Footsteps October 2017

2602 Deming Blvd. Cheyenne, WY 82001 307-632-4488

[email protected] www.stchrischeyenne.diowy.org

“To Know Christ and To Show Christ”

The Rev. Jim Stewart offers office hours as well as open visiting by appointment:

Mondays 6:00pm-8:00pm St. Christopher’s Schedule Wednesdays 6:00pm-8:00pm We are once again looking forward to our Every other Friday morning upcoming services: September 30, Take crosses down. Rev. Stewart is always October 1, Pet Blessings. available by appointment. You may reach him at October 6, 7, 8, Convention 307-214-6136 or October 31, Trunk or Treat [email protected] October 31, Halloween.

Everyone is Welcome Here

Worship at 8:00 and 10:00 am with music starting Sep. 10 Ministry By The Rev. Jim Stewart

Our church is on its way. When Sylvia and I One thing that surprised me was the ability to started less then a year and a half ago we felt the use the church in ways that I had not anticipated. encouragement to get ministries started in the We had the ability to hold the cub scouts meetings church. We understand the need to reach out to on one side of the church, a discernment meeting others and become involved with one another. My on the other, a pot luck upstairs and a short main concern was not overstepping our bounds. It meeting in my office all at the same time. There is amazing how people have stepped in to grow was no problem of interfering with each other. It God’s ministries. would have been possible to hold another meeting Our food pantry was struggling to try and keep at that time if the need was there. up with all the needs of those less fortunate. The use of the extra kitchen in the basement Thanks to a grant from the diocese we are now do- has been a gift for groups that meet in our church. ing well. Our cupboards will very soon be replaced The Suicide ministry is another ministry that has on the stage and we are doing ok with the food grown and needs to be appreciated for all those supply. People are still giving to help and our involved. Leslie has graciously lead us to have a group is able to fulfill this ministry. It is wonderful great ministry reaching out to the community. to see the enthusiasm around this ministry. We put together a healing service on September When we started the basement, I was worried 15th. I had asked Father Dave to help with the ser- about upsetting those that have been in the church vice. He graciously accepted, but what I was sur- for many years. I was told we could work on the prised at was the fact that The Rev. Tim and The three offices but needed approval to start on the Rev. Jill also showed up. We were able to have 3 main room, the rest rooms, the kitchen or the and a deacon serve with the laity at this ser- bathrooms. The energy started building and we vice. We were very pleased to get a letter from the were able to get approval and all the help needed Bishop stating how happy he was to hear about to finish the large room. It has continued to grow. our progress with suicide awareness and our heal- I was asked if we could replace the countertop ing service. in the kitchen and we were given permission to do Sometimes we question our ministries and if so if we came up with the money. I laughed when they can be done. I have stated that I am open to my wife suggested asking people for scrap metal all ministries and will try to support any ideas that and selling it to come up with the money. At 3 come forward. Continue this journey we are on cents a pound this seemed a little far fetched. and know we will strive to keep sharing God’s min- Maybe I should have had a little faith. After only a istries. Let us use the gifts he has given each one few months she was able to come up with the of us. money needed. The biggest surprise was the ministry that came from this suggestion. We were able to help others Peace, Jim clear scrap from their yards that they were trying to figure out how to get rid of. This was a ministry of helping others and serving God in the mean time. What a blessing.

2 God’s Cupboard GOD’S CUPBOARD From August 18— September 22, God’s Cup- Thanks to everyone who donates to God’s Cupboard. We really do appre- board fed 213 families or ciate it. Currently we are in need of cereal, meat, fruit and soup. Please do- 674 people of which 174 nate if you can. were children. FALL CHURCH CLEAN UP DAY

October 14, 9 A.M., St. Christopher’s annual fall clean up day will be held. Some of the projects are to put away air conditioners, clean the Parish Hall windows, paint the cross on the west end exterior of the church, check caulk- ing between concrete and the building, sweep the patio area and other items that come up. Possibly some painting inside the church also. Please plan to come and enjoy some refreshments and fellowship. We will plan to end around noon. ANNUAL FALL BAZAAR AND CRAFT SALE St. Elizabeth’s Guild will once again have the annual Bazaar and Craft Sale on Thanks for all you do November 18. We will also start selling tickets for our basket full of all sorts from those who come to of goodies. The date for the drawing will be announced in the November God’s Cupboard Footsteps. Sale proceeds from the lunch, table rental, baked goods and tick- et sales usually gross around $1,000.00. We will also be accepting names for the Christmas stockings for members unable to come to church. Please start ERD Relief thinking about items for the bake table for us to sell.

Oils of The Bible

On August 26 Pam Rapp, I was so excited to be able to use ERD has put together a daughter in law to Erma Rapp our room downstairs for this class. drive to help those victims held a class at St. Chris- There were two ladies that could not struck by Hurricane Harvey. topher’s to speak about some navigate the stairs even though they At the Clergy/Spouse retreat of the oils that were used in the Bible. could walk. It was a blessing to have the there was a drive that raised There were 13 people that came togeth- chair available for them to go up and $2,300. It was then put out er to share the evening with one another. down the stairs. to the churches to raise mon- There are so many healing properties We had a number of comments on ey on September 3rd. St. from some of the oils that she brought to how nice our church was not only down Christopher’s added another the class. It was a night to ex- stairs but also upstairs. $365 to the money going to the victims. Thank you to all perience the oils and to be The kitchen was also a huge that decided to contribute to able to smell them as well as benefit for the ladies as they pre- such a worthy cause. put them on our skin to see if pared water and coffee for the they helped relieve pain as meeting. well as alert our senses through smell.

3 Suicide Month Starts On September 1st.

St. Christopher’s Episcopal from every walk of life remem- Church Cheyenne is located bering that God not church is in across the street from the VA all of us. hospital on Pershing. Last year Members of the group hang- we were very surprised to find ing the crosses took 5 hours on out that in September the hos- September 1st to hang all the pital put up 600 crosses repre- crosses. senting the suicides committed It was very sobering as we throughout the US by veterans realized that for every cross we during this month. Twenty were hanging was a life taken deaths every day through the month of September. because they felt they had no other option. Today we The sight of all the crosses hanging on the fence was remember that we all need to be more patient with very sobering. There were people from all over the each other and learn to love all those around us as we country that would visit and say a prayer for those have been taught. touched by this memorial. We will have a healing service on September 15 at We were able to talk to the Chaplin at the VA and 5:00 p.m. to remember the fallen as well as to com- found out that the VA would not be allowed to hang the memorate the walk that started in Cody and will end up crosses this year because of the affiliation with church at the VA front gates on this date at 3:00 p.m. and state. We were asked if we would have a use for the crosses at our church. They would gladly give them Peace, Jim to us. Of course we said yes we would. I feel that the crosses do not represent one church but this country under God. We as a church decided we still need to show honor for those that have been pushed to the brink and com- mitting suicide. There are a number of veterans in our church that wanted to put the memorial up on our fence. A number of people installed the crosses on our Those volunteering are pictured : Dave McHenry, members from St. Christopher’s Lloyd Osborn, Gene Wil- fence to pay tribute to our fallen soldiers that felt there liams, The Rev. Jim Stewart, Sylvia Stewart. was no other choice. The fence represents all fallen

Homebound Parishioners If you wish to receive the Eucharist Please call the office at 632-4488 or The Rev. Jim Stewart at 307-214-6136.

4 DID YOU KNOW…..

St. (354-430) was born in North Africa. Although his mother, Monica, was a devout Christian, her son led a wayward and dissolute life, until as an adult, he came under the influence of (St.) , Bishop of Milan.

Augustine possessed a brilliant and inquiring mind. Very much influenced by the guidance of Ambrose, he and his son, Adeodatus, were baptized. Soon after, Augustine discovered St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. It became the instrument which showed him a path through the sinful practices which had often overcome him. He became forever redirected toward Christ and the spread of the Gospel. This he did with his lifelong dedication to teaching, writing and organizing.

Augustine was a brilliant teacher and author. His “City of God” refuted the heretical teaching that the fall of Rome was organized by the Christians. It stands as an outstanding philosophy of history. His autobiographical “Confessions”, is a profound self-recorded account of human struggle and suffering.

Augustine spent the last thirty-four years of his life as Bishop of Hippo, in North Africa, a few miles from Carthage. Probably no other Christian thinker or writer since St. Paul has so indeli- bly influenced thinking in the Western Christian Church.

Ref: Latourette, A History of Christianity

The Garden Bug

Hope you made it out to the garden this summer. but it is better than any It was beautiful. Candy Snead is this season’s Squash hoe. It cuts weeds off at Queen. She gave grew and gave away 100s of pounds the crown with no chop- of zucchini. We harvested beans several times a week ping. You can weed twice and grew giant pumpkins. Amy Sullivan grew acorn as much in half the time squash and CORN! As I said, this season was amazing while it levels and breaks and we are looking forward an even more incredible up the soil. It was a great growing season next year. We learned a lot about season and I know I growing large pumpkins and perhaps next year Gene learned and grew as much Williams will try his hand at pumpkins and then St. as the garden. Thanks be Christopher’s is likely to have a truly giant pumpkin. I to God for a bountiful year discovered a favorite tool this year. Gene of friendship and learning, brought it in and Candy, Amy and I really appreciated Sylvia and the garden club. it. I am not even sure of the name of this new tool,

5 Iona Files By Paul Crips

Have you ever wondered how the Jewish people were able to survive after all the trials and tribulations they en- dured over the course of their existence? In studying the second temple period at IONA there was three major crises for the Jewish people during this period which lasted for over 600 years.

1st: Destruction of the kingdom of Judah in 587-586. The Judeans lost their Sovereignty, independence, their mo- narchial government, their city with its sacred temple and all of their people were exiled to Babylon, which is mod- ern day Iraq. Around 530 BCE the Jewish people, some 43,000, completed a grueling four-month journey from the banks of the Euphrates River to Jerusalem. They were led by Zerubbabel.

2nd. There was a growing influence of Hellenism with Judaism which caused the Maccabean revolt in 167 BCE.

3rd. Finally, the Romans occupied the region when Pompey sacked Jerusalem in 63 BCE. The second temple peri- od ended with the first Jewish Roman War 70 CE and this was when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the tem- ple.

The chief issues for the Jewish faith and life during this time was the constant change in the governing structure and the strong nationalism and belief that the Jewish people were exclusive and that God was their spiritual leader and the only God under monotheism unlike other nations that had a monolatry belief system that there were nu- merous gods.

Under a changing governing structure, social stratification occurred with the social and economic elite gaining more control and dominance over the population. This meant that the temple wielded a tremendous amount of power and influence over the poorer Jewish people who followed more traditional non-priestly families that em- phasized Torah studies. This lead to conflicts between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. This was exacerbated by the Roman rule. Other conflicts arose around the Juridico-religions which emphasized temple rights and rituals and those who emphasized Mosaic Law and different interpretations of the Torah.

Jesus Christ was born into all of this division and strife and it was His message and fight with the Jewish hierarchy that would ultimately lead to his death on the cross and resurrection obviously ushering the new testament and the Christian movement. This movement would not have happened without Jesus’s encounter with Paul at Damascus after Jesus had been crucified and arose from the dead.

Thanks be to God for giving us his Son, our lord and savior Jesus Christ.

6 Suicide walk

St. Christopher's has had a good month sup- Betsy helped serve ice cream porting the Suicide awareness month. We start- and root beer floats for those ed with the crosses on the fence for the Veteran that attended. suicides and moved to Grace for Two Brothers After the reception on the march on Sunday September 10th. VA grounds we moved to St. Christopher’s for a The march for Grace for Two Brothers start- healing service that was well received. The ed at the capital and ended at the depot. St. Chris- Rev. Dave Mcelwain The Rev Jill Zim- topher’s had a table at the depot for merschied, The Rev. Tim Solon and The Rev. people to visit and pray together. Jim Stewart served as clergy for this service. Leslie, Jill and Whitney supported us Paul Crips, and Sylvia Stewart served as the and did a fine of getting the word Laity. out. Although this is a time of great sorrow it is a time to We then had a good representation see all those that bond together to let families know we on September 15th when Terresa fin- really do care about this issue that plagues Wyoming. ished her walk across Wyoming from Cody to the gates of the VA hospital in Cheyenne. Leslie, Sylvia, Gary and

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October Birthdays Lloyd Osborn October 4 Ashley Breton October 7 Dave Freudenthal October 12 Lindsey Schilling October 13 Judy Cuthbertson October 17 Ed Ferguson October 18 Braxton Inniss October 20 Jim Nelson October 22 Jerry Inniss October 26 Betsy Hartman October 30

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

JOHN AND KAREN BOEHNER OCTOBER 27 7

St Christopher’s Church August 2017 Bishop John Smylie Treasurer’s Report The Ministers Congregation Priest in Charge The Rev. Jim Stewart Receipts $ 6,099.57 Parish Administrator Dick Cuthbertson Expenses $ 12,228.88 Checking Balance $ 53,453.26 Vestry Savings Balance $ 32,153.08 Marty Hardsocg, Senior Warden Endowment $ 22,709.34 Ted Maxwell, Treasurer Grand Total $ 108,315.58 Lynda Hardgrave Dedicated Funds $ 34,095.95 Dorothy Stevens

Gene Williams God’s Cupboard Pat Benson August Expenses $ 1,637.60 Carole Martin Norm Snead

St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church 2602 Deming Blvd. Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001 307-632-4488 [email protected] www.stchrischeyenne.diowy.org www.stchrischeyenne.diowy.org October 2017 Calendar & Ministry Schedule

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 Eucharist 8 a.m. 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sunday School 9 a.m. The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. First Coffee 10 a.m. God’s Cupboard 8:30-11:30 am St. Elizabeth’s 9:00 am Eucharist 10 a.m. Liturgics 6 p.m. Youth Group 6:00 p.m. Bible Study Noon Pet Blessing 2 p.m.

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Eucharist 8 a.m. The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. First Coffee 10 a.m. God’s Cupboard 8:30-11:30 a.m. No Excuse Moms 9:00 am Eucharist 10 a.m. Potluck Dinner 6 pm Bible Study Noon Daughter’s of the King 6:00 p.m. Church Fall Workday 9:00 a.m. Youth Group 6:00 p.m

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Eucharist 8 a.m. The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. FCN Advisory Council The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. Bible Study Noon God’s Cupboard 8:30-11:30 a.m. No Excuse Moms 9:00 am Sunday School 9 a.m. 12-1 pm Rev. Vestry Jim in office 6 pm Eucharist 10 a.m. Youth 6-8pm Group 6:00 p.m

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Eucharist 8 a.m. The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. Bible Study Noon God’s Cupboard 8:30-11:30 a.m. No Excuse Moms 9:00 am Sunday School 9 a.m. Youth Group 6:00 p.m Eucharist 10 a.m.

29 30 31 Eucharist 8 a.m. The Rev. Jim in office 6-8 p.m. Trunk or Treat Halloween Party Men’s Breakfast every AA Group meets every Sunday School 9 a.m. 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Wednesday morning at Monday, Wednesday and Eucharist 10 a.m. Perkins 8:30 a.m. Friday at 8:00 p.m.

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Black 8:00 a.m. October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 Blue 10:00 a.m. Pentecost 17 Pentecost 18 Pentecost 19 Pentecost 20 Pentecost 21 Proper 21 Proper 22 Proper 23 Proper 24 Proper 25

Exodus 17: 1-7 Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Exodus 32:12-23 Exodus 33:12-23 Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 Psalm 78: 1-4, 12-16 Psalm 19 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Psalm 99 Psalm 90: 1-6, 13-17 Readings Philippians 2:1-13 Philippians 3: 4-14 Philippians 4: 1-9 1 Thessalonians 1:10 1 Thessolonians 2:1-8 Matthew 21:23-32 Matthew 21:33-46 Matthew 22: 1-14 Matthew 22: 15-22 Matthew 22:34-46

Worship Leader Tom Satterfield John Sullivan John Sullivan Sylvia Stewart John Sullivan Leslie Zimmerschied Paul Crips Gene Williams Shirley Hardsocg Dolores Dionne

Eucharistic Minister Pat Benson Greg Norman Pat Benson Greg Norman John Sullivan Dolores Dionne Paul Crips John Sullivan Dolores Dionne Paul Crips

Lector Judy Bair Sylvia Stewart Gwen Hargett Judy Bair Sylvia Stewart Whitney Brooks Karen Boehner Mary Jernigan Dorothy Stevens Norm Snead

Gospel Bearer Sylvia Stewart John Sullivan Paul Crips Sylvia Stewart Kristin Lee C: April Hawkins C: Sylvia Stewart C: Leslie Zimmerschied C: Pat Benson C: April Hawkins Acolytes T: Norm and Adin Snead T: Addy & Savannah Schilling T: Whitney Brooks T: Norm and Adin Snead T: Addy & Savannah Schilling Sylvia Stewart

Prayers of the People Pat Benson Amy Sullivan Anya Hargett Amy Sullivan Amy Sullivan Dolores Dionne Bob Pesicka Gene Williams Dorothy Stevens Norm Snead

Ushers Mary Jernigan & Friend Norm and Candy Snead Martin Hardsocg Leslie Zimmerschied Alex and LIzz Bowler Dorothy Fowles Whitney Brooks

Counters Nancy Freudenthal Karen Boehner Alex Bowler Greg Norman John Sullivan Janet Osborn Betsy Hartman Bob Pesicka Gary Hartman

Altar Ministry Karen Boehner’s Team Ruth Ferguson’s Team Sherrel Jone’s Team Kristin Lee’s Team Ruth Ferguson’s Team