The Sunrise... ... at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection Starkville, Mississippi September, 2002 Newsletter NEWS & EVENTS WORSHIP SCHEDULE SUNDAY: 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite (No nursery) 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II (Nursery) WEDNESDAY: 7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist preceded by Dinner at 6:00 p.m. THURSDAY: 12:05 p.m. Healing & Holy Eucharist followed by "Dutch treat" lunch NURSERY REMINDER - The nursery is open for the 10:30 a.m. service only and is being staffed by parents and volunteers. (Teens, moms, dads and non parents welcomed!) Call Jay McCombs to volunteer for Sundays during September. Thanks to those who worked in the nursery during August...Emily Schuster, Jennifer Damms and Michelle Ray. BIRTHDAY SUNDAY - Since we have no volunteers to make Birthday Sunday happen with cake and punch, please wish the following Happy Birthday in September. (Would you like to bring back Birthday Sunday Celebrations? We need volunteers to bring the cake and punch. Willing to help? See James McCormick!). 2 Jerry Williams 3 Glenda Baswell 3 John Baswell 3 Mike Goree 3 David McMillen 3 Allison Noffsinger 8 Sally Hester 9 Charles Hester 9 Edna Wilkerson 10 Jim Lane 11 Graham Dewey 12 Pam Collins 13 Dixie McMillen 16 Adrian Lewis 17 Lash Hughlett 17 Juawice McCormick 18 Bill Tennyson 20 Bill Boyd 20 Jean Newman 20 Glenda Wadsworth 23 Richard Damms 23 Elizabeth Wheatley 27 Bob Mangum 28 Rachel Damms 28 Lorene Martin 28 Don Zacharias ACOLYTE TRAINING will be held in the church at 5:00 p.m. on September 15th. All present acolytes as well as anyone 4th grade age or older are urged to attend. At least one parent of each child should be present for the training. Please contact John Beal if you have any questions. ADULT CHOIR NEWS from Leanne Fazio: Adult choir welcomed old and new members with a potluck supper after the first rehearsal of the year on August 21st. The 2nd Annual Choir Retreat is this weekend, Friday, September 13th from 7-9 pm at the home of the Callahan's and Saturday, September 14th from 9:00 am-2:30 pm in the Student Center at the Church. Join us for rehearsals on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:45 p.m. in the Parish Hall. THE BISHOP IS COMING! The Rt.. Rev. Alfred C. "Chip" Marble will visit on Wednesday, September 18th for dinner at 6:00 pm followed by Holy Eucharist at 7:00 pm at which time we will celebrate confirmations, receptions, and reaffirmations. All are invited to join with the Wednesday night community in the celebration! YOUTH NEWS - EYC for youth in grades 6-8 kicked off on Sunday, September 8th with music, games, planning, dinner and introductions of our new Youth coordinator and advisors: Tyler Finklea, Ginny Powell, Megan Sabol and John Talbert, bringing ideas and energy from four different Dioceses! Our regular meetings will take place on Sunday evenings beginning at 5 pm. EYC will have an added feature this year which should prove to be invigorating and lots of fun. We will be joining with area Episcopal Youth Groups (Incarnation, West Point; St. John's, Aberdeen; St. Paul's Columbus; and Good Shepherd, Columbus) for a Golden Triangle Youth Convocation once Sunday each month. Resurrection is hosting the first Youth gathering on September 22nd from 5-7 pm on the Drill Field at MSU. Youth and parental participation are encouraged! Finally, we are encouraging youth involvement in Diocesan Youth events. The first fall event will be Senior Hi DOY on September 27-29th. Applications for all youth events are available through the church. MAIL THEM ASAP! FALL CONCERT & COFFEE HOUSE featuring Fran McKendree will take place on Thursday, September 26th from 7:00-9:00 pm at the MSU YMCA Auditorium. Fran's music is geared toward people of all ages -- young and not-so-young alike! Join with the Canterbury community and youth in this musical wandering into our rich spirituality! The concert is FREE! Offerings of nonperishable food and monetary donations will be collected for local outreach. STEWARDSHIP KICKOFF WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 3RD - Mark your calendars and don't miss the first big celebration of October. This is always a fun time to visit with people you don't often see and to hear about goals and needs of the parish. This will also be a good time to meet Bill and Diane Livingston. The auction and hors d'oeuvres will be held in the Student Center and the catered dinner downstairs in the Parish Hall. Please call Nelda to make your reservations by September 27th. Expenses of the event will be paid out of the proceeds from the auction, the remainder of the proceeds will be expended as designated by the Vestry. Coordinators for this event are Grace Strahan and Craig Piper. Call them at 320-2495 and let them know if you can volunteer to help with this event. Contact Babs Deas (324-5155) about Silent Auction items - your talent in doing something, a lunch or brunch or dinner, time at your condominium, baby sitting time, running errands, yard clean ups, ANYTHING you think will sell and raise money. BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS - The feast day of St. Francis of Assisi is October 4th, so we will be having our service to bless the animals on Sunday, October 6th at 5:00 p.m. in the church parking lot. Bring your pets, large and small, in a cage or on a leash please! Please bring an offering for the local Animal Shelter. (The Shelter needs will be listed on the flyer.) Invite your friends to come and bring their pets! BECOMING A PROGRAM-SIZED CHURCH - As we hover between being a pastoral-sized church and program-sized church it is important that we explore the differences and learn how we can do a better job of being the church for our members and the greater community. Please consider attending a conference on Growing a Program-Sized Parish at St. Paul's, Columbus on Friday and Saturday, October 25-26th. Details coming soon. THE CELEBRATION OF NEW MINISTRY will be held OCTOBER 27TH, beginning at 4:00 p.m. Following the service will be a potluck supper (meat provided) in the Parish Hall and a "pounding" for Bill and Diane. Bring a gift of a "pound" of something for them to use in getting settled in Starkville...flour, sugar, duct tape, nails, potting soil...use your imagination. Please plan to come celebrate this major event in the life of this Parish - a new ministry for the entire parish. NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS - The church has a new e-mail/Internet provider and therefore a new e-mail address... epchurch@ResurrectionChurch.com or epchurch@netdoor.com. To contact Elizabeth use Elizabeth@ResurrectionChurch.com or ewheater@netdoor.com. (Please note that Elizabeth's header is similar to her old one, but is missing an "h".) Our website is located at the same address as it was previously and, in the near future, it will have a new face! PARISH DIRECTORY UPDATE - It is time to update the Parish Directory. If your name, address, phone or E-mail has changed, please notify Ellen Newsom (323-9278 or wnewsom@bellsouth.net) ASAP! With a new rector and lots of new folks around we need to have a current directory. Hopefully it will be ready before the end of October. Get your changes in now! SEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT from John Beal: The Search Committee has finished its work. I want to thank each member of the Committee for their hard work. The members of the committee are Babs Deas, Beth Batson, Sherrie VanLandingham, Amanda Yates, Carlton Polk, Michael Fazio, David Lewis, Leigh Jensen Crawford and Tracy Sebbins. Also, a special thanks to Sally Hester for putting together an outstanding profile of our church. The work on this committee was especially rewarding for me and I give thanks for the privilege of serving as chairman. COLUMBARIUM UPDATE from Mary Eleanor Anderson: The Columbarium committee met on July 11th to receive bids on the construction of Phase I of the Columbarium. There was only one bid offered which was from VanLandingham Lumber Company for $63,000. The Committee decided to accept the bid even though the Columbarium Fund was $25,000 short of that amount. David and Sherrie absented themselves from the consideration of the bid. The Committee felt very strongly that if the project was not begun promptly it would never happen. The committee then asked the VanLandinghams to come to the meeting so that a discussion of the shortfall of money could take place. The members of the committee, Bob and Mary Eleanor Anderson, Clark and Beth Callahan, Tommy Wakeman, and Sherrie & David VanLandinghams agreed to take out a personal loan for the needed amount. The goal of the committee is to sell additional niches before the "on hand funds" run out and the loan has to be negotiated. We need your help with this project. If you are interested in purchasing a niche NOW IS THE TIME. They are $1,500.00 for new owners. If you are not interested for yourself but know of someone who would be, they do not have to be Episcopalians, please have them contact Sherrie or Mary Eleanor. Of course, if you wish to make a contribution to the Columbarium Fund that would also be wonderful. This project is going to be a beautiful and significant contribution to The Church of The Resurrection since it will be a multi use space for meditation as well as outdoor activities for the Parish. CHILDREN'S MUSIC PROGRAM from Leanne Fazio: The Children's choir began with a pool party on August 18th. Check out pictures of the party on the bulletin board in the Student Center. There is still time to join! Choir meets on Sundays from 3:45-4:45 p.m. in the Parish Hall. JOB JAR - Thanks to all of you who have taken a job and completed it! Let's finish up all those little jobs before Bill and Diane Livingston arrive! If you have signed up for a job, please do it! If not now is a good time...choice jobs remain! Questions? Call Douglas Crawford. SPECIAL THANKS to Tom Handy for the wonderful legless corner table he built for the narthex. It is beautiful and really adds to the narthex! Thanks Tom! And thanks to Jean and Charles Little for taking care of the Sunday morning coffee hours during August! POOL NEWS from Jay McCombs: Please remember that All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult, and adults accompanying children must know how to swim. The pool season is winding down...have you paid your share to help maintain the pool? Questions or concerns about the pool, contact the McCombs (324-8269) or the Damms (338-9022). OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE - Immediate openings, on the job training, lifetime commitment not necessary, rewards beyond expectation. Like to meet and greet people? Consider NEW MEMBER MINISTRY. (Contact James McCormick.) Like to coordinate monthly events and/or bake? Help resurrect BIRTHDAY SUNDAY. (Contact James McCormick.) Have concerns for the community-at-large? Join the OUTREACH COMMITTEE. (Contact Tom Cathcart.) Wonder about the future (and the present) status of our church and our children? Work with CHRISTIAN ED or the NURSERY. (Contact David Lewis.) Want to join the ALTAR GUILD? (Contact Marsha Williams.) Like to cook? Fix supper for the CANTERBURY on Wednesday nights. (Sign the list in the narthex or Contact Elizabeth.) YOUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR...Edna Wilkerson who is recovering from surgery and Walt Hillen, Lorenzo Crowell, LaVora Williams as they undergo treatment A PLANNED GIFT is the Ultimate Gift. The once-in-a-lifetime gift. Planned gifts are given in response to an affection and concern for the future ministry of the Church. Is your will current? Have your remembered the Church? LOOKING AHEAD... October 3 - Stewardship Kickoff Dinner October 6 - Welcome Bill and Diane Livingston October 6, 5 pm - St. Francis' Blessing of the Animals October 7-10 - Presbyters' Conference at Gray Center October 18-20 - JR HI DOY @ Bratton-Green October 18-20 - Seeds of Faith Conference at Mediator, Meridian, featured speaker Marcus Borg October 20th - UTO Fall ingathering October 27- Celebration of New Ministry and Festivities February 7-9 - Diocesan Council on the Gulf Coast