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This Week at St Timothy's | Oct. 18, 2016
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Feast of St Luke the Physician
Tonight at 6.30pm
Reception following
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The Feast of St Luke is a special feast at St Timothy’s. St Luke was not only an evangelist, companion of St Paul, iconographer (he was said to paint the first icon of the Virgin Mary), but he was also a physician. St Paul tells us this in his letter to the Colossians (4.10). St Luke’s Gospel and the Book of Acts (he wrote that too) is written through the scientific and critical lens of a physician, one who is trained to diagnose and provide treatment. In writing to “Theophilus,” a friend of God, St Luke writes about the human condition, the diagnosis, and the treatment. We are broken through sin and healed by Christ the Great Physician.
We are so very fortunate at St Timothy’s to be in the midst of two fantastic hospitals and the concomitant medical communities. We offer this mass as an act of thanksgiving for this medical community and we offer the blessing of hands for all those who work in the healing profession. Please come as we offer our prayers of thanksgiving and especially if you work or know someone who works in the healing arts.
Tonight's Music
The St Luke Mass will include the Mass for Three Voices by William Byrd (1539/40-1623), English organist and composer of the Shakespearean age who is best known for his development of the English madrigal. Byrd was a pupil and protégé of the organist and composer Thomas Tallis, and his first authenticated appointment was as organist at Lincoln Cathedral (1563). In 1572 he returned to London to take up his post as a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, where he shared the duties of organist with Tallis. Thomas Tallis and William Byrd are rightly acknowledged as the foremost composers of the high Renaissance as expressed in Tudor England. We have three extant mass settings by Byrd for three, four, and five voices. Simple in construction and traditional in form, they adhere to the well-established rules and practices of the previous 150 years of polyphonic composition. Byrd eloquently set these sacred texts that were so obviously dear to him as a devout Roman Catholic. The Mass for Three Voices shows Byrd’s ability to construct a musically rich and complete work with a modest (and trinitarian) number of voices. (Notes by J. Jeremy Noble & Geoffrey Williams)
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The Celebration of the Feast of St Luke is in lieu of our normal Wednesday evening activities (adult choir will rehearse as usual). Dinner and formation will resume the following week.
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Stories of Stewardship - Tim & Kate Hughes
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We are relatively new to St. Timothy’s, having started attending this parish in the summer of 2016. The first thing that drew us in was the warm and immediate welcome that we received from this church family. The second thing was the tremendous amount of outreach that St. Tim’s does in our local community. We both grew up in churches where local outreach was not a priority, and it touched our hearts to see the work with the overflow shelter, Abraham Project interns, and Anthony’s Plot to name a few.
In Fall, we attended Confirmation class to learn more about the Episcopal Church, and St. Timothy’s itself. Growing up in a non-denominational evangelical church left Kate at a bit of a loss as to what was going on during the Episcopal service! One specific class focused on the running of our Parrish and finances- it was eye-opening. It is so easy to overlook how important it is for congregants to provide financial support for our church and all of the amazing outreach programs that we take for granted.
We came to an even better understanding of this by completing Dave Ramsay’s Financial Peace University last Fall. Dave’s program stresses reducing your family’s debt and gaining control of the wealth given to each of us, so that you can use this wealth to bless others and glorify God. Dave also stresses the importance of tithing as part of your monthly budget, not as an afterthought.
This really hit home for us. Giving is an act of faith, a way in which we trust in God that He will provide for our needs. He always does. It was hard, at first, to set aside our tithe. Neither of us had made that sacrifice in our entire adult lives! But it was surprisingly simple to set aside this money once we had made up our minds to give back a small percent of all of the blessings that we’ve received. God has satisfied our needs as a family and continues to bless us. We joyfully give our tithe each month, not only because it is asked of us by God, but because it is one way that we can praise Him!
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The Abraham Project - Becky Johnston, Program Director
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Thank you so much for your prayers for my time in Texas. It was truly a wonderful experience- I enjoyed time in a fun, new, humid and hot city, but I enjoyed more connecting with directors from across the United States.
The Episcopal Service Corps is a network of programs all over the country that serves to give guidance to this “year of service” through the Episcopal Church. Of the 25 or so present, 10 of us were in our first year as directors. This led the “seasoned” directors to take pause and catch us up on the history of the organization, it’s policies, it’s leadership, and it’s future. We spent time daily in prayer, formation, and experiencing practices of other programs with hopes that we would not only be able to take them back to our interns, but that we, ourselves, would be refreshed.
While I have heard so much of the uniqueness of TAP expressed from our own church members, it was so very easy to see it first hand when we discussed the different qualities of our programs. Each director had to claim a charism of our program, and I chose “spiritual experience and discernment”. We truly offer something unique in that we aren’t just offering a chance to get involved in social justice issues, but in the heartbeat of a parish.
As we discussed what the expectations were for our corp members, I mentioned that we ask ours to attend either morning or evening prayer daily. The director I was speaking to was shocked saying, “My interns would freak out! We only ask them to attend once a week.” How much more beautiful and rich is the experience of Emily, Karley, and Jemi that they see and pparticipate in faith lived out daily and not as an obligatory function.
Next week, I’ll share with you a couple of practical things you can do to help support our program more fully.
Grace and peace,
Becky
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What: Halloween Trunk-or-Treat
When:
Sunday, Oct.30
Time:
5-6:30pm
Where: Upper Drake Parking Lot
Who: St.Timothy's folks, neighbors, and friends!
What is Trunk-or-Treat?
Trunk-or-Treat is an event where people can hand out Halloween treats from the trunks of their cars. It's a safe alternative to going door-to-door.
Who is handing out candy?
You are! All St.Timothy's people are invited to bring their cars and chairs and hand out treats at your trunks. We can't know exactly how many kids will come--but plan for at least 75 kids.
Is there a contest this year?
Yes! Awards will be given for the best trunks! Be as creative as you like! You can decorate your cars, wear costumes, play spooky music, have games, and more!
Where do we park?
If you are handing out candy, park in the upper Drake parking lot. Plan to be parked before
4:45pm
and please stay until
6:35pm
for the safety of our kids. If you are just coming to enjoy the festivities, please park near Gribbin Hall.
What if it rains?
Bring your treats into Drake Hall to hand out, and we'll have a Monster Mash & costume parade.
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Did you know that St Timothy’s has seventeen choristers?! They rehearse Mondays and Wednesdays and sing in mass 1-2 Sunday mornings a month and for monthly Evensong.
With this many choristers, we needed to purchase more music stands for rehearsals and neck ruffs to wear with our vestments.
For $100, you may support one of our choristers by providing a music stand and a neck ruff.
In addition to our choristers, twenty-three other children and youth rehearse Wednesday evenings to sing in mass once a month. They bring a lot of life to mass when they sing and truly help lead the hymn-singing and service music.
For $50, you may support a singer by helping provide a new anthem for them to sing.
St Timothy’s also has some professional musicians, our choral scholars, who help lead our liturgies on Sunday mornings and evening masses. They are an integral part of helping us learn the amount and quality of music required by our liturgies, and they help our faithful volunteer singers learn music quickly.
For $250, you may help support a choral scholar so we can continue offering music at the highest level possible.
If you would like to support one of our many singers (and do so in memory or honor of someone), please indicate “Music Ministry: support a singer” in your check memo, online, or on the giving kiosk.
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Let's cheer on our neighbors who are running in the Ardmore RAH 10K on
Saturday, Oct.22
. The Ardmore RAH (racing against hunger) is an annual race held in our neighborhood to raise money & awareness for the the Second Harvest Food Bank. The race runs down Bellview Street and back (past St.Timothy's entrance two times)--so we will have "cheerleaders" gathered from
9-10am
at the Belview/Parkway Drive intersection. If you'd like to join our group, please contact Katie Bryant (
[email protected]
). Youth can receive service hours for helping! We specifically need one more adult to help out--contact Katie if interested. If you're running in the 10K--let us know! We'll make you a poster!
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