St.St. Mary’sMary’s MessengerMessenger SSPECIALPECIAL EEDITIONDITION:: SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 30,30, 20202020 St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dousman, Wisconsin LATEST UPDATE from St. Mary’s during the Covid-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus) With all the changes from the social distancing and Fall Fest Pie Sale is October 3! quarantining, we have more frequent newsletters to communicate updates to the parish. Fall Fest Pie Pickup has been moved to Saturday, October 3 between 3 - 5 p.m. The date was changed Update from Mother Pippa to protect the freshness and quality of the pies. Drive In Service Musician Dean Richard will be playing outside from We had our first drive in service on 2:30 to 5 p.m. for volunteers, including the Western Sunday, September 20, and it was Lakes Fire Department and everyone driving in to so great! I was delighted to see so pick up a pie. many familiar faces and the weather could not have been more Wondering How You Can Help? perfect. We are looking for someone to coordinate a We had team of volunteers to greet people at their cars 47 join us for worship and and then deliver pies to the cars. We will have a holy communion. We will total of 75 pies to deliver and need 4 or 5 people continue to try to improve on the team in addition to our Fire Department the service, so please feel volunteers. If you are willing to coordinate, please contact Noelle Bryant-Nanz at 262-888- free to offer your 2770 or at [email protected]. feedback and how we might improve. Please consider a sponsorship gift to cover the The plan is to con- cost of the expenses of making the pies. After tinue offering drive expenses, all proceeds will go to our wonderful in service at 10 Western Lakes Fire District. a.m. each Sunday through the end of November. We are also planning Please also order a pumpkin or apple pie. They to have a drive in service are made by our very own experienced bakers! at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiv- ing day. It seems very Pies: Apple & Pumpkin likely that we will offer Price: $20 each drive in services into Limited supply, so pre-order now! December, but I wanted Pick-Up Pies: Saturday, October 3, to have a set amount of from 3 - 5 p.m. see Mother Pippa’s Updates, continued on page 4 see Fall Fest Pie Sale, continued on page 2 St. Mary’s Weekly Events Join us weekly for services online via Facebook or the Zoom app. You are welcome to attend any or all! Sundays 8 a.m. Online Eucharist Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/St-Marys-Episcopal-Church-670614162955490/videos Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81457288135 YouTube Channel: (posted Sunday after 10 a.m.) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMbnEfS48ycsuKBGzGmqsyw 9 a.m. Online Adult Formation using Shalom for the Heart Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81021226947?pwd=aE5sWElqRnFMYzVBelV4bzVXTk03dz09 10 a.m. Drive In Eucharist Tune in to 97.9 FM North (Hwy. 67) Parking Lot 11:30 a.m. Online Coffee Hour Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81563748721?pwd=RXBWME5kdHNid2N3VEE4V0x1S2ZVUT09 Tuesdays 4 p.m. Contemplative Prayer Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87955779809 Wednesdays 9 a.m. Morning Prayer/Eucharist, followed by Book Study: Transforming Questions Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83112265477 6 p.m. “The Way of Love” monthly class - on 1st Wednesday of the month Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88307653412?pwd=RFFubXdZMkM5N3ozUWpFTHZZano4UT09 Annual Blessing of the Animals Fall Fest Pie Sale continued from page 1 St. Francis’ feast day is October 4, and it falls on a Phone Orders: Call Lynn at 262-965-3924, Monday Sunday this year. Rather than gathering our pets through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mail your pay- together in-person, please hold yours up to the screen ment to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, PO Box 126, during the Announcements on October 4 for the on- Dousman, WI 53118 or drop it in the secure mailbox line service, or bring them with you in your cars for outside the parish hall building. Credit card, cash or the 10 a.m. service. We’ll have a special blessing check payments are accepted. during the services for the animals that bring us such joy and comfort. You are also Online Orders: Go to stmarys-dousman.com and welcome to bring photos and/or order through Vanco as follows: Go to Donate at the stuffed animals to the drive-in top right-hand side of the web page. Type in Fall Fest service if you feel you and/or under Directed Donation and under comments, please your pet would prefer not to share indicate the type and number of pies you would like a car for an hour. to order. Then pay for your order with your credit card. Vanco is a secure site. St. Mary’s Messenger 2 Special Edition: September 30, 2020 Joys, Sorrows & Prayers for Healing Happy Birthdays to: Prayers of Joy for: SEPTEMBER OCTOBER ♰ The birth of Thea 03 – Kaitlyn Smith 02 – Ruth Muller (Teddy) Rose Leicht 12 – Vivian Hyland 02 – Janet Zellermayer Eschweiler, born on 12 - JR Faivre 03 – Barb Lembach September 8 to Drew 15 – Max Wilson 03 – Tony Weber Eschweiler and 21 – Tom Arndorfer 08 – Jason Hedrick Andrea Leicht. She 21 – Morgan Chapiewsky 08 – Julianna Hyland 21 – Marit Faivre 08 – Bob Perkins weighed 7 lbs. 7oz. 21 – Shirley Robertson 10 – Tony Menting and is Carl & Mary Alice Eschweiler’s second 23 – Allen Arndorfer 10 – Natalie Muller new grandbaby this summer! 24 – Pat Buckley 14 – Micki Wagner ♰ 25 – Ally Noles 17 – Mike McCaigue The birth of Vivian Larissa 28 – Kim Smith 20 – Danica Weber Hyland on September 12 to 30 – Dave Riedel 21 – Bernard Krauska Megan Hyland. Vivian 23 – Jeff Lawnicki weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz and was 24 – Nicky Muehlbauer 20¼” long. Proud grandparents 26 – Nancy Weber are Jason & Jessica Hyland. 29 – Sandra Pritzlaff 29 – Michael Sterk ♰ The return of the Hyland 30 – Chuck Zellermayer family. We missed you 31 – Johanna Ball and we are so glad to have you back! ♰ Mary McCarthy as she returns to work and prayers that she may continue to recover from her surgery. Prayers of Healing for: Share Your St. Mary’s Memories ♰ Barb Riek as she recovers from surgery. Kathy Mitchell and Carol McConnell are collecting ♰ Donna Schultz’ sister Trink and brother Mike. as many parishioner stories as they can for our upcoming special book in celebration of St. Mary’s ♰ Scott Noles as he recovers from Covid-19. 150th anniversary. MONTHLY ADULT FORMATION CLASS: While it can be a bit over- “The Way of Love” whelming to try to put St. Mary’s memories to paper, Mark your calendars for our monthly adult education perhaps you can open a class, beginning October 7 at 6 p.m. Presiding Bishop page and write what first comes to mind. The words Michael Curry is a proponent of the Way of Love, a might flow more easily than you imagine. You are way of living our daily lives mindful of our Christian also welcome to call Kathy or Carol and verbally call and faith. As it says on the Episcopal Church share your memories. website: “The Way of Love is a way of life. More than a program or curriculum, it is an intentional Please contact Carol at 262-965-4104 or cmc- commitment to a set of practices. It’s a commitment [email protected] or Kathy at 262-378-0232 or to follow Jesus: Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bless, [email protected] with any of your personal Go, Rest.” While each class will build upon the previ- memories or stories. ous classes, it is also very possible to join in even if you’ve missed earlier classes. You will find the Zoom We live by stories and we need to know yours! link for this class on page 2 of this issue. St. Mary’s Messenger 3 Special Edition: September 30, 2020 Mother Pippa’s Updates one will know! Do you want to bring coffee to drink continued from page 1 during the service and Kringle to snack on? Go for it! time to try it out. If Do you want to set your kids up with an iPad and you are interested in headphones? No worries! Join us Sundays at 10 a.m. volunteering to help as we grab a little piece of normal out of this very with parking, usher- challenging year. ing or reading, please let Lynn know! 11:30 a.m. Zoom Coffee Hour, join us! Or, you can Despite all the chal- start watching the Packers pre-game. lenges, I am so proud of the way St. Mary’s Prayers and blessings, is stepping up and Mother Pippa being creative in how we worship and hold fellowship together. What Can I Do? In Case You Missed It - This is How it Works As we looked towards our traditional Back to Church Lately I find myself feeling somewhat helpless. Sunday, we were ready to get back to church – with a Unfortunately, I fear that many of you may find twist. The Bishop is allowing drive in services, which yourselves feeling similarly. There is so much gives us many of the advantages of in person worship. that is out of our control, but it all affects us. Our families, our businesses, our communities, our- St. Mary’s New Sunday Worship Schedule selves.