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INSIDE THIS ISSUE... Liturgical Discussions Rector’s Letter (pg 2 & 3) t last month’s parish wellness meeting, our Senior Warden did a great job bringing us up-to-date on the many great things happening in our Summer Solstice Service beloved community. Near the end of the meeting that followed the (pg 3) A10 a.m. service, Dianne Bret Harte shared that she struggles with the amount Parish Wellness Highlights of background noise in the sanctuary, especially at the beginning of worship. She noted that this disrupts her experience of the service enough that she has (pg 5) considered attending the 8 a.m. service so that she can begin worship in a Sabbatical for Rosalind more contemplative way. Dianne is not alone. (pg 6) We are a community deeply bonded to one another, and it is The tension between lively Youth Mission to South L.A. natural for us to be enthusiastic when sociability and sacred (pg 7) we see each other. This is a great thing and we do not want to lose ‘ contemplation was one of the Vestry News our camaraderie. However, when first things I noticed at GSP.... (pg 8) socializing diminishes the sacred nature of what happens in worship or distracts us from connecting to God or participating in our beautiful liturgies, then we need to consider a new approach. The tension between lively sociability and sacred contemplation was one of the first things I noticed at Grace St. Paul’s. To address it, we added a statement on the first page of the 10 a.m. liturgy which encourages everyone to move into a quiet space before the service begins. We also changed when announcements are made so as not to disrupt the flow of worship. And while we have discussed this for awhile now, the noise level has not diminished. In fact, it might have increased. As I think about this, I realize that because I want to bond more closely with each of you I begin services in an informal manner, and that has probably contributed to the problem. Our liturgy committee has been considering this important matter. We want to ensure that opportunities to show our affection for one another continue. But we believe we can also create a situation where a Continued on Page 2

The GSP Choir sang the National Anthem at a University of Arizona baseball game at Hi Corbett Field on May 4. The Choir sang beautifully, and GSP parishioners had tons of fun at the game. Rector’s Letter come for silent meditation. A short silence Continued from Page 1 will follow the prelude and then the opening sacred quiet is honored as we move into the procession will begin. Throughout June verbal worship experience. To do that we are going to reminders will accompany the visual cues for experiment with a series of verbal and visual silence. cues this month. It is our hope that these efforts will be The office & Beginning on Trinity Sunday, June 3, you another improvement to our wonderful Joseph’s Pantry will notice a few changes right before the liturgies. As we carry out these changes, I ask will be closed service begins. A Vestry member and the you to share with me or any member of the liturgy committee your experiences. At the end on July 4th in Celebrant will share announcements as usual but, instead of processing from the back of the of the summer, we hope to make a decision observance of church, they will enter from the front. They about whether to continue this policy or try our nation’s will be accompanied by the acolytes carrying something else. My thanks to all of you for your thoughtful Independence unlit torches. As soon as the announcements are finished, the lights in the church will dim. comments about our worship. Your willingness Day. This will signal that the service is beginning to share them supports the beauty and strength and it is time to move into quiet. The acolytes of our worship experience. will light the candles, and the prelude will begin. This will reinforce that the time has

BookSteve+ Collect of the Day, the Nicene Creed, and Liturgical Discussion the traditional Lord’s Prayer. Yet there remains some feeling that the differences between the of the Month two services are not great enough. By The Rev. Steve Keplinger There is no certainty about what might s you know, Grace St. Paul’s is on the be the best solution for our congregation. cutting edge of the liturgical movement Therefore, we would like to try another within the Episcopal Church and other experiment. Aemerging congregations within the mainline Beginning June 3 and lasting through the tradition. The overwhelming majority of you summer, we are going to offer an 8 a.m. service A very big thank have expressed great love for our liturgies. You that will be based completely on the Prayer you to generous have stressed how important it is to worship in Book. In addition to those prayers already volunteers! a place that creates services that hold on to our mentioned above, we will also use the Opening Not too long ago Episcopal tradition yet also touch your daily Prayer, the Eucharistic Prayer, the Post Dolores Gohdes, Miriam lives in the real world. Many visitors to our Communion Prayer and the Dismissal. We Huber, and Roger and Sue church take our liturgies home and share them will update the inclusive and gender language Pierce spent hours giving with their own congregations. issues, and—as the Prayer Book suggests— our kitchen a deep and The liturgical innovation at GSP is in our Prayers of the People will continue to be our thorough cleaning. They DNA and it is one of the major reasons that washed out drawers and own prayers. Otherwise, all language used will cupboards, cleaned all the your search committee and Vestry chose your be from the Prayer Book. utensils, scrubbed and present Rector. There is no question that We ask that everyone approach this liturgy polished everything they we will continue to stay on the forefront of with an open mind. As you experience it, we could get their hands on, liturgical innovation. But I have also become would like your feedback. Specifically, is this and threw away expired more and more aware that there are some who food items. alternative helpful to you in your worship We are very, very feel a sense of loss around the familiar. Some experience? Is it an offering we should have grateful for their initiative have suggested that a more traditional liturgical consistently? Always? and generosity! alternative should be a part of our offerings. I Thank you in advance for your willingness Another deep cleaning share this thought. to be a part of this experiment. Your responses session is being planned; When I arrived at GSP, the 8 and 10 a.m. to it will give your liturgy committee members if you’d like to join the Sunday services were identical. Since then, we crew and help out, please the data they need to make the best decision contact Sue Pierce through have made the 8 a.m. service more traditional. about our liturgical future. the parish office. That service almost always includes the Prayer 2 Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church you still can’t find your place. Your neighbor in Liturgy Discussion II the pew explains that there are different hymns, By The Rev. Steve Keplinger some with an S in front of them and some hose of you who have experienced other without an S. At this point, the hymn is over churches know what a gift our service and the congregation is singing another hymn bulletin is. It is one of the most readable, that you’re too discouraged to try to find. Tbeautiful and well laid-out documents I have What would help reduce the angst and ever experienced in a church. Admitting to confusion experienced by someone who isn’t bias, I think it is the best bulletin I have ever familiar with a mainline church? Having the used. We have David Wachter to thank for that. hymns printed in the bulletin. While this Joseph’s Pantry Given my enthusiasm for the bulletin, you open Saturdays! would be an advantage for a newcomer, it does might be surprised that I would like to propose create some costs. Hymn inclusion is the most Joseph’s Pantry has an experiment with it. There are at least two extended its hours time-consuming element of preparing the to include Saturdays. issues to consider. First is the amount of paper bulletin’s layout. Next, the tactile experience of Food and fellowship are needed to produce the bulletin—an ecological opening a book containing our musical history available from 9 a.m. to concern to this congregation. Second is the would be lost. Finally, printing the hymns is noon. hospitality issue. in direct conflict with our desire to reduce our Volunteers are still Grace St. Paul’s is working very hard to needed. If you are ecological footprint. interested in working at attract newcomers, especially those who All these considerations have been weighed least one Saturday per have little or no church experience. Imagine by your liturgy committee, and it has decided month, please contact the for a moment what it is like to enter a place that an experiment during the summer months church office at 327-6857. where you know not a soul and be handed a will help answer the following questions: Are All volunteers will receive document you have never seen. You open it up, there more advantages than disadvantages if we training. and try to connect what is happening in front If you can’t donate print the hymns in the bulletin? Can we change your time, please consider of you to what is printed on the pages. You the layout of the bulletin so we can save pages donating to the pantry’s get to a hymn and look for the words but they and not increase its size? collection basket at the are not there. Instead, you see a reference to a As we conduct this experiment, we need front of the church. book. your feedback! Let us know what you think Thank you! You finally find the right book, open it up, about adding the hymns and the attractiveness and look for the page number. But when you of the bulletin. Our goal will be to make a get to that page, you discover two numbering decision by the fall about whether to continue systems and you’ve chosen to look at the one the experiment or not. Good luck, David! not being used. Once you find the other song,

meant to link us to the wonder of this day. It Summer Solstice Service will also include a walking meditation (for By The Rev. Steve Keplinger those who are able) and another opportunity Media Library on’t look now, but the longest day of to connect ourselves with God’s presence in the There are new DVDs in the year is nearly upon us. On June the Media Library: world around us. Following the short service, • Palm Sunday 2012 21, the sun reaches its northernmost we will share a meal with items from the earth: Dlatitude and creates the day with the most • Easter Vigil 2012 fruits and vegetables from our own gardens and • Easter Sunday 2012 sunlight all year. At Grace St. Paul’s we are on from the GSP community garden. We celebrate If you would like to a quest to connect people with God’s creation. the life given to us through the bounty of God’s view any of the DVDs, By being aware of our natural environment, earth. Bring a natural food to share with all. please visit the Weeks we become more aware of the presence of God room. The DVDs are in On this special Solstice evening, this service a carousel and sign-out in our lives and the connection between the will take the place of our regular Spirit Now cards are inside each DVD. cosmos and God. service. We hope you’ll join us for a beautiful Fill out the card and place All of this will be celebrated on Thursday, evening. it inside the available box June 21, at 6 p.m. We will come together in Unless you are planning a trip to before taking the DVD. the courtyard to thank God for the gift of the The library volunteers Stonehenge, this is the place to be. Complete thank you in advance for seasons and to celebrate God’s light in our the cycle with us and connect to God through helping maintain their world. the Solstice experience. records! The service will include prayers and music The Briefly • June 2012 3 Liturgy & Music “stubborn” in Italian. It refers to a musical Notes from phrase that is repeated over and over until you want to throw something at it. (Just don’t hit the Choir Stalls the kids!) The Adult Choir sang “Christ sends By Christina Jarvis, Director of Music the Spirit” by Richard Proulx, with Elizabeth Gooden on flute. Elizabeth is one of GSP’s t was the bottom of the ninth and the moveable feasts; she does of lot of cool things. bases were loaded and… the Grace (And I’m not just saying that because she’s my St. Paul’s Adult Choir was relaxing editor now.) Ifrom singing the National Anthem at the On Pentecost, all the choirs were recognized University of Arizona baseball game. The for their service to the parish. The children and baseball game on May 4th was the first one I youth received choir pins, and the adults were ever attended. It involved watching the boys given roses. This year, the adult choristers were in their summer pajamas run around the field highlighted in the bulletin with the number of and much standing in line to acquire food the years they have sung for Grace St. Paul’s. Some doctor warns us against, washed down with people have volunteered for so long that they pints of beer. The choir sang well, lots of GSP sang originally for either Grace or St. Paul’s, folks came, and it was all extremely fun. before the parishes merged. Have a look at Because we didn’t have a Briefly last month, those numbers and think about the dedication I’m looking in the rear-view mirror. The choir it takes to show up for nearly 40 years, Sunday season is over. Our winter visitors left and after Sunday, season after season. God bless choir numbers dropped, as they usually do by them. They deserve to have the summer off. Pentecost. A smart director would have chosen The summer music line-up is coming non-threatening anthems. But nooooo. We together. We have some lovely folks who will finished the Easter season with the German perform on Sundays in exchange for having baroque “Cantate Domino,” by Heinrich used the church for recitals earlier in the year. Schütz and “Ascendit Deus” by Peter Phillips, a Our first guests will be Francisco Renteria five-part work from the Oxford Tudor Anthem and Mike Becker. We also have soloists from Book. (We call it the Hard Ox, as opposed to the choir and congregation. I am doing my the Oxford Easy Anthem Book, which is of annual music class at 9:00 a.m. on June 17th course the Easy Ox). this year: Anglican Hymnody: The Saga We also did “If ye love me” by Thomas Continues—Nineteenth Century to Now. Last Tallis, which is one of the most deceptively summer we ran out of time just as we engaged simple and profound anthems in all of the Methodists. With luck, we’ll make it to the Anglican music. I was surprised at how long it present day in this year’s class. had been since we last sang it; I always think of In the meantime, may the Holy Spirit it at Pentecost time. Barbara Pritchard sang the enrich and enliven our lives and fire us up to Benedictus from Haydn’s “Missa brevis Sancti do all kinds of good things this summer. The Johanni de Deo,” better known as the “Little possibilities always seem limitless when the Organ Mass.” (Stop going there right now!) temperature is in the ‘80’s. We’ll see how we feel Barbara could give the angels voice lessons. when it’s 110. Oops – it’s already been that hot! The music for Pentecost involved all the Peace, GSP Choirs—St. Cecelia’s, the Zombies, and the Adults—ending the season with an Intergenerational service. The children sang “Those who love and care for me,” by Vicki Hancock Wright. The Zombies sang verses Christina of the Taizé “Veni Sancte Spiritus” with the Adult Choir as doo-wop backup on the four- part ostinato. “Ostinato” by the way means 4 Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Parish Administration

Highlights from f you missed the meetings, download the • Two highlights among the many the May 6th Parish entire presentation from the GSP web site. upcoming Adult Ed & Spiritual Formation Topics not discussed elsewhere in this issue classes: Wellness Meeting Iare listed here. ¶ Video streams from Trinity Institute about By Martha Whitaker, Changes in ministry leadership: equipping the church for social change, and Senior Warden • Peggy Scott and Roger Pierce are the new from the Richard Rohr Webcast Series about Adult Educational & Spiritual Formation co- prayer, contemplation and personal spiritual chairs. Thank you to Chris LaBour and Chris growth. Ledyard for many years of excellent leadership ¶ Visit by special guests, Dr. Robert Jonas and service! and The Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, for • Johanna Rentschler resigned as Vestry presentations on spiritual growth (the weekend Clerk, and LouAnn Bieging began as the new of June 9th). Vestry Clerk at the May 22 meeting. • We need help! Volunteer Opportunities in • The 20s & 30s group is now being led by Congregational Development abound: Holly Shinn and Mariel Watt. ¶ Planned Giving Ministry Leader Ministry News highlights: ¶ Photographer for various events • Social Justice & Outreach ¶ Tucson Festival of Books Coordinator ¶ On average, Joseph’s Pantry feeds 250 (March 9-10, 2013) people per week. It is open 9 a.m.-noon. ¶ Volunteers for the Greeters and Welcome Monday-Saturday. Additional volunteers are Table ministries needed for Saturdays. If you are interested, ¶ Volunteers for the Giving & Receiving please contact the church office, 327-6857. Ministry ¶ Joseph’s Pantry now offers haircuts on ¶ Interested? Please contact Al Whitehurst, Thursdays and by appointment on Mondays, Congregational Development Chair. courtesy of parishioner and Vestry member • Building and Grounds: Janet Roths! ¶ The yuccas in front of the church obscure ¶ The Social Service Ministry is open the beautiful church entrance. We will replace Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-12 noon. Volunteers them with drought-tolerant, low maintenance, connect people with local agencies and blossoming plants with a lower profile. churches to obtain identification documents, ¶ Many more pew spaces are available for access medical care, receive mental health people with wheelchairs and other mobility services, and to assist with rent, utilities, and aids. Thank you James White for making this transportation. happen! ¶ GSP (via The • Children, Youth & Family: Rev. Debbie Royals+) ¶ Since January we have had four has been awarded Intergenerational services, including Youth $2,650 from the New Recognition Sunday on Pentecost, May 27th. Opportunities Native • Financial update: Ministry grant fund ¶ As promised, we are adjusting the budget with additional funds every quarter. Our next adjustment will take from the diocese place this month. promised. • Liturgy & Music: ¶ The April 26 ¶ Experimental liturgies such as liturgical Spirit Now service drama are different ways to respond to hosted a Navajo the Word. These experiments continue to Medicine Man as a evolve and remain on the cutting edge of the special guest who Emerging Church Movement, of which GSP is incorporated elements a leader. of a traditional Navajo ¶ Healing services (the 2nd Sunday of ceremony. About each month) continue to be valuable to the one-third of those who community. attended were new to ¶ We’re exploring the possibility of GSP. Continued on Page 12 The Briefly • June 2012 5 Children & Youth Upcoming Sabbatical for Rosalind Garcia s many of you know, Rosalind Garcia began working with GSP’s youth last fall. Since Athen she has helped raise the profile of the Children, Youth & Family Ministry by introducing a summer camp, increasing the number of youth leaders, creating youth groups, and her family, rejuvenate, and discern Arts for Summer 2012 helping develop intergenerational her calling to this ministry. We wish services. She has shared her her well, and anticipate her return in ‘The Gifts of God for enthusiasm and energy with us and we September. are very grateful. During Rosalind’s absence, the the People of God’ What many of you might not know youth leaders will continue to work By Rosalind Garcia is that Rosalind took only a weekend with the youth groups and Jean une 4–8 will mark GSP’s second off between leaving her position at St. Keplinger will lead Sunday School. annual Arts for Summer camp for Philip’s in the Hills and beginning her Volunteers are always needed and the children K-3rd grades and 4th- work at GSP. We needed her services slower pace of summer might be the J8th grades. This year’s theme reflects and she responded by rolling up her perfect time to explore helping this a natural progression from last year’s sleeves and jumping right into the ministry. Creation based camp. work. This demonstrates Rosalind’s If you’d like more information This year we will explore God’s love for what she does but it also about volunteering, please contact gifts to us through the visual arts, underscores her need to take an Jean Keplinger at 327-6857. If you musical arts and Dojo karate, as well extended rest. have questions about Rosalind’s as through nature, scripture and Following the Summer Arts camp, sabbatical, please contact our parish children’s literature. We will create Rosalind will use the upcoming administrator, KiKi Fenik, at 327-6857. beautiful puppets out of paper mache, summer months to spend time with paint, and fabric. The puppets will be used in a musical that the children will Jean Keplinger to lead Summer Youth groups will meet as a single write based on their understanding of Sunday School & other changes body after the 10 a.m. Sunday service. Youth leaders in town will lead the God’s gifts to us. Back by popular demand! GSP gatherings. On Friday, June 8th, everyone will offer a one room Sunday School Childcare will continue is invited to McBride Hall to be for children ages 3-11 during the 10 throughout the summer from 9:45 entertained by the children as they a.m. Sunday service. Class will be a.m. until the 10 a.m. service is perform a musical and demonstrate held in the undercroft and will be led finished. karate moves. Their artwork from by Jean Keplinger and others. the week will also be on display. Hors d’ourves will be served and a good time is promised! There is still time to register, either by visiting our website at www. gsptucson.org or by calling the church office at 327-6857.

6 Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Children & Youth building community gardens, and repairing Youth Mission Trip to drywall. Much of our non-working time will be South L.A., July 22–28 focused on learning about Los Angeles and By Rosalind Garcia the people who live there. Most evenings or the first time in many years, GSP youth during the week we will visit places like the will participate in a mission trip. David Watts Towers, downtown, skid row, the area Christy, Kelsea Cordero, Minda Dettman where the 1992 riots started, as well as other Fand Lu Pipentacos, along with their leaders locations that serve as important symbols when Mariel Watt and Kevin Wadlow, will have an discussing Los Angeles’ history and challenges. exciting urban immersion experience through Wednesday will be devoted to visiting Sierra Service Project. The group will stay in social agencies that serve the needs of the city’s Vermont Square United Methodist Church. homeless and working poor. That evening we’ll Volunteers from around the country will enjoy a barbeque at the beach. We expect our gather in South L.A. for four days to repair missionaries to return home tired but fulfilled. homes. Typical homeowners helped by the We look forward to hearing about their volunteers are elderly people who have lived in experiences! their neighborhoods for decades. Projects will include painting, building wheelchair ramps,

Youth Leaders Attend Conference in L.A. every workshop. We returned with invaluable By Rosalind Garcia information and training to share with our n May 17th, Youth leaders Mariel youth groups. Watt, Michael Sugimoto, Alice Garcia, We are grateful to GSP and Steve Brian Fairbanks and Kevin Wadlow, Keplinger for making it possible for us to be a Oand I drove to Los Angeles to attend Reload, part of this important event. an exciting urban youth ministry conference. The workshops we attended were: The gathering attracted youth ministers • Angry Ministry: What Do You Do When from around the country, and offered a rich A Student Shows Up At Your Program More exchange of ideas between participants. Angry Than Happy Every Week? The seminars focused on ministering to • Building Blocks of Urban Youth Ministry urban youth, but also contained a self-care (First Two Years) component for youth ministers. As we arrive • Core Values of a Youth Worker at the end of the program year this class was • Feeding Father Hunger: Understanding particularly welcome. And Ministering To The Fatherless Generation Attending conferences such as Reload • Call of Duty: Building Assets Every helps us invigorate our ministries with Student Needs (Junior High Adult Leader ideas and practices that keep us excited and Track) refreshed. Because so many attended, we • Teen Track: A Facebook Without Love were able to have someone participate in

The Briefly • June 2012 7 Parish Life Quilting Ministry News By Judith Turner The quilting ministry began in October 2011. Members make quilts for St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic in Nogales, shut-ins, residents of nursing homes, and for every child baptized at Grace St. Paul’s. This year to date, we have sent 32 quilts to the clinic and donated five baptism quilts. Our current goal is to make 100 quilts by December for St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic to have for Christmas gifts. We quilt every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in McBride Hall. Stop by; we would love to have you join us! Anne Sawyer, Steve Keplinger, and Debbie Royals bless quilts and prayer shawls during the 10 o’clock service. Vestry News bulletin board in McBride Hall the Sunday By Martha Whitaker, Senior Warden before each meeting. Interested in what happens at Vestry If you can’t attend a meeting, you can meetings? There are several ways to find out. always review the Minutes. They are posted Come to a meeting! The Vestry meets in McBride Hall on the Vestry News bulletin the fourth Tuesday of every month (except board or you can have them emailed to you. December) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Please contact KiKi Fenik at ParishAdmin@ Weeks room. Everyone is welcome. Grace-StPauls.org to be added to the mailing Vestry Vacancy Agendas are posted on the Vestry News list. Filled by Holly Shinn By Martha Whitaker, Lou Ann Bieging elected 2012 Vestry Clerk service. In general, the Senior Warden By Martha Whitaker, Senior Warden Clerk is responsible Owing to personal/ ongratulations and thank you to Lou for taking notes during family issues, Donna Vestry and Executive Shreve resigned the Ann Bieging who has agreed to serve as remainder of her term the 2012 Vestry Clerk. Lou Ann recently Committee meetings, on the vestry. Thank you, Ccompleted Year 1 of Education for Ministry and prepares the Donna for your two years (EfM), and currently volunteers with Joseph’s Minutes in a timely of service! Pantry, the Office Welcome Team (OWel), and manner. The Clerk The Vestry discussed also assures that notes possible candidates, and the Quilting/Prayer Shawl Ministry. She has voted to ask Holly Shinn 10 years of nursing experience and 15 years are taken and Minutes to fill the vacancy through experience in elementary education. prepared during annual the end of Donna’s term, Lou Ann was spotlighted as a GSP and special meetings of the congregation. January 2013. Holly volunteer on Sunday, April 1. Visit our website Johanna Rentchler, who served as Clerk for accepted and attended and click on “Volunteer Spotlight” to read her a month and a half, requested that we accept her first vestry meeting as her resignation because of unanticipated a voting member in May. full interview. Welcome and thank Currently, the position is a one-year term, demands on her schedule. A spirited thank you you, Holly! with no more than five consecutive years of to Joh for her service!

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fresh, organic winter- Solar Energy Committee spring vegetables. By Angel Wang Our plot has SP’s Episcopal brethren at St. Michael’s been retilled and and All Angels are the latest to install a the soil refreshed solar energy system for their school and by volunteers Jill Gchurch (800+ photovoltaic modules)! Clement, Eric Carr, After a year of researching solar photovoltaic and Kitt and Kayla systems, GSP’s emphasis has turned to pursuing Cordero. Thanks affordable solar energy systems without having to to Gene Zonge of either pay a hefty upfront fee or mounting a sig- Tucson Community nificant capital funding campaign. Our vision for Gardens, we hope to our church encompasses stewardship of the earth, produce even more savings on monthly electric power costs, protec- fresh veggies in the tion against utility rate increases for 20 years, next harvest. and enjoying 40+ cool, shaded, parking spaces in This season we desert summers to come! Together with earthbox GSP’s Community Garden are using the square- gardening on the church grounds, a solar energy foot intensive planting method, installation would be tangible proof of our com- By Angel Wang and also growing plants vertically mitment to living in harmony with Creation. ummer is a new season with trellises and cages. Our As we have learned from the past year’s ex- at the GSP Community plot is freshly replanted with perience, procuring the most advantageous TEP Garden! The produce we tomatoes, zucchini and peppers. solar incentive rate is dependent on applying Sgrow supplements the food boxes Because of GSP volunteers sooner rather than later. The various Tucson solar distributed by Joseph’s Pantry; we who share their boundless energy installers we have worked with have all signifi- help increase the variety of items and enthusiasm, we hope to cant portfolios that demonstrate their successful and nutrition that people receive. produce so many vegetables and projects working with non-profit organizations The first six months of herbs each week that we will and churches. our initiative offered valuable be able to serve all the Joseph’s Following a presentation to the Vestry in May, experience in growing winter- Pantry families! a single vendor has been selected to continue fur- spring vegetables. Angel Wang, Let’s feed our lambs, let’s feed ther discussions with the Buildings and Grounds Jane Conlin, and Joan Cooney our sheep. committee, the Long-Term Planning committee harvested the last of the delicious, and the Vestry.

Bridging Borders: Migrant Packs food. Many migrants have run out of original container; no repackaging is By Lynne Albright food by the time they meet volunteers, permitted. Check the expiration date hile the number of and the packs can hold them until they of food items before donating. Water is migrants crossing the reach a place where more food can be provided separately. border has decreased, provided. Meat or tuna in plastic pouches (no Wmany still attempt to cross the desert In the past, Grace St. Paul’s has cans) to find work and earn money for their been extraordinarily generous in Nuts, salted (individual packages) Applesauce cup or fruit cup families. These people travel long helping provide these migrant packs. On Sunday, June 24, we will ask for Dried fruit and raisin packets distances in the summer heat without Pudding cups your donations. There will be deposit adequate food and water, and often Breakfast or granola bar find themselves in difficult situations. boxes at the church and parish hall Energy bars (Cliff bars, not really sweet Volunteers search the desert and entrances. ones) provide emergency supplies which The following items are needed Cheese-filled crackers packets prevent illness and death. Among the for the packs. No metal containers are Cookies in individual packages supplies are packs filled with healthy allowed and everything must be in its THANK YOU! The Briefly • June 2012 9 Adult Spiritual Formation Spirit Players: A Play Reading Experience Led by Brian Arthur, Courage and Renewal Fridays, June 1, July 6 & Aug. 3 Facilitator and member of GSP. 6:30 p.m., Bloom Education Center Everyone is invited to participate in the wonder of Unopened Letters: Using Biblical Dreams play reading…no theater experience required. Non- to Unlock Your Own Nightly Dreams readers can be the audience, too. Play readings are Wednesdays, June 6, 13, 27, July 11, 18, 25, Aug. 1, 8, followed by discussions that examine family, class and 15, 22 & 29 cultural conflict in America. Plays to be read include You Sessions at 10-11:30 a.m. or 7-9 p.m., Bloom Can’t Take It With You, Fires in the Mirror, The Search Education Center for Intelligent Life in the Universe, and Cat On a Hot Tin Using Rev. Robert Haden’s book Unopened Letters Roof. Readings are open to the public. from God we will explore a significant Biblical dream Led by Nanalee Raphael and Halsy Taylor. Both are each week and learn strategies to help us interpret our employed in professional theatre and love to introduce own dreams, the movement of the Holy Spirit in our others to a variety of scripts. lives. Minimum of three participants to hold a class. This book is available at the Rector’s Bookshelf. Registration Liturgy—Worship or Dance? through the Church Office. Sunday, June 3 Led by Chris LaBour, skilled facilitator and eternal 9 a.m., Bloom Education Center dreamer. What are the interpretations of the Liturgy? According to Wikipedia, “Typically in Christianity, the Bridging Borders Movie Night term ‘the liturgy’ normally refers to a standardized order Fridays, June 8, July 13 & Aug. 10 of events observed during a religious service, be it a 7 p.m., McBride Hall sacramental service or a service of public prayer.” What This movie series is sponsored by Bridging Borders. goes in on planning this weekly event at Grace St. Paul’s? The series selects movies that tell the stories of migrants, What changes would you like to see made to the Grace their families, their lives at home and the challenges St. Paul’s Sunday Eucharistic Celebrations? This class presented by U.S. border policies. will provide a forum for learning and discussion on this Facilitated by Nancy Meister Book, GSP Deacon. important presentation of our faith and beliefs. Beauty of the Beloved: Facilitated by Beth Miksa, Verger at Grace St. Paul’s, who has a life-long fascination with Liturgy. The Life & Vision of Henri Nouwen Saturday, June 9, 9:30-Noon, McBride Hall Readers Group Sunday, June 10, 9 a.m. Bloom Education Center Sunday, June 3 Dr. Robert Jonas, the workshop presenter, was a 11:45 a.m., Bloom Education Center close friend of the late Fr. Henri Nouwen and served A gathering of people interested in forming a on the Board of the Henri Nouwen Society for seven monthly or quarterly reading group to read and discuss years. He will lead the workshop’s reflection, prayer, and books, chosen by the group, for ongoing growth in discussion based on Nouwen’s work and will present a our personal/spiritual life. Books could be fiction or video of Nouwen preaching at the Crystal Cathedral in nonfiction, but with a goal to bring topics that stretch us 1992. as Christians and human beings in the world in which “One of the most spectacular sermons I’ve ever we live. Participation is open to the public. heard,” according to Dr. Jonas, founder and director of Facilitated by Linda Hutson, long time EfM mentor a contemplative sanctuary in Massachusetts. Dr. Jonas and avid book reader. is a Nouwen biographer and writer in his own field of Christian contemplation. The Heart Is Where Democracy Begins Reservations requested through the Church Office by Mondays, June 4, 11 & 18 June 5; no registration fee. 7-8:30 p.m., Bloom Education Center Parker Palmer’s book, Healing the Heart of Ecology & Spirituality: Democracy, examines what it will take in the 21st Seizing Hope in a Season of Despair century to create a politics worthy of the human spirit. Sunday, June 10 Examining public discourse and decision making during 11:45 a.m.; Bloom Education Center these challenging times, Palmer proposes practical ways The Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas is a noted writer and to hold our tensions in compassionate dialogue in order retreat leader whose intent is to awaken people to the to rediscover a government “of the people, by the people, sacredness of Creation and the call to heal the Earth. She and for the people.” Six participants need to begin the was principal author of the Pastoral Letter: “To Service class; copies of the study book at The Rector’s Bookshelf. Christ in All Creation” issued by the Episcopal bishops of Please register through the Church Office by June 1. New England and has been a leader in Religious Witness 10 Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Adult Spiritual Formation for the Earth. Her latest book, Joy of Heaven, To Earth Facilitated by Roger Pierce, discernmentarian and Come Down, an Advent/Christmas devotion focusing on GSP member. Creation, will be available in the Fall. The Rev. Bullitt-Jonas joins her husband, Robert, for “Falling Upward: A Spirituality this remarkable GSP weekend. She is currently the Priest for the Two Halves of Life” by Richard Rohr Associate of Grace Church, Amherst, MA. Sundays, July 8, 15 & 22 9 a.m., Bloom Education Center Film & Fellowship Festival This book discussion will consider Rohr’s idea that Fridays, June 15, July 20 & Aug. 17 everyone experiences life in two halves, one that is 6:30 p.m., Bloom Education Center absolutely necessary to establish personal identity— The Potluck starts at 6:30 followed by the evening’s climbing, achieving, and performing—and the second excellent film at 7 o’clock. It’s a great time for discussion half that is more concerned with letting go of assumed and sharing on themes ranging from social justice to certainties and integrating life with wisdom experiences. romance. The group selects each month’s film, so think The first half of life builds the container, the second half of your favorite! fills it. Highly recommended that attendees read the Led by Kit Cordero and Eric Carr, active GSP book before sessions begin; book available at Rector’s members and film facilitators. Bookshelf. Anglican Hymnody: Led by Roger Pierce, GSP member and ordained clergy. The Saga Continues—19th Century to Now Sunday, June 17 Revelations: Visions, Prophecy 9 a.m., Bloom Education Center & Politics in the Book of Revelation Where did all those hymns come from? If we ignore Sundays, July 8 & 15 them, will they go away? Yes, is the short answer; every 11:45 a.m., Bloom Education Center day another old standard gives a despairing cry and falls As one of the world’s foremost religion scholars, into obscurity. What is taking its place? Do you want to Elaine Pagels has been a pioneer in interpreting the know? Last summer we looked at hymnody from the Gnostic gospels and illuminating their place in the early church to the beginning of the 19th century. This early history of Christianity. Her new book, however, year we finish the job. tackles a text that is firmly, dramatically within the New Led by Christina Jarvis, GSP’s Magical Music Testament canon: The Book of Revelation, the surreal Director. apocalyptic vision of the end of the world . . . or is it? Dragon Breath: Spiritual Journaling – In this startling and timely book, Pagels returns The Book of Revelation to its historical origin, written as its Sundays, June 17 & 24 11:45 am, Bloom Education Center author John of Patmos took aim at the Roman Empire The dragon is part of Chinese mythology and after what is now known as “the Jewish War,” in 66 CE. spiritual journaling is a traditional element of the Militant Jews in Jerusalem, fired with religious fervor, Christian experience. So, bring them both together and waged an all-out war against Rome’s occupation of Judea you have an opportunity to explore creative journaling and their defeat resulted in the desecration of Jerusalem as a means of expanding and enhancing your spiritual and its Great Temple. Pagels persuasively interprets development. Exercises to develop present-moment Revelation as a scathing attack on the decadence awareness and discussion about ways to release the flow of Rome. Soon after, however, a new sect known as of ideas. Bring your own writing notebook and pen or a “Christians” seized on John’s text as a weapon against tablet/notebook. heresy and infidels of all kinds—Jews, even Christians Led by Elizabeth Gooden, GSP member and long- who dissented from their increasingly rigid doctrines time creative writer. and hierarchies. In a time when global religious violence surges, Revelations explores how often those in power The Art of Spiritual Discernment throughout history have sought to force “God’s enemies” Sunday, June 24 to submit or be killed. This book study is for those who 9 a.m., Bloom Education Center want to understand the roots of dissent, violence, and Discernment is a way to make decisions based division in the world’s religions, and to appreciate the on a model found in scripture and in the history lasting appeal of this extraordinary text. of the Christian church. It works for churches and Facilitated by Brian Arthur, member of GSP, avid for individuals, so come and explore the method of reader and student of Gnostic literature. decision making that is grounded in prayer, reflection, information gathering, and the principles of an age-old model. (Not every decision has to be made by Roberts Rules of Order!) The Briefly • June 2012 11 (SBDF
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