At St. Alban's Episcopal Church we seek to be transformed by the Holy Spirit by welcoming the stranger, striving for justice, loving God and neighbor, and promoting peace.

In This Issue

New Information:

Worship this Sunday, June 4, one service

Sunday Worship Booklet, Bulletin & Hymns

Studying the Scriptures and Link to Readings

Prayers of the People

Altar Flowers

Greetings from the Search Committee!

Our Vestry at Work

The Banns of Marriage

The Search Committee Needs Your Help!

Bexley Pride Walk

Caring and Sharing - COMMUNITY KITCHEN

The Search Committee Needs Your Help!

Bishop's Visitation with Confirmation

Annual Pride Mass

Recurring Information & Reminders:

Ministry: Feeding the Homeless in June

Turkey Trot Planning - 2023

CPR Saves Lives

Upcoming Meetings  

Book Club - See June book with Link

Ministry Scheduler

Visit our Website

Pledge Payments & Donation Links

Worship:

June 4, 2023

10:30 a.m. Service: 

Rite I

Holy Eucharist

In Person

In the Church

Worship Booklet - Rite I

10:30 Rite I Service Bulletin

Hymn Music

Prayers of the People

CLICK here for Prayer List

Altar Flowers

Sunday, June 4, 2023

The Altar Flowers this week 

are given in loving memory of 

Jack and Kay Willi 

and 

Colborn and Sybil Addison 

by 

The Addison Family.  

Greetings from the

Search Committee !

We continue to work through documentation for our Rector Search. We met on May 30 and made good progress updating the St. Alban’s website. We encourage everyone to dig into the site and provide feedback to committee members.

Please plan to attend the review of the Congregational Assessment Tool on June 17 from 9:30 a.m. to Noon at St. Alban’s. The discussion will help the Search Committee add your stories to the data that has been collected. This will help the Committee present St. Alban’s as its most authentic self. Your input is very valuable to our joint effort.

In addition, there will be an exercise which will identify the characteristics that we should look for in Rector candidates. Your efforts in this exercise will help to clarify the aspirations of the congregation.

Please make every effort to share your time and thoughts with us. Many thanks!

Search Committee:

Karen Brown

Marikate Leavens

Kent Holley

Robert Howarth

Bev Langley

Jackson Cleland

Christine Overway

Greg Krabacher

Sal Piazza

Our Vestry at Work!

At its May meeting, the Vestry approved a proposal to engage EMH&T engineering firm to study stormwater management on our property and make recommendations for improvements that will help keep water out of our buildings and increase water drainage from our grounds.

The Vestry approved the purchase and installation of security cameras at several exterior doors of the church so that staff can see who wants to come in. 

The purchase of two AEDs (automatic external defibrillators) that will enable us to provide life-saving assistance to anyone suffering cardiac arrest at St. Alban’s was approved and will be made shortly. This is part of continuing work to address emergency preparedness at St. Alban’s.

Also approved was the purchase and planting of replacement taxus plants on either side of the red entrance doors. 

Miranda Cox, Senior Warden

Russ Rosler, Junior Warden



The Banns of Marriage

I, the Rev. Lynn Carter-Edmands, publish the Banns of Marriage between Hannah Elizabeth Barends and Conor James Loy, both of Ithaca, New York. If any of you know just cause why they may not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, you are bidden to declare it. This is the first time of asking.

Bexley Pride Walk

Join the Bexley Pride walk this Friday, June 2 at 5:30 p.m. Meet up is at 5:15 p.m. on the Capital University Lawn. The event is sponsored by the Girl Scout Troop 1512. The walk is through and around Capital's campus. The Bexley Main Event with a family movie, food and games starts at 6:00 p.m. at Capital. 

For more information go to:

https://bexley.org/events/pride-celebration/.

Caring and Sharing

June Partner: Community Kitchen

"Making a big difference through

kindness and a giving spirit."

Community Kitchen envisions "a day in our community when hunger is not a barrier for people to lead productive lives and reach their fullest potential." And, thrives "to be a community organization where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, receives food, and feels comfortable asking for help."

For more information or volunteer opportunities go to:  

https://www.communitykitchencolumbus.org

The Search Committee 

Needs Your Help!

June 17th from 9:30 a.m. until 12 noon

St. Alban’s Education Building

(and yes, the stair lift is now operational!)

The Search Committee is working hard at their task and needs the help of the congregation to move things along.  We will gather at 9:30 a.m., begin with prayer and coffee-hour-type snacks to get us through the morning and end by noon having accomplished the following:

•  Congregational Assessment Tool (CAT) Update Interpretation – what do our answers to the survey mean?
• Responses to questions for the profile that goes out to potential candidates
•  The desired character and qualities of our next rector (other than their skill set and experience) 

We want the information we provide to our candidates during the search for our next rector to be as representative and accurate as possible. Please make every effort to join in this opportunity.

Bishop's Visitation

with Confirmation

The Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith, bishop provision for the Diocese of Southern Ohio, will be with us for his episcopal visitation on July 30th.  In preparation for his visitation, Mother Lynn would like to connect with any of you seeking Confirmation, Reception, or Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows (see www.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/confirmation/ at that time.  Please email Mother Lynn rector@stalbans-bexley.org or call the parish office at 614.253.8549 to connect. 

Annual Pride Mass

The Annual Pride Mass is June 15th

Trinity Episcopal Church, Capitol Square

125 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 

5:30 p.m.:  Reception

7:00 p.m.:  The Holy Eucharist

All are welcome!  

For more information about PRIDE in the Diocese of Southern Ohio, go to https://diosohio.org/pride/

Recurring Information & Reminders:

Ministry: Feeding the Homeless in June

Once again, it's time to plan for the monthly dinner at the homeless shelter.  

MENU:

Burritos

Spicy Mexican Corn, Cole Slaw, 3 Bean Salad

Chips, Salsa/Guacamole

Banana Split Bar 

Milk, Juices, Iced Tea 

HOME COOKS:  

• Your item this month is burrito "filling".
• From the living room corner table, please pick-up a recipe card and a 2-gal zip lock bag.
• Return your batch to the Education Building Kitchen by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14.
• Drop off and pick-up can be arranged if needed, just let me know.

KIITCHEN CREW: 

• As always, 3-4 people are needed at 2:00 p.m. to put the sides together and roll burritos - I guarantee you will finish by 5:00 p.m. OR however long you can stay. 
• Please let me know what your time availability is so we can divvy-up tasks accordingly 

TRANSPORTERS / SERVERS: 

• 2 vehicles are needed at 5:20 p.m. to transport the dinner - you can stay and serve if you so desire but double duty is not mandatory. 
• We need a minimum of 6 Servers by 6:00 p.m. at the shelter, but the more the merrier.  
• Interacting with the men is really gratifying and enlightening - ask Mother Lynn about her May dinner visit. 

Please review your calendars and your hearts and get back to me as soon as you can. Without you, this ministry is not possible. Also, for those who like to plan ahead, 2023 dinner dates are:  



July 12; August 9; September 13;       

October 11; November 8 and December 13  

Home Cooks get vacay in July and August

Thank you for all you do!

Rachel Barnes rmbarnes@protonmail.com   

Turkey Trot Planning - 2023

I was honored to be able to attend the ceremonial presentation at a Bexley City Council meeting of a check for $16,655 to Mid-Ohio Food Collective, representing the net proceeds from last year's Turkey Trot. 

At the meeting, the Mid-Ohio Food Collective expressed great appreciation for our contribution and City Council members expressed enthusiasm for the post-Covid return of the Turkey Trot to the streets of Bexley. 

We are now looking for a coordinator for the 2023 race. If you think you might be interested, please contact me to find out more. There is no running required, just an interest in building on the success of last year's race to support the Mid-Ohio Food Collective by hosting this signature community event. I look forward to talking with you about what's involved. 

Miranda Cox (mirandacox@aya.yale.edu)

CPR Saves Lives

So that we can be as prepared as possible to provide emergency assistance to anyone experiencing cardiac arrest at St. Alban's, we'd like to identify parishioners who have been trained in CPR. 

If you are trained in CPR, please let Senior Warden Miranda Cox know (mirandacox@aya.yale.edu). This will help us determine what our additional training needs might be.

Upcoming Meetings

Ministry Scheduler

We noticed an error in the on-line form for 2023 pledges. We corrected it. If you have trouble with it please contact Janet Lewis, our Finance Administrator.