Epiphany Stewardship 2015 Update

Epiphany Epiphany is a season of light. It is a time where we hear the stories of Jesus calling his disciples, of being Himself called to baptism, it is the time we remember the light of Jesus Christ being revealed to the whole world. Our whole story is a story of light. It is a story of light shining in the darkness and the darkness not overcoming it. It is a story that takes form, real, tangible, living and breathing form in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. It is also a story that takes on flesh in the Body of Christ, in the church, in us. We all have darkness in our lives. Some darkness resides in our memories The Episcopal Church of loss, hurt or betrayal. Darkness is present broken or breaking relation- of the Resurrection ships falling apart right now. Darkness looms in the pain of what sickness, invites all people to unity addiction or injury that you bear. Broken promises, missed opportunities, with God and each other. unrealized potential… and that is not to mention the poverty we all see from our car windows on too many street corners of our fair city of Eugene, in too many news stories of racial injustice, of war and rumors of war, of the Epiphany mighty casting the lowly even further down into the pit. There is darkness, 2015 plenty of it, but that is not the whole story… Each of us individually and collectively as a church we have laid before us, laid over us, wrapped around us a blanket of light that shines with the brightness of the sun. This is the light of Jesus Christ. It is this light, the light Episcopal Church of the of Jesus Christ that we celebrate each year in Epiphany, the time of year Resurrection where the extra minutes of sunlight light we gain each day means so much. 3925 Hilyard St. It enlightens, it warms, it invites and welcomes and feeds and comforts. And Eugene, OR 97405 this light is real, very, very real. (541) 686-8462 The light of Christ is made manifest in the work you do not only to build a more just community, but also in caring for a sick child, helping a www.resurrectioneugene.org neighbor with their trash, or smiling at the lady at the check out counter who [email protected] is having a much worse day than you. The light of Christ is made manifest in volunteering at the 2nd Sunday breakfast, at Egan, and Shelter week, Rector and Home Starter Kits, and helping in the nursery, and paying your pledge Rev. Dr. Brent Was to make the rest of the light shining out of this place possible. The light of [email protected] Christ is made manifest when we gather as a community around the altar as we worship of the source of all light and life. As we near our Lenten Editorial Team observances, take time to appreciate where you are right here, right now. Patty Krier In Christ, Kim Still Brent Stewardship 2015 Update By Katherine Moyer Our stewardship theme for 2015 has been open doors – opening wide the doors of Resurrection that both welcome us into this community and invite us back out to do God’s work in the larger world. We have received pledges for 2015 totaling $203,044 from 105 pledgers (including 11 first-time pledgers). These results represent an increase in the number of pledgers from 2014, but a decrease of about $5,000 in total pledges. The reason for this decrease is the unforeseen loss of two timing of the service don’t suit everyone, I think ev- pledges. While we didn’t reach our pledge goal for eryone should at least try the different style of worship 2015, actually we believe it is healthier for Resur- available at the Saturday Night High Mass. rection’s financial support to be spread across the congregation rather than being concentrated in a few Adult Education large donors. And in fact, our median pledge for 2015 By Richard McGuinness is higher than in 2014. As this community continues to grow in the coming years, we expect pledges to Nifty TV grow right along with it. You may have noticed the Resurrection Parish Hall has a nifty new high definition television. It’s Saturday Night High already being used for Adult Christian Formation ses- Mass sions on Sunday morning, and also provided DVD entertainment for our guests during Shelter Week. by Kevin May The new system includes a 42” HD television, a Blu- I began attending the Saturday Night High Mass Ray/DVD player, a sound bar capable of filling the in the fall of 2013 a little more than a year ago. I parish hall with sound, a movable cart, and various originally went with my wife, Kelly, as she worked connectors and wires. in the nursery, and I occasionally helped her care for The behind-the-scenes heroes whose expertise the children during the service. allowed all of this to be put together included: Kevin By the beginning of 2014, I was asked to be a May, who provided invaluable guidance in the areas Eucharistic Minister in the Saturday Mass, expanding of component selection and electronic connectivity from my service as an EM on Sunday mornings. Tim so everything would work together; Ken Standhardt, Hannon was serving as Sub-Deacon from the spring who envisioned and constructed the new media en- of 2013 to this summer when he left for seminary closure in the downstairs storage closet as well as in Tennessee. After his departure, I began taking on multiple-reinforcing the movable TV cart; Carole some of his Sub-Deacon Norman, who secured the duties along with the other TV to the cart; Jane Smith EMs who serve on Saturday and me for selecting and pur- night. These duties included chasing the components of helping to prepare the space, the system; and Jane Smith, setting the table, and helping me, Jack and Kay Marietta, to put everything away after and Bob and Friedl Bell, as the service. well as the Vestry, for finan- Now even though my cial contributions that made wife no longer works con- these purchases possible. sistently in the nursery on Saturday nights I still attend Adult regularly. I really enjoy the smaller size and how I can Formation share the peace with every- Class one who is present and know By Jack Marietta them all by name. I also enjoy the higher liturgy present in Since December 28, the language, the use of bells, the Adult Formation & and the incense. I find it to Education class has been be a slightly different way listening to and discussing to approach God compared the videotaped lectures of to Sunday mornings. While Harvard professor Michael I know the structure and the Sandel. His course and lec-

2 Epiphany, February 2015 tures are entitled “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to We will give you whatever advice you need. We’ll Do?” It’s the most popular course in the history of help you to navigate your way to being a successful Harvard College. Sandel lectures but also engages the host. We’ll even help you to remember to unplug the students in the class, and the viewers of the video, in coffee maker. We are Jerry Jacobson, Liz Lane, Rachel discussions of morality and uses real and hypothetical Nosce, Windy Dayton and Nick Crump. situations to explore our thoughts. Thoughts regarding Don’t forget, Karen Jewitt will continue to make questions as: Is cannibalism ever the right thing? Was cookies and Father Brent will provide financial assis- it okay for Romans to feed Christians to the lions? tance if you need help. So find a friend or someone Can we rightfully put a price on human life? Are taxes you don’t know and sign up with the comforting equivalent to enslaving people? The questions are knowledge that everything will be fine. Thanks to provocative and the answers stimulating. you all for making Coffee Hour a fantastic success! MidHigh Youth Group Wednesday Morning By Carrie Warner Healing Mass We are more than just a little pleased to announce the kick off of our MidHigh youth group in January! Every Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. M. Jo officiates We had 6 Middle and High School age youth come Mass, a healing service with discussion. On the out for a “movie and burgers” night on January 11, a Wednesday in the middle of each month, this small fun tradition that was agreed needs to continue every intimate Mass is followed by a book study. Liz Lane’s second Sunday of each month. In February, we will testimonial: “Jo does a wonderful job and it would be have bowling outing (and food, of course!) and so on. great to see more early risers start their day off with a little bit of Jesus in their pocket….99% of the time you All fun and games, but we know that good work leave smiling because Mo Jo has a way to make you is also needed, so the MidHigh group will also commit feel like, no matter what, things will work out or get to one service project each month! More details as better at least. She, and we, encourage you to attend.” we firm up plans! The third piece for our MidHigh is education/ Second Sunday formation: Modules until the end of the school year including Hebrew 3, with a review of Hebrew 1&2. Breakfast Next season (2015-16) we will introduce Rite 13 and By Tim Rake Journey to Adulthood. Spring is creeping in, slowly. The shadows of The MidHigh group will be also thinking of the winter solstice and Christmas are but an inaudible what they would like to “officially” be called in the memory. The ocean of consumerism that is often part next few meetings. So, keep your ears to the ground of our Christmas season and all those January “white for the sound of our next generation standing up to sales” are behind us. Our hearts – and closets – are be counted! replenished with the many gifts and blessings received. If you are a youth in Middle or High School, and And now, it’s back to the business of a New Year. you would like to join a fun, energetic, and positive Busy-ness to occupy our busy lives. With the arrival group, please contact Carrie Peil Warner at egncarrie@ of the Lenten season, the challenge is to find pause msn.com or text 541-912-1443. for reflection on our busy lives, and time to re-center and re-create our lives. Coffee Hour Shepherds In those moments of pause, in those times of By Nick Crump escape from the daily grind of life, is there something that still gnaws at your soul, lingers in the cold, even Want to help out with coffee hour but don’t as the warmer, light-filled days of spring arrive at know how? Don’t know how to use the coffee maker your doorstep? Is there something speaking in your or the dishwasher? Don’t know what to buy for after Christian heart of hearts that reminds you that you service snacks? Well, don’t fret, a small group of us are so lucky to be as full of new life as the crocus, is here to help. We are the Coffee Hour Shepherds. Continued on pg. 5

Epiphany, February 2015 3 a new path – studying religion and literature. (It was Good News! the Dostoevsky that did me in!) I came to Eugene Get to Know our New Vestry Members nearly 4 years ago to get my doctorate in literature, which has now taken on new shapes. John Beckwith: I grew up in the Methodist tradition in staid and steady Connecticut, so I was In the meantime, having become a mother has confirmed in a close offshoot of the Anglican Church. re-oriented my work and my faith. Although I started I drifted away from church for quite a while, but attending an Episcopal Church in Connecticut (I was never felt away from God or my relationship to him. baptized Easter 2007!), I’ve recently felt even more I was guided back to the church by my wonderful grounded in Episcopalian tradition through involve- wife, Melissa, this time in the more formalized and ment with the Godly Play curriculum. Although I grounding structure of the Episcopal Church. I have felt feel I often grasp so little of the mysteries of faith, very at home in the Episcopal tradition and have felt I feel endlessly thankful for the Episcopal church nurtured to explore my relationship to and with God. (and Godly Play in particular), which has given me I especially appreciate the Book of Common Prayer. a place to face those mysteries in community. I love not having the answers. When Melissa and I moved 4 years ago from Washington, DC to Eugene one of our most important Patricia Krier: Born in The Dalles, OR, I grew searches was for a new church home. We were sure we up in the Episcopal Church. Old St. Paul’s, as we wished to stay with the Episcopal tradition and tried refer to it, is a beautiful 1880s granite block, German each of the area churches, but once we experienced architecture church that housed the rectory next door, the service at COR, we knew we had found the right reminiscent of many small town Anglican churches. place. We have continued to grow in our relationship My father was the organist and my mother did just with God and feel the social justice mission not only about everything else. Today, it is the seat of the Bishop speaks to us, but has helped to grow as well. I hope, of Eastern Oregon while the New St. Paul’s is on the as a member of the COR Vestry, I can contribute hill overlooking the Columbia River. meaningfully to COR’s and Christ’s mission. My journey in the church was put on hiatus when Elizabeth Bruno: Raised in rural Montana, I went off to college in the 1960s, as I was more in- I grew up in an evangelical family. My father was terested in my outer world journey than my internal ordained as a Wesleyan minister when I was 12 (be- one. Returning to the church in 1996 when Bridey fore that he worked as a therapist) and our family life joined the Choristers, I then joined the choir which quickly became absorbed into the church. My mother was an easy way for me to slip back into the beauty ran the children’s education programs and at 14, I of the Episcopal liturgy—as St. Augustine said, “He was already the church pianist. I began preaching at who sings well, prays twice” From there I joined that age as my father – always pushing the envelope other ministries and Resurrection became my home. around issues like gender in our conservative setting Coeur de COR HeART Walk: Bryn Lighthawk – invited me to preach twice a year. is collecting names of artists who wish to display and When I left for college, I became heavily involved present their creative original artwork in the Parish in Quakerism and pursued a degree in Biblical Stud- Hall following the 10:30 Mass on March 8th. Please, ies. I went to Yale Divinity School planning to get a either speak to Bryn directly or Lee Anne Robertson, M.Div. and move into ministry, but while there found or email [email protected].

Karen Jewitt uses her little red wagon to cart her work home from Piecemakers. Until... Oops! 4 Epiphany, February 2015 2nd Sunday Breakfast, cont. from pg. 3 dignity, two volunteers showed up to play some mel- the daffodils, the creatures crawling with life in your low music, many hands prepared and served a warm garden? meal, a medical student on his Thanksgiving holiday came in last minute to provide much needed medical As you contemplate your good fortune in this support and countless acts of radical kindness and New Year, how about contemplating a Lenten res- hospitality were committed. olution that 2015 is the year you discover a way to serve those no less alive than you, only less fortunate Soon, lights were dimmed and all were asleep. – as did one Jesus of Nazareth. Right here at home. Safe. Dry. Seen. Eugene is calling. Second Sunday Breakfast awaits As I sit writing this in my cozy kitchen by the your answering the call. wood stove, I recognize just how dark it can be for some of us. I may not be able to singlehandedly dispel Parking Lot update that darkness, but I do know that I can light a small flame in my tiny corner of things and hopefully join By Bryn Lighthawk that light with many others- and together? Well, we As for the Parking Lot: John and Michael are would have quite a light in the darkness indeed. doing well. Mark is continuing to help Chet with much Please consider becoming a volunteer- there property maintenance (like cutting blackberry bushes are so many ways you can share your own light this and drainage pipe) and assisting with set up/take down Advent season and beyond. Just come and talk to me and doing dishes for many of our parish gatherings. A ([email protected]) or Nick Crump (southhills.egan- new electric pole has been installed, and a permanent [email protected]) via email or at church. gathering place - like the gazebo - in the midst of the Village Green, is under consideration. We do these You can donate socks, blankets, jackets books things to hold all persons as one in our church family, and magazines. Attend a training (we will announce for none are separated from God’s love. as they arise) and then volunteer at any Egan site OR join in with a cooking team to make wholesome soups A Light in the Darkness and casseroles to freeze ahead. By Windy Dayton Thank you for giving our parish hall to the wider community when it is most needed- we save lives In December Egan warming Centers opened up every time those doors are open for Egan. across our city to house and feed and love over 200 of our most vulnerable neighbors. Our basement was With an abundance of hope, bright and cheerful and very very full! As 40 guests Windy arrived, each person was greeted with warmth and

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Epiphany, February 2015 5 each and we have raised nearly $50,000 in an end Opportunity Village of year mail solicitation. Still, we have a couple of By Fr. Brent hundred more thousand to raise. If you are interested Opportunity Village is thriving! Currently 35 in contributing, let me know and I, or another member people are living in the 29 huts and bungalows and life of the OVE team, would be happy to tell you more. is peaceful, the village council is working well, and Thanks! a culture is developing that will sustain this project For more, watch OVE on MSNBC: into the future. I have recently been invited to become www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/ Vice-President of the board. In this capacity I am living-in-60-square-feet-386206787842 working hard with external partners to create a better system of supports to help our residents transition out Notes from the Loft of the village and into a more stable existence. By Lucy Strandlien At this moment, the major focus is on the next On the first Sunday of Advent the choir sang an manifestation of OVE, Emerald Village Eugene (EVE). anthem by David Ashley White, “Holy Harmony”. Where OVE is a transitional village, EVE is going to Because the message is one worth repeating we sang it be designed as a permanent place for very low-income again on Christmas Eve. As we march through Epiph- people to live. It will be structured somewhere along any to the beginning of Lent, the words of harmony the lines of a housing co-op or a mobile home park are ones to guide us. with individual units and shared community space, including a common kitchen and social space. The “Holy Harmony” (Anonymous, 15th cent.) individual structures will be larger (250ft2 as opposed Thou shalt know him when he comes, to 60 - 80ft2), they will have not only electricity and not by any din of drums, heat, but also a kitchenette and ¾ bathroom. A very exciting aspect of the program is the potential for folks nor by airs, nor by anything he wears. to build equity by buying the units. The cost will be Thou shalt know him when he comes, $100 – 200/month, plus $100(ish) for utilities. The not by his crown, or by his gown, majority of this money will go towards purchasing the unit. When a resident moves out, OVE will purchase but his coming known shall be, by the the unit back and the resident will retain their equity. holy harmony At this stage we are working with the building codes and getting the designs approved as well as being which his coming makes in, makes in in a serious search for land. Of course our fundraising thee. continues. Already we have seven architecture firms committed to design, build and donate one building Choristers By Carrie Warner The Choristers are enjoying a busy season! We had a won- derful and magical Christmas as we continued with our Quempas Carol tradition sung by candle- light from the four corners of the church and with a live Baby Jesus (our own Elspeth!) and many other Pageant players (Ethan Miller as Joseph and Ellie Nosce as Mary) as we told the Christmas story at the Family Christmas Eve service. All our Choristers bring us such joy to our services. 6 Epiphany, February 2015 Our season continues as we look towards Lent da Schield, who now works mainly with computer and Easter. Our musical offering for Lent (March 1) processing of HSK data and upkeep of the HSK por- will be dedicated to the memory of Betty Jean Bar- tion of the COR website; First Presbyterian Church tholomew. We will sing “My Faith” with hand bells, has dropped out of the HSK program to redirect its our very first anthem sung as Choristers under the outreach efforts in a new direction (we lost two of direction of Carrie Peil Warner in October of 2009. our very dedicated shoppers/packers); F.I.S.H. will How we have grown since then! no longer be supplying a bag of food staples for the We then look toward Easter and beyond, to our Year Kits; and we are developing clear public guidelines End Concert in May which we will also offer as a fund- for what a “qualified agency” for requesting/receiving raising effort for our summer retreat at Camp Magruder. kits looks like (in the last couple months we have re- ceived requests from about six new (to us) agencies). Our Choristers love to hear from you. Encourag- ing words from our community can be the “water to So we are keeping busy packing and delivering, the roots” of our tender young ones. It is such a gift shopping, looking for a replacement for First Presby- to have them among us! Let them know! terian, and formulating guidelines. And we never turn down monetary contributions! We pack kits most every If you have a child interested in joining the Wednesday at 1:30 pm in the Parish Hall. Be sure to Choristers, please contact Carrie Peil Warner at check the Sunday Bulletin for possible changes to the [email protected] packing time. We would love to see you there, show you around our operation, and demonstrate how we HOME STARTER KITS (and you if you will join us) can, with God’s love, 2014 and the beginning of 2015 help people start anew in a new home. By Gerald Clark The end of 2014 zoomed past us at roughly 22,000 miles per hour (at the equator); now we have to think Epiphany in terms of 2015. Full year 2014 numbers and other By Bryn Lighthawk important news were in the HSK report provided for the COR Annual Meeting. The Eastern Star stepped forward Our industrious HSK Packers reached identical, out of its own constellation – never-before attained levels of the number of kits packed in both October and November: 33 kits each and rearranged the Heavens month. The last time we reached into the 30s was so we could join in this jubilation. May 2011, with 30 kits! The year ended like a roaring lion! We packed 252 kits in 2014, packing even on T’was from that primordial Light, the Tuesdays before Christmas and New Year’s. That shining first from the manger below, is dedication! Great work, packers and Shoppers! that ignited the Star in the Heavens – There is more to the Home Starter Kit program so Light from Light would grow. than the number of kits packed and delivered. The goods and products we supply don’t just magically And with it came the Gifting – appear on the shelves down in the Parish Hall. We have a network of packers and we have many shoppers who to Himself, and through Him, to us… get (and repackage, if necessary) our supplies from quiescent in our stabled heart – various area stores, and there are those who frequent a connection to sacred Love. garage sales and estate sales. Programs evolve and hopefully get better; per- sonnel change; and even the items on the kit request Tune In is the quarterly newsletter of the Episcopal form are not static. Significant among the changes: Church of the Resurrection, Eugene, OR. Stevie Piccolo (COR) has taken over the “Packing Rt. Rev. Michael Hanley, Bishop Day Manager” and “Inventory” functions from Lin- Rev. Dr. Brent Was, Rector

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