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January 2015 1 Canterbury Tales

Mother Beth’s Message

Canterbury Tales January 2015

Volume 8, Issue 1

2015 Vestry

Libbi Crowe

Senior Warden

Written Communications

[email protected]

Sid Gray

At Large

[email protected]

Jennifer Kentgen

Clerk of the Vestry

Christian Ed

[email protected]

Ann Garcia-Lucas

[email protected]

Eric Straight

Jr. Warden

Pastoral Care

Outreach

[email protected]

Janet Wright

Worship, Liturgy and Music

Outreach

[email protected]

Brenda Whidden

[email protected]

Volunteer Staff

Donna Narducci

Treasurer

Rich Apps

Assistant Treasurer

Virginia Brown

Archivist

Church Staff

Parish Administrator

Brenda Harris-Khan

Organist

O.R. Smith

Nursery

Becky Vincent

Newsletter Editor & Webmaster

Libbi Crowe

Dear Friends,

Moving changes almost everything! It unearths a lot too. As I was packing, I came across a little cache of paper that I’ve been saving and moving with me for years – clippings and notes that have held meaning for me through the years. One of these was taken from a church newsletter from many years ago. The church was Grace in Norwalk, CT that was the first Episcopal Church I attended. There is no date on the clipping, but it must have been around 1990 when I first began to attend their mid-week healing service.

The clipping from the rector’s column is an ancient antiphon for the first Sunday after Christmas. Here is what it says:

“While all things were in quiet silence, and night was in the midst of her swift course, thine Almighty Word, O Lord, Leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne. Alleluia.”

Alleluia, indeed! It gives me shivers to remember so many deep, still drives home after the midnight mass on Christmas Eve. There’s never much traffic

on these late-night drives home. Often it is crystal clear with a beautiful winter moon and stars. Sometimes – depending on where I am – it is snowing instead, making for a hushed and gorgeous scene. But wherever I am, I drive home thinking of this antiphon and eternally wonderful moment when the Almighty Word leapt down. It takes my breath away to think of it – a part of God himself leaving that heavenly throne and becoming incarnate to be with us.

This sweet sentence calls us forward into life with that Almighty Word – Jesus Christ – and it is what we celebrate as the church year moves forward from Christmas into Epiphany and on and on. I am reminded that Christians have been walking this journey through time out of mind. You and I are participants in a timeless journey and a well-worn path. And each new year reminds us of

God’s call to us to follow the path of preparing for and welcoming the Christ Child into our midst. We each prepared for Christmas in our own ways – both individually and as priest and parish. We have been preparing to come together and meet each

other. And now we begin a process of getting to know each other and learning how to love one another.

Excitement has marked my path as I’ve packed up, traveled afar and prepare to move into house and church. The questions on my mind are many, but summed up they are questions of discernment about where God is calling us and what he wants us to do in order to share the Good News of Christ. These questions are ones that should be a part of every Christian’s journey. The path is hardly ever clear. In our walk of faith and as we follow the Lord, we are shown only a little bit of it at a time. Still, we have marching orders and are given some direction.

Those directions are mostly about loving the Lord and each other and taking this Good News of Love out into the world where it is so

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Who Does What

Altar Guild Janet Wright

Mary Ann Pacana

[email protected]

[email protected]

850 797 0111

850 936 9212

850 748 5883

Archivist Ginny Brown [email protected] 850 939 2665

Assistant Treasurer Rich Apps [email protected] 850 582 2634

Caring and Sharing Ann Thompson [email protected] 850 939 1791 850 572 8707

Choir Director Libbi Crowe [email protected] 850 582 7261

Christian Ed Jen Kentgen [email protected] 850-630-7009.

Communications Libbi Crowe

Tony Thompson [email protected]

850 582 7261

850 939 1791

Coffee Hour

(8th Sacrament) Brenda Whidden [email protected] 850 217 3127

Clerk of the Vestry Jennifer Kentgen [email protected] 850-630-7009.

Daughters of the King Libbi Crowe [email protected] 850-582-7261

Episcopal Relief &

Development OPEN — NEED VOLUNTEER

Finance Committee

Chuck Howard

Tony Thompson

Brian Phillips

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

850 380 -4543

850 939 1791

850 939 1311

850 572 8707

850 217 1804

Flower Guild Donna Howard [email protected] 850-360-3381

Food Bank Marvin and

Kate Wilson

[email protected]

[email protected] 850 939 8895

Food Ministry

Coordinator Linda Gray [email protected] 850 936 4869

Jr. Warden Eric Straight [email protected] 850 380 -4543

850 936 5270

Liturgy and Music Juliet Phillips [email protected] 850 939 1311 850 723-4833

Men’s Breakfast &

Fellowship Sid Gray [email protected] 850 936 4869

Newsletter Editor Libbi Crowe [email protected] 850-582-7261

Pastoral Care and Lay

Eucharistic Visitors Eric Straight [email protected] 850 936 5270

Prayer Warriors Charleen Clark [email protected] 850 291 4784

Shut in Ministry Alethea Straight

Sally Strickling

[email protected]

[email protected]

850 936 5270

850 936 5516

Senior Warden Libbi Crowe [email protected] 850-582-7261

Supper Clubs Janet Wright [email protected] 850 797 0111

Treasurer Donna Narducci [email protected] 850 939 1710 850 313 6921

mailto:[email protected]



Lenten Booklets Sign up

Supper Clubs

Each year, the parish members write a daily meditation booklet as a ministry to one another for the season of Lent. This booklet is a way that we can keep Lent together, as a community, by sharing our reflections with each other.

Ash Wednesday is February 18, so we have to get busy! It would be great to have them available by Sunday February 15, so it

would be a big help if you could take an assignment from the narthex and finish it by February 8

Please remember when you take an assignment, to put your name on the chart on the date you chose. That way I know who has what! PLEASE email your submission to [email protected], and THANK YOU!

Congratulations to the new Vestry members, Janet Wright, Brenda Whidden, and Ann Garcia-Lucas. Congratulations also to the Delegates to the Diocesan Convention, Eric Straight, Linda Gray and Brenda Whidden. Alternates are Sid Gray

and Libbi Crowe. Thank you for serving St. Augustine's!

Janet Wright will be in charge of Music and Liturgy. Brenda Whidden and Ann Garcia-Lucas will decided on their vestry areas at the January Vestry meeting.

Annual Meeting Results

Supper Club will be meeting on Saturday January 24 to kick off the New Year.

Please sign up on the sheet posted on the Office door if you would like to join or rejoin this friendly group and enjoy evenings of good food, conversation and laughter.

Supper Club meets monthly, usually in the homes of members, but occasionally we dine out at the park, the beach or a ball game. Numbers will determine whether we

remain as one larger group or split into smaller groups

The venue for our first meeting of the year will either be at the home of Janet and Peter Wright or in Henderson Hall depending on numbers. Please sign up promptly and certainly no later than January 18.

Anyone can participate, so please grab this chance to get to know other parishioners better!

Supper Club

January 24!

Deadline:

Feb. 8!

Mother Beth’s Office Hours

Mother Beth will be in the parish office

Monday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (including Holy Eucharist with prayers for healing at 9:30 a.m.)

Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

And by appointment if you need to confer with her on another day.

sorely needed. Each of us has been blessed with the gift of faith or we wouldn’t be connected to the church. Sometimes that gift glows deeply within us. At other times it is barely perceptible. This is just the way of it. Once you’ve had faith though, it never leaves completely. It is a gift that is enhanced by giving it away to others, and this is clearly the direction we are to travel.

Join me in this journey as we follow this Almighty Word that leapt down into our midst on Christmas as the night was in her swift course. Alleluia!

(Continued from page 1)



Pot Luck Brunch: Healthy Food that Tastes Good!

The first Sunday brunch on January 4 will follow our one service of Holy Eucharist at 9:30 a.m.

Then we will celebrate the new year by having our monthly Pot Luck. This

month’s theme will be your favorite healthy foods, for breakfast or for lunch!

A tasty frittata, or a lovely fruit salad, maybe some oatmeal cookies would do! Whatever you enjoy when trying to eat “healthy”. Bring that!

We wish happy birthday and blessings to all these who were born in January. If you have a January birthday, but it is not here, please send the information to [email protected]

January 2 Jessica Henderson January 3 Mary Peterzen

January 6 Roberto Zayas January 10 Laura Anne Henderson January 13 Dylan Doubleday January 18 Teresa Vincent January 25 Lonnie Morris January 27 Matthew Kentjen January 27 Donna Gassman January 31 Jane Adams

Birthday Wishes

Brenda Khan, who stepped in as parish secretary in July this year, is moving to New Mexico this month. January 15 will be her last day on the job. Between the services on January 11, we will say hail

and farewell to her with a cake and present. Please join us!

On a related note, if you know of someone who is not a parishioner who would be interested in the position, please send the resume to Mother Beth!

Goodbye Brenda!

Helen Proffitt turns

100 on February 18!

Details on

celebration will be

in the February

Canterbury Tales



Around the Parish & Diocese

After receiving resumes, profiles, and answers to questionnaires, the committee for the search for a new bishop has made selections of those candidates that best fit their criteria. The committee then conducted a number of “Skype” interviews and got to know each candidate. At the conclusion of that process the committee again narrowed the field.

The next step is to have a retreat where the committee will have an opportunity to have face to face interviews with our candidates; to ask difficult questions; observe how they preach, teach and conduct a worship service, and get a sense of the depth of their spirituality.

All of this is leading to the nomination of four to seven well qualified candidates, any one of whom we would be proud to have as our next bishop. The committee is expected to make that decision in January and present

the slate to the standing committee at its meeting in December.

The slate of nominees for the Fourth Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast will be announced by the Standing Committee in early December. Please mark your calendar for January 2015 to meet the nominees. These meetings are open to all members of

Episcopal parishes or missions in the Diocese. The schedule is:

Monday, January 19

Lunch* – 11:00 am to 12:45 pm at St. Francis of Assisi, Gulf Breeze

Walkabout** – 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Nativity, Dothan

Tuesday, January 20

Lunch* – 11:00 am to 1:15 pm at St. Mary’s, Andalusia

Walkabout** – 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at St. John’s, Monroeville

Wednesday, January 21

Walkabout** – 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at St. Paul’s, Daphne

*Lunch meetings will be open to all members of the Diocese. The process for making lunch reservations will be announced by the Transition Committee as the time gets closer. Lunches will be informal times to meet the

nominees. There will be no formal programs at these events.

**Three “walkabout” sessions will be held as all nominees travel around the Diocese together. At each location anyone, not only the lay convention delegates and clergy who will vote at the election convention, can gather to hear from and question the nominees as part of the discernment and calling of a new bishop. Again, the process for reservations and the exact agenda for these events will be announced later.

Please continue to pray for the candidates, and our committee as they continue in this process of discernment.

Episcopal Peace Fellowship The Episcopal Peace Fellowship, a national organization connecting Episcopalians seeking and peaceful solutions to social problems, will hold an organizational meeting Thursday, January 13, to found a chapter in the Central Gulf Coast.

The first goal of the EPF chapter in the Central Gulf Coast will be to provide a place where people can speak freely and decide how to address issues of concern. "There is a reason for a group of this kind," said Bill Sloan, spokesman for the group. He mentioned the need for a peaceful solution to the Israel-Palestine strife, the wrongful use of U.S. military force as an instrument of foreign policy, threats to Iran, the death penalty, gun violence in the U.S., and violence to God's creation.

"Such issues can be politically controversial," Sloan said. "In many congregations, they are risky and potentially divisive to speak about, and especially to act on."

The Episcopal Peace Fellowship is an institution of the Episcopal Church. Neither EPF nor the new Central Gulf Coast chapter is associated with a particular church.

The organizational meeting will begin at 6:00 pm, January 13, at 1613 E. Jordan St., Pensacola. A convener or chairperson will be elected and work will begin on issues and action. A light dinner and beverages will be provided.

For more information about Episcopal Peace Fellowship, visit the EPF website at http://epfnational.org/. Become a member of EPF by making the pledge of commitment online or by mail. Or contact Bill Sloan with questions concerning the new chapter at [email protected] or (850) 748-2314.

Bishop Election



Ultreya January 10 Come and enjoy and afternoon of fellowship, prayer and music on Saturday, January 10, 2015. The Diocesan Ultreya is atChrist Church, Pensacola, 18 West Wright Street, Pensacola, Florida. Ultreya is a gathering of those who have attended Cursillo.

The event is from 12:00-2:00pm and will include a Potluck Lunch. If your last name begins with A-H, please bring a meat. If your last name begins with I-P, please bring a vegetable. If your last name begins with Q-Z, please bring a dessert. Drinks will be provided!

Music is always a big part of Ultreya! This one will feature the voice of world-class soprano Stacey Holliday!

For more information, please call or email Joe McDaniel, Jr. 415-225-9066 or [email protected] or go to http://www.coastalpilgrims.com/.

The next Cursillo Weekend is Next March 12-15, 2015 Cursillo #154. Check out Coastal Pilgrims for more information!

Camp Beckwith Summer Camp We know it seems a long way off, but we know many of you are already planning for next summer! Below you will find dates for the scheduled camp sessions which include a few new things such as Sailing Camp, Junior Counselor Camp and Family Camp! Camper fees will be published on our website http://www.beckwithal.com/summer-camp/.

Session 1 10th-12th grades

May 31 - June 5

Sailing Camp (B) Beginner

Sailing Camp for 4th grade and

up. May 31 - June 5

Session 2 2nd-3rd grades June 7-9

Junior Counselor Training 16 yrs and up June 9-12. Junior

Counselor Training is a camp designed to develop leaders and provide

an opportunity serve as Junior Counselor if selected by the Summer

Camp Director.

Session 3 7th-8th grades June 14-19

Session 4 4th-5th grades June 21-26

Session 5 Special Ministries June 28 - July 1

Session 6 8th-9th grades July 5-10

Sailing Camp (A) Advanced Sailing Camp for 5th grade and up. July

5-10


Session 8 3rd-4th grades July 19-23


Session 10 Family Camp for 2nd grade and up July 31 - August 2



Date Time Lector Eucharistic

Minister

Acolyte Usher 8th

Sacrament

Eucharistic

Visitors

January 4

9:30

(One

service)

Juliet

Phillips

Chuck

Howard

Eric Straight John

Tolbert

Matt

Kentgen

Pot Luck

Brunch One

Service

Jackye

Jensen

Sid Gray

January 11

8 Donna

Gassman

Brian

Lowman

Brenda

Khan

Mary Ann

Pacana

DOK Mary Ann

Pacana

10:30 Libbi Crowe Alethea

Straight

Matt

Kentgen

Eric Straight

Marvin

Wilson

Libbi Crowe

January 18

8 Janet

Wright

Donna

Gassman

Brian

Lowman

John

Tolbert

Burns Linda Gray

10:30 Kate Wilson Alethea

Straight

Alejandra

Montgomery

Marvin

Wilson

Matt

Kentjen

Donna

Narducci

January 25

8 Linda Gray Brian

Lowman

Donna

Gassman

Carol

Tolbert

Peterzens Janet

Wright

10:30 Tracey

Henderson

Chuck

Howard

Matt

Kentgen

Eric Straight

Marvin

Wilson

Alethea

Straight

If you find that you cannot serve on the day you were scheduled,

please find a replacement.



JANUARY 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

NEW YEAR’S DAY

2 3

8AM Men’s Breakfast and

Fellowship

Regular Sunday Schedule 8am Holy Eucharist

9:15 SML

10:30am Holy Eucharist

4

ONE SERVICE

9:30 A<

Brunch after!

5

6:30 p.m.

Boy Scouts

6 7

9:30 a.m.

Healing

Eucharist

10 a.m. Mom's

Club Business

Meeting

6:30 p.m. Choir

Practice

8

7 p.m. Vestry

Meeting

9 10

11

DOK 8 a.m.

Farewell to

Brenda Khan

9 a.m.

12

6:30 p.m.

Boy Scouts

13 14

9:30 a.m.

Healing

Eucharist

6:30 p.m. Choir

Practice

15

6:30 p.m.

Boy Scouts

Committee

16 17

18 19

6:30 p.m.

Boy Scouts

20 21

9:30 a.m.

Healing

Eucharist

6:30 p.m. Choir

Practice

22 23 24

Supper Club

Kickoff

25 26

6:30 p.m.

Boy Scouts

27

New

Hope

Home

Dinner

28

9:30 a.m.

Healing

Eucharist

6:30 p.m. Choir

Practice

29 30 31



7810 Navarre

Parkway

P. O. Box 5425

Navarre, FL 32566

(850) 939-2261

Fax (850) 939-

9394

Email: Secretary.

StAugustines@

Gmail.com

Mission

Statement

We are called to

spread the gospel

and share the love

of Jesus Christ by

entering into

communion with

God and each

other. We offer

opportunities for

spiritual growth

through worship,

fellowship,

stewardship and

service to others.

DIOCESE OF THE

CENTRAL GULF

COAST

The Right

Reverend Philip

M. Duncan II,

BISHOP

www.diocgc.org

Server Schedule is on Page 8

2015 Events

January 3 Men’s Breakfast 8 a.m.

January 4 ONE SERVICE at 9:30 followed by

potluck brunch

January 11 Farewell to Brenda Khan

between services

January 27 New Hope Home Dinner cooking

and serving

February 1 ONE SERVICE at 9:30 followed by

potluck brunch

February 18 Ash Wednesday Services

Noon and 7 p.m.

March 4 Celebration of New Ministry

6:30 p.m.

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