The CHRONICLE Bruton Parish Episcopal Church www.brutonparish.org March 2017 Wonderful Things at Bruton Parish Church The Rev’d Chris Epperson We are in the midst of wonderful things Finally, we have a person joining at Bruton Parish Church. The Shop is the Bruton staff. Our own Marty in the process of renovation and Easton will fill a new role as renewal. In the early spring, the Shop Development Director. Marty did an will reopen, ready for business. The amazing job running the Campaign for Heritage Center is part of the same the Fourth Century. Now, she will help construction project. It will be a new us consider overall stewardship and face for our parish. All of this is exciting meet our advancement goals. and full of new potential. I am very So much is happening. It is all good. hopeful about a refreshed Shop and a I am grateful to be part of it. new endeavor. The coming of the new certainly creates change. In this case, there are Ash Wednesday several natural personnel changes. After some thirty-odd years of service Holy Eucharist & as Shop Manager, Carol Weaver decided Imposition of Ashes that the time was right for her to retire. We had a marvelous and warm reception Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the to thank her for her hard work and start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 dedication. Carol and her assistant days prior to Easter. Sundays are not Laura Paolicelli will be missed, and I am included in the count. Join us as we grateful for their service. prepare for Easter by observing a Alan MacDonald, Financial Assistant period of fasting, repentance, for the parish, has decided to retire as moderation and spiritual discipline. Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes well. Alan would not let us have a party will be held on Wednesday, March 1, for him. He preferred to leave quietly. in the church at 7:30am, 11am and 6pm. Alan was a dutiful and focused supporter If you’d like only the Imposition of Ashes, of our financial system. We will miss visit the church between noon and 4pm. him as well. All of this has meant a bit of Morning Prayer reshuffling. Nancy Nelson will remain All are welcome to join our clergy in with us. She will manage Shop St. Mary’s Chapel at 9:15am, Monday bookkeeping and cover financial tasks through Thursday, when Morning Prayer with Dudley Hoyle, our Comptroller. is said. These shifts have helped us streamline workflow and manage payroll. Inside ... Worship Schedule What is Old is New Again: Fellowship & Formation Spirituality of Ash Wednesday, March 1 Ignatius Loyola Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes Christian Basics: Wednesdays Brown-Bag Bible Study A Class for New & Old @ 7:30am, 11am & 6pm Wednesdays @ noon Episcopalians Imposition of Ashes Only in the church from 12 - 4pm Class for Parents of Bruton Singles (page 8) Children to Be Baptized Sunday, March 5 ECW Lenten Luncheon First Fridays Recovery Eucharist Hands-On Mission @ Friday, March 3 @ 5:30pm Holy Eucharist @ 7:30, 9:15, 11:15am Bruton Parish Evening Prayer @ 5:30pm Newcomers’ Corner Compline @ 7pm 2017 Mission & Outreach Sunday, March 5 @ 10:30am GWOM Community Kitchen Sunday, March 12 Bruton at Its Best: The Christian Basics: A Class for New Holy Eucharist @ 7:30, 9:15, 11:15am Winter Shelter Ministry and Old Episcopalians Children’s Church @ 9:15am * A Women’s Hózhó Center Sundays, March 5, 12 & 19 @ 1:30pm Evening Prayer @ 5:30pm in Navajola Compline @ 7pm Bruton’s UTO Giving Period Books in Backpacks Sunday, March 19 for Spring Break March 5 - April 23 Holy Eucharist @ 7:30, 9:15, 11:15am Wednesdays Brown-Bag Youth Lenten Journey Bible Study Children’s Church @ 9:15am * Beginning Sundays, March 5 Choral Evensong @ 5:30pm Living the Gospel Compline @ 7pm Bible Study Lenten Program: Women’s Theological Spirituality of Ignatius Loyola * Sunday, March 26 Book Group Wednesdays, March 8, 15, 22 & 29 Holy Eucharist @ 7:30 & 11:15am First Fridays Recovery Soup & Salad @ 6:30pm - Program @ 7:15pm Confirmation & Holy Eucharist @ 9:15am Eucharist Children’s Church @ 9:15am * Women’s Roundtable ECW Lenten Luncheon * Evening Prayer @ 5:30pm Thursday, March 9 @ 12:30pm Compline @ 7pm Daughters of the King Intercessory Prayers Living the Gospel Bible Study ___________________ Lenten Devotional Sunday, March 12 & 26 @ 11am Bruton Singles Women’s Roundtable Noonday Prayer @ Church Canterbury Gala Monday - Saturday & Silent Auction Tuesday, March 14 @ 6:30pm Holy Eucharist - St. Mary’s Chapel The Care Receiver’s Class for Parents of Children Agreement Tuesdays @ 7:30 am to be Baptized A Wonderful Retirement Sundays, March 26, April 2 & 9 @ 12:30pm Reception for Carol Weaver Holy Eucharist with Healing Prayers Wednesdays @ 11 am (Church) Parish Calendar Donations for Easter Lillies Needed by Monday, March 27 Online Lenten Resources Canterbury Evening Prayer Tuesdays @ 5:30 pm in Wren Chapel Lilies for the Easter Altar Donations for Books for Backpacks when college is in session Reception Volunteers Needed by March 28 * Held in St. Mary’s Chapel Bruton’s 2017 UTO in the Parish House. Giving Period Women’s Theological Book Group Thursday, April 6 @ 1pm * Matthew Whaley, the Child and the School Canterbury Gala & Silent Auction Newcomers’ Corner Friends Day Luncheon Saturday, April 22 Speaker Announced & New members of Bruton Reservation Form Parish are invited to join Fifth Annual Friends Day clergy, vestry and Children & Youth Saturday, April 29 Formation in March Newcomers Committee members for coffee in the Children’s Lenten Calendar Custis House at 10:30 am. This is a great Candlelight Concerts * Child care may be available for babies through elementary-aged children by reservation only. opportunity to become Birhdays & Membership Contact Meghan Brewer at 757-345-6489 or email more acquainted with the parish and learn of Mobile Giving at Bruton [email protected]. the many ministries here at Bruton. Join us on Sunday, March 5. Bruton Parish Episcopal Church - 2 - www.brutonparish.org What is Old is New: Christian Basics: Spirituality of A Class for New and Old Episcopalians Ignatius Loyola The Rev’d Josh Stephens The Rev’d Chris Epperson This four-week course will be held at 1:30pm in For our Lenten study, we will look at the wisdom Coffee, Tea & Thee Room upstairs in the Parish of another age. You will remember last year a House beginning Sunday, February 26, and discussion of the Benedictine approach to life. continue March 5, 12 & 19. An additional This year we will explore the approach of meeting will be scheduled for those desiring another monastic movement. baptism, confirmation or reception when St. Ignatius of Loyola is the founder of the Assisting Bishop Jay Magness visits Bruton Society of Jesus. The Jesuits, as they are on Sunday, March 26. commonly called, formed in 1540. The This course is designed for those seeking community is defined by poverty, chastity and to understand the Christian faith and its obedience as principles. We will explore all of expression through the Episcopal Church and the this in greater detail in the class. Anglican Communion. This class is required for Ignatius developed a retreat to deepen the adults who desire to be baptized, or confirmed by spiritual life. He drafted the Spiritual Exercises the Bishop, or received into the Episcopal Church. to enable the faithful to follow Jesus. The It is also appropriate for those who would like to Exercises, like any work, are shaped by the know more about the Episcopal Church or take the times in which they were created. The focus of class as a refresher! this study will be exposure to the Exercises as Everyone in the parish family is invited to join constructed by Ignatius, and to modernize them us on this journey. Topics will include: Introduction for our devotion. & Overview, The History of Anglicanism and the Come and hear about the life and witness Episcopal Church, The Book of Common Prayer, of Ignatius with an eye toward your own spiritual and the Sacraments. journey. Join us in the Parish House on If you have any questions about the series, Wednesdays, March 8, 15, 22 & 29, when please contact me at 757-229-2891 or we will gather at 6:30pm for our Lenten [email protected]. If you have any Soup & Salad Supper and then begin our questions regarding membership at Bruton, please Lenten program at 7:15pm. Make this a part contact Mrs. T.J. Cardwell, Volunteer Membership of your Lenten practice! Coordinator, by calling 757-345-2256 or emailing [email protected]. Class for Parents of Children to be Baptized Our next dates for baptisms of infants and children are April 23 and June 4. A class will be held for parents on Sundays, March 26, April 2, and April 9 from 12:30-1:30pm upstairs in Room 206 of the Parish House. Classes will explore the baptismal liturgy and life, and how to encourage children in their faith. Contact The Rev'd Josh Stephens to sign up by either emailing [email protected] or calling 757-229-2891. ECW Lenten Luncheon Jane Filz Lent begins on Wednesday, March 1. As we move into this devotional season, the Episcopal Church Women invite all ladies of the parish to join together for a silent, reflective luncheon. Gather with us in the Parish Hall from 12-2pm on Thursday, March 9, when our guest speaker will be the Rev’d Jan Brown. Her presentation will serve both as a follow-up to the recent women's retreat and as a stand-alone mini retreat for those who were not able to attend.