November Lay Ministry

The Episcopal Church of the Nativity The Window Volume 24, Issue 7 July 2017 From the Rector Katie and the kids and I have been at Beckwith for a couple days now. Fresh off the joy of Vacation Bible School at Nativity, she is serving as the camp nurse and I as the dean for the week. Various clergy members from around the diocese are asked to serve in this capacity each summer. The dean at a summer camp week is respon- sible for crafting a program to present each evening to the partici- pants. This summer the theme is “Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God.” The dean’s program is just one aspect of the Beckwith experience, though. The rest of the program responsibilities are handled by the summer camp staff and director. The staff this week has put me in mind of the legacy we leave our children. This past year, Beckwith hired one of the students from the youth group at Christ Church in Pensacola as the program director. Addie Boyd-Quina not only oversees the summer camp program, but all the programming aspects of our camp and conference center. Addie was one of the young people to whom Katie and I were the closest when we served at Christ Church and it is a joy to see her passing on the faith to another generation of young people. Her staff this summer also has members whom I know well. Our own Amber Somma is serving as a staff member. Philip Iversen, who is serving as the camp music director, is the child of an old friend I know through my work with teens in the diocese. They are grown and serving with joy and love as are all the members of the team at Beckwith this summer. The campers, too, make me mindful of the legacy of our faith. Several are the now teenage children of friends of ours from Pensacola, Mobile and Baldwin county. We know their parents because of our shared commitment to the church. They are the friends with whom I have journeyed and won- dered and sought the will of God in my life. They are a part of me. Each time I come to Beckwith, which Bishop Russell calls God’s front yard, reminds me of the years I have spent with young people, teaching them, worshiping with them, traveling with them, listen- ing to them. I am reminded more than ever, though, of the relative insignificance of my work as a youth minister and the importance of the work we do passing on our faith in our homes and families. There have been billions of dollars spent over the last several decades on youth ministry confer- ences: on curriculums, music, dramas, Bible studies and concerts. But there is no investment for passing on our faith that surpasses the work we do as families. Young people do not generally find the church because of a priest, or a youth worker, or a concert, or a mission trip. They find the church because their parents introduce them to that community and the community loves them into adulthood. Parents, Grandparents, Godparents, they are the front lines of evangelism. These are the ones who can make sure that our faith continues to bear fruit from one generation to the next. It is our legacy to pass on to our children. And if we pass it on, they will take up the banner for the next generation. Peter+ July 2 - 10 a.m. July 9 July 16 Altar Guild: Volunteers Altar Guild: Libby Planz, Melissa Altar Guild: Becky Taylor Scott, Kathy Gholson, Brenda Ortega, Lynda Salisbury Brown, Aggie Burtick, Suzanne Hanahan & Liz Smyth & Traci Newton Acolytes: Preston Hall, Sam Middleton, Acolytes: Anthony Wittenborn, Gavin Acolytes: Hugh Wheelless, Mary Black Alex Middleton & Stuart Ibberson Wittenborn, Stuart Ibberson & Sarah Zeron, George Zeron & Tallulah Randolph Tanton Breakfast Chefs: No Breakfast Breakfast Chefs: John Welch, Bill Mallis, Breakfast Chefs: David Jackson, William Jeff Crittenden & Lee Scott Holman & Kaz Espy Eucharistic Ministers: 10 a.m. – Susan Eucharistic Ministers: 7:30 a.m. – Hank Eucharistic Ministers: 7:30 a.m. – Bill Henderson & David Deal Vaughn: 10:30 a.m. – George Dennis & Elliottt: 10:30 a.m. – Hugh Wheelless & Collier Espy Flowers: Sam Flowers & Linda Fisher Flowers: Karen Jackson & Lara Flowers: Melinda Kellenberger & Becky Kosolopoff Wright Taylor Scott Greeters: Mary Alford Greeters: Melissa & Webb Gholson Greeters: Debbie Somma Lectors: 1st – Karen Jackson; 2nd – Lectors: 1st – Jeff Crittenden; 2nd – Lectors: 1st – Stephanie Gibson; 2nd – Anthony Wittenborn; POP – Stuart Stuart Ibberson; POP – Elizabeth Welch TBA; POP – Mary Alford Ibberson Ushers: 10 a.m. – Kaz Espy & Charles Ushers: 7:30 a.m. – Bill Elliott; 10:30 Ushers: 7:30 a.m. – Wayne Strickland; Northcutt a.m. – Bill Owen & Eric Barron 10:30 a.m. – Whit Huskey & Bob Orr Refreshment Table: No Table Refreshment Table: Mallis Refreshment Table: McNally Vestry Lockup: Jerry Marsella Vestry Lockup: John Steensland Vestry Lockup: Lane Miller July 23 July 30 Morning Prayer Altar Guild: Tammi Holman, Libby Altar Guild: Didi Cody, Mary Alford, Harper, Cathy Orr & Carol Vaughn Julana Harrison, Kathi King & Barbara July 6 – Elizabeth Welch, Wheelless Rite II Acolytes: Edde Somm, Sylvia Somma, Acolytes: Preston Hall, Mitchell Barbaree, July 13 – Mother Linda Joey Boutwell, Will Owen & Carole Lea Sam Middleton & Alex Middleton Johnson Suzanne, Rite I July 20 – Robert Sparks, Breakfast Chefs: Johnny Turner, Jerry Breakfast Chefs: Mike Cody, Christopher Wright, Bob Floyd & William Nichols Cody & Lee Van Carroll Rite II July 27 – Suzanne Eucharistic Ministers: 7:30 a.m. – Debra Eucharistic Ministers: 7:30 a.m. – Kathi McMahan, Rite I Strickland: 10:30 a.m. – Karen Jackson & King: 10:30 a.m. – Hary Hall & Elizabeth Dan Johnson Welch Flowers: Wedding Flowers: Wedding Compline/ Evening Prayer Greeters: Meredith & David Agan Greeters: Suzanne Barrck (6:20 p.m.) Lectors: 1st – Harry Hall; 2nd – Valerie Lectors: 1st – Anthony Wittenborn; 2nd – Harris; POP – Lee Scott Carol Rheingans; POP – Willie Fisher July 5 – Stuart Ibberson Ushers: 7:30 a.m. – Al Matheny; 10:30 Ushers: 7:30 a.m. – Wendell Switzer; July 12 – Bill Elliottt a.m. – Lane Miller & Franklin Skinner 10:30 a.m. – Harry Hall & John Strickland July 19 – Lisa Hicks (Evening Prayer) Refreshment Table: Somma Refreshment Table: Rane July 26 – Mother Linda Suzanne Vestry Lockup: Donnie Stinson Vestry Lockup: Wendell Switzer July 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist Rite II OFFICE CLOSED OFFICE CLOSED 6:20 p.m. ² Compline 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7:30 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist 6:45 a.m. ² 0HQ¶V%UHDNIDVW Rite I 9:15 a.m. ² Lectionary Class 10:30 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist 6:15 p.m. ² Monday Midrash Rite II 7:20 p.m. ² Compline 6-8 p.m. ² Newcomer¶s 11:45 a.m. ± Gilead Singers 7:30 p.m. ± Movie in the Reception at the Rectory Labyrinth (Disney¶s Big Hero 6) 4-7 p.m. ² Outreach visit to Dothan Rescue Mission 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 7:30 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist 6:45 a.m. ² 0HQ¶V%UHDNIDVW Rite I 9:15 a.m. ² Lectionary Class 6:20 p.m. ² Evening Prayer 10:30 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist 6:15 p.m. ² Monday Midrash Rite II 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 7:30 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist 6:45 a.m. ² 0HQ¶V%UHDNIDVW Rite I 9:15 a.m. ² Lectionary Class 6:20 p.m. -- Compline 6 p.m. ² Sung Eucharist 10:30 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist 6:15 p.m. ² Monday Midrash Rite II 30 31 7:30 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:15 a.m. ² Lectionary Class 10:30 a.m. ² Holy Eucharist 6:15 p.m. ² Monday Midrash Rite II Please email items you would like included in the calendar section to [email protected]. Baptism On June 11, Drake Frances Randolph was baptized at the 10:30 a.m. service. On hand to witness Drake’s baptism was her older sis- ter Talullah. Child of blessing, child of promise, baptized with Child of joy, our dearest treasure, God’s you are, the Spirit’s sign; with this water God has sealed from God you came. Back to God we humbly give you; unto love and grace divine. you, live as one who bears Christ’s name. Views from the Bishop’s Chair What is the recipe for making bishops? I am not sure when the process like. I surprised myself when I for being made into a bishop be- answered, “It was as if that was gins or ends. I am quite certain I all that there is.” It was “holy am still being rendered. ground” and something hap- I know there was a ritualistic pened in that moment that was moment when hands were laid very palpable. Still, just as a upon my head and this prayer marriage is ‘made’ over time, I was prayed, ”Therefore, Father, suspect the same is true for a make Russell a bishop in your bishop. Church. Pour out upon him the The decisions I make each power of your princely Spirit, day, both right and wrong, form whom you bestowed upon your me more deeply into a bishop. beloved Son Jesus Christ, with Each time I repeat the liturgy of whom he endowed the apostles, confirmation, the words I say and by whom your Church is are confirming and receiving built up in every place, to the me just as much as they are con- glory and unceasing praise of firming and receiving those heaping of a program called your Name.” It was a powerful upon which my hands rest.

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