinnie, Katherine Chaapel Rachael Ludwig
Carol Farrel
Jeanine Black
To the glory of God
POTLUCK
Carol Farrel
Trey MacWhinnie, Katherine Chaapel Rachael Ludwig Connie Chamberlin and Chuck Barnett Bill Ramsey & Jim Warner
TBA
Fred Woods
Trey Mac Whinnie Beth Woods
Tom Chaapel
Ray Farrel
June 25
Kathy Vail
Connie Chamberlin
June 18
* If you are unable to meet your obligation, please call a replacement, or swap with someone.
John Velaski
Carol Farrel
Connie Chamberlin
Lector 1st Lesson
Ron Philen
John Velaski
June 11
Eucharistic Minister
June4
Service Schedule for June 2017
TBA
Beth Woods
To the glory of God
Danice Beadle &Jeanine Black
Ann Philen
TBA
TBA
Trey MacWhinnie, Katherine Chaapel Rachael Ludwig
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
July 2
June Prayer Requests
Military and First Responders Prayer List
Dave Alverson Janice Courson Bill Cross Darla Crowder Ashton Ferguson Ashton Gaff Marie Gibbs Lori Hanson Bonnie Johnson & grandchildren Camilla Johnson Cathy Johnson Tommy Loudon Bob Matlock Dennis Morreau
Connor Aligood Adam Blankenship Brian Condon Daryl Coy Field Cross Mark Feely Patrick Ferguson Aaron Gaff Adrian Gaff
Jean Moss Frank Murphy Haydon Paris Chris Penning The Quilters Sarah Rivera & boys Mickey Sams & family Rusty Sellers Texann Stephens Carrie Stevenson Ann Tennant Clinton Webb Gloria Williamson Beth Woods Heidi Woods
Birthdays in June 3, Jim Morningstar; 8, Beth Woods; 17, Wimberley Murphy; 20, Bill Putter; 29, Gary Beadle
Anniversaries in June 16, Bill & Norma Ramsey; 17, Robert & Audrey Westbrook; 19 Bill & Kathy Vail
Saint Monica’s Episcopal Church 699 South Highway 95-A Cantonment, Florida 32533 We’re on the web at Www.st-monicas.org
Phone: 850-937-0001 E-mail: Office@st-monicas.org All are welcome!
Benjamin Gaff Tim Heartford Johnny Hurd James Klinginsmith William Knapp Andrew Kuntz Cody Melancon Chase Scott Jeremy Wright
Prison Ministry Cycle of Prayer Please make your prayers for the inmates, staff, victims of crime everywhere, and their families at each of these institutions rather than for the institutions themselves. Jun. 4, 2017 —Elba Work Release, Elba, Alabama Jun. 11, 2017 - Fountain / JO Davis Correctional Facility, Atmore, Alabama Jun. 18, 2017 - Holman Correction Facility, Atmore, Alabama Jun. 25, 2017—Loxley Work Release, Loxley, Alabama