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Bayshore Presbyterian June 27, 2014 The : Found? Inside This Issue 1 For centuries, the quest for the elusive Holy Grail has consumed The Holy Grail: Found? Crusaders and archaeologists, inspired Arthurian legends and 1 *RLQJV2Q« Hollywood blockbusters and sparked both the pen of Alfred Lord Tennyson and the comedy of 2 The Holy Grail, cont. Monty Python. Now, a pair of historians claim they have 2 The Real Monuments Men discovered the sacred relic inside a Spanish basilica. 2 Name the Bayshore Celebrity 'RHVLWPHDQWKDWKLVWRU\¶V 2 greatest treasure hunt is over? From the Pastor Nominating Committee 2 Our Shoe Mission

,QWKHLUQHZO\SXEOLVKHGERRN³/RV5H\HVGHO*ULDO´ ³7KH.LQJV 2 From Your Session RIWKH*UDLO´ PHGLHYDOKLVWRU\Oecturer Margarita Torres and art 3 The Real Monuments Men, cont. historian José Miguel Ortega del Rio claim the Holy Grail rests inside the Basilica of San Isidoro in the northern Spanish city of 3 Prayer List/Birthdays/Anniversaries León. The historians say that a three-year 3 Just Another Day on the Bayshore investigation led to their conclusion that the hallowed cup that Christ supposedly 4 Volunteer List drank from at the and that was used to collect his precious blood is a *RLQJV2Q« jewel-encrusted goblet that has long been known as the of the Infanta Doña This Sunday at Bayshore Urraca in honor of the daughter of King Ferdinand I, ruler of León and Castile from 9:30 am Sunday School 1037 to 1065. The researchers had been investigating Islamic remains in the 10:30 am Regular Worship Basilica of San Isidoro when they came across medieval Egyptian parchments that mentioned that the holy chalice had *** See page 4 for volunteer list! been taken from to Cairo and then given to an emir who ruled an Islamic kingdom RQ6SDLQ¶V0HGLWHUUDQHDQFRDVW Appreciation Brunch for Kaaren in return for the help he gave to famine-stricken Egypt. The emir then gifted the chalice as a peace offering to the Christian

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The chalice, made of gold and onyx and sprinkled with precious stones, is actually two goblets fused together, one turned up, the other down. Torres and del Rio say the upper half is made of agate and missing a fragment, exactly as described in the Egyptian parchments. The co-authors report that scientific dating It won't be easy saying good-bye, but let's send has placed the origin of the cup between 200 B.C. and 100 A.D. Kaaren "out into the world" in style - Her last As the Irish Times reports, the co-authors concede they cannot day is August 10th. Join us for Brunch at the GHILQLWLYHO\SURYHWKDWWKHFKDOLFHDFWXDOO\WRXFKHG-HVXV¶VOLSV only that it is the vessel that early Christians revered as the one Colonade (dutch treat - we've reserved a r00m). used at the Last Supper. There's a sign-up sheet in the foyer...

³7KHRQO\FKDOLFHWKDWFRXOGEHFRQVLGHUHGWKHFKDOLFHRI&KULVWLVWKDW which made the journey to Cairo and then from Cairo to León²and that Name the Bayshore "Celebrity" This Bayshore Church member LVWKLVFKDOLFH´7RUUHVWROGWKHQHZVSDSHU6LQFHWKHERRN¶VSXEOLFDWLRQ last week, the basilica has been inundated with visitors, forcing curators joined the church in 1977. She is one of 3 generations of her family to remove the relic from display until they can find a larger exhibition space to accommodate the crowds. who attend BPC and who has This, of course, is not the first time faithfully been in charge of setting WKDWWKH+RO\*UDLOKDVEHHQ³IRXQG´ up communion since most of us can For while the Holy Grail has proven ? remember. Who is she? elusive, it is also strangely ubiquitous. From Latvia to Scotland, more than 200 Answer next month goblets in Europe alone have been posited as being the holy relic. Some claim the cup rests in the sewers of Jerusalem while others believe that the medieval Knights Templar Please remember to recycle your bulletin as you leave and took the goblet from Jerusalem during the Crusades and eventually help us keep things looking good!! Thanks so much!! secreted it away in New World locations ranging from Minnesota to Maryland to Nova Scotia. Some theorize it is even hidden inside Fort Knox. From the Pastor Nominating Committee The PNC is currently interviewing a short list of candidates Numerous times in the past century, newspaper headlines similar to the and prayerfully reviewing new candidates ! ones today declared the quest for the Holy Grail over. In the early 1900s, it was supposedly discovered neDU(QJODQG¶V*ODVWRQEXU\

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The Real "Monuments Men" 7KHZHUHFHLYHGIURPWKH3UHVE\WHU\¶V0LVVLRQ)XQGZLOO be used to install an outside water fountain ± the intent is to Decades before territorial ambitions and Aryan supremacy absorbed provide a drink for the many walkers (2 legged and 4 legged) Adolf Hitler, a much different passion consumed the future German who pass through our grounds each down to and from Bayshore dictator²DUW%XWDIWHU9LHQQD¶V$FDGHP\ Blvd. Plans are underway. of Fine Arts rejected a teenaged Hitler for KLV³XQILWQHVVIRUSDLQWLQJ´KLVVLngular Thank you to Gordon and Winn for trimming the hedge along the side of the church. The growth was extending into the driveway. dream of becoming an artist was crushed. While it looks a bit bare at the moment, new growth will soon be The hand that had gingerly painted water- there. Thanks guys!! colors would eventually be raised in a Nazi salute and rule Germany with an iron fist. Thank you to Helen and David for your continued care of our grounds!!! They are looking great. And now that the area near +LWOHU¶VLQWHUHVWLQDUWKRZHYHUQHYHU Painting by Adolph Hitler the Community Room has been de-forested, ( - ) we can waned, and after launching World War II, consider a number of options for that area. Your ideas are he led the Nazis in the systematic looting ZHOFRPH:H¶YHEHHQWKLQNLQJDERXWDSLFQLFWDEOHZLWK of famous works of art that formed the cultural soul of Western perhaps a large container of plants ± something that will be low civilization. lph maintenance. Please let us know what you think we might do in this space.

,WZDVQ¶WHQRXJKIRUWKH1D]LVWRUREPLOlions of people of their Within weeks, the full extent of the Nazi plunder crystallized. IXWXUHVWKH\ZDQWHGWRVWULSWKHPRIWKHLUSDVWDVZHOO+LWOHU¶V Across the continent, the Monuments Men discovered loot hidden forces plundered priceless paintings, sculptures, deep inside salt mines, packed inside crates in abandoned drawings, religious relics and cultural buildings and even secreted away in hilltop castles. They found DUWLIDFWVIURP(XURSH¶VFKXUFKHV 1,500 repositories of stolen goods in southern Germany alone. universities and private collections, When the Monuments Men entered particularly those belonging to Jewish the Altaussee Salt Mine in Austria, families. They heisted musical they discovered hidden inside its instruments, entire libraries, hundreds 137 tunnels more than 6,000 paintings of ancient Torah scrolls, thousands of as well as masterpieces such as church bells and even the stained glass 0LFKHODQJHOR¶V³0DGRQQDRI%UXJHV´ right out of Strasbourg Cathedral. DQGWKH³*KHQW$OWDUSLHFH´,WWRRNVL[ ZHHNVIRUWKHPWRHPSW\*HUPDQ\¶V In the greatest theft in art history, Nazi leaders used the Neuschwanstein Castle, the fairy-tale LQYHQWRULHVRI(XURSH¶VHOLWHPXVHXPVDVDYHULWDEOH³VKRSSLQJ structure that served as the model for OLVW´IRULWHPVWRDGGWRWKHLUSHUVRQDOFROOHFWLRQV7KH\SLOIHUHG 6OHHSLQJ%HDXW\¶VFDVWOHDW'LVQH\ODQG works by a palette of the wRUOG¶VJUHDWHVWPDVWHUVVXFKDV of all its hidden treasures that had been Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Picasso and da Vinci. Hermann plundered from France. Goering, like Hitler an art enthusiast, visited the Jeu de Paume in Paris 20 times to browse its works. Like police detectives working a crime scene, the Monuments Men investigated the provenance of the pieces in order to return He seized hundreds of items them to their proper owners. Their work continued through 1951, for his own collection and by which time they had rescued, preserved and returned five needed to attach two railroad million pieces of art and other cultural artifacts to their rightful cars to his personal train to owners. In spite of the painstaking work of the Monuments Men, their mission is still far from complete nearly 70 years after the fall haul away his loot. In Berlin, Hitler leafed through photo of Nazi Germany. Hundreds of thousands of plundered albums filled with pictures of documents and artworks²including pieces by Monet, Van Gogh, stolen artworks, and just as if he was flipping through a mail- Cezanne, Rodin and Botticelli²remain at large. The Monuments order catalog, he selected those pieces he wanted for the Men Foundation is continuing the search for the lost treasures in wRUOG¶VJUHDWHVWDUWPXVHXPWKDWKHLQWHQGHGWREXLOGLQKLV addition to its work in keeping alive the legacy of an unlikely band hometown of Linz, Austria²the Fuhrermuseum. of war heroes. Source: History.com

7KHV\VWHPDWLFWKHIWDQGGHVWUXFWLRQRIWKHZRUOG¶VFXOWXUDO Each month we pray for members and friends. treasures was one of the concerns raised by art historians and museum direcWRUVIURPWKHZDU¶VHDUOLHVWGD\V7KH\OREELHGWKH This month, please pray for: Allies to create an organization affiliated with the military to identify and protect European monuments and art in danger of Lonnie and Betty Turner, Cindy Ullen, Candy Venable, Laurie becoming casualties of war, and in 1943 the Allies established Woodard, Margaret Zitek, Henk and Ans Alberts, Helen Allen, the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section. Nearly 350 Josette and Rey Bulnes, Bob and Bobbi Chaffee. men and women from 13 countries joined the unit known as the ³0RQXPHQWV0HQ´0RVWO\YROXQWHHUV they were hardly seasoned soldiers; July Birthdays/Anniversaries instead, they were an unlikely platoon Birthdays Anniversaries of museum curators, art scholars, 4 Margaret Dufeny 27 Richard & Doris Guenther architects, archivists, artists and 6 Harry Ellis historians with an average age of 40. 10 ³6DPP\´&RROH\ Although most never expected to be Larry Lane called upon for duty when the war 20 Nat Pieper started, some of the Monuments Men Chuck Dufeny were put right on the front lines. Two 23 Barbara Pieper Tara Elly members lost their lives in combat. 24 Allison Edwards

Initially, the Monuments Men were tasked with assisting combat troops in protecting churches, museums and cultural artifacts from damage in Allied attacks. It was a mission echoed by Kaaren cell: 727-3896397 - Home: 727-378-8299 General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who in the lead up to D-Day in RUGHUHGKLVFRPPDQGHUVWRVDIHJXDUG³KLVWRULFDO monuments and cultural centers which Just Another Day on the Bayshore symbolize to the world all that we are ILJKWLQJWRSUHVHUYH´$VWKH$OOLHV Kaaren cell: 727-389-6397 Home: 727-378-8299 advanced across Europe and the Third Reich crumbled, however, the Monuments Ust ore%D\VKRUH« Men increasingly focused on the rescue and recovery of the art and artifacts looted by the Nazis.

When the guns fell silent in Europe in May 1945, the work of the Monuments Men was only beginning. Europe may have been liberated, but its cultural treasures were still missing in action. Easter 2014

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DATE LITURGIST USHERS GREETERS COMMUNION SERVERS

May 4 J Bulnes B Smith Guenthers D. PRIDGEN, L. ELLY, T. SMITSON, B. SMITH

May 11 W Elly H Allen, M Dufeny L. Elly

May 18 C Venable Knapps B. Smith

May 25 A Shaw Bulnes H. Gomez

June 1 M. Dufeny Cooleys J Bulnes A. SHAW, K. Morris, R. BULNES

June 8 H Allen Guenthers Guenthers

June 15 H Ellis M Hausman, B Smith L. Elly

June 22 M Zitek H Allen, L Elly B. Smith

June 29 K Cooley Henwoods H. Gomez

July 6 M. Dufeny M. Hausman, B. Smith A. Shaw C .Venable, K. Morris, L. Elly, D. Pridgen

July 13 K. Morris R & J Bulnes Knapp

July 20 G. Knapp W & L Elly Cooley

July 27 D. Pridgen H. Allen, M. Zitek Bulnes

Aug 3 W. Elly K & S Cooley M. Dufeny G. Knapp, M. Zitek, C. Venable

Aug 10 C. Venable C & D Henwood G. Huff

Aug 17 H. Ellis D & D Guenther C. Venable

Aug 24 D. Guenther T. Smitson, M. Zitek B. Smith

Aug 31 J. Bulnes Knapps M. Zitek

Sept 7 M. Dufeny M. Hausman, B. Smith Guenther R & J Bulnes, A. Shaw, G. Huff Sept1 4 M. Zitek R & J Bulnes Knapp Sept 21 G. Knapp W & L Elly Cooley Sept. 28 K. Cooley T. Smitson , G. Knapp Bulnes Oct 5 W. Elly K & S Cooley M. Dufeny C. Venable, K. Morris, B. Smith Oct 12 A. Shaw C & D Henwood G. Huff Oct 19 H. Ellis D & D Guenther M. Hausman Oct 26 C. Venable G. Huff, M. Zitek B. Smith Nov. 2 M. Dufeny Knapps M. Zitek C. Venable, L. Elly, M. Hausman, D. Pridgen Nov 9 K. Cooley M. Dufeny, B. Smith Guenther Nov 16 G. Knapp R & J Bulnes A. Shaw Nov 23 C. Venable W & L Elly Cooley Nov 30 D. Guenther D & P Gust Bulnes Dec 7 W. Elly K & S Cooley M. Dufeny J Bulnes, G. Knapp, T. Smitson Dec 14 J. Bulnes C & D Henwood G. Huff Dec 21 H. Ellis D & D Guenther M. Hausman Dec 28 A. Shaw M. Zitek, G. Huff B. Smith