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Invites You to Explore Our Life and Ministries at St. James Episcopal Church
Volume 98, Number 9
Service Schedule September 2014 Sundays
7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II* 9:00 a.m. As You Are Service* 10:00 a.m. Christian Formation for all ages and Coffee Hour* 11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II* 5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II *Nursery available
Weekdays Mondays (except Labor Day) 8:15 a.m. Day School Morning Prayer Wednesdays Noon Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Healing Prayers (Chapel) Fridays 8:15 a.m. Day School Eucharist
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September 2014
Report of the Outreach Committee – Funding Meeting The St. James Social Outreach Committee met at noon on July 13, 2014, for the purpose of making funding decisions regarding the 24 applications received for the granting year. Present were Shirley Young (chair), Phillip Wright, Gerry Sulzer, Charlie Frey, Alan Miller, Chris Frink, Kerry Capron, Elizabeth Whitley, Katherine Martin, Bahin Leonard, and Kaki Heilegenthal. Copper Alvarez was absent but had reviewed several of the applications. The Outreach Committee decided to focus the parish’s funding on the areas of greatest need — food, medical services, shelter and education — for the people of greatest need, delivered by the most effective means. In addition, they evaluated each individual proposal for effectiveness. The Cub Scout Pack at St. James was slightly outside these parameters but the committee believed support of their endeavors, including growing a generation of charitable givers, was also important. In Baton Rouge area programs, Cancer Services was awarded $3,330 for financial assistance to low-income patients. The Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless art program received $2,000 for art supplies and resource materials, and the legal program received $5,000 toward program expenses for their legal and housing departments. The Cinderella Project received $2,500 toward scholarships and program meals. The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank was awarded $5,000 for its salvageable food transportation program. The Gardere Community Christian School was awareded $5,817 for a sound system. Habitat for Humanity was awarded $3,000 toward specific home components. Hospice of Baton Rouge will receive $3,000 toward a sleeper chair/ recliner. The Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge was awarded A CAAH client piece on exhibit during the Summer Art Show at St. James. $4,000 for food and counselors in its Kids Café. Kids Orchestra will receive $4,200 for tuition scholarships. The O’Brien House was awarded $5,000 to help support family strengthening counselors. The St. James Cub Scout Pack 5 was awarded $1,000 for promotional activities and award banquets. The St. James Food Pantry will receive $5,000 for holiday turkey checks. The We Care program will receive $6,000 to supplement donated funds for food bags, and the Parish Discretionary Fund will receive $2,454 to be disbursed as needs arise. In diocesan giving, All Souls’ in New Orleans was awarded $4,320 to support its music and homework tutoring program; and, the Chapel of the Transfiguration at Angola was awarded $2,600 for two banquets. Funding for the Outreach grants comes from your pledges through a regular general budget allocation, designated donations made through the Commemorative Gift Fund as memorials, acknowledgments or tributes, and dedication of one-third of the otherwise undesignated offerings given on Easter Sunday.
Kids’ Orchestra’s mission is to bring children of all cultures and backgrounds together using music education as a vehicle to foster teamwork, develop understanding, and emphasize excellence.
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St. James Staff
EYC resumes Sunday afternoon gatherings
The Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr. Bishop of Louisiana The Very Rev. J. Mark Holland Rector of St. James The Rev. Ralph F. Howe, Jr. Sr. Associate Rector and Day School Chaplain The Rev. Mary Ann Garrett Associate Rector and Director of Pastoral Care for St. James Place The Rev. John Pitzer Prior, The St. James Center for Spiritual Formation The Rev. Ken Ritter President and CEO, St. James Place Deacon Pat Lyle Spiritual Director in Residence The Rev. Charles A. Wood Chaplain, St. James Place The Rt. Rev. Robert C. Witcher Bishop-in-Residence XIX Rector of St. James The Rt. Rev. James M. Coleman Bishop-in-Residence XX Rector of St. James Mary Hunt Boutwell Director of Lay Ministries Helen Campbell Director of Stewardship & Planned Giving Linda Chauviere Head of School Jo Craddock Director of Communications Mary Davis-Palms Parish Dietician Tricia Delony St. James Girls Choir Director Rodger Green Buildings Supervisor Jody Hanet Cherub Choir Director Jason Hubbard Choirmaster Marvin McLennon Youth & Young Adults Ministries Cheryl Speights Olinde Bookkeeper Sylvia Rabalais Administrative Secretary Herndon Spillman Organist Debbie Stiltner Comptroller
Our new youth director, Marvin McLennon, has many fun activities planned for the month of September.
St. James Vestry Bob Bowsher*................................Senior Warden Patrick Broderick*......................... Junior Warden Randy Garrett*..................................................Clerk Kevin Curry (ex-officio)..........................Treasurer Lolly Martin** Copper Alvarez** Jane Christensen*** Josh Pesses*** Rip Collins*** Trey Roberts** Chris Frink*** Tom Wade*** Lee Griffin** Dan West** Tricia Henderson *** Elizabeth Whitley* Susie Heroman* Shirley Young** Kyle Landrem* The Diocese of Louisiana is one church, faithful to our Lord Jesus, united in mission, reaching out through service and proclamation to all for whom Christ died. We live in joyous expectation of God’s transforming power, compassion, and mercy in our lives.
Along with continuing to meet every Sunday at 5:00, the EYC will begin to come up with fundraising ideas for their mission trip in the summer of 2015. If you would like to contact Marvin for more information, you can reach him at mmclennon@ stjamesbr.org The St. James EYC group in Austin. Photo provided by Marvin McLennon.
Nursery Hours Infants and toddlers are welcome at all services, but may also be lovingly cared for by trained staff in our nursery on the first floor of the Parish Hall between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Sunday mornings, and for other events as announced.
Floral Dedications and Arrangements The arrangements on the altar on September 7 are given to the glory of God by Beryl and Eugene Beauchamp in loving memory of their beloved mother, Elizabeth Beauchamp, in honor of her birthday on September 9. She is deeply missed. Parlor arrangements on September 7 are by Manette Sammons; on September 14 by Connie Schneider; and, on September 21 by Martha Yancey.
In Our Thoughts and Prayers … For the dear departed: Jackie Monroe, Rebecca Joy Wiggins, Marjie Black, Sybil Boizelle, Nick Farkas, Mary Kinamore Prayers are offered for: Chuck Wood, Tara Sperandeo-Ellis, Joanne Anderson, Dexter Rollins, Cristina Campo, David Gracefta, Chris South, Stacey and Trae Wiggins, Billy Heroman, Ann Creson, Alisa Janney, Shelby, Norman Martinusen, Cheyenne Sylvia, Grayson Hicks, Anne Schwing Grysbowski Continuing prayers are offered for: Thomas, Fred Frey Jr., Betty Romero, Mary C. Elliott, Kevin Stockton, Marion Hart LeBlanc, Matthew Paul Buller, Glenn Stockton, Estelle Schilling, Bobby Rayne Jr., Jim Coleman, James Ott, Bob Boyd, Richard Garber, Anne Anthony, Sky Alexandra, Barbara Shilg, Larry Durant, Kenlie Jackson, Susan Thayer,
Michael D. Moore, Charlie Matherne, Colleen Ramshur, Marcia Campbell, Todd Turpin, Judy Calhoun, Debra Bagley, Christie Fawley, Emma, Janet Arst, Brooke Colquette, Casey Dué, Alma Wade, Randall Nachman, Lauren Nachman, Gray Horn, Peyton Feigley, Matthew Leonard Gill, Peyton Self, Michael Beven, Mary Jarnagin, Carneal Woodyear For those in the armed forces: Rob Hutchins, Major John Lyford V, Sgt William Martin USMC, PFC Don Ellen, Lt Jon Bethel, Trey Wolf ABFAN, Private Holden Kroenke, Lt Jordan Morris, Sgt James Chambers, Major Andrew “Andy” Stone USAF, Capt Michael Oliver, Specialist Daniel Anderson, Sgt Ethan Wade, Major Charlie Hines, Capt Mathis Guy Hall USMC, Chad Hornsby SFAAT US Army, Airman Avery Frink
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By using the Online Giving link on our electronic publications and on the front page of our website, you can: • Check your giving history • Contribute toward your St. James pledge • Make a one-time gift • Set up an automatic giving schedule • Make a special gift, e.g. altar flowers, We Care, or a memorial or thank offering to any of several program accounts • Register for events • Purchase event tickets • View the most current parish directory with photos and map links There is no cost to you to use online giving. We use the latest encryption technologies to ensure your information remains secure. If you would like assistance or further information about online giving, please contact us.
September at the CSF: • People of faith have been making pilgrimages for countless centuries. Members of our community will recount their recent experiences, with a focus of why the particular sites they visited have been important to Christianity. Mtr. Mary Ann Garrett will begin the series on Sunday, September 7 and 21, talking about her trip to the Holy Land. • The Rev. Canon Shannon Manning will discuss What It Means to Be An Episcopalian on Sunday, September 14. • Stephen Minister Allen Paterson of St. James will discuss this program of providing Christian caregiving to people in our church families who are in need of hope and healing, on Sunday, September 28. This interdenominational ministry trains lay people in skills that will enable them to offer a healing presence to people in pain due to a variety of events, such as death, divorce, serious illness, and others. All sessions are Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. in the CSF Atrium on the third floor of the Ministries Center. Coffee and cookies are available in the atrium. Come on over!
Parish Partners Contribution Form Church Liaison Chairs: Nancy and Trey Roberts
We invite you to join us in support of the 2014 Day School Carnival — an essential fund raiser of St. James Episcopal Day School — an essential ministry of St. James Episcopal Church! from Nancy & Trey Roberts
Contributor Information Name of Company, Institution, Family or Individual as you wish it to appear on all listings:
____________________________________________________________ Mailing Address: ______________________________________________ City: ________________________________________________________ State:___________________________ Zip Code:____________________ Phone: ______________________________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________________
Value of Contribution $ ☐ 50.00
$ ☐ 100.00
$ ☐ 250.00
$ ☐ 500.00
$ ☐ Other: ______________________________________ With your donation of $100 or more, you will receive two (2) Carnival raffle tickets and your name will be displayed as a Parish Partner in the carnival newsletter and on the corporate sponsor wall. Please make checks payable to St. James Episcopal Day School. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Tax ID # 72-0542038
Please complete and return to the church office or mail to the school at:
445 Convention Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802.. Thank you for your generosity and support of St. James Episcopal Day School.
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Parish Family News
Churchwide Meeting on October 2
Baptisms Brea Claire Folks, infant daughter of Helen Paterson Folks and Andrew Christopher Folks, was baptized on August 24, 2014. Rachel Elizabeth Spiller Rosenbaum, infant daughter of Catherine Caldwell Spiller and William Call Rosenbaum, III, was baptized on August 24, 2014. Eloise McCue Show, infant daughter of Katherine LaNasa and Grant Alan Show, was baptized on August 24, 2014. Caroline Coates Delrie, infant daughter of Ashley Coates Delrie and Ronald Dwayne Delrie, was baptized on August 31, 2014. Transfers In Johnelle and Rodney Kennedy have come to St. James from Christ Episcopal Church in Dayton, Ohio.
As directed in its enabling resolution C095 approved by the 77th General Convention in 2012, the Task Force to Reimagine the Episcopal Church (TREC) will convene a churchwide meeting on October 2 at 6:30 p.m.
Trinity Institute: Save the Date!
The meeting will be webcast live from Washington National Cathedral and will be viewed at St. James Episcopal Church in the CSF Atrium, on the third floor of the Ministries Center. The meeting is open to the entire church, and there is no fee to attend in person at the National Cathedral, or to watch the live webcast.
Creating Common Good: January 22-24, 2015 Economic inequality in the United States is a pervasive, overwhelming issue. Our society is increasingly made up of have and have-nots, and this consistently widening gap represents a condition decried by the prophets, forcefully addressed by Jesus, and singled out by a number of contemporary voices in economics and public policy as a serious but correctable obstacle to human thriving. Many of us worry that we are complicit in a system that perpetuates economic inequality, and we feel uncomfortable and tense because this complicity goes against our deeply held Christian values about social justice. Many avoid the topic because taking a stand against economic inequality is difficult, and we don’t know what we can do – as individuals and as the Church – to effect change in a broken system. The Trinity Institute program, provided by the St. James Center for Spiritual Formation in live simulcast, will include the Most Rev. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury; Cornel West; and Robert Reich, among other. Read more at http://www.trinitywallstreet. org/trinity-institute/2015/what%E2%80%99s-ti2015.
The purpose of the meeting is “to receive responses to the proposed recommendations to be brought forward to the 78th General Convention.”
The planned format will be short concise presentations followed by substantive question and comment periods. Questions, concerns and comments will be taken from the live audience in addition to email and twitter. Questions can be emailed to reimaginetec@ gmail.com or put on Twitter @ReimagineTEC. TREC plans to draw from the comments, concerns and questions raised during this event to influence and fine-tune proposals currently under consideration during its final meeting immediately following the churchwide gathering on October 3 and 4. TREC’s final report to General Convention is due by November 30 for the 78th General Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah in July 2015. There has been significant financial underwriting from Trinity Church Wall Street and generous provision of space and technical support by Washington National Cathedral and the Diocese of Washington critical to making this event possible.
The Columbarium at St. James The St. James Columbarium is located adjacent to the Chapel of the Twelve Apostles exterior wall within the quiet meditation garden (in between Bishops Hall and the Parish Hall). It provides 251 recessed compartments (niches) for the placement of earthly remains after cremation. Two internments are possible for each niche. Each niche is enclosed with a protective granite face plate engraved with the appropriate name and the dates of birth and death. The columbarium is solely for use by those who worship at St. James as parishioners, or former parishioners, and their immediate families. The $1,100 fee per niche is a one-time charge. There will be no additional charge for the polished brass inurnment urns with name identification plate, or the memorialized granite face plate(s). A portion of the purchase price will be reserved for future care and maintenance of the columbarium. A certificate of purchase will be issued granting the exclusive right to use the niche. Rights to a niche may not be sold or otherwise transferred, but may be returned to the parish. For more information about the columbarium, contact Sylvia Rabalais at 225-387-5141, or visit our website for the information packet.
13 Pentecost Grandparents’ Day
14 Pentecost
15 Pentecost
16 Pentecost
10:00 CSF: Stephen Ministry 10:00 The Readings
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10:00 CSF: Holy Land 10:00 The Readings
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10:00 CSF: Episcopalians w/ Canon S. Manning 10:00 The Readings
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10:00 CSF: Holy Land 10:00 The Readings
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7:30 9:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 5:00
Sunday Schedule (unless otherwise noted) Rite I - spoken Rite II in the Chapel - As You Are* Rite II in the church * Christian Education* Rite II in the church* Rite II in Chapel
SUNDAY
Noon AA - MC Media Room 3:00 Kids Orchestra
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6:30 Girls Choir
5:30 Day School Board Mtng.
Noon AA - MC Media Room
St. Michael & All Angels 8:15 Day School Morning Prayer
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6:30 Girls Choir
Noon AA - MC Media Room 3:00 Kids Orchestra
10:00 Day School Open House
30
6:30 Girls Choir
11:00 Meditative Yoga - CSF Noon AA - MC Media Room Noon AA - MC Media Room Noon Day School Finance Comm. 3:00 Kids Orchestra
8:15 Day School Morning Prayer
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11:00 Noon Noon 5:30 6:00
8:15
5:00 CSF Evening Prayer 5:30 CSF Board
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3
9:00 11:00 Noon Noon
10
4
THURSDAY
5
FRIDAY
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8:00 Executive Committee Spiritual Direction SMILE Bible Study Group Holy Eucharist & Healing Svc. Noon AA - MC Media Room AA - MC Media Room 3:00 Kids Orchestra
7:00 Bible Study
Noon AA - MC Media Room
8:20 Day School Eucharist
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7:00 Bible Study Food Pantry Open 8:20 Day School Eucharist SMILE Bible Study Group AA - MC Media Room Holy Eucharist & Healing Svc. Noon AA - MC Media Room Noon AA - MC Media Room Joan of Arc - offsite Property Committee Financial Peace Univ. 6:00 EfM Holland/Garrett Group Adult Choir Rehearsal
WEDNESDAY
8:00 11:00 Noon Noon Noon AA - MC Media Room Noon 12:30 Teacher Training Clergy Vesting & Conf. Rm. 5:30 6:00 6:30 Girls Choir 7:30
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TUESDAY
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6:00 EfM Holland/Garrett Group
7:00 Bible Study Deanery Clergy Meeting CSF Atrium SMILE Bible Study Group Holy Eucharist & Healing Svc. Noon AA - MC Media Room AA - MC Media Room 3:00 Kids Orchestra 6:00 Financial Peace Univ. 7:30 Adult Choir Rehearsal
11:00 Noon Noon
7:30
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Noon AA - MC Media Room
8:20 Day School Eucharist
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6:00 Financial Peace Univ. 6:00 EfM Holland/Garrett Group 7:30 Adult Choir Rehearsal Ember Day Ember Day Holy Cross Day 7:00 Bible Study 8:00 Food Pantry Open Day School Morning Prayer 10:00 Day School Open House 8:20 Day School Eucharist 11:00 SMILE Bible Study Group 10:00 Sts. Agnes/Edith/Monica Noon Holy Eucharist & Healing Svc. Noon EfM Grads - offsite Yin Yoga - CSF offsite Noon AA - MC Media Room Noon AA - MC Media Room Noon AA - MC Media Room AA - MC Media Room Noon AA - MC Media Room 3:00 Kids Orchestra 3:00 Kids Orchestra Finance Committee 3:30 Scouts Pack Meeting Vestry 5:30 Associate Vestry 6:00 Financial Peace Univ. 6:00 EfM Holland/Garrett Group Bad Girls Book Club-offsite 6:30 Girls Choir 7:30 Adult Choir Rehearsal
11:00 Yin Yoga - CSF Noon AA - MC Media Room
Nativity of the Theotokos 8:15 Day School Morning Prayer
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Labor Day Church Office Closed
MONDAY
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Ember Day
SATURDAY
205 N. Fourth Street | Baton Rouge, LA 70801 225 387 5141 | Fax 225 387 1443 www.stjamesbr.org *Indicates child care provided
Service
7:30 a.m.
As You Are
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
Mimi Riché Mimi Riché Brent Caldwell Mimi Riché Kent Caldwell Pat Colquette BB Stirling Honey & Randy East
Joyce Rucker Bessie & Glenn Stockton Tony Carter Jane Christensen Dodie Edmonds Mildred Taylor
Manette Sammons
Bob Israel Chad Phillips Pat Culbertson Kyle Landrem Hill Savoy
John Cadwallader Ed Henderson Gordon Ellis Ed Henderson Pat Colquette Hays Town III Katherine Martin Honey & Randy East
Joyce Rucker Bessie & Glenn Stockton Mickey Christensen Mary Thomas Karen Kennedy Cathy McHugh Robin diNapoli
Connie Schneider
Bob Bowsher Tom Wade Randy Lamont Bill Hines Chris McCanless Mike Rabalais Ryan Field 1C Gregory Field TB James Van Hook TB Olivia Van Hook 2C Casey Gautreau Maria Bowen Summer Keane B Phillips Linda Bowsher Margaret Culbertson
Brent & Kent Caldwell Hays Town III Claudia Black Claudia Black Susie Furr Annie Furr Randy East Honey & Randy East
Joyce Rucker Bessie & Glenn Stockton Randy Garrett Cathy McHugh Liz Carter Jane Christensen
Martha Yancey
Liz Treppendahl Liz Treppendahl Honey East Honey East Anna Garrett Liz Treppendahl Allen Paterson Honey & Randy East
Joyce Rucker Bessie & Glenn Stockton Julius Richardson Sharon Hoffeld Jane Christensen Sharon Hoffeld
September 28, 2014
Pat Broderick Bob Frazier Dan West Gerry Sulzer Derek Mathews
Noah Fair 1C Blake Fair TB Aubrey Green TB Anna Kurtz 2C Susan White Bob Bowsher Linda Bowsher Emily Kay Agnes Harrop Thelma Herthum Trudy Ivy
LAY MINISTRY ASSIGNMENTS - SEPTEMBER 2014 — ALSO AVAILABLE AT tinyurl.com/StJamesLayMin September 7, 2014 September 14, 2014 September 21, 2014
Stephanie Kay 1C Andrea Kay TB Bryan Olsson TB Virginia Bowen 2C Debbie Taylor Denise Allen Elizabeth Canfield Michael Ferachi Zoe Harrell Nancy Jo Poirrier
Assigment
Phillip Wright D.J. Richard Norm Martinusen Brian Sheely
Martha Yancey Chet Coles Chet Coles Kaki Heiligenthal Joanne Anderson Peggy Brandes
Parlor Arrangements Foyer Arrangements Ushers/Welcome
Ushers
Warren Ross 1C Grant Griffin TB Hays Alexander TB
Chip Middleton Frank Leonard John Compton Neal Elliott Jr. Bob Laughlin Martha Rhodes 1C Lucy Pellegrin TB Cade Capron TB Katie Capron 2C Bob Frazier
Nancy Litton Adelaide Russo Chris Harrell Pauline Barrow Laura Collet Gay Middleton Nancy Penn
John Ozier Betty Phillips
Intercessor Altar Guild
Intercessor Altar Guild
Eucharistic Ministers Lectors
Acolytes
Ushers
Lector 1 Psalmist Lector 2 Intercessor Altar Guild
Ushers/Welcome Eucharistic Ministers
EM/Intercessor Lector Altar Guild
Acolytes
Renée Smith-Tadie
Chris Frink Lou Ellis Chet Coles Kerry Capron Catherine Harrell Jennie Price
Rosalyn Cordell Jeannie Frey Rhodes
Mary Brandon Harrell 1C Abigail Gibson TB Bennett Gibson TB Margaret Harrell 2C David Warrington
Charles Kahao Chris Frink Vernon Middleton Chuck Oliver Sandy Arst Mary Oliver 1C Kate Oliver TB Francie Oliver TB Lizzie Oliver 2C Jane Perkins
Ethan Wax 1C Katherine Landrem 1C Olivia Landrem TB Gracie Gagliano 2C Summer Keane TBD Pat Culbertson Margaret Culbertson Maretta Creveling Rieta Reiser Susan White
Laurance W. Brooks Jr. Rip Collins Ben Reiser Mike Fontenot George Clark
Eucharistic Ministers
Melissa Anderson Bill Campbell Lubna Culbert Barbara Bearden Jane Henslee Ann Holmes Susan Rolfs
Hays Town III Elizabeth Libbers
Randall Peterson Scott Westbrook Scott Garver Bill Lee
Lectors
Jeannie Frey Rhodes Betty Phillips Eucharistic Minister Altar Guild
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Graduates of EfM - Join Us!
September 2014
The Parlor Flowers Guild The usual format is that one of the group volunteers to present a brief lesson followed by a hearty group discussion. Any format and topic will do — whatever is on your heart at the time.
Manette Sammons is keeping open her invitation now to any who might be interested in joining the Parlor Flowers Guild but missed connecting with her at the Ministries Fair.
The four year program is rich with spiritual and intellectual food. Periodic gathering of graduates for a little “renewal and refreshments” can be rewarding.
The most important thing is that we get to use our theological reflection skills, our lifetime experiences, our knowledge of the Bible and tradition to hold a rich discussion about the chosen subject. This is a tradition we have followed for four years in EfM. We don’t want it to vanish.
If you enjoy flower arranging, this could be a ministry you would enjoy. Depending on how many join this group, you will be asked to create a fresh arrangement of flowers for the Parish Hall Parlor on a schedule of about once every six to 10 weeks. Fellow members have been good to swap around if there are date conflicts.
Because this gathering is during the lunch hour, you are invited to bring a bag lunch. You do not have to attend every meeting. Come when you can. All we ask is that you respond to the monthly email meeting reminder, so the host(ess) and group do know whether to expect you!
If you, or another EfM grad you know, may be interested in meeting this group on the third Thursday of the month at noon, please contact Nancy Jo Poirrier, at npstudio@bellsouth.net, at home at 225926-1679, or on her cell phone: 225-6037921.
If you have graduated from the four year program of Education for Ministry offered by The University School of the South at Sewanee, you are invited to join us on the third Thursday of the month from noon until 1:30 p.m. as we gather at various locations through the year for a time of spiritual feeding.
The new list of assignments will begin on Sunday, September 28. To be put on the roster, please contact Manette Sammons at rosem52@aol.com, at home at 225-766-1467, or cell number 225-937-5549.
Get Busy Reading: The Bad Girls Book Club Resumes September 22!
Baton Rouge Enneagram Seminar is September 27-28
You have plenty of time to read “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd.
Sandra Smith, M.Div. who led the highly-acclaimed Enneagram workshop for the Center for Spiritual Formation here last fall, will be presenting a workshop in the Baton Rouge area this September, hosted by Education for Living Seminars.
This historical novel is about the relationship between a slave, Handful, and the daughter of slave owners, Sarah Grimké, in antebellum Charleston. While this is strictly a novel, Sarah Grimké was an actual early abolitionist and feminist whose upbringing in a slaveholding Southern family made her voice particularly controversial. Handful’s mamma, who tells her life story with needle and thread, is based on quilter Harriet Powers, an African American born into slavery in 1837. You can read more reviews here: www.goodreads.com/book/ show/18079776-the-invention-ofwings The Bad Girls Book Club will return on Monday, September 22 at 6:00 p.m. in the private room at La Madeleine’s at 7615 Jefferson Highway. Please contact Monica Murphy with any questions. She can be reached at telephone 225-335-3572, via email at monicabr@att.net.
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This is an introductory workshop and it is not necessary to have any previous experience with the Enneagram, or know your type. You will learn about the Enneagram; attentional patterns and world views of the nine types; the gifts and challenges of each personality type; and, strategies for loosening automatic patterns of behavior. For those desiring an individual Enneagram session while she is in Baton Rouge, contact Sandra directly by email at sandracsmith@charter.net or phone 828-684-2339. Typing sessions are offered on Friday, September 27 at a discounted rate of $70 for those attending the workshop. The fee for the two-day seminar is $295, including lunch. Go to www.eflseminars.com to register. Sandra Smith has been teaching the Enneagram as a tool for personal and professional growth since 2001. Offering public workshops and staff development retreats, she engages people at the core of who they are, assisting in dissolving barriers to healthy relationships in the workplace and in personal life. Sandra organized and taught at the East Coast Enneagram Professional Training Program and is supervisor for candidates for certification in the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP) founded by Helen Palmer and David Daniels, MD. She makes her home in Asheville, NC. Learn more at www.alchemyworksevents.com.
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Increased costs to meet new postal regulations and fees have forced us to terminate automatic mailing of The MESSENGER to parish households. Readers are encouraged to use the online version to enjoy color photographs and graphics, easy links to contact information, maps, additional information and reference materials, and more. If you know of someone who cannot receive the electronic version, nor is able to pick up a paper copy available in the narthex, foyers and vestibules, please share their name with us so other arrangements can be made — or better yet: pick one up and bring it to them on a visit, yourself!
We proclaim Christ crucified and risen, and invite you to join with us in ministry together in his name.
A Congregational Health & Wellness Ministry — what’s it all about? St. James has just launched a Congregational Health & Wellness Ministry and many wonder “What’s it all about?” The National Episcopal Health Ministries has a vision that every Episcopal congregation become a vibrant, caring place for health and wholeness. It is their mission to promote health ministry in our churches assisting its members to reclaim the Gospel imperative of health and wholeness. Health problems exist among our membership. We can experience better health after those risks have been identified and addressed. The first step in determining what type of educational offerings, health fairs, etc., can be of value to our members, and the Baton Rouge Deanery as whole, is to survey the membership of St. James and the surrounding Episcopal churches. Launched in the August 18 issue of the eMessenger, you can visit and participate in the online health questionnaire that will be an integral part of establishing a congregational wellness ministry.
This survey is 100% anonymous. The survey does not ask for your name nor is your email going to be revealed as a tie to a particular survey that is received. Please be completely honest about your health concerns and the issues that relate to your health. This information will be the key to how the ministry can create the best programs possible to help our parish and area Episcopalians. Nationwide, Episcopal parishes, with a median age of 57, experience the reality of health issues and care giving that often accompany the aging process and impact both individuals and their younger family members. We now have a great opportunity before us! As a community of faith, we can make a difference in the health and wellness of our congregation. It all starts with this survey. Please help us create the best program possible by completing the survey as soon as possible. Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ FKK675B
Coming Soon It’s been three years since our last overhaul of the St. James Episcopal Church web site, and it’s time for a major update! We will be implementing more mobile-friendly features and easier means for updates by individual ministries, tying in more closely with our Facebook and Google+ pages and Twitter account, and more! Please do not be alarmed to see our site down occasionally over the next few weeks. We will have an announcement page, letting you know of our progress, with temporary links to our most-requested areas: newsletter links, documents, calendar and online giving portal.