The CHRONICLE Bruton Parish Episcopal Church www.brutonparish.org March 2017

Wonderful Things at Bruton Parish Church The Rev’d Chris Epperson

We are in the midst of wonderful things Finally, we have a person joining at Bruton Parish Church. The Shop is the Bruton staff. Our own Marty in the process of renovation and Easton will fill a new role as renewal. In the early spring, the Shop Development Director. Marty did an will reopen, ready for business. The amazing job running the Campaign for Heritage Center is part of the same the Fourth Century. Now, she will help construction project. It will be a new us consider overall stewardship and face for our parish. All of this is exciting meet our advancement goals. and full of new potential. I am very So much is happening. It is all good. hopeful about a refreshed Shop and a I am grateful to be part of it. new endeavor. The coming of the new certainly creates change. In this case, there are Ash Wednesday several natural personnel changes. After some thirty-odd years of service Holy Eucharist & as Shop Manager, Carol Weaver decided Imposition of Ashes that the time was right for her to retire. We had a marvelous and warm reception Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the to thank her for her hard work and start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 dedication. Carol and her assistant days prior to Easter. Sundays are not Laura Paolicelli will be missed, and I am included in the count. Join us as we grateful for their service. prepare for Easter by observing a Alan MacDonald, Financial Assistant period of fasting, repentance, for the parish, has decided to retire as moderation and spiritual discipline. Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes well. Alan would not let us have a party will be held on Wednesday, March 1, for him. He preferred to leave quietly. in the church at 7:30am, 11am and 6pm. Alan was a dutiful and focused supporter If you’d like only the Imposition of Ashes, of our financial system. We will miss visit the church between noon and 4pm. him as well. All of this has meant a bit of Morning Prayer reshuffling. Nancy Nelson will remain All are welcome to join our clergy in with us. She will manage Shop St. Mary’s Chapel at 9:15am, Monday bookkeeping and cover financial tasks through Thursday, when Morning Prayer with Dudley Hoyle, our Comptroller. is said. These shifts have helped us streamline workflow and manage payroll. Inside ... Worship Schedule What is Old is New Again: Fellowship & Formation Spirituality of Ash Wednesday, March 1 Ignatius Loyola Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes Christian Basics: Wednesdays Brown-Bag Bible Study A Class for New & Old @ 7:30am, 11am & 6pm Wednesdays @ noon Episcopalians Imposition of Ashes Only in the church from 12 - 4pm Class for Parents of Bruton Singles (page 8) Children to Be Baptized Sunday, March 5 ECW Lenten Luncheon First Fridays Recovery Eucharist Hands-On Mission @ Friday, March 3 @ 5:30pm Holy Eucharist @ 7:30, 9:15, 11:15am Bruton Parish Evening Prayer @ 5:30pm Newcomers’ Corner Compline @ 7pm 2017 Mission & Outreach Sunday, March 5 @ 10:30am GWOM Community Kitchen Sunday, March 12

Bruton at Its Best: The Christian Basics: A Class for New Holy Eucharist @ 7:30, 9:15, 11:15am Winter Shelter Ministry and Old Episcopalians Children’s Church @ 9:15am * A Women’s Hózhó Center Sundays, March 5, 12 & 19 @ 1:30pm Evening Prayer @ 5:30pm in Navajola Compline @ 7pm Bruton’s UTO Giving Period Books in Backpacks Sunday, March 19 for Spring Break March 5 - April 23 Holy Eucharist @ 7:30, 9:15, 11:15am Wednesdays Brown-Bag Youth Lenten Journey Bible Study Children’s Church @ 9:15am * Beginning Sundays, March 5 Choral Evensong @ 5:30pm Living the Gospel Compline @ 7pm Bible Study Lenten Program: Women’s Theological Spirituality of Ignatius Loyola * Sunday, March 26 Book Group Wednesdays, March 8, 15, 22 & 29 Holy Eucharist @ 7:30 & 11:15am First Fridays Recovery Soup & Salad @ 6:30pm - Program @ 7:15pm Confirmation & Holy Eucharist @ 9:15am Eucharist Children’s Church @ 9:15am * Women’s Roundtable ECW Lenten Luncheon * Evening Prayer @ 5:30pm Thursday, March 9 @ 12:30pm Compline @ 7pm Daughters of the King Intercessory Prayers Living the Gospel Bible Study ______Lenten Devotional Sunday, March 12 & 26 @ 11am Bruton Singles Women’s Roundtable Noonday Prayer @ Church Canterbury Gala Monday - Saturday & Silent Auction Tuesday, March 14 @ 6:30pm Holy Eucharist - St. Mary’s Chapel The Care Receiver’s Class for Parents of Children Agreement Tuesdays @ 7:30 am to be Baptized A Wonderful Retirement Sundays, March 26, April 2 & 9 @ 12:30pm Reception for Carol Weaver Holy Eucharist with Healing Prayers Wednesdays @ 11 am (Church) Parish Calendar Donations for Easter Lillies Needed by Monday, March 27 Online Lenten Resources Canterbury Evening Prayer Tuesdays @ 5:30 pm in Wren Chapel Lilies for the Easter Altar Donations for Books for Backpacks when college is in session Reception Volunteers Needed by March 28 * Held in St. Mary’s Chapel Bruton’s 2017 UTO in the Parish House. Giving Period Women’s Theological Book Group Thursday, April 6 @ 1pm * Matthew Whaley, the Child and the School Canterbury Gala & Silent Auction Newcomers’ Corner Friends Day Luncheon Saturday, April 22 Speaker Announced & New members of Bruton Reservation Form Parish are invited to join Fifth Annual Friends Day clergy, vestry and Children & Youth Saturday, April 29 Formation in March Newcomers Committee members for coffee in the Children’s Lenten Calendar Custis House at 10:30 am. This is a great Candlelight Concerts * Child care may be available for babies through elementary-aged children by reservation only. opportunity to become Birhdays & Membership Contact Meghan Brewer at 757-345-6489 or email more acquainted with the parish and learn of Mobile Giving at Bruton [email protected]. the many ministries here at Bruton. Join us on Sunday, March 5.

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 2 - www.brutonparish.org What is Old is New: Christian Basics: Spirituality of A Class for New and Old Episcopalians Ignatius Loyola The Rev’d Josh Stephens The Rev’d Chris Epperson This four-week course will be held at 1:30pm in For our Lenten study, we will look at the wisdom Coffee, Tea & Thee Room upstairs in the Parish of another age. You will remember last year a House beginning Sunday, February 26, and discussion of the Benedictine approach to life. continue March 5, 12 & 19. An additional This year we will explore the approach of meeting will be scheduled for those desiring another monastic movement. baptism, confirmation or reception when St. Ignatius of Loyola is the founder of the Assisting Bishop Jay Magness visits Bruton Society of Jesus. The Jesuits, as they are on Sunday, March 26. commonly called, formed in 1540. The This course is designed for those seeking community is defined by poverty, chastity and to understand the Christian faith and its obedience as principles. We will explore all of expression through the Episcopal Church and the this in greater detail in the class. Anglican Communion. This class is required for Ignatius developed a retreat to deepen the adults who desire to be baptized, or confirmed by spiritual life. He drafted the Spiritual Exercises the Bishop, or received into the Episcopal Church. to enable the faithful to follow Jesus. The It is also appropriate for those who would like to Exercises, like any work, are shaped by the know more about the Episcopal Church or take the times in which they were created. The focus of class as a refresher! this study will be exposure to the Exercises as Everyone in the parish family is invited to join constructed by Ignatius, and to modernize them us on this journey. Topics will include: Introduction for our devotion. & Overview, The History of Anglicanism and the Come and hear about the life and witness Episcopal Church, The Book of Common Prayer, of Ignatius with an eye toward your own spiritual and the Sacraments. journey. Join us in the Parish House on If you have any questions about the series, Wednesdays, March 8, 15, 22 & 29, when please contact me at 757-229-2891 or we will gather at 6:30pm for our Lenten [email protected]. If you have any Soup & Salad Supper and then begin our questions regarding membership at Bruton, please Lenten program at 7:15pm. Make this a part contact Mrs. T.J. Cardwell, Volunteer Membership of your Lenten practice! Coordinator, by calling 757-345-2256 or emailing [email protected]. Class for Parents of Children to be Baptized Our next dates for baptisms of infants and children are April 23 and June 4. A class will be held for parents on Sundays, March 26, April 2, and April 9 from 12:30-1:30pm upstairs in Room 206 of the Parish House. Classes will explore the baptismal liturgy and life, and how to encourage children in their faith. Contact The Rev'd Josh Stephens to sign up by either emailing [email protected] or calling 757-229-2891.

ECW Lenten Luncheon Jane Filz

Lent begins on Wednesday, March 1. As we move into this devotional season, the Episcopal Church Women invite all ladies of the parish to join together for a silent, reflective luncheon. Gather with us in the Parish Hall from 12-2pm on Thursday, March 9, when our guest speaker will be the Rev’d Jan Brown. Her presentation will serve both as a follow-up to the recent women's retreat and as a stand-alone mini retreat for those who were not able to attend. Please rsvp to Agnes Serena by emailing [email protected] or call the church office at 757-229- 2891.

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 3 - www.brutonparish.org Upcoming Opportunities 2017 Mission & Outreach for Hands-On Mission Stacey Grimsley with Bruton Builders The inaugural Bruton Parish Mission & Outreach Rex Prosser Committee meeting for the New Year was held on Tuesday, February 14. The committee Spring is almost around the corner and it’s time welcomed several new committee members. to think about our projects for 2017 -- a little The full list is: Lauren McDonald, Clergy Liaison; bit of painting and more ramps to build! You Stephen Fitton, Chair; Bill Butler, Vice-Chair; can reach me at either (281) 461-7338 or send Tim Watson, Secretary; Sarah Taylor, Treasurer; an email to [email protected] so that Johanna Thompson, Vestry Representative; we can move forward with scheduling and Jeremy Gottshall, Vestry Representative; Jordan Taverner, Canterbury Liaison; Isabel helping with these projects! Burch; Stacey Grimsley; Sandy Lenthall; Mark Pierson; Kathleen Souder; Megan Watson; and Housing Partnerships Lillian Woolfolk. of Williamsburg have In addition to ensuring thoughtful allocation several ramp projects of grant funds each year, the Mission & Outreach for us to consider. We’re committee also supports the parish on many hoping to start ramp ongoing and seasonal ministry projects. Some work around the second of these efforts include: week of April. As they have before, Housing Bruton Builders: Parishioners deploy to the Partnerships provide the community to help those in need with home materials, and Bruton improvement projects such as handicapped- Builders provide the accessible ramps volunteers. Not only will From His Hands: Supplying dinners for our you learn carpenter neighbors in the Grove skills, but the life- changing experience of FISH: Food pantry and clothing donations handling an auger. This Book Sale: Annual Labor Day sale to generate equates to a “Double E” funds for Mission & Outreach ride at Disneyland! Matthew25: Supplying Matthew Whaley Bruton Builders has Spiritworks rents a house which they plan to Elementary School with supplies and volunteer built a number of use in the foreseeable future as a home for folks hours ramps in previous in recovery who have no other place to go. Salvation Army Apple & Angel Tree: years! Henderson Construction Company will repair Back-to-school supplies and Christmas gifts the house, and Bruton Builders will paint the entire inside (paint provided). The house is United Way Mobile Food Pantry: Providing small, with a kitchen, two very small bedrooms, volunteer assistance to distribute fresh and one bath and a living room. The house will be frozen food. ready for beautification by the Bruton Builders around the end of February or early March. We The Mission & Outreach committee meets hope to begin painting on Saturday, March 11. the second Tuesday of each month (February- The rooms are an odd assortment of dark colors May and September-December) at 6:30pm on and a couple of coats will be needed. The house the second floor of the Parish House in Room has new upgraded carpet so we need to keep 206. The next meeting is on Tuesday, March the paint off the carpet. We’ll probably need 14. Meetings are open and interested about 4-5 volunteers to complete the work. parishioners are welcome to attend. The committee stands ready to respond to other crises as they occur locally, regionally, Habitat House will be partnering with us again nationally or internationally. If you have in June and starting on a new house. Watch for questions, email [email protected]. details!

GWOM Community Kitchen: A Volunteer Opportunity Johanna Thompson

GWOM (Greater Williamsburg Outreach Ministry) has a volunteer opportunity for you! A community kitchen will be opening in March at the Williamsburg United Methodist Church on Jamestown Road. A free meal will be offered to any food insecure individual from 11:30-1:30 each Friday. Volunteers are needed as chefs, servers and dining room coordinators. To offer your time and talent, send your name, email and telephone number to [email protected].

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 4 - www.brutonparish.org Bruton at its BEST: The Winter Shelter Ministry Leith & Chuck Mullaly

The week of February 5 to 12 was almost magical as we converted Lewis Hall into an inviting inn, welcoming the homeless as our guests. Bruton hosted the thirteenth week of the Williamsburg area Community of Faith Mission (COFM) Winter Shelter program. Over the seven days, we accommodated as few as 17 and as many as 28 guests each night. During the week, we served more than 40 different individuals – both women and men, but no children this year. We served more than 350 hot breakfasts and dinners and provided more than 90 bag lunches! Bruton Parish had 150 volunteer slots to fill, and over more than 150 folks generously offered your volunteer time and talents. Some parishioners actually expressed disappointment that they missed the opportunity to participate and serve. Our guests came from many different life experiences, but they almost universally commented on how they were welcomed with such genuine warmth and hospitality here at Bruton. Volunteers commented that they received far more than they gave. One of our volunteer team leaders said, “The Shelter Week is one of the best weeks of my year. It just means so much to these folks and to me.” We worked with an extremely dedicated, creative, and very hardworking Steering Committee. We pray that you will join us in thanking them for their leadership and very long hours of active Christian service. They were fabulous to work beside!

 Check-In Team: Alta Cassady  Dinner Team: April Martin  Overnight Team: Steve Hibbitts  Logistics: George Rice  Breakfast Team: Anna Martin  Check-Out Team: M.J. Freeman  Volunteer Recruitment: David Hurt  Security: Diane Abdo & Judy Collard  Weather Guru: Dick Estes  Clergy Liaison: Lauren McDonald

Special thanks goes out to senior W&M student and Canterburian William Gaskins, who cleaned showers, mopped bathrooms, washed and dried towels daily, did an overnight shift every night and jumped in wherever needed. Kudos, Will! We had several special events during our week: Super Bowl with the Canterburians along with a very successful “make your own tacos” dinner; complimentary haircuts by two stylists from Salon Gia; a “Sing-A-Long” with Jack Wagner at the piano; and a beautiful, elegant dinner on Saturday night with decorations by Susan Moormam, flowers by Marcia Hibbitts, music by Jack Wagner and tenderloins (all donated) by Michael Thompson. Thank you to every single person who worked on the 2017 Bruton Shelter Week or gave monetary donations. We know that we have been blessed by having had the privilege to work with each of you. We turn leadership over for the 2018 Bruton Shelter Week to Lianne & Douglas Boller, who have been with us all this year. We already know you will be terrific leaders!

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 5 - www.brutonparish.org A Women's Hózhó Center in Navajoland The Rev’d Lauren McDonald

In late January, the Rev’d Jan M. Brown and I We also visited the mission church, St. Luke’s answered an invitation from the bishop of in the Desert, while we were there and were Navajoland to travel to Farmington, New Mexico, humbled and delighted at the invitation to serve to consult with the Episcopal Church in Navajoland as celebrant and deacon that morning. Jan then (ECN) on creating a Women’s Hózhó Center. facilitated a conversation at St. Luke’s annual Hózhó is a Navajo word that is difficult to translate. meeting in which the atmosphere moved from one Its meaning encompasses the concepts of living of gloom at the potential of closing, to one of in balance, wholeness, wellness, beauty, renewed hope and commitment to restoration and harmony, goodness, and blessing. It’s also used recovery. We were honored and privileged to be as a greeting. invited to walk alongside the Navajo people on ECN is developing the Women’s Hózhó their journey toward wholeness. Center to help women to heal from the disease The Episcopal Church in Navajoland covers of addiction, to live in balance, to set and achieve territory in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The goals, to find their own voices and identity as unemployment rate on the reservation is 50% and Navajo women, and to discover sources of the poverty rate is 38%. Alcoholism and addiction strength and spirituality. Using the experience continue to be a challenge, with many women, we’ve gained leading the Women’s Discovery especially, dying from cirrhosis of the liver. Group at SpiritWorks, we spent the weekend in Conditions are harsh; resources are few. And conversation with Navajo and non-Navajo clergy yet, in our visit we saw great hope. Several of and laity in designing a Women’s Wellness the Navajo people have attended Episcopal Weekend in March that will begin the seminaries and are being ordained as deacons programming for the Hózhó Center. and priests. They are working to integrate Navajo culture with their Episcopal faith. They have begun developing social enterprises like the Blue Corn Project, the Bees and Honey Project, and the ShiMa’ handmade soap project. They have also developed a group of coders and another group whose expertise is web and graphic design. They welcome mission teams from across the country who come to work alongside them and learn from them. They are eager to develop an ECW for their mission diocese as well as continuing to build programming for youth. If you are interested in learning more about our work with the Navajo people, please contact Lauren or Jan. We invite you to keep the people of Navajoland in your prayers.

Books in Backpacks for Spring Break Alta Cassady

The M-25 Committee has taken on another exciting project for students at Matthew Whaley Elementary School. This project has two parts, and we hope you can participate in one or the other, or both!

FIRST: We are collecting donations which will be used by the school to buy age- appropriate books to go home in the backpacks of approximately forty-four students. $500 is needed by March 28, which is right before Spring Break. Many of these students do not have a home library per se, so this is one small way we can help them continue to read and learn while away from school. If you would like to donate financially, please make sure your check is made out to Bruton Parish with Books for in the memo. Please send your check to the Parish House to the attention of Dudley Hoyle, Comptroller, or you can place your check in the offering plate on Sundays. You can also make a donation online through our Tithely site at http://bit.ly/GIVE2BPC and be sure to choose Matthew Whaley.

SECOND: We are also collecting activity books of the kind you can purchase at the Dollar Store. Please feel free to shop for a book or two (anything from K-5th Grade), and leave them in the designated bin in the Parish Hall. Thank you so much in advance for helping with this important project to help our adopted school and students. Be on the look out in the coming months for details on a fun project for which we’ll need your help at the end of the school year!

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 6 - www.brutonparish.org 6 Wednesdays’ Brown-Bag First Fridays Recovery Bible Study Eucharist Bring lunch on Wednesdays in the Coffee, Tea The next First Fridays Recovery Eucharist will & Thee room upstairs in the Parish House at be on March 3 at 5:30pm in the church. Please noon. This Lectionary-based Bible study is join us for this candlelit service in the chancel centered upon the Gospel for the coming that includes readings and prayers that focus Sunday. The preacher for the week will facilitate these sessions where those in attendance will on helping people find ways to live faithfully in be able to reflect upon the scriptures that will the midst of any kind of suffering, especially be the focus of the Sunday sermon. The studies individuals and their loved ones who are living may provide increased insight into the sermon with addiction, co-dependence, mental illness, or explore aspects of the passages beyond the and trauma. The Rev’d Cheryl Clark will be scope of the sermon, or both. our guest celebrant, and the Rev’d Sven van Baars will be our guest preacher. The Living the Gospel theme of the service is recovery, but you do Bible Study not need to be in recovery to attend. All are welcome. This Lectionary-based Bible study is held at 11am every second and fourth Sunday in the Custis House and examines the impact of the Gospel Daughters of the King message on our everyday lives. Join us on Intercessory Prayers Sundays, March 12 & 26. Part of our rule of life as The Order of the Women’s Theological Daughters of the King ® is consistent intercessory prayer. Prayers are said for four Book Group weeks and may be repeated. Anyone who The Women's Theological Book Group will be wishes to have prayers said for them or for meeting on Thursday, April 6, from 1-2:30 others should fill out a blue request card at the in the Coffee, Tea, and Thee Room of the Parish church tower and drop it in the DOK House. Come join us to discuss Sara Miles' book, Take This Bread. In the book, the author prayer box. This month’s prayer for describes her journey from being raised as an Lent is offered by Joan Whitla. atheist, to her conversion through receiving communion at an Episcopal Church one Sunday Merciful God, you called us morning, to her call to begin a food pantry at forth from the dust of the St. Gregory's in San Francisco to feed others. earth, Child care is available by reservation by you claimed us for Christ in the contacting Meghan Brewer (childcare @brutonparish.org or 757-229-2891). waters of baptism. Look upon us as we enter these Forty Days bearing the mark of ashes, Womens’ Roundtable and bless our journey through the desert of Lent We will meet Tuesday, March 14, at 6:30pm to the font of rebirth. at the Culture Café at 747 Scotland Street in May our fasting be a hunger for justice; Williamsburg. Please contact Susie Morrison to RSVP by Monday, March 13 at 757-846-6863 our alms, a making of peace; or [email protected]. our prayer, the chant of humble and grateful hearts. All that we do and pray is in the name of Jesus, for in his cross you proclaim your love for ever and ever. Amen. Lenten Devotional Donna Marshall & Mary Kafes

The 2017 Lenten Devotional booklet sponsored by The Order of the Daughters of the King is available electronically on our website and printed copies can be obtained at the Congratulations Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper; at to Chloe Martin, church on Sundays, March 5 & 12; and on who won first place in the creative writing March 1 during the Ash Wednesday competition for the services. Printed copies will also be available National Beta State at the Parish House reception area. We are Convention. asking $1 donation per copy.

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 7 - www.brutonparish.org Bruton Singles Heidi Elam, Ruth Mullaney, Eda Martin & Donna Dodenhoff CANTERBURY GALA

Saturday, March 4, 2pm & SILENT AUCTION Bruton Singles is a Botticelli & The Search for the Divine April 22, 2017 ~ 7-10pm fellowship ministry Join us at 2pm for an exhibit of the Florentine tailored towards Renaissance artist Sandro Boticelli's paintings at the parishioners and Muscarelle Museum of Art on the campus of William members of the wider & Mary. One of only two of Sandro Botticelli's community who are paintings of an isolated Venus will be on view for single. We typically get the first time in the United States, together with other together once each Botticelli mythologies and portraits, in Botticelli and Join us in the Historic Christopher at week to attend various the Search for the Divine: Florentine Painting William & Mary. Admission includes heavy hors events in the parish Between the Medici and the Bonfires of the Vanities. d’oeuvres, an organ concert in Wren Chapel, live and the larger Wiliam & Mary is offering this major international entertainment, and tours of the Wren Building community. Each event loan exhibition in partnership with Italy's (open bar). Tickets are $75/person or $120/couple. is accompanied by a Associazione Culturale Metamorfosi. After the Buy your tickets online now through Bruton’s meal and/or dessert exhibit, we will go to the Trellis on DoG Street for website at http://bit.ly/canterburygala or you can (paid separately) at conversation and "Tea and Crumpets." Please purchase physical tickets from Hilary Cooley at the which we enjoy contact Donna Dodenhoff to rsvp. fellowship and dis- Parish House (757-345-2252 or [email protected]). cussion. To participate Saturday, March 11, 8pm in any event, please Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Please consider donating a gift basket to the procure tickets to the Dreamcoat Canterbury Association for the silent auction. function and call the We welcome collaborative gift baskets from listed coordinator. Join us before the play at 6pm for dinner at LaTolteca (135 Second Street). Then join us for the committees or groups of people. Please contact Williamsburg Players' production of the hit Broadway Bethany Bennett at [email protected] RSVP to singles if you are interested in compiling a gift basket. @brutonparish.org musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (The Williamsburg Players Theater is All proceeds go to the Canterbury Missions Fund, located at 2001 Hubbard Lane, Williamsburg). This which provides grants to various charities and Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors scholarships to William & Mary students for comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. international trips. Joseph, his father's favorite son, is a boy blessed If you cannot make the event but wish to with prophetic dreams. When he is sold into slavery contribute, you may donate online or write a check by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, Joseph payable to Bruton Parish Church with “Canterbury endures a series of adventures in which his spirit Missions Fund” in the memo and either: 1) place it and humanity are continually challenged. Set to an in the offering plate on Sunday, 2) mail it to the engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country- Church Office at P.O. Box 3520, Williamsburg, VA western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock 23187-3520, or 3) drop it by the Parish House. 'n' roll, this Old Testament tale emerges both timely and timeless. Tickets may be purchased by contacting Childcare is available by appointment only, the Box Office at 229-0431. Please contact Ruth please email [email protected]. Mullaney to rsvp.

Saturday, March 25, 7:30pm Modern Musick Baroque Join us for the extraordinary Modern Musick Baroque Ensemble's performance in the Wren Building's Great Hall on the campus of WiIliam & Mary. The Ensemble has received critical acclaim and a reputation among insiders as Washington's early music ensemble to watch. Taking its name from an eighteenth century primer, The Modern Musick-Master or the Ensemble Universal Musician, the Ensemble uses historical performance practices as a starting point to create Clockwise from left: Friday March 17, 5:30pm cutting-edge music making in the moment. The Vicki Taylor St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Ensemble has presented a wide variety of Bert Schweigaard-Olsen Join us at the Corner Pocket in Newtown for a repertoires, ranging from English consort music Eda Martin lively St. Patrick's Day celebration of Celtic music to classical orchestral and chamber music. Before Tom Mills and enjoy such Irish fare as corn beef, cabbage the performance we will meet at 5:30 for dinner Leslie Eldridge and soda bread. Our festivities will begin at 5:30 at Seasons Restaurant in the Colony Square Sharon Reed pm. The Corner Pocket is located at 4805 Shopping Center in the historic district. Free Courthouse Street, Newtown, Williamsburg. Heidi Elam admission. Please contact Donna Dodenhoff. Ruth Mullaney Please contact Heidi Elam to rsvp

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 8 - www.brutonparish.org The Care Receiver’s Agreement Your Bruton Laurie Krebs Shop: A "Bear one another's burdens, and thus Wonderful fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 Retirement From time to time, the role of the Reception for Stephen Minister has been explained in The Chronicle. What Carol Weaver hasn’t been clarified is the Leith Mullaly agreement made by the Care Receiver when accepting a Stephen On Thursday, February 16, Minister. Here is a sampling of what the the Bruton Shop Committee Agreement to Receive Care includes. held a farewell retirement party for long time Bruton 1. The Care Receiver learns what a Shop Manager Carol Weaver. Stephen Minister does and doesn’t do. Lewis Hall looked lovely with It is someone who is a trained volunteer, tables filled with delicious not a professional, who meets privately with treats provided by a person of the same gender. It is someone individuals from the who comes in the name of Christ, bringing Shop Committee. God’s love and being willing to talk about There was a spiritual issues if desired. It is someone HUGE card that the who is dependable and trustworthy, who many Shop listens, supports and prays for the Care Volunteers in Receiver. attendance signed. 2. The Care Receiver is promised confi- Father Epperson dentiality by the Stephen Minister. gave a prayer Personal information can be shared with the honoring life’s assurance of privacy and non- judgmental transitions. Leith acceptance. However, in rare cases, infor- Mullaly, Shop Chair, mation must be shared to save a person’s thanked Carol and life: i.e. suicide, homicide or abuse. presented her with a gift to comme- 3. The Care Receiver understands about morate her service Small Group Peer Supervision. to the Shop. Bev Stephen Ministers meet twice a month to Kelly, Founder of the give and receive help in providing quality Bruton Shop offered care to the Care Receiver. Names and a fond “walk down identity information of the Care Receivers memory lane”. are not shared. The focus is on ways to There was a improve the care provided by the Stephen large attendance of well Minister. wishes. Bruton Staff as well as Carol’s countless 4. The Care Receiver is made aware of number of volunteers were possible Professional Consultation. so happy to send Carol on Occasionally the Stephen Minister, with the to her new adventures. help of a Stephen Leader or Rector, decides Carol said, “It felt like a the best way to help a Care Receiver is to ‘Love Feast’ “. consult with a health professional. In such cases strict confidentiality is maintained. As a result, the caring relationship may be Shop Committee member interrupted or even ended. It will be con- Lianne Boller and Shop tinued only with the permission of the volunteer Joanne Allen professional. signing Carol’s giant Retirement Card. Once the Care Receiver understands the purpose and function of Stephen Ministry and agrees to accept care from a Stephen Minister, Your Bruton Shop is looking for he or she signs the agreement. And as the some parishioners who might like to knit or saying goes, “ The rest is history.” crochet prayer shawls. This is a lovely ministry Perhaps you or someone you know might and the shawls are quite easy to make. For benefit from the help of a Stephen Minister. If instructions or more information, please contact so, please contact one of our current leaders, Leith Mullaly (757-345-6538) or Lianne Boller Charlie Clapper at 757-564-6191 or Mary Jean (757-345-2551). Hurst at 757-810-5112.

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 9 - www.brutonparish.org Online Lenten Resources Lilies for the Easter Altar Dianne Spence There are many online resources which will enhance your spiritual journey throught this Contributions are now being accepted for the season of Lent. These are just a few: lilies which will decorate the Easter altar. The deadline is Monday, March 27, for receiving Five Marks of Love from Society of St. John the names to be included in the bulletin as a the Evangelist. If we are "marked as Christ's memorial, a thank offering, or in own," what are the "marks of love" honor of someone special. Please that characterize the Divine Life make checks payable to Bruton abiding and at work within us? The Parish Church and mail them program starts Sunday, February 26, in time for Ash Wednesday 2017. This directly to Dianne Spence at 102 resource can be found at http:// Walnut Hills Drive, Williamsburg, VA ssje.org/ssje/5marksoflove/. 23185-3427 (please do not send the checks to the church office). Be A Season of Prayer: 40 Days sure to include your telephone in the Desert from Forward number on the check or corre- Movement. A special daily prayer spondence. Please contact Dianne practice for Lent. The Season of Prayer directly if you have any questions (call 757- will encourage people to pray and reflect 229-4915 or email [email protected]). on our response to the global refugee crisis and the Christian obligation of hospitality and welcome. This Reception Volunteers resource can be found at http:// Kathryn Smith www.forwardmovement.org/ Pages/Item/9297/Season-of- The reception desk needs help, especially Prayer.aspx. substitutes. Due to vacations, illnesses and "retirements" we are shorthanded. This is a good Lent Madness from Forward Movement. This way for newcomers to meet people. Shifts are is a fun and unique Lenten program that is a from 9 am to 1 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm weekdays. great way to learn about the women and men Duties include answering the telephone and of the Church's Calendar of Saints. This greeting visitors. If you are interested, please resource can be found at http:// contact me at 757-229-2188 or visit the www.lentmadness.org/. volunteer section of the church website.

JOIN IN THE PRACTICE OF OFFERING COINS OF THANKFULNESS AND PRAYERS THE UNITED OF THANKSGIVING THIS LENT AND EASTER SEASON

Source of all creation, all love, all true joy, accept, we pray, these outward signs of our profound and continuing thankfulness for all life. THANK Bless those who will benefit from these gifts through the outreach of the United Thank Offering; and keep each of us ever thankful for all the blessings of joy and challenge that come our way; through Him who is the greatest gift and blessing of all, Jesus Christ our Lord and OFFERING Savior. Amen. Join in the practice of offering "Coins of Thankfulness and Prayers of Thanksgiving" by dropping coins (or dollars) into a special container, the Blue Box or Envelope, whether it be each time a prayer of thanksgiving is offered or in thanksgiving of a special event.

Bruton Parish Church’s 2017 UTO Giving Period is March 5 through April 23.

Look for the UTO Volunteers on March 5 & 26 and April 23. Blue boxes and envelopes are also available at the Parish House Reception Desk. The Giving Period will conclude with the Ingathering on Sunday, April 23.

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 10 - www.brutonparish.org Matthew Whaley, the Child and the School Anne Conkling

Williamsburg is a town full of memorials, Throughout the history of England and early reminders of its golden past and the many stars America, the Church has been the guardian of in the galaxy of both Virginia and American education, keeper of records and steward of history. Some monuments are made of brick the young. It is most fitting that Mary Whaley and mortar, some of stone — and we have one would entrust Bruton to guard her legacy. The which is a living presence. Prompted by the years have proven that the right motive, a wise gift of a loving young mother, the gift was wisely investment well managed and the conscientious handled and nurtured by experienced financial stewardship of assets can produce a living minds and grew into a legacy. The benefactors legacy. Generations of Matthew Whaley of this legacy encompass multiple generations students have graduated, gone off to and several centuries. universities, military careers, farms and The young mother was Mary Page Whaley, industry, all enriched by their early education. widow of James. He was a local lawyer, Matthew Whaley is part of our past, our present, merchant, and vestryman of our parish. The and our future. Page name is well known at Bruton, since Mary’s uncle, Col. John Page, donated the land on which our church was constructed. Whaley is also a familiar name in our history books. Their property here was farmland, 200 acres to be exact, located out in York County. The buildings included the expected house and stable, and a school house which was likely one of the four ‘poor schools’ in Bruton Parish, to which the Rev’d Dr. James Blair referred in his 1724 parochial report sent back to London. The school was named for Mary & James Whaley’s son Matthew. Mattey’s School was a Burial site of fixture in Williamsburg until the time of the Matthew Whaley in American Revolution. the churchyard. When Mattey died at the young age of nine in September of 1705, he was buried in the churchyard with his father. Mary then went to England and when she died in 1742, she left money to Bruton Parish to be used to educate ‘the neediest children of the parish”. Due to a difference of opinion among the executors, nothing Statue of a happened, and the case ended up in young Mattey Chancery Court, where it rested until reclining on 1859. An alert English lawyer notified bench while Bruton Parish of the case, and after a time reading the monies were directed to the College stands in of William and Mary. front of the By 1867 The Grammar and Mattey Matthew School was in session in the . Whaley Three years later, a large school was Elementary constructed on the site of the old School Governor’s Palace. This was a successful venture, and a benefit to Williamsburg youth. In 1894 it was known as a Model and Practice school where our College students could “observe the actual fact of teaching”. As the Volunteer Tutors town grew, the School Board of 1919 took over the project. When the infant restoration of the Needed town was born, our own Dr. W.A.R.Goodwin for Matthew Whaley purchased the school. The year was 1928, and the Rockefeller investment in the future of School Williamsburg was bringing big changes. Shortly after, Mr. Rockefeller funded the current school If you’re interested in becoming a tutor, building, and so the Palace could ultimately be please contact Janet Estes (757-253-1682 rebuilt on the original site. For years, many Williamsburg children or Johanna Thompson (757-564-5490 attended Matthew Whaley — grades were or send an email directly to added, dedicated and talented teachers guided [email protected] the growth and learning of students, and Matteys school became a well respected institution.

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 11 - www.brutonparish.org New Parish House Friends Day Luncheon Heating & Cooling Speaker Announced System Jim Morford Rick Boye, Property Coordinator The Friends of Bruton Bill Greaf, Junior Warden Committee is pleased to announce that the During the months of February to April, a new luncheon speaker for heating and cooling system will be installed in our Fifth Annual the Parish House replacing our twenty-five-year Friends Day at Bruton old undersized equipment. Before we experience will be Valarie Gray- a major failure with our rooftop unit, we will Holmes. Ms. Holmes is install a Mitsubishi ductless highly efficient associated with where she portrays women, some enslaved and some free system throughout during various periods of the history of our the Parish House from country, particularly during the Colonial period, the Parish Hall to the in and near Williamsburg. During her presentation offices and meeting she will demonstrate through the roles she creates rooms. The original the complexity of life of enslaved and free African building housing the American women. Shop and kitchen will Ms. Holmes hails from New Jersey where she attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick and not be included at this Pace University in New York City. She received time. her BS in Marketing from Our current Hampton Institute and equipment has passed her MFA from Regent its normal life expec- University. She was tancy, and we want to honored as the Out- avoid a major failure standing Graduate at such as we recently Regent University in the College of Communi- experienced with the cation and the Arts boiler in the church. Institute of Performing The new system will essentially provide room- Arts in May of 1991, by-room temperature control and allow us to nominated for Best manage the energy required based on usage. Actress by Portfolio The cost to operate and maintain our current Magazine for her por- system is $3,900/month ($47,000 / year). With trayal of Margaret in James Baldwin’s “Amen the new more efficient system, we expect to Corner, and received the prestigious Women in American History Award for 2015 from the save $14,000 /year in energy use and lower Williamsburg Chapter, National Society Daughters maintenance cost. The cost for the equipment of the American Revolution. and roof repair will be $509,000. Plan now to attend the Friends Day The Property Committee has spent the past Luncheon on Saturday, April 29, and also the 18 months reviewing the available options and three other featured Friends Day events: timing for a new system. The option to replace Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry our rooftop unit with a larger, similar unit cost debating religious liberty at church in the almost as much as the new more-flexible and morning; the Pilgrimage to Holy Ground at Jamestown following the luncheon, and the efficient Mitsubishi system. Annual John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Starting in mid-February, Cox Powell Concert at church in the evening. technicians will be going throughout the building Most of the events require advance installing new copper tubing. Then in mid-March, reservations. To make your Friends Day the system will be turned off for two weeks to reservations, please visit our website at http:// allow us to remove the large unit on the roof, www.brutonparish.org/article441196.html replace the leaking flat roof, and install the new or complete the Reservation Form enclosed in smaller condensers for the new system. The this issue and mail or drop them by the Parish House along with your check. technicians will then begin installing 27 new air handler units in the ceiling throughout the building and begin turning them on in stages. We will give you updates on the progress, and we plan to have everything back in service by mid-April. We chose this time of year to take advantage of the weather and lower activity levels in the Parish House. We thank you in advance for your patience.

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 12 - www.brutonparish.org Fifth Annual Friends Day at Bruton Parish April 29, 2017

Reservation Form (please complete and return by Thursday, April 20)

YES, I/We plan to attend the Fifth Annual Friends Day at Bruton on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Name(s) of those attending:

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Address & Email: ______

YES, please reserve ______(number of persons) for the 10am debate on religious liberty between Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson in the church. Since this program will also be open to the public, it will be wise to both reserve and arrive early for this event.

YES, please reserve ______(number of persons) for the Friends Day Luncheon at the Parish House at 12:15pm. The cost for the luncheon and the Fifth Annual Friends Day meeting is $12/ person. The guest speaker will be Valarie Holmes, an Actress and Writer in Special & Evening Programs at Colonial Williamsburg. She will present characters by making connections to today and will help people to have a better understanding of how history relates to us today.

YES, please reserve ______(number of persons) for the special Pilgrimage to Holy Ground at Jamestown at 3pm. The group size is limited and preference will be given to those who attend the Friends Day Luncheon. The cost is $25/person.

Friends Day will conclude with the Annual John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Concert at 8pm at the church.

Please make your reservation check payable to Bruton Parish Church (note Friends of Bruton Day in the memo) and mail it to the address below. Seating is limited, so you are urged to make your luncheon reservation as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Hilary Cooley at 757-345-2252 or [email protected].

Please make your completed form along with your check to:

Bruton Parish Church c/o Hilary Cooley P.O. Box 3520 Williamsburg, VA 23187-3520

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 13 - www.brutonparish.org Children & Youth Formation in February Meghan Brewer

Nursery is available each Sunday on the first floor of YOUTH LENTEN JOURNEY 2017 the Parish House from 8:30am to 12:30pm for newborns through 4-year-olds. The journey begins on Shrove Tuesday, February 28, at 6pm with our youth helping to make the pancake supper. Children’s Church is age-appropriate worship held at The next day is Ash Wednesday, and youth are invited 9:15am in St. Mary’s Chapel, tailored for children K-5th to the Custis House at 5:30pm with Father Josh before grade. Drop them off at 9am, then head to the church. the 6pm service. Save a seat, as the children join the congregation at We will have Sunday evening gatherings throughout the Peace. We’ll continue holding an age-appropriate Lent. Beginning March 5, middle and high schoolers service for 3-4 year olds in the room next to the nursery are invited to join us for a Lenten discipline just for them. during this time frame. This time will bring to life our journey towards the cross and empty tomb as we deal with how the Gospel Sunday School is held from 10:30-11am for children addresses issues teenagers face. We'll talk about things through 5th grade in the Parish House, and in the Custis like appearance and self-image, issues of identity, drugs House for middle and high school youth. We meet in the and peer pressure, and more. church tower after communion and then walk to classes Middle schoolers will meet from 5:30-7pm in the together. Parish House followed by candlelit Compline in the Church at 7pm. High school students will join in Compline Joyful Noise, Choristers & Cantores Youth Choirs at 7pm then stick around for conversation from 7:30- typically rehearse in the Parish House at 11am (unless 8pm. Please visit bit.ly/brutonlent2017 for more there is no Sunday School) in the choir room. details! Share your experience on social media with #BrutonLent2017! If you have any questions regarding the formation for our children and youth, please contact me ([email protected] or 757-345-6489).

SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 12 & 19 Children’s Church will be held, followed by Sunday School and then Choir Rehearsal at their normal schedules. A Youth Lenten Journey will be held on all Sundays in March (please see item below).

SUNDAY, MARCH 26 There will be NO Children’s Church, as our children’s and youth choirs will be singing in the “big” church at 9:15am. Sunday School will be held after communion, followed by Choir Rehearsal at 11am, and the Youth Lenten Journey continues that evening.

OFFERINGS OF GRATITUDE FOR GOD’S BLESSINGS

Bruton’s children and youth are invited to a discipline of giving this Lent through our United Thank Offering blue boxes which will be distributed during church on Sundays and are also available in the Parish House during the week. In donating through the boxes, children and youth help others by sharing what God has given them. The Children’s Lenten Calendar entitled Giving of Yourselves, Blessings In All Forms is included in this issue. Bring your UTO boxes back to church on Sunday, April 23.

YOUTH MISSION TRIP TO GEORGIA

Our middle and high schoolers are headed to the mountains of Appalachia this summer for a mission trip to north Georgia from June 18-26. If you are interested in participating, please contact either Father Josh at [email protected], Meghan Brewer at [email protected], or call 757-229-2891. For more information and to sign up, please visit our website.

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 14 - www.brutonparish.org Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 15 - www.brutonparish.org Candlelight Concerts for the Parish & Community by our Music Ministry

Saturday, March 4 Tuesday, March 28 Concerts are held in the church at 8pm Choral Concert Clarinet Quartet Recital unless otherwise Virginia Choristers from Richmond, VA USAF American Clarinet Quartet from noted. Parking is Lynnelle Ediger, Director Langley Air Force Base in Newport News, VA permitted on Duke of Gloucester Street in Tuesday, March 7 Thursday, March 30 front of the church Chamber Music Recital Organ Recital - Dr. JanEl Will, Bruton Organist during the recitals. Millcreek Duo Brynne Farr, Flutist & Steve Farr, Cellist Historical Organ Recitals Saturday, March 11 William & Mary’s Wren Chapel Choral Concert Saturdays @ 10am Concert Choir from Kean Conservatory of Music in Union, NJ March 4, 18, 25 - Rebecca Davy, Organist Mark Terenzi, Director March 11 - Norman Elton, Organist

Tuesday, March 14 Organ Recital Mark Biondolillo, Organist from First United Methodist Church of Fox Hill in Hampton, VA Upcoming Offerings You Will Not Want To Miss Thursday, March 16 Chamber Winds Recital March 19 - Evensong - Canticles of Herbert Army School of Music Faculty Chamber Winds Sumsion and Agnus Dei by Samuel Barber from Virginia Beach, VA April 8 - In journey to Jesus's passion, join us for Saturday, March 18 performances by Charles Humphries and friends, Vocal Recital with baroque instruments, Buxtehude's Membra Sarah Taylor, Soprano & Rebecca Davy, Jesu Nostri Accompanist April 9 - Choral Evensong on Passion Sunday, March 19 @ 5:30 pm Sunday: Join us for Canticles of Thomas Morley Choral Evensong: Music of Herbert Sumsion and Stabat mater of Giovanni Pierluigi da & Samual Barber - Choirs of Bruton Parish, Palenstrina sung by the choirs of Bruton Parish. Rebecca Davy, Director & JanEl Will, Organist April 29 - Annual John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Tuesday, March 21 Memorial Concert performing Bach's Organ Recital Cantata 80, Ein feste Burg (A Mighty Nathan Kyle Lively & David Harrison, Fortress), in commemoration of the Organists from Kingsport, TN 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, and George Thursday, March 23 Frederic Handel's Choral Concert Utrecht Jubilate. Academy for the Visual Arts Choir from Norfolk, VA - Donald Drudop, Director

Saturday, March 25 Organ & Harpsichord Recital Rebecca Davy, Bruton Music Director

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 16 - www.brutonparish.org Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Williamsburg, VA Permit No. 13

The Most Revd Michael Bruce Curry MOBILE GIVING ONLINE Presiding Bishop & Primate [email protected]

The Rt. Revd Herman Hollerith IV Very simple ways you can give! Bishop, Diocese of Southern Virginia [email protected]

The Revd Christopher L. Epperson Visit http://bit.ly/GIVE2BPC Rector, [email protected] Scan the QR Code below. The Rev’d Tyler L. Montgomery Associate Rector & College Chaplain Give one-time with or without an account. [email protected] Schedule automated giving. The Rev’d Lauren M. McDonald View giving history. Associate Rector - Outreach & Women’s Ministries Manage account and payment [email protected] information. The Rev’d Joshua P. Stephens Associate Rector - Family Ministry [email protected]

The Rev’d Jan M. Brown, Deacon [email protected]

Meghan Brewer If you currently use Access ACS through our website, please note this function Coordinator of Children’s & Youth will no longer be available very soon. Contact Hilary Cooley or Dudley Hoyle, Formation, [email protected] and we will work to help you transition. Rebecca Davy, Music Director & Organist [email protected]

Dr. JanEl B. Will, Organist PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY [email protected] Daniel Corneliussen, Organ Scholar Pastoral Care Coordinators Wednesdays & Fridays, 10am-2pm ~ [email protected] ~ 757-645-2050 James Darling Choirmaster - Organist Emeritus Stephen Ministry Charlie Clapper & Mary Jean Hurst ~ 757-220-2087 confidential Hilary Cooley, Communications Director Chronicle Editor/Publications Parish Nurse [email protected] Sylvia Saba ~ [email protected] ~ 757-258-4503 Christine Britton, Parish Life Coordinator [email protected] Pastoral Emergencies Dudley Hoyle, Comptroller Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm [email protected] Call 757-345-2250 directly or call the church office at 757-229-2891 Mike Wanless, Facilities Manager After 5pm and on weekends, call the church office and choose Option 6. [email protected] If necessary, please leave your name, telephone number and brief message, and the clergy-on-call will return your call as soon as possible. Ronald Cotman, Parish House Sexton

Ike Turner, Weekend Sexton

Roy St. Amour, Church Sexton Article submissions are due the 10th of each month and may be edited for length Nancy Nelson and content. Shop Financial Assistant Bruton Parish Church, P.O. Box 3520, Williamsburg, VA 23187-3520 [email protected] 757-229-2891 Fax: 757-221-0290