ST. JOHN’S

EPISCOPAL

CHURCH Wichita, Kansas

January 2016

Inside this issue:

From our Clergy 1

News & Finances

2-6

St. John’s History 7

Serving Schedule 8

Calendar 9

About St. John’s 10

St. John’s Parish Visitor

Rector’s Journal… “By Word and Example” by The Rev. C. Earl Mahan, Rector

Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ? I will, with God’s help.

(From “The Baptismal Covenant” / The Book of Common Prayer)

These words from the Baptismal Covenant speak to our understanding of what the Christian life is to be, the shape it is to have in the world in which we live. It is “Good News” in the form of the words people speak and in the form of deeds people carry out. Yet, implicit in this is the understanding that none of us dare attempt this on our own. Rather, whatever we proclaim, whatever we do, we say it and we do it together, in community, as the Church. Yet, the landscape of the Church has changed in our culture. The model of one church / one pastor or priest, such as we enjoy here at St. John’s Church, is no longer the norm. The days when you counted on people, most people, being connected out of obligation to a community of faith, most likely the same church or denomination that their parents and grandparents before them had attended, are all but gone. In her 2012 book (which I wholeheartedly recommend), “Christianity After Religion,” author and scholar Diana Butler Bass, sifts through and analyzes mountains of data from past and recent years to demonstrate what this change looks like. One group of statistics she mentions, speaks volumes to understanding the changed religious landscape we are facing.* In 1960, “nones”, people unaffiliated with any traditional religious beliefs and practices, be they Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Unitarian, or “Other”, barely registered in polling data. By 1972 they had risen to 5% of the population. Today, depending on the survey used, some 16 – 20% of the population in our country falls into the “nones” or “unaffiliated”, making them roughly equal in number to Protestants (16-18%), and slightly fewer than Roman Catholics (23%) and evangelicals (26%). Most telling perhaps, of the 16-20% who fall into the “nones” category, 25-30% of them are under the age of 30. * (Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening, by Diana Butler Bass) The holy season of Lent, which begins early this year on Ash Wednesday, February 10th, affords the people of God an opportunity to prayerfully consider what this means for our collective life together. Far from being a season focused on individualistic notions of piety, Lent is a time to reflect on the meaning of community, community in God in Christ. It also allows us to prayerfully discuss with one another what our common shared witness, by “word and example,” might need to look like in such a rapidly changing religious and cultural reality. How do our words and how might our examples impact our neighbors, family, and friends who are rightly counted among the “nones?” How might we need to rethink church “membership” in a time when affiliation is not about obligation, but about choice? I hope that you will be part of the conversation by attending our annual Lenten Luncheon and Speaker Series. St. John’s has invited church leaders from within the Episcopal Church, here in Kansas, whose ministries and experiences may help us all, together, think about what the Church can, and must, become as we minister to the world God so loves. Peace + Fr. Earl Mahan

Parish Notes

Holy Eucharist on the

Epiphany of Our Lord

Jesus Christ on

Wednesday, January 6,

at 5:30 pm

De-greening of the

Church on Wednesday,

January 6, following the

5:30 p.m. service

146th Annual Parish

Meeting on Sunday,

January 31, at noon.

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146th Annual St. John’s Parish Meeting & Luncheon

Please mark your calendars to attend the 146th Annual St. John’s Parish

Meeting and Luncheon on Sunday, January 31, 2014, at 12:00 noon in

the undercroft. St. John’s will elect four Members to the Vestry with 3

year terms, two Members to the Vestry with 2 year terms, and will elect three Alternate Delegates: one with a 3 year

term, one a 2 year term and one a 1 year term. A quorum attendance is required for elections, so your presence is

important! Current Vestry members are Iola Crandall, Shari May, Pete McKernan, Mike Morrow, Scott Orr, Tish

Seely, Bob Guenthner, Mike McFerren, Mary Ohlemeier, Nicki Soice. Current Delegates are Shari May, Paul

Massaria, Racine Zackula.

Actual

Nov 2015

Budget

Nov 2015

Actual vs Budget

Nov 2015

Actual

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Budget

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Ordinary Income/Expense

Income

Pledges 20,090.39 13,195.88 6,894.51 129,530.22 129,571.06 -40.84 155,000.00

Contributions 4,504.20 2,339.69 2,164.51 96,322.60 26,193.85 70,128.75 35,150.00

Investments 4,798.95 7,000.00 -2,201.05 81,657.56 68,500.00 13,157.56 82,000.00

Additional Income 2,094.00 1,090.00 1,004.00 33,813.42 36,090.00 -2,276.58 37,180.00

Total Income 31,487.54 23,625.57 7,861.97 341,323.80 260,354.91 80,968.89 309,330.00

Expense

Worship Ministry & Altar Guild 210.21 270.84 -60.63 3,556.65 3,179.16 377.49 3,450.00

Outreach Ministry 6,970.63 5,640.00 1,330.63 65,359.33 62,340.00 3,019.33 67,980.00

Christian Formation Ministry 83.69 154.17 -70.48 2,173.09 3,095.83 -922.74 3,250.00

Parish Life & Fellowship 778.61 145.83 632.78 4,938.46 3,204.17 1,734.29 3,750.00

Building & Grounds 6,905.46 3,850.00 3,055.46 31,233.66 30,250.00 983.66 31,345.00

Utilities 1,216.92 1,096.66 120.26 20,751.32 21,203.34 -452.02 23,600.00

Office 145.94 405.00 -259.06 5,689.17 4,695.00 994.17 5,100.00

Personnel 24,343.88 21,799.47 2,544.41 254,413.93 260,560.05 -6,146.12 282,418.00

Professional Fees & Accounting 1,870.35 1,800.00 70.35 24,483.80 23,200.00 1,283.80 30,000.00

Total Expense 42,525.69 35,161.97 7,363.72 412,599.41 411,727.55 871.86 450,893.00

Net Ordinary Income -11,038.15 -11,536.40 498.25 -71,275.61 -151,372.64 80,097.03 -141,563.00

Trust for Curate 44,118.00

Begin. Balance 35,828.00

Estimated Budget -61,617.00

Actual vs Budget 80,097.03

Estimated Deficit 18,480.03

St. John's Episcopal Church

Profit & Loss Budget Proformance

November 2015

2016 Lenten Luncheon Series:

“By Word and Example” St. John’s Lenten Luncheon program will begin each week at 12:00 noon, with Noonday Prayer and guest speakers’ presentations, followed by lunch in the Undercroft, with Q & A time with each week’s guest speaker. All are welcome!

February 17 – The Rev. Don Compier, Canon Theologian and Dean, The Bishop Kemper School for Ministry. Fr. Compier will also be the guest preacher at St. John’s on February 21st

at all three services, 8:00 am, 10:30 am, and 1:00 pm (espanol) February 24 – Ms. Karen Schlabach, Youth Missioner, The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas March 2 – The Rev. Robert Hirst, Deacon, Good Shepherd Church, Wichita March 9 – The Rev. Canon Torey Lightcap, Canon to the Ordinary, The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas March 16 – The Rev. Carolyn Ballinger, Bi-vocational Priest, The Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas

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St. John’s 145th Anniversary Cookbook Now Available

“Over the Years: A Cookbook Collection”

This edition has all of St. John’s 1908 and 1920 cookbooks complete with

advertisements of the time, excerpts from the 1988 cookbook, and new recipes from

our current St. John’s families. You’ll find a short history of St. John’s and pictures

from our past, as well as a look back at what was happening in Wichita. It’s a great gift

idea for current and past members of our parish, the history buff, or anyone who loves

good cooking and eating!

You may purchase your cookbook (first copy $20, then $18 each) by contacting the

parish office at cathyharris@stjohnswichita.org or call 262-0897. Cookbooks will also

be available for purchase at the annual meeting on January 31st.

PARISH NOTES

DAUGHTERS OF THE KING will meet on Sunday, January 10, at 11:45 a.m. in the spare clergy office. Visitors always welcome!

WEDNESDAY NOONDAY PRAYER & BIBLE STUDY resumes on January 13th, in the library.

CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE STUDY GROUP will resume meeting on Wednesday, January 13th, at 6:15 p.m. in the library.

EPISCOPAL CAMPUS MINISTRY OF WICHITA will meet for dinner, study and fellowship every Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. in the undercroft, beginning January 19th, after taking several weeks off for winter break. All college-age young adults are welcome.

FINANCE COMMITTEE AND VESTRY WILL MEET in the library on Thursday, January 21st, at 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm respectively.

SAVE THE DATE! Episcopal Social Services is gearing up for their 7TH ANNUAL "A NIGHT ON THE RED CARPET" fundraiser. This year’s event will be held at Noah's on Sunday, February 28th, at 6:30 p.m. Noah's is a new venue located north of 13th between Webb and Greenwich, at 1550 N. Lindbergh Cir. More information to come.

Dillons Community Rewards Program

Re-Enrollment Reminder

In order for St. John’s to continue receiving your Community Rewards points

during the coming year, all supporters will need to re-enroll their Plus

Shopper’s card in January, by visiting the website:

www.dillons.com/communityrewards

1. Sign in to your online account, or create a new account if you don’t have one

2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to Community Rewards

3. Click on Enroll Now

4. Find and select St. John’s Wichita (The easiest way to enroll is with our organization number: 10417)

All qualified shopping transactions you make in 2016 using your Dillons Plus Card will provide a cash back benefit to

St. John’s to further its mission and ministry. If you were enrolled last year in the program, you may have received, or

will soon receive by early January, an email reminder from Dillons to re-enroll. The bottom of your Dillons receipts

will confirm that St. John’s is your chosen Rewards organization. Please notify the parish office if you run into any

difficulty while re-enrolling. Thank you for supporting St. John’s!

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Organist Joins Staff of St. John’s

Joel Brejda will join St. John’s worship at the organ on Sunday, January 10th, in the

10:30 a.m. service. Joel is a freshman organ student at Hesston College, originally from

Lincoln, Nebraska. He has four years of experience with the organ and is currently

studying at Hesston under Ken Rodgers while pursuing degrees in music and chemistry.

We welcome Joel to St. John's!

ST. JOHN’S ALTAR GUILD MINISTRY LOOKING FOR NEW PARTICIPANTS

With the new year have come new changes for the Altar Guild.

If you've ever wondered how the Altar is set every week;

If you've ever wondered what all the 'Holy Hardware' is, how it is used, the meanings for each

piece, how it is cleansed and how we store them;

If you've always wondered about the beautiful sanctity surrounding our Holy Linens;

If you find yourself wanting to serve our beautiful church at least once a month, oiling of our

beautiful woodwork 2 times a year, and serving during the Holiest of weeks in our church year

(Lent-Easter and Christmas);

THEN ALTAR GUILD MAY BE FOR YOU!!

I would personally invite any and all members to prayerfully consider if this may be a calling for

you.

I understand completely "adding one more thing" to a commitment list. So please, let me offer this:

Each team member is well-qualified to assist you with exploration of our Altar duties.

Most members will clean and set the Altar on Saturday morning of their respective weekend.

Being at the church more frequently offers multiple opportunities to experience the beauty of our Lord's

table.

If you would like to 'quietly' explore, please, join the Altar Guild member after a 10:30 a.m. service, during

clean-up! Contact any one of our members to coordinate a time to observe, shadow, serve. All members'

contact information are in our directory, or available through the Parish office, 262-0897.

Kelley Davidson Leslie Dunlap

Racine Zackula Mike McFerren (1pm Spanish Mass)

Lanelle McKernan

For the Altar Guild, Lanelle McKernan

Put on your mask Hope your appetite’s hearty

Why, you may ask? It’s a MARDI GRAS PARTY!!!

Join us for an evening of Cajun Food and Zydeco Music on Tuesday, February 9th at St. John’s Church. The fun begins at 6:00 p.m. making masks (materials provided). Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. Prepare for a night of feasting, revelry and fellowship!

RSVP requested to church office at 262-0897

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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Christmas Message 2015

(The following is the transcript of the Presiding Bishop’s video Christmas message, December 22, 2015.)

“Hello. Our original plan was for me to tape a Christmas message in front of the United Nations building in New York as a way of sending a message that this Jesus of Nazareth whom we follow came to show us the way to a different world, a world rounded in God’s peace and God’s justice, God’s love and God’s compassion.

I recently had surgery and so we had to change those plans and so I’m here in Raleigh on Capitol Square. Christ Church is here and we’re filming this message here just as a way of giving me a chance to say “Thank you” to all of you who sent cards and prayers in my recent surgery. I’m doing well and I’m coming back to work.

But I did want to say something to you. It occurs to me that this Jesus of Nazareth really does make a difference. And God coming into the world in the person of Jesus matters profoundly for all of us regardless of our religious tradition.

In the park across from the United Nations, the Ralph Bunche Park, the words of the Prophet Isaiah are quoted,

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks

Nation will not rise against nation

Neither shall they learn war any more

What’s not there is another part of that passage that’s in the second chapter of Isaiah, and it says,

Come, let us go to the mountain of God,

That he may show us His ways and teach us His paths

We who follow Jesus believe that the mountain came to us when God came among us in the person of Jesus to show us the way to live, to show us the way to love, to show us the way to transform this world from the nightmare it often is into the dream that God intends for us all.

So, as the words were spoken on that night when Jesus was born, peace, good will to all people, God bless you, God keep you. A blessed Advent, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to all.”

The Most Rev. Michael Curry Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church

Read the Bible in a Year: A Lent to Lent Challenge from the Center for Biblical Studies

Lent is an exceptional time to go further in the spiritual journey by committing to a daily spiritual practice that will

strengthen your relationship with God, transform your life and help you to be more fully the person that God intends

you to be. The Center for Biblical Studies offering The Bible Challenge for individuals or small groups in parishes and

dioceses throughout the Anglican Communion to read the Bible in a year, Lent-to-Lent, with the assistance of their

simple reading plan. Access the daily schedule at www.thecenterforbiblicalstudies.org. Printed copies of the schedule

are also available through the parish office. Readings begin on Ash Wednesday, February 10th.

01/03/16 2nd Sunday after Christmas

Lanelle, Jillian & Cara McKernan

In thanksgiving for the birth of husband and father Pete McKernan on January 4th

01/10/16 1st Sunday after Epiphany - Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Charles & Sara Lloyd Ken & Tammy Breeden

In loving memory of Albert Edward Lloyd In thanksgiving for the third birthday of their grandson Kai on January 2nd

01/17/16 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

Pete & Lanelle McKernan In thanksgiving for their wedding anniversary on January 21st

01/24/16 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

01/31/16 4th Sunday after Epiphany

Memorial Fund In grateful memory of James & Nellie Phillips

ALTAR FLOWER DEDICATIONS

Dedications may be made to the Altar Flower Fund in memory of loved ones, or in

thanksgiving for blessings. A minimum donation of $25 is requested. Sign in the book on

the back table or call the parish office at 262-0897.

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

02 Leslie Dunlap

04 Nadine Deardorff

04 Pete McKernan

09 Melissa Downing

14 Roger Carvalho

16 Pat Bybee

18 Bro. Guadalupe

20 Shari May

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

03 Dean Roush & Bridget Hille

21 Pete & Lanelle McKernan

22 Tish & Dan Seely

BAPTISMAL ANNIVERSARIES

09 Connie Condray

09 Adrian Owsley

15 Michelle Dietrich

20 Arland Wallace

22 Cooper Bitler

26 Bro. Guadalupe

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21 Shawn Bitler

21 Michael May

25 Jennifer Downing

26 Dean Roush

27 Lilabati Crandell

29 Amanda West

St. John’s History by Parish Historian, Katie Pott

January — it must be time for the Annual Parish Meeting!

But it wasn’t always so. At the 12th Annual Diocesan Convention, May 10 & 11, 1871, Canon IV declares:

On Easter Monday of each year there shall be in each parish an election of a vestry to consist of two wardens

who shall whenever practical be communicants and not less than three or more than seven vestrymen. Our

first parish meeting was held on Tuesday, October 4, 1870 to sign the Charter and elect wardens and

vestrymen. John P. Hilton, St. John’s Lay Reader, sent a parochial report to the 1871 Convention stating

“families, 20; marriages, 1; burials, 2. Total of contributions, $9.69. “I commenced to hold the services twice

every Sunday in April, 1870, and continued till December, when we had to suspend them as the log church

where I was holding services was too cold and damp — only having a sawdust floor and we had no means to

dry or warm it. On Easter Sunday I commenced services in a large room, and find a growing interest in the

Episcopal services, and a better attendance. An active and ordained minister is much needed here. We have

six town lots donated to build a church on; also two others for the benefit of same church, and about $700

subscribed, but not yet collected, towards the new building.”

1872: The Wichita City Eagle reports “At a meeting of Episcopal Church Society, held on April 1,” and names the vestry and wardens elected.

1887: Easter Monday, April 11. The names of those nominated for wardens and vestrymen and the

number of votes for each are reported. This practice is continued for many years.

1888: Easter Monday, April 2. A clerk of the vestry in the 1950s ended with the adjournment and “Peace

and harmony prevailing.” Not always so. The minutes of 1888 end with a signature not matching that of the

person named. Edward Vail writes “At this meeting the record of which was written up afterwards by some

other person. I strongly opposed the making of the foregoing mentioned loan. I was never in favor of making

the loan and always opposed it.

1889: Easter Monday, April 21. “Parish Meeting of St. John’s church pursuant to custom and

announcements from the chancel convened at eight o’clock in the evening. . . . A motion was made that

there be an expression of opinion, with reference to the calling of a rector at an early date. The object of this

motion having been obtained meanwhile by conversational discussion . . . General opinion was in favor of

leaving the vestry untrammeled by definite instructions; supposing that, the Bishop’s advice being had, a

suitable rector could be obtained during the Summer, by leaving the vestry free to exercise its discretion.

1905: November 27 [annual meetings held in November since 1899]. After organizations reported, the

Rector Dr. P. T. Fenn made an address to the parish in general and especially spoke at length concerning the

short-comings of some of his Vestrymen. Accusing Mr. Brown of trying to use his influence in preventing one

person from joining the confirmation class. The Doctor seemed to get a little warmed at this juncture and

launched off into a tirade, accusing a brother clergyman of Fraturism [delusions of grandeur, belief that you

are God or have higher powers] etc. The Sr. Warden, Junior Warden and some of the Vestrymen were

praised but in a rather half hearted manner. The future policy of the Rector was then outlined — being “We

will fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer” policy. He asked the people to come to his aid and elect a

vestry that would be in line with his policy. The Dr. also said he would refuse to admit to Communion any

one who (in the future) goes out of the Diocese for the purpose of Confirmation. He stated that under no

circumstances would he present his resignation and read the canon wherein when a minister is once called to

a parish he is called (practically) for life. Mr. Brown then rose and said he denied the statement made by Dr.

Fenn that he had tried to use his influence to prevent the Confirmations of anyone. That he had always tried

to act as his duty seemed to demand. [After elections] Mr. Brown thanked the people for the handsome manner in which they had vindicated him of the vile charges of the Rector by reelecting him to the position of

Vestryman.

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Serving the LORD with Gladness

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Annual Meeting

January 03 January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31

Christmas 2 Baptism of Jesus Epiphany 2 Epiphany 3 Epiphany 4

8:00 a.m. Service RITE I RITE I RITE I RITE I RITE I

Acolyte Racine Zackula Cathy Harris Cora Olson Cathy Harris Mike Morrow

Lector / Intercessor Charles Lloyd Cathy Harris Cora Olson Cathy Harris Mike Morrow

10:30 a.m. Service RITE II RITE II RITE II RITE II RITE II

Organist Dean Roush Joel Brejda Joel Brejda Joel Brejda Joel Brejda

Altar Guild Lanelle McKernan Leslie Dunlap Mike Morrow Kelley Davidson Lanelle McKernan

Altar Guild ~~~~~~~~~~ Racine Zackula ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

Jack Burkholder Mikayla Mahan Jack Burkholder Mikayla Mahan Tish Seely

Crucifer Jack Burkholder Paul Steele Mike Morrow Racine Zackula Tish Seely

Lector / Intercessor Katie Pott Judy Nelson Mike Morrow Roger Carvalho Tammy Breeden

LEMs Lay Eucharistic Min.

Chalice Bearer Tom Pott Katie Pott Mike Morrow Kelley Davidson Tammy Breeden

LEMs Lay Eucharistic Min.

Chalice Bearer Clergy Clergy Clergy Clergy Clergy

Daughters of the King

no delivery Tish Seely Judy Morris Nancy Dietrich Shannon Mahan

Cathy Harris Dietrichs Iola Crandall/

Phyllis McCabe Kent Kindsvatter Annual Meeting

LEV Lay Eucharistic Visitor Charles Lloyd Paul Massaria Charles Lloyd ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~

fecha 03 de enero 10 de enero 17 de enero 24 de enero 31 de enero

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gremio del altar Michael McFerren Michael McFerren Michael McFerren Michael McFerren Michael McFerren

organista Br. Guadalupe Br. Guadalupe Br. Guadalupe Br. Guadalupe Br. Guadalupe

If you are not able to serve as scheduled, please find a substitute and notify the parish office of the change.

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Downtown Wichita

402 N. Topeka

Wichita, KS 67202

Phone: 316-262-0897

Fax: 316-262-2341

E-mail:

parishoffice@stjohnswichita.org

We welcome you!

Sundays 8:00 am Rite I Holy Eucharist

9:15 am Adult Forum

10:30 am Rite II Holy Eucharist

1:00 pm Holy Eucharist in Spanish

Wednesdays 12:00 pm Noonday Prayer & Bible Study

5:30 pm Evening Prayer Service, or

Rite II Holy Eucharist, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays

6:15 pm Contemplative Life Study Group

ST. JOHN’S

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Staff E-mail

The Rev. C. Earl Mahan—Rector earlmahan@stjohnswichita.org

The Rev. Elizabeth Montes—Priest Assoc./Latino Ministry Elizabeth.Montes@st-francis.org

The Rev. Deedee Evans—Interim Deacon

Cathy Harris—Parish Administrator & Bookkeeper cathyharris@stjohnswichita.org

Connie Shawver—Parish Communications connieshawver@stjohnswichita.org

Ken Breeden—Choir Director kenbreeden@stjohnswichita.org

Joel Brejda—Organist

James Adams—Sexton / Security

Vestry

Nicki Soice—Senior Warden

Mike McFerren—Junior Warden

Pete McKernan—Treasurer

Erica Gaither—Clerk

Members—Iola Crandall, Bob Guenthner, Shari May, Mike

McFerren, Pete McKernan, Mike Morrow, Mary Ohlemeier, Scott

Orr, Tish Seely, Nicki Soice

Delegates: Shari May, Lura Unger

Alternates: Paul Massaria, Racine Zackula

Staff and Vestry

A Loving Family of Faith, United in Christ for a Ministry of Service

Visit us online:

stjohnswichita.org