Epiphany Star September 2015 Episcopal Church of the Epiphany Editor: Rusty Ogden 1101 Sunset Drive - P
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Epiphany Star September 2015 Episcopal Church of the Epiphany Editor: Rusty Ogden 1101 Sunset Drive - P. O. Box 116 www.EpiphanyGuntersville.org Guntersville, AL 35976 256-582-4897 [email protected] INQUIRERS CLASS BRING A FRIEND SUNDAY Our upcoming “Inquirer’s Class,” will be held during the traditional Sunday School time between Sunday morning services (9:30-10:15). The class will begin on Sunday, September 20th and continue through mid-December. For those who are relatively new to the Epiphany commu- nity, this class provides an opportunity to learn more about our faith tradition in the Episcopal Church– our Sunday, September 20 beliefs, history, organizational structure, and much more. Invite your family and friends to join you at the This class will also serve as a Confirmation 8:00 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. worship service. At 12:00 p.m., class. If you wish to become a confirmed take them to the parish picnic which will be held in member of the Episcopal Church, these Woodall Commons and our back lawn. Invitations are classes are essential. The sacramental available at the back of the nave for you to give to your rite of confirmation is performed by the friends and family. bishop during his annual visitation. The picnic is from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. with food Bishop Kee Sloan will be here on Sunday, being served from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Epiphany is January 10, 2016. providing barbeque pork, hotdogs, buns and chips. If you have any questions or want to know more, please Christ Episcopal Church in Albertville will be joining us do not hesitate to give me a call or send me an e-mail. and they will provide beverages and cups. We are asking The church office number is 256-582-4897, and my e-mail our members to supply pot luck dishes based on your address is [email protected]. last name (see below). Please think of “NO-FUSS” dishes that can arrive in disposable pans or containers. All food Blessings & Peace items should be brought the morning of the picnic. Fr. Aaron Items to be heated or kept warm should be taken to EPIPHANY EATS OUT Woodall Commons and items to be kept cold should be taken to Sanderson Hall in the main building. No Agenda, No Program, Just Fun And Visiting With Volunteers will be available to receive your offerings. Friends. We haven't done this for some time and it's time we got together again at an informal gathering. Reconnect We will have an inflatable bounce house, a large with each other and tell stories about our church commu- inflatable water slide, bubble station and a photo booth! nity. Come share in the fun with your fellow parishioners and meet some new friends too! We will meet at CRAWMAMA'S at 6:30 PM on September 24. Order from the menu Dutch Treat. ALL ARE WELCOME WHAT TO BRING! and we look forward to seeing you there! Pot luck dishes, if your last name begins with: A thru H – Favorite salad I thru Q – Favorite vegetables or vegetable dish R thru Z – dessert Lawn chairs, bathing suit and towel, sunscreen. 5000 Web Villa, Guntersville, AL 35976 Epiphany Star Page 2 DAUGHTERS OF THE KING LUNCHEON The Daughters of the King will celebrate the installation of new officers with a luncheon in Woodall Commons on Monday, September 28 at 11:30 a.m. As we look forward to a new season, it is only right that we gather Continuing the Celtic Theme in Spain El Camino de Santiago together in fellowship and share expressions of love With Bill and Rita Winters and good wishes. This is our sixth pilgrimage, and most have traced our Celtic Please bring a covered dish; entrée, salad, dessert or roots with this pilgrimage continuing that theme. Amazing as bread. A beverage and tableware will be provided. it might seem, the same Celtic people who left Central Europe for Ireland/Wales/Scotland also journeyed to Northwest Spain Any ladies of the church who may be interested in join- and Northern Portugal. This pilgrimage gives us the oppor- ing the order are invited to attend. tunity to explore those connections and visit some of the most renowned, sacred Christian heritage sites in the world. We will begin this exquisite pilgrimage in stunning Madrid on May 1, 2016. Travelling on, we will encounter ancient Roman via- ducts and castles, all blended together with the majestic splendor of 15th and 16th century Spanish Christianity. Once November 5, 2015 we reach Leon we will be on the Camino itself, although not Tiffany Martin is heading up the Annual Live and Silent walking it, we will wind our way to Santiago. Add to this, the Auction. She is looking for people interested on being cuisine of Spain, Flamenco dancers, and the lush terrain of on the team. Please contact Tiffany at (256) 673-0091 Spain, it has all the makings of a true pilgrimage of a vastly or e-mail her [email protected] different culture than our own. They will be seeking items to be auctioned. It can be Our newly added prequel is a 14-day Iberian Transatlantic artwork, jewelry, furniture, vacation packages or Cruise aboard Celebrity's Equinox. www.CelebrityCruises.com something that is new and different to us. If you have It leaves Fort Lauderdale April 15, 2016, and arrives in Barcelo- an interesting item to donate, please contact Marsha na April 29. There are several stops, including the Azores; Lis- Babb at 256-571-2300. bon, Portugal; and several ports in southern Spain. Each of these stops has optional shore excursions. When we arrive in Barcelona we will tour the town and spend the evening before boarding the train for Madrid to meet our fellow pilgrims ar- riving May 1st. November 21, 2015 Please make plans soon to join us for these exciting opportuni- To volunteer to help with the bazaar, call ties to travel together! It will be a fun, educational, and spir- Nancy McAllister 256-677-3231 or email her at itual experience. For more information on The Road to Santia- [email protected] go Pilgrimage and the cruise prequel, contact Shari Harrison at We need people to help with the following jobs [email protected] or 256-673-3458; or Fr. Bill Winters during the Bazaar: at [email protected] or 256-506-8857. 1. Decorate 2. Silent Auction 3. Vintage jewelry 4. Baked Goods 5. Work in the kitchen (soup lunch and cleanup) 6. Take up lunch tickets 7. General cleanup and moving tables after the Bazaar to get the parish hall ready for church. Epiphany Star Page 3 “For Everything There is a Season…” --Ecclesiastes 3:1a September always begins with a celebration: the July 28, 2015 Vestry Meeting Labor Day weekend. I hope everyone has plans for a relax- The meeting was called to order by the Senior Warden. ing and refreshing holiday. This year, there will be one Fr. Aaron opened the meeting with prayer, and led a group important thing to remember: if you are outside – on the discussion of Luke 10: 17-24 using the “Dwelling in the lake, at the pool, in the backyard – stay cool and hydrated! Word” Bible Study method. Hopefully, by the time you are reading this, the 95+ degree days will be well behind us. As I write this in After the discussion, the minutes from the previous th these waning days of August, we are already experiencing meeting, June 16 were approved. cooler weather – Thanks be to God! The Vestry received the monthly financial reports along The seasons remind us that the earth inevitably with a “budget shortfall” report. With the short fall report changes, and that soon we will be experiencing the cool were recommendations from the Finance Ministry for days and cooler nights of the fall. The days will shorten, budget reductions. The financial report and the budget the leaves will change color, and football season will have reductions were accepted and approved. begun. Ironically, the fact of inevitable change is the one The vestry was presented the 2015 audit report. Shari constant we can always count on. The world is an ever- Harrison reported all the audit findings will be corrected changing place – the seasons are but one sign of that truth. with the acceptance of the Finance Ministry Customary, You know as well as I do that this has always been the case. with the exception of personnel files and filing of vestry And yet these days we experience a “rate” of change unlike minutes. Fr. Aaron added those items should be addressed any of our ancestors have experienced. in the Office/Communications Ministry in their Customary. Think of the advancements in communication and The audit certificates are to be signed by three members of information technology in just the last few decades. We a parish Audit Committee. Susan Armstrong, Nancy can now talk to friends, family and business colleagues Brennan and Regina Coleman were recommended and ap- halfway around the world and share massive amounts of proved for the completion of those audit certificates to be reported to the Diocese not later than September 1, 2015. information in just fractions of a second. Our society and culture, it seems, can “turn on a dime.” Building and Grounds reported the following repairs to the It is our hope, however, that the changes that take facility: place in the church are not driven by the fickle winds of Water heater in the office was replaced due to leakage.