Jackie Just Around the Corner by Bill Lasher
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St. Patrick Episcopal Church 232 East Main Street Lebanon, Ohio 45036 February 1st is the feast day of Brigid of Kildare. Having just spent a week living with Brigid for an online retreat I’m doing, I’ve decided to honor her day with a liturgy, Friday evening, February 1st at 7pm. The liturgy will be designed around her life and ministry, so it will have a Celtic flavor. Here’s some history and thoughts on Brigid to whet your appetite. Brigid is one of the three patron saints of Ireland along with Patrick and Columba. What we know of her life comes from Life of Brigid, written by the monk Cogiatois in the second half of the seventh century. Many of the stories of the saints from those days are not factual, but spiritual, mythical, archetypal and psychological. For example, Patrick, most likely did not drive all the snakes out of Ireland! Read the article tucked in the back of the picture of Brigid in Brigid House and decide for yourself what’s historical! Nonetheless myths and archetypes speak to deep truths of men and women. The delight in studying them is in probing the meanings that speak to our souls. Sunday Worship Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Brigid is considered the patron saint of a number of things including midwives, beer making, and The Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal milkmaids. She is known for her hospitality and generosity. We named our addition Brigid House Bishop of Southern Ohio partly because she was a peer of St. Patrick and partly because Brigid House is a place of hospitality, The Rev. Jacqueline Matisse, Rector Nancy Smith, Vestry, Senior Warden hosting groups of all ages and purposes through the weeks. It is said she was born on a threshold; her Todd Rockstroh, Vestry, Junior Warden mother straddling a doorway when she was born. So, she is called the midwife of a threshold place, one who helps us move from one space to another. The Life of Brigid talks about her healing, her Damian Stout, Choir Director kinship with animals and her concern for those oppressed. Damian Stout, Organist Her feast day was chosen to coincide with the threshold into springtime. Maybe spring comes earlier Marjorie Donovan, Music Director Emeritus Vestry in Ireland? Snowdrops, the first flowers of spring, are one of her symbols. Jeff Lane, Financial Secretary Trischa Goodwin Kellie Snigar Wayne Spary, Treasurer Steve Belknap Jill Lane There are so many connections we can make between Brigid and our life and ministry in this Bill Lasher, Stewardship Matt Lang Linda Powers congregation. Join in the celebration on February 1st if you can. Gretchen Hautzinger, Office Manager Harry Pritchard Jill Lane, Children’s Education (Much of this information was taken from Christine Paintner’s book The Soul’s Slow Ripening. The online retreat I’m participating in is sponsored by Abbey of the Arts.) Our Mission: To take the love of Christ into the World Jackie Just Around the Corner by Bill Lasher ANNUAL MEETING News from Cape Horn: in an earlier article I mentioned Two Years Before the Mast, which is about sailing around Cape Horn—the southern tip of South America. We did just that a few weeks ago, and Annual meeting will be held following the 10:30 service on Sunday, February 10. Please bring the Cape is magnificent, rich with history of many ships and sailors that perished there. It is the point something to contribute to a potluck meal before we begin the meeting. at which the Atlantic, Pacific, and Antarctic streams converge, and can still be impassable on a bad day. We swung around the tip, looking right at the marker at center of it all—and all was calm. The captain announced that he’d been navigating Cape Horn for thirty years, and he’d never seen it like this: perfectly calm. No icebergs, no squalls! LOOKING AHEAD TO LENT I think we expect squalls more often than they come into our lives. For me, learning to ride a bike, Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on March 6th this year. I hope to have prepared a presentation on especially on a gravel road, was very difficult. One day it suddenly turned into a walk in the park: it my sabbatical time by then and will use it for our Lenten classes the four Wednesday evenings after just happened. We live our lives somewhere between fear and thanksgiving. There is a way to stand Ash Wednesday. This will not be a travelogue. It will be a presentation designed to encourage us to between these two options: it is called “grace.” think about peacemaking in general, using Israel as a springboard. I am excited to share this experience with you in more detail and encourage your attendance. As always, please let me know as Any good dictionary will tell you that grace comes in two types: everyday grace among people, and soon as possible if having child care available will make your attendance possible. If so, we’ll make the grace of God to us. This kind of grace is well-known to all of us: if you’re reading the Shamrock, those arrangements. you know about grace given by God and accepted by the people. This version of the word comes directly from Latin “gratias,” which describes the grace freely given to us by God. The other word we know is from the same root, but is used for us, the people, in “grateful” as well as “graceful.” The first example is the grace of God, the second is the grace of mankind. SNOW POLICY AT ST. PATRICKS There’s a good reason for describing both grace given and grace received. I just finished a book by Because I can walk to church, I won’t cancel services. If you have a specific responsibility don’t William Kent Kruger called Ordinary Grace. It’s a very good book, but finally leaves you to decide worry about being here if the driving conditions are not safe. Attendance is sparse on those days and which kinds of grace are involved in the story. Although the central character is a minister, we find those of us who are here can cover. Yet, please know how much I appreciate those of you who made out what he is really like from interactions with his family, his war buddy, and even the police. The it here to fulfill those responsibilities! I was truly impressed and enjoyed the company. You grace you see here is not really ordinary—it is extraordinary, and freely given. answered a call beyond duty. Here is an example of ordinary grace. Ten years after my grandfather taught me to ride the bike he had given me, I went to visit him the summer I turned 16. I was thinking about learning to drive, but I didn’t mention it. He greeted me with some good news: “I bought a new Jeep pickup last week. Jackie Would you like to go out and learn to drive on these gravel roads? I’ll show you how it’s done.” ALTAR SERVERS & PEOPLE OF THE WEEK LAY READER TEXT – FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 3 FEBRUARY 24 The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 3 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – Pat George 10:30 a.m. – Becca McLaughlin C Brady C Brady Stuart Bale BB Maria BB Christiana Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 US Brian Sandlin & Larry Benning US Skip Scruby & Carlotta Owens 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 P Bob & Caroline Wallman & Family P Matthew & Cheryl Zotter T Lane & Wolford T Simonton & Johnson G Carol G Linda The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 10 A Kathy & Janet A June & Trischa 8:00 a.m. – Dan Berger 10:30 a.m. – Brian Gluntz Nancy Smith Isaiah 6:1-8,(9-13) Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 FEBRUARY 10 MARCH 3 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 17 C Dana C Dana 8:00 a.m. – Trischa Goodwin 10:30 a.m. – Jean Benning BB Adam BB Maria Bill Ubbes US David Johnson & Norman Bucher US Trish Simonton & Brian Sandlin Jeremiah 17:5-10 Psalm 1 P Danielle & Anna Weaver P Michael & Nancy Andrews 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26 T Smith & Morris T Lane & Morris G Ruth G Gloria A Marie, Leo, & Molly A Caroline, Leo, & Jill The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – February 24 8:00 a.m. – Earl Edmonds 10:30 a.m. – Steve Belknap Dana Davis Genesis 45:3-11,15 Psalm 37:1-12,41-42 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38 FEBRUARY 17 10:30 a.m. A = Altar Guild C Danielle BB = Book Bearer BB Kacee C = Crucifer The Last Sunday after the Epiphany – March 3 US Kevin O’Brien & Brian Gluntz G = Greeter 8:00 a.m. – Pat George 10:30 a.m. – Stuart Bale P Dick & Molly Wolford P = Persons of the Week Becca McLaughlin T Lane & Summers T = Tellers Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 G Trish US = Ushers 2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2 Luke 9:28-36,(37-43a) A Molly, Ginny, & Kellie February 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 9:30 a.m. – Silent Saturday Brigid (Bride) The Presentation of our Lord 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8:00 a.m. – Eucharist 6:30 p.m.