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News for the Weeks of
August 6 and 13, 2017
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"Supply the needs of God's people; be unfailing in hospitality.."
"While I'm on sabbatical, I want you to do something." That is pretty much what Bishop Hosea told the Canon Evangelist, Phil Thomas. And with that directive, St. Timothy's was born. From its inception, it was different from any other congregation in the Diocese. It was not created to hold church services, but to do ministry in the mountains. Thirty-five years later it continues this unique work in a changing community. It began as St. Joseph's Preaching Station in Ravenna in a building (really, a seventy-inch-wide alley with a roof) right across from today's Dollar General store. Before long, we leased, with the option to buy a seventy-acre farm on Barnes Mountain. That first summer we held a six-week day camp with about sixty children attending each day. Soon the church house was constructed from logs moved from two nineteenth century cabins in Madison County. With two Commodore Vic-20 computers and small black and white TV sets, the young people learned to program them to make figures do jumping jacks and run across the screen, and play Frogger from the cassette tape drive plugged into the back.
Today, our mission remains the same: to help improve the lives of people in Estill County while respecting their culture and dignity, proclaiming Christ not just in words. Our visiting groups in recent years have come from Alabama to Michigan and east from Florida to Massachusetts, many returning year after year. While our numbers are down this year, we have been visited by youth and adults from Toledo Area Episcopal Churches, Maryland, a repeating Presbyterian Church from Cincinnati, and even our own diocese, the Cathedral this year. We already have three weeks filled for next summer.
Our first group this year spent time repairing roofs, building caskets and working around St. Timothy's. Laboring in the heat and dodging thunderstorms, with only half the roof under new shingles, the elderly home owner met us the next morning to say that even with the torrential rain the night before, for the first time in months they did not have to sleep with buckets in their bed. Youth from Christ Church Cathedral were next to join us for three days. In the brief time, they replaced roof decking and fascia and re-shingled the porch of one of the original members of St. Joseph's. Our Presbyterian friends constructed two more caskets, both of which were needed that week, installed under-pinning on a mobile home and painted the community room at St. Timothy's along with helping to repair and replace the glass in nearly every window of an elderly women's home.
Our summer season ended with a return visit with twenty from St. Andrew's, Glenwood MD. Over the week, they refurbished a bathroom, removing wall and floor tile and fixtures, adding drywall, a sink and vanity leaving only painting to complete. They also replaced a vinyl kitchen floor, painted and repaired outside wood trim along with building two caskets. Another portion of the group provided a day camp for local children, concluded by a visit of Bishop Caldwell, who remained to join us for a community meal with over sixty in attendance and then for the fifth year, the distribution of school backpacks. The highlight of the week for me occurred on Thursday morning. Over the week I had told the group that there were two deaths on the mountain the week before and neither person had been buried because the families were having trouble getting together enough money to the internment. The teenagers asked their adult leaders if they could take up a collection to help the families, whom they had not met. I was handed an envelope with the $266.00 they had collected. The Church is not dying with these as our future leadership. St. Andrew's will again be joining us in July of 2018.
On our last workday, a neighbor walked up wanting to know how they too could get help with their house. More than once, I have been approached at the gas station, or lumber yard, or Save-a-Lot by people who have a relative that needs help with repairs. At other times, the County Health Department will send us referrals. Be it the addition of a new room on a mobile home, repairing a rotten floor or a leaking roof, visiting youth and their adult guides jump in regardless of the task. While some of our visitors are close knit, others often have participants who are new. By the end of the week, it is amazing to see how they become one entity. Few of those helped can "repay" for the work done, but the gratitude is always given, be that with a blackberry cobbler or fried pies or a note of thanks. And as for the mission teams, they leave gaining more than they bring, for they learn what it means to go forth into the world rejoicing in the power of the Spirit.
The Venerable Bryant Kibler
Priest-in-Charge, St. Timothy's, Barnes Mountain
Editor's Note: to learn more about St. Timothy's and to make a donation in support of their outreach ministry, please click here.
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THE REV. BRIAN COLE ELECTED FIFTH BISHOP IN THE DIOCESE OF EAST TENNESSEE
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Congratulations and blessings to The Rev. Brian Cole and his wife Susan Parker Weatherford. On July 28 Fr. Brian was elected as Bishop in the Diocese of East Tennessee! Please
click here to read more.
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VESTRY AS YOUR VITAL TEAM:
VESTRY LEADERSHIP FORMATION EVENT
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Clergy, Wardens, Vestry Members, Bishop's Committee Members:
Please join us on Saturday, August 26, 2017 from 10am to 4pm. We will address formation for vestries. We will have presentations and reflective conversation on these topics:
- Your Role as a Vestry Member
- Functioning as a Vestry that's Behaviorally Healthy
- The Vestry's Role in Congregational Vitality
Your $10 Registration includes lunch and any materials.
How do I register? Click
HERE.
We look forward to seeing you as we work together to build up the Body of Christ in each congregation in the Diocese of Lexington!
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NEWS from the BROTHERHOOD OF ST. GREGORY
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The Rev. Br. Aelred Bernard Dean, BSG is a brother with the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory, which is a Christian Community of The Episcopal Church, its Communion Partners, and the worldwide Anglican Communion, whose members follow a common rule and serve the church on parochial, diocesan, and national levels. He is also Priest-in-Charge at
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church
in Middlesboro, KY. During the brotherhood's annual convocation and general chapter, Aelred presided at his first Holy Eucharist with the brothers on July 20, 2017 as the church celebrated the commemoration of liberators and prophets Blessed Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Ross Tubman.
Members of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory - clergy and lay, without regard to marital status - live individually, in small groups, or with their families. They support themselves and the community through their secular or church-related work, making use of their God-given talents in the world while not being of the world. The trust that all labor and life can be sanctified is summed up in the community's motto: Soli Deo Gloria, To God Alone the Glory. More information about the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory can be viewed at
https://gregorians.org/
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ANNOUNCEMENT from the
SISTERS OF SAINT HELENA
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Are you a woman wondering about monastic life in the Episcopal Church?
Take part in the Come-and-See Retreat with the Sisters of Saint Helena.
The Episcopal Convent of Saint Helena in South Carolina is hosting a free Come-and-See retreat for single women during Labor Day weekend, September 1-3. Please click here to download and view the event flyer. Details are also posted on the website.
Contact
vocations@osh.org
or 803-426-1616.
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Bishop Caldwell's Visitation Schedule has been updated into 2018.
To download and print Bishop Caldwell's Visitation Schedule, please
click here.
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 West Sixth Brewing has opened their doors to The Cathedral Domain and we are going to take advantage to raise as much money as we can for the Camp. Pre-order the tee-shirt, family and dog friendly, music, corn hole, foursquare, Silent Auction, raffle auction, fun run through the historic neighborhood, food, and friends! On top of all the fun West 6th will give us 6% of their proceeds AND Fathead (wall decals and decoration) will match! Please join us!
Click here to view and download the event poster.
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The Rev. Suzanne Wille, Rector of All Saints, Indianapolis, and member of the TRP leadership team, will offer a workshop on teaching The Basics Classes: Basic Anglicanism, Basic Bible, Basic Christianity, and Basic Discipleship. At churches throughout the country, the Basics Classes have been used to form inquirers, new Christians, and the lifelong faithful who are looking for "more." Basics Classes can stand alone for adult formation or be part of the larger TRP approach and have been used in parishes to help move churches from acting as service providers to creating communities of active disciples.
During our time together, we'll share:
- How and why to do this work
- Why there are no gimmicks, only the slow work of long-term commitment
- The core curriculum for the Basics classes
- Time adapting the curricula to fit your church
- Big picture information about The Restoration Project
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The Chorister Program is open to all children in the second grade and above and rehearses Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:30 pm beginning on September 6th. If you have a child who is interested, this is a chance for you to drop by Good Shepherd and ask any questions you may have about the Chorister Program.
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 (The Transfiguration)
Non-Parochial, Non-Stipendiary, Non-Resident and Retired Clergy
The Rev. Stephen Alexander
The Rev. Deacon Donna Barr
The Rev. LCDR. B. Anthony Bezy
The Rev. Bruce Boss
The Rev. Dr. William Brown
The Rev. John Burkhart
The Rev. Michael "Corky" Carlisle
The Rev. Canon Lynn Carter-Edmands
The Rev. Dr. John Cavendish
The Rev. Arthur Conaway
The Rev. H. Gerry Cook
The Rev. Dr. Jan Cottrell
The Rev. Deacon Dr. M. Allen Dawson
The Rev. Frank A. Edmands
The Rev. Deacon Virginia Eklund
The Rev. Charles Ellestad
The Rev. Nancy S. Farley
The Rev. Chris Hamby
The Rev. Dana Hardwick
The Rev. Phillip Haug
The Rev. Peter Helman
The Rev. Michael Henderson
The Rev. Robert Hill
The Rev. Deacon Paul Holbrook
The Rev. Deacon Lois Howard
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The Rev. Deacon Jeff Howe
The Rev. John Hughes
The Rev. Marcia Hunter
The Rev. Bonnie Q. Jones
The Rev. Robert Kirkpatrick
The Rev. Charles K. C. Lawrence
The Rev. Philip Linder
The Rev. Linda McCloud
The Rev. J. Joseph Pennington
The Rev. David Perkins
The Rev. Jay Pierce
The Rev. Cliff Pike
The Rev. Dr. Carol Ruthven
The Rev. Robert L. Sessum
The Rev. Robert Slocum
The Rev. Joan Smith
The Rev. Marvin W. Suit
The Very Rev. Dr. Ronald Summers
The Rev. Alan Sutherland
The Rev. Terry Taylor
The Rev. Chana Tetzlaff
The Rev. T.J. Tetzlaff
The Rev. Dr. Charles Washam
The Rev. Anisa Cottrell Willis
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Sunday, August 13, 2017 (Tenth Sunday after Pentecost)
St. Augustine's Chapel, Lexington
Sunday, August 20, 2017 (Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost)
St. Hubert's, Clark County (Winchester)
The Rev. Dr. Duane Smith, Rector
The Rev. Charles Ellestad, Assisting Priest
Sunday, August 27, 2017 (Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost)
St. Michael's, Lexington
The Rev. Laurie Brock, Rector
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