Dear Friends:

GOOD NEWS?

Giving is up, but

not for the Church! Giving USA, the

leading authority on

charitable giving,

has just released its findings for 2011.

Giving as a whole rose by roughly 4%

to 298 billion dollars. Giving was

particularly strong from individuals

with bequest giving, up by over 12%.

Giving to health, education, human

services, arts, international affairs,

e n v i r o n m e n t , a n d a n i m a l

organizations were all up. Giving to

r e l i g i o n DECREAS ED BY

NEARLY 2% and is now down to

32% of the whole, its lowest level on

record.

The authors of the study wrote,

“These (individual giving) increases

are encouraging signs of two things:

that Americans are feeling better

about their personal financial

situations...allowing them to continue

and even increase their donation

levels, and that they feel philanthropy

remains a core value worthy of

support.” But what does it say about

their feelings regarding the church?

It is not a surprise that giving

increased in 2011. Many donors were

in a much better condition to give last

year and had a renewed confidence in

what the future would bring. But what

is surprising is that while they chose

to give again, or chose to give more,

in many instances, they made a

Grace Episcopal Cathedral Topeka, Kansas

October 2012 Vol. 86, No. 10

From the Dean. . .

Continued on page 2.

Join us for our annual

STEWARDSHIP DINNER

Friday, November 2, 2012 in the Parish Hall.

Dinner and drinks will be provided

with entertainment by the

Cathedral Players as they present

“Stewart Saves The Day”

6:30 Social Time

7:00 Dinner

Please RSVP (235-3457)

no later than October 22. Childcare will be provided.

About the window… Each month, we feature a small portion of a Cathedral stained glass window on the front cover of The Chimes. At the top of St. Philip’s win-dow in the Chancel, there is an image of a shattered statue, recalling Philip’s title of “Idol Breaker” because of his ability to win converts to Christ.

Don’t fall out!

When a mother asked her child

how he’d fallen out of bed, he

replied, “I guess I stayed too close to

where I got in.”

When we Christians fail to grow

in prayer and discernment ,

knowledge and understanding of

Scripture, generosity and other fruits

of the Spirit, it’s as if we’re

balancing precariously at the edge of

the bed. It’s quite easy to fall out—

out of faith, out of church, out of

active relationship with God.

A good practice, for sleeping and

for our Christian faith, is to be

careful not so stay too close to where

we got in!

From the Dean continued

decision to leave religion, and

specifically the church—in many

cases, their own church—out of the

equation.

It is interesting that gifts to

international charities rose by almost

8%. All this money leaves the United

States, which is not to say that there

aren’t legitimate and worthy foreign

needs there, but the local church is

right down the block!! Supporting

our alma maters is great, but many of

them already have hundreds of

millions in their endowments and

tens of thousands of donors to call on

each year. The local church (the

Cathedral) has only about 300

households to call on for support in

each generation.

P e r s o n s

are saying

l oud ly , i t

seems to me,

that they have

f a r m o r e

confidence in

these other

organizations

to make a

difference in

peoples’ lives

than they do in the missionary efforts

of churches. They trust hunger

o r g a n i z a t i o n s , e d u c a t i o n a l

organizations, health organizations

and peace and justice organizations

more than their church to make good

and productive use of their financial

gifts.

Right or wrong opinion, the facts

do not lie and it is abundantly

obvious that Americans are losing

confidence in the church to be about

its mission and, thus, are distributing

their dollars to others to make a

difference. This is odd, since it is

church members themselves, not just

the institution or parish leadership,

who are responsible for carrying out

the mission of the church. Could it

be that a lack of commitment, a lack

of involvement and a lack of

importance for church and faith in

members’ lives is the very reason the

church is not doing the job church

members expect from “the church”?!

A lack of stewardship commitment

and giving generously, or even

sacrificially, is the main thing that

hinders the church’s work (and, I

might add, its members’ spiritual well

-being).

The clear mission of most

churches is simple. They are to make

disciples for Jesus Christ. They are to

nurture their children from baptism

and see that they are brought up in the

Christian faith and life, in the

knowledge and love of the Lord. They

are to take persons who do not know

Jesus and introduce them to Jesus to

be their Lord and Savior. They are,

themselves, to

p a r t i c i p a t e

weekly in

worship and

regularly in

f e l l o w s h i p

(the breaking

of bread and

the prayers).

And they as

members have

a responsibility to support the

church’s work with their time, talent

and treasure. THAT IS THE

MISSION AND THE MORE WE

MOVE AWAY FROM IT THE

MORE THE DOLLARS WILL

MOVE, AS WELL. When we do our

job of being disciples and making

disciples then we or another disciple

may lead a hunger organization or

peace organization or health

organization in the name of Jesus.

Colleges, hospitals, libraries,

health and hunger organizations and

animal shelters are all worthy of

support. Your church, however,

should not just be on that list. It

should be at the TOP of your list

every year. Remember the church in

your charitable giving and in your

will.

—I’ll see you in Church,

Steve+

The clear mission of most

churches is simple. They

are to make disciples for

Jesus Christ.

Last chance to join a Conversation Group September 30 will be your last opportunity to sign up for our newly-forming “Conversation Groups.” These groups of 8-12 people will meet monthly for an informal evening of food, fellowship and conversation. We will start off with a large group meeting on October 9 in the Great Hall. Please call the Cathedral office to sign up.

DOK, October 6 The next meeting of The Daughters of the King will be Saturday, Oct. 6, at 9 a.m. The meeting will start with Morning Prayer in St. Mary’s Chapel, followed by refreshments, program and a business meeting. The program will be presented by Arceile Ridgeway, Mary Becker, Joyce Pejakovich and Linda McWilliams, members of DOK who just returned from the recent trip to Israel. These women will share their adventures and experiences while on the trip. We are looking forward to their presentation. All women of the church are invited to attend the meetings. We love having guests and sharing our group.

New Member classes for The Order of the Daughters of the King Any woman in the church who is interested in becoming a member of The Order of the Daughters of the King is welcome to join our new member classes, Thursdays, Oct. 11-Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Cathedral office. Classes will cover all aspects of becoming a Daughter and how we may serve our church in prayer, service and evangelism. For more information and to ask questions, please call Nancy Nellis, 273-9514.

Confirmation/Inquirer’s class, October 7—November 18 Presented during the Sunday School hour, this class is required study for those desiring to be confirmed or received at the Bishop’s visit on Pentecost. The class is also open to Episcopalians desiring a “refresher course” and to others who might just be interested in learning more about the Episcopal Church. The class covers church history, the Bible, the Prayer Book, sacraments and seasons, church polity and doctrine. Materials must be ordered for the class, so please contact the church office as soon as possible if you wish to participate.

Baptisms at Grace on Nov. 4 The next date for Baptism is Nov. 4, All Saints Sunday. If you or a family member desire to be baptized, please contact Dean Lipscomb no later than Oct. 21. Baptismal candidates (or their parents) must be active in this or another church, and instruction for older candidates or the parents and sponsors of younger candidates is a prerequisite to baptism.

Let’s Help, October 31 Grace Cathedral’s next assigned time for preparing and serving lunch at Let’s Help will be Halloween, Wednesday, October 31. As always, volunteers and homemade desserts (cookies and brownies are perfect!) are needed. Most volunteers work from 10:30-1, then stay for lunch. Desserts can be dropped off at Let’s Help that morning—200 S. Kansas Avenue. Please call Margaret Carkhuff, 357-0788 or 224-3341 if you would like to help.

Sympathies A Requiem Eucharist was held Sept. 20 for Vel Stawicki who passed away on Sept. 7. The Cathedral would also like to extend sympathies to Roy Ridgeway on the recent death of his daughter, Liese. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.

Sunday,

October 28,

4 p.m.

Dress your little guys and ghouls in their costumes

and join us for a fun, but not too spooky, time!

Invite your grandchildren, neighbors and friends.

Adults: Please bring treats to hand out from your

car trunk (decorated for the occasion, of course!)

Grace Cathedral Parking Lot

Choral Evensong

Sunday, October 7

4 p.m.

Sung by the choir from

WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE

Independence, MO

This ensemble specializes in Early and Renaissance music and has planned a wonderful offering for us that day. Please plan to attend this 40-minute service of music, read-ings and prayers and bring a friend!

A trip to the Holy Land September 7-15

Sundae Sunday, September 9

CATHEDRAL HAPPENINGS in September

Kristie Ohlemeier and Karen Viola

Briana & Ian Lipscomb, with their 1st place winner “Lipscomb Blizzard

Extravaganza”

Nathan & Connie Adams

Jairus, Josiah & Janet Todwong

Joslyn Morris, Hannah Ohlemeier, Marissa Morris

L-R: Bella Smith, Lauren Smith, Bennett Smith, Helena Howell, Julia Howell

Front row: Austin & Marianna Nothern, Claudia McKinsey, Arceile Ridgeway; Back row: Pastor George Pejakovich, John Salisbury, Dennis Nelson, Janet Chubb, Joyce Pejakovich, Dean Steve Lipscomb, Alicia Salisbury, Mary Becker, Linda McWilliams, Roy Ridgeway, Janet Nelson

Anne, Jeanne & Steve Atha

Don’t forget to pick up your

United Thank Offering

box on Sunday, Oct. 7,

from the west table in

the Cathedral. Founded

in 1889, UTO is a

practice in our life in

Christ that begins with daily prayers

and gifts of thanksgiving. These gifts

of thanksgiving—coins and bills in the

UTO box—are combined with others

at the parish and diocesan levels, then

given as grants for projects throughout

the entire Anglican Communion.

Ingathering of UTO funds from Grace

Cathedral will be on Sunday, Nov. 18.

Friday, October 26 7 p.m., Grace Cathedral Free and open to the public

“Silents in the Cathedral,” sponsored by the Topeka/Shawnee County Public Library, is an evening of silent pictures accompanied by live music on the Cathedral organ. The event begins with two short comedy films, followed by an inter-mission and the “spooky” feature presentation.

SHORTS Bewitched Matches (1913) An old witch causes a smoker’s matches to go through a bewildering

variety of maneuvers, forming many curious shapes such as a windmill, a

skeleton, a tightrope walker and others. From a French pioneer animator.

Director: Emile Cohl animated - 10 min.

Eve’s Love Letters (1927)

We start with a fairly standard plot about a woman who is being

blackmailed with love letters from before her marriage, but they get

destroyed fairly quickly and when she is almost caught by her husband at

the blackmailer's house the comedy turns into a fast-paced, wonderfully

choreographed, inventive and funny farce in which Ayres and Laurel

collaborate on a series of escalating tricks to confuse and humiliate the tipsy

husband. Director: Leo McCarey. Starring Stan Laurel and Agnes Ayres

20 min.

FEATURE: Blackmail (1929)

Our feature film for the 15th annual "Silents in the Cathedral" this year

will be the silent version of the 1929 Alfred Hitchcock classic,

BLACKMAIL. According to reports, Hitchcock shot this entire film as a

silent feature first, then was asked to incorporate some 'talking' scenes in it

to make it a 'part-talkie.'

He re-shot most of the movie with sound, making it Great Britain's first

feature-length ‘all-talking’ motion picture. The silent version was still

shown in some cinemas that were unequipped for sound films. Over the

decades, the silent version has all but disappeared until it was recently

uncovered.

This is one of Hitchcock's groundbreaking suspense thrillers and

includes many of the plot elements that would reappear throughout his

work. Starring Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Cyril Ritchard – 80 min.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

An opportunity to

help families in need

in our community!

An opportunity to

socialize and get to

know other parishioners!

An opportunity to have fun!

In a continuing effort to provide

outreach opportunities for our parish,

we will be adopting several families

through the Christmas Bureau this fall.

Beginning Sunday, Nov. 18, we will

have sign up boards listing items that

our families need. You can choose one

or more items to shop for or if you

prefer, you may make a cash donation

towards items or food for the

families.

In December, we will join together

for a gift wrapping party, prepare them

for delivery, snack on some yummy

goodies and chat with new and old

friends. Bring your scotch tape,

scissors and some wrapping paper.

T he re wi l l be addi t i ona l

information closer to the start date. We

hope you’ll plan to join us!! If you

have questions, feel free to contact

Karen Viola, 272-0417, or Jenelle

Carkhuff, 267-3791.

PARTY with a purpose!

UTO: Your daily offering helps in many ways

My visit to St. Barthelemy The work of the Episcopal Church in Haiti by Claudia McKinsey

Grace Cathedral parishioner

In the beautiful country of Haiti, which is filled with beautiful

people, there are some ugly, smelly situations. I recently visited our

mission in the area of Dubreuil (do-BRAY). Gorgeous, lush

vegetation grows outside our school, but mold grows on the school’s

walls. A refreshing rain falls every day, but the runoff creates a stream

that runs along the school. Unfortunately, there’s nothing to prevent

the students

from falling

into the water.

T h e

c o n t r a s t s

continue. Our

St. Barthelemy School is critical to the Haitians, because Haiti

provides no public school system. Our support of the kindergarten

through 12th grade

school is a bright spot

in the lives of the 200

or so students who

attend. But we can do

better.

The school’s

latrine is barely

t o l e r a b l e . T w o

classrooms still need

to be completed. The

60 secondary students meet in the adjoining church, which is just one big

room. There aren’t enough desks, there are no books for the students, and

the only supplies are the paper and pencils the children provide if they can

afford them. There is one chalkboard in each room and the students learn by

rote from the information the teachers give them.

Food also is scarce in the school. After the earthquake in 2010, funds were available for a feeding program (as the

Haitians call it), but that funding has now stopped. The students walk long distances to school, so they’re not able to

walk home for lunch—but the school provides no lunch program.

In my heart and head I hear the following words of the song "Go, Make of All Disciples":

'Go, make of all disciples,' Baptizing in the name,

Of Father, Son, and Spirit, From age to age the same.

We call each new disciple, To follow thee, O Lord,

Redeeming soul and body, By water and the Word.

No Sunday school occurs at St. Barthelemy Church. However, as the

students in our school get an education, they also learn about God.

Hopefully some of them will be baptized into the family of God. After

all, spreading the good news of the gospel is our ultimate goal.

The children of Dubreuil need our help. The Lord needs our help.

You can help by giving a monthly donation or a one-time donation to

help fund our school’s bare essentials. Even small amounts can make a

big difference. Our minds, hands, and hearts are His. Please use them to

help His children in Haiti. Contact me or the office if you'd like to make a

donation.

Claudia and Fr. Colbert in front of the St.

Barthelemy Church and School.

Interior of a classroom

Exterior of the St. Barthelemy School. The second

story of the left portion is unfinished.

Children cutting bananas in the only kitchen.

October Flower Memorials

THE NEXT CHIMES . . .

Novemberber issue Deadline: Oct. 17

1 John August Carlson

Frances V. Cairl

Leonard A. Sheafor

Sharon Ahrens

3 Elizabeth Greer

4 Roy H. Burton

5 Merle B. Stephens

Mary Gill Updegraff

7 Beulah B. Carlson

Alma May George

11 John August Carlson, Jr.

Myrle S. Furney

Ethel Morton Mitchell

12 Mary E. Burrow

Philadelphia Reed Ladd

13 Clarkson Millspaugh

15 Harlan R. Price

16 Willard V. Haskell

John W. Lewis

Blanche Mercer Taylor

17 Stanley E. Olmstead

Elizabeth Simpson

18 Margarette Jones Snattinger

Julia E. Zahner

19 Verna Ellen Dickerson

20 Jeanette B. Marlin

21 John Nelson Meade

Boneita M. Wadsworth

22 Frances Crary Griest

22 Theodore R. Griest

Wesley M. Tucker

23 Josephine Richards Snook

24 Helen McKenna Mulvane

25 John P. Davis II

Francis Dell Moore

26 Erastus H. Crosby

Edwin Francis Ernest

Phyllis Crow Culliford

27 Edna H. Goss

28 Charles L. Cooke

Oma Smith Cooke

Theodore Tete Snattinger

30 William J. Curtis

Willard Shaffer

31 John Macky Meade

Robert D. Miller

OCTOBER

1 Peggy Palmer

2 Jean North

Eleanor Shipman

4 Parker Johnson

David Wingerson

8 Austin Nothern

10 Brenda Escalante

11 Catherine La Rue

12 Margaret McGillivary

George Pejakovich

14 John Dowell

Dana Johnson

Henrietta Schick

15 Julie Camien

16 Sandy Castello

17 Nate Lipscomb

Shirley Moses

18 Payge Quintana

Mason Vosburgh

19 Bill Richards

Catherine Wilcox

20 Beverly Rector

21 Doyle Comfort

Wim Gunasegaram

Mariya McGillivary

23 Ed Adams

Bill Neiswanger

Ann Tenpenny

24 Molina Quintana

Jim Turner

25 Karla Denton

Lynne Overman

26 Dode Lesser

27 Roy Menninger

Margaret Scharf

28 Mary Coldsnow

Stephen Durrell

Hannah Langston

Evan McWilliams

30 Barbara Traylor

31 Dennis Weikel

AUGUST ATTENDANCE

2012 2011 2010

1st Sunday .... 309 ........ 288 ....... 248

2nd Sunday ... 307 ........ 288 ....... 245

3rd Sunday .... 305 ........ 260 ....... 278

4th Sunday .... 258 ........ 258 ....... 276

5th Sunday .... .............. 291

Total 1,179 1,094 1,338

Bring non-perishable food items to

fill the grocery cart in the Cathedral.

The food is distributed to Let’s Help

and Doorstep.

FOOD SUNDAY

October 7

Treasurer’s Report

August 31, 2011

Operating income for the month

of August was $49,005, and operating

expense was $67,242. Expense ex-

ceeded income by $18,237.

For the year to date, operating

income was $543,881, and operating

expense was $541,499, resulting in an

excess income of $2,382.

Cash in the bank checking ac-

count on August 31, 2011 was

$72,563.

— Paul Smith, Treasurer

Friday, October 05

Cathedral Flames: 6:45 & 8:15 p.m.

Cathedral Eagles: 6 & 7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 12

Cathedral Flames: 7:30 & 8:15 p.m.

Cathedral Eagles: 6 & 6:45 p.m.

All games are played at Crestview

Center, 4801 SW Shunga Drive.

Cathedral Volleyball

GRACE CATHEDRAL CLERGY

The Very Reverend Steve Lipscomb, Dean

The Reverend George Pejakovich, Assistant to the Dean

Deacon Donald Chubb

CATHEDRAL STAFF

Kent Wingerson, Cathedral Verger/Finance Manager

Connie Vosburgh, Office Administrator

Steve Burk, Organist/Choirmaster

Sylvia Hamilton, Assistant Organist

Michael Massey, Ministry Coordinator

Kathy Smith, Director of Children’s Ministries

Lisa Wilk, Youth Director

Michael Godfrey, Sexton

John Barber, Security

VESTRY OF GRACE CATHEDRAL

Jeanne Atha, Senior Warden; Pam Alexander, Junior Warden

Paul Smith, Treasurer; Phil Elwood, Chancellor

Pam Alexander, Sam Carkhuff, Erin Stiers,

Jeanne Atha, Mark Ohlemeier, Lynne Overman

Julie Dittmer, Barbara Nuss, Cynthia Sheppeard Langston

Weekly Schedule Sunday

8:30 a.m.—Holy Communion, Rite I

9:30 a.m.—Sunday School (Sept.-May)

10:30 a.m.—Children’s Chapel

10:30 a.m.—Holy Communion, Rite II

Wednesday

12:10 p.m.—Holy Communion

Grace Episcopal Cathedral

701 SW Eighth Avenue

Topeka, Kansas 66603-3219

(785) 235-3457 • Fax (785) 235-1863

E-mail: info@GraceCathedralTopeka.org

Website: www.GraceCathedralTopeka.org

2012 Grace Cathedral, Topeka, Kansas — A House of Prayer for all People

and a National Jubilee Ministry Center of the Episcopal Church