This Week at St. Timothy's - Bluegrass and BBQ

Our Weekly Blast!

April 19, 2018

Bluegrass Mass and BBQ

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Bluegrass Mass and BBQ, April 22

Come for the Music, stay for the Barbecue

We are all looking forward to enjoying Bluegrass Mass and band, Pet Rooster, plus some good ole' BBQ here at St. Timothy's.

Here's a bit of information for ponder about Bluegrass music and its faith connection. It contains one of my favorite phrases ever about music-"a high and lonesome sound." B luegrass music has attracted a diverse following worldwide. Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe characterized the genre as: "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound." Exactly when the word bluegrass itself was adopted to label this form is not certain, but is believed to be in the late 1950s, and was derived from the name of the seminal Blue Grass Boys band, formed in 1939 with Bill Monroe as its leader. Due to this lineage, Bill Monroe is frequently referred to as the "father of bluegrass", although his style drew upon the country, gospel, and blues music with which he had grown up. (info gathered from http://renoandharrell.com/content/short-history-bluegrass-music )

For information on being part of the Pitmaster Team contact Mark Lehnhoff at 299-9699. Please consider bringing a dish so they'll be lots of goodies for the Goody Table!

National Day of Prayer, May 3

May 3 - National Day of Prayer, 12:00-1:00 p.m. at the Civic Center

General Convention is Coming

Volunteers Needed

The General Convention of The Episcopal Church is coming to the Diocese of Texas. This triennial convention is responsible for conducting the business of The Episcopal Church. And, we need your help! Sign up to let us know you would like to volunteer for General Convention, being held in Austin. Volunteer shifts are available from June 29 to July 13.

If interested, go to our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/general.convention.2018.volunteers and click the Sign Up button. That way, you will have first pick of shifts when registration opens. No matter your talents or physical abilities, there is an area for you to share your gifts with General Convention and The Episcopal Church. For one shift or many, we would love to see the Diocese in all its unique and diverse mission and ministry.