The Sunrise...
Starkville, Mississippi
October, 2001 Newsletter
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
SUNDAY:
8:00 a.m. The Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:15 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. The Holy Eucharist, Rite II
TUESDAY:
12:30 p.m. Noonday Prayers at MSU Chapel- new day &
time.
10:00 p.m. Compline and Coffee at the Chaplain's
Home.
WEDNESDAY:
5:30 p.m. Canterbury Forum - new day, time, and format!
6:15 p.m. Canterbury Dinner
7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist
THURSDAY:
12:05 p.m. Healing & Holy Eucharist followed by "dutch
treat" lunch
ST. MARTHA'S GUILD will meet October 1st in the Student Center for brown bag lunch and fellowship. Visitors and new members are always welcome.
KINDER MELODY CONCERT is October 4th from 7:00-9:00pm at the MSU Y.M.C.A. Auditorium. Young people and adults, alike, are invited to hear this special blend of folk music with the stories of the Gospel that will make your heart hum. There is no charge for the concert, but a collection will be taken to send a contribution to Episcopal Relief and Development for the September 11th Disaster.
SUNDAY SCHOOL begins at 9:15 and ends at 10:15, including children's classes. However, children's classes will gather outside for snacks and juice at 10:00. Parents please gather your children at 10:15 so teachers can clean up and get to church on time. On the first Sunday of each month, all Sunday Schools will gather for an intergenerational celebration of the sessions theme: October 7 (Stewardship), November 4 (All Saints), and December 2 (Advent).
BIRTHDAY SUNDAY - Birthday Sunday is October 7th. Please join us as we honor those with October birthdays.
1 Ben
Barker
1 Walt Hillen
1 Karen Koch
1 Emilie White
5 Beth Callahan
6 Alyson Rhodes
7 Rick Noffsinger
7 Susan Snell
8 Marilyn Boyd
8 Carlton Polk
9 Linda Cox
9 Nancy Turnipseed
10 Sam Polk
11 Marlene Evans
11 Keenan Friend
14 Hannah McCormick
14 John Wall
15 Lloyd Rose
17 Michael Fazio
22 John Beal
23 Steven Brandon
24 Tommie Zacharias
26 James McCormick
27 Mark Bullman, Jr.
27 Bob Collins
28 Nicole Dean
28 David Lewis
29 Russell Gaines
29 Kim Noffsinger
29 Greg Schuster
31 Pam Kilby
31 Cindi West
31 Clyde Williams
ECW PLEDGE COFFEE - The ECW Pledge Coffee will be held Tuesday, October 9th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the home of Donna Stark (3 Hialeah Drive). All women of the church are invited to join the fellowship and to make a contribution to the ECW treasury in thanksgiving for not having to spend hours preparing for a bazaar, bake sale or garage sale! The refreshments will be hearty enough to serve as lunch for those who attend on your lunch hour. This is a perfect time to invite a new comer! Directions to Donna's house will be posted in the Narthex.
SECOND SUNDAY SHARING is October 14th and we will be collecting nonperishable items for the food pantry. Remember those who are hungry.
LEM TRAINING AND LECTOR TRAINING will occur during the Sunday School on October 14 and October 21 (Location to be announced). All Lay Readers, Lay Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors, who did not make it to trainings last year, and all interested people are encouraged to participate in both training sessions. If you have specific LEM questions, contact Bob Anderson; specific Lector questions, contact Tom Cathcart, or general questions, contact Elizabeth Wheatley.
STEWARDSHIP KICKOFF DINNER has been rescheduled for Monday, October 22nd in the St. Joseph Catholic Church Student Center (the new large building.) This event, which promises to be a grand party, will begin with wine & hors d'oeuvres at 6:00 p.m. followed by a silent auction and catered dinner. A nursery will be provided at Resurrection. Please make reservations by October 17th by contacting Nelda at 323-3483 or epchurch@netdoor.com or Mary Eleanor Anderson at 323-3259 or rga1@ra.msstate.edu. Proceeds from the Silent Auction will be split, giving half to Disaster Relief and half to Renewing Our Foundation!
SILENT AUCTION - Kathy and Steven Brandon are in the market for items to be sold during the Stewardship Kickoff Dinner Silent Auction. Popular items in previous years have ranged from pound cakes and pottery to condo vacations and tutoring; from hand made pot holders to fine wine. What do you have to offer? Please contact Kathy and Steven at 324-6552 or Katbrand@aol.com.
ANTI-RACISM HEARINGS - Anita George reports that Jubilee Ministries and the Diocese of Mississippi will sponsor anti-racism hearings on Oct. 26 and 27 at Stewpot in Jackson. As many as eight people of color from Mississippi are slated to give testimony related to their lives in the Episcopal Church. These statements will be videotaped and, ultimately, combined with tapings from five other sites across the country: New York, South Dakota, Texas, California, and Washington, D.C. The final result will be a professionally produced videotape to be presented at the next General Convention along with appropriate resolutions. Seating at the hearings will be limited, but if you wish to attend, contact the Bishops' office or, locally, contact Anita George.
FALL BACK - Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, October 28th. If you forget to change your clocks back one hour and get to church an hour early, please make the coffee!
BAPTISM - November 4th (All Saints Sunday) is the next regularly scheduled date for Holy Baptism. Please speak to Fr. Bullock or Elizabeth if you would like more information on being baptized.
EYC MEETINGS RESUME - EYC has had a wonderful kickoff month full of fun. Jr. High and Sr. High continue to meet every Sunday from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at church. Bring a friend! Be sure to check out our bulletin board in the Student Center.
CANTERBURY NEWS and GRATITUDE - Passionate Episcopalians Speak at 5:30 pm on Wednesdays in the Canterbury Lounge, between the Student Center and the Nursery. Thank you to Guy Hargrove, Donna Barnes Stark and Linda Cox for our September passionate presentations. We look forward to our October fare of Anita George, David Lewis, Devon Brenner and Bishop Gray. Also, in October, we look forward to the Kinder Melody Concert on October 4th and the Bishop's Visit on October 24th. On other fronts, Canterbury wishes to thank Gretchen and Don Simmons for sharing their land and lake for the Canterbury Camp-Out. And thank you to the Callahans for serving dinner on September 19th. All are invited to join us!!
HELP WANTED! - Are you willing to fix supper for the Canterbury Folks (20-30) one Wednesday evening this semester or next semester? The meal need not be fancy, and several people can go together to provide the meal. Sign up in the Narthex or call Mary Lynn Peyton at 615-3941.
ADOPT A DAWG - Interested in providing a sense of home-away-from-home and a home-cooked meal periodically, as well as building relationships with our MSU students? Be an Adopt- a-Dawg family and contact Elizabeth to be added to the list. Match-ups will be made soon or may have been made already, but there are more students who could be loved and welcomed!
SEARCH
COMMITTEE UPDATE from John Beal: The Search Committee
will be analyzing the results of the Parish Questionnaire
and as promised, will publish the results. The next step is
to complete the Deployment Form for the Diocese and begin
writing the Parish Profile. The Deployment Form is required
by the National Church Deployment Office in New York to
describe the position, range of search, goals of the parish,
pastoral specialties required, parish life orientation and
education required. Basically, it is the form the diocese
sends to the National Church to match a priest with what we
are seeking.
RENOVATION COMMITTEE - David VanLandingham, novation
Committee Chair, reports the new vinyl floor has been laid
in the parish hall. Kitchen cabinets have been modified and
painting is underway. Exterior finish is being installed on
the new Sacristy. The contractor should be finished with the
Parish Hall by September 28th. After church on Sunday,
September 30th and Sunday, October 7th and over the course
of the week, we will be moving from the Church building and
Student Center to the Parish Hall, as well as packing up the
kitchen, Sacristy and Wall hangings. Strong backs, patient
packers and willing hands are needed and welcome to help
with the moving process. Beginning October 14th, Sunday
services and weekday meetings and services will take place
in the Parish Hall. Please be patient, flexible and creative
as we work through this transitional period.
COLUMBARIUM - Sherrie VanLandingham reports: We now have a completed design for a Columbarium Garden, Labyrinth and Meditation Area which will be located in the courtyard south of the nursery! Dr. Pam Collins has created an extraordinary design to be built in two phases. The first phase will include the Columbarium Chapel and Meditation Area. The second phase will include the Labyrinth and surrounding plantings. Dr. Rachel McCann and Dr. David Lewis have created an exquisite Labyrinth design for us which includes a beautiful mosaic butterfly in the center. In addition to providing this design, they have made a financial contribution that will cover the cost to have it built. Pictures of the Labyrinth and Columbarium are on display in the Student Center. Special thanks go to Pam, Rachel, and David who have given to our church such wonderful gifts of love and design that will be enjoyed for years to come. Thanks also go to Sally Hester who used her special talents to design a beautiful brochure that tells the story of our Columbarium. We have started selling niches and taking memorial donations to the Columbarium. We have sold 18 niches at this time. We anticipate construction to begin in the spring of 2002. If you have any questions or would like to purchase a niche or niches please call any member of the committee: Mary Eleanor and Bob Anderson, Beth and Clark Callahan, Tommy Wakeman, Sherrie and David VanLandingham.
RECYCLE - Have you noticed the green(?) Trash can in the Student Center marked RECYCLE? Please use it for cans and plastic bottles only! Paper and other trash goes in the trash can in the kitchen. Thanks!
POOL NEWS - The pool is officially closed for the season. Many thanks to the McCormicks for managing the pool and to the Pearsons and other families who helped clean and maintain the pool of this year. It is a huge job and they have done it well! James and Juawice are retiring as pool managers so we owe them a special thanks for their faithful service. Consider this official notice that we are now looking for pool managers for next year!
FALL BLOOD DRIVE put on hold! Due to the overwhelming generosity of Mississippians in the wake of the September 11th tragedy, United Blood Services asked us to postpone our blood drive for a couple of months. Thanks to all who were signed up to participate...hold that thought!
LETTER OF THANKS
Dear Friends, Thank you so much for receiving us so warmly into your church family. You have made us feel right at home and we love that. The reception you had for us on our first Sunday here was lovely. We knew right away the caliber of cooks in the parish. Our thanks to everyone who made that day special for us.We would like to say a special thank you to Elizabeth and Nelda for the kindness and help they have given us. You are blessed with a kind and efficient staff. As most of you know, we are living in our house in Columbus. That does not mean we are not available to you at any time. It's a very short distance from our house to yours. If you are in Columbus we would love to have you come by to see us. Our address is l05 Huckleberry Drive and the telephone number is 327-5809. The welcome mat is always out.
Some of you have asked about our family. We have two adult children living in the Richmond, Virginia area. Our son, William Murray, Jr., is a major with the Henrico Police Department and he has three daughters and one son. Our daughter, Lou Ellen, and her husband Mark Lavender have three daughters. Of course being the proud parents and grandparents we are, we think they are all very special.
We are looking forward to our time with you as you continue your search. May our Lord bless each of us as we continue His work in the way that He directs us.
In
His Name, Our Love
Murray and Bobbe Sue Bullock.
SPECIAL THANKS to Gail Foote who arranged the wonderfully successful reception for Murray and Bobbe Sue Bullock. We are so happy to have the Bullocks with us and the reception was a perfect way to say "welcome".
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY is extended to Michael Pearson and his family on the death of his mother, Fern Pearson. "Rest eternal grant her , O Father, and let light perpetual shine upon her." Pray for all who mourn.
YOUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR Marlene Evans and Lavora Williams as they undergo treatment; and Lester Fox who is recovering from surgery.
EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT - In the aftermath of September 11th's disaster, Episcopal Relief and Development, previously known as the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief, is providing food and shelter for the 24 hour teams involved in the search and rescue operation. In the next several days and beyond, ERD will offer trauma and grief counseling for those affected. The ERD is currently assisting local dioceses in the affected areas and will continue to support the relief effort in the upcoming days and weeks as needs are identified. Contributions for this effort can be sent to Episcopal Relief and Development, September 11 Disaster, Box 12043, Newark, NJ 07101 Call 1-800-334-7627 ext. 5129 or visit www.er-d.org for more information.
MEMORIALS were received last month in the name of Geneva Moore and Fern Pearson.
LOOKING
AHEAD...
November 1 - All Saints' Day Service at 5:30 pm at the
Church
November 4 - All Saints' Sunday and Baptisms
November 22 - Thanksgiving Day and Holy Eucharist - TBA
December 2 - Advent Lessons and Carols