Episcopal Church

April 2012

Editor, Rusty Ogden Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 1101 Sunset Drive P. O. Box 116 www.epiphanyguntersville.org Guntersville, AL 35976 256-582-4897

Palm Sunday The Meaning of April 1 - 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion —Last Sunday of and the beginning of Holy Week. The day commemorates Jesus’ triumphal into Jerusalem and is marked by a blessing of April 5 – 7 p.m. palms and a procession of the whole congregation into the Last Supper Commemoration church, followed by a reading of the passion gospel and a Washing of Feet and Stripping of Altar Eucharist that is penitential in tone. (Please assemble in front of the church for the procession) April 6– 12 noon & 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday—The day on which the church remem- bers Jesus’ institution of the Eucharist and the washing of Traditional Good Friday Service the disciples’ feet. The Maundy Thursday Eucharist is also A Powerful prayer service. the only one celebrated between Wednesday in Holy Week To make this service even more meaningful, and the Great Vigil of . observe by fasting (Washing of the feet is a personal choice and is optional) (if medically okay to do so) Good Friday—The day when Christians have traditionally Living remembered and meditated upon the crucifixion of Jesus April 6 – 5:30 p.m. through fasting, penance, and special devotion. It consists An Epiphany tradition. of the Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, the Walk along the lake front as we follow the last steps of our Solemn Collects, and may include communion from the Lord leading to His Crucifixion. reserved sacrament. No Eucharist is celebrated on the day. and Easter Eve Holy Saturday, —Day before Easter April 7 commemorating the resting of Christ’s body in the tomb. As on Good Friday, the altar is bare and there is no Easter Egg Hunt and hot dog lunch 11 a.m. celebration of the Eucharist. Easter Vigil and Baptism at 7:30 p.m. (This is also a traditional day of baptism.) The Light of Christ returns into the World and it Sunday of the Resurrection, Easter Day—The central and happens right in front of your eyes! most ancient feast of the church year, celebrating Christ’s Then participate in the First Eucharist of Easter. resurrection from the dead. The varies every EASTER SUNDAY year according to the lunar calendar; it is the first Sunday on April 8 – 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. or after the first full moon of spring. The Easter cycle of the THE TRIUMPHANT DAY OF HIS encompasses everything from Ash Wednes- RESURRECTION!! day through , but its core is the Great Vigil of Even at the 8am service we sing! Easter. Easter Day begins the Easter season, which runs for BRING YOUR BELLS to ring out the Good News! fifty days until the Feast of Pentecost. Easter Sunday Reception after the 10:30 a.m. service. Epiphany Star Page 2

EASTER EGG HUNT Stations of APRIL 7, 11AM SHARP! 12th Annual the Cross Remember! Remember! Cheap Champagne th All children newborn through 5 grade are Easter Hoo Rah! The Hospitality eligible. A Golden Egg will be hidden for Committee is each age group. More eggs filled with candy hosting the than you can ever imagine! All parishioners are invited by Bill Living Stations of the Cross on and Rita Winters to celebrate Easter. Good Friday, April 6, at 5:30 P.M. Hot Dogs, chips, lemonade, and candy for The celebration will begin on Easter on the walking trail across from lunch! Bring your children. Bring your Sunday, April 8, at 4pm at the home the church. children’s children. Bring your neighbor’s of Roger and Joyce Rehfeld at 2005 children. Bring a basket for each child. Signal Point Lane, Guntersville. We need volunteers to read at each (Signal Point Ln. is a left on the first station and to be the "freeze" street after passing the marina on actors. There is a sign-up sheet on Signal Point Rd). Please bring some- the bulletin board in the hallway as thing to snack on if you like. You you come out of the church or just might bring some beer and wine if show up at rehearsal. you desire, but plenty of Champagne Andy Hunter will once again be will be on hand to celebrate the big our "guide". We will rehearse with day. Remember, the key to this is him on Wednesday evening, April Bring Bells Cheap Champagne Hoorah! This 4, in Sanderson Hall at 6:00pm . Easter morning to ring in the gathering is extremely informal. If Pizza and drinks will be served. it’s warm enough wear shorts! There joyous news of Christ’s is plenty of parking. Resurrection.

It has been warm this year which means we have plenty of spring flowers in bloom in The flowering of the cross has been traced back to our yards or perhaps your neighbor's the 6th century. It is an especially striking and yard. Bring flowers to church Easter morn- beautiful way to symbolize the new life that ing to flower the cross. Blooms should be emerges from the death on Good Friday. cut and have a stem length of three to four The entire cross is covered with flowers and is inches. This is a beautiful way to symbolize placed prominently at the front of the church to the new life that emerges from the death of symbolize the new life in our risen Lord to all the our Lord Jesus Christ on Good Friday. worshippers present on Easter Sunday morning. It Children and adults may participate and dramatically and visually represents the new life may walk to the front of the Nave and place that we are celebrating after witnessing the very your flowers on the cross when you arrive instrument of death and endings transformed by but before the processional. Christ's rising. Epiphany Star Page 3

Outreach Committee

SPRING INGATHERING – APRIL 22 The Outreach Committee will be handing out brown paper bags April 15 for you to fill. A list will be on the bag and they will accept the full bags back on April 22. My Dear Parish Family, Some items requested are toiletries, paper products and As most of you know, I have had pneumonia. I continue baby supplies. Items will be distributed to: under my doctor’s care and I am responding. I would  Best Start Maternity Care Program probably come to work more often, but my warden here at  Salvation Army home keeps me from doing too much too quick. I am told that  Home Place I need to conserve my energy for Holy Week which is next week. Mission Team With all this down time I tend to be a bit reflective. While I Spotlight for April am not sure why this illness has come upon me, I do know that through Christ there is resurrection and Easter will come. I want each of you to know that though I have not been able to The Mission Team committee is going back to function at full capacity, I do keep each of you in my heart and meeting every first Sunday of the month. prayers. I continue to be amazed at how strong Epiphany is and how you have come together during my absence. I was crushed not to be able to officiate at Joy Cranford’s funeral, but Rob Iler I know did a great job, assisted by all of you. I thank Mary Groff for working with me on such short notice a few weeks back. My thanks also go to Lamar Auman, Susan Armstrong and all those who did so much this past Sunday. All of this should remind us that ultimately we are family, and when one member is down we do our best to fill in the pieces. I was so The mission team is purchasing 30 swim suits for thrilled that I even received calls from people volunteering to children attending the Sawyerville Day Camp this do hospital visits. What a blessing! summer. They are asking for money so they can buy the suits in the proper sizes. Checks can be made out Please keep our staff in your prayers during this time. When to Epiphany with (swim suit) noted on the memo line someone is out of the office, it takes everyone doing double and brought to the office. Any extra monetary work to keep the wheels turning. donations, above the cost of the suits, will be sent to I love you all and I hope I will be able to give each of you a Sawyerville to be used as needed. Your donations are hug during each of the Holy Week services beginning this due by April 15th. Sunday, Palm Sunday. Make a rickety old priest happy – come to church. EPIPHANY EATS OUT My warm love to each of you, Happy Easter! Faithfully, Bill

PARISH RETREAT AT CAMP MCDOWELL On April 19, we will meet at “Sebastian’s” at 330 Hwy AUGUST 24, 25, 26 75 North Albertville, AL 35951 tel. 256-660-1222 at 5:00 p.m. for food, fun and fellowship. Dutch Treat from the menu. Epiphany Star Page 4

On the day of the Tournament we will need mem- WE NEED HELP FROM ALL MEMBERS bers to help greet golfers; collect tournament FOR A SUCCESSFUL GOLF TOURNAMENT fees; drive the beverage cart; collect money This year’s tournament will be at Gunter’s Landing in Gunters- for Closest to Pin contest; place and pick up ville. Included in tournament fees is a lunch which begins at signs. Noon; Tee Time is 1:00pm. Format Our Annual Golf Tournament is close at hand, we need your help 4 Person Scramble. in the following ways, even if you do not play golf. This is our $75.00 Per Player second biggest fund raiser of the year, so we need everyone possi- ($300.00 Per Person Team). ble to help. The following four ways are where we need people to $5.00 Per Mulligan help. (2 Total Per Person). $5.00 Per Red Tee Blast We need people (male, female, and teens) who will play golf. (1 Total Per Person). If you don’t have a team we will try to set you up with Prizes one. The tournament is a best ball scramble. So you don’t 1st Place $400.00. even need to golf that well – just a willingness to go out 1st Place $200.00. and have some fun. Ask your friends or family who play Prizes For Closest To Pin golf to get a team together and participate. On Three Par 3’s. Prize For Longest Drive. We need people and businesses to sponsor holes. Sponsorship Prizes For Chipping/Putting Contest ($5.00 donation). is $100 and each sponsor gets their own personal sign at Raffle For Chance To Win Additional Door Prizes such one of the 18 tees. Oh what a marvelous advertising tool. as a convection oven, binoculars and more. Just sponsor a hole. Do it now! We could have 400 hole For further information, call Hollis Babb at 256-506- sponsors. Wouldn’t that be something? 2834 or the church office at 582-4897.

TRASH TO TREASURE SALE APRIL 14 Rusty Ogden and Susan Foster are once again heading up the annual Trash to Treasure Sale to be held inside Sanderson Hall. We need your GOOD unwanted items so start your Spring cleaning now. Popular items are appliances, baby items and toys, electronics, furniture and household items, sports equipment and tools.

WE WILL NOT ACCEPT STAINED, TORN OR UNUSABLE CLOTHES. Clothes must be in excellent condition with the size available. Electronics, lamps, fans or anything electrical must be in good working order. If you have items to donate, or would like to assist with the sale, please call Rusty in the church office, 256-582-4897. WE WILL START ACCEPTING ITEMS APRIL 11.

We also need workers to help set up on Thursday and Friday and to work the sale on Saturday, April 14, from 7am to 2pm. You do not have to work all day. A couple of hours would be appreciated. There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board outside the Nave or call Rusty in the office.

They say that one person’s junk is another person’s treasure. And sometimes, one person’s junk is just junk. PLEASE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE Epiphany Star Page 5

CHILDREN'S VEGETABLE GARDEN

On April 22nd we will celebrate Earth Day by planting a garden. We are asking children to bring starter plants to plant on that day. Each child can tend to their plant during Mark your calendars! the course of the spring and summer (with a little help from May 20th - Youth Sunday and End of the School Year parents & helpers). To start, we are asking for plants that Party! grow UP (tomatoes and peppers for example). Youth Sunday will be celebrated at the 10:30am service We will plant during Sunday school & Children's Church on and will be lead by our children and youth. We will be April 22nd. Please have the children wear clothing they can recognizing graduating seniors. Please plan to attend to "play in the dirt" in. support our children and youth in their spiritual jour- We are planning to enclose the garden with fencing to keep ney. Jesus said "Let the children come to me. Don’t stop the critters out. If you have extra chicken wire or other them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who appropriate fencing that you are willing to donate please are like these children.” contact Shelly Hardin in the office. Immediately following the 10:30am service, join us for a cookout and picnic. We will have a giant water slide, moon walk, dunking booth and more. So bring your lawn chairs and plan to enjoy an afternoon of fellowship

Money and Spirituality By Rosemary Williams

The CJR Forum on Spirituality will have a seminar on April 27 and 28 in Woodall Commons. The cost is $25 and is limited to 50 people. Although her focus has been on women, men and young adults will find this seminar very useful. There is a sign up sheet on the nave bulletin board. Financial choices carry consequences because there is energy and power in them. This seminar will explore how we use the financial power inherent in our money. By identifying the: money myths we carry, family money patterns that influence us, feelings we have about our financial resources, alignment of our resources with our faith, spiritual call in our souls and connections between our financial and spiritual power.

Rosemary Williams, director of Women’s Perspective, is a leading voice on the topic of women, money, and spirituality. Her focus is squarely on the issues that confront today’s woman: how do you understand money and how do you manage your resources while remaining true to your core beliefs and inner spirit. A former banker and personal financial planner, Rose- mary understands the process and choices of money management. As a leader in encouraging transformation, she combines her deep faith with her financial know-how to help women explore and strengthen their connection between spirituality and money. She helps women unmask their powerful, and often conflict- ing or outdated, money messages and replace them with new ideas that center on financial and spiritual unity. In addition to her speaking engagements, she is the author of The Woman's Book of Money and Spiritual Vision: Putting Your Financial Values into Spiritual Perspective. Epiphany Star Page 6

Mountain Convocation Spring Meeting April, 25, 2012 Church of the Epiphany Registration Fee of $8 (which includes lunch) to be sent to : Cheri Blair, 110 Cordell Drive, Horton, AL 35980 by April 18, 2012. Email. [email protected] Our meeting will be held in Epiphany’s new Woodall Commons Building located behind the church, 1101 Sunset Drive, Guntersville AL. Registration and Fellowship – 9:00 am Presentation on “Hospitality” by Rev. Bill Winters, Rector - 9:30 am Business Meeting – 10:30 am Eucharist – 11:30 am Lunch – 12:15 All events will take place in the new building and hopefully the weather will allow us to be outdoors on the patio for registration and fellowship. Sign up sheets are available in the office.

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ALTAR GUILD

Daughters Mother’s Day Altar Flower of the King Dedications Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13 and the Altar Guild is Daughters of the King will meet Tuesday evening April currently taking dedications for Mother’s Day. 17 at 6:30 p.m. for our quarterly potluck supper. This This dedication is a beautiful way to remember those who will be our only meeting in April. mean so much to us; your wife, your mother, your grand- FHS Sue Beiter mothers, sister, a favorite aunt, or a special friend. A dedication form is on the counter in the church office. Each dedication is $5.00. If you have any questions please see Marsha Babb or call her at 571-2300. Epiphany Star Page 7

E-mail: [email protected] New e-mail address’ Church: Fr. Bill [email protected] [email protected] Martha [email protected] Fax #: 1-678-233-0542 Shelly [email protected] www.epiphanyguntersville.org Rusty [email protected] Fax #: 1-678-233-0542

To hear the Sunday Sermons go to the church web site home page www.epiphanyguntersville.org

Click on “Worship” tab on right Click on “Recorded worship” sub tab under “Worship” Left click on the date of the Sunday you wish to hear. You will hear the complete 10:30 a.m. service. You may move the SILLY SOCK SUNDAY slider to fast forward ahead. We continue the celebration of Easter with one of Fr. Bill’s favorite events of the year—SILLY SOCK SUNDAY on April 15.

We are saddened by the loss, March 16, of one of our After each service, please gather in the parish hall to members, Joy Cranford, of Guntersville. The Epiphany show your socks. The person with the silliest socks family extends its most heartfelt sympathy, love, prayers at the 8:00 a.m. service will win a prize. and support to her husband, Larry, and their children, Chuck, Kathy and Dan and all the Cranford and Alves At the 10:30 a.m. service the following will receive family. a prize.  Silliest adult socks Rest eternal grant to her, O Lord  Silliest teen socks  Silliest child socks

A breakfast for MS is April 15 following the 8:00am and 10:30am services. Donations Are You Graduating? benefit the Alabama Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. If unable to attend, Are you graduating from college or do you have a donations can be made to the AL Chapter child graduating from college? Please let us know by NMSS, with (Paula Dabney) on the memo line, contacting the church office or Shelly Hardin at and left at the church office or given to Paula. [email protected] The MS Walk will be in Huntsville and will offer a one mile, two by April 30. Please let us know their full name, mile, and three mile route option for all participants. Check-in college/university and degree earned so they can be opens at 7:30 a.m. and the walk will begin this year with a shot recognized and congratulated on Youth Sunday, May gun start at 9:30 a.m. The celebration will continue after the 20th. High school seniors should include college you walk at the Botanical Gardens with refreshments, will be attending or career you are starting announcements, awards, and entertainment. Please let me know if you are interested in walking with me.

Velma Atkins, Bill Winters, Cal and Paula Dabney and Kelly Auman at 2011 Cullman Walk for MS Epiphany Star Page 9 APRIL CODE: BSA—Brotherhood of St. Andrew; CC—Children’s Church; CP—Centering Prayer; DOK—Daughters of the King; DG—Dream Group; ECW—Episcopal Church Women; HC—Holy Communion; HE—Holy Eucharist; SS—Sunday School; Birthdays in italics Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Palm Sunday EFM 6pm CJR Forum Stations of the Maundy Good Friday Easter Egg Hunt First Sunday meeting 7pm Cross rehearsal Thursday OFFICE 11am Discretionary Fund 6pm service 7pm CLOSED Easter Vigil HC 8 & 10:30am Service 12pm 7:30pm SS 9:30am Stations of the Altar Guild Mission Team 9:30am Cross 5:30pm decorates 9pm Children’s Church 10:30 Service 7pm Taizé Service 5pm David Jarmon Lamar Auman Martha Ross Glenn Beiter Macelee Vass Giselle Hembree Jackson Moore

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Easter Day OFFICE Hospitality HC & Healing DG 12pm Garden Work HC 8 & 10:30am CLOSED 6:30pm Service 11:30am CP 6:30pm Day 7pm SS 9:30am and 5:30pm Trash to Treasure Outreach 9:30am EFM 6pm Dinner 5:45pm Sale 7am—2pm Children’s Church 10:30 Programs and BSA 8am Easter Reception 12pm Choir 6:30pm Easter Hoo Rah 4pm Cursillo #182 Joseph Adair Ann Marie Batts John Burrows Kathy Cooke Bob Hembree Jackson Adair Amy Meredith Rita Winters Emily Houston Bob Moses Rita Hayes William Black

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Silly Sock Sunday Fr. Bill’s Study DOK Potluck HC & Healing DG 12pm Art on the Lake HC 8 & 10:30am Group 10:30am 6:30pm Service 11:30am CP 6:30pm MS Fundraiser Breakfast EFM 6pm Vestry mtg 7pm and 5:30pm Epiphany Eats 8:45 & 11:45 Dinner 5:45pm Out at SS 9:30am Programs and Sebatians5:30pm Children’s Church 10:30 Choir 6:30pm EYC 5pm Harold Hollynn Jarmon Sid Ross Richard Grass Henneman Jim King Penny Moses

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Outreach Spring EFM 6pm ECW DG 12pm Money and BSA 8am Ingathering Convocation 9am CP 6:30pm Spiritual Money and HC 8 & 10:30am HC & Healing Holy One Golf Vision Seminar Spiritual Breakfast 8:45 Service 11:30am Tournament 6:30pm Vision Seminar SS 9:30am and 5:30pm 12pm 9:00am Children’s Church 10:30 Dinner 5:45pm EYC 5pm Programs and Choir 6:30pm Debra Keller Barbara Noble James McAllister Jerry Ann Holt Dawn Alves Hootie Woodall 29 30 HC 8 & 10:30am EFM 6pm Breakfast 8:45 SS 9:30am Children’s Church 10:30 EYC 5pm

May June 13—Mother’s Day 17—Father’s Day 20—Youth Sunday and Year End Party 25—Special Sessions at Camp McDowell 25—Last Day of School 28— Day